Raven

"There really are some reckless fools causing trouble..." Cui Man began to retreat under Xia Yu's cover, pressing her earpiece and frowning as she said, "Qiongqi, I allow you to use your Superpower to deal with the enemy, capture them alive if possible, and minimize casualties."

"Damn it, what a stupid code name." Yue Feng said irritably, then roared and charged towards the four men.

However, the four people who came were also Mutant. They had obviously targeted this press conference and came prepared. After one of them landed on the ground, his body immediately began to merge with the ground. His body became the same material as the ground and rapidly expanded, transforming into a stone giant more than three meters tall.

With a loud "thud!", Yue Feng crashed headfirst into the stone giant, then roared and pushed him backward, sending shards of stone flying everywhere.

The other three lunged at Xiao He, their hands flashing with cold light, and stabbed into Xiao He body.

Chaos erupted at the scene, and security guards and special police quickly escorted S-T envoy and reporters to safety.

These Mutant had no choice but to target Xiao He, so they ignored everyone else. Soon, everyone present was evacuated to safety, and the reporters mostly retreated to the perimeter, leaving only a few fearless individuals to continue filming the battle from a distance.

Xiao He stood still, while the men held some rather unusual syringes, presumably for drawing blood. Despite these syringes pricking his body, none pierced his skin.

One of them said something irritatingly, Xiao He heard the girl's voice through his earpiece. "He said something like, 'What diamond needle syringe? It can't even pierce his skin.' His English has a very strong T-accent."

"T Country?" Xiao He frowned, then suddenly swept his hand across the room. The three people retreated, creating distance between them. They didn't rush to attack, but instead prepared to regroup.

Only then did Xiao He have time to observe the group of attackers. They were all dressed in plain clothes, indistinguishable from ordinary passersby. The T Country had long brown hair, a square face, thick eyebrows, and big eyes. He had a fierce look and a burly build. The other man had a buzz cut, slightly fairer skin, and a somewhat thinner build. The third man had a red ponytail tied in the top of his head and a cynical expression.

Aside from the T Country, the other two were typical Asians, around 20 or 30 years old, so they didn't stand out much in the crowd. However, all three had a Raven tattoo on their arms or the backs of their hands, suggesting they were mercenaries from T Country, Sweden, and Denmark.

"Little Xiao, can you take care of this?" Xie Haining asked at this moment. "I found that guy who can teleport. I can handle him."

"No problem, I'll handle the rest." Xiao He nodded.

Cui Man added into the earpiece, "Darling, try your best to capture them alive! We need to extract information from them and identify the organization behind them!"

"Understood," Xiao He replied with a smile, staring at the three people in front of him. At this moment, he was actually a little excited: Special Response Department for so long, he finally had a proper job, and this felt like the Special Response Department at all, it had that vibe.

The Mutant who had transformed into a stone giant was still locked in combat with Yue Feng, the two of them creating a chaotic scene. Judging from the posture of these three, they were also planning to use their Superpower.

The man with the red pigtail suddenly looked at him and spoke in Chinese: "After all, it's Yinglong... With this level of defense, there shouldn't be any need to worry about harming its life, right? It's just for money, brother, don't take offense."

The man raised his right hand and roared angrily. Then his right hand transformed into a hideous tentacle, as if it were a product of combining an octopus's tentacles with an insect's leg, looking extremely disgusting and terrifying.

The tentacle struck out with lightning speed, hitting Xiao He squarely in the abdomen. A muffled thud followed, and the shockwave spread, instantly scattering the dust at the scene. It was clearly a very heavy blow, but Xiao He only bent over slightly and did not retreat a single step.

"Hey, you're kidding me..." the man with the red pigtail muttered in astonishment, "That was my full-power attack! I could smash down the door of a bank vault!"

"Darling, find a way to lead them to a different position. Fighting here is too troublesome and will cause a lot of chaos and losses," Cui Man instructed in the earpiece.

"I understand." Xiao He nodded, then raised his hand. "The Perfect Cube!"

A crystal cube appeared above Xiao He's head. Then, Xiao He waved his hands like a conductor of a symphony orchestra. The cube above his head rapidly expanded, then opened and reversed, enveloping Xiao He and the other three people inside, forming a Reverse Perfect Cube space about twenty meters in length, width and height.

In other words, people outside can come in, but people inside can't get out.

Xiao He tapped on the wall of the Perfect Cube, then nodded in satisfaction. "Now there won't be any damage to the site, right?"

The red, upward-pointing braid glanced at the crystal wall beside it, then swung its right arm, which had transformed into a tentacle, and smashed it down.

