116: Chapter 116 The Finale

The three men in the villa were no longer calm. "How, how could she dare? How could she have so many people?"

"Haven't you realized it yet? The Great Leader is on her side. Don't those soldiers look familiar to you?"

"And that son of Zhang Jiang's; we shouldn't have let them go back then."

"What do we do now?"

"What else can we do? Run! It's not like we only have this one stronghold!"

The three men hurriedly prepared to leave, but when they tried to open the main gate, they found it wouldn't budge.

They pounded on the door. "Open up! Open the door! Steward Zhang Song, open the door for us!"

Standing outside the door, Steward Zhang Song curled his lips. Open the door? Heh, how could that be possible! Even if he had to die, he would take them down with him.

The screen of his phone was still on the chat interface with Xu Wanning. The address here was clearly written on it. He had to hold this place until she arrived.

A crowd of people rushed in from the outside—they were the people summoned by the three masterminds. The three of them hadn't dared to take the awakening injection yet and were still ordinary humans.

These people who entered were ordinary humans who had already gained Supernatural ability. They firmly believed that as long as they continued to follow them and continue the research, they could obtain permanent Supernatural ability.

Steward Zhang Song condensed fireballs in both hands and threw them out one by one.

The opposing fake Ability Users quickly activated their Supernatural ability and launched a collective attack on Steward Zhang Song.

However, Steward Zhang Song was an S-rank Ability User, while they were only C-rank Ability Users; there was simply no comparison.

Steward Zhang Song killed one, while they could only inflict minor injuries on him.

"Steward Zhang Song, we're here!" Xu Wanning arrived with her team, and Lu Chengyue and the others easily subdued the fake Ability Users.

At the window, the three men were preparing to jump out, but they were blocked by Xu Wanning and frozen solid. She had no intention of listening to whatever they wanted to blabber about.

They were frozen in the middle of opening their mouths to speak, looking extremely ridiculous.

Several Wood Ability Users quickly bound them up, including the fake Ability Users, and dragged them all to The Square to face judgment.

Steward Zhang Song embraced Jiang Heng and the others. Back then, he had also wanted to leave with them, but he was a commissioned soldier and couldn't leave. Now it was good; they had finally returned.

The Great Leader arrived quickly. Seeing the three men pinned to the ground along with the fake Ability Users, silence fell. The Great Leader knew there were many of them, but hadn't expected there to be so many.

Fortunately, no rash actions were taken back then. During this period, The Great Leader had pretended not to know anything and kept piling up crystal nucleus for the soldiers who supported The Great Leader, allowing them to successfully upgrade, all just to be able to help Nickname at the critical moment.

"The Great Leader, just kill these people directly. Leave the Underground Research Institute in other cities for their respective leaders to resolve."

Xu Wanning didn't intend to continue taking people to other cities. She had already done what she needed to do; they couldn't just wait for her to handle everything.

The masterminds had been killed, so those people were nothing to fear, unless a new leader took power.

As long as they handled it quickly, they wouldn't have time to push someone else into power.

"Alright, Nickname, thank you for bringing people back to help me." As The Great Leader, there were many frustrations.

The people below who truly supported The Great Leader were in the minority. Most were just playing it safe, remaining neutral, and siding with whoever won. There were too few people available to use.

Even this special army of Ability Users had been developed in secret; no one knew about it.

"Then, we'll be heading back. We still need to prepare for the next natural disaster." The things that needed doing were done, and the anger had been vented; it was time to withdraw.

The Great Leader was surprised. "You don't intend to stay? I still have that villa reserved for you."

Xu Wanning shook her head. "I still prefer a life without so much scheming."

There was no need to say anything more; those who understood, understood.

The Great Leader extended an invitation. "Let's have a meal together."

"Alright." It was just one meal; she couldn't refuse to give The Great Leader face.

They left, and shortly after, The Great Leader's army killed all those who had been captured. The survivors who had been taken in for experiments were all sent to the medical facility for treatment, and their families would be allowed to pick them up later.

Dinner was very sumptuous.

The Great Leader even brought out quite a bit of good wine!

Not much time had passed, but everyone felt as if a long, long time had gone by.

After several rounds of drinks, Xu Wanning was supported by Lu Chengyue as they walked out of the restaurant. They waved goodbye to The Great Leader, and only then did they part ways.

As soon as The Great Leader's car disappeared from view, Xu Wanning stood up straight. She wasn't drunk at all; she just didn't know how to continue refusing The Great Leader's entreaties, so she figured it was better to leave it at that.

"Ningning, let's go home." Lu Chengyue held Xu Wanning's hand as they walked toward their car.

"Mm, let's go home." It was dark, and they didn't intend to stay in Jing City.

The car drove slowly out of Jing City. The road from Jing City to Jin City had been cleaned thoroughly, and it would only take two hours to drive back.

Jiang Heng leaned against the window, watching the scenery rapidly receding outside. "Today was just too fulfilling. We ran out, had a fight, and then ran back."

Xu Yu agreed, "That's for sure. It feels like having a dream."

Xu Wanning leaned on Lu Chengyue's shoulder. "A-Yue, I also feel like I'm in a dream."

Everything felt so unreal. Perhaps this really was a flash of clarity before death; everything had gone too smoothly.

Lu Chengyue held her tightly. "Whether it's a dream or not, as long as we are here, it is real."

"Mm." Xu Wanning nuzzled against his shoulder. "If this is a dream, then I'm willing to never wake up for the rest of my life."

The car drove into Jin City, passing through layers of guarded checkpoints, and arrived at the Central District.

Jin City could currently be described as impregnable. Only those who had traversed it countless times could find the best route; otherwise, one would only get lost in this massive urban labyrinth.

At first, they just thought it was like a labyrinth, so later they simply made it into a real one.

When people had free time, they would form teams to play in it. Sometimes, they couldn't even get out for three days. If you took one wrong turn, everything you had walked previously was for nothing.

The walls and buildings had been reinforced with multiple layers, fearing neither floods nor earthquakes.

"It's very late; everyone go back and get some sleep."

Xu Wanning got out of the car. She and Lu Chengyue were still staying in the presidential suite of the hotel for convenience. The others had moved into the residential community with their families, and currently, the houses in the community were all full.

The newcomers moved into other cleared residential areas, but Community No. 2 would always belong to the original members of the Dawn Squad.

"Then, Sister Ning, we'll be heading home first."

"See you tomorrow."

Everyone left one after another. Xu Wanning and Lu Chengyue entered the building and took the elevator upstairs.

The numbers on the elevator slowly ticked up. Xu Wanning turned and hugged Lu Chengyue.

Lu Chengyue wrapped his arms tightly around her, letting her feel his warmth, letting her be convinced that everything was real.

The road ahead was still long; they would be able to create many more memories.

The elevator door opened, and Lu Chengyue picked Xu Wanning up. "Ningning, tonight, we..."

He whispered the last two words specifically into Xu Wanning's ear, in a voice only the two of them could hear.

Xu Wanning tapped his shoulder. "I'm game."

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