Explosion

"Sweet and Sour Spicy, two flavors. Large bowl eight yuan, small bowl six yuan."

He Ao watched the girl in front of him skillfully quote a price.

The girl wasn't tall, only a little over 1.5 meters, slightly shorter than Yuan Nan Nan.

But she had a well-proportioned figure and balanced proportions. She wore a black inner layer with a dark green jacket and a black choker with a heart-shaped iron ring around her neck. Her figure and attire combined made her look much more mature than Yuan Nan Nan, despite being shorter.

The girl noticed He Ao watching her, looked up and met his gaze, but quickly looked away.

She seemed to have just undergone strenuous exercise, with fine beads of sweat on her forehead and slightly rapid breathing. However, she was trying her best to suppress her body's instincts, making herself appear very calm.

"I'll have a spicy one, large bowl."

After avoiding He Ao's gaze, the girl pointed at the Cold Noodles, trying to divert He Ao's attention.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

He Ao began mixing the Cold Noodles.

He didn't ask about the girl's situation. Everyone had their own story, and he, He Ao, was just selling Cold Noodles.

In two or three minutes, He Ao finished making the Cold Noodles. He looked at the girl, "Eating here or taking away?"

"Eating here!"

Before he even finished speaking, the girl quickly said.

"Alright," He Ao put the Cold Noodles in a bowl and handed it to the girl, "Be careful, it's oily."

"Thank you."

The girl seemed to be gradually regaining her composure. She took the Cold Noodles from He Ao with one hand and walked towards the Small Folding Table nearby.

The sound of rubber wheels rolling on the uneven ground reached He Ao's ears.

Only then did He Ao notice that the girl was dragging a small black square suitcase. The suitcase wasn't big, but it looked quite heavy.

As the girl sat down, the stall in front of He Ao became quiet again.

"Stop!"

Zhang Anxia's loud shout echoed in the dark night.

The Industrial Area was built in the suburbs, adjacent to suburban villages. This area was just between the city and the countryside, filled with construction sites and scattered self-built houses.

Therefore, the terrain in this area was complex, with small paths leading in all directions, and no surveillance cameras.

Zhang Anxia was here for the first time and felt a bit dizzy from the terrain. The person he was chasing, however, seemed very familiar with the area, darting between houses and construction sites like a local.

But his speed was far inferior to Zhang Anxia's. Although he hadn't been caught by Zhang Anxia due to his knowledge of the terrain, the distance between them was getting closer and closer.

If He Ao were here, he would clearly recognize that the young man's back was very similar to the young man who could turn into a Bull and came to 'demolish' yesterday.

In fact, the 'Bull' had always been Zhang Anxia's target. Last night, he was actually investigating the Bull when he got near He Ao's Cold Noodles stall. However, after chasing the 'Bull' into a small alley last night, the 'Bull' escaped.

So this time, he sped up and kept a tighter watch.

However, as the chase continued, he kept feeling that something was off.

The Bull's explosive power should be very strong. He lost track of him yesterday because of the Bull's sudden acceleration, but the 'Bull' being chased today clearly showed a weakness in speed, only relying on familiarity with the terrain to create distance.

While he was thinking, the 'Bull' in front turned into a small alley along the wall of a self-built house.

After walking through it a few times, Zhang Anxia was already somewhat familiar with this terrain. He directly flipped onto the wall, crossed over the house along the wall, and appeared on the small path on the other side of the house.

On this small path, the 'Bull' was wondering why Zhang Anxia hadn't chased after him, slowing down and preparing to look back, when a solid punch flew towards him, knocking him to the ground.

Zhang Anxia directly took out a pair of Alloy Handcuffs from behind his waist, pressed down on the young man who had been knocked to the ground, and cuffed him.

"How did you get here?"

The young man pressed under Zhang Anxia clearly couldn't understand why Zhang Anxia had suddenly appeared in front of him.