"Clang!" The bell rang out, and the right arm of the woman with the red pigtail was bounced away, but the Perfect Cube didn't even shake.

The reporters who hadn't left the scene yet all sighed in amazement.

"Amazing... This cube structure must be able to neutralize the impact internally," Cui Man exclaimed. "We must find a way to study the structure of this cube; it will be a great help for building frameworks."

Then Cui Man smiled sweetly and said, "Darling, let's get one of these for Qiongqi too?"

"No problem." Xiao He said, raising his hand towards Yue Feng and the stone giant who were locked in combat. Another Perfect Cube appeared above their heads, enveloping the two of them. Then he turned to the three people in front of him. "Alright, come on! I won't kill you... I'll try my best."

However, although he said he would "not kill them," Xiao He found it quite difficult to actually do so: he didn't know how strong these people were physically, but his own physical strength was currently off the charts.

"Hey, you guys tell me, who's the least resistant to a beating? I'll try to go easy on you so I don't kill you," Xiao He said, pointing at the three of them, though he wasn't sure if the other two understood him.

"Hmph, what an arrogant statement! Don't underestimate me!" the red-haired man said, suddenly thrusting his chest forward, revealing a huge mouth full of sharp teeth, from which he spat out a mouthful of yellowish-green mucus.

"Ugh..." Although Xiao He didn't think he would be burned by this slime, he didn't want to be drenched in such disgusting liquid, so he disgustingly raised his hand and opened a Perfect Cube to block the slime.

But just as he did that, the guy from T Country had already moved to his left and raised his hands to hold the back of his head.

Xiao He knew he was about to use a knee strike.

The next moment, the T Country guy's leg suddenly changed color, and like a robot transforming in Transformers, it began to transform into a mechanical leg. Gears and levers spun rapidly, and a heavy knee strike landed on Xiao He's face.

With a muffled thud, followed by a heart-wrenching scream, Xiao He was unharmed, while the T Country guy was writhing on the ground in pain, clutching his knee. Judging from the twisted shape of his knee, it was probably broken.

The all-out attack not only failed to harm Xiao He, but also crippled the attacker! The other two were stunned by this sight.

"Luckily, Yue Feng acted as Trigger to strengthen my body, so my physique is terrifyingly high, otherwise I probably would have really been injured." Xiao He thought to himself, and dared not be careless: after all, he was not strengthening himself based on the enemy, so theoretically speaking, the ability he had just obtained was not tailor-made to counter the three people in front of him.

He turned to the remaining two. He guessed that the red-haired man's ability was to monstrousize his body, while the flat-headed man's Superpower was still unknown.

"Let's give it a try," Xiao He thought to himself, then leaped forward lightly and arrived in front of the red-haired man in the blink of an eye.

The opponent's body rapidly transformed into a spherical monster covered in sharp spikes, and Xiao He slammed it down with a punch.

Although it seemed casual, the punch instantly dented the spherical object and caused it to explode. The sharp spikes on its body scattered and flew everywhere, creating sparks as they struck Xiao He, but they didn't even tear his clothes. The red head slid out of the spherical monster's body, collapsed to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and convulsed on the ground, losing all resistance.

The man with the buzz cut hesitated for a moment, then looked at Xiao He and took a step back with a hint of fear.

"Why don't you surrender?" Xiao He asked the man with the buzz cut, then, remembering he didn't speak Chinese, he changed his words to "FF, Plz."

"It's Surrender..." Ye Wanqing reminded her somewhat impatiently through the earpiece.

"Sarundeer, Plz." Xiao He repeated.

The other person continued to retreat, but their expression remained tense, not showing any sign of giving up, which aroused Xiao He's vigilance.

The next moment, the crew-cut man suddenly opened his mouth and let out a sharp roar.

But Xiao He was prepared. As soon as the other party spoke, he raised his hand and created a Perfect Cube to protect himself.

The sonic wave emitted by the flat-headed man struck the surface of the cube but couldn't penetrate it. After blocking the impact, Xiao He dashed out of the Perfect Cube, quickly arrived in front of the flat-headed man, and flicked his forehead with his index finger.

"Ugh!" the man screamed, tumbling and flying through the air, crashing into the crystal wall of the Perfect Cube before collapsing unconscious.

"Luckily I didn't use my full strength... otherwise I would have killed them." Xiao He breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to himself, turning his head to look at the scene. He had dealt with the three enemies in the blink of an eye.

The reporters outside were snapping photos of him like crazy, while the internet celebrities and livestreamers who came to join the fun were so excited they were practically wetting themselves, all recording this rare battle with their phones: Yinglong himself had entered the fray!

