If she had just transmigrated here and hadn't experienced all the high technology and conveniences, she probably wouldn't have been able to tell right away that this was the interstellar era.
Wen Jing glanced at the mechanism that had been activated by her opening the door, ignored it, and walked straight to the desk in the apartment.
Judging from the dust accumulation near the table, there used to be a lot of electronic devices here, but now they have been moved out, leaving only some messy data cables.
Did the amateur scientist Xu Yin disappear because of her research findings?
Wen Jing's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he pointed to a messy corner on the table.
The next moment, the pull of an invisible force appeared, pulling out an eight-legged insect made of metal that was hidden in the corner.
As the compatibility increases, the various characteristics of her Wilderness Body can be used more easily on her main body.
Wen Jing stared at the tiny, motionless object, no bigger than her fingernail, which looked like a delicate model. Her gaze met the camera behind its eyes.
"I'm the person you were supposed to trade with before, and now you..."
Before he could finish speaking, the eight-legged robotic insect disguised as a model suddenly moved, its eight legs curling up into a ball.
Immediately afterwards, an internal trigger mechanism was activated, causing a burst of heat...
"Puff."
The impending explosion did not occur; the heat and shock, comparable to that of a grenade, were contained in Wen Jing's hand, turning it into a dud.
"They're very vigilant. We'll have to approach it from another angle then."
Her words were like a premonition; soon after, deliberately soft footsteps echoed in the hallway.
Unfortunately, even if the person could remain completely silent, as long as they possessed mass, they would not escape Wen Jing.
"Hello..."
Wen Jing walked out of the apartment building with a nonchalant air, intending to ask the person who came in.
"Call out!"
She had barely opened the door and peeked out when two heavily armed men in the hallway attacked her. They threw an electric shock device at her and fired a tranquilizer dart.
"Tear..."
An electric current exploded from the transmitter, bursting into a swirling electric grid that instantly enveloped the figure standing in front of the apartment door.
Upon seeing this, a burly man couldn't help but laugh, "Finally caught that chick—"
He and his companion froze mid-sentence.
Because they saw the person who should have been paralyzed by the electric shock take a step forward as if nothing had happened the next second.
"Bite."
One step, two steps...
In a chilling flash of lightning, the tall, slender figure discarded the tranquilizer darts he was holding and walked over with steady steps.
"I originally wanted to have a proper conversation."
"If this is how people from Xinpu City greet each other..."
The two burly men's pupils dilated as they realized that the person in front of them was not the target they had thought they were trying to capture.
At the same time, their gazes inevitably met those of the tall woman.
Their last shred of reason desperately urged them to drop the smoke bombs from their waist packs and run, but in reality, they found their bodies wouldn't obey their commands.
The other person's black pupils seemed to possess some kind of magic, magnifying in their minds, until they appeared as a densely packed prismatic structure...
Wen Jing originally wanted to 'greet' them with a couple of punches, but he didn't expect that just releasing a little bit of his mental power would make the two of them almost foam at the mouth.
She shook her head, then withdrew her mental energy and used the Gravity Silk to drag the two unconscious people downstairs like dead dogs.
As soon as they stepped down the stairs, Wen Jing's gaze fell on a corner. "Come out."
A few seconds later, a rustling sound came from the corner, and then a young girl emerged from the shadows.
"Are you Awakened?" the girl asked, staring at Wen Jing and the two burly men lying beside her.
Although the girl was only half a head shorter than Wen Jing, her youthful face and eyes revealed that she was not old and was clearly not yet an adult, at most fifteen or sixteen years old.
Wen Jing's gaze swept over the other person's clothes, and his expression became somewhat strange. "Shouldn't it be easy to tell?"
There was no other reason than that the black and red combat uniform the girl was wearing was the school uniform of the Red Earth Academy.
However, judging from their age, the other party is clearly not Awakened.
Moreover, Wen Jing's gaze swept over the other party's 'school uniform' and he discovered many flaws, not only in the material but also in some design details, which were different from hers.
The girl wasn't embarrassed. She blinked, her gaze lingering eagerly on Wen Jing, trying to memorize the details of her school uniform.
"So this is what the new school uniform looks like..."
Wen Jing, Wen Jing chuckled, realizing why these two burly men dared to attack her as soon as they met, even though she was wearing the Red Earth Academy uniform.
It turned out they had confused her with the girl in the fake school uniform in front of them.
As for why the other party was wearing a fake school uniform, the purpose was naturally to impersonate Awakened.
"You made that little gadget, didn't you? Now that you've confirmed my identity, explain what you know to me. And most importantly, where is Xu Yin right now?"
