The year 2020, the year 1403 of the Tang calendar.
Tang Empire, Dong Hai County.
It was April in Kaiyuan City, and the sky was like the face of a woman who was going through menopause. It changed at will. At this moment, it was so gloomy that water was about to squeeze out.
Mu Chen had just been bombarded by the violent words of the woman in menopause, so he was still feeling dizzy.
He looked back at the high-end residential building behind him, sighed, and walked out of the neighborhood.
That was Ye Lan's home, and Ye Lan was his wife in name.
As a penniless pauper, an orphan with no background, and a good-for-nothing with only five ability slots, what right did he have to marry such a national goddess-level beauty?
These words were all said by that cheap mother-in-law, Lin Xiaoou.
Mu Chen and Ye Lan's marriage had never received anyone's blessings from the very beginning. His mother-in-law had even regarded him as a thorn in her side.
As the national goddess of Kaiyuan City, Ye Lan had a lot of suitors, all of whom were much better than Mu Chen.
In Lin Xiaoou's opinion, if it were not for Mu Chen, she would have been enjoying her life.
However, only Mu Chen knew that this was not the case.
Goddess Ye Lan was not willing to accept the marriage arranged by her family. She deliberately asked him, her good-for-nothing best friend, to "marry" her so that those people would stop thinking about it.
The two of them agreed that when Ye Lan had enough strength to stand on her own, they would dissolve the marriage and return to their freedom.
From that moment on, all the pressure was transferred to Mu Chen.
In order to help Ye Lan keep this secret, he could only endure everything that he shouldn't have to face in this fake marriage.
Today, Ye Lan was not at home. Lin Xiaoou, who had reached her menopause, scolded Mu Chen again. Finally, she said," If you have the ability to marry my daughter, then don't stay in our Ye family! I don't want to see you for even a second!”
As a fake son-in-law, Mu Chen was not willing to endure such humiliation anymore, so he went out alone to get some fresh air.
Just as he reached the entrance of the neighborhood, a black commercial vehicle suddenly drove over not far away. It braked suddenly in front of him and the door slid open.
Through the open car door, Mu Chen saw a pair of malicious eyes in the car.
At this moment, he walked over involuntarily, bent down, and got into the car.
What was going on?
I can't control my body!
He couldn't move his hands, speak, or even blink.
After a while, he finally remembered.
This was the Puppet superpower!
After calming down, Mu Chen turned his eyes, which were the only thing he could not control, and began to observe everything in the car.
Including the driver, there were three men in gray mercenary uniforms in the car.
Who were these three people?
Why did you use the Puppet superpower to control me?
Where are we going now?
They won't even let me speak!
Although the three mercenaries did not give Mu Chen a chance to speak, they started chatting.
"Boss Blue Whale, how much do we get after this?”The first to speak was the tall and burly driver, Old Wolf.
Skinny Monkey, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned to look at Mu Chen.
The one called Boss Blue Whale was the three-star lieutenant with a malicious gaze.
He smiled coldly." It's our honor to help the Lin family. What money? Besides, taking care of a good-for-nothing is just a piece of cake. You have the nerve to ask the Lin family for money?”
Upon hearing the Lin family's name, Mu Chen immediately had a guess in his heart.
It was because of Ye Lan again.
The question was, what were they planning to do?
The car sped along the familiar street and gradually approached the seaside.
At the end of a crowded pedestrian street, there was a small island with an area of less than two square kilometers across a narrow channel that was a few hundred meters away.
The island was surrounded by various types of heavy firepower and had been built into a heavily guarded military base.
The strange thing was that the weapons on the island were not aimed at the outside. The cannons were all pointed at a ten-meter-tall white ball of light in the center of the island.
The white light cluster was surrounded by energy flames like a solar prominence
The fire was like the tentacles of an octopus, waving wildly, looking extremely strange.
Mu Chen immediately recognized the signboard as the Thousand Islands Base.
The MPV drove into the parking lot by the sea and stopped. Mu Chen continued to follow the three of them to the ferry by the sea as a " puppet ".
From there, they took a speedboat to the Thousand Islands Base.
Everything seemed so natural that no one realized that Mu Chen had lost his freedom.
After entering the base, the group walked along the designated path to the white ball of light. After a hundred meters, they finally stopped in front of an inspection post.
The person in charge of this inspection post was a regular army officer. This position was called the gatekeeper.
The gatekeeper looked at the information of the four people suspiciously and then stared at Mu Chen.
"Why aren't you saying anything?"
Mu Chen was overjoyed when he heard that. Finally, someone noticed my abnormality!
But what if he couldn't express it?
Even if the other party asked," If you're kidnapped, blink.”
Even he couldn't do it…
At this moment, the "blue whale" answered on Mu Chen's behalf with a calm expression,"There's something wrong with his throat, he can't speak.”
"Is that so?" The gatekeeper expressed his doubts.
Mu Chen immediately nodded under the control of the Puppet superpower, but his eyes revealed despair.