Xiao He looked at the three people on the ground, thought for a moment, and then raised his hand to trap them inside with three Reverse Perfect Cube.

"That's all right." Xiao He nodded in satisfaction, then looked around. Xie Haining was nowhere to be seen, but Yue Feng was still fighting the stone giant, the two of them exchanging blows.

Xiao He then observed from the side. At this moment, Yue Feng punched the stone giant in the abdomen, shattering half of the stone giant's upper body. However, there was no solid body inside the stone giant, so it was unknown whether the entire body had turned into stone.

"It feels like it's 'Absorbing Man'..." Xiao He recalled the villain in the Hulk.

However, Yue Feng's Superpower is also very powerful. As long as the opponent does not know his "back" weakness, it is impossible to win against him in a head-on battle. After all, even Xiao He could not defeat Yue Feng from the front.

Just as Xiao He was thinking this, Yue Feng crashed headfirst into the stone giant's arms. The stone giant struggled for a while but couldn't break free, so it punched Yue Feng in the back.

"Ugh!" Yue Feng groaned, collapsing to the ground and struggling to get up, looking quite badly injured.

"Isn't this ridiculous..." Xiao He sighed, covering his forehead, but he knew he had to act quickly.

His current Superpower is triggered by Yue Feng. If Yue Feng is defeated by this stone giant, the Superpower that Yue Feng helped him trigger will also disappear. At that time, the defensive ability of the Perfect Cube alone will not be able to resolve the battle.

Therefore, Xiao He stepped forward, raised his hand to catch the stone giant's punch aimed at Yue Feng, and then kicked the stone giant in the chest. The stone giant's upper body immediately shattered into several huge pieces of stone, which were scattered all over the ground.

Then Xiao He picked Yue Feng up from the ground and threw him out of the Perfect Cube.

Yue Feng crashed into the wall of the Perfect Cube with a "thud!" He was slightly stopped, but eventually slid out.

Just as Xiao He was dealing with Yue Feng, the stone giant had reformed and swung its fists at Xiao He's head. Although Xiao He knew he wouldn't be injured, he still instinctively raised his hands to block.

With a loud "boom," rubble flew everywhere. Xiao He was unharmed, but the stone giant's arms were shattered into pieces.

"Although I don't know how to deal with this thing, I'll try to turn it to ashes first," Xiao He muttered to himself, getting into a fighting stance and delivering a jab to the stone giant's chest.

The seemingly casual punch, however, blasted a hole through the stone giant's chest with a loud "boom!" and pierced through to his back.

Then Xiao He jumped up and delivered an uppercut to the stone giant's chin. Like a balloon being punctured by a needle, its head exploded and turned into dust.

Xiao He landed behind the stone giant and turned around to sweep his leg.

But unexpectedly, after this sweeping kick, the left leg was broken. As the right leg was shattered, a figure rolled out from the rubble, which was the stone giant itself.

This Mutant's physical abilities must have reached the threshold of superhuman, which is why he didn't die from Xiao He's kick, but he felt like he had more than a dozen broken bones and was lying on the ground unable to move.

"What? Doesn't it have a physical body? It's just hiding in some corner inside the stone giant, isn't it?" Xiao He frowned.

He had initially thought this guy's ability was similar to "Absorbing Man," directly transforming his body into other substances. However, it turned out that he had simply formed an "armor" around his body, while his true form remained a human body, just hiding in a corner.

"It seems everyone's abilities have weaknesses," Xiao He thought to himself, using the Perfect Cube to lock the stone giant in place as well.

Everyone present had the same feeling: it was like adults were bullying children.

With that, only the enemy Xie Haining was searching for remained of the five attackers. However, the enemy's abilities were clearly troublesome; his ability to teleport was so powerful that even the Perfect Cube couldn't contain him. It was uncertain whether Xie Haining could handle the situation successfully.

But just as he was thinking this, Xie Haining returned carrying someone on his shoulder.

"Hey, Old Xie, how did you catch him?" Xiao He asked in surprise, looking at the person on Xie Haining's shoulder. "Isn't he capable of Spatial Jump?"

"Every ability has its weaknesses," Xie Haining laughed, tossing the person on his shoulder to the ground. "His Spatial Jump is actually just a very fast, short-distance teleportation; it doesn't truly traverse space. So, as long as we put this grappling hook on him, we can pinpoint his location. If he dares to teleport recklessly, this grappling hook might tighten and sever his body."

"You can do it this way..." Xiao He suddenly realized: indeed, everyone's abilities have flaws.

"So, we've caught them all now?" Xie Haining asked, looking around. There were four Mutant locked inside the four Reverse Perfect Cube on site, plus the one he had tied up, so all five enemies were present.

