Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Over the next few days, everything became peaceful again. There seemed to be no more follow-up after the mysterious attack a few days ago on that street. If Pandora had not reported to me that the two mysterious people who attacked me that day had gotten away, I would have thought that they had already been destroyed by the seemingly-omnipresent Xyrin spatial weapons.
Today, I was having a rare off-day. Big Sister was cooking lunch, and she said it was to make up for being too busy at work to welcome Pan Lili a while ago—of course, Pan Lili could not care less.
We called it a welcome party, but the people at the party were only Pandora, Big Sister, me, and Xu Qianqian—who was there to join in the fun. Although there were few people, gatherings like this made me feel warm inside. People who enjoyed going out with friends and entertaining people all day would never understand my sentiments.
Once everyone was seated, Big Sister spoke first, “Now, let us welcome Little Sister Lili here—albeit quite late.”
Qianqian and I clapped at the same time.
Pandora remained silent, not moving from the table at all.
Seeing Pandora’s lack of response, my motherly Big Sister immediately thought of Pandora’s ‘tragic experience’. She warmly held Pandora’s hand and said, “Lili, you don’t have to worry anymore. From today onward, you will be a member of this family. I will take care of you like a Big Sister would; nobody would be allowed to harm you again.”
I believed that nobody would be allowed to harm the Pandora Corps again. From the information I gathered about the Xyrin Empire’s history, I knew that the last civilization that tried to fight the Pandora Corps had already been reduced to dust.
Qianqian’s motherly nature was triggered as well. She held Pandora’s other hand and said, “That’s right, Little Sister Lili. From now on, you will never have to worry about being bullied again. With us here to take care of you, you might even be able to see again!”
Keke… What I wanted to say was that Pandora could even see very clearly how many E. coli Qianqian had on her hand.
“Ah Jun, say something, too.” Seeing that I was keeping silent and serving dishes to myself the entire time, Qianqian could not help but feel frustrated. “This is your biological little sister! Lili has been so sticky to you as well.”
I looked up and saw Pandora, cute as a doll but icy-cold as well. Her emotionless eyes turned to focus on me. Perhaps I could read her mind particularly well because we had been communicating through our spiritual connection. For some reason, I felt like Pandora’s attention was entirely focused on the Crispy Chicken Tenderloin in my hands.
“Here, eat.” I moved my chopsticks forward and placed the Crispy Chicken Tenderloin in Pandora’s mouth to prove that she really could not see.
Seeing Pandora eat in peace made me very curious. As a magic energy-constructed being, why would she be interested in food that carbon-based beings ate?
Qianqian looked at this ‘brother-sister’ interaction in frustration. She slapped her own forehead and sighed, “Ah Jun, you really… are exactly the same as before. You haven’t changed a bit.”
Big Sister grinned, saying, “Although Ah Jun looks like an unaffectionate person, he still cares about Lili a lot.”
“This fella really isn’t great…” Qianqian sighed all of a sudden. “Speaking of which, we haven’t gathered in a long time… not since I moved out.”
“That’s right,” Big Sister said sorrowfully, “I still remember when you were both only as big as Lili is now. You would take turns to bawl your eyes out. Now, you’re already so old…”
“Don’t talk as if you’re some old grandma,” I said, rolling my eyes at Big Sister who seemed to be exclaiming at how quickly time was passing. My conscience was pricking me. All these years, my sister had been carrying family on her shoulders. She said she was my Big Sister, but most of the time, she played the role of my mother. Naturally, she would develop sorrow seeing me grow up.
Perhaps ever since she bore the burden of this weak family, her heart had matured into that of an old woman’s.
Qianqian, whose brain was much thicker, obviously did not think that much. Instead, she laughed and replied, “That’s it, that’s it. Big Sister Chen Qing, you really are still young and pretty. Why are you talking like an old woman? Speaking of which, have you found a boyfriend yet? I wonder which lucky fella is going to have that honor.”
“Little brat!” Big Sister scolded jokingly. “Can you think about serious matters for once?”
“How is this not serious? This concerns our Big Sister Chen Qing’s lifetime happiness!”
Women had two natural talents: First, chatting; second, shopping. Now, Big Sister and Qianqian were already displaying perfectly one of those two natural talents. In a matter of seconds, the two of them were deeply immersed in conversation, causing the supposed star of this gathering—Pandora—to be cast aside.
“Ah, I’ve just been thinking about joking around with you, and I’ve forgotten all about Little Sister Lili!” Big Sister finally realized and exclaimed. It was a pity that Pandora did not have much of a reaction from beginning to end. No matter whether she was being neglected or being singled out, she continued to sit there quietly, eating her food. From time to time, she would feel around for the food with her chopsticks like a blind girl, looking as if the entire world had just abandoned her.
Pandora, Big Sister would feel awfully guilty if you continue to act this way…
Indeed, seeing the way Pandora was acting made the two girls—who had been chatting happily and excitedly earlier—immediately blame themselves. Big Sister picked up the yet untouched wine cup in front of her and said, “Lili, I’m sorry. Big Sister will punish myself!”
I panicked and persuaded her to stop, saying, “Big Sister, don’t—”
I was too late…
This entire process could be simplified into three actions: raising the cup, touching her lips, and then collapsing on the table.
Seeing Big Sister sprawled on the table, Qianqian said, “I didn’t think that Big Sister Chen Qing would have such low tolerance of alcohol.”
