A Beautiful Girl with a Terrible Personality

The windowsill was tightly sealed, and it was obvious it had been welded shut.

Mu Xiao steadied himself with one High-Vibration Electromagnetic Military Saber, then used the other to cut an opening through the window. He gradually widened it until he broke one of the metal-glass windowpanes and removed the other, revealing an entrance large enough for a person to pass through.

"I'll go look for a rope." Mu Xiao looked down at An Rongru and reminded her in a low voice, "Call me if anything happens. Don't worry about alerting anyone else."

After An Rongru nodded in agreement, Mu Xiao pulled himself inside through the windowsill.

This was a high-end screening room fitted with all kinds of audiovisual equipment, practically a miniature movie theater. Mu Xiao could not help sighing at how the lives of the rich were beyond the experience of ordinary people. Unfortunately, the world had changed completely, and all luxury and material wealth had become meaningless.

Mu Xiao did not dwell on it. He began searching the room for something that could pull An Rongru upstairs, but after searching everywhere, he could not find a suitable long rope. He had no choice but to ask An Rongru where there might be ropes or similar items in the house.

The villa had six floors. Mu Xiao was currently in a room on the fifth floor, and An Rongru told him there was a storage room on the third floor that should have suitable tools.

Mu Xiao stepped into a broad corridor, where many classical oil paintings hung on the walls, making it feel like an art-filled gallery. He had no interest in appreciating An Rongru's taste. He strode briskly toward the stairway, staying clear of the windows as he moved so the people outside would not spot him.

On the third floor, he found the storage room An Rongru had mentioned. Inside, he found a Hovering Platform used for high-altitude work. It was a metal block compressed to the size of one meter. Once activated, it expanded into a disc-shaped tool capable of floating under the weight of several people, completely replacing the ladders used for climbing in the old era.

"So there was something like this. That makes things easier." Mu Xiao picked it up and headed back to the fifth floor, repairing the Hovering Platform's functions with his Mechanical Ability as he walked.

As he retraced his route and passed a doorway, a door ahead suddenly opened. A youthful girl emerged with a melancholy expression and her head slightly lowered. Framed by her short, silky hair was a delicate face as white as snow. She wore a pure white sleeveless top and shorts, and her exposed skin was as smooth and fine as warm jade. She looked like a pure, beautiful girl who had stepped straight out of an anime, flawless in every way.

But when Mu Xiao's gaze fell on her chest, he could not help sighing inwardly in regret...

"You're courting death!"

A disgusted, furious cry rang out. A small, fair fist exploded with unexpected speed and force toward Mu Xiao's eye. Before he could even make a defensive move, her long, snow-white leg had already gathered strength, preparing an even fiercer and more vicious follow-up kick.

Looks like I provoked a little tiger... Mu Xiao's hands moved as fast as the wind. With a sharp smack, he slapped aside the forceful little fist. At the same time, he shifted his body slightly and bent his leg, every muscle tightening like steel as he blocked her tricky, vicious groin kick.

Jian Hanyao had just come out of the gym when she suddenly noticed a figure ahead. The instant she raised her head, she saw this damned man from who-knows-where staring at her "underdeveloped" chest with a pitying look. The rage that had accumulated deep inside her erupted like a volcano. Her hands and feet became deadly weapons as she launched a fierce, storm-like assault.

However, Jian Hanyao gradually realized that no matter how fast her fists were, he easily batted them away as though swatting flies. Her consecutive kicks against his legs felt as though she were kicking alloy steel, leaving her feet aching and numb...

Where did this bastard come from? Could he be a helper sent by those animals?!

Fine sweat appeared on Jian Hanyao's fair forehead. She thought of the beasts in the villa district, scum worse than human trash. They had not been able to do anything to her before, but now there was this man who had not even gone all out. Fear and fury mixed in her heart as she gritted her teeth and unleashed a killing move.

Her Evolution Degree should be around eighteen Gene Resonances, nearly matching my number of genetic optimizations. Her physique is slightly weaker, but her overall strength is quite good... Huh! Mu Xiao was surprised that this beautiful girl of fifteen or sixteen possessed such outstanding fighting skills, at least at the level of Combat Mastery. Her body had also reached the peak of SS-Class, and she would probably break through to an SSS-Class Physique soon. She was clearly one of the New Humans, and a highly promising one at that.

But in the next instant, Mu Xiao's surprise became shock. The girl attacking like a tigress suddenly underwent a drastic change in aura. Red light appeared over her skin, while madness filled her clear eyes. Her attacks seemed to have been fitted with a motor, her strength and speed more than doubling. Her Combat Mastery instantly rose to Combat Specialization. Her techniques became tighter and more concise, every move carrying lethal intent. Her aura grew increasingly violent, yet her attacks remained orderly. She was fighting with complete clarity of mind...

Her aura is violent, but she's calm in battle. Could her ability be...

Mu Xiao had no choice but to put down the Hovering Platform and use half his combat strength to deal with the suddenly berserk girl. He stared intently at her pure yet immature face. At that moment, she was like a hot-blooded female warrior, her eyes burning with passion for battle.

"Damn it! It's this freak!"

Mu Xiao's dormant memories from his rebirth finally awakened, and he remembered exactly who the person before him was.