"From now on, the Mutant Prison will have five more 'Lin Tiannan'..." Xiao He joked.

Thanks to Xiao He's "Reverse Perfect Cube" buff, apart from the initial damage caused by the appearance of the five people, the scene was not severely damaged, and no unrelated personnel were injured.

Having apprehended these five individuals, the next step is the cleanup. They will take them back to the Special Response Department, verify their identities, interrogate them, and then imprison them.

"Darling! You did a great job." Cui Man patted Xiao He's head and praised him with a smile, "The reporters at the scene were so excited, they were praising you to the skies. I can already see the news going viral, the headline is 'The strongest Mutant, Yinglong, instantly kills foreign Mutant'."

"Sister Man, this is so awkward." Xiao He frowned and said with a hint of disgust, then looked at Xia Yu and Ye Wanqing: "Neither of you are injured, are you?"

"No, Brother Xiao, your Perfect Cube separated us," Xia Yu said with a smile.

"And you?" Ye Wanqing asked, glancing at him sideways, and brushed the dust off his clothes. Xiao He shook his head and said smugly, "I can stand still and let them hit me, they can't hurt me, don't worry."

"Why are you just standing there letting them hit you? Get out of the way, you idiot..." Ye Wanqing frowned.

"Is Yue Feng alright?" Xiao He asked. To be honest, that guy was a pretty good Trigger.

"It's alright. Although his back is relatively weak, it's still stronger than the average person. He won't die from that blow," Cui Man comforted him. "He's already been taken for treatment. He has some internal organ damage, but he should recover in about two or three days."

As she spoke, Cui Man turned to look at the five Mutant behind her, smiling with fighting spirit, "Next comes the interrogation. Although I think their purpose is quite clear, we still need to confirm whether there's anyone behind it. Let's go!"

Considering the relative danger posed by these Mutant, Xiao He had to accompany them during the interrogation, with Chen Ting and Yue Feng acting as Trigger. All five were trapped inside the Reverse Perfect Cube by Xiao He, with no way to escape.

The group was first taken to a military base in Zhongchang City to begin a "transfer" process.

"As expected of the capital, the military bases here are much more developed than those in Beichang City," Xiao He thought to himself, looking at the tanks around him.

The local residents weren't surprised to see tanks on the road; it was as commonplace as seeing a tractor. But for Xiao He, it was the first time he had ever seen such heavy weaponry.

Xiao He couldn't understand much during the interrogation, as they communicated in English, so he just stood there pretending to be cool and intimidating.

After the interrogation was completed, Cui Man came directly to explain the results to them.

"As expected, they're all after your blood, purely driven by profit, there's nothing behind it all," Cui Man said, looking at the interrogation report. "It's said that on the black market, every hundred milliliters of Yinglong's blood is worth one hundred million US dollars."

"It's making me want to sell 100 milliliters myself..." Xiao He muttered to himself.

Ye Wanqing stepped on his foot and scolded, "Stop thinking about nonsense. Be down-to-earth. You can live well on your own."

"Yes—" Xiao He replied in a drawn-out tone, "So, they are from some organization, right?"

"That's right, now comes the main focus of this interrogation." Cui Man nodded. "You saw the tattoos on their hands, right? That's an organization called 'Raven.' It's a neutral mercenary organization, full of Mutant from impoverished countries or regions. They'll do anything for money; they're a bunch of ruthless thugs."

"They confessed so readily?" Xie Haining asked, somewhat surprised. Cui Man shrugged. "A little trick... I told them we have Mutant who can detect lies. And we do have them. Besides, these people seem to have no sense of honor; they're purely gathered together for money, valuing their lives above all else. A slight threat, and they readily confessed."

As she spoke, Cui Man sighed, "However, this also means that they are just at the bottom of this organization and do not possess any important intelligence."

"Since they are all Mutant, why don't they cooperate with the M Country?" Ye Wanqing asked, puzzled. "In my opinion, their Superpower are quite strong."

"Not everyone wants to be commanded; some people prefer freedom and doing whatever they want," Cui Man said, patting his head. "Besides, it's probably because their countries are generally more hostile towards M Country."

"So Sister Man, what are your plans for dealing with these five people?" Xiao He asked with interest.

"Let's see if they have any intention of redeeming themselves through good deeds. If they do, let them live in prison while atoneing for their sins; if not, let them stay in prison indefinitely. In any case, we'll have them sign Contract Seal," Cui Man replied. "Personally, I'm inclined to trick them into redeeming themselves through good deeds, so they can be Trigger for you when they get out."