Chapter 83: Unprecedented

Chu Tianyao was dead.

Although Chu Tianyao's body had long been pierced by armor-piercing rounds and looked beyond saving, Lin Qing still waited until the Order Level changed before releasing the combat technique.

Once this purely defensive state is activated, it can indeed leave peers of the same level helpless, but the consumption is truly immense.

Fortunately, the original version of the Morning Sun Cultivation Method he had advanced had reached its absolute peak, and the quantity of mysterious energy stored in his body was sufficient; now, only two or three tenths had been consumed.

"Hah."

After Lin Qing returned to normal, he finally released Chu Tianyao's already tattered corpse.

Drones resembling wasps hovered in the half-air nearby him.

"Finally dead..."

Looking at Chu Tianyao's corpse, Lin Qing felt some emotion in his heart.

Not only was it a First-Class Merit, but it also meant avenging his cousin.

Moreover, his true strength had not been exposed.

If he had unleashed his full power, he could have killed Chu Tianyao in a few moves in a one-on-one fight, but that would have been too outrageous.

This clever method just now could both eliminate the enemy and hide his strength.

Just right.

If things go smoothly, the First-Class Merit will be in hand very soon.

"By then, I can learn the original 'Zizai Body' and those three Awakening Methods..."

Thinking of this, Lin Qing couldn't help but feel a strong sense of anticipation in his heart.

As long as he mastered the original 'Zizai Body', he would meet the requirements on the Elite Training Contract and could enjoy the welfare benefits of genetic optimization!

"Captain Lin."

A Patrol Realm officer from not far away walked over cautiously and asked, somewhat disbelievingly, "Chu Tianyao is dead?"

"Dead as a doornail." Lin Qing glanced at Chu Tianyao's corpse; with the body damaged like this, it was impossible to confirm whether Chu Tianyao was a member of the Illuminati.

That small sun-shaped tattoo might have been destroyed as well.

"Captain Lin, you are too amazing." That Patrol Realm officer couldn't help but exclaim, "This is Chu Tianyao, after all."

The surrounding Patrol Realm officers all looked at Lin Qing with burning eyes, and on every face was an unmaskable shock, admiration, and reverence.

There was no way around it.

Chu Tianyao, an S-Class wanted criminal who escaped from Qinghu Island Prison, with a notorious name that thundered in everyone's ears, was absolutely a terrifying criminal that many Patrol Realm officers feared to speak of.

Patrol Officers had been publicly ambushed and killed, and another had been beaten into serious injury; one could see the degree of his cruelty.

But on the very day his notorious name spread, he was resolved by this young Patrol Officer? "Just luck."

Lin Qing shook his head slightly and said, "Notify the Municipal Bureau."

"Yes!" That Patrol Realm officer immediately snapped to attention and saluted.

Suddenly—

"Xiao Qing?"

A female voice, tinged with disbelief, suddenly sounded from behind.

Lin Qing was slightly stunned, turned his head, and saw that it was none other than his cousin Chen Yanan; she stood dazed at the hospital entrance, looking at Chu Tianyao's corpse on the ground with utter disbelief.

At this moment, under the right pant leg of her originally empty hospital gown, it was as if it had never been missing; a slightly slender foot could still be seen, looking just as real, supporting her body.

"Sister, how did you get out?" Lin Qing couldn't help but look at her right leg. "You came out right after the surgery succeeded?"

Chen Yanan took a deep breath and said, "The doctor told me to get up and walk a bit to adapt."

She walked over with swift steps, looked at Chu Tianyao's corpse on the ground, and couldn't help but ask, "This is Chu Tianyao, right?"

"Didn't you see it with your own eyes, Sister?" Lin Qing looked at her right leg with some curiosity.

"Precisely because I saw it with my own eyes, I can't believe it."

Chen Yanan took a deep breath, looked at Lin Qing carefully again, and couldn't help but ask, "Did you really resolve it?"

Lin Qing smiled: "Is that not allowed?"

"Are you an alien, you brat?" Chen Yanan couldn't help but say, "A few months ago I even told you not to think about avenging me for me; I haven't even been discharged yet, and you've already taken down Chu Tianyao?"

"You don't understand geniuses." Lin Qing deliberately shook his head.

Chen Yanan fell silent, just looking at him quietly, and her eye circles suddenly turned red.

She suddenly remembered that on the day she was hospitalized after suffering heavy damage, her younger brother seemed to have become much calmer, but the next day he suddenly chose to take the Patrol Realm path and quietly became a regular officer.

Clearly, he had always just been muddling through days, had even long ago mastered the 46th Edition Cultivation Method, kept it hidden, and never thought of becoming a regular officer.

But on that day, he changed all at once.

Now she was completely certain that her younger brother had truly entered the Patrol Realm with the intention of avenging her.

