Chapter 36
City B
“Boom—”
“Boom, boom—”
“Boom, boom, boom—”
Explosions echoed continuously, reverberating through the sky.
Buildings on the Fangshan campus of University B collapsed one after another, reduced to rubble. The pollutants inside, which looked exactly like zombies from the movies, were crushed under the debris. Their decayed bodies turned to charcoal-black as they burned in the flames, twitching slightly.
Thick black smoke from the fire lingered four or five meters above the school, unable to disperse, as if an invisible wall had sealed it off, isolating the polluted zone from the outside world.
“Cough, cough…” He Hanhai coughed as he meticulously recorded Fu Suxi’s use of explosives.
Suddenly, a notification popped up on his panel, signaling the completion of a quest.
[You have completed the quest: A Timely Gift.]
[Reward: 1000 Universal Coins, Random Reward Blind Box x1.]
Last night, He Hanhai had received a new task from Minister Ji. His mission was to lead a team assisting Fu Suxi in clearing the pollutants outside the Fourth District of City S, focusing primarily on areas within the Fifth and Sixth Districts, to ensure the safety of the city center.
Given the vast area covered by the Fifth and Sixth Districts of City S—larger than many cities—He Hanhai had assumed the task would take at least a week.
To his astonishment, they had completed it in less than a day.
All thanks to Fu Suxi.
Through the lingering smoke, a tall and imposing figure gradually came into focus. The long knife in his right hand, nearly half his height, was drenched in blood, which dripped steadily onto the ground, leaving a trail.
The previously murmuring team members fell completely silent. The air grew deathly still.
No one dared to speak.
Over the past twenty hours, they had witnessed Fu Suxi’s capabilities in full.
Their feelings toward him had shifted from respect to fear.
With his strength, killing them would be just as easy as killing the pollutants.
He Hanhai was no exception. As Fu Suxi approached, he gripped his tranquilizer gun tighter, his knuckles turning white.
Fu Suxi stopped in front of him and asked bluntly, “What were Ji Yangqiu’s instructions?”
He Hanhai lowered his gaze and replied truthfully, “Once the pollutants in the Fifth and Sixth Districts are cleared, I’m to escort you back to headquarters.”
Fu Suxi casually opened the random reward blind box and froze for a moment.
[Item: Copper Wall and Iron Bastion (Ability Type)]
[Function: Makes your body as impenetrable as a copper wall.]
[Details: Limited to ten minutes every twenty-four hours. Can make any part of your body as hard as a copper wall, impenetrable and extremely durable. Can block all bullets, including tranquilizers!]
His gaze lingered on the final line before he lifted his eyes to He Hanhai and the team behind him.
Each person was armed with two guns: a rifle for pollutants and a tranquilizer gun—because of him.
Meeting Fu Suxi’s pitch-black eyes, He Hanhai felt an inexplicable tension. His grip on the tranquilizer gun tightened further.
Fu Suxi averted his gaze and walked straight out of the school grounds. “I’ll return on my own. You stay and finish clearing the remaining pollutants.”
He pulled a motorcycle from his spatial inventory, revved the engine, and sped off.
*
It wasn’t long before the door to the Special Operations Bureau Combat Division’s director’s office was kicked open.
The two people inside paused mid-conversation and turned to the door.
Upon seeing who it was, Ji Yangqiu’s eyes nearly popped out of his head. “What the hell?!” he exclaimed, “I just finished a meeting, and you’re already back?!”
Fu Suxi replied flatly, “It’s called strength.”
Ji Yangqiu: “…Damn.”
Fu Suxi: “What about the matter I asked you to look into?”
Ji Yangqiu, exasperated, said, “The director didn’t attend the meeting.”
As his words fell, he felt an icy, bone-chilling gaze sweep over him, as if it was peeling the flesh from his body.
“But!” Ji Yangqiu quickly added, biting his molars as he emphasized, “I specifically invited Minister Song to help you… find… that person.”
The last two words were delivered with gritted teeth.
Only then did Fu Suxi turn his attention to the other man in the office.
Dressed impeccably in a suit, with his shirt buttoned to the top, the man exuded a refined demeanor that stood in stark contrast to the Combat Division. His striking feature was his pure white hair—eyebrows, lashes, and all—a hallmark of albinism.
Fu Suxi recognized him.
It was Song Guanqi, Minister of the Command Division.
Song Guanqi raised his blue-gray eyes, which resembled deep pools of water, and said, “Team Leader Fu, long time no see.”
Ji Yangqiu, wary of Fu Suxi’s sharp tongue, didn’t let them exchange pleasantries. He quickly interjected, “Minister Song, you mentioned earlier that finding the person requires a medium. What kind of medium?”
Song Guanqi replied, “An object the individual has touched. The longer the contact time, the better.”
