Chapter 65 Taking a Helicopter to Comfort My Wife

Chapter 65 Rushing to Comfort His Wife by Helicopter

Lin Jianyuan truly never imagined that the first time he’d ride a helicopter in his life would be to hurry and comfort his wife.

What he found even more unexpected was that he’d be boarding it in his old, rundown neighborhood.

“Alright! Secure!”

A rope ladder hung from the helicopter, and a fully armed field agent, suspended from it, secured the clumsy Lin Jianyuan to the ladder after he struggled to climb aboard.

“All set! Let’s go!” he shouted into the radio.

The helicopter roared deafeningly.

It was like having an army of a hundred thousand mosquitoes holding a team-building exercise inside his ears.

Cool breeze, bright moon, and Lin Jianyuan, tightly bound by the safety harness.

The rope ladder gradually retracted, pulling Lin Jianyuan, whose face had gone numb from the fierce wind, into the helicopter cabin.

So, this is what it feels like to ride a helicopter.

It’s just that the process of getting on—could it please not be so—

So! Windy!

The wind is so strong, aaaah!

And so loud!

Loud outside! Even louder inside!

It’s like a hundred thousand mosquitoes have moved into his ears!

Lin Jianyuan was completely numb.

He could only imagine how stressed out the Director must be right now.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have sent a helicopter to pick him up from this crummy neighborhood.

With such a grand production, the PR department was surely going to pull an all-nighter to control the narrative.

Given that the Director was already in a panicked state, it could be inferred just how furious his roommate was at the Bureau.

Outside the helicopter window, the city’s nightscape spread out below, like a brightly lit miniature Lego set.

The deafening noise gave Lin Jianyuan a headache, but his frowning wasn’t because of the noise.

“Squeezy!” Lin Jianyuan suddenly yelled.

The Squeezy wriggled out of his pocket: “What!”

“Is there any way to make this helicopter speed up!” Lin Jianyuan shouted over the noise of a hundred thousand mosquitoes, “Not just feeling like it! Actually speeding it up! Make the whole helicopter accelerate!”

“...” The Squeezy went quiet.

A second later, “I’ll try!”

The Squeezy jumped from Lin Jianyuan’s palm.

*Squish squish*—though its squishy sound couldn’t actually be heard, its bouncy movements made it easy to imagine that squishy sound effect.

The snail-shaped Squeezy took a deep breath—

Its semi-transparent gel-like body began to expand, expand, expand.

The Squeezy’s antennae bulged like two drumsticks, its shiny black bead eyes turning as dark as a pool ball.

The Squeezy mustered all its strength and let out a loud cry—

“Charge, ya—!!!”

A sudden push of acceleration!

Everyone on the helicopter simultaneously felt a massive shove from behind!

The field agent sitting across from Lin Jianyuan lurched forward!

Fortunately, he was buckled in, or he would’ve tumbled headfirst!

The noise vanished.

Or rather, the helicopter had accelerated so fast that the sound couldn’t keep up.

The sudden acceleration posed a physical strain to everyone on board.

Lin Jianyuan was the hardest hit.

Because he had only joined the Bureau three days ago and hadn’t undergone any physical training.

Even before that, he was an office worker who sat all day, with neck and back problems.

Not to mention his heart and lung capacity.

Lin Jianyuan felt like that sudden shove from behind nearly knocked the wind out of him.

His chest felt as if someone had slammed into him, and he still hadn’t recovered.

Lin Jianyuan’s face first flushed red, then gradually turned pale.

His hands, gripping the armrests tightly, had veins standing out on the back.

“Lin Jianyuan!” a field agent nearby called out worriedly through the headset mic, “Are you okay! Use some oxygen!”

An oxygen mask was placed over Lin Jianyuan’s face.

Like a drowning person, Lin Jianyuan instinctively grabbed the oxygen mask and clamped it down hard against his face.

So hard that his fingers started to cramp.

He gulped air, his heart racing wildly. It took several minutes of frantically breathing oxygen before he finally recovered.

“...I’m fine!” Lin Jianyuan let out a slow breath and said to him, “Thank you!”

The two field agents in the helicopter exchanged a glance, their expressions complicated.

They were both from the Field Operations Department, so they could both detect heretics.

God, it was hilarious when they saw a squeeze toy crawl out of Lin Jianyuan's pocket.

—What the hell brings a squeeze toy on an emergency mission in the middle of the night!

But when that squeeze toy jumped to the ground, took a deep breath, and began to swallow and spit out time—

They realized.

What squeeze toy!

This was the "Time Thief"!

This was the legendary Class A heretic—the Time! Thief!

What seemed hilarious moments ago was utterly shocking now.

The two field agents stared intently at that pale-faced man.

A perfectly ordinary young man, with a physique and cardiopulmonary function that showed no combat capability at all.

Yet he gave off a very reliable vibe.

Like, exactly like... a senior.

Like the kind of senior your company pairs you with to guide you when you first enter the workplace.

Seemingly ordinary, but actually capable of solving any problem.

Just that kind of dependable vibe.

It was truly special.

It'd been ages since the Field Operations Department had seen a newcomer like this.

......

The Bureau of Control, Containment Department.

Outside the jagged, complex inverted spire.

A massive dark red shadow surged like a maddened phantom, waves slamming relentlessly.

The air rang with a metallic vibration, trembling violently.

