"Knock, knock, knock!"
When Xu Feng looked through the peephole and saw three warriors outside wearing Combat Suits, he was completely dumbfounded.
Then came nervousness and panic, followed by confusion and wariness.
"Go wait in the bathroom!" Xu Feng turned and said to Xiao Dan, who was doing her homework.
Xiao Dan hopped off her stool and ran into the bathroom without asking a single question.
The girl clearly had experience.
Xu Feng had no time to think. He glanced at the Battle Blade hanging behind the door, took it down, and leaned it against the wall beside the entrance, where he could grab it easily.
At the same time, he slipped a Flying Blade into his sleeve. Only then did he call out, "What do you want?"
"Hello, we're warriors from Sky Moon Martial University's Security Team. Did you hear gunshots just now?"
The warrior outside didn't sound as menacing as Xu Feng had imagined. He simply asked the question casually.
Xu Feng paused. Gunshots?
He thought carefully, then answered with certainty, "No, I didn't hear anything. May I ask if something happened?"
"Please open the door. We need to verify your identity. Here's my Martial Artist License."
The young warrior outside held up an ID to the peephole.
Xu Feng looked it over carefully and confirmed that it belonged to Sky Moon Martial University.
Only then did he open the alloy door a crack. "Hello. May I ask what happened? Here's my electronic ID."
As he spoke, Xu Feng showed the communication bracelet on his wrist through the gap in the door. A QR code flashed on its screen.
"Beep!"
The warrior didn't do anything to make him nervous.
He simply scanned the bracelet with a palm-sized device, then said, "It's nothing serious. Someone reported hearing what sounded like gunshots in the Wilderness Zone nearby.
"So we came to check. You're Xu Feng, right? If anything happens, report it to the base immediately. The number is..."
The young warrior smiled as he spoke, then waved to the two behind him. The three left together and started knocking on the door of an empty house nearby.
Xu Feng watched them knock on doors as they went, until they had left the street. Then he shut the door and frowned.
"Gunshots? Someone has a firearm? I'd better be careful lately. Xiao Dan!"
"Dad, what's wrong? What happened?" Xiao Dan poked her head out of the bathroom.
"It's nothing. Do your homework. They were just checking the water meter."
Xu Feng gave her a brief reply, then lay back down on the bed.
Only then did Xiao Dan pat her chest and breathe a sigh of relief.
"I'll take you to school tomorrow," Xu Feng said suddenly.
"Huh? That's so embarrassing. Everyone goes to school by themselves." Xiao Dan pouted.
Xu Feng smiled. "What would a kid your age know about embarrassment?"
"Huh? Then what do you think is embarrassing?" Xiao Dan asked, propping her chin in her hands.
Xu Feng thought for a moment, then answered seriously, "Going to school alone, getting caught by bad people, and never coming home again. That's embarrassing."
Xiao Dan froze.
She'd never heard anyone give that answer before.
Leaning against the headboard with a manual on blade techniques in his hands, Xu Feng looked at Xiao Dan. "So don't ever embarrass yourself, understand? Do you remember the rules I taught you?"
"I do." Xiao Dan sat obediently on her stool and counted on her fingers. "First, never act on impulse.
"Second, never go to the Trading Zone or Wilderness Zone alone.
"Third, never talk to strangers.
"Fourth, if a boy touches me, I should stop him right away and loudly scold him.
"Fifth, fifth..."
She pursed her lips and thought for a long time, then looked at Xu Feng pitifully. "Dad, I forgot."
"Fifth," Xu Feng sat up straight, "the greatest courage is not putting yourself in danger. That's a famous saying from Chief Too Much Pull."
"Mm-hmm, I'll remember it." Xiao Dan smiled sweetly.
"Keep doing your homework." Xu Feng smiled, relieved, and continued reading.
On a street in the Shanty Town.
On a rooftop, Luo Feng and two others watched the thermal imaging feed from a drone.
"Xu Feng does have a child at home, right? Then there's no problem. Judging by the conversation between the father and daughter, nothing seems wrong either."
One of the warriors spoke with a bored air.
But the young man named Luo Feng thought it over carefully. "After all the incidents, anyone who can still live in a place like this is either a reckless madman who doesn't fear death or a powerful expert with something to rely on.
"Based on Xu Feng's identity records, he doesn't seem to be either."
"What choice does a poor man have? He'd like to move to the residential district, but does he have the money?"
The other warrior gave a snort of laughter and stood up.
"Let's go. Whoever killed that Copper-Winged Bird may have left a long time ago."
Luo Feng shook his head slightly. "Either way, this person is worth keeping an eye on. Mark him."
"Suit yourself."
The other two nodded listlessly, thinking he was making a fuss over nothing.
Luo Feng sighed.
Every workplace had colleagues who couldn't be bothered to care about anything.
They all knew there was something strange about this incident.
After all, they'd found only a corpse, and couldn't determine what had killed it.
The surveillance devices nearby had detected no traces of Mutated Creature activity, and hadn't picked up any loud noises either.
Besides, if someone had secretly owned a firearm, why use it so brazenly to kill a Mutated Creature?
That Copper-Winged Bird hadn't posed a threat to anyone.
No matter how he looked at it, the whole thing was suspicious.
Thinking of the recent tensions in the Wumeng Mountain Region, he shook his head.
The Alien Race that humanity had driven deep into the mountains in the Wumeng Mountain Region seemed to be making a move. The higher-ups believed a small-scale clash might break out nearby.
But if the warriors around him all had this attitude, how would they deal with a sudden attack?
At the thought, Luo Feng took a deep breath.
He was the only one taking his work seriously, and that made him seem out of place.
It irritated him.
But irritation aside,
he had no right to demand that the others act like him.
After all, that intelligence was only a prediction.
Until anything actually happened, he was just "borrowing trouble from the sky."
"All right, let's go."
He stood and spoke coldly, then jumped down from the rooftop first.
The two warriors exchanged glances, both wearing looks of disdain.
The next morning.
When Xu Feng led Xiao Dan through the Shanty Town and into the military base's residential district,
he finally understood just how dangerous this world really was.
Military armored vehicles were parked all along the roadside.
Armed warriors and soldiers were everywhere.
There were also giant weapons and anti-aircraft guns covered with camouflage netting in the corners of the square, but those went without saying.
On a distant high-rise stood something that looked like a satellite dish.
The original owner's memories clearly showed that it had once fired a brilliant beam of white light, illuminating half the sky.
Then came a rumble and tremor like a giant mountain crashing to the ground.
It was said to be one of the strongest weapons of destruction humanity had at its disposal: the Laser Cannon.
It could kill a Lord Grade Mutated Creature or member of the Alien Race with a single shot.
Thinking of this, Xu Feng looked down at Xiao Dan. "What classes do you have today?"
"Basic Knowledge for Warriors," Xiao Dan answered without hesitation.
"Then tell me: what realms are there for warriors? And what realms are there for Mutated Creatures and the Alien Race?"
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