Zhang Anxia was silent for a moment. He felt there was no need to explain to someone that this world was actually three-dimensional, and you could not only walk but also climb walls.

He pressed the Bluetooth headset hanging on his ear. The call was quickly connected, and a somewhat cold female voice came from the other end, "Caught him?"

"Caught him," Zhang Anxia looked at the young man beneath him, "but I always feel like something is wrong."

"Be careful. An anomaly was reported nearby not long ago and hasn't been investigated yet. According to the current data, superhumans, anomalous environments, and pollutants attract each other."

The female voice immediately warned.

"Yes, I know," Zhang Anxia nodded, his gaze still fixed on the young man's cheek below him. "That anomaly is to the east. I was heading west. I just feel that the 'Bull' seems much weaker than the data suggests... too weak..."

Speaking of this, his tone suddenly paused. He flipped his right hand over, and a powder very similar in color to skin tone was faintly stained on the back of his hand.

This was the hand he had just used to hit the young man's cheek. He slowly lowered his head and saw that the young man whose head he was holding down on the ground had uneven color on his face.

He directly reached out and rubbed the young man's face. A thick layer of something like 'mud' fell off, revealing the originally somewhat pale skin.

And the young man's 'appearance' was also changed by this action. Although it was already colorful, Zhang Anxia could clearly recognize,

This wasn't the 'Bull'!

"We've been tricked! Be careful!"

He immediately shouted into the phone.

Responding to him was a violent explosion.

Liu Nan angrily dragged Yuan Nan Nan out of that small street and back onto the main road.

Then she looked at Yuan Nan Nan, who was carefully protecting her bowl, afraid of spilling even a drop, and the anger in her heart was gradually replaced by confusion,

"Is it really that good?"

"Of course," Yuan Nan Nan excitedly picked up a chopstick full of noodles. "Here, let me feed you a taste."

Liu Nan opened her mouth, half-believing and half-doubting. The soft noodles wrapped around the crisp bean sprouts were sucked into her mouth. The perfectly mixed sauce burst open in her mouth all at once, instantly widening Liu Nan's eyes.

She finished slurping the noodles, wanted to open her mouth to curse a few words, but couldn't bring herself to, and could only pout her small mouth, "It's quite tasty."

Actually, she also knew that this anger was unfounded. Rather than anger, it was more like the embarrassment of her charm failing and admitting she was a little dog.

Thinking of this, she sighed again. It wasn't that she had never met people immune to her looks, but most of them were either older and lacked desire, or held high positions with clearer ideals and ambitions. This was the first time she had been frustrated by someone her own age.

"Liu Nan, when are you going to marry He Ao? That way I can eat such delicious Cold Noodles every day."

Yuan Nan Nan said with emotion while eating her noodles.

Just moments ago it was 'he likes you', and now it's fast-forwarded directly to marriage? Your train of thought jumps too quickly, doesn't it?

Liu Nan rolled her eyes helplessly. Her relationship with He Ao was that of unfamiliar classmates, at most with an added layer of an unreturned favor. It was uncertain if they would have any interaction in the future, and the possibility of developing feelings was very low.

However, she was used to Yuan Nan Nan's personality of wanting to ship any two people she caught together. Even the two strongest, most handsome muscular guys in their class had been shipped by Yuan Nan Nan.

"Alright," Liu Nan looked around. The Industrial Area was extremely deserted, with only wide roads and some cars parked on the roadside, unsure if anyone was inside. There were very few pedestrians and vehicles coming and going. She took out her phone, "I'll call a taxi back to school."

Just as she took out her phone, in a pure white car not far from her, a woman wearing a green cloth dress was watching her while making a phone call.

"We were tricked!"

As this clear voice came from the phone, a black object flashing with red light was suddenly thrown from a distance, landing beside the car.

Upon seeing this object, the woman didn't bother to respond to the call. She violently pushed open the door and jumped out of the vehicle.

Boom—

A violent explosion roared.