As for things like a sense of crisis, one could tell by listening that it was his excuse; with a Patrol Officer sister like her around, how could there be so much crisis? "Xiao Qing."

Chen Yanan suddenly stood on tiptoe and hugged Lin Qing, and tears immediately poured out uncontrollably.

"Sister, so many people are watching." Lin Qing said helplessly.

"Can't I be moved for a moment?" Chen Yanan wiped her tears, punched him once on the shoulder, and then released him.

Lin Qing didn't know what to say.

Although he wasn't very used to this kind of moving, warm scene and felt a bit awkward, he also thought it was quite nice.

"Is your leg really fine?" Lin Qing asked.

"More than fine; I feel much better than my previous state."

Chen Yanan wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve cuff and then said, "The doctor who performed the surgery on me today also said that my adaptability to this mechanical prosthetic limb is very strong; in all these years, she has never seen a case like mine."

"Oh?" Lin Qing asked curiously, "How much of your strength can you still exert?"

Chen Yanan smiled and said, "I am stronger now than before; the power limit of this mechanical prosthetic limb is greater than the power I can drive with my combat technique. Do you want to feel it?"

As she spoke, she kicked off her slippers, lifted her right leg to rotate her ankle, and then nimbly wiggled her pale, delicate toes.

"So flexible?"

Lin Qing was stunned; he couldn't help but squat down, pull up the pant leg of Chen Yanan's hospital gown to take a look, and found that her ankle and lower leg looked just like real limbs.

He couldn't help asking, "Sister, isn't this leg a mechanical prosthesis? Why does it look exactly like the real thing?"

"Isn't it beautiful? White, long, and slender."

Chen Yanan said with a smile, "Bionic materials, artificial skin, and the internal skeleton is still mechanical, but I truly feel no difference from the real thing; in fact, controlling it is even simpler."

Lin Qing tried poking it with his fingertip and found the texture was indeed no different from the real thing, even carrying a hint of warmth.

"No wonder it's so expensive," Lin Qing sighed. "But isn't it a bit strange that this attached leg is even more beautiful than your own?"

Chen Yanan already had long, straight legs, but even the most beautiful natural legs couldn't compare to the perfection of an artificially manufactured one.

"It's fine; it can still be adjusted."

As Chen Yanan spoke, she suddenly let out a "Heh," smiled brightly, and moved this leg in front of him. "If you want to touch it, just touch it. I'm in a good mood, so I'll let you have your fill."

"... You're a pervert." Lin Qing's corner of the mouth twitched slightly.

"Tch." "But, will this leg of yours react?" Lin Qing asked.

"The doctor said it has everything it should; the realism is very high," Chen Yanan said. "It just won't bleed."

Lin Qing understood.

"Team Leader Lin."

At that moment, an inspector walked over quickly, saluted, and immediately reported, "We found Inspector Xu Qiu from the Upper City District and her assistant on the other side of the cordon; both are unconscious."

"Unconscious?" Lin Qing was slightly stunned.

Xu Qiu possessed the strength of an Inspector Chief, close to Chu Tianyao's level, yet she was unconscious?

"Are the injuries severe?" Lin Qing asked.

"No external injuries were found for now, and vital signs are normal; they are just unconscious," the inspector said.

Lin Qing hummed and said, "Since we are at the hospital, send Inspector Xu and her assistant to a ward for examination."

After the main force of the Municipal Bureau arrived to take over and transported Chu Tianyao's body away, Lin Qing then followed his cousin back to the ward.

The ward door was not closed; from quite a distance, Lin Qing heard a woman's voice, gentle and elegant in tone, coming from inside the ward.

"... So please consider it carefully. A case with such high adaptability as Miss Chen is the first to appear in our company. If we can cooperate more, I believe this would be a beneficial choice for both sides."

Inside the ward, besides her cousin and aunt, there was a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a lab coat and white coat, speaking fluent Chinese softly to the two of them.

"Miss Chen is back," the blonde woman said with a smile. "How is it?"

"Miss Anna," Chen Yanan exclaimed, "It is far more perfect than I imagined."

Anna smiled and said, "This is mainly because Miss Chen has strong adaptability; it's not just due to a high neuron docking rate."

She then looked at Lin Qing and said with a smile, "This must be Team Leader Lin, right? Speaking of which, our company should also thank Team Leader Lin."

Lin Qing asked, "Why?"

"If not for Team Leader Lin, our company wouldn't have encountered such a special case with ultra-high adaptability like Miss Chen," Anna said softly.

"Ultra-high adaptability?" Lin Qing looked at Anna.

Anna nodded slightly and explained, "Although the Hongjun series of mechanical prostheses is very perfect, it is also too complex. After connecting to human nerves, the human adaptation period still requires quite some time. According to our company's recent sample data, most people need three to five days to truly adapt and become like their own limbs."

