If the other side doesn't choose to retreat, the outcome could be either the Shapeshifter dying or her dying.
After the spatial blockade is removed, the entire Out-of-Control Zone is no longer an independent space. As long as she reaches the edge of the Out-of-Control Zone, even if the other party reacts by then, she can directly escape into the Ancient Wilderness.
With that in mind, Wen Jing acted decisively, using every means at his disposal to stop the Shapeshifter.
Seeing this, the other party became even more determined to use various means to intercept her.
And so, each with their own thoughts, they chased each other until they reached the edge of the Out-of-Control Zone.
"We'll be safe soon!"
For a moment, both the pursuer and the pursued thought the same thing.
Unexpectedly, at that very moment...
Wen Jing paused, his expression changed again, and he said with delight:
"Teacher!"
The Shapeshifter was speechless. He was really getting into the act; did he think the shapeshifter was stupid?
No matter how sincere her expression was, he wouldn't believe it.
Not to mention that he had already been fooled once before, he was very Bai Xiao had caused a great disturbance on the border of the Empire not long ago and would be facing all kinds of pursuit and interception, so how could he return to the Federation so quickly?
This assassination attempt on Wen Jing was one of the Empire's retaliatory actions against the Federation.
But the Shapeshifter sensed something was wrong the next moment.
He turned his head and was met with a pair of cold, golden eyes.
Chapter 152
The Shapeshifter was just one step away from escaping the out -Out-of-Control Zone.
However, that seemingly insurmountable gap has now become an insurmountable barrier.
Because Dean Bai happened to arrive.
Her appearance coincided precisely with the moment when the Shapeshifter was about to step out of the Out-of-Control Zone, dispelling the spatial blockade and causing a brief energy stagnation;
Her landing point happened to block the node of the Shapeshifter's spatial chain; the change in gravity caused by her mass created an inertia that pushed her backward.
Her raised hand met the Shapeshifter's momentary defensive vulnerability...
All of this happened by sheer coincidence, as if the threads of fate had been manipulated by an invisible hand, all occurring at the same time.
There was no earth-shattering energy burst, nor any dazzling skill effects.
Dean Bai slightly bent his fingers, and the space cracked open like glass, revealing three fissures.
The Shapeshifter possessed spatial abilities, not only didn't have time to escape, but was also as if pushed by an invisible hand, willingly crashing into the spatial rift.
"Whoosh!"
The sound of blood splattering disappeared almost as soon as it started.
The Shapeshifter, whose face was still frozen in terror and disbelief, was instantly sliced into four neat pieces and annihilated along with the spatial rift.
Wen Jing watched this scene, the image of his battle against his teacher, when his compatibility had just broken through 60%, involuntarily flashed through his mind.
So this is what it looks like when a teacher commits murder...
She keenly realized that this was the effect of the 'active' application of her Luck ability; last time she fought in the training ground, she only felt the 'passive' level of Luck.
"Luckily, we made it just in time."
Dean Bai caught Wilderness Weapon falling Door Handle with his outstretched hand, and gave Wen Jing a familiar smile, "However, it seems it's alright even if I missed it."
Seeing this, Wen Jing relaxed immediately and went to greet him, followed by a barrage of questions:
"Teacher, how did you find us? And where are we now?"
Dean Bai waved his hand and said, "I just broke free from the Empire's blockade when I learned that the Shapeshifter were hunting you. Through the connection between the Secret Treasure Gate and your Wilderness Weapon, plus a bit of luck, I Ancient Wilderness Traversal!"
Wen Jing heard her speak so casually, but couldn't help but suspect that this kind of luck must be extremely rare.
"As for where we are... well, it's within the Federation's star system. You can wait here for now."
Dean Bai gave Wen Jing some instructions, then turned and flew towards the edge of the Out-of-Control Zone. A moment later, he turned back and said, "This is one of the fragments of the edge battlefield."
"At the edge of a galaxy?"
Wen Jing was briefly taken aback, but quickly recovered.
Yes, if the trap is located on any habitable planet in the Federation, or even any industrial planet, its location can be marked by the Mastermind.
Imperial espionage is no small matter; once the Out-of-Control Zone is investigated, the anomalies will be discovered quickly.
Even if Dean Fu cannot come in time, he can contact nearby powerful individuals for support.
Only in this battlefield of two great civilizations at the edge of the galaxy, where the magnetic field is chaotic and local wars frequently break out, can Out-of-Control Zone go unnoticed.
As for whether this is an empire, that's impossible.
If opening that Door Handle Wilderness Weapon could directly connect to the Empire, why bother with the troublesome task of deploying assassins? We could simply call upon the Awakened Army and wait for Wen Jing to enter, unleashing a volley of arrows.
Faced with absolute power, no matter how many tricks she had up her sleeve, she could only lose her life and return to the Spacetime Amber.
That's not the point right now.
Dean Bai, holding up the Door Handle, said, " Dean Fu might be here soon. I'll use this to open the door for you, then you destroy the smart terminal and 'disappear' for a few days."
