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Xu Shuo toyed with the young man's emotions, then left him to collapse on his own.

This person's records were with the New An Bureau, and the reason he could block mind reading might have been an awakened special ability, or perhaps his own magical gadget.

He naturally had no intention of saving the person.

Telekinesis held up the crumbling walls, and while clearing a path, it also maintained the ruins in a balance that prevented them from collapsing.

Xu Shuo accurately found the Array in a certain room, which was a trigger-type and was placed alone indoors, normally used for transporting things.

However, due to the explosion being too violent and the rubble bombing, the drawn Array had been damaged.

Moreover, at that time, perhaps many people thought of using the Teleportation Array to leave, but they didn't manage to do so in time, and now various bloodstains were interwoven, creating chaos.

The one who could draw arrays had records with the New An Bureau as well; his name was Lin Qi, and the creations made with his blood had miraculous effects, the Teleportation Array being only one of them.

Xu Shuo was observing the place when his gaze suddenly shifted, and he immediately retracted his telekinesis.

The floating bricks fell quickly, silently reassembling into what seemed like a chaotic, but actually quite stable, ruin.

From the hollow outside, a person jumped down.

He didn't move the rubble to jump down; he passed directly through those objects.

After landing, Cheng Can immediately noticed a breathing sound nearby, and he turned his head to look at the young man lying in the debris, his head hanging down as if he were half-dead.

The latter was also aware of the noise and looked up warily.

He opened his mouth but didn't make a sound.

Having been the first to speak out and then nastily manipulated by someone, his mood had been like a roller coaster, so now he chose to remain silent.

And that person hadn't left yet.

The other was from the New An Bureau, regardless of how he begged for mercy, showed weakness, professed surrender, or even offered to be a spy, the guy was indifferent.

So, who was this person who appeared suddenly? Which side was he on?

Would he act against him?

As it turned out, Cheng Can only gave him a glance, confirmed he wasn't a threat, and then ignored him.

Because there were other breathing sounds here.

Cheng Can didn't hurry to the control room but cautiously followed the chaotic path inward to inspect, then in the darkness, he saw a somewhat familiar figure.

"Senior." Xu Shuo called out.

"Eh?"

Hearing the voice, Cheng Can reacted and glanced at the teaming list before confirming the identity of the person across from him.

Cheng Can paused, then asked, "Are you here looking for Epsilon?"

Xu Shuo nodded, then started walking toward him, saying, "When I came, I found a hollow underneath, so I came down to take a look."

The lighting underground was dim, and it was only when they got close to the control console that the two men were able to see each other clearly by the flickering light of the machinery.

Hearing this, Cheng Can felt envious, "I started from the edge of the ruins, shuttling all the way to find this place. I was worried I might exhaust my strength and get stuck in a wall."

Xu Shuo: "..."

He glanced at Cheng Can, then couldn't help but examine the walls.

Honestly, he was also curious to know if, should the other's ability to pass through walls fail suddenly, getting stuck would cut his body in half?

But at that time, the material between his body and the wall would be merged, so would the wall burst apart then too?

He hadn't seen it happen and was a bit curious.

Cheng Can shivered inexplicably.

He rubbed his arms and said, "Let's hurry up and copy the data. Banqian is watching outside, and since you're here now, you can take me directly out later."

Xu Shuo had an innocent expression. "But I still need to go find Epsilon."

Cheng Can choked for a moment.

He was thinking, with such a junior with a strong ability to escape close at hand, his life's safety was completely secured!

But now, facing the junior's earnest gaze, Cheng Can gritted his teeth and said, "Alright then, you go find Epsilon now, and come back for me later."

"Senior, be careful on your own." Xu Shuo smiled slightly and turned to walk out.

Passing by the young man who was trying to lower his presence, Xu Shuo paused and took out a small fruit knife from the pocket of his tactical vest.

The man's eyes bulged suddenly, "Wait! I——"

He didn't even get to finish the first half of his sentence.

Hearing the commotion, Cheng Can turned his head for a look, only to see that Xu Shuo's figure had already vanished among the ruins; he calmly withdrew his gaze.

Cheng Can opened his own micro-end, connected it to the master control console with a data cable, and then began to wait.

This time, the person responsible for stealing the data wasn't him, but Wei Ya, who had the ability of "Data Reading." She could travel between everyone's micro-end systems, using this medium to enter the Paradise Bird database that had been cut off from external signals.

The wait was silent, and the overly quiet atmosphere made time stretch on.

Just then, a sweep of electromagnetic waves came from afar, getting closer...

...

"Hmm?"

Xu Shuo had just appeared above the ruins when he sensed something skimming toward him, incredibly fast and utterly silent.

Psychic Ability quickly unfolded a barrier at his side, and the wave coming from the north hit it, actually causing ripples visible to the naked eye, spreading out layer by layer, instantly shattering the energy of the Psychic Ability.

But Xu Shuo wasn't affected, as his Psychic Ability exactly canceled out this phenomenon.

The wave skimmed past the region he was defending and continued to spread into the distance, rendering everything it passed eerily silent.

This was "Flash Spirit."

A device developed specifically to counteract the abilities of New Humans.

The authorities had really spared no expense; using this device could harm New Humans but was even more damaging to the brains of ordinary humans. And yet, to eradicate Paradise Bird, they had already resorted to using it three times.

It was uncertain whether those from the Inspection Team could withstand it.

Xu Shuo stood still for a while, seeing no third round of bombing from the authorities, then expanded his Psychic Ability to "look" elsewhere.

Shortly after, his figure vanished in an instant.

Soon after Xu Shuo had left, a figure emerged from the smoke, surveying the deserted area with a touch of irritation creasing his brow as he pressed the temple of his head.

All because of that strange wave just now!

...

Meanwhile, in another place within the ruins.

As the authorities had used the suppression device again, the three people present all became dazed for a moment. When they came to their senses, Frandy became even more anxious.

"Is it ready yet?!"

"Almost there, almost there..."

Because of his other injuries, Lin Qi had already lost too much blood, and his resistance was worse off than the others. The third wave of "Flash Spirit" left his state of mind wavering, seeing stars before his eyes.

He shook his head to clear his somewhat blurry consciousness, enduring the nausea in his brain to connect the last stroke of the Formation.

The Formation was successful, faintly glowing with a blood light.

Frandy, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, was the first to step onto the Formation. After about ten seconds, his figure blurred and disappeared within the flickering blood light.

Robert stood by the side, looking at the weakened young man and kindly said, "I'll leave first then, you should hurry."

Lin Qi weakly waved his hand, using the broken walls around him to steady himself.

Another ten seconds passed, and then Robert disappeared.

The two sides of the Teleportation Array were actually interconnected, so after all the people on this side had gone through, one of the Arrays needed to be destroyed.

Naturally, the one on the other side was to be destroyed.

Struggling, Lin Qi walked towards the Teleportation Array. But just as he had steadied himself, a gush of warm blood sprayed from next to him without warning, directly ruining the Array beneath his feet.

The young man suddenly looked down, staring dumbfounded at the Array mixed with other blood, utterly bewildered.

The Teleportation Array contaminated with different blood, naturally, became inoperative.

He had already lost too much blood from a severe abdominal wound, and as the blood continued oozing from his palm, his mind was already a muddle. Now with this sudden setback, he became even more bewildered and helpless.

Lin Qi turned his head to look, and through his blurred vision, he only saw a figure walking toward him.

Then he lost consciousness.

...