"Huh?"
Goosebumps rose on Meng Chao's skin.
He had long since felt that Su Mulian's attitude toward him was strange.
A few hours before Lu Siya came, Su Mulian had been squatting by the side and staring at him?
That was really strange.
Of course, his feelings toward Su Mulian were also very strange.
How should he put it? The first time he saw Su Mulian, Meng Chao felt his soul tremble, as if they were fated to meet in his previous life.
Of course, it was not some clichéd love at first sight.
Meng Chao was also certain that Su Mulian did not exist in his fragmented memories of his previous life.
He remembered clearly that the core of the lair had been destroyed in a fire in his previous life, and hundreds of thousands of people had died because of it.
If he had not interfered with it, Su Mulian should have died in the fire due to the Vortex's scheme, right?
It was impossible for her to have survived and have any sort of connection with Meng Chao in his previous life.
So, what was with that throbbing in his heart and her strange attitude?
"You have to be careful. That girl isn't simple."
Lu Siya frowned a little. "You know that I'm a Spirit Sensor, and I can sense a lot of things that normal people can't. The first time I saw Su Mulian, I had an indescribable feeling, especially when she looked at you. She seemed to be very …"
"Afraid?" Meng Chao said.
"That's right. Afraid!"
Lu Siya's eyes lit up. "You sensed it yourself?"
"I sensed it. At first, I thought that I was just being paranoid, but since you said that, it shouldn't be a figment of my imagination," Meng Chao said, feeling a little wronged.
"But I just can't understand it. Seventy-two hours ago, I had no contact with Su Mulian at all. Even if she learned of my name online, I don't do anything ruthless or brutal, so why is she afraid of me?" Meng Chao felt a little wronged.
"Who knows?"
Lu Siya thought about it, but she still could not be certain. "I only know that her fear toward you far surpasses what can be explained with common sense. Even though she tried her best to control it and hide it, the nerve endings in her body were jumping. She was like a helpless rabbit facing a hungry tyrannosaurus rex. She instinctively wanted to run, but she was so scared that she couldn't move.
"Logically speaking, in a place as chaotic as the lair and as the granddaughter of Leprosy Village's old village chief, she should be used to seeing all sorts of ruthless people and even evil wanted criminals. There's no reason for her to be afraid of you.
Wait. Try to recall her face and eyes carefully. Other than fear, I seem to have read something on a deeper level!
Lu Siya's pupils shrank to the size of two needles.
When he looked at Meng Chao, his expression became even stranger than a moment ago.
"What did you do to that girl?"
"She wants to kill you."
"What?!"
Meng Chao jumped out of the medical cabin. "How could that be possible? I didn't do anything. Before this, I didn't know her at all. Once I knew her, I helped her save Leprosy Village! Besides, she's a kind-hearted young doctor who can bring the dying back to life. It's her firm belief in me that moved Wild Wolf. There's no way she would want to kill me. Could you have made a mistake? "
"It's possible. The things that happened over the past two days have made my nerves weak and my head spin. It might just be a figment of my imagination."
Lu Siya closed her eyes and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "I think that her killing intent was very weak and brief. It only flashed in her mind for a moment before it was dispelled. It didn't seem like she wanted to take action. It was just some sort of assumption, some sort of … fantasy.
"Wait a little longer. I thought about it carefully. Her fantasy shouldn't be to kill you, but to destroy you. That's right, for a moment, she wanted to destroy you."
Meng Chao scratched his head. "Is there a difference between killing me and destroying me?"
"It's hard to explain."
Lu Siya thought about it for a long time, but she could not understand it, just like Meng Chao. She could only shrug and say, "In any case, I don't know what sort of grudge you have with her or whether you did something that angers the heavens and can't see the light of day. In any case, if you really did something shameful, remember to clean up after yourself or stay away from this mysterious Ms. Mulian. I've invested everything I have on you, so I can accept failure, but if I fail because you have an unclear relationship with another woman, it'll be too much of a loss, right?"
"No, Big Sis Ya, listen to me. I haven't had any unclear relationship with any woman. Su Mulian and I are innocent!"
Meng Chao did not know whether he should laugh or cry. "I really don't know what's going on with this girl. I asked her, but she wouldn't tell me. We can't even be considered normal friends. You have to believe me!"
"There's no need for you to explain it to me. You're the perfect partner I chose after careful consideration. Of course I believe that you can handle your private life."
Lu Siya thought about it again. "Besides, my instincts tell me that aside from wanting to destroy you, Ms. Mulian also wants to save you. Strange. 'Destroy' and 'save' are two completely different things. How could they be focused on the same person?"
That was even stranger.
Su Mulian had indeed said something like "I want to save you" to Meng Chao.
