You're Not Liu Qian! Little Bai Xuan~

"So strong!"

The sight of the female knight wiping out more than ten thousand Zombies with a single slash left Bai Yu shaken. If she could wield power like that, perhaps she could protect...

"Ow... That hurts!"

Just then, as the mental wave faded, Li Hongyou regained consciousness.

"Are you all right?" Bai Yu asked at once.

"I'm fine..."

As Li Hongyou spoke, she turned toward the battlefield.

The Zombies that had covered the mountains were gone. Surprise flickered across her face.

She looked at Xilin and murmured, "She's... pretty amazing."

Before she had finished speaking, Li Hongyou slipped from Bai Yu's arms and flew into the air.

"Where are you going?" Bai Yu called after her.

"To find whoever unleashed that mental wave. Wait here for me!"

With that, Li Hongyou shot off into the distance.

"Damn it! How did this happen?!"

On a distant cliff, Wang Ling sat in a helicopter, raging.

He could hardly believe his vast Zombie army had been destroyed just like that!

In the blink of an eye!

More than ten thousand Zombies!

Reduced to nothing in an instant!

This...

How was that possible?!

"Wang Ling! You useless fool!"

A furious voice came over the phone. "You failed! I'll have to handle this myself. Once this is over, the organization won't let an idiot like you off lightly!"

The caller hung up.

Wang Ling clenched his fists and forced down his anger before barking an order to his subordinate.

"Turn off the Malice Emitter. We're leaving."

"Yes."

The helicopter slowly rose, preparing to depart.

At that moment, a figure appeared overhead. "Think you can escape? Dream on!"

The instant Wang Ling saw Li Hongyou, despair swept over his face.

It's over...

It's all over...

Li Hongyou unleashed her Telekinesis.

She raised both hands—

Wang Ling was ripped out of the helicopter. Then she clenched her right hand, crushing the entire aircraft into a ball of scrap metal!

"Hmph."

With a soft snort, Li Hongyou took Wang Ling back to the base.

Meanwhile, Bai Xuan and Liu Qian stared at a corner of the room.

At some point, a pitch-black crack had opened there.

"What is that?" Two question marks appeared on the Slime Mask covering Bai Xuan's face.

"A Spatial Rift. Apparently, the technology was developed from the abilities of a space-wielder in America, but it's extremely unstable and dangerous," Liu Qian explained, folding her arms.

Before she finished, a pair of hands thrust out of the rift.

A man wearing a Three of Diamonds mask tore the space wider and struggled through.

"Fuck! So I have to do it myself after all!" he cursed.

Then he turned to Liu Qian. "Woman, come with me."

"Who is he?" Bai Xuan asked Liu Qian.

"Three of Diamonds. He's wanted by the Global Investigation Bureau and classified as Anomaly Threat Level D." Liu Qian smiled at Bai Xuan. "Mr. Slime~ Could you protect me? I don't want them dragging me off to be a test subject~ Please?"

"..."

Bai Xuan fell silent for a moment. "No."

"Why not~?" Liu Qian blinked at him.

"You and I... barely know each other."

But the real reason Bai Xuan refused was that he could not beat the man.

An Anomalous Calamity at level D—even Xilin might not be able to handle him, let alone Bai Xuan.

"Wow~ You're heartless~" Liu Qian rolled her eyes, looking a little disappointed.

Their conversation, as if he were not even there, enraged the man in the Three of Diamonds mask.

"Hey! Show me some respect! I'm the star today! You—"

Before he could finish, four Golden Chains sprang from thin air and bound his limbs.

His expression changed. He stared at Liu Qian in disbelief.

"You're not Liu Qian—you're—"

"Ah!"

Before he could finish, White Bandages appeared and wrapped him from head to toe like a mummy.

Liu Qian snapped her fingers, and he vanished into thin air, as though teleported elsewhere.

"Mm~ Finally caught someone useful~"

Liu Qian rose onto her toes and stretched, her voice languid.

Bai Xuan frowned as he watched her.

Who exactly is she?

He was certain Liu Qian had used three different abilities in the past few seconds!

He could not tell whether she had relied on technological devices, but activating so many abilities was enough to show she was unusual.

She could not possibly be an ordinary security officer!

"What? Why are you staring at me like that~?"

Liu Qian noticed his gaze and turned toward him with a smile.

She reached out and lightly tapped the Slime Mask on his face.

"You get to hide your identity, but I can't have a few secrets?"

"Are you an Investigator?" Bai Xuan asked.

"More or less~" Liu Qian smiled. "What about you? Ever thought of joining the Investigation Bureau?"

Bai Xuan said nothing. The eyes on his Slime Mask narrowed to slits.

"Looks like I asked a boring question~" Liu Qian glanced at him. "Your people are here. You should go."

Bai Xuan turned and saw Xilin standing in the doorway.

At the same time, a jumble of footsteps drew closer.

Bai Xuan activated the Teleportation Array.

Just as he was about to leave, Liu Qian said, "I hope we can be friends rather than enemies, cute little boy~"

"?"

Bai Xuan froze.

Little boy?

The woman pretending to be Liu Qian was probably no spring chicken. She had to be auntie-aged, at least.

"Goodbye," he said.

Bai Xuan and Xilin stepped into the Teleportation Array and vanished.

Not long after they left, Bai Yu was the first to rush into Liu Qian's room.

"Bai Yu! Are you all right?" Liu Qian hurried over and hugged her tightly, her voice full of concern.

"I'm fine." Bai Yu shook her head. "What about you? Are you hurt?"

"I'm fine too."

"That's good."

Huang Xin came over. "Miss Li Hongyou has brought back the person behind this. But we can't relax yet. There may still be accomplices hiding out. We'll need to stay another two days and make sure it's safe before we leave."

"Okay~" Liu Qian replied with a smile. She turned to Bai Yu. "I saw it all from my room. That female knight! She was incredible..."