Volume 1, Chapter 59: This Is My Sister Who Grew Up in the Countryside

However, contrary to Shi Mei's expectations, Su Wanqing's face showed not a trace of panic, nor did even her eyelashes flutter.

The gunshot of the tactical handgun echoed through the infirmary. Visser Weiss's eyes were wide and filled with tears, the muzzle pressed hard against Ouyang Ying's abdomen as a large-caliber bullet pierced the medical pod's cover, kicking up a spray of blood inside.

That flamboyant hairstyle was gone, replaced by the most ordinary side-swept bangs and a short ponytail.

"Well, well, is the heavenly dog about to devour the sun tonight? What on earth could drive the brilliant Young Master Xi to seek my help?" Ling Qi had always felt bullied by Fang Xiyuan, and whenever she had a chance to mock her, she never missed it.

"Let's observe first. The outcome hasn't been decided yet, and honestly, I don't get it. These guys really have nothing better to do than hide so deeply, wasting our time!" Shi Yi felt quite dissatisfied inwardly. Judging by pure strength, individuals of this caliber should have long since ascended to the Void Heaven, yet so many of them still lingered in Miling.

"My dereliction of duty. We administered a weak-dose injection, but didn't expect someone here to have already undergone the Empire's genetic modification," a Special Containment and Reclamation Unit operative said, shaking his head after using a silenced hand-cannon to pierce Clarissa Chen's heart and lungs.

"Defensively a bit clingy, offensively a complete extra," Tang Haoran said calmly. He didn't take many shots in the first quarter, largely because his opponent's defense was extremely tight.

As his opponent, that UAC ace pilot was brimming with arrogance. Refusing to believe that a heavy-duty unit could pose any threat to him, he relied on his superior mobility to unleash a storm of relentless attacks around the "Vajra," ruthlessly tearing the heavy mech's thick armor into pieces.

"Woof, woof, woof!" Pursued by thousands of swift mastiffs, Yu Yang could only continuously cast levitation spells on the two of them, fleeing dozens of miles in the blink of an eye.

Composed mainly of "outsiders" and self-organized, this military group had never been officially recognized by the Celestial Beings organization, yet it tirelessly worked to provide support to them akin to an auxiliary support force. Who would have thought that this operation would actually require dispatching almost their entire force? However...

Lin Tianchen guessed that his father must have offended certain people in the imperial court, and now they were coming to exact their revenge.

Although Su Nan said this money could be considered a friendly donation, those children genuinely needed the help after all.

An iron fist came hurtling forward, enveloped in a fierce kinetic aura, and slammed viciously into Fang Xuan's chest. A potent surge of soul power erupted, ruthlessly caving in a portion of his ribcage.

Lin Tianchen was startled by the final piece of information, never imagining that such a heaven-defying treasure could possibly exist.

Their examinations followed closely after the Qingming Festival, leaving them with almost no free time.

To put it simply, take his own Su family for example: if his father, Su Wang, truly had never embezzled a single coin of silver and relied solely on his meager official salary, the Su family in the capital would at best be able to scrape together enough food to barely survive.

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die!" Bing Mengchen's inner self was gripped by fear and struggle, to the point where he forgot that this was merely an evaluation, and forgot that no one actually died here.

Faced with such a wonderful opportunity, Li梓曦 (Li Zixi) was overjoyed and naturally would not refuse. Moreover, Bing Mengchen himself deeply yearned to become a magician. That very night, even Bing Mengchen's father, who served in the Knights, took a leave of absence to return home and celebrate his son's admission into the magic class.