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Just then, a loud shout with a mechanical accent suddenly came from the horizon.

"Do not leave!"

Everyone looked up and saw a blue streak of light cutting across the sky, speeding toward them at an unbelievable pace.

As the distance closed, the massive wind pressure blew Xing Yaoyan's long white hair backward, revealing the girl's calm Face.

She had anticipated this.

More than ten seconds ago, her Malice Perception had already warned her that a powerful red figure was rushing toward them; this was likely an Enforcer coming to investigate because Martial General Hu Dachui had destroyed the checkpoint.

However, under the ravaging wind pressure, Xing Yaoyan suddenly frowned with a hint of annoyance—she had actually forgotten to tie her hair up today. As expected... while having her hair down looked a bit better than tied up, it was incredibly inconvenient when it came to actual combat...

If Qian Mo could hear her inner thoughts, he would definitely retort: "Nonsense, both look good... each has its own style, each has its own charm..."

Over there, the bald, burly man still riding his motorcycle had a grave look in his eyes.

It seemed the situation was a bit more complicated than he had thought.

Originally, he had assumed this so-called checkpoint was just a pointless vanity project from the higher-ups. Furthermore, he had already revealed his identity as a Sixth-Order Ability User to the robot, so the people behind the scenes should have been able to collect data on his strength.

Yet even so, the Security Bureau had actually sent an Enforcer to investigate... It seemed that during these days of network outages, something truly earth-shattering had occurred in Youfeng City for their Starlight Exploration Team...

"You go first, I..." Martial General Hu Dachui took a deep breath, thinking to himself that the most urgent priority now was to protect the hope of saving their captain.

But when he looked toward the two of them again, he saw that they had already run hundreds of meters away, leaving him with only two small, black silhouettes...

"...Uncle, we'll leave this place to you! We'll wait for you outside!" Xing Yaoyan's voice drifted over from the distance.

"Uh..." Martial General Hu Dachui stood messy in the wind for a while, unable to say a word for a long time.

Although that was indeed what I meant, you guys ran way too fast! Even if you are very useful to us, you should at least wait for me to say something, then maybe we could have declined each other politely, and then retreated while looking back every few steps...

You're making me lose a bit of Face like this...

Before long, the figure finally flew above the burly man's head.

Martial General Hu Dachui was thus able to see the newcomer's appearance clearly.

It was an Esper exuding Seventh-Order spiritual power fluctuations. His entire body was encased in battle armor with blue flowing light, and he even wore a metal mask on his Face.

However, it was worth noting that although the armor covered his entire body, it did not affect his agility at all. Every movement he made was exceptionally smooth, as if the armor were his own skin...

"Director Li Li?"

Almost at the first sight of the battle armor, Martial General Hu Dachui recognized the newcomer's identity.

Only one of the three Golden Dragon Enforcers of the Youfeng City Security Bureau could control nano-armor of this level: Director Li Li.

"Not a monster..."

A voice with a mechanical, synthesized tone came from the mecha mask. Director Li Li only quickly scanned Martial General Hu Dachui below, then instantly shifted his attention to the two people, Xing Yaoyan and her companion, who were sprinting toward the abandoned checkpoint in the distance.

"Over there!"

But just as he was preparing to change direction and rush over, a massive stone wall instantly blocked his path.

"Sorry... this road is closed..."

"...Martial General Hu Dachui... Starlight Exploration Team member... I haven't even had the chance to settle accounts with you yet... What, are you going to break the law, insisting on protecting that suspicious monster?"

The blue mecha-clad figure paused for a moment in front of the stone wall, then slightly tilted his head to look at the burly man behind him, who was emitting massive spiritual power fluctuations, his tone carrying an icy chill.

"You might not know... the mayor just fell victim to the Star Cult yesterday. Now, whoever wants to enter or leave here must undergo a detailed inspection. Do you know what you are doing right now? If the other party is really related to the Star Cult, do you know what responsibility you will have to bear!"

Martial General Hu Dachui did not explain, only silently increased the output of his spiritual power.

The next moment, the entire area of the stone wall suddenly expanded significantly, wrapping directly toward Director Li Li, like a giant stone hand grabbing at a blue mosquito.

This giant stone hand quickly completely enveloped the Enforcer, landing on the ground and forming a massive stone hemisphere.

"Interfering with the law enforcement of the Security Bureau... according to the Alliance law..." Director Li Li's voice came intermittently from the stone sphere, as if issuing an ultimatum.

"I'm a Martial General, I don't understand all that nonsense of yours. I only know that I need to hold you off for a while right now. As for the reckoning later... we'll talk about that later."

Watching the giant stone sphere in front of him, which was rapidly filling with cracks, Martial General Hu Dachui curled his lip.

As long as he could hold on until those two completely walked out of the jurisdiction of Youfeng City, it would be fine. Although he was a Sixth-Order, when it came to escape methods, he, Martial General Hu Dachui, was the best among all the exploration teams...

Although he might end up in the station again because of this... Forget it, I'll just have the captain bail me out when the time comes...

Anyway, you definitely can't catch me right now...

...

A few minutes later.

A few miles away from the checkpoint destroyed by Martial General Hu Dachui, a concealed patch of grass suddenly moved, and then the whole thing flew up!

Beneath it, a ball of white hair "whooshed" out from the soft soil, cautiously looking around. Dirt rolled off the white hair, but not a single stain was left on it.

"Hey, hey, Mo... is there any movement?" The White-haired girl with a small patch of grass on her head asked softly.

She nudged the bushes beside her with her elbow, and the boy's voice quickly came from within:

"A few minutes ago, the spiritual power collision fluctuations over there intensified for a moment; it seemed like the two of them were getting serious. Afterward, one of the spiritual power signatures suddenly disappeared, and then there was no more movement..."

Xing Yaoyan nodded secretly.

She wasn't worried about that burly man; they had already safely retreated anyway. Even if that burly man died, the worst that would happen is she would just run away, losing one chance to come into contact with star marrow...

Qian Mo looked at the girl deep in thought in the ground, the corners of his mouth curling slightly, feeling an urge to laugh.

This comical Stealth plan was actually proposed by her, saying it wouldn't be easily discovered, and it wasn't too far from over there, just within Qian Mo's perception range.

Ever since he told her last time that the System's perception range was his own, besides gaining her surprise and envy, he naturally took on the role of gathering information for future operations...

"But... how is she so skilled at digging... isn't she a wolf? How did she become a groundhog..." Qian Mo thought to himself.

After waiting a while longer, the System still hadn't sent any information.

"Since we've waited so long and haven't seen a shadow of him, why don't we just retreat..." Qian Mo suggested in a low voice.

In his heart, Xing Yaoyan's safety was always the top priority.

To be honest, he didn't want Xing Yaoyan to go to the Land of Destruction to take risks; their strength was still too weak... Although he had trump cards, who knew if there might be some special accident...

"Kid... what did you just say?"

A resentful voice came from behind them, instantly startling both of them.

"Holy crap!"