Xie Litang's dossier was very brief.
It was so concise that it spanned a mere few pages, yet it delivered quite a shock to anyone who read it.
Her resume could be divided into two phases: pre-awakening and post-awakening.
Pre-awakening: Vain and superficial, scamming people online for free meals and drinks.
Post-awakening: Dropped out of school, turned against the entire world, and rapidly rose into the public eye.
【Are you sure this is the same person?】
Nearly everyone who obtained first-hand dossier files on Xie Litang had a massive question mark popping into their minds.
In the end, they could only attribute this radical shift to the ability Xie Litang had awakened.
Some awakened only to plunge into the abyss.
Others awakened and soared straight into the clouds.
Just as the Department of Military Affairs had initially surmised, it was likely a heaven-defying ability that had been misjudged.
It was no useless E-Grade.
Instead, it was an unrecorded SSS-Grade.
Inside the Zhao Family's ancestral residence.
"Patriarch, these are the analytical results from our ability user research team."
The Zhao Family happened to be one of the three families represented by the three old dogs who had ambushed Xie Litang.
The butler brought over a document alongside an abstract video clip showing Xie Litang swinging her sword to slice ants beneath a streetlight after obliterating Jianghai City's City Defense Force.
"As you can see."
"Although her ability has a time limit—lasting only ten minutes..."
"...we speculate that sacrificing again might refresh the duration of the stat boost."
"Furthermore, teammates don't necessarily have to be human. Who says enemies can't count as teammates, and who says the living creatures of the world can't be friends? War pets and police dogs could all be teammates."
"Why not ants?"
"A single nest of ants contains at least several thousand."
"After sacrificing them all, she gets a boost of at least tens of thousands in combat power. It's no wonder she was able to kill the elders of the three families."
"Her ability becomes more heaven-defying the further she develops. Just imagine—if her base combat power rises to a level comparable to yours, and then gets boosted by tens of thousands more?"
"However, the countermeasure is quite simple: destroy her anthills and stall for ten minutes."
"When that time comes, she will just be a useless woman—a lamb to be slaughtered at our whim."
The more the butler spoke, the more absurdly overpowered he realized it was.
Meanwhile, the Zhao Family Patriarch felt a splitting headache.
If he had known Xie Litang was such a monster, he wouldn't have provoked her for the world.
Yet not only had they provoked her, but their own family elder had ended up dead.
"Patriarch, should we...?"
The butler made a throat-slitting gesture across his neck.
Zhao Qiancheng, Patriarch of the Zhao Family, slammed his hand on the table and snapped furiously, "Shut your mouth! Pass the order down—this matter ends here!"
The butler was startled. "Huh? Patriarch?"
Zhao Qiancheng sighed and said, "If her wings had not yet grown, killing her would be fine."
"But she has clearly gained momentum now. The price to eliminate her is far too steep."
"We originally thought that by doing General Du Kawi a favor, we could handle that woman ourselves and establish prestige for our family. Who could have expected we'd lose our own elder in the process?"
The butler hesitated before reminding him, "Patriarch, our three families advance and retreat together. What about the other two?"
Zhao Qiancheng waved his hand and sighed. "Go tell them that our Zhao Family will no longer meddle in this."
Among the three families:
The Zhao Family declared that they were calling it quits.
The Li Family chose temporary silence.
Only the Wang Family maintained a resolve to fight to the death, all because they had produced a monstrous prodigy of a scion: Wang Zheng.
At Jingbu Martial Arts University, surrounded by geniuses, he suppressed an entire generation.
Furthermore, under the witness of numerous media outlets, he publicly declared that he would take first place in the National Intercollegiate Tournament.
Wang Zheng was practically being groomed as the Wang Family's next heir.
The current Wang Family Patriarch had even proclaimed: 【My son Wang Zheng possesses an invincible bearing!】
And Xie Litang...
...had blown his biological grandfather to pieces. For someone aspiring to be invincible, this was utterly unacceptable.
If he could not break this mental demon, Wang Zheng's heart of invincibility might come to an end right here.
Thus, the Wang Family had no choice but to fight to the bitter end.
Of course...
...the ones suffering the most weren't these three families, but the Department of Military Affairs.
General Yan Ke of the Eastern War Zone was also the very first person to notice Xie Litang back then.
