Interception Along the Way

Hearing Meng Xuanxuan's jab, Ye Xing could not keep his face straight either. He hurriedly said to her, "Try this Thousand-Leaf Magic Blue Flower." As he spoke, Ye Xing placed a leaf of Thousand-Leaf Magic Blue Flower onto Meng Xuanxuan's plate.

The Thousand-Leaf Magic Blue Flower was not native to the Solar System. It grew only on a planet called Emerald Green Star. Although Emerald Green Star was small, its vegetation grew with exceptional abundance. It was a bona fide plant planet.

The Thousand-Leaf Magic Blue Flower was said to have a thousand leaves, and that was no exaggeration. Each of its leaves was nearly as large as a bed. What did a thousand leaves mean? It gave the impression of blotting out the sky and sun. Yet it was not even the largest plant lifeform on Emerald Green Star.

According to some interstellar explorers, the largest plants on Emerald Green Star had even grown beyond the atmosphere. From afar, the entire planet looked like a gigantic tentacled monster.

After the meal, Tang Yu followed Ye Xing once more to the Water-Curtain Palace where he usually trained. After several hours of treatment the previous night, Ye Xing's mental damage had recovered considerably. By Tang Yu's estimation, another three to five treatments should bring him close to a full recovery.

Tang Yu had no idea what Ye Xing had done to suffer such severe mental depletion. If it had been anyone else, Tang Yu figured they would either have become an idiot or fallen into mental shock like a living corpse. But recalling the feeling he had gotten when he first saw Ye Xing the previous day, it seemed that such serious mental damage was not fatal to him at all.

Tang Yu could not figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it. Perhaps this was the gap between a Gene Transformation-level powerhouse and ordinary martial artists like them.

During this treatment, the moment Tang Yu's origin force entered Ye Xing's brain, Ye Xing's mental power surged like a tide along Tang Yu's origin force and straight into the black crystal between Tang Yu's brows. However, Ye Xing was unable to sense any of this.

Although he was a Gene Transformation-level expert whose mental power could even affect matter, he simply could not sense the black crystal between Tang Yu's brows. He only felt as though his consciousness had entered a brand-new world, one where his mental power received tremendous nourishment.

Once, twice...

Finally, shortly after two in the afternoon, Tang Yu had treated Ye Xing five full times. Ye Xing's mental power had finally recovered to its peak.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, Ye Xing moved and rose from the white jade bed. His eyes were like two suns as they fixed on Tang Yu, so piercing that one could barely keep their eyes open. Tang Yu felt as though his entire being had been seen through. The black crystal between his brows throbbed violently, instantly drawing Tang Yu's consciousness completely inside to spare it from Ye Xing's mental scan.

Ye Xing's immense mental power, almost tangible in its intensity, swept back and forth across Tang Yu's body as if taking X-rays, seeking to see straight through him.

But clearly, he was disappointed, because he discovered nothing at all. When Ye Xing withdrew his mental scan, Tang Yu's mental power returned from the black crystal between his brows to his body.

"Chairman Ye, what is the meaning of this?" Tang Yu asked coldly in a steady voice, his gaze sharp and utterly unafraid of Ye Xing's powerful presence. He had kindly treated the man, yet Ye Xing had treated him like this!

"Strange?"

To Tang Yu's surprise, Ye Xing ignored him entirely, his face merely showing an expression of confusion.

"Little brother, I'll teach you what Brother Qin did not. It is best not to reveal this ability of yours lightly in the future, unless you have enough strength to protect yourself. You are Xuanxuan's boyfriend and Brother Qin's student, so I would not do such a thing. But can you guarantee that, if someone with ulterior motives learned of this, they would not capture you for experiments?"

Ye Xing's face was sharply chiseled, cold and resolute. His lean, capable build only further emphasized the iron-blooded, icy aura that radiated from him.

"You must be especially careful of the Xia family. I heard their family produced a genius girl, and the Catalytic Gene Serum was merely something she developed on a whim. If the Xia family learns of your special ability, there is no telling what they might do. It would not be impossible for them to capture you as a lab rat for that girl's experiments!"

Hearing Ye Xing say this, Tang Yu's heart tightened. Was the genius girl Ye Xing spoke of her?

"All right, go out first. I need to rest for a while. We'll talk about these matters later." Seeing Tang Yu lost in thought, Ye Xing waved his hand. He had long since had Wu Yanqing investigate Tang Yu's background thoroughly; otherwise, he would not have dared let Tang Yu treat him so confidently. As for the genius girl from the Xia family he had mentioned, did Tang Yu not know her as well?

Tang Yu said nothing upon hearing this and left with Meng Xuanxuan. It was time for them to head back anyway. Military training would begin soon, so after packing their things and bidding Wu Yanqing farewell without disturbing Ye Xing again, the two left.

