In just a few short days.
The Shadow-Seeking Butterfly larva had become obedient.
It was satisfied as long as it received a drop of essence blood to stay alive, and it no longer dared to throw a temper tantrum when given nothing.
Inside the second-floor training field.
The machine gun barrels were glowing red, while Xie Litang left behind afterimages in the middle of the field.
With her current proficiency in her E skill, Sweeping Blade, she could already seamlessly dash toward any bullet her mental force locked onto.
Unfortunately...
“My body and brain's reaction speed can't quite keep up with the speed of the bullets.”
“Or rather, my mental force is still too weak.”
When multiple firearms fired simultaneously, the velocity of the ammunition was already beyond what an ordinary person could react to.
It was only because Xie Litang's current Vitality was so high, feeding back into her physical body, that she was able to train like this.
Chen Linling sat nearby in her wheelchair.
She held a tablet computer in her hands.
“Sis, a total of 1,978 bullets were fired during this training session. After counting with slow-motion footage, you only intercepted over 400 bullets—a success rate of less than 25%.”
Chen Linling delivered the training summary report.
Xie Litang sighed softly and said helplessly, “There's nothing I can do. My reactions—or rather, my brain—can't process it all.”
Chen Linling lowered her head, pondered for a moment, and said, “I have two suggestions for you.”
“What suggestions?”
“First, once my Cyber Machinist ability ranks up, I can custom-design a neural assist system with a processor terminal for you to reduce your computational load.”
“And the second one?”
“The second option is that you can try to cultivate a mental-type technique.”
Xie Litang didn't think twice and directly chose the second option.
After all, the first option followed the cybernetic route. Once a neural assist system was installed, would she need to upgrade to cybernetic ocular implants next? And after ocular implants, would she end up replacing her heart, lungs, and other organs with cybernetic prosthetics too?
In the end...
Join her younger sister in glorious evolution?
Xie Litang went to take a cold shower and came out wearing loose loungewear. “Any news in the city recently?”
Chen Linling tapped on her tablet a few times, looked up, and said, “After the Ye Family's goods were stolen, they paid at least tens of millions in liquidated damages. They've tightened their security, and we can't rule out the possibility of a sting operation, so I suggest leaving them alone for now.”
“Additionally, informants in the black market reported that the place was raided by the Peacekeeper Bureau. I advise staying away from the black market unless necessary.”
“Lastly, the latest update on the Department of Military Affairs' official website mentions that a team from the Eastern Military District is coming here for a joint military exercise. I suggest focusing on this and taking precautions.”
The intel Chen Linling gathered was very useful.
That was why Xie Litang was willing to discuss these matters with her.
As for the Ye Family, she could put them aside for the time being. But that didn't mean she wouldn't get revenge—she would just take her revenge slowly, gradually, and methodically.
Bleeding the Ye Family from time to time would drain them eventually, no matter how deep their pockets were.
Therefore, the top priority right now...
...was dealing with the Department of Military Affairs' joint military exercise, which appeared to be special training on the surface, but was actually meant to suppress bandits and kill Xie Litang.
Xie Litang pondered for a moment and asked, “Linling, we've hidden this far away—at least four hundred kilometers from the city area. Can they really find us here?”
Chen Linling's expression turned serious, and her tone grew grave. “Sis, I must correct your underestimation of the enemy. Among the awakened abilities listed on the official website alone, there are at least ten types that could locate us.”
“For example, the Shadow-Seeking Butterfly you're raising.”
“Or the Diviner Sequence, Prophecy Sequence, Daoist Sequence, or even life-class sequences like the Detective Sequence can all track us down.”
“So it's not a question of whether they can find us, but whether we're worth the price for them to look.”
“You killed the daughter of a general officer—and a hawkish general, no less.”
“Do you really think...”
“...he'll let us off the hook?”
Xie Litang sighed and said, “Sigh, I've dragged you into this too.”
Hearing this, Chen Linling immediately put on a serious face and said, “Wither and die together with my sister... that sounds like a very romantic thing.”
Xie Litang widened her beautiful eyes, feigning anger as she said, “You little brat, what nonsense are you spewing?”
Chen Linling tugged up the corners of her mouth. “Tee-hee.”
“Alright, enough of that. Send me an anthill in a bit, and don't be careless with the matter I entrusted to you.”
“You can rest easy when I'm on the job, Sis. I've built hundreds of cameras over the past few days, and I plan to deploy over two thousand cameras across Fumu City in total. I guarantee that if those Old Era Yellow Immortals show up, we'll take them out one by one.”
Hearing that, Xie Litang felt reassured.
She had to admit, Chen Linling was becoming an increasingly reliable younger sister.
Not only did she manage their cozy home with great efficiency, but aside from lacking luxury goods, their living environment was genuinely on par with Old Era mansions.
Xie Litang's assessment: Her sister was the best little housekeeper in the world.
Ten minutes later.
Chen Linling returned to her workbench to continue crafting items, while a drone delivered a parcel to the second floor.
“Do your best, Sis!”
Chen Linling's voice came through the drone.
Xie Litang received the drone parcel. Upon opening it, she found a nest of ants housed inside a glass terrarium.
She picked up an ant.
Clang!
The system panel floated before her eyes.
【Name: Xie Litang】
【Ability: Teammate Sacrifice (Uses: 0)】
【Class: Wind-Style Swordmaster】
【Skills: Wind-Style Swordsmanship (Great Perfection), Sweeping Blade (Great Perfection), Blood River Divine Canon (Minor Accomplishment) 246/1000, Available Enhancement Points: 4】
【Vitality: 1,427,845, Defense: 14,278, Mental Force: 45】
【Equipment: Heartsteel (Toggleable Custom Activation)】
【Gold: 96】
Right now, each stack of true damage from Heartsteel reached as high as 42,835, while permanently increasing her Vitality by over four thousand points.
Calculating by hunter ranks, Xie Litang was already a Nine-Star Hunter and was on the verge of ascending to a Ten-Star existence.
Xie Litang sighed and said, “I definitely can't let my guard down. The highest commander of the New Citadel military currently has a publicly disclosed rank reaching Twenty-Star.”
The gap between each star rank in this world was enormous, growing exponentially.
A Twenty-Star could deal tens of millions in attack power—it sounded ridiculous and totally broken, didn't it?
But in reality, one only needed to compare standard bombs to nuclear warheads; the combat power difference between the two was just as broken.
A standard bomb could collapse a single building at most, but a nuclear warhead could release hundreds of thousands or even tens of millions of tons of TNT equivalent.
Therefore, Xie Litang generally treated an existence like that as a walking, talking nuclear warhead.
And what Xie Litang needed to do now was turn herself into a walking nuclear warhead as well.
Xie Litang let out a long breath and said, “Why overthink it? The urgent priority right now is to resolve the trouble with the Department of Military Affairs first.”
Xie Litang couldn't determine when the people from the Department of Military Affairs would arrive.
But she could determine where her battlefield would be.
Furthermore, she had no intention of taking the initiative to seek reconciliation. If they wanted to fight, then they would fight.
Beat them until it hurts.
Beat them until they fear.
Rate on N.U.
