I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 48: Art is an Explosion, Ha!

Chapter 48: Chapter 48: Art is an Explosion, Ha!

"Done."

Gu Shanhai patted his hands, glanced at the disciple lying unconscious on the ground and the surveillance he had temporarily shut down, and began to pillage the Scripture Pavilion.

Taking action was actually quite simple; there were only so many items. If it weren’t for his concern about these antiquities, he could have been faster.

After stuffing all these items into the storage of his portable laboratory, he just had to wait to categorize them and study them later.

"Arsenal, factory, or server center, which one should I choose?"

After getting his hands on the items from the Scripture Pavilion, the next step was naturally revenge. His heist had taken no more than ten minutes, and considering the Pavilion was hardly frequented by anyone, there was still time.

To deal a severe blow to the Xuanwei Sect, these three areas were indeed the best choices. Blowing up the arsenal would ensure the Xuanwei Sect lost its logistical supplies, and it might even send the whole base into the sky. Destruction of the factory would cut into them like a blunt knife; if the Xuanwei Sect didn’t want to perish, they would have to desperately contest for the position of Mountain God. Otherwise, once their ammunition ran out and they couldn’t recover, they would become a prime target.

Even if the Xuanwei Sect wanted to recover, other forces, including the imperial court, would not allow it.

The last target was also viable. Without servers, the whole Xuanwei Sect would be paralyzed in the short term, and the subsequent recovery would be extremely difficult. The damage inflicted would be no less severe than the first two options and would also affect the frontline.

After all, whether it was for statistics or management, the Xuanwei Sect relied on the various devices derived from this server center.

"Let’s go for the server center," Gu Shanhai had naturally gathered intelligence beforehand. "Both the arsenal and the factory have ample security; it’s just the server center that’s a bit lax."

No need to worry about explosives; he had gotten plenty from good Samaritans. He hadn’t planned to completely blow everything up anyway. The server center covered a vast area, and with the few things he had, blowing it all up was quite unrealistic.

You have to strike the snake at its vital point. It’s sufficient to target the core area specifically.

Soon, Gu Shanhai arrived at the server center. The guards were clearly more numerous than at the Scripture Pavilion, and they were armed. Upon seeing Gu Shanhai approach, one of them glanced at him but said nothing.

A sign next to them read: "No Admittance for Unrelated Personnel."

"It seems there’s something wrong with the monitoring at the Scripture Pavilion; it needs to be reported for repair," said Gu Shanhai as he approached.

The guard frowned and asked, "What’s the situation? Rodents, pests, or a software issue?"

"If I knew what the issue was, would I bother coming here? Let someone inside check if the monitoring can still operate," Gu Shanhai replied somewhat impatiently.

"Go in and ask yourself." The guard stepped aside, clearly not keen on running errands.

Seeing this, Gu Shanhai hesitated no further and went straight in. After all, maintenance and such were the server center’s responsibilities. They were in charge not just of equipment maintenance but also installation, tuning, and they also acted as electricians and electrical repairers; under normal circumstances, they had quite a relaxed job.

After entering, he turned left into the office. The staff there didn’t find it strange to see Gu Shanhai and asked directly, "What’s broken this time?"

"There’s a little problem with the monitoring system. Why are there only a few of you here today?" Gu Shanhai used a different pretext to casually inquire about the number of people present.

"They’ve gone to the factory. They have to work overtime there. The more operational units there are, the more prone they are to breakdowns, so Lao Kong and a few others had to go and stay there," the person, although not recognizing Gu Shanhai, felt at ease upon seeing that he seemed to be one of their own, not harboring much wariness.

"Oh, is that so." Gu Shanhai feigned a sudden understanding and then swiftly took action.

The Spirit Blade silently took the lives of everyone in the office. Then he picked up the maintenance and security log lying nearby to start inspecting it.

He didn’t know which were the server center’s core pieces of equipment, but how could this specialized maintenance crew not know?

Glancing over the maintenance log of the past month, he quickly located the central devices and the area where they were located.

As long as the data inside was made irrecoverable, the loss to the Xuanwei Sect would be unimaginable because his target was not just data but also backups and more. He was determined to make them start all over again.

"It’s a pity I can’t shut down the internal surveillance here, but there’s no time left."

Gu Shanhai didn’t know where the monitoring equipment of the server center was, but it surely wasn’t there—probably inside the guard house at the entrance.

So, he didn’t bother shutting it down. After hiding the bodies in his portable lab and changing into their clothes, he headed straight into the heart of the center, towards the direction he had previously determined.

He walked steadily along the way because rushing and getting noticed would pose a problem.

"Which group do you belong to? Why are you wearing a hat in the central server area?" a voice from the general monitoring asked.

"..." Gu Shanhai looked helpless. He hadn’t realized that wearing a hat was not allowed. He had put on the hat to conceal his identity, but it had backfired.

Gu Shanhai waved his hand, signaling not to ask further questions, and continued on.

The person in the monitoring continued talking, but Gu Shanhai had quickened his pace significantly. His target was now within reach.

The person also noticed this issue and had already notified the security at the entrance to come in and investigate.

Gu Shanhai took off his hat, smiled at the monitoring equipment, and then pulled out several timed bombs, directly circling the targeted server equipment with them.

As for the explosion time, naturally, it was thirty seconds.

Thirty seconds were enough for him to place the bombs and escape the blast radius.

The person checking the monitors recognized the timed bombs right away because they were products manufactured by their military factory.

Boom~

The fire blazed instantaneously, the terrifying explosion sweeping across a vast area. Such immense power inevitably destroyed not only the targeted device but also countless surrounding pieces of equipment.

In that instant, all kinds of devices across the Xuanwei Sect came to a halt, including both the monitoring equipment and the bustling military factory.

"Fuck~"

Gu Shanhai was also affected by the explosion, mainly due to the forceful impact. He wasn’t injured, after all, he had the Magic Domain to protect him, but he was blown away.

"I underestimated the power; had I known, I would’ve just gone back." Gu Shanhai felt a bit dejected.

He rolled up from the ground and sped away. As he ran, he didn’t forget to plant a timed bomb on other pieces of equipment.

The timer was still set for thirty seconds.

"They’ve arrived so quickly, looks like I can’t continue planting more." Gu Shanhai acutely sensed people rushing in and had to regretfully leave this instance world.

But as he left, the countdown of the timed bombs did not stop.

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