At seven in the morning, Li Xinyue armed herself fully and left the house, driving to wait outside Sasa's dormitory building.

A few minutes later, Sasa, having received the message, walked out from the dormitory and opened the car door to get in.

Upon seeing Li Xinyue, Sasa immediately sensed the heavy atmosphere in the car and realized that Li Xinyue might have something on her mind.

As the armored vehicle started, Sasa softly asked, "Can you tell me why you suddenly returned to Celestial Sea City?"

Li Xinyue kept a straight face and said in a low voice, "My grandfather has passed away."

Sasa was taken aback and hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't know..."

"He was murdered." Li Xinyue stared ahead, softly saying, "Murdered by my second uncle, whom I've regarded as a father since childhood—killed!"

Sasa felt suffocated, realizing she shouldn't have asked that question.

This was not something she should get involved in.

"...Sorry." Sasa apologized again.

Li Xinyue exhaled a breath of foul air, "It's okay, actually having someone to share this with has lightened my mood a bit."

After hesitating for a moment, Sasa looked at Li Xinyue and asked, "What do you plan to do next?"

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Li Xinyue's eyes as she replied, "Go back and kill him, to avenge my grandfather!"

Although she had always regarded Li Siyuan as a father, he murdered her grandfather.

From that moment on, the warmth and affection from the past turned into tinder for the fire of hatred.

The more warmth there was in the past, the more hatred Li Xinyue has now.

Now thinking back, Li Siyuan may not have truly regarded her as a daughter; he treated her kindly to inherit Bao Han Company, all as a performance for her grandfather to see.

If Li Siyuan really saw her as a daughter, he would never have killed her grandfather.

Her grandfather died because Li Siyuan wanted to seize Bao Han Company, and everything he once did for her was just a setup for this plan!

The armored vehicle passed through the northern checkpoint and came to the wilderness.

Soon after, Sasa's terminal received a signal.

The signal came from the transmitter she had given to Hunter, indicating that Hunter was nearby.

"Drive over there."

After giving Li Xinyue directions, Sasa turned off her personal terminal, and Li Xinyue did the same.

Although the car's onboard terminal was still on, it was offline here, so even if the camera saw Hunter, it didn't matter.

Personal terminals were different because the police have the right to access citizens' personal terminals' recordings in public spaces.

Unlike Lingquan City, outside Crimson No. 2, the ground wasn't scorched everywhere because many Hunters lived there, needing mutated creature meat to supplement their nutrition, so outside the city was a dense, primitive forest.

Hunter was hiding behind a tree, and Li Xinyue only saw him after driving the car over.

The armored vehicle stopped in front of Hunter, who opened the rear car door and got in.

"After we get to Celestial Sea City, what do you need me to do?"

Hunter had just sneaked out from Crimson No. 2 last night; Sasa had told him yesterday during the day about Li Xinyue seeking his help.

Involving Bao Han Company and since Li Xinyue was a friend, Hunter certainly had to lend a hand.

Driving, Li Xinyue said, "It's simple, come with me to the Li Family Manor and kill all my enemies!"

Hunter frowned. Although such a simple and violent plan was to his liking, how was he going to enter Celestial Sea City?

"Don't worry about that; with the Li Family's influence, I can ensure you won't be wanted when entering Celestial Sea City."

Li Xinyue was the future heiress of Bao Han Company, and her competition with Li Siyuan for the company's inheritance was a Li Family internal matter, outsiders wouldn't interfere.

Furthermore, her grandfather had good personal ties with many prominent figures in Celestial Sea City. Li Siyuan didn't dare let them know about his attempt to kill Li Xinyue, so there's no way he could contact those figures to stop them from helping Li Xinyue.

As long as Li Xinyue could return to Celestial Sea City, she could help Hunter hide his identity and go with him to the Li Family Manor.

"But you also need to do us a favor," Sasa chimed in.

