277: Chapter 277 Strong Man

Xing Yaoyan dragged Qian Mo around for a long time, and it wasn't until the sun was about to set that she headed toward the suburbs, still feeling unsatisfied.

"Didn't they say there would be people controlling it? Are we just going to waltz right through?" Qian Mo lowered his voice.

"What, scared?" Xing Yaoyan turned her head with a smile, her arms crossed over her chest.

"It's not that..."

"That's fine, just follow my lead later."

Seeing that she had already said this, Qian Mo had no choice but to shut his mouth, secretly pushing his perception to the maximum, constantly monitoring for any potential danger.

Currently, the entire city center of Youfeng City was surrounded by a Spirit Array, and special checkpoints had been set up at every major traffic intersection.

"Beep. Please present your identification documents."

"What the hell? I've never needed this kind of thing when I came here before, why are you doing this now?!"

"Beep. This is a special period. Please present your identification documents."

"What of it? I forgot my ID! I don't have it!"

"Beep. Then please proceed to the waiting area and wait for an administrator to come and verify..."

Just as they approached the boundary of the city center, Xing Yaoyan immediately noticed a burly man on a motorcycle at one of the checkpoints, cursing at the robot blocking his path.

This checkpoint was considered one of the more remote ones; less than a dozen kilometers out lay the Human Alliance's jurisdiction of the Land of Destruction. Generally, no one would leave from here, so it was only guarded by robots.

"Mo... let's wait a moment..."

Xing Yaoyan was just about to ask Qian Mo to hide with her and wait to see what happened.

When she turned her head, she was shocked to find that the young man had vanished without a trace.

Where did he go?

Suddenly, she felt her calf being lightly tapped.

She hurriedly looked down and saw that the young man had already hunkered down in the dense grass, evidently having anticipated her intentions long ago.

Already accustomed to his incredible Stealth ability, Xing Yaoyan also lowered her body slightly, simultaneously activating the Star Swallowing Art to consume her own presence and enter "Stealth" mode.

"Damn it, you artificial idiot, you're not going to let me through? I'm a member of the Starlight... I need to go to the Security Bureau to find someone... Ah!"

The burly man was clearly angry, but because of the distance, his voice was fluctuating, and Xing Yaoyan couldn't hear it very clearly.

"Beep. Detected spiritual power fluctuations exceeding the danger threshold. Initiating combat mod..."

"Bang!"

A piece of scrap metal flew into the sky, trailing a long streak of electric sparks...

"Combat your mother's head, what bad luck..."

The red spiritual power on the burly man's fist slowly dissipated. He didn't look back at the robot with its head blown off—which had just emitted fifth-order spiritual power fluctuations—and rode his cool motorcycle straight through the checkpoint.

"Sixth-order..." Xing Yaoyan's pupils constricted slightly.

Judging by the fleeting spiritual power fluctuations from the burly man, this person was definitely a sixth-order Esper, and his spiritual power was extremely deep. He clearly had years of experience in life-and-death battles, and was no ordinary sixth-order...

If the feeling that Leng You, who was also sixth-order, gave her was that he was a bit tricky but still possible to deal with, then the feeling this burly man gave her was that there was absolutely no chance of success; she definitely couldn't beat him...

As luck would have it, the route he was taking happened to pass right by where they were hiding. With his perception, their disguise would definitely be discovered instantly.

So, rather than that...

"Help! There's a bad guy!"

The burly man stopped his bike, looking in surprise at the man and woman who had suddenly appeared in his path. The young girl was pointing at him in fear, as if he were some kind of monster.

Did he not check his horoscope before leaving the house today? How did he just kill one thing blocking his path, and now another has come... No, two...

"You... you wouldn't happen to be from the Star Cult, would you... Don't come over here!"

Hearing the words of the White-haired girl in front, the burly man was startled, then rubbed his bald head in confusion, wondering when he had become some scum from the Star Cult.

"Little girl, you've got it wrong. I'm from the 36th ranked 'Starlight Exploration Team' of the Human Alliance. My name is Hu Dachui. Where do I look like one of those rats from the Star Cult who can't see the light of day to you?"

Over there, Qian Mo, who was playing along with the act, had a glimmer in his eyes, thinking to himself: This seems like a bit of trouble now.

The Starlight Exploration Team was a veteran exploration squad with an extremely long history. Its members were all experts no lower than sixth-order, and they were famous throughout the Human Alliance under the title of "Mission Maniacs."

Currently, they were ranked 36th on the leaderboard and could already be considered an important force in the Human Alliance's exploration of the Land of Destruction.

It was no wonder his attitude just now had been so arrogant...

"What the heck... Never heard of it..."

But Xing Yaoyan hadn't learned about such things, so she immediately shook her head and responded subconsciously.

"Ne... never heard of it?" The burly, bald man stared intently at Xing Yaoyan. Seeing her somewhat confused expression, he knew she hadn't been lying.

She really hadn't heard of them...

At this very moment, Hu Dachui, who had experienced countless battles and walked through the gates of hell countless times, suddenly felt a deep sense of frustration in his heart...

Given this young lady's demeanor, she clearly looked like a Young Miss from a major Family, yet she had completely never heard of his, Hu Dachui's, deeds. One had to know that their 'Starlight Exploration Team' had extremely high renown, yet his name had absolutely no impression in her mind...

Because his own exploration team was quite famous, he subconsciously assumed it was his own problem...

"Looks like I'll have to pay attention to my image in the future. I should learn from that damn Zhao Chu; no matter how brutal the fight is, he tries his hardest to look cool as soon as he's on camera, and as a result, he has a bunch of female fans..."

Xing Yaoyan watched as the other person lowered his head, gritting his teeth with a resentful look, and felt somewhat confused.

"By the way, did something happen in Youfeng City? Did the Star Cult come?" Hu Dachui suddenly asked.

The two of them nodded simultaneously.

"So you two aren't from the Star Cult, are you?"