"Evil Domain, calm down... it's not that we won't let you go home..." The director, drenched in cold sweat, kept trying to soothe the heretic in front of him.

The waves churned.

Tentacle-like limbs slammed furiously against the wall!

The entire inverted spire shuddered!

Dust rained down.

From the endlessly churning meat-red waves, the Class S heretic, driven to extreme agitation, snarled one word:

"Get lost."

The crushing pressure forced everyone almost to their knees.

The director, almost thrown off balance, gritted his teeth, wiping his brow, and forced a smile as he stepped forward. "It's really not that we won't let you go home, it's just that the situation is urgent... 【Regret】 is Class S, and right now, you're the only one in the bureau who can take on a Class S. So we have no choice but to ask you—"

"Ask?"

Xie Yu's lips curled into a mocking smirk.

His terrifying pressure rolled over everyone present, all the fully armed combat personnel.

Xie Yu snapped, "You call this 'asking'?"

The director's face changed, and he hurriedly explained, "No, no, don't get it wrong! Their weapons aren't meant for you! They're here in case the containment area goes out of control! How about... how about we move somewhere else to talk? Let's go to the rest area and chat, okay?"

—Heavens above!

Evil Domain could throw a fit anywhere! Why did he have to get angry in the containment area!

God knows how terrified he was that Evil Domain might whip out his intestines and collapse the entire inverted spire!

Although theoretically, the central containment zone isn't that flimsy...

But the theories also didn't account for a combat-type Class S like "Evil Domain" going all out in the central area!

He's one of just two known combat-type Class S beings humanity has encountered!

His power is truly terrifying!

But the problem was, he couldn't let Evil Domain go home!

The Class S heretic "Regret" had already caused numerous large-scale incidents, yet this was the first time its traces had been picked up by humans.

Time was running out. If they missed this chance, who knew when they would catch it again.

But of course, Shi Shaoning wasn't here...

No, actually, even if Shi Shaoning were here, it wouldn't make a difference.

Shi Shaoning was an A-Class Fighter. Even if he could easily handle several Class A heretics, it wouldn't matter.

The gap between Class A and Class S heretics was even wider than the gap between a paramecium and a human.

This had been fully demonstrated during the Hundred Thousand Siege.

The director was actually very torn inside.

Because he couldn't just watch "Regret's" lead vanish, yet he also feared that forcing Evil Domain to stay would unleash even more unpredictable consequences.

He could only pray.

He could only hope that the helicopter wouldn't get stuck in traffic like during the Hundred Thousand Siege.

He could only pray that Lin Jianyuan would get here fast.

Hurry up and come calm your wife down, Lin Jianyuan!!!

The helicopter hadn't arrived yet.

But Evil Domain's patience had run out.

"Don't. Push. Me."

The frenzied, surging waves had gradually turned blood-red. At the center of the tide, the Class S heretic pursed his lips tightly, his tone sharp and terrifying.

"I won't allow you to use him—"

Before he could finish.

The crimson tide suddenly halted!

Everyone was shocked, instinctively tightening their grip on their weapons.

But then they saw—at the heart of the surging waves, that formidable Class S heretic suddenly lifted his "head."

His lips parted slightly, as if silently uttering something.

Above the Management Bureau.

500 meters vertically from the helicopter landing point.

The wilderness was blanketed in darkness.

Even in the vast, empty land, even 500 meters above the ground, threads of blood could be clearly seen seeping up from below.

An oppressive, frenetic energy became tangible, buffeting the helicopter and causing it to sway violently, unable to land!

"Looking for a more suitable landing point!" the pilot shouted over the comms. "Hold steady!"

Lin Jianyuan tore off his seatbelt!

"Lin Jianyuan!" The two field agents beside him were horrified and quickly reached out.

But under Time Thief's influence, Lin Jianyuan's movements were astonishingly fast!

*Boom!*

The cabin door swung open! A powerful gust of wind rushed inside!

The two field agents were temporarily blinded by the sudden gale, but what they saw next chilled them to the bone.

There stood that unremarkable-looking man by the cabin door, his pale face calm.

Like a god looking down from hundreds of meters in the air.

The wind fluttered the hem of his white shirt.

The man raised his left hand, quickly glancing at something in his palm.

Then, he jumped!

"Lin Jianyuan!"

"What are you doing! Lin Jianyuan!!!"

The two field agents had no time to stop him!

Hundreds of meters in the air, the wind roared.

Though it was the tail end of summer, the high-altitude wind was bitterly cold.

The immense wind pressure made it almost impossible to keep his eyes open.

Or to breathe.

Lin Jianyuan felt as though his face was being stripped by the wind, yet inexplicably, he felt a thrill.

A smile touched the corners of his lips.

"Xie Yu."

His lips moved, mouthing silently.

No one heard that name.

His lover heard.

*Swoosh—*

Like a swift petrel gliding the water's surface.

Like a gentle breeze cushioning a cloud.

Lin Jianyuan fell into a warm, soft embrace.

Slowly, his soles met the earth.

The firm ground received them.

His palm grew slightly warm.

*Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle*—the familiar sound of gut gurgling restlessly.

"Xie Yu."

Lin Jianyuan chuckled, reaching out to tweak his roommate's side.

"What's the matter, baby? Who made my baby angry~"

"Why is even baby's tummy bloated, hmm?"