The Four Heavenly Kings in Action

The third day after Azure Dragon's failed probe.

Jinling, the temporary stronghold of the Dragon King Palace.

An abandoned factory in the northern industrial zone had been transformed into a military-grade command center.

Shabby and dilapidated on the outside, it was filled with high-end equipment on the inside.

Encrypted communication systems, satellite map projectors, real-time surveillance matrices, and a weapons armory.

The core domestic team of the Dragon King Palace was all gathered here.

The Four Heavenly Kings were assembled.

Azure Dragon sat in the first chair on the left, his expression solemn.

White Tiger sat on the right. Burly as an iron tower with explosive muscles bulging all over his body, he exuded a tremendous sense of oppression just by sitting there.

Vermilion Bird sat in the corner, slight of build with an androgynous face. A faint, almost imperceptible smile perpetually hung on his lips. Among the Four Heavenly Kings, he was the most skilled in intelligence and assassination.

Black Tortoise leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, silent and reticent. He was a defensive warrior, bearing more scars on his body than the other three combined.

These four individuals each possessed combat prowess at the Grandmaster level.

Each was a god of slaughter who had crawled out from mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

At this moment, they were all waiting for one person.

Footsteps echoed from the end of the corridor.

Steady and powerful, every step struck the ground with a heart-palpitating rhythm.

Lin Tian walked in.

He had changed out of his dusty old sweater and cloth shoes.

He now wore a black combat suit and military boots, with a dagger holstered at his waist.

His hair was slicked back meticulously, revealing a sharply contoured forehead.

His entire aura was completely different from when he was at the Lin family.

He was no longer that hunched, submissive live-in son-in-law.

He was the Asura Dragon King.

The Four Heavenly Kings stood up simultaneously.

"Your Majesty Dragon King!"

Their four voices shouted in unison, shaking the roof tiles.

Lin Tian walked to the front of the command console, his gaze sweeping over the four of them.

"Sit."

The four took their seats.

"Are we all clear on the situation?"

Azure Dragon was the first to speak.

"Your Majesty Dragon King, the background check on Shen Fei is complete."

He pushed a thick file in front of Lin Tian.

"Shen Fei, the sole heir of the Shen family. The Shen family has operated in Jinling for three generations. With assets exceeding three hundred billion, they have a deep network of connections in political, business, and military circles."

"On a personal level, he suddenly became very active a month ago. Before that, he had almost no presence and was just an ordinary rich kid."

"He has two female bodyguards by his side, twins, with immense strength. I personally tested one of them; she is at least at the late stage of the Grandmaster realm, possibly at the peak."

"In addition, he has recently grown very close to two women. One is Su Qingxue of the Su Group, who has openly attended various events as his female companion. The other..."

Azure Dragon glanced at Lin Tian.

"...is Lin Ruobing."

The air froze for a moment.

Lin Tian's expression didn't change at all.

But the steel armrest on the command console let out a faint sound of metallic deformation under his palm.

"Continue."

"Three days ago, Shen Fei helped Lin's Logistics resolve their operational crisis. Yuanhang Logistics' accounts were completely frozen, and the company has entered bankruptcy liquidation. Not only has Lin's Logistics resumed normal operations, but its performance is even better than before."

"According to feedback from our informants planted inside the Lin family, Lin Ruobing's attitude towards Shen Fei has noticeably shifted. She publicly referred to Shen Fei as her most important partner during an internal company meeting."

After finishing his report, Azure Dragon shut his mouth.

Everything that needed to be said had been said.

The rest depended on what the Dragon King would decide.

Lin Tian looked down at the photo of Shen Fei on the file.

Exquisite features, outstanding temperament.

In the photo, Shen Fei was wearing a white shirt with an indifferent expression, as if he disdained everything in the camera's view.

Lin Tian stared at this face for five seconds.

Then he closed the file.

"This person ruined my setup."

His voice was very soft.

So soft that only Azure Dragon and White Tiger at the front could hear it clearly.

"Yuanhang Logistics was a chess piece I spent half a month setting up. You all know the purpose."

"But Shen Fei intervened at the critical moment and smashed my chess game to pieces."

"Not only did he steal my credit, but he also took the opportunity to get close to Ruobing."

Lin Tian's fingers tapped lightly twice on the cover of the file.

"I don't know if he did it intentionally or unintentionally. But the result is the same."

"He touched my woman."

"This alone is enough for him to die a hundred times over."

The Four Heavenly Kings all turned solemn.

If the Dragon King said it was enough to die a hundred times, then he would truly die.

They had followed Lin Tian for ten years and had never known him to make empty threats.

"But the Shen family's power is not small."

Lin Tian stood up straight and walked over to the satellite map.

The map marked the distribution of all the Shen family's properties in Jinling.

Densely packed, they covered almost every district of Jinling.

