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Join the Server“It’s alright if you can’t win,” Liu Ruyan said gently. “Xiao Luo, you’re still a newcomer. It’s perfectly normal to lose when you lack combat experience. And your opponent is that princess you mentioned, right? She’s incredibly strong, isn’t she? Against someone like her, simply surviving is already impressive.”
Liu Ruyan didn’t know exactly how powerful those princesses were, but the fact that even Liu Xingluo—a superhuman who had just started work and hadn’t even been assigned territory yet—had to be deployed was enough to show that their strength far exceeded what ordinary superhumans could handle.
“Yeah. I almost died there. Luckily, Lain rescued me and moved me to a safe place. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to call you and tell you I’m safe.”
“Then you really must thank Lain properly. So what are you planning to do next, Xiao Luo? Once you recover, will you join forces with others to fight the princess again?”
“Well… I haven’t decided yet.”
Earlier, her only thought had been to find a phone and call her sister to report her safety and confirm that she was fine. She hadn’t thought about what to do after that.
Besides, in the current situation, even if she racked her brain, she couldn’t come up with a way to win.
In terms of raw power, Jidi—the true princess—was undoubtedly far stronger than her, a counterfeit. In a one-on-one battle, she had zero chance of victory. And if she tried to gang up on her with other superhumans, Jidi could just use her domain to turn the fight back into a solo duel. On top of that, Jidi had the ability to stop time—an utterly broken power. No matter how she thought about it, she couldn’t find a way to counter that…
Wait. If Jidi had such a powerful ability as time stop, why hadn’t she used it at the beginning of their fight? She was trying to kill her, so there was no reason to hold back such a trump card. Could it be that the time stop ability could only be used within her domain? That domain weakened human superhumans while strengthening Evolved Beasts. Liu Xingluo had felt her own body’s power enhanced inside it.
If this guess was correct, then all she had to do was prevent Jidi from expanding her domain. Jidi needed to perform specific gestures to activate it. If she could interrupt those actions, she might be able to stop it.
“Since you haven’t decided yet, your sister has an idea. Do you want to hear it?”
“Sis, I know what you’re going to say. You want me to give up on this mission, right?”
Knowing her sister so well, Liu Xingluo could predict Liu Ruyan’s words even before she spoke. And actually, Liu Xingluo herself felt the same way. If the chance of victory was slim, withdrawing was the wisest choice. There were plenty of superhumans in the world. Even if she didn’t step up, someone else could surely defeat Jidi.
“Yes. Didn’t you say it yourself, Xiao Luo? That princess is very strong, and you can’t beat her. So why not just quit? No one is forcing you to face an opponent you can’t defeat, right?”
Retreat might be shameful, but sometimes, it was undeniably useful.
“If only it were that easy to quit…”
Unfortunately, things had reached a point where Liu Xingluo couldn’t simply walk away. After all, she was now the Sixth Princess’s primary target. Jidi wouldn’t stop until she found her.
Moreover, with Jidi’s power, human superhumans were no match for her. Only Liu Xingluo, who had inherited the Seventh Princess’s power, stood a chance against her.
Thinking that she would likely have to face Jidi and eventually the other princesses, Liu Xingluo couldn’t help but feel troubled. If only someone else had inherited the Seventh Princess’s power, she could have passed this burden on with a clear conscience, just like before.
Come to think of it, her life had become this troublesome ever since she inherited the Seventh Princess’s power that day.
[‘Could it be that someone schemed to make me inherit the Seventh Princess’s power?’]
Indeed, it all started that day when she merged with the Seventh Princess. Before that, her life had been no different from anyone else’s. But afterward, trouble after trouble came knocking. It was too strange. It was hard not to suspect that someone had orchestrated everything.
And earlier, a strange woman claiming to be her ‘mother’ had approached her, saying that if she continued down this path, she would be drawn into a battle from which there was no turning back. She seemed to know something.
“Did something happen on your end?”
Hearing Liu Xingluo’s words, it seemed she could no longer decide whether to simply walk away from this battle. Was it because of some serious incident?
“Sort of. Something troublesome. But it’s okay, Sis. I can handle it on my own. I’ll hang up now—I’m using someone else’s phone, so I can’t talk long. Once this is over, we’ll talk face to face. Stay safe. Goodbye.”
She didn’t want to explain her situation to Liu Ruyan, so Liu Xingluo decided to brush it off. She hung up without giving her sister a chance to reply.
“What the—hanging up on me! Just you wait, little sis. When this is over, I’ll teach you a lesson.”
Staring at the call ended screen, Liu Ruyan pouted in annoyance. Growing up and getting tough, huh? Daring to hang up on her sister. She’d teach her a lesson with a slipper when this was all over.
“Here, thanks. Is there a break room nearby? I need to rest for a while.”
Handing the phone back to Shen Yunfei, Liu Xingluo needed to rest and recover, and also think about a strategy for the next fight against Jidi.
“The break room? Go out, turn right, third room on the left. But are you really in the mood to rest? The outside is in chaos.”
Shen Yunfei was displeased that Liu Xingluo wanted to rest. With so many people threatened by Evolved Beasts and other superhumans fighting desperately, this superhuman wanted to take a break? As if the commotion outside had nothing to do with her.
He had lent her his phone, and she had apparently taken care of her urgent matter. Normally, she should be out there fighting the Evolved Beasts and protecting the people.
“Hey, Brother Yunfei, I have something very important to do. I need to rest properly. You wouldn’t understand anyway.”
Not bothering to explain, Liu Xingluo turned and left for the break room.
“What? How do you know I wouldn’t understand? Hm?”
Looking at the call log on his phone showing the name ‘Liu Ruyan,’ and the fact that the superhuman had called her ‘Sis,’ was she Liu Ruyan’s sister?
No, that couldn’t be right. When he chatted with Liu Ruyan, she had told him she grew up with her younger brother, Liu Xingluo, and that they only had each other. She had never mentioned a sister.
And… that superhuman had recognized him immediately after he took off his helmet, calling him by name…
Could it be that she was Liu Xingluo? But the Liu Xingluo he knew was a guy. How could he have turned into a beautiful girl he didn’t recognize at all in just a few days?
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