“Colleague,” Xu Chi answered with difficulty.
He looked away, wondering why he had transmigrated here in the first place. Was it just because he had overheard a colleague mention it? Because when his colleague showed him You Chumu in a manga, he had casually said that he was pretty handsome?
Could it be because he was the chosen one?
“Brother, he made you unhappy. I’ll kill him for you.”
“!!?…”
Xu Chi was struck again by You Chumu’s words, as if lightning had split down from the sky.
He stared wide-eyed at You Chumu, opened his mouth, and after a long moment finally forced out, “Don’t do that kind of thing. I don’t need it.”
Taking a deep breath, Xu Chi quickly walked into the bedroom. From memory, he found his work ID card and access card in the drawer, took a coat from the wardrobe, and walked back out.
He met You Chumu head-on.
You Chumu stared straight at him. “Brother, are you going to find him?”
“To the company,” Xu Chi answered. After a pause, he said, “I have to go to work after all… You stay home and try not to go out. After all, you don’t remember anything right now.”
With that, he walked toward the entrance.
As he passed You Chumu, You Chumu deliberately blocked him with his shoulder. His clear gray-blue eyes lifted to look at him, suddenly carrying a forcing, oppressive edge.
“Brother, if you don’t want to go, then don’t go. You haven’t even finished your meal.”
“…” Xu Chi’s heart still trembled when he met You Chumu’s eyes. He dodged his shoulder and replied, “I’m full. You eat. If you can’t finish it, just leave it there. I’ll clean it up when I get back.”
After saying that, he strode out of the house and casually shut the door.
That retreating figure was no different from fleeing.
You Chumu stood where he was, his face expressionless, his pupils cold and indifferent. He moved his eyes, then finally sat back down.
Looking at the dishes in front of him, he hooked his legs and rocked the chair, glancing for a while at the two large spoonfuls of vegetables in Xu Chi’s bowl, then leaning his head back to look at the ceiling.
After a long while, he suddenly smiled. He sprang to his feet, did nothing, and the door opened by itself.
He suddenly stopped and looked at Xu Chi’s bowl… that was the food he had served.
He lifted his hand, and with a slight movement of his fingertip, a cloudlike black fire ignited there. With another motion, the black fire surged toward the bowl, eager to strike, as if it wanted to destroy it.
But You Chumu did not move. After a pause, he hooked his hand again, and the black flame came back.
He lifted a foot and left the house. With a flick of his hand, click, the door closed.
…
This Salt City was divided into two regions. One half was the Sin District, where evil bred everywhere and low-level superpowered individuals fought and seized things in chaos. The other half was the orderly Advanced District, guarded by mid- to high-level superpowered individuals.
The two districts were ruled by different people.
The Advanced District occupied one-third of the total area, while the Sin District took up two-thirds.
The Advanced District was surrounded by the Sin District in the center, creating the illusion that the Sin District would soon surge forward and swallow the Advanced District.
But that had never happened. Although Salt City was a city that had seemingly been abandoned on the surface, the proportion and ability of the superpowered individuals stationed in its Advanced District were extremely high on a global scale.
That was why this central district of Salt City had never been invaded.
Xu Chi lived very close to the Advanced District, separated from it by only one ring of high walls.
A high wall condensed from superpower and electricity.
The wall was nearly fifty meters high. Xu Chi reached the entrance, passed the iris verification, and went inside.
As soon as he entered, an airborne motorcycle sped past in front of Xu Chi.
It was only 0.01 mm from his head.
If Xu Chi had not reacted with astonishing speed and jerked his head back, he would have been blown apart on the spot.
“…”
Although he had almost died, Xu Chi only panicked for a moment inside. On the surface, he remained calm to the extreme.
The calm, unruffled calm of an office worker.
It was as if nothing other than You Chumu could stir any great emotional waves in him.
The driver wore a helmet, held the handlebars, and stopped three meters from Xu Chi. Then he turned to look at him.
After staring for a few seconds, he twisted the handlebar and roared away.
… The Advanced District had both ground traffic and air traffic.
What came into Xu Chi’s sight was a colorful, dazzling city, people dressed in fine clothes, and towering buildings.
After crossing the streets and taking a few turns, Xu Chi reached the company ten minutes later…
Tianke VR Technology Group.
Standing in front of the revolving door, Xu Chi took a few deep breaths and walked inside.
He was wearing a long black trench coat, with a tall and slender figure, outstanding looks, and fair skin. Even though he looked the same as before, he somehow seemed completely different now.
The young lady at the front desk naturally recognized Xu Chi, this pretty face with no real ability who relied on connections to work on the forty-ninth floor.
Before her habitual mocking look had even fully formed, she suddenly froze…
The moment she met Xu Chi’s gaze, she forgot how to speak.
“Damn, he’s so handsome.”
The moment she said it, she covered her mouth in a panic. She even wondered if she had really just said that.
Another woman standing with her also felt that today’s Xu Chi was a little different, but she couldn’t tell exactly what was different.
“Is that Xu Chi from the forty-ninth floor?”
The girl who had said he was handsome: “Y-yeah, right?”
“It looks like him, but also not.”
“…Maybe not? He doesn’t really feel like him.”
“Does Xu Chi usually wear trench coats? I think this is the first time I’ve seen it.”
“…A change of clothes makes him seem like a different person?”
“Probably.”
The two chatted while their eyes followed Xu Chi. Before they could see which floor Xu Chi pressed, several business partners walked over, and their attention shifted.
…
Xu Chi pressed the button for the forty-ninth floor. Compared with the apartment, the environment here relaxed him a little. It was more like the company he had worked for before.
It was just that both the appearance and design were much more advanced than his previous company.
The silver floating elevator quickly descended from the sixty-second floor above.
When the elevator doors opened, a tall man in a suit and leather shoes, with slicked-back hair and cold eyes, came into view.
An assistant stood beside him.
The man’s intensely oppressive gaze swept across Xu Chi’s face without a sound. He stepped out with long legs and walked straight away from the elevator.
Xu Chi stiffened for a moment, then naturally said, “Section Chief An.”
Yu Sui’an, the son of a director at Tianke Group, was the person with the greatest power in the group, aside from the Tianke directors overseas.
Although Yu Sui’an held the position of general manager, he was more focused on research, so everyone called him Section Chief An.
Of course, even if they called him that, no one would truly treat him as just a section chief.
After entering the elevator and pressing the button for the forty-ninth floor, Xu Chi reached the forty-ninth floor.
As soon as the elevator opened, several people were packed together at the entrance.
All of them were twisted with impatience.
The moment they saw Xu Chi, they immediately found someone to vent their frustration at.
“Why are you only here now?!”
“Finally willing to come?!”
“Do you know how much work you’ve dumped on us?!”
“You only dare act like that because you’ve got someone backing you!”
“No, what are you even doing here?! If you’re leaving, then leave already!”
Men and women alike. Facing a crowd, Xu Chi stood out in height, and his aura was not the least bit weaker. In fact, it carried an astonishing sharpness, as if nothing in the world mattered to him.
His tone carried apology, but his gaze remained sharp. “Sorry. I’ll take care of everything. Just leave it there.”
After saying that, he walked past the crowd and out of the elevator.