Chapter 97

98. Chapter 98: A Broken Future

"This woman can actually bewitch people's hearts and control their behavior with a single word? What kind of method is this? Is it also a technique?"

Li Yi shook his head, breaking free from that feeling of being controlled, and instantly regained his clarity.

But even so, he still felt a strong sense of unease.

If that cultivator named Chen Xiangxi had attacked him while he was being controlled just now, he would have surely died, without even the room to resist. Fortunately, the other party was wary of the Investigation Bureau; otherwise, it would have been truly dangerous.

"This kid's spirit is terrifyingly strong. He's only in the Spirit Medium Realm and can already break free from the control of my bewitchment technique. He's simply a freak. And not only that, he can fight head-on with Chen Xiangxi alone, and not fall behind in the slightest."

Xu Qiu Mei narrowed her eyes slightly, unable to help but start to formally size up Li Yi. As a cultivator who had opened their Spirit Perception, let alone dealing with a newcomer like Li Yi who had opened their Spirit Medium, even dealing with an Inspiration Realm cultivator would be easy for her.

It was incomprehensible.

And very unreasonable.

"Xu Qiu Mei, Chen Xiangxi, I am no longer warning you. If you don't restrain yourselves, I'd like to see if you dare to finish me off along with him today."

At this moment, Zhang Zhixiong was furious. He hadn't expected these two people to be so lawless. At this moment, he couldn't care about that much anymore and immediately took a sniper rifle out of the car.

The Extraordinary M200 sniper rifle was directly bolted and loaded. Zhang Zhixiong aimed directly at the leader, Xu Qiu Mei.

"Can your gun hit me?"

Xu Qiu Mei smiled faintly, unimpressed: "I am an existence who has opened Spirit Perception. The only one in your Investigation Bureau who can stop me is your team leader, Zhang Lei."

"I know you are a Spirit Perception expert, but even so, once you are hit, you will die, right?" Zhang Zhixiong took a deep breath and said coldly: "If we fight to the death, it's not certain that I can't take you down with me."

"Take me down with you? How naive."

Xu Qiu Mei didn't look back, letting Zhang Zhixiong point the gun at her. She locked her eyes on Li Yi: "You, on the other hand, make me look at you differently. You are very special, completely different from ordinary Spirit Medium Realm cultivators. It's just a pity that you are too weak right now, and there isn't much time for you to grow. Otherwise, you would certainly be a major figure in the future."

"Li Yi is naturally not simple. His cultivation value is as high as 420%; he is a newcomer that our Investigation Bureau is focusing on cultivating. If you dare to touch him, the entire Investigation Bureau will not let you off." Zhang Zhixiong continued to issue warnings, trying to deter these two lawless people.

A cultivation value of 420%?

Xu Qiu Mei was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "As expected, a talent. That's truly a pity. You've already heard what was said just now, right? The Heaven-Tilting Event will happen again very soon. No matter how much of a genius you are, you are just a slightly larger ant, and you won't be able to play any role."

"I am an ant, then what are you?" Li Yi stared at her and said: "Your realm is only a little higher than mine. Under the Heaven-Tilting, can you survive?"

"Haha, well said. Xu Qiu Mei, you are not a Cross-Dimensional Traveler either. After the Heaven-Tilting, do you think you will definitely be able to escape this world? Don't be naive. You are just a worker; what value do you have? Could it be that you're relying on your figure?" At this time, the man named Han Fei, clutching his bleeding severed arm, burst into laughter.

There was no concealment of sarcasm in his words.

"Li Yi." Han Fei then looked at him: "You have good courage. Since I'm dead for sure today, I might as well tell you a bit more news. Before the Heaven-Tilting, if you can find the node between the two worlds, even without relying on some special means, you can cross dimensions and escape from here."

His words hadn't finished yet.

Suddenly.

A figure flashed before their eyes, with unimaginably fast speed, so fast that even Li Yi didn't react.

By the time Li Yi saw clearly, that Xu Qiu Mei had already disappeared from where she was, and her figure appeared before this man named Han Fei.

A fair palm, like a steel blade, was inserted directly into Han Fei's heart, piercing his entire body.

"Wah!" A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out, and Han Fei's life force withered rapidly.

Xu Qiu Mei's face was as cold as frost: "You're about to die, why do you still have to talk so much nonsense?"

"Pah."

Han Fei held on with his last breath and sprayed a mouthful of blood at Xu Qiu Mei: "Because I just don't want to let you selfish people have it easy. Don't be happy too early; you will also become an abandoned pawn."

Xu Qiu Mei couldn't be bothered to listen to him continue, pulling her blood-stained arm out directly.

Accompanied by the splashing of fresh blood.

Han Fei, this Inspiration Realm cultivator, no matter how tenacious his vitality was, had reached his end at this moment, falling heavily to the ground with a strong sense of unwillingness and resentment.

Chen Xiangxi, on the side, saw this and hurriedly walked up to take a look, checking the situation.

"He's dead."

"He should have died long ago." Xu Qiu Mei shook the fresh blood off her hand and glanced at Li Yi: "You heard everything he said just now?"

