Airport

Time flew by.

It was May 22nd. In the waiting lounge of Jiangcheng International Airport, Li Qingye pulled his suitcase, following behind his Mentor and two other classmates.

Seeing Li Qingye looking even more haggard, his Mentor sighed inwardly, hoping he could overcome this on his own.

Although Li Qingye, wearing sunglasses, appeared dejected, he was secretly observing his surroundings.

For the past week since undergoing Gene Modification, he had been familiarizing himself with and researching his body and his Gene Abilities.

After some research, he had indeed discovered a previously overlooked aspect: the ability to turn some Gene Abilities on and off.

For instance, if Super Senses were constantly active, it would severely impact his daily life.

In the Super Senses state, his hearing was enhanced by about 3.7 times, and he could perceive a small range of ultrasonic frequencies.

His sense of taste was enhanced by about 14 times, and his sense of smell by a staggering 45 times.

This meant that if he maintained Super Senses constantly, things that ordinary people found fragrant, or even slight noises, could potentially cause him extreme discomfort.

Fortunately, through experimentation, Li Qingye found a way to control these Super Senses: by utilizing his Memory Palace ability to establish a sensory information filtering mechanism.

Sensory organs like taste, in essence, are formed by sensory functional cells, neurons, and brain cells.

During this process, Li Qingye could not alter his brain cells or sensory functional cells, but he could block a portion of the sensory cells from transmitting information to his brain cells.

This was akin to "the body being injured," but "the brain not receiving the injury signal," thus creating the "illusion that I am not injured."

Li Qingye adjusted this mechanism and applied it to limit his Super Senses, allowing his brain to receive normal sensory information.

Since he could limit them, he could naturally reactivate them.

At this moment, Li Qingye activated his Super Hearing ability, carefully listening to the surrounding passengers.

More than twenty meters away from Li Qingye's group, two young men in their early twenties were casually looking at the flight information list.

Snap! The bubblegum in the mouth of one of them, a Blondie with an earring, popped. He glanced to his left as if by chance.

"Ahu, are we just going to watch?"

The other, Squinty, took a sip of his cola and said softly with a smile, "We just watch. As long as we don't lose them, that's fine."

"Tch, what a hassle," Blondie continued chewing his gum.

Neither of them noticed that Li Qingye, over twenty meters away, had heard their hushed conversation clearly.

These two have been lurking around since I left the lab, Li Qingye thought to himself.

Even though Blondie and Squinty had changed their disguises multiple times and never came within ten meters of him, they clearly didn't know that under his Super Senses, Li Qingye could discern a person's scent with incredible clarity.

Especially after his eyes became red-green colorblind, he had consciously used scent to identify targets in his daily life.

No matter how Blondie and Squinty changed their disguises, their scent was difficult to alter, and this was a blind spot in common knowledge.

A cold killing intent flashed in Li Qingye's eyes beneath his sunglasses.

Despite his refined appearance, coupled with his messy hair and stubble, making him look like a frail scholar incapable of even lifting a chicken, he was currently a ruthless killer with extensive experience.

This was not Li Qingye's own ability or experience, but that of his grandfather, Li Shengli.

The Ancestral Memory within Gene Abilities had two modes of application: one was "third-person mode," akin to watching a movie; the other was "first-person mode," which created an immersive experience. Of course, this mode had side effects, as first-person memories could influence one's personality.

His grandfather, Li Shengli, had participated in the Crossing the River Campaign and the Korean War as a scout, killing numerous enemies.

Li Qingye had chosen a portion of his grandfather's memories. Through the immersive first-person mode, he acquired skills such as Firearms Mastery, Melee Combat, Wilderness Survival, Battlefield First Aid, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Trap Setting, Reconnaissance and Analysis, Map Drawing, Code Mastery, Camouflage Techniques, Vehicle Driving, Swimming, Demining, Explosives Handling, and Iron Will.

He was now essentially no different from a veteran hardened by battlefield combat.

Blondie and Squinty showed signs of special operations training, but in a life-or-death struggle, the ferocity honed on the battlefield was something training camps could not replicate.

Li Qingye was fairly certain who had sent these two individuals to monitor him.

[Dear passengers, the flight from Jiangcheng to San Francisco will depart in one hour. Please proceed to the boarding gate...]

An announcement echoed through the lounge, and the flight information scrolled across the screens in the hall.

One of his classmates said to the Mentor, "Boss, it's time to board."

"Alright, let's go everyone!" The Mentor grabbed his suitcase and headed towards the boarding gate.

Li Qingye followed.

Blondie and Squinty, who had also booked this flight, nonchalantly pulled their suitcases and walked towards the boarding gate.

Choosing to go abroad this time carried immense risk for Li Qingye.

Domestically, many methods were unusable. Furthermore, the sudden changes within the Xin Xin Group had already drawn attention, and those people would certainly not dare to make a move against him within the country in the short term.

But time eventually fades everything.

The rules within the country restricted Du Shuping and his associates, and they also restricted Li Qingye. Yet, under the same rules, the resources, manpower, and connections the opposing side possessed could easily crush him.

Therefore, going abroad became the key to breaking the deadlock. Staying in the country meant certain death, while going abroad offered a slim chance of survival.

For this sliver of hope, Li Qingye was willing to take the risk.

Inside the cabin.

After storing his suitcase, he leaned back in his seat, seemingly resting with his eyes closed, but actually listening to Blondie and Squinty's movements.

The two were behind him, four rows away. They weren't doing anything strange, just like ordinary passengers.

"Dear passengers, please turn off your mobile phones and other communication devices..." the chief flight attendant announced through the broadcast, reminding them of various precautions.

Meanwhile, the two classmates were discussing their trip to America with their Mentor.

One of them, a young man with glasses and a face full of acne, was named Lin Yulong. He appeared shy on the surface but was actually a chatterbox, having talked non-stop from the moment they met until boarding.

Li Qingye's Mentor was a thin, middle-aged man named Tie Dongqing.

The other classmate was a young man with a hedgehog hairstyle and a pair of phoenix eyes, named Tian Nanxing.

Listening to Lin Yulong's incessant chatter, Tian Nanxing seemed impatient. He stood up and said to Li Qingye, who was nearby, "I'm going to the restroom."

He lifted his leg, making way for Tian Nanxing.

Li Qingye, who was still resting with his eyes closed, suddenly stiffened slightly, then returned to normal.

As Tian Nanxing walked towards the restroom, he passed Blondie and Squinty's seats. Squinty also stood up and headed for the restroom.

Li Qingye instantly focused his attention, locking his hearing onto the direction of the airplane's restroom.

Two breaths, the sound of a door closing...

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