[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak":3,"chapter-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-172":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Global Psychic Powers: Starting Off with the Awakening of Purple Heaven Divine Thunder",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2358673,4613,"Chapter 172","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-172",172,"\u003Cp>After receiving Xu Jingming’s phone notification, the special operations team waiting outside immediately launched their operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Chang’s Blue Ocean Technology Group indeed had formidable security forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But among them, only the bodyguard Wu Hang was a mid-level fourth-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of the patrol adepts were at most mid-level second-rank, most of them barely first-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the special operations team consisted of twenty second-rank adepts, plus the official backing of the Public Security Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, after entering the tech park, they encountered virtually no resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They secured the entire tech park in less than five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Cai Ju and his fully armed team rushed over, preparing for a grueling battle,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they were stunned to find the tech exhibition site orderly and calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even adepts bearing the Public Security Bureau emblem patrolled back and forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Officer Cai!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Cai Ju’s group arrive, Wang Gang, the team leader stationed at the exhibition entrance, hurried forward respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How’s the situation? Did you catch Leng Chang?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ju strode anxiously into the exhibition hall, with Zhang Tong and the others close behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the usually composed team leader Cai Ju’s expression had grown subtly uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple: Wang Gang’s uniform was clean and neat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His weapons bore no blood, and his gun barrels carried no trace of recent gunfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear they had not fought at all—Leng Chang had likely escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wang Gang’s reply took him by surprise:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Report, Officer: Blue Ocean Tech Park is fully under our control. Leng Chang has been captured.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ju halted his rapid advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His previously grim face instantly lit up with shock and disbelief:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leng Chang was captured? Then how come none of you show any signs of battle?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Tong and the others, who had braced for mission failure, also looked astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We don’t know the details. When we arrived, Senior Xu had already handled everything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We only did the cleanup...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Gang, the six-foot-one-inch-tall giant, scratched his head sheepishly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the mission began, their special operations team knew they were facing a mid-level fourth-rank enhancement adept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also learned their leader, Senior Xu, was only a low-level third-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had fully prepared to sacrifice themselves, ready to give everything to assist Senior Xu in completing this nightmare-level operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they received only one order: “Stand by.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they next received word and entered Blue Ocean Tech Park,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they found the main boss already dead and the target securely detained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nightmare-level mission had suddenly become kindergarten-level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It left their elite adept team utterly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In all their years of missions, they’d never been this easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu Jingming handled it all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ju froze, then hurried Zhang Tong and the others into the exhibition hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as they stepped inside, a strong stench of blood filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instinctively turned his head,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and saw a headless corpse lying on the blue stone floor ten meters to the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood flowing from the corpse’s neck had dried, staining the surrounding area dark red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though decapitated and with skin charred as if struck by lightning,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ju still recognized the corpse as Wu Hang, Leng Chang’s bodyguard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wu Hang is dead?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ju’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defeating a mid-level fourth-rank was nothing like killing one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had assumed Xu Jingming had somehow driven Wu Hang away before capturing Leng Chang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected he’d killed him outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the method of killing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ju’s gaze flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse bore two fatal wounds: one to the heart, one to the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adepts guard these two vital points most fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clean, precise nature of these wounds proved Xu Jingming had slaughtered him with overwhelming dominance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I underestimated the S-rank from Mo University...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ju silently marveled, and felt a flicker of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank goodness he hadn’t been disrespectful during their meeting last night—otherwise things would’ve been messy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Officer Cai, over here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a low, slightly amused voice rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ju turned instinctively and saw Xu Jingming standing ten meters to the left, among several young boys and girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At their feet lay the mission’s primary target: Leng Chang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu student, you’ve worked hard—thank you so much. Without you, our team wouldn’t have known what to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the mission, I’ll treat you to a drink!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ju strode forward, beaming with warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He meant it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Leng Chang had escaped, finding the Heavenly Fate Sect’s branch in Jinning City would’ve been nearly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ll talk about drinks later, Officer Cai. Quickly interrogate Leng Chang for the branch’s location.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming, finally seeing Cai Ju’s group arrive, smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leave it to us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ju thumped his chest, then reached down and dragged Leng Chang, lying like a dead dog, away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come on,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the hardest part was already done by Xu Jingming—if they couldn’t extract even one useful detail now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they might as well retire immediately. What use were they in the Public Security Bureau?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Yan, the team’s third-rank upper-level mental adept, couldn’t directly read memories,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but he could still manipulate Leng Chang’s mental state to force truthful answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just ten minutes later, Sun Yan approached Xu Jingming with the key intelligence:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Heavenly Fate Sect branch’s location has been confirmed—it’s in the suburbs of Jinning City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The branch houses over two hundred cultists, mostly first- and second-rank adepts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are eight third-rank adepts, three low-level fourth-rank, and one mid-level fourth-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These four fourth-ranks are the sect’s so-called Divine Blood Messengers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Divine Blood Messengers?” Xu Jingming’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all this effort, he’d finally found what he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Four fourth-ranks, eight third-ranks...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ju, beside him, frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this strength composition, plus two hundred first- and second-ranks,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>such a large force of adepts was beyond what their team could handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instinctively, Cai Ju turned to Xu Jingming, awaiting his decision:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu student, the branch has too many adepts. Should we request reinforcements from headquarters?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. I can handle it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming shook his head dismissively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For enhancement adepts, a numbers game might pose some threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for him, who wielded the SS-rank Heavenly Thunder, it was nothing but cannon fodder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many, it made no difference.\u003C\u002Fp>",1032,"2026-06-21T05:33:57.936Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","dc3d1c3c2ac948c990d40977542f77b0732ab20dfc2b89a79cf77c6c00352cc2","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-173","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-171",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-cover.jpg"]