Chapter 961

His hands were shaking, his legs were shaking, his entire body was shaking.

The finger on the trigger seemed to have frozen, as if it no longer belonged to him, devoid of any sensation.

Cold sweat trickled down his face.

He looked at Su Quan, yet it was as if he weren't looking at him at all; his mind was a complete blank.

In a daze, he felt as if Su Quan had glanced at him—a simple, ordinary glance that became the straw that broke all his courage.

"Thump!"

Just as Su Quan brushed past him, his legs went weak, his knees buckled, and before his brain could even issue a command, his body had already reacted first.

He had knelt!

Lorna, who had followed him, was stunned. What had Su Quan done to him? Didn't he just glance at him? The look wasn't even sharp, so why—why did he kneel?

Words are pale, but the scene was vivid; a few strokes of a pen could not capture the shock of Su Quan wiping out the entire team, but having seen it with her own eyes, Lorna suddenly understood why this agent had knelt!

Because of despair!

They had deployed so many people, so many Sentinel robots, and such heavy firepower, but what was the result?

Su Quan appeared before them, let them focus their fire, and then just waved his hand lightly.

The weapons they used to attack Su Quan struck them instead, wiping them all out!

Facing such an enemy, how could they not feel despair?

Inexplicably, Lorna thought of that person—the man known as one of the most terrifying and powerful mutants.

If it had been him, would it have been any different?

"Hey," she called out softly from behind, "why did you come to save me?"

Su Quan turned his head in confusion. Why come to save you? Hadn't this question already been answered?

"I can cool down, but my food can't?" Su Quan repeated his previous answer.

Lorna looked at him: "You like me, right?"

"How curious, haven't I made it obvious enough?"

Lorna beamed, that air of unyielding spirit returning to her.

Enough, it was obvious enough.

She trotted a few steps to catch up with Su Quan and reached out to rest her hand on his shoulder: "How are we getting back?"

"Shall I take you flying?"

"Sure, did you bring the gear?"

That long silver blade had left a deep impression on her.

Su Quan smiled and said: "Give me your hand."

Lorna didn't ask why, simply and generously handing her hand to Su Quan.

Then—

A ring was slipped onto her finger.

Lorna paused, teasing: "Giving a ring right off the bat? Are you always this direct when pursuing girls?"

Su Quan didn't answer, just holding her hand and saying softly: "In a sense, everything in this world is an encounter."

"Just like when cold meets warmth, there is rain; when spring meets winter, there is the passage of time; when heaven meets earth, there is eternity; when person meets person—there is life."

When person meets person, there is life—

Lorna smiled and curled her lip: "Indeed very direct, but—"

She looked down at the ring on her finger and smiled: "Not bad!"

"There's something even better." Su Quan smiled and activated the ring.

Lorna slowly began to float.

She widened her eyes, looking in surprise and delight at Su Quan, who was holding her hand and also slowly rising into the air: "I didn't feel you controlling the magnetic field for it. This ring—can it fly?"

"Mm."

Since ancient times, flight has been humanity's eternal dream.

For Su Quan, flight was a rather mediocre ability, but for mutants who couldn't fly—especially those like Lorna who needed to evade capture—it was nothing short of a divine skill.

The predicament of having no way to heaven and no door to enter the earth happened often; once targeted by the Sentinel Services, there was basically no escape.

Just like Clarice, who had been pursued earlier; even if she darted through alleys, she still couldn't shake them off. If it weren't for her ability to teleport, she would have been captured before even seeing Su Quan.

Being able to fly was different.

There were no obstacles in the air, and the flexibility and mobility were extremely high. No matter how many people or how fast the cars were, they could only stare helplessly!

Lorna could actually fly too; she could control the metal on her body and her combat boots to achieve a flying effect, but both her ability and control needed improvement.

Letting her float slowly or perform some aerial dance moves was no problem; she could even do aerial ballet.

But as for normal flight—not to mention it could only be done at low altitudes, she couldn't even fly as fast as she could run.

So this was Lorna's first proper, high-altitude, fast flight. After Su Quan told her how to use the flight ring, he let go of her hand, letting her soar freely in the sky.

Her long green hair danced in the wind; Lorna kept her legs together and her arms slightly raised, looking like a butterfly fluttering in the air, or a fish swimming freely in the sea.

At this moment, she felt to Su Quan like an elf who could be both salty and sweet!

Flying and flying—flying and flying—she didn't know how long she had flown, nor how far, when familiar buildings appeared before them.

Su Quan held Lorna's hand and landed on the rooftop of the base building.

"Shoo—"

Su Quan waved his hand and opened a portal.

"Lorna!"

The other side of the portal was inside the base. Before the surprised Lorna could see the situation inside clearly, Sonia had already excitedly called her name and ran out from the portal.

Sonia hugged Lorna tightly. Lorna hugged her back while nodding to John, Sage, Clarice, and others who were walking out of the portal one after another.

"Are you okay?" Sonia let go of Lorna and asked with concern.

Lorna shook her head with a smile: "I'm fine, the ones who aren't fine are the Sentinel Services."

"Indeed!"

Sage replied in disbelief: "The commotion you caused this time was too big. The Sentinel Services have lost face completely; this is the first time they've suffered such heavy losses."

"Also... you've been put on the wanted list."

Sage looked at Su Quan incredulously: "In just half an hour, information about you has been sent to police stations all over the country, and it's the highest level of all wanted lists."

"Highest level?"

"Let's put it this way: as long as someone provides your location to the police, even without any evidence, they must go to confirm it immediately!"

"And... as long as you provide any real information about you, such as what you like to eat, what brand of clothes you like to wear, or what brand of car you drive, you can get bounties of different amounts!"