As a top student with perfect scores in humanities, Wen Jing, although not specializing in mechanics, could easily distinguish that the alarm system when the door opened was not on the same level as the insect robot.
After discovering the mechanism, she deliberately stirred up trouble to attract local forces to 'inquire' about Xu Yin's whereabouts.
The discovery of the insect-like robot was actually an unexpected surprise.
The obvious biomimetic design suggests that the designer is undoubtedly related to Xu Yin, who has studied insects, since insects are a relatively obscure species in this era.
After confirming the identity and strength of the Wen Jing Awakened, the girl visibly relaxed and asked hesitantly:
"What do you want with her? She was kidnapped by these Jackal Gang."
The girl gestured to Wen Jing with her eyes. The two burly men on the ground had messy tattoos, but each had a fierce Jackal's head tattooed on their arm.
"I tried to buy something from her, but she went missing two days ago."
While answering the girl's question, Wen Jing had already taken immediate action.
She tossed the two half-dead people into their car, then said to the girl, "I'm going to rescue someone now. If you want to come with me, get in now, we'll talk as we go."
Saving lives was the priority. Knowing that their destination was the Jackal Gang, she didn't have time to slowly probe the wary girl anymore.
Wen Jing's casual attitude, on the contrary, made the girl's eyes shine with trust, and she jumped directly into the passenger seat next to her.
"I'll go with you!"
"Boom..."
After getting into the car, Wen Jing turned on the autopilot and opened the drinks in the car, then splashed them at the two burly men.
The two people's expressions shifted slightly, but they seemed to still be unconscious.
The girl had just frowned and reached into her backpack to retrieve some tools Wen Jing's calm voice rang out. "Where is Xu Yin? Tell me or I'll kill you all."
The physiological characteristics of whether two ordinary people are awake or not cannot possibly be hidden from an Awakened.
Upon hearing Wen Jing Jingping's calm and collected words, the two who had been lying on the ground pretending to be dead immediately opened their eyes.
"My lord, spare me... spare me..."
Seeing Wen Jing wearing a black and red school uniform that was similar to, yet different from, the girl next to him, the two exchanged a glance, their hearts filled with bitterness.
They had come to arrest people before, but they were fooled by the girl's fake school uniform and didn't take it seriously at all.
Who would have thought I'd encounter an Awakened wearing a real school uniform!
The Awakened" refers to a special class, and this is not without reason.
The most direct cases involve Awakened, which are all handled by special Federation courts.
Although in this world, as long as you have money, you can easily exploit legal loopholes, and those who join gangs live on the edge of death, murder is still a crime under the law and will result in imprisonment. However, the Awakened have direct legal immunity from murder.
Crimes committed by Awakened are not subject to ordinary laws; there are specialized punitive agencies, and at the general societal level, only monetary compensation is required.
"I'm looking for Xu Yin. Is she still alive?" Wen Jing, getting straight to the point.
"Still alive, still alive, in our gang." The burly man didn't dare to be disrespectful and quickly replied.
From any perspective, the best outcome right now is for this powerful Awakened to find the person she wants.
Another burly man cautiously looked at Wen Jing and tentatively asked, "Sir, have you heard of our boss, Jackal? He's also an Awakened One. He usually believes in making money through harmony. How about I call him now and tell him who you want..."
"No, they'll kill Aunt Xu right away!"
Upon hearing this, the girl beside him immediately interrupted anxiously, looking at Wen Jing with pleading eyes.
The Jackal are also Awakened, and they might not give Wen Jing face. If Xu Yin is killed before they arrive, Wen Jing won't want to offend other Awakened for the sake of a dead person, and Aunt Xu's death will have been in vain.
Wen Jing said, "Just give me the coordinates, no more nonsense."
Upon hearing this, the two had no choice but to obediently agree, providing the detailed location where Xu Yin was being held—not just the location of their gang, but her specific coordinates within their gang.
Having determined the coordinates, Wen Jing drove in a straight line once more.
"Boom... Bang!"
Shortly after, the modified armored vehicle rammed directly into the Jackal Gang's gate.
"What the hell?! Isn't this the car that A Li and the others drove out in? Have they gone mad?"
"Something's wrong! Enemy attack!"
By the time the gang members guarding the gate realized something was wrong, the car had already sped straight to the entrance of the prison cell where the people were being held.
The alarm blared loudly, and the heavy alloy door of the cell was firmly locked. The girl following Wen Jing took out tools from her backpack, preparing to unlock it.
"Why go through all that trouble? We don't even know if they'll still be there by then."