175: Ai Yue got serious.

"What else can we do? We can only stay on the mountaintop and wait for this gray mist to dissipate," Ai Guosheng said helplessly, looking at the churning gray mist below the mountain.

"Let me see if I can dispel this mist." With a wave of Ai Yue's hand, a burst of invisible energy struck the gray mist. Instantly, a patch of the thick mist vanished.

"Hey, it works! Sister's Annihilation works. Let me see how lightning does." Ye Rui started acting with a joyful expression.

She flicked her fingers, and a blue electric arc danced at her fingertips. As she pulled her hands apart, it formed a long blue arc of electricity.

Ye Rui threw her hand out, and the blue arc landed on the gray mist with a "crackling" sound. Visibly, a large area of the gray mist thinned out and eventually disappeared.

"Uncle, Auntie, Sister Ai Yue, did you see that? My Superpower can also disperse them, haha." Ye Rui hurriedly called out for the others to look at her results.

"Sigh, don't be happy too soon. Take a closer look," Ai Yue said to Ye Rui, stopping her own actions of dispelling the smoke after noticing something new.

"Huh? Look?" Ye Rui muttered obediently, staring at the area she had just cleared.

After a while, Ye Rui discovered that the mist that had disappeared had actually grown back. In disbelief, she widened her eyes and rolled up her sleeves, preparing for a major effort. "Hey, I don't believe this. Let's see if you can regenerate faster than I can make you disappear."

Ye Rui raised her hand with even more force. With a rub of her fingers, countless electric arcs flashed, and she continuously threw them into the mass of gray mist.

In just a short moment, a large amount of gray mist vanished. However, before she could even celebrate, the gray smoke seemed to come alive; with a surge, a massive amount of gray mist quickly filled the void.

It hadn't decreased at all!

"Argh!" Ye Rui was exasperated. Finally, she looked at Ai Yue and the others with a pained expression. "Sister, this thing is so mean; it's bullying me! It's so annoying. I don't know where Gu Xiheng found such a piece of junk."

Seeing Ye Rui puffed up like a little pufferfish, Li Shilan couldn't help but laugh. "Alright, come over and rest for a bit. It will disappear eventually. We aren't afraid of waiting; we'll just wait it out."

Ye Rui sighed unwillingly, accepting reality. "Sigh, I guess that's all we can do!"

Ai Yue stood to the side, gazing into the distance at the foot of the mountain. Those tiny black dots that looked like little ants were, as she knew, Gu Xiheng and his group.

Right now, they were probably feeling smug and complacent, thinking they had dealt with her whole family without losing a single soldier.

They were just waiting for the gray mist to dissipate so they could collect their corpses or capture them alive, and then effortlessly take over this mountain.

But they would likely be disappointed; her family was currently alive and well!

Ai Yue's eyes narrowed slightly. It seemed she had let them leave too easily, as they still had the energy to mess with her after such a short time. In that case, why let them enjoy the show so easily? If there was to be suffering, wouldn't it be better for everyone to suffer together?

Ai Yue stood up, preparing to unleash a big move.

Below the mountain.

"Brother, is that fierce woman Ai Yue dead yet?" Gu Xitian asked Gu Xiheng happily, chasing after him.

Gu Xiheng had no time for her; he pushed her aside and continued with his own business.

Seeing that he wasn't paying attention to her, Gu Xitian couldn't hide the disappointment on her face.

Yan Li couldn't bear to see Gu Xitian unhappy, so he stepped forward and said, "What we released is an improved version of a knockout drug. It can render a person unconscious for up to five days, and not only that, it also causes them to temporarily lose their Superpowers upon waking."

"That's it? Why didn't you use poison to kill them? It was such a good opportunity," Gu Xitian said with a look of regret and pity.

"This was newly developed specifically to deal with Ability Users. Every Ability User is precious, especially someone as uniquely powerful as Ai Yue. In such an unstable world, we need people like her.

So the base won't take their lives; at most, they'll be brought under control to be used by us!"

Yan Li looked at Gu Xitian with eyes full of tenderness and explained patiently.

"Hmph, is there anyone in this world more dangerous than her!" Gu Xitian curled her lip and said with a sour expression.

No matter how Gu Xitian acted, Yan Li found her cute. He continued dotingly, "Yes, she is the most dangerous person, but she's also the most powerful weapon, isn't she?"

"Who can control her? She's so powerful!"

"There's always a way, isn't there? You have to trust those old fogies beneath the Safety Tower!" Yan Li whispered close to her ear.

Gu Xitian was stunned. She had always heard there was a secret experimental base beneath the Safety Tower, but she never had the chance to get a glimpse of it. Now that she heard some news from Yan Li, she couldn't help but be curious. "How do you know about the underground experimental base?"

"Have you forgotten Yan Yu? She's currently doing research at the underground lab."

"That Little Girl who was always following Sister Siyu around?"

"Yeah!"

"How did she end up at the underground experimental base?"

Yan Li hesitated but then said, "When she was ten, my grandfather accidentally discovered she was extraordinary in every aspect. So, she was taken away by Professor Huo and kept by his side. When the Apocalypse arrived, she followed Professor Huo to the underground experimental base."

Yan Li looked reminiscent.

"She told you everything about the experimental base?"

"Some things I heard from her, and others from the Young General."

The two wanted to continue chatting, but then a faint crackling sound came from the mountaintop.

Just as they wanted to listen more closely, they discovered a large amount of dark clouds gathering above their heads.

This familiar scene made Gu Xitian turn pale with fright. She dived into Yan Li's arms. "Ah, my hair! It's Ai Yue. She wasn't knocked out. She must be trying to strike us with lightning! Yan Li, you must protect me!"

Gu Xitian spoke quickly and urgently.

Others also noticed this phenomenon, but it was too late to run. They watched as the dark clouds gathered thicker and heavier, pressing lower and lower, making it difficult for people to breathe under the pressure.

Looking at this display, Gu Xiheng realized that Ai Yue was getting serious and truly intended to strike them to death.

"Everyone gather together! Release all your Superpowers and resist together!" Gu Xiheng shouted with unprecedented solemnity.

"Yes!"

Everyone knew the situation was urgent. Ignoring everything else, they quickly combined their forces to form a superpower barrier around them to protect everyone.

The dark clouds overhead finished accumulating. Thick lightning snakes constantly slithered through the clouds, accompanied by rumbling muffled sounds.

This scene looked terrifying, like a high-level cultivator undergoing a tribulation in a cultivation novel, making people's hearts tremble with fear.

Without giving them much time to think, the lightning snakes in the clouds suddenly lunged at the group without warning.

They slammed heavily into the superpower barrier, erupting in bright sparks, while tiny electric arcs continuously splashed and slithered across the ground.