Despite the assassination attempt and counterattack, only six minutes had passed since Wen Jing was teleported here, and Dean Fu had located the spatial coordinates of this place, had not yet arrived.
After Dean Bai finished speaking, he waited for Wen Jing to ask why, but she just moved her eyes and nodded knowingly.
"No problem, but where should I go to avoid being detected? Should I hide on the fringes of the battlefield?"
"It's not fulfilling to have students who are too smart..." Dean Bai shook his head with some regret. "No, you haven't fully awakened yet. The environment of the edge battlefield is too extreme, and it's easy to be discovered. Go to the Ocher Soil Antarctic and find the Ten Star Group; they will definitely welcome you."
Wen Jing's eyes widened in surprise. "Huh? The Ten Star Group? You're welcoming me?"
Although she was somewhat oblivious to what was going on around her, she had still heard of the Federation's largest terrorist organization.
Of course, this largest terrorist organization isn't actually that powerful.
However, this organization is different from the tax-paying gangs; it openly opposes Federation rule, so it is frequently targeted and suppressed, but for various reasons, it always re-emerges like weeds.
As the backbone of the Federation government, the three academies, under Dean Bai's authority, sending Wen Jing to the Ten Star Group to lay low is like sending government soldiers to visit a rebel's home.
"That's the best place to avoid trouble right now," Dean Bai said. "Don't worry! You're already famous, Ten Star Group is eager to recruit you. At most, going there as a guest will just mean listening to their brainwashing for a while. They won't and wouldn't dare to harm you."
Wen Jing choked. "What if I really get brainwashed by them?"
Dean Bai pondered for a moment, then said, "Then I'll have a student from the Ten Star Group..."
Wen Jing raised his eyes to look at her.
Dean Bai immediately straightened his expression. "I believe in your composure!"
As they said this, the two of them walked out of the Out-of-Control Zone.
Having escaped the out -Out-of-Control Zone, the desolate land, filled with gray mist and covered with dark red cracks in flesh, faded and disappeared, along with the air.
Then came the vacuum and extreme cold, followed by the magnificent and distant band of light stretching across the sky.
It is the vortex star system that houses both the Federation and the Empire, two human civilizations.
The sky here is free from atmospheric interference, and the universe is pure black, so deep that it seems to absorb the soul.
The distant stars, like diamonds, are so dazzling they are breathtaking.
Meanwhile, in the nearby asteroid belt, there is a thin haze of dust, irregular rocks the size of houses, and huge asteroids covered with impact craters, all slowly tumbling around.
The asteroid belt is composed of a very complex array of materials. Some asteroids were formed when Giant comets were torn apart by the gravity of stars as they passed by, some are the remains of interstellar fleets and space stations, and others are defense lines and interference zones set up by two major civilizations.
Wen Jing and Dean Bai were currently on a meteorite fragment the size of a football field. The dark gray ground was pitted and broken, lifeless, and mixed with some rust-red spots left by the impact of metal.
The environment outside the out-of -Out-of-Control Zone is hardly any better than the Out-of-Control Zone itself.
Even for ordinary people and weaker Awakened, the survival time in the Out-of-Control Zone is far longer than in this asteroid belt.
At that moment, the starlight crossed the horizon above the meteorite. In an instant, the temperature of Wen Jing's upper body, which was exposed to sunlight, rose to over 100 degrees Celsius, while his lower body, still in the shadows, remained at a frigid temperature of over 200 degrees below zero.
Of course, this had no effect on her.
Wen Jing now possesses not only Extreme Cold Physique but also Advanced Heat Resistance, allowing him to adapt to even the extraordinary temperature differences of the Ancient Wilderness, let alone the temperature differences of the material universe.
Dean Bai had initially looked over with concern, but upon seeing that she showed no signs of distress, he immediately realized that the student had made remarkable progress during his absence.
Immediately afterwards, she used her energy to draw a circular outline on the ground near the two of them.
Then, Dean Bai placed the Door Handle on the round 'door' and pulled upwards forcefully—
Something amazing happened.
The door that was originally drawn has become a real, hidden door.
Everything that needed to be said had already been said in the Out-of-Control Zone. Wen Jing and Dean Bai exchanged a glance, and then Wen Jing simply slipped through the crack in the door.
After she disappeared, Dean Bai closed the door and removed the Door Handle.
With a swipe of energy, the ground returned to its original state.
As soon as the time interval between travels was up, Dean Fu immediately followed the spatial coordinates and arrived at this location.
Sensing the profound changes in the world around him, his previously gloomy expression softened slightly.
The Empire, having assassinated Wen Jing, would naturally prepare for Out-of-Control Zone in advance.
The out -Out-of-Control Zone still exists and has not been reclaimed by the Imperial assassins, possibly because their mission was not completed, so the situation is relatively optimistic.
But the next moment, he saw a familiar figure there.
" Bai Xiao..."