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Chapter 99 Global Extortion! His attention level: 'Dao'!

A surge of heat rushed to Li Zhenguo's head, and he felt the blood vessels in his skull sending out a dangerous warning.

He rushed forward, forcing a distorted smile onto his face, his voice trembling.

"Mr. Lin... Mr. Lin, what... what is this...?"

He wants to ask you if this is kidnapping the highest-ranking North American military officer?

But the words were on the tip of his tongue, and he swallowed them back down.

He has no right to question.

In front of the owner of this courtyard, he didn't even have the right to breathe loudly.

Lin Fan glanced at him indifferently, withdrew the hand that was resting on General Armstrong's shoulder, and casually put it into his pocket.

"Nothing much, just hired a new employee."

He gestured with his chin toward Armstrong, who was now completely petrified.

"He will be in charge of supervising the expansion of our yard in the future."

Hiring... workers?

Li Zhenguo's gaze involuntarily fell on the gleaming star on Armstrong's shoulder, and the muscles at the corners of his eyes twitched wildly.

You call this recruitment?

That's Armstrong, the hawkish leader of the North American military, who commands the "Alpha" squad! On the international stage, he's a giant who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Commander-in-Chief of China!

Now, you're going to bring him here... to be the supervisor?

For the first time, Li Zhenguo began to suspect that Mr. Lin's understanding of "talent" might be on a completely different level from that of all humanity.

"Um... Mr. Lin, is there... perhaps some misunderstanding?"

Li Zhenguo felt a chill run down his spine and had no choice but to bite the bullet and try to mediate.

"General Armstrong is here on behalf of the Global Extraordinary Defense Organization to investigate. They may just be using a bit too extreme methods."

"An investigation?" Lin Fan raised an eyebrow. "Did someone kick down the door to investigate? Did someone open fire without saying a word?"

He pointed to the broken wooden slats on the ground, and then to the expensive "tin cans" outside the courtyard that were still emitting black smoke.

"Old Li, I've always been the kind of person who persuades people with reason."

"They damaged my door and scared my plants. I didn't make them disappear on the spot, but just let them stay and work to pay off their debts. That's the greatest mercy I could show them."

Li Zhenguo's throat was dry, and he couldn't utter a single word.

He knew that every word Mr. Lin said was the truth.

Given this guy's style, it's already a huge blessing that he didn't crush these people into cosmic dust on the spot.

"Alright, you're in charge of cleaning up the trash outside." Lin Fan waved his hand impatiently. "And these two piles in the yard," he pointed to the unconscious ninja and mage in the corner, "take them with you."

"Go back and tell the people behind them that if they want to take their people back, they can."

"Pay the money to redeem it."

"The batch from Japan, a flat price of 10 billion US dollars. The batch from Europe, the equipment looks good, also 10 billion."

"As for this overseer..." Lin Fan's gaze fell on Armstrong again, "He is the principal offender, so his crime is more serious, and the ransom will be doubled."

"When will the money arrive in the account? When can we leave?"

"Otherwise, you can stay here with me as fertilizer and a farmhand."

After saying that, Lin Fan was too lazy to pay attention to these mundane matters anymore. He turned around and walked back into the courtyard, sank back into the recliner, picked up his teacup, and closed his eyes to rest.

The upheaval that just occurred, which was enough to overturn the world order, was nothing more than driving away a few noisy flies to him.

At the scene, only Li Zhenguo, with a bitter expression, a group of special operations team members who dared not breathe, and General Armstrong, who remained frozen in place, his soul seemingly out of his body.

Li Zhenguo sighed and walked up to Armstrong.

"Your Excellency, I think we need to have a very serious talk now."

The next few hours were a diplomatic tsunami that swept the globe for Li Zhenguo.

He had to appease the superhumans from various countries who had been crippled by the "Lin family servants," and also, as an intermediary, convey Lin Fan's ransom terms, which could be described as "divine blackmail," to the powerful forces behind them.

When the top officials of the Imperial Palace of Japan and the European Round Table learned that their ace team had not only been completely wiped out, but also had to pay a ransom of 10 billion US dollars, the air in the conference room instantly ignited.

"This is the ultimate insult to the Divine Martial Bloodline! Immediately assemble the Yin-Yang Bureau and the Heavenly Ninja forces; we must wash this away with blood..."

"Shut up! Master Merlin was stripped of all his magic in one blow? Who...who is that? Activate the 'Eye of the World Tree' immediately! No matter the cost, I need to know everything that happened in that courtyard!"

