At this moment, Old Bai snatched up the smoking shell of the smoke grenade from the ground and threw it back out the door, temporarily blocking the line of sight from outside.
The few of them could no longer go out.
"Everyone get down! Find cover!"
Liu Zheng's commanding voice rang out in the chaos. He pressed the struggling Lin Huaimin down under a lab bench in the corner, while roaring at a pale, terrified student, "If you don't want to die, hide under the desk and cover your head!"
Hearing the gunshots, the ordinary people couldn't care less about any ancient texts. They could only scurry like rats with their heads in their hands, frantically looking for any place to hide their bodies.
Amidst the chaos, only Xia Zhi remained completely calm.
As the strongest fighter in the team, she didn't rush up immediately like Old Bai. Instead, she leaned behind a row of heavy bookshelves, calmly observing the movement at the door, her ears twitching slightly to catch every subtle sound.
"It's a cloning technique, which means the enemy can bring a lot of people in at once, and all of them are fearless cannon fodder."
Her voice clearly reached the ears of Liu Zheng and Old Bai. "We have to use the Five Thunders Talisman sparingly. We don't have many of these things left."
"Got it," Liu Zheng responded in a deep voice. He had already drawn his gun, aiming vigilantly toward the door.
Dead silence.
The three of them tacitly hid behind cover, not acting rashly.
They were all waiting, waiting for Lin Mo, waiting for backup.
Stall. As long as they dragged it out, the scales of victory would tip in their favor.
Obviously, the people from Secret Intelligence Division Ten were already getting anxious.
The enemy seemed to know this as well. In the smoke-filled corridor, two blurry figures, one in front and one behind, launched a simultaneous surprise attack from two doors.
"Here they come!" Old Bai growled.
However, the moment the one in front rushed in, Old Bai relied on his cover and fired three shots.
Three bursts, every shot hitting flesh. That clone didn't even utter a groan. Three clouds of dust exploded from its chest, and it dissipated on the spot.
The one at the back door fared even worse.
Liu Zheng didn't even bat an eyelid, as if the heavy smoke and thick door panels were non-existent to him.
He simply aimed carefully in one direction and pulled the trigger.
Pfft.
With a soft sound, the bullet accurately pierced through the smoke, hitting a figure hidden within.
Although his ability was reconnaissance-based, cloning techniques had absolutely no effect on him.
He could clearly distinguish the enemy's position, even in the smoke.
"Fuck, I don't believe he can keep cloning forever!" Old Bai cursed through gritted teeth as he checked the remaining bullets in his magazine.
"He probably doesn't believe our bullets are infinite either."
Liu Zheng patted his last remaining magazine. His tone was flat, but it instantly made the atmosphere heavy. Their real firepower and spare ammo were all locked in the car downstairs.
As soon as he finished speaking, a sudden change occurred!
A sharp piercing sound suddenly rang out. It was no longer a probing clone, but a fatal killing move!
Several invisible wind blades tore through the smoke, slicing even the concrete walls like tofu. Amidst flying rubble, they slashed straight towards Old Bai's face!
"Holy shit! Why the fuck is it me again?"
Old Bai's scalp instantly went numb. Without time to think, he did an extremely ungraceful donkey roll, barely dodging the vital areas, but he was still hit by the wind blade.
If it weren't for the protection of his jade pendant, he would probably be dead already.
It wasn't over yet!
More wind blades followed one after another, completely ignoring the fact that they might hurt Lin Huaimin. It was clear they wanted to shred both the people and the cover together.
"The books! The books!" Lin Huaimin shouted wildly, only to be kicked straight back by Liu Zheng.
Xia Zhi looked at the jade pendant on Old Bai's chest, which had noticeably dimmed, and her eyes narrowed.
She took a deep breath, her gaze sweeping between Liu Zheng and Old Bai.
"My jade pendant is basically unconsumed. I'll go take care of that guy named Su Liu!"
Her voice was not loud, but it revealed an unquestionable resolve.
"Don't be reckless!"
Liu Zheng's face changed drastically. Just as he reached out to pull her back, Xia Zhi lunged out from behind the cover like a cheetah, instantly disappearing into the smoke.
Rushing out of the smoke, the field of vision suddenly opened up.
The moment she came out, Xia Zhi saw a yellow-skinned man leaning against the stair railing, watching her leisurely with a cat-and-mouse teasing look in his eyes.
Su Liu.
Seeing Xia Zhi, he didn't even change his posture, merely raising his hand disdainfully.
In an instant, Xia Zhi felt the skin all over her body prickling. The surrounding air seemed to turn into countless invisible knives, scraping towards her from all directions.
She couldn't dodge!
Xia Zhi made an instant judgment in her heart. She simply abandoned all thoughts of dodging, planted her legs firmly on the spot, and raised the gun in her hand.
There was no scope, only a pair of eyes as calm as still water.
She pulled the trigger.
There was no muzzle flash, no roar, not even a trace of sound.
An invisible bullet, formed purely from condensed spiritual energy, roared toward Su Liu's head at a speed far exceeding the speed of sound.
The caliber of this bullet was comparable to a .50.
Almost at the same time, countless wind blades slashed fiercely onto Xia Zhi's body.
Hum!
The jade pendant on her chest erupted with an unprecedentedly brilliant light, blocking all the fatal cuts.
However, the terrifying kinetic energy attached to the wind blades could not be completely negated.
Boom!
With a loud bang, Xia Zhi was slammed fiercely against the wall behind her by a massive force. The sturdy wall cracked inch by inch like a spider web.
Her internal organs felt as if they were dislocated. A sweet taste rose in her throat, and she almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
The severe pain made Xia Zhi's vision go dark in waves. She could clearly feel that the jade pendant on her body seemed to let out a wail of being overwhelmed.
It seemed the power inside was exhausted.
Otherwise, the remaining impacts should have been offset as well.
But her eyes stared fixedly, intensely at the direction of the staircase.
That shot should have hit, but was the enemy... dead?
Her blurry vision focused.
Xia Zhi clearly saw a gaping hole in the chest of the banana man standing by the stairs.
Blood poured out from the large hole.
"It worked! I have a jade pendant, what do you have!"
Xia Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and slumped onto the ground.
However, in the next second, a dark-skinned man walked down the stairs.
That was Cam, the one using the cloning technique.
But Xia Zhi couldn't lift her body. She wasn't exactly exhausted, but her injuries were quite severe.
Cam glanced at Su Liu and sneered, "Heh."
Then he raised his muzzle and aimed at Xia Zhi.
Just as he pulled the trigger, a flash of light flickered past.
Cam dissipated on the spot. Before dissipating, he couldn't even see who had made the move.
Of course, this was just a clone.
Hiding upstairs, Cam felt something was wrong. He didn't hesitate to shout into his earpiece to his remaining comrades, "Retreat! Retreat immediately!"
"Copy! Co..."
Before the sentence was finished, it stopped abruptly. Cam tore off his earpiece and rushed upstairs.
He had to run!
But before he could even take two steps.
A figure was already standing in front of him.
"Where do you think you're going?"
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