"Going head-on is not the best choice. The Shen family has deep roots in Jinling, with connections in both the underworld and the lawful society. If we strike directly, it might attract unnecessary trouble."

"Therefore, we will start from the economic front."

Lin Tian turned around and looked at White Tiger.

"White Tiger, how much overseas funding can still be mobilized?"

White Tiger answered immediately.

"Your Majesty Dragon King, the overseas accounts currently have about twenty billion in available funds. However, the batch of money frozen with Yuanhang Logistics hasn't been unfrozen yet, so the actual usable amount is about fifteen billion."

"That's enough."

Lin Tian walked back to the command console.

"Although the Shen family's businesses are massive, it's impossible for every line to be an impenetrable fortress. What do listed companies fear the most? Stock price fluctuations."

"White Tiger, utilize the overseas funds to short three listed stocks under the Shen Group through offshore funds. The goal: make the Shen family's market value evaporate by more than three billion within three days."

White Tiger nodded.

"Understood!"

"Vermilion Bird."

"Present!"

"You are in charge of intelligence warfare. Continue to dig deep into Shen Fei's background. I want to know the weaknesses of everyone around him, the loopholes in every industrial chain, and every breakthrough point that can be exploited."

The smile on Vermilion Bird's lips deepened.

"As you command."

"Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise."

"Present!"

"You two are in charge of military deployment. Starting today, deploy an elite squad of five hundred men in each of the four directions of the Jinling urban area, and have them all enter standby mode."

"If economic means aren't enough, we will use physical means."

"Yes, sir!"

Lin Tian looked at the Four Heavenly Kings.

"Listen clearly. The target this time is no ordinary person. The Shen family has operated in Jinling for three generations and is deeply rooted. If we want to touch them, we must ensure nothing goes wrong."

"All actions are under my command. Without my orders, no one is allowed to act without authorization."

"Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

The four voices shouted in unison, like a military command.

Lin Tian nodded.

"Dismissed."

The Four Heavenly Kings got up and left.

Only Lin Tian remained in the command room.

He stood in front of the satellite map, looking at the full view of Jinling City.

Densely packed clusters of buildings, crisscrossing roads, and the winding Yangtze River.

In this city, he had lain dormant for three years.

He had been a dog for three years.

Bossed around, slapped and humiliated, and looked upon as trash by his own woman.

Everything was for the sake of turning the tables one day.

But Shen Fei ruined his script.

It didn't matter.

The script could be rewritten.

And the new script would be even more brilliant than the old one.

In the old script, he only needed to subdue the dozens of people in the Lin family.

In the new script, what he was going to subdue was the entirety of Jinling.

Including Shen Fei.

Or rather, Shen Fei's corpse.

Lin Tian's mouth twitched into a smirk.

He turned and walked out of the command room.

...

At the same time.

In the study of the Shen family villa.

Shen Fei sat in front of his computer, facing the real-time updates of the stock market dashboard.

The trend lines for the Shen Group's three listed stocks were plummeting into the red.

Dropping.

Still dropping.

Since the early trading session today, a massive number of short orders had been dumped onto the market.

The source was unknown.

They were routed through overseas offshore fund channels.

The techniques were professional and the rhythm precise. At first glance, it was clearly an organized short-selling operation.

The Chief Financial Officer of the Shen Group urgently made three phone calls to him.

"Young Master Shen! Someone is shorting us! The scale is massive! The estimated capital involved is over the ten billion mark!"

"Eleven hundred million in market value evaporated just today! If they continue with this intensity tomorrow, we could lose three billion within three days!"

"Should we initiate a buyback to support the market?"

Shen Fei leaned back in his chair, watching the jumping numbers on the screen.

"No need."

"Ah? Young Master Shen?"

"I said no need to support the market. Let them smash it."

The CFO on the other end of the line was stunned.

Let them smash it?

Three billion in evaporating market value, and you say let them smash it?

"Young Master Shen, this is three billion we're talking about! If we don't support the market, investor confidence will take a severe hit, and the chain reaction could—"

"Old Zhou."

Shen Fei interrupted him.

"Where do you think someone who dares to use over ten billion to short the Shen family gets their money?"

The CFO froze for a moment.

"For a short-selling operation of this scale, the funds must go through the compliant channels of the international financial market to be executed. And behind these channels, there must be a traceable source."

Shen Fei spoke at a moderate pace, but every word carried an undeniable certainty.

"By shorting us, he is exposing his money bags right in front of us."

"Since the money bags are exposed, what is there to fear?"

The CFO fell silent for two seconds.

Then he understood.

It wasn't that Shen Fei didn't care about the three billion.

He was fishing.

Using three billion in market value as bait.

To draw the snake out of its hole.

"Brilliant, Young Master Shen! I will immediately have the risk management department trace the source of the short-selling funds!"

"No need for you to trace it."

Shen Fei picked up another phone next to him.

"I'll do it myself."

He hung up on the CFO and opened the System Store.

