Volume One, Chapter 53: Why Go to Such Needless Trouble?

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Wei Junliu was startled as well. This seemed different from what he knew. In pursuit of the truth, he followed Xu Hanqing’s direction and ran after her.

“This is between her and me!” Si Junhao’s voice was utterly calm, yet Zhuo Yufeng could hear the anger beneath it.

“Absolutely not. I don’t want to spend my own money. I’m planning to buy a farm in Hawaii.” Austin was notoriously tightfisted. Since he had a share of the spoils, he had no intention of watching his property shrink before his eyes.

Yang Yang was not intimidated. He asked coldly, “Who are you?” His voice sounded steady and icy, almost unlike his own.

Experimenting with a new tactic always required time. Clearly, the Colombians had not yet had the chance to try it, so in the end they would still use overwhelming numbers to attack Panama. If Ford Benjamin could not defeat an enemy like that, then he truly ought to retire.

The pocket of space-time began to collapse slowly. With a tremor, it turned into an indistinct vortex within the shattered river of time and space, insignificant amid the distant cosmic river.

When he returned home, Wei Renwu was still asleep in his room. Yue Ming forcefully opened Wei Renwu’s door and pulled away his quilt.

As Yun Qixi walked down the street, she never relaxed her tightly wound nerves. She always felt that those eyes watching her were still there, somewhere beyond her sight.

That very night, the Equipment Bureau of the Soviet Ministry of Defense contacted the relevant Chinese departments, hoping that all the captured equipment, including the helicopter wreckage, could be handed over to the Soviet Union for processing.

Sensing that something was wrong, Qi Huan was about to make himself scarce when he turned around and collided with Murong He.

The long-tongued monster who had been watching Sasuke suddenly became animated, its tongue flicking in and out more frequently than before.

He said ominously, “Brother Bai Zongnan, what you’re doing is taking things a little too far, don’t you think?”

“You really are an excellent salesman.” Wang Ye emerged from the illusory-reality space, paid the money, and sighed with admiration.

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As the smoke cleared, only a vast depression several dozen meters across remained where Uncle Sasuke and Jiraiya had stood. At its center was an enormous pit roughly ten meters deep.

After thinking it over, she decided to hide the gun in a hole in the public restroom wall. If she found a chance to use the restroom later, she would retrieve it and carry it with her again.

Zhao Dahai ate slowly. He had indeed been somewhat anxious and frustrated that morning, but after sleeping, he had completely regained his composure.

Even if technological development stagnated, humanity in the universe should still make use of its resources to grow and strengthen itself.

At exactly nine o’clock, the villa’s main gate opened. Guided by the butler, Bai Zongnan and the others entered the villa.

Seeing how adorable they were, Gu Yun stroked one of the young creatures. The other seemed somewhat timid; it simply stared at Gu Yun without moving.

“Zhao Chuan is already a disciple of our Xuanqing Sect. Do you still intend to kill him in front of everyone?” A cold voice resounded throughout the scene.

Ganzi answered, his voice crisp and decisive, carrying a terrifying murderous intent. He immediately took a high-dose anesthetic round from the magazine beside him, loaded it into the sniper rifle, and chambered it. Then he aimed at Lin Hao’s chest and fired again. The shot struck the center of his chest without the slightest deviation.

He had not intended to create this strange phenomenon. It had simply appeared because he was still planning to absorb the energy of chaos.

Gan Jing rose and introduced herself to Xu Lie in person. They exchanged introductions, after which she said she needed another ten minutes to deal with some matters at the studio.

If his relationship with the system was an equal one, then Lin Feng would not be harmed by it. That would naturally be the perfect outcome—the one Lin Feng considered most ideal.

After tracking him for a long time, Emperor Liao Xing also left Tokyo. He moved slightly northward, following the direction in which the cavalry had fled as though on a hunt.

After reading Yang Yan’s second message, Chen Haonan finally set aside his reservations. He decided to have Zhao Zhigang enter the fight against the heavyweight from Yangwei Martial School, the man known as “King Kong,” Niu Datou.

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Although this conscription forcibly took a man away, the resettlement payment alone amounted to more than forty strings of coins—already the equivalent of an ordinary family’s income for two years. It was painful to part with him, but still something they could accept.

The moment Swallowing Water Dragon heard Wang Luosheng call out Xun Mengqi’s identity, he summoned the other two and charged forward. Xun Mengqi wounded the Dragon King with a single move. Though the three of them were deeply astonished, they now had a rough understanding of his strength. In a one-on-one fight, he was actually nothing extraordinary.

But why had so many people in the Li family failed to value anyone else and chosen only him? Was it merely because of his relationship with Li Yao?

By that time, the Demon Monk’s cultivation could no longer be measured in years. It could be said that with a wave of his hand, he was capable of overturning rivers and seas.

For a time, the battlefield fell into a stalemate. The cavalry had the advantage of mobility, but even they could not withstand the elephants’ charges. Fortunately, this area was not especially open. The cavalry could move along the mountains, while the elephants found the terrain somewhat inconvenient. Neither side could do anything to the other.

Everyone understood this, and Zhou Zhang understood it as well. Nevertheless, he felt immensely proud. Being able to serve the Grand General was an honor in itself.

Su Shixiao silently glanced at the jar that held only a thin layer of meat sauce. After some hesitation, he set aside his dignity and openly scraped the last smear of sauce into his own bowl.

The temperature gradually grew higher and higher. The bricks that had sunk below showed signs of melting, and Ye Xi began to feel hot as well, though the heat was still bearable.

Amid a deafening rumble, the distant earth threw up clouds of dust dozens of meters high. Cries of alarm rang out everywhere, while the city’s protective barrier opened automatically. Dozens of figures shot rapidly toward the site.

Xiong Gui Taishan rolled up his sleeves. Several men at the neighboring tables suddenly rose to their feet—seven burly men in all—and surrounded him.

This was not merely the loss of an opportunity to secretly learn Tai Chi. It also meant losing a job. Back then, Yang Yuchan’s work had been essential to the family, providing the rice they needed to survive.

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