I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 999 - 726: There’s Always Someone Holding Us Back

Chapter 999: Chapter 726: There’s Always Someone Holding Us Back

As an engineer urgently called in, he had a certain level of access privileges, but not deeper ones. He could only see information recorded under normal monitoring, and some important areas were still out of view.

"The secret key? Is there a secret key?!" The engineer shouted, trying to find other conveniences—on the ever-changing battlefield there simply wasn’t time to hack through defenses.

Besides, this is the firewall of the Central Tower; even without people maintaining it, he wouldn’t be able to crack it in ten days or even half a month.

The only viable method currently was to find the right secret key.

"The secret key has to be operated inside the Central Tower."

"...Arrange for someone to go over, forget it, I’ll take people there myself!" While he was speaking, the sky suddenly erupted with a new impact, and a white dragon, minuscule compared to the White Tiger, appeared.

Before, they hadn’t seen the white dragon since it was higher up, obscured by the White Tiger’s figure.

Now that the white dragon had appeared, it shocked them even more because it wasn’t a manifestation of mental power from the Eye World, but a creature existing in reality.

"Do such creatures exist in reality?" someone asked in confusion. As everyone knew, without the Illusory Eye, their reality was very ordinary; even with intensive training enabling one to run 100 meters in eight seconds or jump three meters high, or even to slice through bullets with a sword.

But that was about it.

Even those capable of slicing through bullets could only do so with ordinary pistols. The real power came from the strength brought by the Eye World.

Now a white dragon has emerged in reality?

Although it didn’t appear large, its presence near the Central Tower was impossible. The protection around it was top-security. Does that mean the white dragon could also be from inside the Central Tower?

Could there really be someone inside conducting some sort of special experiment?

What stunned them even more was the figure bouncing off the White Tiger, chased by a dense array of pale gold Light Blades.

Those Light Blades, upon colliding with the fierce wind and thunder, caused violent explosions. This must be an Energy type Illusory Eye user. As for flying... isn’t it common for Energy type Illusory Eye users to fly?

Users of the Transformation type could even fabricate a flight pack to zip around without any energy restrictions, as long as the individual’s spiritual power was sufficient. The convenience of the Transformation type lay here; whether it’s firearms or vehicles, they were not driven by conventional material energy sources.

As for the Transformation type... Someone couldn’t help but speculate whether that dragon could be of the Transformation type, as some hadn’t immediately thought to turn off their Illusory Eye to look at that beautiful white dragon.

Upon turning off their Illusory Eye, they realized the dragon belonged to the creatures of reality.

"Quick, while we have the chance!" While observing the White Tiger entangled with that person, the scene seemed as exaggerated as a grain of sand contending against a train, yet the White Tiger was indeed restrained.

The white dragon flitting about left afterimages in the sky, its emitted light streams were both black and white, but these attacks were weak against the White Tiger, um... they were even ineffective.

The engineer led his team inside the Central Tower, looking at the blocks of ice inside with anger...

"Report, they still have vital signs and active consciousness, not dead," an Illusory Eye user immediately reported. The use of the Illusory Eye was widespread in this world, indispensable in all industries.

The team included exceptional medical personnel to check for any survivors or those close to death; having such personnel with them allowed for possible rescue efforts.

The outstanding medical personnel quickly determined the state of those encased in the blocks of ice. She continued to say, "These blocks of ice protected them, allowing them to survive the shock, and even... they are still in good health, but I can’t dissolve this ice."

A glow of light appeared in the medical personnel’s hands, materializing the appropriate melting agent, useful against ice and similar substances. However, it was useless against these blocks of ice marked with friction traces.

"Since they’re safe, let’s not worry about them for now, let’s go." The engineer spoke very straightforwardly. Surviving the blast impact of the Central Tower indicated the strength of these blocks of ice.

Now was not the time to study this; it was more important to promptly attend to serious matters.

The group quickly arrived at the control room in the lower levels of the Central Tower. The accident happened in the upper levels of the Central Tower, while the control room was in the lower levels, part of the underground section.

Luckily, being a top-security building, even with half of it blasted away, the remaining part could still function properly.

Using the secret key brought for the emergency, they quickly gained the corresponding access privileges and pulled up various records, achieving a more comprehensive understanding of the incident.

"Indeed, there was only one intruder, but why do we have so many moles here??"

The moles didn’t bother with those recordings during their operation, thus the records were still quite complete, including their venture to the top of the Central Tower. The identities of those people were retrieved.

