Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Unlucky Criminals
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“Alaya, why did you suddenly come to Earth?” After finally recovering from the shock of realizing the other party was an angel, my first question was about why she had come to this world. From Sandora’s description, I knew that the World Arbitration Agency was quite important for a Xyrin Mother Star, and under normal circumstances, these Super Consciousnesses would never leave the Mother Star.
“Alaya has the ability to control the Xyrin Mother Star remotely, so she can leave as she pleases. Considering the difficulty in communication between the Monarch and the Mother Star, Alaya decided to come to Earth and act as a signal base station to enhance the connection between the Monarch and the Mother Star. Machines No. 2 and No. 3 have agreed to this proposal, so Alaya got the chance to come to this world.”
“I see…” I nodded. It seemed like the Xyrin Apostles were making decisions on their own again, but since they were ultimately considering my welfare, I couldn’t really blame them. However, dealing with so many troublesome entities one after another was really giving me a headache…
“Alaya,” I looked at the huge wings gently fluttering behind her, “can you retract your wings?”
“Retract?” Alaya looked at me in confusion, seemingly not understanding the point of my question. But without pondering much, she chose to obey my command. Her massive, pristine wings instantly transformed into countless Light Feathers, gradually dissipating into the air, but the next second, they reformed back onto Alaya.
“I can’t retract them…” Alaya answered honestly.
Sandora tapped her lip with her forefinger, analyzing: “It seems like a special model, it doesn’t have a secondary disguise function…”
Why did Sandora’s words sound so eerie to me?
“Then what should we do? She can’t possibly show herself to others !” I said in frustration. Taking an angel and an unidentified luminous entity out onto the streets was clearly not a reliable idea, just thinking about it.
“Then just don’t let her show herself.” Sandora shrugged nonchalantly, “An Invisibility Field is quite a simple task for a Xyrin Apostle. Models like her pure energy form can hide themselves in synchronous space. At worst, we’ll just keep her invisible from now on.”
“No way!” I immediately objected. “That would be too unfair to her!”
Hearing my words, Sandora first looked at me with slight surprise, then nodded appreciatively, saying, “I didn’t expect you to be even better than I imagined. However, you can rest assured that this girl absolutely won’t care about communicating with carbon-based life forms. For a Xyrin Apostle, only spiritual connections are true communication. I believe the only thing this girl cares about is staying by your side. Whether others know about her existence doesn’t matter to her at all. If you’re worried about her feeling lonely, you can chat with her when no one else is around.”
I turned my head to Alaya and tentatively asked, “Is this okay?”
She softly nodded, then her body gradually turned transparent until she completely vanished into the air. But I could still clearly sense that the angel girl was now flying very close above us.
“Alright, alright!” Sandora stretched with a yawn, “Recovery complete, acquired one little angel. It’s getting late, let’s go back and plan our trip in a few days…”
“Hostile target approaching sister…” Pandora suddenly said in a very mechanical voice.
I was shocked, “What?”
Pandora continued in her mechanical voice, “EX-35 Xyrin Observer reports, hostile target approaching Sister Chen Qian. Enemy threat level zero… Error, based on the ward’s physical condition, reanalyzing threat level… Extremely high!”
The sudden message left me stunned for a second or two. But fortunately, my prolonged exposure to all kinds of abnormal creatures and events had significantly increased my stress tolerance. I quickly calmed down. Since Pandora had preemptively set up Xyrin Observers to protect my sister, a few small fry with zero threat level to Pandora were nothing to fear. Still, I was curious about who would dare to target my sister. We normally didn’t provoke anyone…
“Pandora, who is the closest Xyrin Apostle to my sister right now?”
Pandora’s eyes glowed faintly blue, then she answered, “Connection established. Pandora Army Infantry Assault Team Commander Eckmar is on standby.”
I immediately thought of that poor guy who ended up stuck in a tree and spent a night getting pricked by thorns.
“Have him bring the enemy here—remember, capture them alive!”
In a dark alley, Chen Qian was nervously staring at three suspicious men in front of her.
“Miss, we’ve already told you, we’re friends of Chen Jun. Why don’t you believe us?” the man with the triangle eyes on the left said, attempting a smile that he thought was kind, but it did nothing to hide the malice and viciousness in his eyes. Chen Qian would be a fool to believe him.
“When did Ah Jun ever have friends like you?” Chen Qian pressed down her fear, but her trembling voice still revealed her anxiety. The three men before her were clearly not good people, and it was impossible that they wanted to reunite with her brother. She couldn’t let them find her brother.
However, her own situation was even worse. This was a secluded, dark alley, and it was late at night. It was highly unlikely anyone would pass by here. In K City, where fireworks were loosely regulated, the sounds of firecrackers welcoming the new year were everywhere. Even if she cried for help, it was highly likely her voice would be drowned out by the surrounding noise. At this thought, a wave of despair washed over Chen Qian.
Just a moment ago, she saw something in the eyes of that sinister triangle-eyed man—lust, raw and undisguised lust, as if he could see through her clothes to her naked body. This made Chen Qian even more worried about her situation, but she was more concerned about another person’s safety…
The bald man at the head of the group seemed to have lost his patience. He waved his hand sharply and said in a hoarse voice, “Enough. I’ll be straight with you. Your precious little brother has offended someone he shouldn’t have, and that person wants his life. We are here because of that. If you’re smart, tell us where he is and let us have our fun with you. We’ll let you go. Otherwise, we’ll have our fun first, and then find a way to make you talk…”
The bald man’s words threw Chen Qian into a cold abyss. The thing she feared most had finally happened.
Watching the three men with lecherous grins closing in on her, Chen Qian trembled all over. She knew she wasn’t a match for them. At this moment, she thought of death. It was the only way to protect her dignity and prevent them from finding her brother.
So, Chen Qian closed her eyes, preparing to dash into the cement wall next to her.
But just as she closed her eyes, a piercing scream startled her.
The scream, it seemed to come from the bald man.
Chen Qian cautiously opened her eyes and saw the bald brute, who had been menacing just a moment ago, now writhing on the ground in agony, convulsing violently as if every nerve in his body was being electrocuted.
Behind the bald man stood a burly, stubble-faced man with a stern expression. Chen Qian vaguely remembered him as a security guard from a nearby hotel.
Finally recovering from the shock, the bald man’s two accomplices let out a rage-filled roar and lunged at the burly man.
Two screams followed quickly. The triangle-eyed man and the skinny man who had been glaring at her were now dangling, held by their necks, their arms hanging limp, their bones shattered in an instant.
It seemed like it still wasn’t over. The stranger placed the two moaning men face down on the ground, stunned the bald man who was curled up in a ball, and then lined them up neatly. He pressed his thumb at the back of one man’s neck. The man struggled to get up but his feeble, oxygen-dependent muscles stood no chance against the Xyrin Apostle’s restraint. With a heart-stopping scream, the stranger’s thumb glowed blue, and the thug finally lost consciousness.
Leaving the unconscious bald man aside, the last man still awake was terrified by the strange scene. But before he could react, it was his turn…
After finishing, the burly man stood up, bowed respectfully to the dumbfounded Chen Qian, then effortlessly dragged the three unconscious men, placed them on his shoulders, and leaped onto a roof several meters high as if gravity didn’t exist.
Chen Qian’s legs gave way, and she finally collapsed to the ground.