Chapter 112: Chapter 112: Car Superpower User
After booting Liu Zicai out, Ding Ling immediately switched to a beaming smile and pounced towards Lin Xue’s direction, excitedly exclaiming, “That’s fantastic! Little Xue, I heard the news a few days ago and thought you were… Thank goodness you’re alright… ”
Question: What are the chances of hitting a Prophet in a direct attack?
Answer: Are you kidding me?
Naturally, after Lin Xue dodged with an unchanged expression, Ding Ling missed and crashed sideways into the back of the sofa. Then, under the influence of inertia, she lost her balance, tumbled over the sofa, and awkwardly sprawled on the floor like an octopus.
A sequence of moves with a difficulty coefficient of nine point zero and a comedic factor of five pluses.
We watched, dumbstruck, as Lin Xue’s skill in messing with people truly lived up to its reputation. Perhaps tormenting everyone she knew had become this girl’s ultimate life goal?
Ding Ling quietly lay on the floor for a while, then leapt up with a whoosh, making another clawing lunge at Lin Xue, only to be effortlessly held back by the head. Shorter than Lin Xue by a head, she could only flail her arms and legs helplessly while being pinned down.
“Alright, alright,” Lin Xue said with a hint of resignation, “You’re two years older than me; can’t you act a bit more mature?”
I, along with everyone else, feigned shock.
Lin Xue, of course, knew what we were thinking. As she pinned Ding Ling on the sofa, she pointed at her and said, “Don’t be fooled by her fifteen- or sixteen-year-old looks; she’s actually two years older than me, and she’s an extraordinary genius girl. But because of her eternally youthful character, I can’t help but see her as a little sister.”
“Hmph, it’s because this miss has natural beauty and was born with an eternally young golden body; you’re just jealous~~~”
“The world is truly wonderful,” I said.
“Humans are truly wonderful,” Sandora said.
“Carbon-based life is truly wonderful,” Asida & Asidora chimed in unison.
“Grr… ah…” Little Baobao expressed her confusion in an unintelligible Martian language.
“Little Xue, who are they?” Ding Ling finally settled down after several suppressions by Lin Xue and pointed at us with an expression as if she had just noticed other people were present.
She was truly a friend of Lin Xue’s! Such a subtle display of ignorance had reached the pinnacle of perfection!
“They are some friends I’ve made recently,” Lin Xue said, then pointed at us, introducing everyone one by one.
“There’s even a princess?!” When Ding Ling heard about Sandora’s identity, her eyes widened in astonishment. After staring at Sandora for a long while with amazement, she finally had a realization, exclaiming, “Ah, that’s right, I saw it on TV! A princess, Little Xue, you’re incredible! To be able to associate with such legendary figures! I didn’t expect to meet a princess in person… and a living one at that! Uh… my apologies… ”
“Don’t worry about it.” Sandora maintained a proper smile, her noble demeanor and royal halo dazzlingly prominent. Except for the absence of a crown on her head, she looked just like a queen incognito mingling with the common folk—you’d never guess that just moments ago, this princess managed to finish off an assortment of pastries meant for three on her own…
“It’s really a princess!” Ding Ling was captivated by Sandora’s noble air and said with eyes gleaming with gold, “She must be rich and powerful, right?”
Why do I feel like Ding Ling’s train of thought is going slightly off track?
Ding Ling continued to stare at Sandora with shining eyes, then with a radiant smile, she said, “Your Highness, there’s an old Chinese saying that meeting is fate. The fact that we could encounter each other in the Sahara today is truly a tremendous destiny. Could you, in honor of this fateful meeting, grant me the title of Countess? If there’s an issue with nationality, you could just bestow on me ten or eight billion in spending money instead… ”
“If this is what Lin Xue meant by ‘taking advantage of small perks’ when she introduced us,” I can only say that the behavior of bumping into a princess and plucking two hairs for a collection has truly gone beyond the scope of seeking minor advantages…
Even Sandora couldn’t help but inwardly sigh at how humans are a species that’s incredibly difficult to comprehend.