At that moment, Pandora’s voice suddenly sounded in my brain: “Big Brother, one of the two carbon-based beings who attacked you yesterday has appeared.”
My heart stopped, but I did not allow myself to show it. Instead, I continued joking around with Qianqian while communicating through the spiritual connection: “What’s the matter? Where is he? Is he coming for us?”
“At the door. The other party is still not doing it intentionally. My overall analysis of the hormones in the being’s body shows that there is no intention to attack. However, I’m not ruling out the possibility of a threat.”
At the door?
I fell silent and then used the spiritual connection to reply: “Don’t stop him. Let’s wait and see what happens. If he really attacks, prioritize protecting my Big Sister and Qianqian.”
At that moment, we heard the doorbell ring.
“Eh? Ah Jun, did you invite anyone else today?” Qianqian asked curiously.
“Oh.” I waved my hand, gesturing for Qianqian to sit back down. “It’s a friend. Stay with Lili; I’ll open the door.”
Although Pandora told me that the other party was not doing this intentionally and I believed that Pandora would be able to settle everything before he even got the chance to attack, they did try to attack me a couple of days ago. What’s more, their attacks were very formidable. Thus, the fact that one of them was standing at the door made me feel quite nervous.
However, this nervous feeling changed to shock the instant I opened the door.
I imagined that the person would be a young man with a cold expression, an uncle with a beard dressed in black, a man with a ferocious gaze and scars on his face… or even a terrorist with full-body armor. However, I did not expect that they would be a sweet-looking, tall, and beautiful girl.
The beautiful woman in front of me was wearing light-yellow outerwear and had long hair that touched her shoulders, but her expression looked hideous. No matter how much the person tried to smile, I could still easily detect the anger she felt deep in her heart.
It looked like she had suffered at the hands of the Xyrin weapons a few days back.
Since her appearance was unexpected, I did not get the chance to say anything I planned to say just seconds ago. Instead, I awkwardly stared at her and finally said, “You are still alive!”
The expression of the woman standing opposite me immediately darkened.
…
Lin Xue was very unhappy, extremely unhappy!
All because of the man standing in front of her.
About ten days ago, a campus shooting occurred at the school that Lin Xue transferred to for the sake of a mission. Many students were injured as a result, but because of her skills, she could not fight in the open. Thus, Lin Xue chose to report the situation to her superior and wait for back-up. However, just as she finished reporting the situation, three people holding guns suddenly fell onto the ground.
They were acting very oddly. Later on, after a series of investigations, the doctors surprisingly realized that their intelligence had deteriorated so much that they became almost comparable to that of rats. In other words, they were now idiots.
Even though this was extremely suspicious, not a single witness could provide any information of value. That was, none except Lin Xue.
She found two things particularly interesting.
The first was that once the three criminals fell onto the ground, Lin Xue clearly remembered seeing the three of them standing at their positions one second and then dropping to the ground the next. There was no flow of events at all; it looked almost like a video that had been cropped in the middle! Anyone would have been able to tell that this was strange, but since the scene was too chaotic and the students had been running around in all directions, not a single one noticed this. That was why Lin Xue suspected that she had been mistaken.
Although she could say that she was mistaken for this first thing, she was confident about the second. Once the three criminals fell onto the ground, Lin Xue felt a weird wave of energy from two students.
Lin Xue was extremely confident in her own skills. That was why she immediately reported this to her superior. Her superior then gave her instructions to test the subjects.
Then, the nightmarish day came.
Lin Xue clearly remembered what happened. At the time, when Lin Feng shot the wind blade at the slightly older male, he had no reaction at all. Even the weakest person with special abilities would be able to sense such an obvious energy wave from Lin Feng. Just as Lin Xue was suspecting her own judgment and wondering if those two students were just ordinary, she realized that not only did they immediately find the mark left behind by the wind blade, but they also began discussing something calmly!
The other parties had discovered their attacks, but they were not concerned about it in the least!
Once she came to this conclusion, Lin Xue immediately decided to retreat. However, she was far too late. Terrifying, earth-shaking energy immediately landed on her head and began to condense. Lin Xue even began to suspect if this strong energy would destroy the entire city the moment it landed on the ground!
However, the death that she expected did not come. Perhaps the other parties had considered the lives of the innocent and so halted their attack. The energy gathered in the sky quickly dissipated. Even so, the energy had already caused a huge disturbance while it was condensing.
She could tell that the other parties were extremely powerful so she made a decisive move and pulled Lin Feng—who was still confused about what was happening—and ran for their lives.
They ran for a full day and night.
The other parties did not seem interested in killing them; they were only trying to torture Lin Xue and Lin Feng. Pillars of energy that Lin Xue and Lin Feng could not detect with their bare eyes chased them down streets and sidewalks. Every time they felt like they had to stop and take a rest, the energy would stop as well. However, once they recovered slightly, the threatening energy would charge at them once again.
This cat-and-mouse method of torture continued until the next morning.
Then, Lin Xue and Lin Feng came back from a nearby town.
Although they had been chased to the point of exhaustion, Lin Xue did not dare to offend these two people. Such powerful people with special abilities were way too valuable to their organization. No matter what, they could not afford for these two people to go against their organization just because of their personal vendetta.
Thus, Lin Xue swallowed the indignance, embarrassment, and anger she felt from being tortured and came here to apologize. What she did not expect was that this would be the first thing the other party would say to her!