However, as more pieces of intelligence gathered through various channels...

When they learned that their proud top-tier combat power had been easily defeated by a group of "gardeners" and "cleaners," they were shocked.

When they learned that the "Alpha" team, North America's most elite unit built at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, had been reduced to scrap metal by a single punch from a "security guard," they were shocked.

All the rage froze instantly, turning into a bone-chilling coldness and fear.

Gardener... cleaner... security guard...

This is not strength.

This is a deity who has disguised his kingdom as a mortal's courtyard!

Ultimately, under Li Zhenguo's "mediation" that combined both soft and hard tactics, and even more so under the incomprehensible and terrifying pressure emanating from the courtyard, the situation was resolved.

They bowed their heads.

Ten billion US dollars is like cutting off flesh and bleeding blood.

But compared to completely enraging a terrifying being they didn't even have the right to look up to, they were willing to pay the money!

They even had to express their sincerest gratitude for Lin Fan's "kindness" and "forgiveness" in diplomatic language.

As a result, huge sums of money poured into China's national treasury through the most secretive channels.

Li Zhenguo stared at the string of zeros flashing across his account, his feelings a complex mix that defied description.

Mr. Lin's existence is not only a pillar of stability for China.

It is also China's... super money printing machine.

This is no longer a bank robbery.

This is robbing central banks around the world.

After dealing with all of this, Li Zhenguo, his body completely drained, began writing a top-secret report on the incident.

He sat in his office, staring at a blank document, for half an hour, his fingertips trembling, unable to type a single word.

How to write it?

Where to begin?

The gardener who wrote about Mr. Lin almost buried a legendary Japanese ninja alive with a hoe.

The story tells of Mr. Lin's cleaning lady who used a toilet brush to shatter the core of a European archmage's spell.

The story is about Mr. Lin's security guard who, in his excitement after winning a game of rock-paper-scissors, punched and destroyed North America's strongest super soldier army.

If this report is submitted, the Commander-in-Chief won't doubt that he's insane, but rather that the whole world has gone mad.

In the end, he deleted all the absurd details and, with all his might, wrote the shortest and most somber report ever.

The title of the report is:

[Preliminary Assessment Report on the Achievements of Mr. Lin's Courtyard Security Team]

The main body of the report consists of only one sentence:

[Assessment Result: Our side, and all known supernatural forces worldwide, are utterly incapable of effective resistance against this security team.]

The report concluded with three suggestions:

[Suggestion 1: Effective immediately, raise Mr. Lin's attention level from 'Heaven' to 'Tao'.]

[Suggestion 2: Designate Mr. Lin's courtyard house as the absolute center, with a radius of ten kilometers, as the highest restricted area, codenamed "Divine Realm," where entry is strictly prohibited.]

[Recommendation 3: All matters concerning Mr. Lin in the future should be handled according to one principle: everything he says is correct.]

After writing the last word, Li Zhenguo slumped into his chair, his sweat-soaked shirt clinging tightly to his back.

He gazed at the night sky outside the window, his voice hoarse.

"This world... has truly changed."

……

Meanwhile, in the eye of the storm, Lin Fan's courtyard house had already returned to tranquility.

Those "prisoners" who had been extorted were respectfully "invited" away by Li Zhenguo's men.

General Armstrong, looking numb, followed Li Zhenguo to complete the complicated procedures for the so-called "leave without pay" and "cross-border technical exchange".

In the courtyard, the ground and walls affected by the battle were instantly restored to their original state under the skillful manipulation of Taurus Aldebaran's earth element, without even a single crack.

Everything vanished without a trace.

Lin Fan lay back in the chair, leisurely sipping his tea, feeling as if the whole world had become peaceful.

"Mmm, this is still the most comfortable."

He casually picked a tender green leaf from the flowerpot next to him and threw it into the teapot.

The tea in the pot instantly emitted a golden halo, and an indescribable fragrance spread out.

"Lin Bao, Lin Bao, your leaves are still the best for making tea."

Just then, a head quietly peeked out from the wall of the neighboring courtyard.

It's Old Wang.

He held a steaming bowl of noodles with soybean paste in his hand, looking curiously into the courtyard.

"Xiao Fan! Are you done with your work?" Old Wang slurped up a mouthful of noodles and called out indistinctly.

"That was quite a commotion just now, like the sound of ping-pong balls going off. I thought someone was setting off firecrackers in broad daylight."

"The new renovation team you hired isn't very skilled, but they're top-notch at tearing things down!"