280: Just fight, I'll cover you.

Hearing Director Yang say this, the girl grew nervous again:

"You, you wouldn't happen to be some important figure under strict protection, would you?"

"If I chat with you this close, will I be investigated?"

Director Yang had originally wanted to tease the streamer.

But upon seeing the crowd approaching him through the flow of people, he still waved his hand at her:

"Talk to you later."

As he spoke, led by Sheng Jin'an, the Director of the Special Administration Bureau in Nanjing City, five members of the Special Administration Bureau, dressed in their uniforms, had already stood before Director Yang.

"Director Yang."

Seeing them salute him in unison, and then look at him with eyes like fervent fans gazing at an idol, Director Yang couldn't help but wave his hand:

"Time is tight, and the task is heavy. No need for all this."

"First, evacuate the crowd to avoid affecting them during the battle."

"Especially here, where there's a large flow of people; a stampede would be troublesome."

"Yes." After responding, the group split into twos and threes, beginning to evacuate the onlookers who were already taking photos and videos with their phones, and some even live-streaming.

Sheng Jin'an came before Director Yang and glanced at the girl beside him, who was holding her phone and already trembling like a quail, then spoke to Director Yang with some nervousness:

"Director Yang, is the situation very troublesome?"

"Even you need us to come and evacuate the crowd, and you asked me to notify the military in advance to be ready for support at any time."

"Is the situation difficult to control?"

Director Yang waved his hand:

"It's not that outrageous."

After reassuring Sheng Jin'an, Director Yang continued:

"It's just that from now on, these kinds of incidents, like Mutant incidents, will happen from time to time."

"I called you here just to familiarize you with the procedures, so you won't be caught off guard when you encounter such things in the future."

"Later, just fight; I'll back you up."

Hearing Director Yang say this, Sheng Jin'an's suspended heart finally settled.

"When you put it that way, I understand."

Exhaling, he again glanced at the girl who was holding a phone stand, unsure whether to film or not, then spoke again:

"Shall I go and coordinate with my colleagues from the Martial Security Bureau and the Public Security Office first?"

Director Yang nodded:

"Go."

"Once the Public Security Office personnel arrive, have them maintain order. You and the Martial Security Bureau personnel come over."

With that, he made a sweeping gesture.

Blood Qi surged from his hand, drawing a circle with a diameter of a hundred meters in the sky:

"The dimensional rift will fall from here. Just cordon off this area later."

Sheng Jin'an nodded and left.

The girl next to him again leaned closer to Director Yang:

"I saw in the comments that the person in front of you just now was Sheng Jin'an, the Director of our Nanjing City Special Administration Bureau?"

Director Yang nodded:

"Yes, he is Sheng Jin'an."

The girl's eyes widened:

"He's the Director of our Nanjing City Special Administration Bureau! Not only is his status high, but he's also a powerful expert with street-level combat strength."

"Why was he so respectful to you?"

"And those Awakened from the Special Administration Bureau."

"Their eyes seemed very fervent when they looked at you."

Director Yang looked at her:

"So? Why do you think that is?"

The girl opened her mouth, speechless.

Director Yang, however, tapped his phone screen:

"Zero, notify Taichu to lift the information blockade regarding me."

At this point, Director Yang paused again:

"Never mind, don't lift it completely. Blur my facial features."

Director Yang didn't want to be stared at like a monkey or fanatically adored when walking on the street in the future.

So, appropriate concealment was still necessary.

As Director Yang finished speaking, his image also appeared in the girl's live broadcast.

Just as numerous question marks appeared in the girl's live broadcast, along with many comments telling the girl to quickly cling to his leg, Zero's voice also sounded on Director Yang's phone:

"Taichu asks me to inquire if you wish to control terms related to the Nanjing Dimensional Rift?"

"No need." Director Yang rotated his phone, then looked up at the 'purple water drop' that was about to hit the ground:

"Notify Taichu to dispatch drones to live stream the dimensional rift fall event."

"The probability of such events occurring in the future will not be small. Citizens need to know what to do when they encounter such situations to ensure their safety as much as possible."

"Besides that, making the danger public will also boost their enthusiasm for Martial Arts practice."

With that, Director Yang looked at the girl again:

"You."

"Change the live broadcast room's name to 'Superhumans Battle Alien Planet Creatures'."

"Oh~" The girl responded somewhat dazedly, then began to modify the live broadcast room's name.

A moment later, she looked up again, blinking with a slightly innocent expression:

"It's changed. What now?"

Director Yang was speechless.

She really didn't treat him as an outsider, even asking him directly.

"Didn't you want to interview passersby about their views on the Qi Revival, Martial Arts practice, and Awakening?"

"Ask away."

The girl, who was almost like a puppet on strings, asked dazedly:

"Then, great expert, what are your views on the Qi Revival, Martial Arts, and Awakening?"

"The Qi Revival brings danger, but it also offers ordinary people a new path for advancement, giving everyone an opportunity to master extraordinary power and achieve long life."

"In this era, as long as one dedicates themselves to Martial Arts practice, they will gain something, no matter how much."

"Long life is not certain, but living over a hundred years without illness or disaster is definitely possible."

"As for Awakening, it's a stroke of luck."

"After two Qi Revivals, the probability of ordinary people Awakening has increased to 1.39 parts per ten thousand."

"However, many of these Awakened abilities are unrelated to combat; they can only be considered life skills."

"For example, lighting a flame the size of a lighter, manipulating a water ball the size of a fist, or seeing a bit farther and hearing a bit clearer than ordinary people."

"So, ordinary people shouldn't count on a stroke of luck."

"Even if you do get lucky, it might not be a five-million-dollar prize; perhaps it's just two dollars."

"Practicing Martial Arts diligently is the best choice for ordinary people to embark on the path of the extraordinary."

"Of course, if you don't have Awakened abilities and your Martial Arts talent isn't great, there's no need to be discouraged."

"Study hard, and you can still succeed."

As he spoke, Director Yang pointed to the sky.

The camera panned, capturing the scene of Policemen in mechs descending from high altitude:

"In the new era, there are places everywhere for you to shine."

"Awakening and practicing Martial Arts can grant extraordinary power."

"Science can too."

"Genetic potions, mechanical Ascension."

"As long as you work hard, who can say what the future holds?"

The girl looked at the dazzling barrage of comments and subconsciously read out the most frequent one:

"Thirty years of Martial Arts practice can't withstand one punch from a mech. It's better for everyone to achieve mechanical Ascension."

Director Yang looked at the girl's camera and smiled.

He flicked his finger.

A stream of Blood Qi flew from his fingertip, transforming into a nearly three-hundred-meter-long blood-colored Qi blade that streaked across the sky, vertically slicing a 'purple jelly' falling from the dimensional rift into two halves.

Then, the Blood Qi transformed into tiny wind blades, dismembering the monster into shattered pieces.

"Martial Dao."

"Weak?"