Chapter 53

Zhou Shuo landed on the ground, setting down Liu Yanyan from his right hand and Lu Liang from his left hand together, then looked at the dust rising from the ground and the sports car that came rushing through the dust and stopped; the car's front doors on both sides opened, and a man and a woman stepped out.

Xu San, the All-Reach Jinmen supervisor, is an innate aberration with telekinesis. Lu Liang stared at the man stepping from the driver's cabin and instantly relayed a string of intel to Zhou Shuo; just now that man had ambushed him with a stone, and had Zhou Shuo not been quick, he would likely have had his brains blown out by it.

And that one? Zhou Shuo watched the man who stepped down from the sports car's driver seat—dressed in a black suit, white shirt, glasses on the bridge of his nose, short messy hair, looking refined and like a successful person—his gaze shifted to another woman; this woman had somewhat disheveled long hair, wore a black skirt and white top, waist bent, shoulders hunched, altogether appearing unkempt, like an ordinary person, yet beneath her tangled hair her eyes revealed a calm that no storm could shake.

Her name is Feng Baobao, a crazy woman, quite skilled in martial arts. Lu Liang followed Zhou Shuo's glance, gave a quick look, shook his head, and simultaneously glanced around; All-Reach has always been the state's organization for dealing with aberrations, and to put it bluntly as in novels, they are the imperial hounds; when these fellows act, there are never any rules, they just swarm in.

Many people are approaching. Zhou Shuo saw Lu Liang's darting gaze and knew what he was thinking, but his ears indeed picked up many hurried breaths drawing near, and he also felt waves of malice being released toward him.

All Truth Sect newcomer Lu Liang, surrender and be captured. The man in the white shirt and black suit glanced at Zhou Shuo over his glasses, then focused on the small-statured Lu Liang; his right palm lightly lifted, dust around him slowly rose, several stones flew up from nowhere, gathering in his palm to form an oval rock.

Telekinesis—innate aberrations are indeed more interesting. Zhou Shuo watched the man holding the rock aloft, Xu San, and felt a faint amusement; if acquired qi cultivation emphasizes choosing a direction and practicing independently, then innate aberrations' abilities are fixed from birth, their powers myriad and strange, like the mutants in Marvel; that Xia He's ability should also be innate, either enhancing one's charm or influencing others' hearts, controlling their hormones.

Brother Zhou, I'm not cut out for fighting—you've got to cover me. Lu Liang looked at the man suspending the huge rock, edged closer to Zhou Shuo who was talking to himself, and while staying on guard, scanning the surroundings; although he saw no one, given All-Reach's nature, there should be no mistake.

Don't get so close to me, I don't like it. Zhou Shuo eyed the cautious youngster, his brow twitching; frankly, he couldn't trust a single member of the All Truth Sect, and even though he'd formed some rapport with Lu Liang, he couldn't be sure this kid didn't harbor the notion that as long as he outran his companions he could escape.

Uh. Lu Liang's face stiffened at Zhou Shuo's slightly cold words, yet he complied by shifting his feet sideways, for standing beside Zhou Shuo gave him a sensation of his neck hairs standing on end.

You're also a newcomer of the All Truth Sect; I haven't seen your file. The man named Xu San, holding a rock about a meter high, gazed at Zhou Shuo with an inquisitive look.

Well said, All Truth's Zhou Shuo; you're probably just stalling for time, waiting for those company employees of your All-Reach…. Zhou Shuo looked at the man buying time and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"Xu San, be careful." The companion's reminder with a slight Sichuan accent rang out, and at the same time Zhou Shuo's voice suddenly sounded close up; Xu San's pupils behind his glasses shrank, because he saw Zhou Shuo standing far away disappear, disappear on the spot, while the words continued.

"Wait for those Everywhere-Reaching employees to arrive!" The words with a slight pause, each word deliberate, time seemed to slow; as the words fell, Zhou Shuo appeared before Xu San, his right hand pressing down on the forehead of this bespectacled man, and as his palm arrived, a strong wind blew up the bangs on his forehead.

"So fast." Xu San felt the seemingly slowed time, felt the bangs blown apart by the strong wind on his forehead, and felt the palm pressing toward his forehead; his pupils shrank to pinpoints, a thought moved, and the huge rock condensed in his palm instantly shot out, like a city-smashing hammer.

Facing Xu San, whose reaction was not bad, and the laterally colliding huge rock, Zhou Shuo's eyes twitched slightly; he withdrew the palm pressing toward Xu San and pressed it against the oncoming city-smashing rock; when palm met stone, time instantly snapped back to normal; the elliptical rock exploded instantly, shards flying everywhere, and a flash of cold light shot from the corner of his eye.

"When did the Complete Nature get another lunatic? Ba'er, be careful, this guy's tough." Xu San raised both hands to block the flying shrapnel, stepped back and stood firm; his gaze behind the glasses looked at Zhou Shuo, turning horrified, then he turned to his female companion Feng Baobao and spoke.

"……." The woman named Feng Baobao switched the kitchen knife from her left hand to her right hand, while Xu San's gaze froze, then he subconsciously looked toward the figure amidst the settling dust and shrapnel, and saw that her right index and thumb were indeed pinching a knife with a patterned body, single-edged, a sushi knife.