Li Xinyue looked at Sasa, "What kind of favor?"

Sasa replied, "We need to go to Celestial Sea University to meet a professor. Professor Li has already been contacted, and we can meet them as soon as we arrive. Initially, we planned to try arranging an outside city meeting with the professor; if that didn't work, I would go to the university alone. Now, with your help, we can visit Celestial Sea University together to find the professor."

Li Xinyue nodded and agreed, "Simple! Once the company's inheritance issues are settled, I'll go with you to Celestial Sea University."

With Li Xinyue's assurance, their actions in Celestial Sea City would become much easier from then on.

Sasa turned back to look at Hunter, who sat with eyes closed and back straight, couldn't help but ask, "How's your bio-electricity and human magnetic field enhancement going?"

"What bio-electricity and magnetic field?" Curious, Li Xinyue looked over.

Hunter opened his eyes, nodding slightly, "I haven't made any progress with bio-electricity, but I've developed some ideas on enhancing the human magnetic field."

Sasa laughed, proudly saying, "To help you acquire special abilities, I've thought long and hard about it, and finally, I found the answer in the literature from the old days."

"Special abilities? Oh, Hunter can use special abilities too?" Li Xinyue suddenly realized, "What's your source of inspiration? How did you think of bio-electricity and the human magnetic field?"

Speaking of this, Sasa became very animated, "Spider-Man and Sea Tiger—In the Spider-Man comics, the protagonist uses static bio-electricity to climb walls; Sea Tiger is even more incredible, with comic characters using a superpower called 'magnetic field rotation' to achieve might comparable to nuclear bombs, even capable of easily destroying planets. Hunter can't use magnetic field rotation, but he might be able to fly by aligning the human magnetic field with the geomagnetic field!"

After finishing, Sasa turned to Hunter and asked, "Did you find a way to enhance the human magnetic field, have you found a method to fly?"

Hunter shook his head, rummaging through his pocket to find a metal object. He tossed the metal piece upwards, opening his palm as the metal plummeted back down and landed with a "slap" in Hunter's hand.

Witnessing the scene, both Li Xinyue and Sasa couldn't help widening their eyes.

"How did you do that?"

Though Sasa believed Hunter might manipulate the magnetic field to achieve flight, she couldn't help but be shocked upon seeing him actually control it.

At the outset, she merely provided a hypothesis and didn't hold much hope for Hunter acquiring special abilities.

Hunter paused to think, then said, "Concentration."

People can't naturally control bio-electricity, Hunter believed, because average bio-electricity is weak, and they don't think they can control it, making their concentration inadequate.

Hunter was different; his physical abilities were extraordinarily strong, with matching bio-electricity hundreds of times greater than an average person. Therefore, by focusing, he could control the magnetic field within his body.

Looking at Hunter, Sasa felt it was necessary for him to check out the 'Sea Tiger' comics; it might give him some inspiration.

Even though Hunter's personal terminal couldn't connect to the internet now, she could download the comic to a solid state drive and transfer it to Hunter that way.

Fortunately, Hunter's mental state was somewhat akin to the characters in the 'Sea Tiger' comic; perhaps he'd resonate with it after reading.

......

Five days later, Hunter and the others arrived outside Celestial Sea City.

Like Lingquan City, the land outside Celestial Sea City's walls was desolate.

Yet, even with herbicides suppressing it, some plants managed to break through the soil and appear in the open air.

For this reason, city troops had to routinely venture out to burn all the plants growing outside the city, then reapply the herbicides, preventing mutated creatures from gathering outside the city.

Hunter exited the armored vehicle, allowing Li Xinyue to communicate with Celestial Sea City's prominent figures from inside.

Only with those people's help could Hunter enter Celestial Sea City.

He waited outside for a while, then Li Xinyue opened the car window to let him back in.

In the following days, Hunter could enter Celestial Sea City, but he had to wear a helmet in public places.

To this, Hunter was willing to comply.

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