Chen Yi found a seat in a corner. A few more people trickled in, then a man with a distinctly sleazy look walked in and pointed at the television. "Hey, hey, did you see the news? I think it's aliens." Chen Yi recognized him as Zhao Xin. Then he saw Ge Xiaolun and Qiang Wei come in.
"We weren't... called here to do this, were we?" Ge Xiaolun asked nervously, then continued, "I heard... Qiang Wei say we're supposed to go fight the aliens. Is that what this is?"
"Damn..." Zhao Xin was shocked, and perhaps a little scared, too. "Are you kidding me? We're really fighting aliens? What the hell are we supposed to do?"
"Jeez..."
"Son of a— I'm here to fight aliens?"
A sudden voice rang out from the back of the classroom. Most of the people inside turned to look at Liu Chuang.
Liu Chuang spoke in a swaggering manner:
"I... I'm the boss of a gang!"
"What the hell?!" Xiaolun asked, confused. He didn't understand why someone like this was here. "You're here too?"
Rui Mengmeng was a little put off. She'd always been a good kid and had an instinctive aversion to gangsters:
"Why is there a gangster here?"
"At most, he's an overgrown delinquent," Qi Lin scoffed, explaining it to Rui Mengmeng at the same time. Other people might not know Liu Chuang, but she did. He was just a petty thug.
"Oh, yeah?" Liu Chuang tossed aside the chair in his other hand and said, "I'm a bona fide gang boss! I've got dozens of guys waiting outside, you know?"
"You mean the kind in the movies, getting into gunfights?" Qi Lin stood up. She couldn't stand Liu Chuang's behavior, so she walked up to him and taunted, "Or the kind you see on the news, stealing and causing trouble?"
"Aw, it's you again... Qi Lin, sweetheart," Liu Chuang said, lowering his crossed leg as he stood up. He rattled the desk and chair with a crash.
"What's this, then? A bunch of girls hanging around us guys?"
"What kind of people are these?" Rui Mengmeng thought, feeling a little scared of Liu Chuang.
Liu Chuang kept talking:
"Huh? What's that supposed to mean? Men and women working together makes the work easier, right? Hahahahaha!"
Lena stood up and slowly walked toward Liu Chuang.
Liu Chuang didn't pay her any mind. He pointed at Lena's long legs and said, "Those long legs in fishnets... Heh."
Chen Yi watched Liu Chuang and the others without doing anything. After all, he knew someone would step in.
Sure enough, Lena had reached Liu Chuang. She simply reached out one hand, grabbed him by the throat, lifted him up, and slammed him against the wall.
Several people in the classroom stood up, staring at the scene in shock.
"What's a gang boss compared to a god? Does it really sound like something to brag about?" Lena taunted.
"Hey, hey, ow... Hey, lady... L-l-l-lady Strongarm..."
Liu Chuang immediately backed down. He could tell the other woman was far stronger than he was.
"Y-you... Who... who are you?"
Lena replied:
"I'm your goddess, Sunlight, Lena!"
"Oh! You're that... thing..." Liu Chuang remembered the deity who had appeared in his dream that day. He thought she'd mentioned something about the sun. "S-sunlight?"
"Boom..."
Lena put force into her hand. A flash of light burst forth, blowing a huge hole in the classroom wall and sending Liu Chuang flying.
"Ugh... Ow..."
Lena walked toward Liu Chuang, step by step. Ripples spread through the air around her as pieces of armor appeared on her body one after another, assembling into a suit that fit her perfectly.
The people in the classroom were dumbfounded. How had it come to blows so quickly? A few of them then walked out through the hole Lena had blasted open. Chen Yi followed.
"Here's a secret: I'm an alien, too. I came here especially to protect you... in the name of friendship." Lena walked up to Liu Chuang.
"But some of you still need to learn a little manners."
"Hmph... Manners?" Liu Chuang got up from the ground. "Now an alien's lecturing people on Earth." As he spoke, he swung a fist at Lena. But she reacted instantly, bringing up her Shield of Dawn to protect herself. Liu Chuang's fist struck the shield, and the recoil sent him flying backward. He fell to the ground.
Liu Chuang was still unwilling to give in and tried to get up, but Lena held a Blade of Dawn to his throat. He immediately behaved himself and didn't dare move recklessly again.
The others were dumbfounded. They hadn't expected things to go this far.
Ge Xiaolun, overflowing with a sense of justice, saw the gun at Qi Lin's waist and snatched it, aiming it at Lena.
Although he couldn't stand Liu Chuang, they were all people of Earth. At a time like this, they had to stand together against an outsider.
"I don't know if this gun will work on you, but if you hurt him, I'll fight you!" Ge Xiaolun said fiercely.
Behind him, Chen Yi covered his eyes with one hand at the sight. He already knew Lena's identity from the information A Jie had given him. She was the ruler of Lieyang Star, a genuine Third Generation Divine Body. Did Ge Xiaolun really think a gun would work? Besides, Chen Yi knew Lena was only asserting her authority and teaching Liu Chuang a lesson. She wasn't going to kill him.
Qi Lin looked at Liu Chuang, then at Lena. As if she'd made up her mind, she walked over to Ge Xiaolun and helped him disengage the safety.
The air suddenly fell silent.
"Really gonna fight?" Lena asked Ge Xiaolun with an amused smile.
"Let's find out."
Lena raised a hand in the air. A wormhole suddenly appeared in the sky, and a suit of armor made entirely of pure Dark Alloy dropped onto Ge Xiaolun. The impact knocked him to the ground, but he didn't seem to mind. Instead, he looked thrilled.
The Dark Alloy armor had been developed with the help of Deno III. It was custom-made for their genes.
"Galaxy Power?" Ge Xiaolun seemed to remember something.
"Come on, let's fight!" Lena continued to provoke him.
"I'm not fighting, I'm not fighting... Let's study instead." Ge Xiaolun had lost the courage he'd shown moments earlier. He gripped his sword, reluctant to let go.
"Hey, I'll fight! I'll fight!" Seeing Ge Xiaolun's armor, Liu Chuang grew envious and immediately forgot about their earlier altercation.
"Not giving you one!" Lena said playfully.
Liu Chuang panicked at that. How could he be left out of something so good? He immediately tried to flatter her. "Aw, big sis—uh, no, sweetheart—hey, no, wait... Goddess! Goddess! I'm one of those, too, the... the... Nuoxing War God! Right, that's it!"
"Hey! Is there one for me? Is there one for me?" Zhao Xin looked at Ge Xiaolun's armor, tempted by it as well.
Lena ignored them and walked step by step toward the middle of the sports field.
"Zhao Xin."
"Here."
"Qi Lin."
"Rui Mengmeng."
"Here... Am I supposed to say 'here' or not?" Rui Mengmeng asked, adorably confused.
"Qiang Wei."
"Ge Xiaolun."
"Chen Yi."
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