335: Statistically speaking, the latter is more likely.

At that moment, Lin Yu finally moved.

He took half a step forward.

It was just half a step.

"Hum!"

A barely audible low drone spread through the hall.

It wasn't a sound, but a shudder originating from the soul.

The blue light at the muzzles of those seven Mana Suppression Rifles, which were flickering with blue electric arcs, suddenly flared and then instantly dimmed, leaving only a few weak electric sparks struggling to stay alive.

A high-level application of the Lightning Spell! Kid!

The body of the leading Black Armor Captain, hidden beneath his armor, stiffened visibly for a moment.

The data stream in his goggles was refreshing at a frantic speed, filled with red warnings.

[Error! Abnormal energy core output!]

[Error! External high-level energy field interference!]

[Error! Suppression Field Generator overloaded!]

What's going on?

Is the weapon broken?

However, just as Lin Yu's hand was about to sweep down.

A soft yet powerful hand grabbed his wrist.

"Brother."

The receptionist didn't hear clearly what Lin Yao said; she only saw that arrogant Little Girl pull her brother back at the most critical moment.

Is she afraid?

Is she afraid her brother will actually do something and make the situation escalate beyond control?

Yes! It must be that!

No matter how strong this man is, could he possibly be stronger than the entire Organization? Stronger than Linzhou City's official institutions?

In the end, they're still afraid!

This thought allowed her to regain a sliver of pathetic courage.

"Thinking of begging for mercy now? Too late!" she shrieked, trying to mask her trembling with volume. "Since you dared to act in the Organization, you're dead! Take them down!"

The Black Armor Captain's command was cold and devoid of any emotion.

The seven team members, stepping with heavy strides, began to close the encirclement.

The muzzles of the seven energy suppression rifles stabilized their blue light again, locking firmly onto the target in the center.

Lin Yu, his wrist held, turned his head and glanced at his sister.

Lin Yao winked at him craftily; on her flamboyant face, there was not a hint of fear, but rather an excitement to give it a try.

She released her grip on Lin Yu's hand and instead took a step forward, shielding Lin Yu behind her.

This action left everyone stunned.

Even the Black Armor Guard members, who had already begun to approach, couldn't help but pause their steps.

What's the situation?

The sister wants to protect the brother?

"Brother, for such a small scene, why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut?"

Lin Yao turned around, her back to Lin Yu, and cracked her wrists with a series of crisp 'clack-clack' sounds.

"I'll handle this."

"All of you, come at me together!"

She spoke with a grin, her bright eyes curving into two beautiful crescent moons.

After a brief moment of bewilderment, the Front Desk Receptionist almost burst out laughing.

She had seen arrogant people, but never someone so suicidal.

A Little Girl who looked to be eighteen at most wanted to take on the entire Black Armor Guard alone?

Is she crazy?

This thought exploded in the minds of everyone except Lin Yu.

The last bit of relaxed amusement on the faces of the Transferred Ones watching the scene vanished, replaced by a complex expression of shock and pity.

"This young girl... does she not understand the situation?"

"The Black Armor Guard—they're the ace security of the Organization. Everyone is an elite retired from the military. The lowest professional level is over level eighty, and the captain is a level hundred powerhouse!"

Lin Yu's heart stirred upon hearing this; if he remembered correctly, Yan Xing was also level hundred.

From the looks of it, this Black Armor squad really shouldn't be underestimated.

Lin Yu sharpened his attention slightly; he couldn't let his sister actually suffer a loss.

"How old is she? She looks like she just became an adult, at most level ten or twenty, thirty at the very most... where does she get the nerve to say such things?"

"A newborn calf doesn't fear the tiger. She'll learn her lesson after getting beaten up. It's a pity, she's quite pretty."

The discussions were kept low, but they were clear enough.

In their eyes, this farce had reached its end.

The outcome was predetermined.

This ignorant Little Girl would be subdued by the Black Armor Guard with lightning-fast force and then thrown out like trash.

Her brother, the man who had remained eerily calm from beginning to end, would be the same.

They didn't believe they could win against the Black Armor Guard at all, nor did they think they could last three moves against the captain. Therefore, they naturally assumed it was impossible for these two young people as well.

The Black Armor Captain's electronic goggles flickered.

He ignored Lin Yao's provocation, his mechanically synthesized voice remaining steady.

"Final warning. Leave immediately, or we will take coercive measures. You will bear all consequences yourselves."

This was the procedure.

It was also the final mercy.

Faced with the Black Armor Captain's warning, Lin Yao didn't show a single bit of tension; instead, she let out a bored yawn.

She might not have been bored, but doing it on purpose.

This action was more provocative than any arrogant words.

It clearly conveyed a message.

"I'm not afraid of you."

"I don't even... acknowledge your existence."

The Transferred Ones watching the scene couldn't quite wrap their heads around it.

This script isn't right.

Normally, when faced with a final ultimatum from the Black Armor Guard, one either admits defeat immediately and slinks away, or blusters a few harsh words before being subdued on the spot.

To respond to a fully armed elite squad with such a nearly contemptuous attitude... this wasn't just arrogance; it was madness.

"Is she... is there really something wrong with her head?"

"I'm starting to believe it. This definitely isn't an act; she's genuinely stupid."

The discussions rose again, but this time, the element of pity had completely overwhelmed the desire for entertainment.

In their eyes, the girl's fate was already sealed.

"Probabilistically speaking, which is more likely: the appearance of a top-tier genius, or the appearance of a total idiot?" A scholarly-looking man with glasses pushed up his frames with an air of importance.

"Need you even ask? Definitely the latter!" someone nearby immediately agreed.

"So, the conclusion is obvious."

The crowd nodded one after another, re-evaluating Lin Yao with the kind of look one gives a rare species.

In their eyes, Lin Yao had changed from an "ignorant troublemaker" to a "mentally handicapped patient" worthy of sympathy.

Some even began to discuss in low voices whether they should notify the medical department under the City Guard.

"To clash with the Black Armor Guard, unless that madman Zhao Tianyang came personally, there might be something worth seeing."

“Exactly. A God-level Asura against a level hundred captain—now that would be a battle between dragons and tigers.”

Just as everyone had already reached a conclusion for this farce, a discordant voice drifted faintly from a corner of the crowd.

"A bunch of frogs at the bottom of a well."