Still Not Satisfied!

The consortiums enjoyed privileges in Fierce Martial City.

That went doubly for the Suzuki Consortium, one of the three great consortiums.

As the eldest young lady of the Suzuki Consortium, Suzuki Wan had been excluded from its highest decision-making circle because she lacked ability, but her status could not be erased.

What did her status mean?

It meant that every combat robot had an underlying logical directive that forbade it from harming her.

It meant that no police officer dared aim at her, much less pull the trigger in her direction.

And so the combat robots moved aside, the snipers in the helicopters turned their guns away, and the infantry fighting vehicles lowered their barrels slightly and shut down their engines.

A voice rang out from the police ranks.

"Explosive Bomb Fist! You're surrounded!"

"Let Young Lady Suzuki go, and you'll still have a chance to stand trial."

Xia Lin picked at his ear at the nonsense, then turned to the cold sweat-covered Suzuki Wan and smiled.

"Now you should say, 'Fire at me'... It would fit the occasion, and make you look like someone important."

Suzuki Wan said nothing.

Clearly, she had no intention of saying anything like "Fire at me"...

Xia Lin pursed his lips, finding it rather dull.

Under the watchful eyes of the police, Xia Lin took Suzuki Wan to the underground parking garage and found her car.

Xia Lin pushed Suzuki Wan into the driver's seat and took the passenger seat himself.

"Drive."

He spoke softly, as if the killing intent in his heart had already subsided.

Suzuki Wan let out a quiet breath of relief.

"Where to?"

Xia Lin answered with six words.

"The North Wind Consortium's headquarters."

Suzuki Wan's hands began to tremble.

She finally realized that the madness in his actions was only on the surface.

The madness in his mind was at the core!

This man was a complete lunatic!

The luxury hovercar sped along.

Violent heavy metal music blared from inside.

Helicopters cleared the way ahead.

Police cars followed behind.

Inside the car, Xia Lin hummed along, his eyes half-closed. He seemed to be resting, but he was actually tallying his gains.

[Backstab effect activated.]

[You backstabbed your affiliated factions: the North Wind Martial Arts School and the North Wind Consortium. Effect assessment: extremely severe.]

[You have gained 10 points in all attributes.]

Kitano Yama was one of the North Wind Consortium's heirs, and killing him had given Xia Lin 10 points in all attributes.

But to Xia Lin's surprise, the notifications weren't over!

[Backstab effect activated.]

[You backstabbed your affiliated faction: the human faction. Effect assessment: extremely minor.]

[The accumulated total has reached a whole number. You have gained 1 point in all attributes.]

As mentioned before, Xia Lin was human and naturally belonged to the human faction.

Killing people also counted as backstabbing, and this time, including Kitano Yama and the bodyguards, Xia Lin had accumulated enough to gain 1 point in all attributes from backstabbing the human faction.

[Backstab effect activated.]

[You backstabbed your affiliated faction: Fierce Martial City. Effect assessment: little damage, but a major impact.]

[You made a consortium's health bar appear, shaking the fundamental order of Fierce Martial City.]

[You have gained 7 points in all attributes.]

Xia Lin had a Fierce Martial City identity card and was a citizen of the city—it had been provided by the Ash Zone System, but it still counted as his identity.

And an identity card proved faction affiliation.

[Xia Lin]

[Strength: 51]

[Constitution: 51]

[Agility: 51]

[Spirit: 55]

"Hahahaha!"

Xia Lin's laughter suddenly rang out over the heavy metal music, making Suzuki Wan flinch and tremble.

She was afraid of Xia Lin now...

A vicious person wasn't scary.

But a vicious, powerful, and crazy psychopath was terrifying.

Unfortunately, things had already come to this. Suzuki Wan didn't want to die, so she could only look for a way to survive.

Disheveled and filthy, she spoke with a show of calm.

"Going to the North Wind Consortium isn't a good idea."

"The defenses at any consortium's headquarters are far beyond anything you can imagine."

"You saw the combat robots I had with me before. They were only B-rank, and above them are A-rank, S-rank, SS-rank, and even SSS-rank!"

"The North Wind headquarters has at least one SS-rank combat robot guarding it, not to mention the other defenses..."

Xia Lin said nothing. He simply narrowed his eyes and enjoyed the wild music.

Suzuki Wan continued, "Your protective force field really is strong, but I'd guess the energy stored in it was used up in that last fight, wasn't it? Without it, you won't even make it to the second floor of North Wind's headquarters. How about I take you outside the city instead?"

"With your abilities, you could make a name for yourself out there, even if you don't stay in Fierce Martial City."

Xia Lin still didn't respond.

Suzuki Wan bit her lower lip and was about to speak again when Xia Lin's voice suddenly sounded.

"Finished?"

Suzuki Wan didn't dare say anything else and could only nod stiffly.

"Good. We're here too."

He looked up ahead, and the North Wind Consortium's headquarters came into view.

It was ahead, near the center of the new district.

The hundred-meter-tall building towered over its surroundings.

A hologram on the roof projected the words "North Wind Consortium" in enormous letters.

As Xia Lin looked at those words, his smile turned savage once more.

When he entered the Ash Zone, his strength, agility, and constitution had been 9, and his spirit had been 13.

Now his strength, agility, and constitution were 51, and his spirit was 55!

The effect of the limit-breaking skill Backstab was terrifying, but Xia Lin still wasn't satisfied!

He had already completed the main quest.

For that, he had endured two days of abuse and torture.

Xia Lin wasn't satisfied with his gains so far, and they didn't do justice to what he had endured!

He was just that impatient!

"Drive into it. See the front doors? Ram straight through them."

Suzuki Wan froze.

But when she saw Xia Lin's eyes slowly turning bloodshot, she couldn't defy his order.

She could only grit her teeth and floor the accelerator.

Ahead, the bulletproof glass doors drew closer and closer...

Suzuki Wan could even make out a fully armed robot force behind the doors.

They held all kinds of weapons at the ready, but none dared raise a gun at the young lady of the Suzuki Consortium inside the car.

Closer still...

Until screams of "Aah!" rang out across the sky.

Just before they reached the doors, Suzuki Wan slammed on the brakes. The high-performance hovercar shut down on the spot, spewing brilliant blue flames from its front and coming to a stop less than a meter from the North Wind Consortium's headquarters.

At the last moment, she hadn't dared ram it after all.

"I'll die... I'll die."

"I can't survive an impact that violent."

She looked at Xia Lin, crying and pleading, her features twisted and her face covered in tears and snot.

But she saw that the smile had vanished from Xia Lin's face, replaced by a stillness like dead water.

"I see."

He spoke softly.

Then he raised his fist.

"Then you're no use anymore."

"Boom!!"

[Backstab effect activated.]

[You have killed a direct descendant of one of the three great consortiums, one of the rulers of your affiliated faction.]

[You backstabbed your affiliated faction: Fierce Martial City. Effect assessment: moderate.]

[You have gained 10 points in all attributes.]

[Strength: 61]

[Constitution: 61]

[Agility: 61]

[Spirit: 65]