Of course, Lin Xue couldn’t let Ding Ling continue with such nonsense. Although Sandora was currently a neutral and friendly unit, most members of the Xyrin Apostles were incomprehensible fanatics and war mongers. Sandora’s prestige and status within the Xyrin Apostles were no joke. Ding Ling, this reckless girl, with her unacceptable joking around, could very well kick off some melodramatic ‘Star Wars’ scenario under these nonsensical circumstances…
Ding Ling still wanted to exchange a few quips with Sandora, but Lin Xue covered her mouth and gave us an awkward smile, “Don’t mind her, she’s been since childhood.”
We chuckled in understanding and collectively sighed at the thought that there really are all sorts of people in the world. At the same time, we found it quite unbelievable that such a brash and loud individual could actually be an older sister figure to Lin Xue, being two years her senior.
“Please, stop talking all at once… I’ll go crazy if this goes on…” Lin Xue said, holding her head in misery.
“That’s why I say carbon-based life forms are really too fragile,” Sandora commented, “Just a few people establishing a spiritual connection with you at the same time and you can’t take it. If it were a typical Xyrin Apostle, the mental bandwidth would at least be in the triple digits…”
Of course, the above conversation took place on a mental level, and Ding Ling just saw Lin Xue suddenly clutching her head and glaring at us, unable to guess what had just happened.
“By the way, Little Xue,” Ding Ling suddenly put on a serious expression that was incongruous with her appearance yet fitting for her age, “How come you’re here? I received a message…”
She stopped there, knowing Lin Xue understood what she meant, but that some things couldn’t be said in front of us outsiders.
Hmm, actually, we understood her meaning even better than she did…
“Just say it here, because this matter is somewhat related to us as well.”
Sandora’s voice suddenly echoed in Ding Ling’s mind, and with that, she yelped and jumped three feet in the air.
Following Ding Ling’s scream, the cups in front of us also cracked with a “pop,” shattering and sending various beverages flying in all directions—undoubtedly, Ding Ling’s scream had mixed in some sort of ultrasonic waves, but according to common sense, aren’t ultrasonic waves inaudible? Which means, in fact, for Ding Ling to emit ultrasonic waves, she still needed to use normal sound as an aid?
I calmly pondered this question.
Alright, I admit, being in a drenched chicken state at the moment isn’t really suitable for such a serious analysis…
Sandora still maintained her elegant smile, but I could already clearly sense the swirling black mist and burgeoning resentment behind her. This girl was harmlessly joyous in front of me, but towards Ding Ling, a stranger, she had transitioned into her queen mode. Based on Sandora’s current reaction, the just-occurred event had surpassed the level of international incidents and escalated to a confrontation between cosmic civilizations…
Fortunately, Qianqian responded quickly and cleaned up the scene before Sandora erupted, restoring our beverages and the surrounding glass shards to their original state as if the movie were being rewound miraculously.
For some very understandable reasons, Sandora, who normally disdained everyone, was somewhat frightened of and even deliberately tried to please Qianqian. Seeing that even Qianqian didn’t seem to care, she quickly retracted her hostility.
Ding Ling stood there, dumbstruck.
Lin Xue stepped forward, patted Ding Ling on the shoulder to bring her back to reality, and then pointed at us, “They are all superpower users, and they’re planning to get in touch with the organization soon, so just speak your mind…”
“Are all… superpower users?”
Ding Ling still seemed to be having trouble wrapping her head around it, staring at us as if we were rare animals. No wonder, as superpower users were a scarce resource in the world, and those with practical abilities were all the rarer—there were only about twenty real superpower users in the entire Superpower Organization, the rest were just some trained members slightly stronger than ordinary people. Those with only minor auxiliary abilities could hardly be considered superpower users, as their powers were useless for missions. Yet suddenly, she was faced with a whole group of superpower users, an event as unbelievable as Spiderman dropping from the sky onto the street in front of her.