Chapter 458: Chapter 454: Different Pursuits

Back then, the captain of the Golden World Court Team was an incredibly arrogant person.

The kind of person who looked down his nose at everyone.

Why was it that seeing him today, he felt completely different?

Gu Chen walked over to her. Seeing her frown in deep thought, he couldn’t help but ask quietly, "What’s wrong? Is there... a problem with that person?"

Xie Ning shook her head. She couldn’t quite describe the feeling. She just felt... it was all rather pointless.

"I don’t want to deal with it."

"Then don’t," Gu Chen said, patting her head understandingly. "Now that you’re so powerful, you’ll always have all sorts of strange people trying to get close to you."

"And you can’t assume they don’t have their own agendas."

Xie Ning nodded, then glanced out the window and raised an eyebrow. "Are they looking for you?"

Gu Chen turned his head and saw Feng Lijian and Feng JiaMin boarding the vehicle, one after the other.

"Captain, their people are here."

Feng Lijian spoke vaguely, but everyone who needed to understand, did.

Feng JiaMin followed behind her brother, stealing a glance at Xie Ning before snorting and turning her head away.

Xie Ning acted as if the girl didn’t exist, not even sparing her a glance.

"Go on, get to it," she said, walking toward her seat. "I’m going to rest for a bit."

"Alright."

However, just as Gu Chen reached the door, he saw several more people boarding the bus one by one.

And just like that, the aisle of the once-spacious minibus was crowded with people.

"Captain Gu, a pleasure to meet you." The speaker’s smile was humble and polite. He appeared to be a very ordinary, agreeable middle-aged man.

Xie Ning looked up at him.

Behind the middle-aged man stood a young man and woman with strikingly beautiful features.

’Why do I say striking?’

’Because their makeup is so meticulous.’

’Even the young man’s eyebrows were more meticulously shaped than my mother’s...’

The moment the two of them came aboard, all eyes fell on them.

It was as if they possessed an invisible magnetism, drawing everyone’s gaze.

Xie Ning frowned, sensing a powerful spiritual pull from the young man and woman.

’Spiritual Power Superpower Users.’

’And two of them at once?’

’Are Spiritual Power Superpower Users a dime a dozen these days?’

The pair of them seemed to be coated in a brilliant light, making them incredibly eye-catching.

Xie Ning watched them for a moment before secretly contacting her little assistant, Xiao Wei Lai. "Can you do a covert scan? See if they have a smart AI."

"Yes."

"Host Ningning, you must be careful. I’ve detected a new, eighth-generation system on both of them."

"Their system has plated them in gold, so to speak. It’s secretly running a beauty filter on them, which is why everyone is involuntarily drawn to them."

Xie Ning was speechless.

’What a flashy, useless skill.’

’It’s the apocalypse! After getting a system that’s supposed to make you extraordinary, shouldn’t you be pursuing real strength and power?’

’Why is it that all the oddballs I’ve run into are obsessed with their looks?’

"A system can act as a beauty filter for others?"

"Yes. But since you, Host Ningning, are already so beautiful, I would advise against activating such a flashy function."

Xie Ning was surprisingly receptive to Xiao Wei Lai’s expert-level bootlicking.

Suppressing the smile that crept onto her lips, she said, "Scan them for me. What’s their combat power?"

"Can you scan them covertly without being detected?"

"Of course not! Don’t you worry, Host Ningning, I’m super powerful! I am the master of the Universe Realm! In my presence, any other system is a complete scrub with a combat power of five!"

For some reason, Xie Ning found Xiao Wei Lai’s way of speaking absolutely hilarious.

"Alright, observe them for me on the sly."

"You got it! System initiating covert scan. Time required: one minute."

Xie Ning almost laughed. "You’re using my spiritual power to run a covert scan. Does this mean our collaboration has reached a new level?"

"Of course! Host Ningning, you’re the best! Your cleverness, beauty, and wisdom leave me in absolute awe!"

Xie Ning had the sudden urge to facepalm.

’Xiao Wei Lai’s compliments were just so shameless...’

The two of them continued their secret conversation as if no one else was there.

Relying on the strength of her own spiritual power, Xie Ning completely ignored the Spiritual Power Superpower Users right in front of her.

Only Cres detected the faint, abnormal fluctuation of spiritual power and shot her a surprised look.

But he quickly looked away, silently wondering, ’What stage has this woman’s Spiritual Ability reached?’

’How does it feel like she’s about to surpass me?’

’No way! AHHH! How can a Three-System Superpower User like her possibly surpass someone like me who purely focuses on cultivating my Spiritual Ability?’

"Captain Gu, I’m this team’s leader, Li Zongyuan. These two are some of the more outstanding members of our squad: Qian Rongtian, and his sister, Rong Ye."

Gu Chen gave them a lukewarm nod. "Let’s take this outside."

"Hey now, Captain Gu. Aren’t you going to introduce us to these powerful teammates of yours?" Li Zongyuan said, looking at Gu Chen with a broad smile. "I wonder which one is the captain of the Starfire Team?"

"I’ve heard that they’re the world’s first Sixth-rank Superpower User. Of course, that’s just what’s public. Perhaps here on Earth, you secretly have Seventh or even Eighth Rank Superpower Users, who knows!"

"Still, Sixth Rank is quite remarkable. We’re all very eager to make the acquaintance of this Captain Xie."

No matter how you heard it, his words were grating.

Everyone on the Starfire Team frowned at Captain Li.

It wasn’t their imagination; he was clearly here to cause trouble.

Gu Chen smiled. "Captain Li, my suggestion is that you and your two teammates get off this bus immediately. Otherwise, you might get beaten up."

"And when that happens, I will only help my girlfriend. I won’t give a damn whether any of you live or die."

Li Zongyuan’s expression froze, and his gaze toward Gu Chen became probing.

’What does he mean?’

’Are all Earth people this arrogant now?’

’Their technology is inferior to the X Realm’s, and their physical abilities are no match for the X Realm’s variant Evolved People.’

’And when it comes to Superpower Ranks, Earth people started off much slower than us, didn’t they?’

’Where do they get the nerve to talk like that?’

Xie Ning was getting impatient. ’I get rid of one batch, and another one shows up. Are they all that eager to die?’

"Scan complete!"

"Host Ningning, their combat power is assessed at 180. Compared to you, that’s a huge gap."

"What’s mine again?"

"Host Ningning, your current comprehensive combat power is assessed at 500 points. You’ve entered the ranks of the elite. Your stats for constitution, defense, speed, and superpower ability are all over 100."

Xie Ning blinked. "They’re that much weaker than me?"

"Okay, scan Comrade Gu Chen for me."

’He is, after all, the man I’m supposed to be protecting. Knowing his stats will make it easier to have his back...’

"Host Ningning, I regret to inform you... Comrade Gu Chen’s comprehensive combat data is higher than yours..."

Xie Ning: ’Huh???’

’So Gu Chen has been pretending to be a weakling and playing cute this whole time?’

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