Glorious God Throne

“Mr. K?”

That name made Leiyin pause for a moment. Then he realized, a possible candidate popping into his mind. “Ah, you mean… that Skywalker?”

“Skywalker?” The other person was visibly stunned, then burst out laughing, bending over and covering their mouth, gasping for air between laughs. “Hahaha, has that title spread so widely now?”

“?” Leiyin was completely confused.

In the past, he might have been at a loss or even apologized reflexively, thinking he had said something wrong. But now, without even realizing it himself, his personality had undergone a subtle transformation from the inside out.

So, he just gave a cool glance and frankly expressed his confusion. “Is there a problem with calling him that?”

“No, no, no problem at all. It’s just that he himself doesn’t really like being called that.” The person who had been laughing heartily seemed to finally catch their breath, straightening up bit by bit.

They looked at Leiyin matter-of-factly and explained, “It’s probably like, having a villainous persona but being given a heroic title by people who don’t know the truth. That kind of subtle discomfort, you know?”

As they spoke, the smile on their face seemed uncontrollable, the corners of their mouth stretching upwards to an exaggerated degree.

Leiyin finally got a clear look at this person’s true appearance.

Dressed in a clean white coat, with neatly combed short dark brown hair, and a face that looked inherently reliable, appearing inside this clean and tidy clinic, they gave off the image of a serious, dependable, and responsible doctor.

But their overly exaggerated smile, and the misty look in their dark brown eyes from laughing so hard, gradually chipped away at that serious and responsible image, turning it into something more frivolous and unreliable.

Leiyin frowned instinctively, leaning back slightly. Although he forced himself to stop this movement the next second.

But the other person noticed even this tiny detail. “You seem to have some aversion to me? No, not me, is it the clothes I’m wearing that’s making you uncomfortable? Well, can’t be helped, this identity happens to be a doctor after all.”

Leiyin: “…”

Although he hadn’t gotten a clear look at this person’s face when he first woke up, he felt that their current demeanor was subtly different from the moment they first came in with breakfast.

However, now was not the time to dwell on this.

As someone who had just been rescued with severe injuries, Leiyin could still prioritize. He smoothly ignored the previous comments and continued with the original topic: “So, the person who saved me last night was this Mr. K?”

“Of course, who else would be so free to go out in the pouring rain late at night and wander near a top-secret national research institute?” The unnamed doctor replied with a smile. “But it wasn’t last night, it was three days ago. It’s been exactly three days since you were rescued and brought here.”

“Three days?” Leiyin was stunned again.

“Yes, the commotion you caused was quite significant. I think you’ve probably guessed—for these three days, the news of the ‘Attack on the Empire’s First-Class Research Institute’ has been buzzing everywhere.”

As he spoke, the doctor grabbed the remote from the bedside table and turned on the TV on the opposite wall with a click.

“…Now, you can see related news on any TV channel. Perhaps watching it firsthand will give you a deeper impression?”

Leiyin’s eyebrows furrowed tightly.

From the TV screen, the voice of a news anchor floated out—

“On the night of the 26th, the N-277 National First-Class Research Base in the outskirts of the Empire’s capital, Silver Capital, was attacked. An unidentified group of armed individuals broke into the research base, engaging in intense gunfire with the base’s security forces, resulting in 7 research staff deaths, 47 soldiers killed in action, and 51 injured…”

“This was a premeditated terrorist attack! It’s a provocation against the Empire! The Empire will never tolerate such criminal acts!”

“According to Dr. Wein, the head of Research Base N-277, it is also one of the Empire’s research bases for the ‘Human Genetic Enhancement’ project. Over the past twenty years, it has achieved numerous significant research results, making great contributions in the field of conquering intractable diseases. Recently, it has even obtained new research results, providing an extremely favorable experimental direction for the ‘Human Genetic Enhancement’ project…”

“This sudden terrorist attack was likely aimed at stealing the latest research results from Research Base N-277, delaying the success of the ‘Human Genetic Enhancement’ project. They are attempting to destroy the future of the Chenxing Empire…”

“The attack on Research Base N-277 is a provocation against the entire Chenxing Empire. Dr. Wells, the overall head of the ‘Human Genetic Enhancement’ project, stated that they are engaged in a great cause beneficial to all humanity, for the enhancement of all mankind. No matter what despicable means the enemy uses, they are doomed to fail…”

“Terrorist attack? A great cause beneficial to all humanity…” Leiyin mumbled, repeating their words. His body trembled and hunched over, his lowered face almost touching the blanket covering him. Word by word, he spoke through gritted teeth, “Ha! They really can say such things!”