Flipping through a few pages, he found what he was looking for.

[God-Level Hacker Technology Inheritance: Instantly master the world's top cyber attack and defense capabilities, including data tracking, system intrusion, encryption cracking, digital camouflage, and more. Price: 2000 Villain Points.]

Current Villain Points: 10000.

Shen Fei did not hesitate.

"Redeem."

[Ding! Redemption successful! God-Level Hacker Technology Inheritance has been injected into the host's brain!]

A massive stream of information instantly flooded into Shen Fei's mind!

Codes, algorithms, protocols, architectures, attack and defense logic!

Knowledge that the world's top hackers could not finish learning in a lifetime was fully integrated and mastered within three seconds!

Shen Fei closed his eyes for a moment.

When he opened them again, the way he viewed the world had changed.

Every electronic device in his eyes had become a door waiting to be opened.

Every data stream was like a river that could be traced back to its source.

He sat down at the computer and placed his ten fingers on the keyboard.

He began to type.

His speed was so fast that the clacking of the keyboard blended into a single continuous sound.

His target was very clear.

The funds shorting the Shen family's stocks were moving through three offshore fund channels.

These three offshore funds were registered in the Cayman Islands. Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to find out who the actual controllers were.

But Shen Fei was not using normal methods right now.

He was using God-Level Hacker Technology.

Fifteen minutes later.

The firewalls of the three offshore funds were penetrated layer by layer.

The encrypted data was unpacked line by line.

The flow of funds spread out on Shen Fei's screen like the root system of a massive tree.

From the Cayman Islands to Singapore.

From Singapore to Bangkok.

From Bangkok to Phnom Penh.

From Phnom Penh to...

Shen Fei's fingers paused for a moment.

The screen displayed the ultimate source of the funds.

Dragon King Palace.

Southeast Asia Branch.

Myanmar Master Account.

The funds were laundered through seventeen layers of shell companies before being injected into the international financial market, and then used to short the Shen Group's stocks.

Shen Fei looked at the densely packed fund flow chart on the screen.

Every node, every transfer, every shell company's registration information and actual controller had all been dug up by him.

Crystal clear.

Visible at a single glance.

The entire overseas financial system of the Dragon King Palace was like a person stripped naked in front of him.

There were absolutely no secrets left.

Shen Fei leaned back in his chair.

The light from the screen reflected on his face.

He was in no rush to make his move.

Instead, he opened a new folder.

He organized and archived all the data.

The Dragon King Palace's overseas fund flow chart.

The complete architecture of the seventeen shell companies.

The time, amount, and handler of every single transaction.

The encryption keys and login records of the Myanmar master account.

He packed it all up.

And made three backups.

One copy was saved to a local encrypted hard drive.

One copy was uploaded to an overseas encrypted cloud server.

The third copy...

Shen Fei thought for a moment.

Then he began to write an email.

Recipient: Interpol Southeast Asia Bureau.

CC: Myanmar Financial Regulatory Commission, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Thailand Anti-Money Laundering Office, Cambodian National Police Commissariat.

Attachment: Complete Analysis Report on the Overseas Fund Flow of the Dragon King Palace.

The body of the email contained only one sentence.

"The following materials involve the illegal financial operations system of a transnational criminal organization, with the amount involved exceeding twenty billion US dollars. All data has been verified and can be directly used as a basis for law enforcement."

Shen Fei's mouse hovered over the "Send" button.

He didn't click it.

It wasn't the right time yet.

This email was a nuclear bomb.

You can't just drop a nuclear bomb casually.

It had to be detonated at the most opportune moment to inflict maximum damage.

He would save it for now.

He would wait until Lin Tian showed all his cards domestically, and then detonate the explosives both overseas and domestically at the same time.

He would make him catch fire on both ends, unable to attend to everything at once.

Shen Fei minimized the email window.

He stood up and stretched lazily.

He walked to the window.

The sun was setting.

Jinling was dyed in a shade of tangerine red.

The system panel floated quietly in the corner of his vision.

He glanced at it.

[Short-selling operation tracking complete. The overseas financial system of the Dragon King Palace has been fully mastered by the host.]

[This information can be used at any time to destroy the overseas forces of the Dragon King Palace.]

[Current Lin Tian Luck Value: 14600 (Unchanged)]

It hadn't dropped yet.

Because Lin Tian still didn't know that his deepest secrets had already been stripped bare.

When he finally found out, it wouldn't just be a matter of his luck value dropping.

It would be a total collapse.

Shen Fei turned and left the study.

As he reached the top of the stairs, Su Qingxue's voice called out from below.

"Brother Fei, dinner is ready. I made your favorite braised pork ribs today."

Shen Fei's footsteps paused for a second.

Then he walked down the stairs.

"Coming."

The computer screen in the study remained lit.

The draft email on the screen waited there quietly.

Like a bomb with a buried fuse.

Waiting for the moment to be ignited.