Yan Ke slapped the dossier face down on the desk and slumped into his leather chair. "We're cooked!"
Xie Litang's growth rate far exceeded his imagination.
If she belonged to the military, they could simply pour unlimited resources into her, piling up her base combat power to Seventeen or Eighteen-Star before using her ability to amplify it further.
Becoming number one in the world would be no problem at all.
She was a truly peerless talent, a magnificent woman who could be cultivated into a pillar of the nation.
But now, that promising seed...
...Snap!
...was gone.
She and the military were like fire and water. She had killed General Du Kawi's biological daughter and wiped out members of the reserve special forces unit for the Xiaolong Squad—one of the military's most elite squads.
Because of this, she was also a thorn in the side of the Xiaolong Squad.
Yan Ke couldn't even come up with a single pretext to recruit her.
Besides, would Xie Litang even be willing to accept recruitment? The more Yan Ke thought about it, the more he couldn't help cursing under his breath, "With that girl's temper, she wouldn't give a damn about recruitment!"
"I'm exhausted. Let it all burn."
Yan Ke didn't want to deal with this messy pile of crap anymore; all he wanted right now was to retire.
His old bones couldn't take any more tossing around.
Yet none of these matters...
...had the slightest effect on Xie Litang, who was currently enjoying a rare moment of leisure at the Fumu City Base.
Sitting in front of a computer, Chen Linling giggled softly and said, "Sis, have you seen the media gossip? That genius from the Wang Family is so hilarious."
"The Wang Family is bragging about him in the media, saying stuff like how he suppresses the current era, or how he might end the chaotic world."
"Real powerhouses aren't built by acting invincible in competitions; they forge their path by fighting through life and death."
Xie Litang let out a soft laugh and said, "Hilarious indeed."
She turned her gaze to the side.
Yang Yiyi was half-curled on the sofa.
Her face remained pale. Using the potion from Qi's Corporation had essentially cleared the Vile Water toxin from her body, but she still needed a period of quiet rest.
Although her body had been repaired...
...it likely left a psychological shadow.
Ever since coming to the base, Yang Yiyi had suffered non-stop nightmares. It would probably take a long time for her to move past it.
As for their business inside the city, there was no rush.
Once Yang Yiyi recovered from her injuries, she would naturally take charge of running things again.
Xie Litang walked over and asked with concern, "Big Salesperson Yang, how is your body feeling?"
Yang Yiyi gave a small smile, a warm feeling swelling in her heart. "I won't die. I'm fine."
"What are you looking at?"
"Watching the military interview news. Aside from the Wang Family, the military's most elite special forces unit—the Xiaolong Squad—will probably make a move soon."
Yang Yiyi held up her phone, which displayed an official interview clip.
Xie Litang took the phone and watched. Besides the official press conference spokesperson...
...Xu Qiwei, captain of the Xiaolong Squad, vowed solemnly before the camera, "Our Xiaolong Squad takes clearing out all lawbreakers as our duty, maintaining zero tolerance toward evil."
"I have heard that a madwoman has emerged in Jianghai City, treating law and order as if they were nothing."
"I, Xu Qiwei..."
"...will personally put an end to her crimes."
After finishing the press conference video, Xie Litang scoffed, "Heh. Not very old, but she sure talks big."
Yang Yiyi took her phone back and asked, "That's the renowned Xiaolong Squad—are you really sure it's fine?"
Xie Litang replied with absolute certainty, "It's fine."
Yang Yiyi thought for a moment before reminding her, "In the New Citadel era, factions run rife within the military."
"Some of the powerful general-grade officers are basically warlords."
"Given your ability and performance, even if the military didn't win you over, they would at least want to ease relations."
"For this Xiaolong Squad to dare talk tough to you at a time like this, it's hard not to wonder if there's a big figure supporting them behind the scenes."
Xie Litang patted her back gently and reassured her, "It's probably that General Du Kawi guy. After all, I killed his biological daughter."
"But it doesn't matter. You don't need to worry about any of this. Your most important task right now is getting well."
Saying that...
...she walked toward the second floor.
"Miss Xie, where are you going?"
"Since that Xiaolong Squad talked tough to me, I'm obviously going to train with ten more anthills."
Strategically and tactically, one must respect the opponent.
Therefore...
...train with ten more nests!
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