Tick, tick, tick, tick....
The sound of the clock.
When Chen Feiyang woke up, it was already late afternoon.
He slowly struggled to open his eyes on the hospital bed, with his groggy head looking around.
Everything around was white; it was obvious he was in a hospital ward.
There was a person standing by the ward.
A tall man in a black trench coat.
Short hair, long legs, eyes very calm.
"Ah! It’s you! You saved !"
Chen Feiyang sat up from the hospital bed.
"With your physique, you can’t be an adapter."
Lin Xin leaned against the wall, holding a phone in his hand, smiling at the kid.
"Adapter.... It’s okay. If it weren’t for my poor basic combat skills, those two guys, I’m not bragging! Three moves! Just three moves!"
Chen Feiyang started boasting without blushing again.
"You attend classes at Dongxing Academy?"
Lin Xin interrupted him with a question.
"Yeah. How do you know? Benefactor."
Chen Feiyang paused, looking at the other with doubt.
"It’s written on your student ID." Lin Xin magically produced a white card with Chen Feiyang’s na and photo.
"Dongxing Academy Control System Year One Class Two, Chen Feiyang."
Lin Xin read the words one by one.
Chen Feiyang didn’t respond imdiately.
As soon as he saw the man in black, his mind imdiately recalled the clean and extrely swift punch and kick from before.
Even with his D-grade basic combat skill, he could tell that the man in front had very strong combat abilities.
After all, when he ’fought’ those two thugs earlier, they were at least C-grade level.
He slowly got out of bed.
"Benefactor, may I know your surna? For saving , Chen Feiyang, I’ll surely repay you soday!"
He said earnestly.
Lin Xin listened to the kid speaking in a strange and awkward tone, not knowing where he learned it, yet he smoothly said it without caring.
"I saved you, how do you plan to repay then?" he asked casually with a smile.
Chen Feiyang chuckled.
"Benefactor, I’m destined to be a general or commander in the future; asking to repay you now is wasting your goodwill.
You saved , which ans you invested in . This kind of investnt, you don’t take it out right after putting it in, do you?
Especially soone with potential like , I’ll surely succeed and then repay you, isn’t that a big profit?"
He boasted while feeling guilty, secretly rembering to find a way to repay this life-saving favor soday.
Lin Xin watched the kid speak, blushing himself a bit.
He could see that he was a kind-hearted fellow; otherwise, he wouldn’t rush in to save two unknown girls.
The kid seed sly on the surface, but he truly kept the life-saving gratitude in his heart.
"Dongxing Academy... What’s your basic combat grade?"
Lin Xin suddenly jumped to a question.
"Uh... D...." Chen Feiyang was stunned for a mont and then blurted out his score.
"D huh...."
Lin Xin stroked his chin.
The faint aura from this kid sparked his interest, perhaps leading to more profound insights into this world.
"Do you want to learn combat from ?"
Chen Feiyang was montarily stunned, then his eyes opened wide.
Bang!
He prostrated on the floor imdiately.
"Master!!!"
Even Lin Xin didn’t expect him to call him Master right away.
That speed.... That action.... Didn’t seem like the first ti!
Waiting for the kid to lift his head, Lin Xin looked at him speechless.
"How many masters do you have?"
"Uh.... Ingenious Institute has five more...."
Chen Feiyang leaked the truth as soon as he spoke.
Indeed.
Lin Xin covered his forehead, knowing this kid was awfully good at taking advantage of situations.
He knew the Ingenious Institute; it was a well-known retirent ho in the city, and to find five masters there was puzzling on how Chen Feiyang managed that.
"But only you and Chen Muren teach combat."
Chen Feiyang quickly explained.
"Chen Muren?" This na sounded like an alias.
Lin Xin wasn’t interested in these petty folks.
"Since you called Master, co to this address every weekend. Try to be early.
If late, don’t bother coming."
He casually wrote an address on a note, tearing it from the newspaper hanging on the wall.
Throwing the note to Chen Feiyang, Lin Xin left the hospital directly.
Took a ride back ho.
No parents were ho, just a pair of pink sneakers at the door.
Lin Xin changed shoes and went inside.
Imdiately heard the sound of bathing from the bathroom.
"Big brother?"
Yang Songyu’s voice ca from the bathroom.
"Back so early? I thought you’d co on the fifth." Lin Xin chuckled, sitting on the sofa.
A bowl of peeled apple slices sat on the coffee table.
"Big brother, did you go practice again?"
"Just getting so exercise."
Lin Xin chuckled. Since childhood, he’d been practicing simple combat techniques to strengthen his body and establish a solid foundation.
With his level of mastery in martial arts, designing a personal guiding technique for training was a piece of cake.
"Did you hear about Dad’s decision?"
Yang Songyu paused before asking.
"Yes, you and Chenchen can just take the shares."
Lin Xin replied indifferently.
"No way! The share that belongs to you, no one can take it away."
Yang Songyu quickly said.