According to their backgrounds and careers, nothing seemed amiss. Some of the older individuals had even been working there for nearly forty years!

From top management to entry-level staff, there were moles; they started assembling before the appearance of that invader, and then approached the upper echelons of Central Tower, remotely operating the Central Tower’s ’treasury’.

A massive claw directly emerged, annihilating all the guards of the Central Tower treasury, and even more so, dismantled the upper half of the Central Tower. The remaining video recordings contained a massive amount of additional information, yet the volume of information within was too immense and required further research.

They didn’t have the time for that anymore, having ascertained that the invader seemed to be not just a simple invader, what remained was to deal with the White Tiger issue.

The engineer recalled the assault on Central Tower that took place a short while ago; it seemed that those attackers had spread some very problematic statements.

The terrorist attack was downplayed as a military drill in order to cool down the discussions, but those who came here knew it was indeed a ’terrorist attack’, and the attackers’ rhetoric was filled with threats against Central Tower.

Claiming this place was the root cause of world destruction and whatnot, some even tried to reason with them... but to no avail.

People spreading such rhetoric were common every day, and there were even evil cults that specifically used these kinds of rhetoric to manipulate others. Now they say Central Tower is the source of world destruction, later they might say Eye World is the source of world destruction, and so on.

Anyway, anything that inconveniences certain people can be labeled as problematic.

Central Tower, established for fifty years, has become more stable with each passing year due to constant updates and optimizations, and it faces a massive number of attacks every day, yet none of those attacks have ever succeeded.

Unless there are moles within Central Tower, and although it has happened, the multi-layered defenses of Central Tower have prevented any significant damage from being inflicted.

On the contrary, with the help of counter-tracing from Central Tower, they located those who assisted the moles. Given the importance of Central Tower, an inevitable purge took place.

Such purges have been far from infrequent, occurring three or four times in the last decade alone.

But looking at the White Tiger rampaging across the sky, with its energy index going higher and higher, could the terrorists who appeared not long ago have been telling the truth??

After the engineer evacuated, the situation outside changed drastically; the sight of vast ruins made his eyes twitch involuntarily, and suppressing the anger in his heart, he began to do what he could.

The identities of the moles were almost completely figured out, and then came a series of follow-up investigations based on those identities.

It wasn’t difficult. After Central Tower was attacked, many permissions were opened. If you don’t investigate, there’s no problem, but after investigating, the engineer felt a chill; he began to doubt everyone around him.

Feeling surrounded by enemies everywhere, the number of people connected to the moles was too large, including important figures from various countries, and even second-in-command figures of some countries... Though they were about to retire soon.

But at this point, whether they retire or not is meaningless.

Boom—

Another loud noise as the White Tiger swung its claw, a pale golden shockwave sliced through a distant building.

"We need to find a way to lure this thing out of the city... What? The invader is already doing that? The White Tiger refuses to leave?" The engineer was stunned, his expression turning more complex.

He sighed. Even if the unknown invader seemed to be on their side, how could human power contend against such a colossus?

Even the strongest Illusory Eye user would not stand a chance.

The gathered warriors were still in combat, but they no longer targeted the White Tiger; instead, they attacked the assaults unleashed by the White Tiger, trying their best to save lives.

Transportation was still convenient; after opening remote access and copying permissions for some flying vehicles, ordinary people could use them temporarily to quickly Escape the city.

Much easier than a normal evacuation plan.

It won’t take much time for this city to complete the evacuation thoroughly, and as for tangible assets, there’s no point in thinking about them anymore.

"Where’s the Commander? I have important things to deliver to him." The engineer worried about his situation thankfully, the Commander was not within the network of moles’ relations.

After he arrived at the Commander’s location, he saw the Commander’s grim expression and felt a jolt in his heart: "Has something else happened?"

"It’s not an accident; it’s that at this critical moment, there are still people dragging their feet!" The Commander’s expression darkened even more, looking at the engineer whose proactive leadership in entering Central Tower to gather intelligence earned him admiration, recognizing a talent.

The information relayed back by the engineer helped them to understand the overall situation, prompting them to shift strategies, no longer targeting that white dragon or the humans combatting alongside it.

"Dragging their feet, is the support delayed?" As the engineer handed over his new findings, the Commander rapidly reviewed them, and his expression darkened further.

"Those people have been plotting for at least forty years, no, perhaps even longer... What kind of organization is this? Boundary Breaker?!" The Commander recalled some information that was deemed false.

It was related to an evil cult, which had mentioned the Boundary Breakers.

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