"These scoundrels from the main family are truly relentless. No matter how many of them die, or how gruesome their deaths, they refuse to give up hunting us down. It's simply endless! Sister, what should we do next? Should we keep grinding it out with them?"
"Those mad dogs are hunting us because they want back the hard drive you stole, Xiao Yan, and to silence us siblings to prevent their human experimentation from being exposed."
"Given Xiao Teng's ruthlessness, he'll undoubtedly force his subordinates to kill us at all costs, so it's a fight to the death between us..." Xiao Xun meticulously analyzed the current situation for her brother.
"But where did that hard drive actually go...? I clearly remember collapsing in that alley, yet I woke up in a nearby hotel, and the proprietress insisted she hadn't seen anyone." She desperately racked her brain, trying to reconcile her contradictory memories and find some clues.
"I never imagined the main branch of the Xiao family could be so rotten inside, treating us, their branch family members, as less than human." The young man, dressed in casual clothes and wearing a baseball cap, had a face full of indignation.
Some elders within the Tianhai Xiao family, in their madness as their lifespan limits approached, had lured branch family members with similar bloodlines into human experiments, attempting to pave a path for their own longevity.
The young man was precisely one of the lucky ones who had narrowly escaped. Burdened with secrets, he now faced an endless pursuit.
"We should first figure out a way to leave Tianhai. Here, their influence, both overt and covert, is too vast; it's hard to escape their gaze. Their lackeys are endless, and reporting to the police would likely be walking straight into a trap. At least a quarter of the police station, from the chief down to the officers, are their people."
"Leave Tianhai! Just like that?" The veins on the young man's hands bulged with rage. "How can we let those scumbags off the hook!" After getting agitated, the young man suddenly clutched his stomach, seemingly because the vigorous movement had reopened his wounds.
"Calm down, Xiao Yan. I know you hate them, and I'm furious about this too, but the reality is, we've been hunted so relentlessly that we've had to change our appearances multiple times, hide in various places, and we're even carrying several injuries right now," Xiao Xun said with a sigh.
"Moreover, the people we've killed are far from enough to truly hurt them, to make them feel any pain. These are just cannon fodder, expendable pawns used to wear us down. No matter how many die, they won't feel a thing."
"We're still too weak, but now both of us siblings have powerful abilities. As long as we survive, we can continuously grow stronger. One day, we'll be able to crush that bastard Xiao Teng like an ant."
"For now, we endure. Take the money Dad left behind, leave Tianhai, and go to America—to a place where their claws can't reach." As Xiao Xun spoke, her eyes began to redden, evidently, the pressure she had been under recently was immense.
"Alright! I promise you, Sister. Ten years! Within ten years, I'll bring you back, and I'll personally shove that bastard Xiao Teng into his reactor and drown him alive! I'll make him understand the meaning of 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river'!" The young man silently swore, enduring the pain that tugged at his wounds.
"I've already arranged our escape route from Huaxia. We'll leave this afternoon, taking a car from Tianhai to Shangxing, and then a ship from Shangxing to..." Xiao Xun meticulously detailed her plans to her brother.
"Among the military's ability users, the two remaining who don't possess a Life Field—one has completed the Spirit Energy transformation of their eyes and stomach, while the other's are muscles and bones. One can surmise that the former is likely not a close-combat type, while the latter is probably a melee ability user who has cultivated the Martial Edict," Bai Mo observed the two individuals not obscured by a Life Field, quietly organizing the information related to them.
While pondering their bone structure, he detected Yue Yu, the deputy captain of the Tenth Squad, skulking in his divine sense, seemingly intending to appear behind him and give him a fright.
"Hey!" Yue Yu, using teleportation, silently appeared behind Bai Mo, then let out a loud shout, following it up with a forceful slap on his shoulder, seemingly intent on playing a prank.
But she was clearly disappointed. She found that her target seemed to have anticipated her, remaining completely unfazed, simply staring at her with an expressionless face.
"Captain Bai, you... you already knew, and you deliberately watched me make a fool of myself, didn't you?" After her prank failed, Yue Yu put on an innocent smile, attempting to smooth things over.
He nodded.
"Hahaha, good morning! I'm here to pay my respects," Yue Yu said, her face beaming with smiles, continuing her act of cuteness and feigned naivety, appearing overly familiar.
Bai Mo rested his head on his right hand, continuing to watch Yue Yu's awkward performance with the gaze one might reserve for an idiot.
"Captain Bai, I'm sorry, I won't dare to do it again." She was startled by Bai Mo's deadpan expression. After apologizing, she hurried away, walking toward Ye Zi. It seemed that in the vast Dao Academy building, only Ye Zi could bring her a sense of security.
"Individuals without a Life Field, even if they are ability users, can likely be killed with a single thought. Without this layer of protection, psionic power can directly penetrate their bodies, crushing every organ," Bai Mo mused, sprawled on the sofa, contemplating some strange questions.
"There are simply too many ways for psionic power to kill someone. My limit is creating a high-pressure field of about twenty atmospheres within a five-meter radius using psionic power. Aside from people like me who breathe through their skin, even those with a Life Field would find it difficult to endure in it, as long as they still breathe with lungs."
"Although my psionic power cannot directly affect ability users with an absolute Life Field, it can act on the air around them. While I can't create a complete vacuum, low atmospheric pressure would significantly reduce the opponent's combat effectiveness."
Bai Mo continued to sit in a corner of the sofa, developing his abilities, his face exuding an aura that warned strangers to keep away. After the recent small incident, indeed, no one intended to approach Bai Mo. A strange empty circle thus remained around him.
"Captains, here is my business card. I am Feng Dong, the person in charge of the Huaxia ability user delegation this time, from the Dao Academy's logistics department. I will be responsible for arranging your itinerary and other details during your stay."
"Should you need anything, please feel free to contact me at any time. For now, please follow me to the fifth floor to meet with the representatives dispatched by the military." A man in a suit walked to the center of the group, then pulled out a stack of business cards, breaking the surrounding calm with his voice.
After receiving Feng Dong's business card, the group followed him to the fifth floor.