"Sushi knife? Kitchen knife? Sis, your weapon is really unique! Back then did you rely on a sushi knife and a kitchen knife to roam Jinmen?" Zhou Shuo pinched the sushi knife in his hand, gazing at a bowl of clear broth noodles; the girl's eyes were utterly calm from start to finish, and her kitchen knife, his face looked a little strange—using this weapon really was somewhat beyond his expectation.

"Long si ni." The woman named Feng Baobao spoke with a heavy Sichuan accent, flashed her kitchen knife, bent her waist, moved her feet, and shot like an arrow toward Zhou Shuo; swish, the knife dragged a bolt of lightning straight for the major artery in his neck.

Fierce and accurate, Zhou Shuo watched the swiftly fast kitchen knife, instantly made an evaluation in his mind; at the same time, he curled his right four fingers inward, snapped his thumb, and the sushi knife pinched between his fingers snapped up, turning into a bolt of lightning that stabbed toward her wrist.

Facing the lightning stab toward her wrist, Feng Baobao's eyes showed no change; she moved her right five fingers, flourished the kitchen knife, the blade collided with the jumping sushi knife, emitting a clear, crisp clang; while blocking the strike, she tapped her right foot and flipped backward, actively withdrawing from combat.

"Spiritual perception is just as impressive!" Zhou Shuo reached out to catch the sushi knife that had been knocked down, watching the girl flip back with some surprise; this woman possessed astonishing spiritual perception, even surpassing Martial Saints, Human Immortals, and spur-of-the-moment Ghost Immortals; realizing she was no match, she immediately chose to retreat, without the slightest hesitation.

"Xu San, I can't handle this kid." Feng Baobao gripped her kitchen knife and retreated to the rear, gazing at her companion with a plain look, and stated a fact in her heavy dialect.

"This girl..." Zhou Shuo glanced at the girl turning her head to speak to her companion, involuntarily narrowing his eyes; if it were just her strong spiritual perception, that would be fine, but since the start she had shown no inner fluctuation whatsoever—whether suddenly attacking or pulling back, she seemed like a machine that only executes commands according to its programming.

State organization, humanoid weapon—Zhou Shuo looked at the overly plain girl, and two words inexplicably popped into his mind, but then he shook his head, because although the girl was plain, she wasn't devoid of emotion; she knew how to communicate with her companions, her speech still carried a rural accent, suggesting she simply didn't know how to express her feelings, and perhaps she didn't even know what emotions were—an unexpectedly interesting character!

"This is troublesome!" Just as Zhou Shuo was observing the girl named Feng Baobao, the bespectacled Xu San was also pondering in his heart; he had originally thought he could catch the lone Lü Liang, but he hadn't expected to encounter a Complete Nature monster he'd never heard of before, and even Baobao could do nothing against him—this was the first time he'd run into such a situation.

Feng Baobao gazed at her companion lost in thought, flashed her kitchen knife, glanced sideways at Zhou Shuo who had snatched her sushi knife, while Xu San snapped back to his senses and stopped her action.

"Wait, Baobao, don't make a move—I'll handle this!"

"Ni ge ren?" The words spoken with a heavy Sichuan accent, devoid of any emotion.

"Of course not—we are Everywhere-Reaching Express Company, the most professional organization!" Xu San hooked the corners of his mouth, pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and brimmed with confidence.

"Lü Liang, go drive the car." Zhou Shuo looked at the seemingly smug bespectacled man, waved at Lü Liang; the youth said nothing, immediately turned and jumped into his own business car, while Liu Yanyan was somewhat at a loss.

In the dim night, chaotic yet rhythmic footsteps rang out all around; with a clang, a distant old window was smashed; another loud bang, a wall was breached; behind the shattered windows, behind the cracked wall, figures stepped out one after another; in just a few breaths, countless silhouettes dressed in brown work uniforms surrounded the entire derelict district.

"My joining this really is a downright evil organization!" Zhou Shuo looked at the surrounding figures, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth; these were all superhumans, employees of Everywhere-Reaching, superhumans serving the state, and only the state could have such organizational power; whereas he, having joined Complete Nature, now stood opposed to these superhumans.

The car's ignition was engaged, then a sharp turn, breaking through the blocking superhumans and rushing outward; seeing this, Liu Yanyan's face changed dramatically, she shouted at Lü Liang inside the car; Lü Liang, before she and Zhou Shuo had even gotten in, started the car and drove off.

"Hey, we haven't even gotten in the car yet!"

"Crack!" A strange sound came from underfoot; Liu Yanyan instinctively lowered her head, only to see the ground beneath her feet crack with fissures, the land beginning to heave; then a sharp-nailed hand shot up from underground, grabbed her ankle, and then pulled downward.

Her body sank, Liu Yanyan felt her vision invert, the whole person plunged into the ground, ambushed; what to do? Two thoughts flashed through her blank mind, plus her companions; Liu Yanyan instantly thought of Zhou Shuo, directing her pleading gaze toward him—he was also looking at her, hope rose in her heart, but what she hadn't expected was that he uttered a sentence and then turned away.

"You're not suited for Complete Nature." Faced with those words, Liu Yanyan froze right there in the ground, even forgetting to struggle.