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Leng Chang","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-197",197,"\u003Cp>“Gulp—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the towering figure like a demonic god, Leng Chang involuntarily swallowed hard, sweat instantly soaking his entire back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a peak second-rank psychic ability user, he made no attempt to launch an attack, nor did he try to threaten Lin Qingyuan’s parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he knew that any movement on his part would cause his head to explode instantly, just like the other man’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu Jingming, don’t… don’t kill me,” Leng Chang hurriedly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming’s golden dragon-like vertical pupils fixed on Leng Chang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the perception of his powerful psychic energy, the two figures of Lin Qingyuan’s parents on the ground still showed signs of life, though they had fallen into unconsciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have critical intelligence on the Heavenly Fate Sect—including the whereabouts of the remaining members of their Shanghai branch, which your Devil University has been hunting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And I also possess several undisclosed technologies worth over a billion each—I’ll hand them all over to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Chang no longer cared about loyalty to the Heavenly Fate Sect—survival came first:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, don’t even think of sending a high-rank psychic ability user to interrogate me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve set a mental lock on these memories—if you forcibly read them, I’ll die instantly with brain death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For someone like him, a psychic ability user, achieving this wasn’t difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because of this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Jining City Public Security Bureau had interrogated him for over a month without daring to kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming raised an eyebrow slightly and nodded: “I won’t kill you—but I’ll hand you over to the Public Security Bureau.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devil University had already located the Shanghai branch of the Heavenly Fate Sect half a month ago and dispatched a seventh-rank Master to eliminate them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, some managed to escape—Devil University and the Public Security Bureau have been hunting them ever since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we can find a breakthrough from you, Leng Chang, that would be a major achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Public Security Bureau?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Chang froze slightly, then gritted his teeth: “Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though entering the Public Security Bureau meant losing his freedom,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>given his status as CEO of Blue Ocean Technology Group, he wouldn’t be executed immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so, he still had a chance to escape again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. Speak,” Xu Jingming sheathed his spear back into his space ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The remaining members of the Heavenly Fate Sect gather every three days at an abandoned factory named ‘Zhaoyang Machinery’ in the southeastern suburbs of Shanghai.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Their last gathering was yesterday—the leader is the former sixth-rank Archbishop of the Shanghai branch. Also...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xu Jingming’s killing intent subside, Leng Chang exhaled in relief and laid out all the intelligence he knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, after hearing the information, Xu Jingming nodded slightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve noted all this. What about the technologies you mentioned?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All the blueprints and research data are stored on a USB drive, kept in a location only I know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I’ll give you the address only after the Public Security Bureau takes me into custody.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Chang wasn’t stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that if he revealed all his cards now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming would kill him without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once he was in Public Security custody, for Xu Jingming to kill him would be a direct challenge to the Bureau’s authority!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re clever,” Xu Jingming said, slightly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just by his expression, Leng Chang knew Xu Jingming had planned to kill him after extracting the information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good thing I was cautious enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Chang secretly rejoiced, feeling as if he were walking a tightrope over a mountain of blades and a sea of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One misstep, and he’d fall into irrecoverable ruin...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I’m curious—how did you even think to target Lin Qingyuan? And how did you find her address so precisely?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Devil University launched its plan to target family members of S-rank ability mission completers,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all personal information related to him—including relatives and classmates—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had been hidden by the top-tier AI Eva, even replaced with false data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Chang had only just escaped from Jining City a few days ago; logically, he shouldn’t have found Lin Qingyuan’s address so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t think only Devil University has an intelligence network—we have our own internal system.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finding these people’s addresses is easy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for Lin Qingyuan—it was after you captured me in Jining City.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I noticed you entered the tech park through her, so I decided to target her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Chang explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a vengeful man—he’d already harbored resentment since discovering Xu Jingming had entered through Lin Qingyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming’s expression turned icy: “Then you can die now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACKLE!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden lightning surging around his body blazed violently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid a deafening thunderclap, a bolt of golden lightning pierced straight through Leng Chang’s left chest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving behind a bowl-sized hole, its edges charred black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart—and all surrounding flesh—had been utterly obliterated by the lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh… huh...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without his heart’s pumping power, Leng Chang felt himself suffocating, strength draining rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel death drawing near.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what followed was overwhelming confusion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Y-you didn’t get the USB… w-why… kill me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his last breath, his face as pale as paper, he forced the words out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, but compared to a billion-plus, I’d rather eliminate any lingering threat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming’s dragon pupils fixed on Leng Chang, cold and unyielding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t been cautious at the restaurant and followed out to check, Lin Qingyuan’s family might have been slaughtered tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone was enough to sentence Leng Chang to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d already seen how unreliable the Public Security Bureau was—he wouldn’t make the same mistake twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the billion-plus?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even hundreds of billions meant nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to family and friends, they were worthless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… I see...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Chang’s lips curled into a bitter, self-mocking smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How laughable—I held back this information I thought most valuable, hoping to save my life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet I was outsmarted by my own cleverness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should’ve kept the Heavenly Fate Sect’s intelligence...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Filled with endless regret, Leng Chang lost all life signs and collapsed with a thud onto the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes remained wide open until death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Trash of the Heavenly Fate Sect—dying and dirtying someone else’s floor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming showed no emotional reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden lightning surged around him, engulfing Leng Chang and the other corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the lightning faded, leaving only two piles of black ash on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After disposing of the bodies, Xu Jingming exited Thunder Extreme Mode, pulled out his phone, and dialed Vice Principal Ling Shuang:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Vice Principal, I’ve obtained some intelligence...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming reported all the information he’d gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If any Devil University instructor saw this, they’d be stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this formidable Vice Principal, stationed at the Combat Techniques Library, had private contact details even many of them didn’t possess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood. I’ll deal with this group as soon as possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vice Principal Ling Shuang’s cold voice came through the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, Vice Principal—I’d like my aunt’s family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and several friends, to relocate. This time, I need Eva to fully conceal all their information.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming said gravely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Fate Sect’s intelligence likely came from the internet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Eva hid the data, the Heavenly Fate Sect probably already had backups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, fully block Eva and relocate the address.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without this source of intelligence, he didn’t believe the Heavenly Fate Cult could still find him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, list everyone for me,” Vice Principal Ling Shuang said without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My aunt Xu Qingwan, Lin Qingyuan, Zhang Hao, and Liu Jie—all their families need to relocate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming named four people in one breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, these were merely family members, but this incident made him realize his friends also needed help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood. I’ll have our Magic University staff handle it personally.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Principal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming expressed his gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the university, if he had to handle these matters himself, it would truly be troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem. You’re our Magic University’s S-class student—we will protect you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vice Principal Ling Shuang’s voice remained cold and detached, yet Xu Jingming felt a faint warmth in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had only been enrolled for slightly over half a year, Magic University had treated him exceptionally well.\u003C\u002Fp>",1364,"2026-06-21T05:33:57.936Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","37f9e505a95561af88786bbc89f6c818a23e9cced2f1be29fd2b1e90348e4931","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-198","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-196",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-cover.jpg"]