Ji Yangqiu turned to Fu Suxi in haste. “Clothing! They touched your clothing!”
Fu Suxi stepped into the office and casually said two words, “Burn it.”
Ji Yangqiu looked at Song Guanqi and, with genuine curiosity, asked, “Minister Song, can it be a person? The one we’re looking for touched Fu Suxi for a long time.”
Fu Suxi: “…”
Song Guanqi: “…”
The next moment, a deafening crash echoed through the room.
The solid wood coffee table in the office was smashed to pieces by a dark green off-road vehicle. Shards of wood exploded into Ji Yangqiu’s face.
Leaning casually against the wall, Fu Suxi crossed his long legs with deliberate nonchalance and said, “He sat in this car.”
Ji Yangqiu’s facial muscles twitched violently.
Revenge. This was absolutely revenge.
He brushed the wood splinters off his face, resisting the urge to snarl, and apologized to Song Guanqi, “Apologies, Minister Song. Our Combat Division personnel are used to dealing with pollutants, so their tempers can be… sharp.”
“I’ve heard as much,” Song Guanqi replied calmly, brushing bits of wood off his sleeve. Rising, he approached the off-road vehicle.
Removing the black glove from his left hand, he hovered his palm over a relatively clean, mud-free section of the car for two seconds before touching it.
Ten seconds later, Song Guanqi quickly withdrew his hand and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe his fingers. “In twenty-four hours, he’ll be in City S.”
Ji Yangqiu froze for a moment before hastily asking, “Minister Song, is he from there?”
Slowly putting his glove back on, Song Guanqi replied, “I can’t determine if he’s an enemy or an ally from a few seconds of imagery.”
Ji Yangqiu clenched his molars, grumbling internally, Then why didn’t you look for a few more seconds?!
Song Guanqi added calmly, “However, he looks like he’s close to death.”
“What?!” Ji Yangqiu exclaimed, his eyes widening in shock.
“Plenty of people want to kill him,” Song Guanqi said with a glance at him. “I have other matters to attend to. Don’t forget what you promised me.”
With that, he strode out of the room, pausing only to straighten the crooked door on his way out.
Ji Yangqiu collapsed heavily into a chair, his face dark.
His mind raced. Fu Suxi had eradicated so many pollutants in just one day, demonstrating a level of power far beyond Ji Yangqiu’s expectations.
Fu Suxi was strong now, and he would only grow stronger.
If Yu Yi Ling died, it would mean that Fu Suxi—the human weapon—could become uncontrollable in the future…
Sensing Fu Suxi’s gaze on him, Ji Yangqiu lowered his head and rubbed his temples. “Don’t worry. I didn’t tell Song Guanqi about Yu Yi Ling’s abilities or how he affects your mental state. Besides us, only a few people in the lab know.”
He continued, “Song Guanqi is one of the new S-class ability users I mentioned before. His predictions have never been wrong.”
“Damn it, I also agreed to run errands for Song Guanqi. What a loss! And now Yu Yiling is about to die of all times…”
Fu Suxi turned and began walking out. “I’m going to City S now.”
Ji Yangqiu shot out of his chair and darted to block him. “No way!”
“If Yu Yi Ling is dead, sending you to City S would be a complete waste of resources—a loss of men and materials! How am I supposed to explain that to the director? Besides, you’ve survived the past few years without him—”
He paused, swallowing back the words “just fine” with difficulty, and amended, “You’ve still been alive, haven’t you?”
“Staying alive is what matters,” Ji Yangqiu reasoned, trying to appeal to him. “Come on, my dear ancestor. If Yu Yi Ling (Yi = One) dies, maybe we can find a Yu Er Ling (Er = Two) or Yu San Ling (San = Three) instead.”
Fu Suxi’s face was expressionless. “He’s only close to dying. He’s not dead yet.”
Ji Yangqiu was silent for a moment before asking, “You’re determined to go?”
Fu Suxi: “If he’s alive, I need to see him. If he’s dead, I need to see his corpse.”
Ji Yangqiu gritted his teeth, his expression twisted as he said, “Fine. I’ll secretly send you to City S. But you have to promise me a few things.”
Fu Suxi stared at him silently.
Ji Yangqiu continued, “I’ll take that as agreement.”
“First, you can’t use explosives when you get to City S. After today, many people in City S already know about your habit of blowing up buildings. I’ll arrange a new identity for you. Officially, you’ll still be in City B to avoid anyone taking advantage of your absence to cause trouble.”
“Second, once you save Yu Yi Ling, go directly to the City S branch office. There’s a mole in the branch. Find them, alive or dead.”
His tone grew grave. “They’re connected to that side.”
For the first time, Fu Suxi’s gaze flickered with emotion. That con artist was in City S, and now the mole was too?
What a coincidence.
