Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#509 - Magma explosion!

A moment later, the women who had received their assignments left in groups of two or three.

Some, like ordinary people, simply cast a transformation spell on themselves and walked out of the courtyard together, pushing open the gate.

Others used skills to make themselves invisible, flew onto the roof, and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.

Judging by their techniques and speed of action, they were definitely more professional than those few ninjas from before!

As for Liang Yue, because of the women's picking and choosing, the task he was finally assigned was just a large warehouse located on the southern edge of Beiping City, at the foot of the old city wall.

Not only was it far from his own residence, but it was also isolated, with no neighboring island nation forces nearby.

It was the kind of standard, unchallenging target location that others had left behind, unwanted.

According to the intelligence left by those ninjas, although this warehouse outwardly claimed to store grain, rice, oil, medicinal herbs, and aquatic products, etc.

The reality was that it was a place where the Japanese were responsible for storing opium, with enough drugs stored inside to supply all the opium addicts in Beiping City for a full three years.

At the same time, it was also one of the important transit stations used by the Japanese to transfer opium to the central plains of China, while also collecting various intelligence!

In fact, when it comes to opium, those Western powers such as Britain and the United States no longer engaged in this kind of business much in this era.

Not because of any newfound conscience, but because the profit margin was too low.

Around the middle of the last century, opium was officially recognized by the Qing Dynasty and allowed to be planted on Chinese soil.

As a result, in just a decade or two, the related production and extraction technology of this stuff in China had caught up with the international level.

Not only did it basically achieve self-sufficiency, but it could also be exported by some merchants to Southeast Asia and other places to earn silver foreign exchange…

From that time on, it was basically impossible for Britain, the United States, and other countries to sell opium to China, after all, the profit had become too low, and as ocean freight, it was also very uneconomical from a commercial point of view.

But Japan was an exception. Although they knew that selling opium to China wouldn't earn them much money, they never stopped importing it into this land.

They would even directly contract land in China to plant related crops, which would then be made into opium for sale.

Then, they didn't forget to actively innovate, constantly developing various new types of opium products, such as high-purity injections, etc.

So, obviously, what they wanted was not just simple economic benefits, but to use the power of drugs to further weaken and even disintegrate the will of the Chinese people.

Liang Yue naturally had nothing to say about these bad people, he had to beat them to death.

It would be best to stomp them to death and erase them from the earth.

However, now was not the time yet.

Because at this time, China was weak and unable to recover, and the whole country was filled with a decadent atmosphere. To be reborn from the ashes, it needed to go through the experience of blood and fire.

For this, even if more sacrifices were made, it would be worth it.

Liang Yue naturally couldn't artificially interrupt this process.

He could only wait silently by the side, using his own methods to urge and speed up the rate, and prevent anyone from coming out to sabotage it.

Once the time was ripe, he would send the final salute to that island nation.

……

After seeing off the excited women, Liang Yue didn't rush to leave.

Instead, he stood still, one hand on his hip and the other looking down, trimming his nails.

After pondering for a while, he finally looked up at Alwyn and Hinata opposite him and smiled.

He said calmly.

"I'm leaving ~"

After saying that, his entire figure began to blur.

"Squeak Squeak!"

Just then, Little King Kong, who had been lying in Hinata's arms, suddenly jumped out, leaped gently, and came to his shoulder, eventually disappearing with Liang Yue into the surrounding dim night.

"Did you feel it just now?"

"Yes, Chunqiu, he seems very excited, but at the same time, there is also a hint of anger mixed in his heart, but he is trying very hard to suppress it and not show it."

"That should be an emotion derived from hatred."

"After returning to the base world with Chunqiu, I have been reading about their country's history. I think his emotions should be derived from this."

"Yes, so he should also value the experience in this world in front of him, right?"

……

"Help? This is something I can solve with one skill, why would I need you to take action?"

"Squeak ~"

"Alright, then just follow me and watch from the side, it's not time for you to expose yourself yet."

After using his phasing ability to teleport, Liang Yue, carrying Little King Kong, had almost instantly arrived from his home near the inner city wall to the foot of the wall outside Beiping's outer city.

At this time, he was silently floating above the target warehouse.

What supported Liang Yue's stay in the air was not the spiritual power in his body, but the gravitational control from his bloodline.

Therefore, Liang Yue's whole body did not have the slightest hint of worldly aura or energy reaction at this moment.

The dark cyan Daoist robe set him off like a ghost, making him almost perfectly integrated into the night, only a fair face with a hint of hazy reflection under the moonlight.

The scale of the warehouse below was very large, with more than twenty acres, and the area was even larger than the sum of the two residences Liang Yue had just bought during the day.

In addition to the warehouses for storing goods, there were also complete employee dormitory areas, cafeterias, office spaces, recreational courtyards, and even bathhouses.

The time was already past 9:00 p.m. after nightfall. In the near-modern society lacking entertainment, most of the people below had already fallen asleep.

Even in mid-air, Liang Yue could vaguely hear the sound of snoring from those rooms.

But in some hidden corners, he also found many sentry posts, responsible for preventing any possible threats.

For a group of people who, for some reason, had long been accustomed to peace and quiet and rarely encountered any trouble, this was indeed a commendable discipline.

Today, they were just like usual, habitually following the previous rules and methods, continuing their day-to-day rhythm of life.

However, in the next moment, a sudden and violent tremor disrupted the peace and harmony here.

"Rumble ~"

In an instant, the earth shook, the houses trembled, the flowers, plants, and trees in the courtyard shook violently, and large patches of dust began to fall from the corners of the walls and the roof beams.

Various flower pots, tiles, goods, wooden racks… immediately crashed to the ground with clanging sounds.

As a member born on the island nation, the guards in the warehouse should have been accustomed to this sudden natural disaster.

While it wasn't an everyday occurrence, some emergency measures should have been ingrained in their bones.

But if the process of this disaster was artificially accelerated by dozens of times, and the destructive effect also increased exponentially, then even the best coping strategy would be difficult to achieve its ideal preventive effect.

"Crack!" Accompanied by a muffled cracking sound.

Almost in an instant, a deep crack spread to the entire warehouse at the same time!

On the originally solid and thick ground, there suddenly appeared gaps like centipede claws, dense and abnormally hideous!

In the depths of the cracks, patches of hot lava were emitting a terrifying red light.

Accompanied by bursts of "Gurgling" bubble bursts, a strong suffocating sulfurous smell began to spread throughout the area!

……