"I heard it, and very clearly," Li Yi said coldly: "What, do you want to kill me to silence me?"

Xu Qiu Mei chuckled: "Rest assured, I won't kill you. But you'd better forget what was said just now; spreading it will only bring trouble, no benefits. I know you're full of anger right now, but it doesn't matter. When you have the strength one day, you can come to me for revenge. But be quick, preferably before the Heaven-Tilting."

"Chen Xiangxi, let's go." Afterward, she shook her hair, turned, and walked away with her strong, powerful long legs, without the slightest hesitation.

"Your fist is not bad. It's a pity I won't have the chance to spar with you." Chen Xiangxi glanced at Li Yi, then looked at his own injured hand, and left without looking back.

Li Yi watched the two leave, unable to help but clench his fists.

It was just that his strength was a notch weaker; if they were in the same realm, he would really want to finish these two off.

"They've finally finished their mission and left. Fortunately, things didn't escalate, and they didn't attack you." At this moment, Zhang Zhixiong breathed a sigh of relief, his hanging heart finally letting go.

Li Yi immediately asked: "What exactly is the background of these two people, not even putting the Investigation Bureau in their eyes, and daring to kill in the street? Just as you said, they are simply lawless."

"I'm not clear. I only know that the higher-ups told me to assist them in tracking down this Han Fei. If we can capture him, that's best; if not, just finish him off." Zhang Zhixiong shook his head slightly: "I estimate it has something to do with the next Heaven-Tilting Event. This Han Fei must know some inside information, which is why they want to control him."

"But these are not things we can manage. I am also just an ordinary investigator in Tianchang City; all I can do is maintain peace in a region as much as possible. As for the rest, we can only leave it to fate."

"That Han Fei who just died said that our world is almost finished. What does that mean?" Li Yi asked.

Zhang Zhixiong looked left and right, finding that the people nearby had all been scared away by the fight just now, and only then did he lower his voice: "I've only heard rumors and can't confirm if they are true. I only know that the next Heaven-Tilting Event will be particularly severe, so severe that our world might be heading toward extinction. That's why Cross-Dimensional Travelers exist; they are looking for a new world and then transferring over."

Li Yi's eyes shrank abruptly upon hearing this: "They left, then what about everyone else?"

Zhang Zhixiong didn't speak, just smiled to himself, and then collected Han Fei's body: "I still have things to be busy with. Li Yi, thanks to you this time, otherwise tracking him would have taken quite some effort. I'll write a report to the higher-ups later; the Investigation Bureau will definitely reward you, rest assured."

Saying this, he left in a hurry with the body.

Li Yi stood where he was, not having received an answer from Zhang Zhixiong.

But the answer was already self-evident.

If that kind of situation truly appeared, many people would become abandoned pawns, waiting for death and extinction together with this shattered world.

"Damn, I just came out to do some renovations, how did I run into such a frustrating thing." Li Yi felt exceptionally terrible at this moment.

Some things, it would be better not to know; at least one could continue living full of hope.

Now that he knew these things, Li Yi felt that money, houses, none of it was important. What was important was how he would survive in the future—no, not just himself, his parents, relatives, and friends all had to survive.

"I just hope that day doesn't come so soon."

Li Yi took a deep breath, letting his uneasy heart calm down.

From the mouth of the dead Han Fei, he learned that if he was lucky, the second Heaven-Tilting Event might be in a year or two.

If he became an Inspiration expert before then, would he have a chance to fight for a glimmer of survival?

It was unclear.

Li Yi only knew that he had to progress and grow as quickly as possible; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to face the upcoming crisis.

His thoughts were in a mess.

He didn't continue thinking about it, not even having time to hold a grudge against Xu Qiu Mei and Chen Xiangxi. He now only thought about going home to cultivate; only then could he have a sense of security.

He hadn't walked far.

Li Yi saw that Zheng Lan, whom he had saved earlier, hadn't left yet and was standing not far away. Only now, seeing that the matter was over, did she dare to show herself.

"Li Yi, are you okay?" Zheng Lan hurriedly walked up, asking with a bit of concern.

"I'm fine." Li Yi's expression shifted, and then he asked in a low voice: "Zheng Lan, did you hear what that truck driver said earlier?"

Zheng Lan's expression was somewhat panicked and uneasy. She looked left and right, and finally nodded slightly: "The Heaven-Tilting Event, I know..."

Li Yi immediately covered her mouth: "Don't tell anyone about this. The other party clearly wants to control the spread of information. Saying it out loud will only bring danger, and you can't change anything either."

Zheng Lan nodded.

"Go back. Treat today's incident as if nothing happened, and live and work normally tomorrow." Li Yi looked at her seriously, then put his hand down.

"I understand, I won't talk nonsense." Zheng Lan bit her lip, suppressing the panic in her heart.

She hadn't expected that an accident of her own would actually run into such a major event.

"As long as you understand. I'm leaving."

Seeing this, Li Yi didn't say anything more. After saying goodbye, he immediately rushed home.