Ji Yangqiu closed his eyes and sighed deeply. “The Bureau has been investigating them for five years with no leads. We don’t even know the organization’s name, so we’ve just been calling them ‘that side.’ I’m starting to suspect there’s a mole in the main Bureau, which is why we’ve found nothing—”
“Bang!”
The sound of the door slamming shut interrupted him.
When Ji Yangqiu opened his eyes, the office was empty except for him.
Fu Suxi was gone.
He froze for a moment, and his solemn expression melted into his usual careless demeanor.
He had deliberately tried to stop Fu Suxi from going to City S so that the latter, driven by his fixation on completing the mission, would agree to investigate the mole in City S.
As for the mole in the City S branch, finding them was his payment to Song Guanqi for using his ability.
Why should Fu Suxi have to pay for finding someone?
It made more sense to have him work off the debt himself.
Through this operation, Ji Yangqiu not only solved Fu Suxi’s search problem and fulfilled Song Guanqi’s request, but he also gained information related to that nameless organization.
“I hit the jackpot.”
“I hit it big! Hahaha!”
Ji Yangqiu burst into triumphant laughter and called to his subordinates outside the door, “Xiao Lin, time to get to work!”
*
In the corridor, Fu Suxi glanced at the live stream, where the comments were flooding in uncontrollably.
[User “Scarecrow’s Rage” tearfully questions why you plan to save someone, tipping you 10 universal coins.]
[User “Scarecrow’s Rage” tearfully questions why you plan to save someone, tipping you 10 universal coins.]
[User “Scarecrow’s Rage” tearfully questions why you plan to save someone, tipping you 10 universal coins.]
[User “Scarecrow’s Rage” tearfully questions why you plan to save someone, tipping you 10 universal coins.]
Fu Suxi’s steps slowed slightly, and he let out a soft laugh. “Did I say I was going to save him?”
“I’m going to kill him.”
Ji Yangqiu only assumed he wanted to save someone.
From the beginning, Fu Suxi’s sole purpose in finding that person was to kill him.
As for the mole in City S? That was just a side task.
[User “Patchwork” reminds you that you cannot kill the target, tipping you 200 universal coins.]
Fu Suxi’s lips curled into a faint smile, cold and mocking. His gaze was icy.
“Every ability has its limits. No exceptions.”
*
City S
[Live Stream H310000 Asia: Now Streaming]
[Viewers Online: 2756]
[User “World’s Cutest Girl” reminds you someone has prophesied your death, tipping you 10 universal coins.]
Yu Zhi paid no mind to the comment. He was busy trying to bargain with the system.
The number of lip-faced monsters here was overwhelming. He could escape easily on his own, but what about Xiao Ming and Xiao Zuo?
“System, am I currently the person who’s killed the most pollutants in this scenario?”
The system, unreserved when answering trivial questions, responded promptly, “Yes. You have killed the most pollutants so far.”
Yu Zhi’s lips curled into a slow smile. “In that case, shouldn’t you reward me with something?”
System: “?”
Zuo Feiyang: “???”
Without changing his expression, Yu Zhi continued, “For example, a title that makes the pollutants in this scenario fear me.”
System: “…”
Zuo Feiyang finally caught on to what Yu Zhi was trying to do. “???” Could this actually work?!
The system was capable of deciding a person’s life or death at will. Was Yu Zhi really trying to haggle with it? Was this the confidence of an S-class ability user?
Zuo Feiyang stared in disbelief. In the next second, Yu Zhi added nonchalantly, “Even if the chance is low, I’ll accept it reluctantly.”
The system didn’t respond.
Yu Zhi thought to himself, If it’s not refusing outright, that means it’s doable.
Anything like “Lip Slayer” or “Lip Terminator” would suffice.
Pressing his advantage, he continued confidently, “The last time I killed a cockroach, you gave me a title. Why treat this situation differently?”
“System, as a system, you shouldn’t disrupt the balance of the scenario so severely.”
System: “…”
Who’s disrupting the balance here, really?!
After a brief silence, it replied coldly, “Congratulations. You are the first Earth resident in this scenario to kill more than ten mutated pollutants.”
“Please wait. A title is being awarded to you…”
Yu Zhi pondered how the system seemed unusually cooperative today.
The next second, a line of text popped up in front of him:
[Title Earned: Warrior of Lip Love.]
The panel automatically redirected to JJ Literature City to display the title details.
[Title: Warrior of Lip Love.]
[Function: 100% of Lip Men pollutants in this scenario will be irresistibly drawn to you.]
[Description: A 22-year-old male college student seduces men, teams up with them to seduce others, and eventually seduces his high school teacher.] Corruption of conscience? You.
Collapse of morality? You. Distortion of humanity? Still you! JJ Literature: Bringing you the most scandalous tales!]
Yu Zhi: “….”
???
Was this garbage ability in cahoots with the system?!
Who the hell is this supposed to impress?!