"Can we stop?" Mu Xiao spoke in a negotiating tone to Jian Hanyao, the freak whose attacks surged like a tide. "You should know I've only been defending and have no intention of counterattacking. The longer you use your innate ability, the more it boosts your combat strength, but the greater the drain on your body. Your body might even collapse under the strain of your own combat power. I suggest you stop."

Mu Xiao did not possess Combat Specialization, but he had extremely strong battle instincts and could respond to every move as it came. His own combat power was no weaker than Combat Specialization, perhaps even above Combat Mastery. It was simply all sealed within his body. First, his physique restricted him from exerting too much combat power. Second, his realm limited him, preventing his consciousness and movements from fully synchronizing.

His battle awareness was far ahead of his current abilities, but various limitations restrained his performance. In truth, as long as he absorbed an Ability Source related to "combat," his body would further synchronize with his former battle awareness. He would instantly comprehend his own fighting style, improve faster than others, and even perform beyond his limits.

Jian Hanyao treated Mu Xiao's gentle advice as though it had gone in one ear and out the other. She continued her fierce assault without appreciation and snapped back sharply, "Why don't you just die? If you die, then I can stop!"

Even a clay Buddha had some anger, much less someone as ruthless and fierce as Mu Xiao. If not for An Rongru's sake, he would have knocked this arrogant girl flat long ago.

She lived in this villa and was still at the age of a young girl. It was not difficult for Mu Xiao to guess that she was the daughter An Rongru worried about day and night. He had not expected An Rongru to have such a highly talented daughter, because in the future Evolution Era, her daughter would become an extremely famous powerful woman.

However, Mu Xiao had never heard An Rongru's name in the past. Thinking of how her daughter had possessed an unpredictable, hot-and-cold temperament in those days, he could roughly guess that An Rongru probably did not exist in the future Evolution Era—or rather, she had already died. That was likely why her daughter had suffered such a heavy blow and devoted herself wholeheartedly to the pursuit of strength.

"Stronger When Facing Strength has its limits too!"

Mu Xiao shouted as he fully unleashed the advantages of a top-tier New Human physique. His lightning-fast punch tore through her tightly packed attacks. Seizing the initiative, he pressed forward step by step and completely disrupted her rhythm. His unstoppable fist transformed into a palm strike, combining hardness and softness as it blasted forward, sending her flying into the wall.

If he had used a punch instead, Jian Hanyao would have been severely injured even if she did not die, because her physique could not withstand the force of Mu Xiao's heavy punch.

Jian Hanyao forced herself to get back up. An abnormal flush covered her small face, and her eyes remained stubborn and unyielding, filled with the will to fight to the death. Yet her weak, gasping state exposed the fact that she was almost at her limit.

Her Stronger When Facing Strength ability had been interrupted. Continuing the battle had become extremely difficult, and the backlash from her immense physical exhaustion had already appeared.

"Your eyes and willpower are good, but unfortunately, your ability isn't mature enough, and your body strength is nothing special." Mu Xiao looked at the youthful, beautiful girl before him. Her features were delicate, and she had the lovely image of an innocent young girl. Yet her fierce gaze, violent temperament, and unruly expression all proved that she was a girl with a terrible personality.

She was a contradiction between appearance and character.

"You piece of shit, don't judge me. You don't have the right! You're just a pile of stinking dog shit. Looking at you for even one more second makes me sick!" Jian Hanyao's small mouth revealed a row of sharp white teeth. Like a dying beast, she seemed ready to launch a desperate counterattack at any moment.

Mu Xiao found it difficult to imagine that such a pure and beautiful-looking girl could speak so crudely and offensively.

"I can't be bothered talking to you. Wait until your mother comes and teaches you a lesson." Mu Xiao finally understood why An Rongru had told him not to provoke her daughter. This girl was a difficult, sharp-tongued person with an awful personality.

Was An Rongru afraid he would not be able to tolerate her daughter?

Mu Xiao shook his head with a bitter smile, picked up the Hovering Platform from the floor, and prepared to return to the fifth floor to find An Rongru.

But at that moment, a vicious wind swept toward him from behind, carrying hatred so intense it was as though only one of them could survive.

"...I'll kill you, you beastly scum!"

When Jian Hanyao heard news of her mother, she mistakenly believed Mu Xiao had captured her. The moment she thought of what had happened to the women in the villa district, her rising fury nearly burned away all her reason. She was determined to kill the man before her even at the cost of her own life.

"She just won't quit!" Mu Xiao seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. He lowered his head to evade her sweeping whip kick, spun like a top, and retreated a short distance. Then he said rapidly, "Your mother asked me to escort her back. She's already waiting for you outside."

Jian Hanyao's attack froze in place. Her expression turned extremely grave as she asked coldly, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Use that pig brain of yours and think. Why would I come here to get a Hovering Platform?" Mu Xiao looked at her as though she were an idiot and mocked, "Even if I had some other intention toward you, with your pathetic skills, by the end, you'd only be left lying on the ground with your ass up for me to fuck."

After saying that, Mu Xiao did not even glance at her again and walked straight upstairs.

"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!"

Jian Hanyao was so enraged by Mu Xiao's words that she felt terrible. Her delicate, pretty face flushed with humiliation and anger, but she had no way to refute him. She could only keep cursing to ease the turmoil in her heart.