"Aren't we calling Old Black?" It would take at least a full day to walk from the black market to Xing County. Although both of their gene indexes had surpassed 100, Meng Xuanxuan certainly did not want to do something so exhausting.

"No need. There's a good show coming up." Tang Yu had originally planned to tell Wang Jing what he had heard that night, but he had not seen Wang Jing after returning to the hotel, so he could only let it go.

After leaving the black market, they found themselves facing an endless wilderness. An occasional bellow echoed in the distance, sounding much like a wild buffalo's cry, but Tang Yu knew it was no wild buffalo. It was a creature called a unicorn, its body impervious to blades and bullets, with hide like bronze and bones like iron. It was a Level Three mutant creature. At Tang Yu's current strength, he would only be able to run if he encountered one. Fortunately, it still sounded far away, at least several miles off, so there was nothing to fear.

"How long are we going to have to walk?" It was already noon, and the weather was gradually growing hotter. Meng Xuanxuan quickly took a bottle of water from her backpack and rubbed it on her hands, face, and neck before handing it to Tang Yu.

"What is this stuff? It's so amazing?" After taking it, Tang Yu copied her and rubbed it over himself. He immediately felt refreshed. There were many flies and insects in the wilderness, which had been terribly annoying, but after applying the water, the bugs all avoided him.

"Hehe, I collected it from Uncle Ye's estate. It's called Spirit Crystal Water. Amazing, right?"

Tang Yu was speechless upon hearing that. She had eaten and drunk at the man's place for days, yet she had not forgotten to take something when leaving. Was she really the heiress of Dream Domain Network Group? Tang Yu was beginning to doubt it.

"Didn't you say there would be a good show? There's nothing here but wasteland and hills. What good show could there be?" As Meng Xuanxuan looked around, all she saw was sparse grass and trees, with rolling hills on both sides. She truly could not see any good show.

"Follow me!" Seeing the two hills less than a hundred meters away, Tang Yu called to Meng Xuanxuan and walked straight toward them.

Tang Yu remembered the route they had taken here perfectly. Along this whole stretch, only this three-to-five-mile section had hills for cover. If someone wanted to make a move, this was undoubtedly the best location. Seeing that the protective fencing had been destroyed across the area, Tang Yu could tell it was man-made. That meant fights often happened here.

There was also a patch of shrubs at the foot of the hills to provide cover, making them difficult to spot. Tang Yu and Meng Xuanxuan had both applied Spirit Crystal Water, so they did not fear mosquito bites and were not concerned about the insects in the brush.

"Here..."

"Shh..."

Meng Xuanxuan had just been about to ask something when Tang Yu gestured for silence.

Screech~

Less than a hundred meters away, the sound of brakes rang out. Five people got out of the vehicle. Looking over, Tang Yu recognized two of them: Old Five and Old Six.

"Second Brother, the usual place!" Old Five pointed at the rolling hills ahead and spoke to a short man among them.

"Mm, good spot. Old Four, put the vehicle away. Old Three, take Old Six and set things up. Old Five, go help!"

The man Zhou Jiao called Second Brother issued his orders methodically. Within minutes, everything had been restored to normal. In truth, there was not much to arrange. Without mechs, they could only ambush their target with guns. Besides, Wang Jing's family was too powerful, so this group did not dare kill him. At most, they would take the money and leave.

At the same time, Wang Jing and Xie Bai had already left the black market. With the blazing midday sun overhead, they would arrive at X City in the afternoon just in time to catch the train back to Heavenly Capital City.

"Young Master, how did you know the Shadow Star Pirates would intercept us?" Xie Bai, who had taken the X-4 Berserk Gene Serum, was now glowing with health. His entire demeanor had undergone a dramatic change. He had once looked like a hunched old man, but now he looked like a robust man in his prime.

"The Shadow Star Pirates have long been infiltrated by me. Even the information they obtained was supplied by me. When the time comes, we'll follow the trail and dig deeper. Once I get the Shadow Star Pirates' interstellar navigation charts from all these years, it'll be impossible not to prosper!" Hearing Xie Bai's question, Wang Jing, seated in the back, rubbed his bald head and pulled a cruel smile at the corner of his mouth.

"This old servant understands. That Old Six..."

"That's enough. Drive properly. There'll be a big battle shortly, and Old Xie, now that your body has recovered, you can get some proper exercise!" Wang Jing cut Xie Bai off, lifting his chin as he spoke.

Bang!

The vehicle suddenly jolted, followed by violent shaking as the entire car began to roll over. But Wang Jing and Xie Bai were no rookies, and they had already been prepared. They instantly leaped out of the vehicle. Then they saw Zhou Jiao standing squarely in the middle of the road, smiling as he looked at Wang Jing and Xie Bai.