"..."
Hela stood before the library's tightly closed doors, her thoughts in utter turmoil.
Why is the door closed? Don't they operate at night?
Oh, right, it seems that United States don't have a habit of playing at night.
"Boss, how about we find a place to stay for the night..."
Xiao Huan's weak voice came from inside her pocket.
Hela scratched her head, feeling that this was the only way.
Guided by Xiao Huan, Hela arrived at a rented house and knocked on the door.
The landlord, who was sleeping, was woken up and opened the door in a huff.
But upon seeing that Hela was an extremely beautiful girl, he instantly changed his attitude and warmly invited her to rent a room.
When choosing a house, they arranged the best room for her and didn't even ask for a tip.
After tidying up briefly, Hela lay down on the bed and took out the Xiao Huan from her pocket.
Xiao Huan was pulled out and quickly flew into the air, panting heavily as she felt the breath of freedom.
Hela lay on the fairly soft bed, took off the necklace, and held it up in front of her to examine it closely.
Under the light, the amber necklace revealed a large group photo inside, and the amber light shone on Hela's face, giving her fair skin a unique hue.
"Hey? Boss, where did you get this necklace?"
Xiao Huan flew over curiously and landed on Hela's necklace.
Hela raised her fair little hand and flung the Xiao Huan away.
Poor Xiao Huan, she has to endure it all again.
"It was a gift from my friend."
Hela put the necklace back on and gave Xiao Huan a dismissive reply.
Xiao Huan flew somewhat disgruntled to the table, but upon hearing Hela's reply, her curiosity returned.
"Boss, you have friends? Are they also Variant? How are they doing now?"
"Dead."
Hela's nonchalant reply made it seem as if the person who died was insignificant.
Xiao Huan shuddered, realizing she had said the wrong thing, and quickly apologized.
"I'm so sorry, boss, I didn't mean to bring up your sad story!"
Hela, however, didn't seem to care at all. "It's nothing, it's all in the past."
She sat up in bed and went to the window to look at the scenery outside.
Seeing that the other person had no intention of continuing the conversation, Xiao Huan wisely refrained from responding and found a comfortable position to go to sleep.
As time passed, the sky outside slowly began to brighten.
Hela looked out the window and saw several policemen knocking on doors, seemingly investigating something.
Has the discovery of that squad's deaths been made? It seems I can no longer stay in this city.
If Hela wanted to destroy this city, it would be very simple.
Having reached the ' Transcendent ' level, he could slaughter them all in less than a day.
But what she feared most was that she might attract an even stronger opponent who could capture her or kill her outright.
She's not the naive and clueless person she was two years ago. Hela is now a smart, premeditated being, not a reckless brute.
Seeing the police walk away, Hela grabbed the still-sleepy Xiao Huan and stuffed her into her pocket before heading straight downstairs.
He rummaged in his pocket, placed Xiao Huan in his palm, facing him.
"Boss, what are you doing now...?"
Xiao Huan had just woken up, looking groggy and somewhat speechless.
Where is the subway? I want to leave this city.
Xiao Huan shook her head, somewhat puzzled, "Weren't we supposed to be going to the library? Why are we leaving the city again?"
"The murdered person has been discovered. We might be found too, so we need to leave quickly."
Hela quickly explained it to it, urging it on, but Xiao Huan remained completely calm.
"Boss, don't worry about it. I know the United States police; they're all useless. There's no way they'll be able to find you."
Besides, even if you find it, can't you just transform and fool everyone else?
"No way." Hela flicked Xiao Huan on the head; she dared not gamble with her life again.
Xiao Huan was bounced onto Hela's palm, sighed helplessly, and began to tell Hela the location of the subway.
Hela put Xiao Huan back in her pocket, ran quickly into the subway, paid the fare, and got on the train.
After a long half-hour journey, Hela finally arrived in a new city.
District C, City D
The cities in the United States are located differently from those in Great Xia. The country is divided into regions, and then each region is further divided into several cities.
Hela entered the city and immediately found a map of it.
After finding the library, I went straight in and started studying.
Pushing open the library door, Hela placed a few US dollars on the front desk and then went into the reading area.
Finally, it's time to start studying! I must become incredibly amazing!
Hela casually pulled out a biology book, opened it to the first page, and began to read intently.
Half an hour later.
Hela closed the book expressionlessly, leaned back in her chair, and looked somewhat vacant.
It's not that I can't understand the contents of these books, it's just that they teach such useless things.
It's not entirely useless, but it's still somewhat useful. At least this book taught me that some creatures have special abilities.
However, this book doesn't explain in detail how these abilities are generated; it just talks about animal skeletons, skin, habits, and so on.
But what I really want to know is how venom is produced, and how spider silk is produced—there are no concrete answers to these questions.
Hela put down her book and decided to just eat some of these animals with special abilities.
Hela put the book back in its place, stood up, and walked towards the door.
Rumble...
She opened the door and took just one step out when the ground suddenly shook, Hela almost fell to the ground, losing her balance.
Fortunately, she managed to grab the door frame in time and steady herself.
The ground began to tremble violently again, and even the road surface and some buildings began to crack and collapse.
"Ah! What happened!"
Help! Help!
A large group of panicked people passed by Hela and ran out of the library in terror.
Was there an earthquake?
Hela calmly surveyed her surroundings without the slightest sign of panic, a stark contrast to those around her.
Just then, Hela suddenly felt her body lighten, and then she floated up!
Not only Hela, but the people around her who were fleeing for their lives also seemed to fly up as if they had lost gravity.
Then, cars, buildings, and even the ground began to slowly float up.
It slowly flew into the air, and its speed increased.
"Holy crap! What's going on?! Boss, are you doing another test flight?!"
Feeling a sudden dizziness, Xiao Huan quickly flew out of Hela's pocket.
Upon seeing the surrounding scene, she screamed.
"What's going on?! Why are we all flying?! Why is the whole city flying too?!"
Ah! I'm just a Variant who wants to live a life of leisure and do nothing, why are they arranging such exciting things for me?!
Xiao Huan screamed as she flew around Hela, Hela calmly observed her surroundings.
She looked down through the cracked ground, her pupils contracting slightly.
Below, all that could be seen was a vast expanse of ground, stripped bare of its tops.
The whole city took flight!