At this moment, he wished he had a pair of eyes that could speak so that the gatekeeper could see his true feelings.
However, the gatekeeper gave up on paying attention to Mu Chen and turned to interrogate Blue Whale, who was leading the team." What a coincidence? You said the same thing last time."
"Is that so? I don't remember." Faced with the gatekeeper's aggressive gaze, Blue Whale's expression did not change. He did not feel pressured by it.
The gatekeeper clicked on a projection screen at the inspection post, which showed the team's past records.
"The records show that the three of you have entered the Thousand Islands multiple times in the past twelve months, and each time, you have companions.
Those who died in battle."
"Yes, an alternate plane is a dangerous place after all. Who can guarantee that no one will die?”The three-star lieutenant, Blue Whale, did not think much of it.
Mu Chen finally understood the situation he was in.
These people wanted to kill him!
Someone actually wanted to kill him for Ye Lan!
Was this still a society ruled by law?
He had thought that the three mercenaries were just going to take him somewhere to beat him up and threaten him.
He did not expect the other party to be so ruthless!
Mu Chen began to urgently plan to save himself.
He tried his best to struggle, but he couldn't resist the influence of the " puppet."
Just as Mu Chen was suffering, the gatekeeper stared into the blue whale's eyes and said rudely,"The alternate plane isn't a lawless place. Don't let me find out that you've done anything illegal!”
" Blue Whale " sneered." You're just a gatekeeper, not an agent of the investigation bureau. Aren't you being too nosy?”
Mu Chen glared at the gatekeeper, hoping that the gatekeeper would notice his abnormality, but it was to no avail.
He couldn't even open his eyes wide. In the eyes of others, his eyes were always in a numb and lifeless state.
The gatekeeper wanted to say something more, but an officer walked out of the base office building.
"What's going on? Why is the interrogation taking so long? The people behind are still waiting!"
"Report! I suspect that these people are using the alternate plane to engage in illegal activities!”
"Do you have evidence? Don't make wild guesses without evidence! Hurry up and let me in!"
Mu Chen noticed that the officer who came from behind had a look at the " blue whale ". It seemed like they were in cahoots.
Under the pressure of his superior, the gatekeeper sighed and waved his hand to indicate that the four of them could pass.
Mu Chen reluctantly followed the three mercenaries to the huge white ball of light. He could not control his legs at all.
The white ball of light was called the Dimensional Cave. Through the Dimensional Cave, one could enter the Thousand Islands alternate plane that the gatekeeper had mentioned.
When they reached there, it would really be a place outside the law.
If Kaiyuan City was a world of technology, then the Thousand Islands was a world of mystery. All electronic devices could not be used, and there were no surveillance cameras on the streets.
If the criminals wanted to do something bad in another plane, there was no way to effectively supervise them.
In the mystical world, classical physics and quantum physics were completely different. Not only were electronic products ineffective, but even gunpowder weapons could not be used. Instead, they were replaced by another power under the rules-Esper abilities.
A few years ago, dimensional holes that led to mysterious planes appeared all over the world. All kinds of monsters with special abilities invaded Earth through the dimensional holes.
It was known as Esper Ability Invasion!
The most embarrassing thing was that the power of science and technology could not be used in the other plane, but the special ability from the other plane could run amok on Earth. The only limitation was that its power was weakened by 90%.
Fortunately, after the monsters in the other dimension were killed, there was a chance that they would drop an Esper Ability Seed, which could give humans the ability to use Esper Abilities.
In order to prevent the invasion of monsters from other dimensions, humans had to make two preparations.
On one hand, they would build a military base outside the dimensional cave to kill the invading monsters at the dimensional cave entrance.
On the other hand, they would organize people to counterattack the other planes, kill monsters, and obtain special abilities.
Under the virtuous cycle, humans gradually got rid of the threat from the other planes and embarked on the path of strengthening themselves.
The lifestyle of human society had also undergone subtle changes, and supernatural powers gradually integrated into the lives of ordinary people.
The mercenary team that Mu Chen was in was one of the many hunting teams.
At this moment, the team stopped in front of the white light. Skinny Monkey took out a bundle of safety rope and tied it to the buckle on each person's waist, connecting the four of them together.
" Blue Whale " turned around and flashed a helpless smile at the gatekeeper in the distance before leading the way into the ball of white light.
The moment he entered the Dimensional Cave, Mu Chen felt an irresistible force pulling him forward. Then, the world spun.
When he came back to his senses, he found himself on a deserted beach.
There was no longer a dimensional hole or a heavily guarded military base behind him.
There was no doubt that this was the Thousand Islands.
Not far away, a few big fish the size of a man were floating in the sea.
If one looked closely, they would find that these big fish had hands and feet. They were not species on Earth at all, but monsters from the Thousand Islands-murlocs.
After recovering from the slight dizziness, Blue Whale said,""Alright, I'm going to remove the 'puppet'. We'll do things here.”
Was he finally going to make a move?
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