“—These bastards spewing bullshit!”

His body seemed to tremble with excessive anger, making his suppressed voice sound like it contained a volcano about to erupt. Leiyin’s bent back straightened again, his lowered head slowly lifting, a pair of eyes burning with anger staring directly at the TV screen on the opposite wall.

But his voice gradually regained its calm.

He spoke in an icy, emotionless tone. “…To be able to say such things, I really underestimated their shamelessness in the past. Perhaps this is what politicians are like.”

“Wow, that’s a scary look, buddy!” The other person in the room let out a slightly exaggerated exclamation. The doctor reminded him in a teasing voice, “You’d better hide that when you go out. Otherwise, I’m afraid you’ll be reported as a wanted fugitive the moment you step out of the clinic.”

“…And I’d become an unscrupulous black market doctor harboring a wanted criminal.”

“Sounds like that last part is what you’re really concerned about?” Leiyin, having completely suppressed his emotions, tried to joke back in the same tone. “What great sympathy, doctor.”

He half-reclined on the bed, covered with a layer of snow-white blanket. Almost all exposed parts of his body were wrapped in bandages, including his face. Only a pair of eyes with a faint blue glow peeked out from the gaps in the bandages, with barely perceptible vigilance and wariness in their depths. Like a wild beast rescued by humans in the wilderness, even with all its wounds bandaged, it was still hard to trust humans easily.

Leiyin laughed self-mockingly. “If I leave now, even if I’m not reported as a wanted criminal, I’ll be caught by the empire’s ubiquitous surveillance system and arrested as a member involved in terrorist attacks. At that point, I suppose no one would care if I ended up on an experiment table with full justification.”

If the empire’s news and public opinion had maintained the same slant on TV for the past three days, reversing the roles of victims and perpetrators, Leiyin could guess without checking his phone how many angry comments cursing terrorists were online now. In the past, he might have been one of them.

But after experiencing so much, the imperial government had lost all credibility in Leiyin’s eyes. It was utter garbage!

As a direct participant in this incident, the vast difference between reality and the news was enough to make Leiyin question how many events hidden in darkness had occurred in his past twenty-plus years of life in this empire, only to be covered up by lies like “terrorist attacks” in the end. And how many times had the empire’s ordinary citizens been misled and deceived like they were now?

Did truth, justice, and righteousness still exist in this country? These intangible things seemed so elusive.

He had reason to believe that if the commotion that night hadn’t been too big to cover up perfectly, there wouldn’t even be news reports of terrorist attacks on TV now. Everything would have passed without a ripple, and no one would know that a bloody battle had taken place in the suburbs of Silver Capital.

And he would be secretly arrested in the near future, losing his freedom once again, lying on a cold experiment table.

After living as a good citizen for nearly thirty years, Leiyin’s trust in this country was completely shattered.

In less than half a year, his world had been repeatedly shattered and reassembled, then shattered and reassembled again.

First, he was forced to accept the sudden death of his parents, becoming a lonely island in this world, dazed and directionless. Then he unexpectedly gained a mysterious encounter, becoming one of those with mystical powers, and regained loved ones and friends, starting a new life… But just when his life seemed to be getting back on track and he thought he had found happiness again, everything vanished like a dream bubble. He not only lost the loved ones and friends he briefly had, but also lost his own freedom, becoming a pitiful prisoner, a mouse in a cage.

Having finally escaped, he faced the truly dark side of this country on a blood-red rainy night.

Behind that underground research facility was the Chenxing Empire.

The hell that shattered his dignity and freedom as a human being, attempting to strip him of everything, was created by the empire that was supposed to protect him. Even though he had temporarily escaped, they wouldn’t let him go.

Whether it was due to their relentless pursuit, for the purpose of self-protection, or to vent the anger in his heart that had nowhere else to go, out of the most basic desire for revenge, he had to do this. For the rest of his life, he must be an enemy of this vast empire.

This was something that could make one feel desperate.

Even though he now possessed power beyond ordinary humans, how could he, in his weakness, stand against an empire? This wasn’t some childish novel where a few words could make it happen.

Because his enemy was a country constructed by countless people, one of the most powerful countries on this planet.

Even now, when he had seemingly been rescued by a mysterious extraordinary known as the “Skywalker,” who likely had a special organization behind them – an organization powerful enough to help him avoid the Chenxing Empire’s first wave of arrests, allowing him to temporarily not worry about his safety – hope was still dim. Leiyin could only see darkness ahead.

Unless…

“Can I join you?”

The man on the hospital bed raised his head after a brief silence.

“Or rather, what do I need to do to join you?”

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