I Knew You Had Sharp Hearing

Hm?

Leina suddenly widened her eyes, then rubbed them exaggeratedly. She wanted to make sure she wasn't seeing things!

But they were only three kilometers apart, and she was a god. Even if Wang Ji looked no bigger than a black dot, she could still see every detail clearly!

But, but...

Leina really did see it. Half his body was buried in the ground. He glanced at the crater she had just blasted open, then started spewing profanity over their channel.

The upper half of his body was still waving about indignantly. "Even if you get my ashes, you'll never get my heart!

Why the hell did you bomb me? Try bombing me again! I'll bury your ass in the Earth's crust!

Who the hell are you trying to scare? You think I'm afraid of you?

Big Brother only let you be the big sister because he was going easy on you! Now you're pushing your luck and trying to be the big sister-in-law! Keep dreaming! You... cough!"

Wang Ji coughed lightly and blinked, confirming that the long legs that had just leaped three kilometers had arrived right in front of him. His voice immediately fell silent.

He smacked his lips and said calmly, "Big Sis, that Jet Plane thing you've got going is pretty impressive. You never showed it before, so I thought..."

Three kilometers would have taken Wang Ji three seconds even with every advantage activated. But she had just blasted out some exhaust, Golden Light flashed beneath her feet, and she had leaped over in an instant.

She landed with a duang ten meters in front of Wang Ji, then slowly walked over and looked down at him.

"Cough... Well, I admit my tone just now was a little harsh, but..."

"No, what kind of weird ability is this?"

Leina paid no attention to this idiot's sudden change in attitude. Looking at this little Earth Deity in the ground, she crossed her arms and clicked her tongue in amazement.

Half his body was buried underground, while the other half remained aboveground. Both hands were out too; it had been his right hand waving at her just now.

She crouched down and reached out to tousle his head.

Perhaps because she always felt he was young, she loved tousling his head.

Her face was filled with curiosity. She was surprised, yet her eyes also held an inexplicable delight.

"Ahem!"

Sensing that she no longer seemed to have any killing intent, Wang Ji relaxed inwardly.

Then his brows rose, and he perked up. Crossing his arms, he tilted his head forty-five degrees toward the sky. "I originally wanted to get along with you all as De Xing's Spear, but all I got was you refusing to call me Big Brother.

No more pretending...

I'm the Heart of the Earth. I'm coming clean~"

"Achoo!"

Three kilometers away

The massive stone hand Cheng Yaowen had been controlling abruptly dissipated. He wiped his nose blankly. Had he... caught a cold?

Earth Deity's face was smeared with dirt and grains of sand, but it still could not conceal that smug expression. Leina let out a hey and could not help reaching out to pinch his cheek.

This little thing was really adorable...

"What exactly is going on with your genes? How did you suddenly gain an earth-burrowing ability?" Leina patted Wang Ji's head. Every time she patted him, his body sank lower, and when she let go, he floated back up.

It was as if he were floating in water.

Leina had also seen earlier that when she casually tossed out that light-orb bomb, Wang Ji had instantly burrowed his entire body into the ground!

Only afterward had he exposed half his body to check the situation, then begun lecturing her with quotations and references.

"That's none of your business." Wang Ji turned his head aside and moved backward through the earth, dodging Leina's teasing.

Half his body was buried in the dirt, and half remained aboveground. He should have been stuck, but he moved as freely as though he were swimming.

Like a little shark, he began circling Leina through the grass.

"You still haven't explained why you bombed me~" He crossed his arms and faced Leina with an unfriendly gaze. "You scared me. Pay up!"

Leina giggled at the sight of him. For some reason, she looked incredibly happy, with an indescribable joy in her expression.

Her eyes curved with laughter as she crouched on the ground, hugging her knees and watching Wang Ji circle back and forth. With a chuckle, she said, "Wasn't it still far from you? This goddess knew what she was doing. This goddess may not be good at much else, but I've been playing with light orbs for over a decade. My aim's excellent."

Then she chuckled again. "But since you want compensation, I'll just compensate you with this goddess~ This goddess is very rich. Follow me, and I'll make sure you become a god of war."

"Tch~"

Wang Ji crossed his arms and shook his head disdainfully. "Your alien brain isn't very big, but you sure dream big.

I am extraordinarily gifted, with a boundless future ahead of me. Dashing and elegant, suave and charming, brilliantly intelligent, remarkably handsome, skilled in both letters and arms, blessed with great talent and vast learning, full of wisdom, independent, hardworking, self-reliant, and strong.

Do I need to become some alien's pretty boy?

Forget it. You're an alien far from home, so you're pretty pitiful too. You probably don't even have two thousand bucks' worth of coins on you.

Bye-bye!"

With that, he burrowed straight into the ground and vanished.

"Hey!"

Leina hurriedly waved at him. She stood there in a daze for a while, but could only lower her hand helplessly.

"This brat..."

She smiled and sighed as she stood up, smoothing her brownish-yellow hair. She quietly stared at the spot on the ground where he had just disappeared for a long time.

A beautiful smile curled at the corner of her lips.

Although he was still far behind her, he was already surprising enough. And in her eyes, his personality and temperament were even more attractive than his genes...

As for everything else, as long as she liked him, none of it was a problem.

As for Qi Lin, if she could snatch him away, she would.

If she could not, it would not be that hard to settle.

And even if it could not be settled, a thousand years would pass quickly enough.

As for Du Qiangwei... she could go play somewhere else.

Leina laughed happily as she strolled back toward the original hill, her smile as sweet as though she had found honey. She had not expected to stumble upon such a secret by accident.

Extreme speed, wormhole calculations, earth-burrowing, bizarre weapon abilities, the potential of a genius scholar—her eye for talent as the Light of the Sun truly was razor-sharp~

Some rich bastard might not appreciate our treasure, but it was enough that she did.

As she walked, Leina returned to the original spot. From up here, she could look down and see every Super Soldier Company warrior training below.

Just as she was about to sit down, she suddenly froze.

For some reason, she suddenly remembered the boast Wang Ji had made here not long ago...

"I mean... you saved them."

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Crisp gunshots echoed through the forest, startling flocks of birds into flight.

"Can you shoot accurately without a helmet?"

"Yes."

"Is that eight-times scope any good?"

"An eight-times scope isn't good. Mine's a twenty-five-times scope."

"Do you believe I can shoot accurately too?"

"Yes."

"...You're supposed to say no."

"I believe you."

"I haven't even trained..."

"I believe you."

"Let me borrow it for a few shots."

"No."

Bang!

Another shot rang out. Wang Ji looked toward the clay pigeon shattered in the distance and gave Qi Lin a supportive thumbs-up.

Qi Lin held an enormous black sniper rifle. It was a relatively ordinary sniper rifle. Although powerful, it was not the God-Slaying Sniper Rifle he had seen those black-armored Taotie use.

"Tomorrow's our day off. Let's go into the city and look around. My clothes are old, so I need to buy some new ones." Qi Lin continued practicing her shooting intently, while Wang Ji stood beside her chatting like a salted fish.

"I bought you several sets online. They'll be delivered in a couple days. That's enough to wear." She did not even turn around.

Bang! Another hit.

"Fine, but the point was that the two of us should go out together..." He scratched his head.

"No."

"Why?"

"Settle things with those two female simps of yours first."

Bang! Missed.

"I knew you had sharp hearing..."

"So you've been stringing me along behind my back?"

"What do you think?"

"Tch... I want to watch a movie."