Killing Machines

Li Changan was actually surprised that the so-called safe place was so close to the Trials Facility.

After the apocalypse, the united federation had been troubled over which country's laws to adopt, and finally decided through voting to take the essence and get rid of the dregs, and combine the laws of various countries.

Information protection was listed as a key project. After all, personal power had come on stage and become an important chip that could influence political affairs. Everyone had become fond of concealing their abilities, especially prominent figures.

Trading information was illegal, expressly prohibited. Once discovered, arrests could be made without a warrant, but these guys were actually near the most heavily guarded Trials Facility. The intrigue aroused people's imagination.

After entering a relatively hidden room, Long Da, the self-proclaimed boss, closed the door, and the noisy sounds from the street suddenly disappeared.

There were two other people in the room, copying something at a desk.

Long Da picked up some papers from the desk, flicked off the cigarette ash on them, and laughed, "Brother, the information on the top three is all here. Sharing via ID cards has the risk of leakage, so we only have paper documents here."

"The three people with the highest win rate, each person's fighting style and characteristics are all here. New customer discount, I'll give it to you for 70,000. If you want more detailed information, that's also possible, but it will cost extra."

I only have 80,000 on me, Li Changan smiled slightly. "You're not giving me a new customer discount. Rather, it's peel them for all they're worth."

"Oh, brother is a smart man." Long Da didn't hide it anymore. "Everyone knows that going into the Trials means certain death. These people in the information will be dead soon and there won't be a second chance to sell their information. I can only earn this money once, so how can I give a low price?"

"But for those going to their deaths, this could be life-saving information. Brother, give me a clear answer, do you want it or not?"

Li Changan smiled helplessly. "Of course I want it. But I don't like your price. 30,000 will do, including their weaknesses discovered through research, their usual habits and hobbies, everything that can be exploited."

"Pfft." Long Da laughed angrily. He pointed at the door, "I won't do business with you. Leaving with resentment wouldn't be good, so please leave on your own and don't cause yourself trouble."

Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open forcefully. Li Changan was looking up at the ceiling at this time, and was shoved aside heavily by someone, crashing into the wall.

The nearly two meter tall dark-skinned man tossed Li Changan aside like swatting a fly, throwing him to the side, and said in a low, muffled voice, "Where's the information I wanted?"

"It's all here." Long Da instantly put on a different face, obsequiously taking out a thick stack of documents from the side and handing them over. "The complete information on the top three, their birthdays, hobbies, fighting habits, all their possible weaknesses are listed here, totaling one million. Deducting the deposit you paid, you still need to give me 300,000."

The big man flipped through the documents in his hand, nodded, and threw over a plain-looking black bag.

Long Da opened it to see that it contained exactly 300,000 in cash, printed with special meta-ability counterfeiting prevention, so they couldn't be fake.

"Have a safe trip." Long Da grinned, this kind of business with these people was smooth sailing.

The big man didn't say a word, and was about to leave. He frowned and lowered his head to see the boy who had been tossed aside earlier blocking his way.

"Don't rush to leave." Li Changan moved his shoulders, "You bumped into me earlier. Don't you want to apologize and offer some compensation?"

"Heh heh, what compensation do you want?" The big man let out a cold laugh, then immediately struck out with a fist the size of a human head.

As the big man's fist came crashing down, Li Changan stepped forward half a step, his fingers pointed like a sword.

The fist landed on Li Changan's right shoulder with a clear cracking sound of bone breaking, but Li Changan used this chance to get near the big man, his left hand pierced through the gap in the big man's ribs, two fingers clasping one of his left ribs, and forcibly pulled outward and out.

With a crisp sound of bone snapping, Li Changan was holding a broken rib in his hand, gripped like a dagger.

The big man let out a muffled grunt, his face ferocious. His hands slapped in from both sides towards Li Changan's head. If these blows landed, it would surely be a scene of Li Changan's head exploding like a watermelon. At the same time, a layer of earth-colored armor slowly condensed around the exterior of the big man's body.

"Earth armor, what a pity, too slow." Li Changan crouched and dodged to the side, holding the rib.

He stabbed the rib into the big man's armpit, accurately piercing the axillary artery. Before the big man could react, Li Changan withdrew the rib, avoiding the spurting blood. He bent his knees and leapt up, driving the rib through the big man's jaw and all the way into his brain.

"An earth-type metahuman actually didn't protect his head and heart first when engaging in hand-to-hand combat. Too weak." The fight ended in an instant. Li Changan rubbed his slightly sore shoulder, silently watching the big man fall backwards.

The blood spurted like a fountain, staining half the wall red.

Crouching down, he snatched the documents from the not yet completely dead big man's hand. Li Changan used his sleeve to wipe off the spots of blood that had splashed on it, casually flipping through to make sure the blood stains wouldn't affect reading it, before turning to leave. As he closed the door, he started taking off his coat.

A killing machine! He didn't even display any meta-abilities, just relying on his physical capabilities to kill a Class A metahuman, and one with the strongest defense - an earth-type!

Uncontrollable fear rose in Long Da's heart. After mixing in the black market for many years, he now felt his hands and feet go cold.

"Investigate, quickly investigate for me. This guy must be the dark horse this year!" It was as if Long Da saw the god of fortune beckoning to him. Lowering his head to look at the corpse on the ground, he frowned. "Can't stay here, set fire to burn this place down. Let's move locations, and bring the Undertaker's ID card to transfer out his money."

His subordinates started getting busy. Long Da walked out of the room and carefully dialed a number on his phone.

"Boss, I've discovered a dark horse. We can make a huge profit!"

On the other end, Li Changan threw his coat into a roadside trash can connected to the city's waste decomposition tunnels. Unless it was special waste, it would directly enter the decomposition tunnels.

The documents he held were worth a million, but he had already memorized all of it...and also saved it in his phone album. Just relying on his brain wouldn't be good for remembering it all clearly, and he wouldn't waste the documents either.

Others paid a million, he only paid fifty thousand. There's no way he wouldn't be able to resell it!

With his small backpack on his back, Li Changan walked into the Trials Facility and stopped at the registration counter.

"Registering for the trials?" The girl at the registration desk glanced up and then quickly lowered her head again - this guy looks so scary!

"Yes." Li Changan nodded. It was always the same process every time.

"Name?"

"Li Changan, Changan meaning long-lasting peace."

"Age?"

"Twenty-nine years old."

"Do you want to disclose your type and rank?"

"Enhancement-type metahuman, no need for the rest."

"Do you need lodging and meals provided?"

"Yes, no non-smoking room, windows not facing the main street. For meals, no spicy food, no coriander, celery, carrots."

"...Okay."

You think this is a hotel? But the pitiful girl could only keep her thoughts to herself. This man looked too fierce, best to finish the registration quickly so he would leave.