"I ca back early this ti because of that."
"Yongxing City has been quite chaotic lately, try not to go out much and stay safe." Lin Xin changed the topic.
"Don’t change the subject, I’m serious." Yang Songyu raised her voice. "Even if Mom and Dad didn’t prepare anything for you, I’d give you half of my share."
"Okay, okay." Lin Xin’s nonchalant attitude frustrated Yang Songyu.
But she knew her older brother had always been independent since they were young. Just like before, after testing and finding out he wasn’t a suitable energy user, he stopped reading related books and instead focused entirely on his martial arts and fitness techniques.
In a technological era, no matter how strong martial arts beco, it’s still flesh and blood, easily taken down by a single shot.
How could it compare to an original energy user or chanical soldier?
They all just assud he was exercising since they were young.
But now that he’s older, he’s still absorbed in his exercises every day, either reading or training.
There’s no thought given to his future livelihood and developnt. It’s sowhat disappointing.
Yang Songyu was also helpless.
She ca back this ti with a mission.
Yongxing City has recently seen a spike in criminal activity, much higher in frequency and scale than before.
The higher-ups suspect so organization is behind it, so they dispatched an original energy user to investigate.
And she, along with two other suitable participants, were essentially interns, out to assist the investigation.
But she didn’t expect to hear about this share dispute upon returning.
It’s unfathomable that her big brother wouldn’t receive any of Dad’s company shares!
"Big brother, do you think this is that fool Lao Er’s doing?"
She suddenly considered a possibility.
"It’s fine, it has nothing to do with him." Lin Xin replied helplessly.
The saying is that like charges repel each other. Although Lao Er and Lao San have similar personalities, Yang Songyu is particularly annoyed by Yang Chen.
Perhaps because they chose the sa path, making the differences more apparent.
Since childhood, Yang Songyu either struck or cursed at her second brother Yang Chen, often bullying him into tears.
Yet, despite everything, Yang Chen developed a sense of admiration and awe for her.
"Dad’s decision is for my own good, don’t worry about it."
Lin Xin didn’t want to say more and directly suppressed the topic.
"You must have a mission on this return, right?"
"You!" Yang Songyu was sowhat frustrated but helpless.
"There’s a mission. Yongxing City has an organization at work behind the scenes. The higher-ups dispatched an original energy user to investigate, and I’m one of the assistants."
"They probably want to leverage our family’s influence in Yongxing City to speed up the investigation. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have brought you along." Lin Xin analyzed, "Try not to rush out foolishly on your own."
"Don’t worry."
In the bathroom, Yang Songyu tilted her head, letting the hot water stream down her face. She wiped her face with her hand, opened her eyes, and revealed a sharp and confident gaze.
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Night.
Earth Star Building.
The dark skyscraper stood silently on the edge of the bustling city center fountain square.
At midnight, the large clock in the center of the building slowly pointed to three o’clock.
Dong, dong, dong.
Three continuous chis.
In the quiet city center streets, suddenly, a blurry shadow rose into the alley almost devoid of people.
The shadow leaped onto the side wall of the Earth Star Building, climbing rapidly like a spider.
At that mont, a series of rotating surveillance caras turned away, creating a blind spot.
The shadow rushed up and quickly reached the thirty-second floor.
With a crisp click, a piece of glass was gently removed and placed aside.
The shadow darted into the floor, landing in a spacious office.
The office was a manager’s office, with a black wooden desk, a bookcase, a desktop computer, and a green safe in the corner.
The shadow squatted silently in front of the safe, a segnt of pale green fla extended from its hand, forming a blade, and swiftly sliced through the safe.
Boo! Boo! Boo!!
An ear-piercing alarm imdiately sounded.
The safe was quickly cut open, and the shadow emptied its contents into a black bag it brought along.
The entire figure sped towards the window, gliding down like a giant bat.
"Trying to escape!?"
From the side, a white figure shot in quickly, crashing into the shadow.
The two swiftly engaged, with close-range dagger-like weapons drawing dangerous arcs.
The shadow’s dagger was incredibly fast, with a faint poisonous green glow.
Each swing of the white-clad figure’s dagger was accompanied by a loud explosion sound, wielding great power.
After exchanging blows briefly, the shadow found it difficult to break away, growing slightly anxious as alarms blared all around and a host of chanical police were flying in via hovercraft.
With a backward roll, the shadow dodged a slash from the white-clad figure, then reach behind to turn a knob on its chest.
Pa.
The left arm holding the dagger suddenly extended and stretched into a silver-white segnted tal whip, striking fiercely at the white-clad figure.
The suddenly extended tal whip caught the white-clad figure off guard, striking its waist.
With an explosive sound, a translucent energy shield appeared over the white-clad figure, but it still broke.
The figure grunted, falling from mid-air.
The shadow chuckled, retracting the tal whip back into a hand, then turned and swiftly flew into the distance, disappearing into the night sky in monts.
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