"Xia Chong?"
"What is she doing here?"
"..."
The moment he saw Xia Chong, Lu Xin lost focus, and the black particles in his eyes quickly faded away.
Even the shadow beside him instantly calmed down. Father was just as curious as he was.
"Come on..."
Seeing Lu Xin staring blankly, Xia Chong anxiously stamped her foot. "We'll be too late if you wait any longer..."
"Oh, right..."
Lu Xin came back to himself. He glanced at the black Mental Monsters surging toward them like a tide, as well as the Negative Zero Unit members, who showed not the slightest emotional fluctuation as they mechanically fought the Mental Monsters. Without revealing anything, he immediately dismissed the thought that had just arisen in his mind and hurried toward Xia Chong under the protection of the Negative Zero Unit members.
"Grab my hand..."
Xia Chong, who had only half of her body sticking out, quickly took Lu Xin's hand and pulled him back behind the door.
"Creak..."
The instant the door closed, countless black Mental Monsters and the chaotic, murky psychic field all vanished.
The world around them turned into blood-red ruins. Lu Xin and Xia Chong traversed the ruins, climbing over countless broken walls and cracked roads before finally reaching an intact door. They quickly opened it and went inside.
It took Lu Xin a little while to adjust to the light in the room.
He found himself in a dark, cramped room lit by only a few dim yellow bulbs.
All kinds of firearms and computers were piled in the corners, making the room look disorderly.
Two people were lying on the two military beds near the wall.
One of them was wrapped from head to toe in bandages. It was Scalpel, an esper from Central City and Lu Xin's