Give Me Money

The cold metal walls glowed with a faint blue light.

Inside the interrogation room...

Ye Chuan sat boldly in the chair originally meant for the interrogator, his legs casually propped up on the desk.

Floating around him were various particle cameras the size of dust motes, but he paid them no mind.

Lin Xi, who should have been sitting across from him, stood on the other side of the desk. Her hands tightly gripped the hem of her clothes, her face written with frustration and helplessness.

After Ye Chuan had flattened Nai Guo with a single move just moments ago, none of the Extraordinaries in District Seven dared to take another step forward.

In the end, Lin Xi had to bite the bullet and approach him, bringing him to the law enforcement branch's interrogation room according to his demands—or more accurately, she was escorted here by him.

"Name."

Ye Chuan lifted his eyelids, his tone as flat as if he were asking what she had for dinner.

"Lin Xi," she answered through gritted teeth, having cursed Ye Chuan eight hundred times in her head.

She was the one who was supposed to be interrogating this dangerous element who had illegally crossed the border and injured an S-class hero. Instead, the roles were reversed, and she had become the one being interrogated.

"Home address?"

"37 Starlight Avenue, District Seven."

"Age."

"23."

"Measurements."

"86, 58, 8... Wait!" Lin Xi suddenly snapped out of it, her face instantly flushing red as she slammed her hand on the desk. "Why are you asking that?! I'm the one who should be interrogating you!"

Ye Chuan raised an eyebrow. An invisible, oppressive aura instantly enveloped the entire interrogation room. Lin Xi felt as if a thousand-pound boulder was pressing against her chest, making even breathing difficult.

She subconsciously took a step back, pressing her back against the cold metal wall.

"Young lady, do you have the qualifications to interrogate me?" Ye Chuan smiled. "That guy in the golden suit from earlier was the strongest one you have here, right? I took him down in one move. How many moves do you think your entire branch combined could take from me?"

Lin Xi's lips moved, but she couldn't utter a single word.

He was right; what right did she have to interrogate him?

The strength of the man before her had already exceeded all the Federation's rating standards for Extraordinaries.

Even the S-class hero Nai Guo was instantly defeated by him in one strike. The entirety of District Seven combined probably wouldn't be enough for him to fight with one hand.

If they really pissed him off, the entire branch, and perhaps even the whole of District Seven, would be reduced to ashes in an instant.

And she didn't even fully understand what kind of power this man possessed.

In the blink of an eye, people fell, and equipment was gone.

Just then, the suppressed voice of the Bureau Chief came through the micro-communicator in Lin Xi's ear, carrying a trace of imperceptible tension:

"Lin Xi, stall him! Whatever you do, do not anger him! Headquarters' satellites cannot detect any particle fluctuations from him; his threat level has been upgraded to Apocalyptic!"

"The higher-ups said to try your best to satisfy whatever he wants. As long as he doesn't cause destruction, anything goes!"

"Apocalyptic?!"

Lin Xi's heart sank heavily.

She knew what that rating meant.

In the three thousand years since the Federation's founding, the threat level had only been set to Apocalyptic a handful of times, and each time had nearly led to the annihilation of their entire civilization.

She took a deep breath, suppressing the shock and fear in her heart, and forced out a smile at Ye Chuan that looked worse than crying:

"I apologize for my rudeness. I will tell you whatever you want to know."

Ye Chuan shook his head. "I still prefer your rebellious attitude from just now."

"You!" Lin Xi took a deep breath, ultimately smiling as she said, "Oh, boss, please stop teasing me."

Ye Chuan waved his hand, retracting his oppressive aura.

Lin Xi instantly felt her body lighten. She gasped heavily for air, her back already drenched in cold sweat.

"Forget it, you should have been like this from the start." Ye Chuan leaned back in the chair and continued asking, "Where is this place? What year is it?"

"This is District Seven of the New Century Federation, and it is currently the year 3722 of the Star Calendar," Lin Xi answered honestly.

"Star Calendar?"

"Yes. A long time ago, a massive outbreak of space-time rifts occurred. Countless alien beasts and mutants flooded the planet, and the civilization of the old era was destroyed."

"The surviving humans established the New Century Federation and uniformly adopted the Star Calendar," Lin Xi explained.

"Later, humanity combined the technology, civilization, and special powers of the old era to develop our current superhuman-tech civilization."

"Now we have stepped beyond our planet, expanding our territories across numerous galaxies and fighting against alien races in what we call the Infinite Starfield."

Ye Chuan stroked his chin, deep in thought.

Space-time rifts...

Are they the rifts from where I'm from?

Or something else?

"Regarding these space-time rifts you mentioned, do people from other worlds often come through them?"

"Very rarely." Lin Xi nodded. "Some powerful Extraordinaries might accidentally tear space during combat, or get swept away by space-time turbulence, and then appear in other starfields or other worlds."

"But the probability of that is extremely low, smaller than the chance of a person getting hit by a meteor while walking down the street. Moreover, most of the people who cross over either end up dying in the space-time turbulence."

She paused, looking at Ye Chuan cautiously. "Are you... are you really from another world?"

"Mhm." Ye Chuan nodded, speaking half-truths. "I come from a place called the Tianxuan Continent. I was just fighting someone and accidentally tore through space. When I came to my senses, I appeared here."

Lin Xi fell silent.

Only a top-tier powerhouse from another higher-level world could possess such terrifying strength.

Within the Infinite Starfield, District Seven was nothing more than a minor, insignificant presence. Normally, they would never provoke higher-level, higher-dimensional entities.

In her heart, she silently stamped Ye Chuan with an Uncontainable label, while secretly rejoicing that she hadn't actually tried to fight him earlier.

"Then, do you have any purpose in coming here?" Lin Xi probed carefully.

"No purpose." Ye Chuan threw his hands up. "Just taking a casual stroll."

He did not mention Ke Ning's name.

Before figuring out the situation in this world, he didn't want to drag Ke Ning into it.

Furthermore, from the looks of it, Ke Ning's technological level was much higher than this city's; she was probably from another planet.

"A casual stroll..."

"Then... is there anything else you need?" Lin Xi asked cautiously.

The Bureau Chief had said that as long as he didn't cause destruction, they could agree to any request.

Ye Chuan thought for a moment and said, "First, give me a detailed dossier on this world. From history to geography, from the Extraordinary system to the social structure, the more detailed, the better."

"Second, find me a place to stay. And finally, get me some money."

"That's it?" Lin Xi couldn't quite believe it. She had thought Ye Chuan would make some outrageous demands, but she hadn't expected it to be so simple.

"That's it." Ye Chuan nodded. "What? Is there a problem?"

"No problem! No problem!" Lin Xi hurriedly shook her head, terrified that Ye Chuan might change his mind. "I will get it done for you immediately!"

"I'll make a copy of the files for you right away. As for a place to stay, our branch office has a vacant villa up on the hilltop. The surroundings are fantastic—it's absolutely quiet, and no one will disturb you."

"As for money, I'll transfer one million Alliance Credits to you first. Just let me know if you need more!"