First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!

The safe opened.

From a pile of equipment, he found a device labeled ’Wei Gao’.

A message was sent.

[Why is Wei Gao suddenly attacking Huang River First Dam?]

After a while, a reply came.

[I just found someone from their faction and inquired discreetly. They won’t actually attack Huang River First Dam - it’s just a smokescreen.]

[They want to divert Great Han’s attention to secretly target Lu Ding. They might also deploy Heavenly Perception operatives - I’m not certain because the person told me his uncle was transferred to East Kang Island.]

[But I don’t know the specifics of how they’ll target him. My rank isn’t high enough to access such classified details.]

Targeting Lu Ding!?Good, very good!!

”Damn those Wei Gao bastards! The Winter Solstice hasn’t even arrived, and you’re already eating your red bean porridge of longing!”

(Note: Wei Gao has a tradition of eating red bean porridge on Winter Solstice)

He replied:

[Thank you for your efforts. After Great Han wins this battle and acquires the land compensation from Wei Gao, we’ll help elevate your status there.]

[No need for thanks. Serving Great Han is my honor! Loyalty!!]

After confirming the intel,

Great Han’s 749 Bureau headquarters immediately made arrangements.

”Targeting Lu Ding? Damn it all! How many years did Great Han wait to produce such a genius? And you dare target him!?”

”Even planning to deploy Heavenly Perception operatives?!”

”Fine!!!”

”I’ll make sure none of you return alive!”

Muttering angrily,

Great Han 749’s Deputy Director snatched the office phone: ”This is Lü Ao. Immediately dispatch ten Heavenly Perception operatives to secretly position themselves at the Tai Island frontline.”

”If any foreign Heavenly Perception operatives dare show their faces on the battlefield, beat them to death! Beat them until they’re dead!!!”

”Don’t let a single one escape. Kill them alive on the battlefield in front of everyone!!!”

After hanging up,

Lü Ao immediately made another call.

”This is Lü Ao. Notify that Heavenly Perception old ghost from Hetu Country to move closer to the Tai Island frontline.”

”Tell him Great Han can protect his family. After this war, when Hetu pays territorial compensation, I’ll permit his family to reside in the economic zone with secondary citizenship.”

”We’ll recognize their Han heritage.”

”But one condition - if Lu Ding’s life is endangered at the Tai Island frontline, he must personally intervene to extract him under any pretext.”

”Afterwards, I’ll forcibly extradite him citing his Han ancestry.”

Some might ask - can’t Great Han directly intervene?

Absolutely not.

Direct intervention would break protocol and provoke international outrage.

But having someone else act, then extraditing them based on heritage, minimizes backlash.

Of course, other nations can’t replicate this tactic.

They lack the hard power.

Besides, with so many of our Heavenly Perception operatives at the Tai Island frontline, who could stop us from arresting any ’protocol-breaking’ Qi Refiners?

Normally, Great Han wouldn’t be this unscrupulous.

But this time’s different.

Wei Gao started it first.

After the calls,

Our esteemed Deputy Director grabbed a map of Wei Gao.

”Damn you for even considering Huang River First Dam!”

His secretary panicked and rushed to calm him: ”Director Lü, please remain calm! Remember your condition - getting angry might destabilize your cultivation!”

”You might get sent to the Second Circle!”

”And it’s just a smokescreen - not worth it, really not worth it.”

Lü Ao glared: ”Just considering it?! Even thinking about it is a crime! I’ve been too lenient with them, damn it!”

As he spoke, he studied the map.

He wanted to think - think about where to strike.

Somewhere that wouldn’t harm Wei Gao’s civilians but would make them hurt unbearably.

The principle was simple - no compromises.

When Great Han was weak, we endured humiliation. But now that we’ve risen, we still have to suffer?!

Then what was the point of rising?!

Thus, wheels were set in motion.

At the Tai Island frontline, battles raged from dawn to dusk, then through the night until morning.

Now afternoon again.

The shoreline was littered with dismembered corpses.

The fighting continued.

Both sides had gone mad.

Originally, Bai Hemen planned to guard Lu Ding until he finished secluded cultivation.

But the endless explosions and fighting continued.

After standing guard all night, Bai Hemen suddenly rose.

He murmured coldly:

”So you’re unaffected after all......”

Took him long enough to realize.

Then Bai Hemen charged into battle.

He was furious!

Not at Lu Ding or anyone else - he was angry at himself.

Bai the Furious, with cultivation below Si Ming realm, displayed combat prowess surpassing ordinary Si Ming experts, slaughtering wildly.

Who could believe such an inexplicable power surge?

Yan Feifan watched bewildered.

”Isn’t that Xiao Bai? When did he arrive? And why did he dye his hair?”

”Who pissed him off now?”

As Yan Feifan muttered,

A peak Si Ming realm expert charged at the rampaging Bai Hemen.

During their duel,

Bai Hemen fully unleashed his accumulated power.

Formerly half-human half-corpse, he enjoyed benefits but also suffered drawbacks - the corpse half had hoarded too many things the human side couldn’t digest.

Similarly, the human half had accumulated much the corpse side couldn’t process.

Simply put - both sides had developed indigestible ”stones”.

Now separated, with the corpse hidden in his shadow, absorption could begin.

All-out combat accelerated the process.

Thus,

As fighting continued, Bai Hemen’s cultivation kept intermittently rising.

Initially, the peak Si Ming expert could suppress him, but gradually weakened, even showing signs of being overpowered.

Yan Feifan gaped, raising his phone to record.

”Brother Lu, you’ve got to see this when you wake up. The protagonist was beside us all along - breaking through mid-battle, growing stronger through combat! Xiao Bai got the protagonist script......”

”White hair too? So cool and pretentious - hitting all the tropes......”

While Yan Feifan recorded,

The peak Si Ming expert summoned his celestial avatar, slamming a palm toward Bai Hemen.

Yan Feifan shouted in alarm: ”Xiao Bai!!!”

No!

He couldn’t stay put.

Though Brother Lu warned him to prioritize safety - Lu would be devastated if anything happened to him.

But Lu would be equally distraught if Bai Hemen got hurt.

As friends, how could he watch Bai Hemen in danger?

Clutching the Kitchen God’s ceremonial tablet,

Yan Feifan charged forward: ”Kitchen God, please help me!!!”