She couldn't help but glance at Chen Yanan. "But Miss Chen has already adapted perfectly immediately after the surgery; this is simply incredible."

Lin Qing understood.

Normal people need three to five days after surgery to adapt, yet his cousin adapted perfectly immediately after finishing the surgery; indeed, that was very fast.

"I have already uploaded and reported this case of Miss Chen to the company."

Anna said earnestly, "It can be confirmed that Miss Chen has very strong adaptability to this type of machinery. This area is also a major category our company pursues for development, so our company hopes to reach more cooperation with Miss Chen."

Chen Yanan thought for a moment and said, "Let me consider it."

"That is natural," Anna smiled. "Our company also needs to discuss a suitable contract proposal and then explain it in detail to Miss Chen."

She stood up and said, "Then I won't disturb everyone; if there is anything, send me a message anytime."

After Anna left, Lin Qing couldn't help but ask, "Is she the one who performed your surgery?"

"Yes."

Chen Yanan nodded. "She is personnel from the Dawn Group responsible for mechanical prosthetics; she seems to live in the Urban Circle."

Lin Qing was surprised.

Working or studying in the Urban Circle, and living in the Urban Circle, are two different things.

The former indicates elite talent needed by the Urban Circle.

The latter indicates that one has at least become a part of the Urban Circle to obtain a Urban Circle residence permit.

This isn't something money alone can achieve; at least, money from outside the Urban Circle won't work.

"Cooperation..."

Lin Qing pondered and said, "I don't know what kind of cooperation method it is; Sister, you should still consider it carefully."

Her cousin, Chen Ruizhe, said, "If the conditions are generous and there is no harm, you could agree; perhaps the Dawn Group would be willing to offer a long-term visa or even a pass for the Urban Circle?"

As he spoke, he shook his head slightly and couldn't help but sigh, "The difficulty of obtaining a Urban Circle visa is ridiculously high. I wanted to register for studies in the Binhai Urban Circle before; my grades and qualifications were sufficient, but the visa simply wouldn't pass."

Lin Qing had also heard that the difficulty of passing a Urban Circle visa is extremely high.

Especially for public officials; under the joint strict review of the World Government and the Urban Circle, obtaining a visa is even harder.

However, the Urban Circle possesses technology, development, economy, knowledge, resources, and opportunities far surpassing Earth; the safety and comfort of living there are also incomparable to anything outside the Urban Circle.

Every night, the Urban Circle, transformed into a city that never sleeps, radiates endless brilliance, becoming the world everyone longs for and expects.

If one could go, I'm afraid no one would refuse.

"Let me think about it some more."

Chen Yanan shook her head slightly and said, "A big company like the Dawn Group in the Urban Circle probably doesn't care much about me anyway. Even if they wanted my cooperation for experiments or something, it would likely be outside the Urban Circle."

She smiled. "I am an Inspector, a public official. Getting a visa is too difficult. The Dawn Group must follow the Urban Circle's rules, right?"

Lin Qing said thoughtfully, "Resigning should be fine."

"That would still leave a record," Chen Yanan said, shaking her head. "It would have the same effect. Anyway, I don't expect anything."

"Staying outside the Urban Circle isn't bad either."

His aunt couldn't help but say, "Isn't it nice just to live a plain life?"

Chen Ruizhe helplessly turned his head away.

"I just want to go see it," Chen Yanan said helplessly. "It's a pity there are no tourist visas for the Urban Circle. Otherwise, I would really want to go and see it."

Lin Qing suddenly remembered the words spoken by that hoarse voice inside the Combat Method Secret Chamber.

It sounded as if even going to the Urban Circle wouldn't be a good thing.

"Sister, when will you resume your duties?" Lin Qing asked.

"In a few days, the rank evaluation. You will definitely be the official Captain," Chen Yanan said casually. "I'll just be your Vice-Captain."

Lin Qing shook his head and said, "I have no interest, and I will soon..."

At that moment, a knocking sound suddenly came from outside the door.

Lin Qing walked over and opened the door, finding an Inspector from the Municipal Bureau's General Team outside.

"Captain Lin."

The Inspector immediately saluted and reported, "Inspector Xu Qiu has regained consciousness."

"Oh?" Lin Qing had just wanted to ask how she had fallen into a coma.

"Also."

The Inspector said, "The Municipal Bureau has issued an order. The Envoy Inspector from the Headquarters and three Senior Inspectors will arrive at Lin'an City International Airport at 10:45. Order all Inspectors of Lin'an City to assemble."

"The Envoy Inspector and the three Senior Inspectors are arriving?" Lin Qing nodded and said, "Good. I will go find Captain Xu. We can go together."

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