Detection

"Stop! Hands up!!"

With a sharp shout, a handsome young man dressed in the Public Security Bureau's reinforced uniform beneath a bulletproof vest raised a 12.7mm heavy rifle at Yang Lie, his expression full of vigilance.

More than a dozen fully armed Public Security Bureau Officers followed behind the young man. Each of them was astride a black motorcycle.

Before reaching the Hundred Refinements Realm, aside from Essence Solidification Realm martial artists who cultivated top-tier Horizontal Training Martial Arts, any other martial artist would basically be finished after taking a single hit from a 12.7mm heavy rifle.

Yang Lie promptly raised both hands and called out, "I'm Yang Lie, the son of Public Security Bureau Chief Qian Ming's comrade! Our families are very close."

Beihe Base City gathered many martial artists. Every one of them possessed astonishing strength, but they were also hot-tempered and extremely dangerous. Thus, Public Security Bureau Officers had the right to fire freely whenever they were threatened. Yang Lie had invoked Qian Ming's name right away to avoid potential trouble.

The handsome young man at the front softened slightly. "I'm Wang Zhen, captain of the Public Security Bureau's Ninth Great Squad! We're going to deal with those damned vampires! Go report to the station yourself and give a statement."

Yang Lie said, "Yes!"

Wang Zhen and the other Public Security Bureau Officers mounted their motorcycles and sped straight toward the battlefield.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Gunfire soon rang out across the battlefield as the Public Security Bureau Officers quickly joined the fight.

Yang Lie headed in the direction Wang Zhen's group had come from and arrived at Public Security Bureau headquarters to give his statement.

"Contamination value: 0. Subject has not been contaminated by an Evil God!"

Inside a room, a Public Security Bureau Officer shone a flashlight-like device at Yang Lie, and a voice came from the instrument.

The reason those Evil Gods opened Dimensional Rifts was because They could send over all kinds of entities, even bizarre Evil God Forbidden Objects.

Each Evil God Forbidden Object possessed strange and miraculous powers, but using them came at a tremendous price. One such price was contamination by the power of an Evil God.

Some people were contaminated by Evil God power and became believers of the Evil Gods. Others were contaminated into madmen. Still others were contaminated by Evil God power without realizing it, living strange and unnatural lives.

That was precisely why, whenever a Dimensional Rift opened, survivors in the surrounding area had to undergo contamination testing.

Of course, while Evil God Forbidden Objects contained terrifying contamination, each also possessed unimaginable supernatural power. Therefore, many were collected, sealed away, and even used by the authorities.

A tall, handsome middle-aged man with short hair and faint wrinkles at the corners of his eyes smiled warmly. "Little Lie, you can go home now!"

Yang Lie smiled. "Uncle Zhou, I'll be going now. See you!"

Uncle Zhou's real name was Zhou Rui. He was Qian Ming's secretary. He knew that Qian Ming regarded Yang Lie as his own nephew, so he had taken the initiative to look after him.

Zhou Rui chuckled. "Remember to study hard!"

Yang Lie smiled. "Got it!"

Just then, the members of the Ninth Great Squad walked in from outside, covered in the smell of gunpowder. Since their opponents had only been inferior vampires, they had suffered no casualties.

Yang Lie greeted him politely. "Captain Wang!"

Wang Zhen paused slightly and gave Yang Lie a long look. "You're that high school student from earlier!! You have a lot of potential. I hope you get into a good university!"

"Thanks. I'll be taking my leave. Goodbye!"

Yang Lie left those words behind and strode away.

Zhou Rui walked over from the side, looking curious. "Little Wang, did the sun rise in the west today? You've always been so proud. Why are you viewing Little Lie so differently?"

Wang Zhen was a graduate of a First-Rate University. At such a young age, he had already attained the Hundred Refinements Realm, making him one of the Public Security Bureau's top experts and a promising elite with a bright future. Naturally, he usually held his head high and looked down on ordinary people.

"Director Zhou, that kid Yang Lie is ruthless! When we were cleaning up the battlefield just now, we found that he'd killed a vampire by himself. He smashed that vampire's heart with a hammer and twisted off its head. When I killed my first humanoid monster, I vomited for ages and couldn't adapt at all. That guy is definitely ruthless!"

Hao Jin, one of Wang Zhen's talkative subordinates, grinned and rattled off a whole stream of words.

Wang Zhen said flatly, "I checked. There were no traces of true qi on that vampire's body! That means Yang Lie destroyed its heart in one blow purely with the strength of his physical body. His punching power already surpasses that of many Essence Solidification Realm martial artists! If nothing unexpected happens, he'll definitely be able to enter a First-Rate University in the future."

Hao Jin said enviously, "A First-Rate University! How nice! We'll never get the chance!"

"Yeah!"

"In the future, he'll be another elite like the captain!"

"..."

The Ninth Great Squad members all wore envious expressions. Most of them were merely high-stage Qi Blood Realm martial artists, not even Essence Solidification Realm martial artists. After all, many of them had joined the military after graduating high school and were only assigned to the Public Security Bureau after retiring from service.

The Public Security Bureau on Konghe Star was divided into five ranks of officers, five ranks of senior officers, five ranks of inspectors, five ranks of senior inspectors, five ranks of chief inspectors, five ranks of division chiefs, five ranks of department heads, and five ranks of ministers, for a total of forty ranks.

Qi Blood Realm martial artists could struggle their entire lives and, barring surprises, only rise to a Level Five Senior Officer. An elite like Wang Zhen, a First-Rate University graduate, became a Level One Inspector the moment he joined the Public Security Bureau. An elite graduate from a Super First-Rate University could become a Level One Senior Inspector as soon as they joined.

Zhou Rui asked curiously, "Then he really is impressive! By the way, Little Wang, do you think he has any chance of getting into a Super First-Rate University?"

"No chance! To enter one of the Four Super First-Rate Universities, you must possess Hundred Refinements Realm cultivation by your senior year of high school! His first year has already ended, yet he only has Qi Blood Realm cultivation. Advancing to the Hundred Refinements Realm within just two years is far too difficult!"

"Cultivation requires not only talent, but resources as well! Those monsters who reach the Hundred Refinements Realm by their senior year may indeed possess extraordinary talent, but their resources are what truly separate them from everyone else!"

"Even if he reaches the Hundred Refinements Realm, he still won't be a match for the Hundred Refinements Realm monsters from other planets."

Wang Zhen's gaze dimmed, and he sighed softly.

After continuous development, humanity's martial path had reached the point where one could refine the body a hundred times, communicate with the power of heaven and earth to advance to the Heaven and Human Realm, then condense a Martial Dao Golden Core to step into the Golden Core Realm. This could extend one's lifespan by three hundred years, turning one into a long-lived species with a lifespan of over four hundred years.

The Martial Arts Grandmasters above the Golden Core Realm were all incomparably fierce, and as long-lived species, most controlled enormous resources. Quite a few even occupied entire life-bearing planets and possessed vast resources.

Back then, Wang Zhen had also been a gifted genius on Konghe Star. Yet he had ultimately been no match for those monsters and could only enter a First-Rate University in disappointment. In the eyes of ordinary officers, he was an elite beyond reach, but among the monster geniuses of his generation, he was merely an insignificant nobody.