After Dukao left, only the faint hum of the equipment remained in the monitoring room.
Lian Feng stared at the images on the screen for a long while, then let out a soft sigh.
She took out her phone, called the chief of the Juxia City Police Station, and succinctly relayed Dukao's instructions.
Meanwhile, at the scene—
After Liu Chuang said, "Of course I'll fight," his eyes locked firmly on Su Bai.
He hadn't seen how the other man had closed in or thrown his punch at all. This time, he had to see it clearly.
Then he'd return that punch with interest.
Hearing his answer, Su Bai paused slightly, then replied:
"Fine."
Before the word had even left his mouth, he stepped forward.
Liu Chuang's pupils contracted. He focused every ounce of his attention on the figure charging toward him—this time, he couldn't miss a single detail.
But Su Bai held nothing back.
He hadn't paused because of Liu Chuang's words. It was because Xiao Xue's voice had suddenly sounded in his mind:
"Beat him up. Don't hold back. It's fine if you kill him—this guy has one chance to come back to life."
So this time, Su Bai had no intention of restraining his strength.
And with his current physical capabilities—
He moved so fast that the eye could barely follow him.
Liu Chuang's vision blurred. Su Bai was already right in front of him.
His heart jolted, but he forced down his panic—this time, he'd just barely seen the movement!
Su Bai drove his right fist forward.
Liu Chuang crossed his arms and held them tight in front of himself, barely blocking the punch.
But his expression twisted instantly.
He had blocked it, but—
The sound of his arm bones cracking rang out clearly, and agonizing pain shot straight to his head.
The force was too strong—so strong that it didn't seem humanly possible.
The impact sent Liu Chuang stumbling backward. Before he could steady himself, Su Bai spun into the air, his right leg lashing out like a whip and slamming into Liu Chuang's side!
"Gah—!"
Liu Chuang was kicked sideways through the air and slammed heavily into the ground.
Liu Chuang felt as if his kidneys no longer belonged to him.
Grimacing, he tried to push himself up.
Of course, this time he wasn't saying, "Again."
Liu Chuang had given in.
If they kept fighting, he'd really die.
But Su Bai didn't give him a chance to speak.
Su Bai flashed forward, appearing before Liu Chuang like a ghost.
Liu Chuang opened his mouth. He hadn't even finished saying, "I give—" when he saw Su Bai raise his right foot.
As Liu Chuang stared in terror, fury, and disbelief, that foot came crashing down.
Crack!
"Ahhh!!!"
A piercing scream tore through the air, and everyone nearby felt a chill between their legs.
Liu Chuang's left leg was broken.
Rage mingled with agony, scorching his reason.
Why? What right did he have?
His younger brother had only said a few words to that girl. Why was this guy butting in?
Why was he being so brutal?!
Liu Chuang couldn't beat him, but he swore he wouldn't let this guy get away with it.
He had that powerful figure behind him. As long as he could find him, he'd be able to get revenge.
When the time came, he'd make sure this guy's family was destroyed, and force him to watch those two stunning women get—
These twisted thoughts grew like weeds through the pain.
But Su Bai paid them no heed.
He didn't even look at Liu Chuang's eyes, which practically spat fire. He simply raised his foot again, slowly.
Liu Chuang's pupils shrank to pinpricks. He roared hoarsely:
"You dare—!!"
Su Bai's foot came down.
Liu Chuang's mouth hung open, but he couldn't make a sound. Only bloody foam kept bubbling from the corner of his mouth.
His vision began to blur.
The last thing he saw was Su Bai's face, calm to the point of indifference, and those eyes of his... devoid of all emotion.
Then the world went completely dark.
Su Bai withdrew his foot, glanced at Liu Chuang, who lay completely unconscious on the ground, and turned toward Rui Mengmeng.
The area fell deathly silent.
Liu Chuang's underlings stood frozen in place.
A steel pipe clattered to the ground from someone's hand, but no one dared to bend down and pick it up.
Rui Mengmeng was so frightened that tears were nearly spilling from her eyes. She hurriedly grabbed Su Bai's arm, her voice trembling:
"D-did he die?!"
"Oh no, oh no... You're definitely going to prison for this... It's all my fault, all my fault..."
As she spoke, she couldn't hold back any longer and began to sob quietly.
Su Bai had gotten into this mess because he'd helped her. If he really went to prison for killing someone, she'd never forgive herself for the rest of her life.
Nearby, Angel Yan and Azhui couldn't help covering their mouths to stifle their laughter.
For one thing, Liu Chuang was the Nuo Star God of War. There was no way he'd die so easily.
And even if he really did die, Su Bai wouldn't suffer so much as a scratch with them there.
As Third Generation Angels, they had every reason to be confident.
Besides, Yan was there on the orders of Queen Keisha. In a sense, the entire Angel Civilization stood behind Su Bai.
Getting rid of one Nuo Star God of War wasn't enough to cause much of a stir.
Of course, that wasn't the only reason the two of them were laughing.
They also thought Rui Mengmeng was rather interesting—so innocent and kindhearted.
Su Bai looked at the girl before him, her eyes red from crying, and reached out to gently wipe away a tear.
"Don't worry," Su Bai said calmly.
"Even if he dies, he can come back to life."
"...Huh?"
Rui Mengmeng's sobs stopped abruptly. Tears still clung to her eyelashes as she stared at him, stunned.
He could... come back to life after dying???
Super Seminary.
In the monitoring room, Lian Feng stared at the motionless Liu Chuang on the screen, her eyes widening slightly.
—He really did beat him to death?!
Almost at the same time, an urgent alert sounded from the control console:
[Critical life signs detected in Nuo Star God of War. Gene system requests connection to an energy source. Emergency activation procedure initiated.]
Lian Feng immediately refocused and worked the control panel at lightning speed.
"Authorization approved. Connecting to energy source—Light of the Sun."
The instant she issued the command, an invisible connection was established deep within the void.
And within the depths of Liu Chuang's consciousness—
The darkness receded like a tide, replaced by a vast, deep void filled with flickering starlight.
A cold mechanical voice rang out without warning:
[Welcome to the Shenhe Gene System.] [Connecting to energy source...] [Connection successful. Energy source: Light of the Sun.]
Liu Chuang stood there, bewildered, in the empty expanse. He stared at the drifting points of light and the unfamiliar interface that appeared before him, his mind completely blank.
Hadn't he just... had both legs broken and passed out from the pain?
Where was this?
Outside.
The very instant the energy connection was established, Angel Yan and Azhui both looked up, their gazes landing together on the spot where Liu Chuang's "corpse" lay.
Angel Yan's lips curled slightly into a knowing smile, touched with amusement.
"Heh..."
She murmured softly, her eyes glinting with the light of someone who saw through everything.
"So they're... activating his genes."
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