But at that time, Meng Chao had been in a daze. He thought that Su Mulian was talking about treating his injuries and helping him dissolve the effects of the super gene medicine.
Now that he was awake and thought about it seriously, he realized that Su Mulian was not just talking about saving his body.
The problem was, Su Mulian was just a helpless doctor. At most, she could become a candidate for the next chief of Leprosy Village.
But Meng Chao was the youngest Heaven Realm superhuman in Dragon City, the leader of the Golden Era, the leader of the Broken Star Club, the director of Blue Home, the owner of Superstar, the gang leader of Golden Tooth, the leader of the lair reconstruction committee, the appointed successor of the lair master, the wielder of Golden Tooth Saber, and the current fifteenth most searched person on Dragon City's social media platform.
What did he have to save?
What right did Su Mulian have to save him?
What a strange thing!
'Oh well, I've been using up too many brain cells over the past few days. I don't want to think about such complicated things for the time being. In any case, I trust your instincts. Next time, if I really want to meet Su Mulian, I'll definitely have you supervise me by the side. I won't be alone with her. That should be fine, right?'
Meng Chao shook his head a few times and exhaled. He stretched his limbs and emptied his mind. "Now, I just want to relax a little and enjoy the victory and the sunlight."
The private medical room belonged to the gang leader of Golden Tooth. It was located on the second highest floor of Golden Tooth's headquarters.
Facing the medical cabin was a wide window with a 270-degree field of vision.
When Meng Chao fell into deep sleep just now, the curtains were drawn tightly.
But when he woke up and stretched his body, the spiritual energy that was spilling out slightly blew open a small gap between them.
At that moment, a golden thread went through the gap and wrapped itself around Meng Chao's body.
Meng Chao extended his hand and let the golden thread flow slowly on his palm so that he could enjoy the touch of the sunlight.
With the golden thread leading the way, he walked to the window, sucked in a deep breath, and drew the curtains.
The light was like a tidal wave, and the golden light was like a wave. It instantly enveloped him and Lu Siya.
"Big Sis Ya, look!"
Meng Chao cried out in surprise.
The center of the sky, which had been covered by dark clouds and black smoke for a few days and looked like it was surrounded by an iron wall, finally dispersed to reveal a huge hole.
Golden sunlight gushed out of the hole like a flood that broke a dam. Then, it poured down like a waterfall and landed on everyone's heads in a generous and fair manner.
Meng Chao, Lu Siya, the villagers, the gang elites, the homeless and destitute refugees, the injured warriors, and the exhausted normal citizens who had to put out the fire …
Leprosy Village and the lair, the lair and Dragon City, the skyscrapers and alleys, the fighting fortresses and broken walls …
Everyone narrowed their eyes like Meng Chao and extended their hands to enjoy the light that might have been brief but was infinitely warm.
…
To all Dragon Citizens, the past seventy-two hours were the longest seventy-two hours in the past ten years.
Before the ruckus caused by the Deification Capsule serial robberies could die down, dozens of new cities, mines, settlements, and forward operating bases at the perimeter of Dragon City were surrounded by the monster horde.
And when the main force of the Red Dragon Army and the mega corporations rushed to the frontlines at the perimeter of the city to fight, Dragon City, which had relatively few fighting forces, was in chaos.
First, a large number of insect-type monsters with the ability to fly formed a dense insect swarm that attacked the anti-aircraft machine gun bases on the skyscrapers.
The dense net of fire from the anti-aircraft machine guns could tear apart most of the flying-type monsters.
But they could not do much to the small insect-type monsters. Their damage was low, and they wasted a lot of ammunition for no reason. Besides, the machine guns were destroyed one after another.
Once the insect-type monsters tore hundreds of cracks in the dense net of fire that covered the sky, it was the large flying-type monsters' turn to attack.
The monsters' intellect increased at a terrifying speed during the war against humans.
In the past, flying-type monsters usually flew horizontally at a low altitude and invaded the city from outside. Before they could reach their target, they would be torn apart by the dozens of fire nets that covered each other.
But now, after biochemical modifications, their wings became wider, and their flesh became sturdier. They could withstand even lower temperatures and thinner air. After they evolved, flying-type monsters could fly beyond the maximum shooting range of the anti-aircraft machine guns. Then, from a high altitude, they would dive down at an angle that was practically perpendicular to the ground.
This sort of attack was like an underground penetrator. Even though it went against the hunting instincts of living creatures, their attack speed was incredibly fast.
However, the speed of the attack was extremely fast, and the area of impact was extremely small. Also, as long as the speed was raised to the maximum, even if they were really killed, their bodies that were as hard as iron would still bombard the anti-aircraft machine gun positions and densely populated streets under the effect of inertia. They would be like meteorites falling from the sky, causing great damage to humans.
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