Standing outside the door was a woman with a smoking hot figure, wearing fishnet stockings that outlined her long, slender legs. Her upper body was clad in a sleeveless top, revealing a figure that, though slender and curvy, was also toned with muscle.
Her hair was cut short, giving her a capable air along with a unique wildness.
Lin Qun recognized her and said stiffly, "I know you, you have the Clairvoyance Skill... what are you looking for from me? I don't welcome anyone moving in here."
Lin Qun had already resolved to become an unrivaled Voldemort, and had no intention of doing anything as foolish as bringing a girl along for the ride.
He hadn't slept long, only a little over three hours it seemed. His Energy was now: 【16/18】
It had recovered quite a bit.
"Hello, my name is Zhao Wen. My ability isn't that impressive. Though it's called Clairvoyance, its level is very low right now — I can only see things within a sixty-meter range, and even then only within a three-square-meter area. Plus, I can only use my ability continuously for ten minutes a day, at most."
Zhao Wen introduced her ability openly and without reservation. She looked at Lin Qun, a hint of scrutiny and curiosity in her eyes. "I don't have anything in particular I want from you. I just wanted to talk. I think you're very brave... when the Bakatan people came today, weren't you outside helping too?"
This Skill was quite the Godly Skill for peeping!
Lin Qun felt a bit moved.
Zhao Wen's gaze, meanwhile, stayed fixed on Lin Qun.
Her purpose for coming was, of course, not as simple as she made it sound.
She had a feeling that this man was no ordinary person.
She thought that perhaps the man in front of her was the real Super big shot!
As a nightclub DJ, Zhao Wen, though not old in years, had seen all kinds of men. She usually even enjoyed taking the initiative to conquer men who seemed impressive, or teasing those who were especially shy, and this had given her a sharp intuition and judgment.
Before she'd even spotted the Bakatan people, this man had already been outside. And while Li Xinghe was being suppressed by the Bakatan people at Building 9, this man had been observing the whole time from the sidelines.
Others might not know the specific details of what happened at the time, but she had been watching the whole time thanks to her Clairvoyance, and could even see directly the state Li Xinghe was in while hiding in the building. One could say she was the person in the entire Dragon City Imperial Scenery Residential Area who best understood what had happened a few hours ago.
Because of this, she had also seen just how disheveled and battered Li Xinghe had looked.
She couldn't help but harbor deep suspicion: in that state, could Li Xinghe really have calmly and methodically landed Headshot after Headshot on those Bakatan people?
From this angle, Lin Qun — who had seemingly remained composed the whole time, observing from the sidelines — seemed far more like the one who had actually wiped out all the Bakatan people!
Her curiosity had been piqued.
Seeing that Lin Qun had no intention of letting her in—
She smiled faintly, and as if the weather were sweltering, tugged at her collar. The top button hadn't even been properly fastened, and now it came undone, revealing her long, slender neck, her lovely collarbones, and the faintly visible peaks and valleys beneath. Combined with her aggressively probing gaze and demeanor, it stirred in others an urge to conquer her mountains.
She tilted her head and smiled. "I think we could get along quite pleasantly. Surely a grown man like you doesn't think he's not up to it?"
This move of hers had never once failed.
No one could resist her!
And yet...
today she was going to be disappointed.
Because Lin Qun merely glanced down at her and said something that left her utterly dumbfounded: "Sorry, I'm worried it'll affect my Energy!"
Then, with a bang, he shut the door.
He'd flat out turned her away.
Only then did Lin Qun let out a breath.
To say he hadn't been tempted would be a lie.
Lin Qun was, after all, just a green young man who hadn't had much contact with girls — how could he possibly withstand that?
But judging from the fact that this woman had come knocking on her own initiative, and that she had the Clairvoyance Skill, Lin Qun judged that she likely had some speculation about his ability and had come with an agenda. So he wasn't about to let lust cloud his judgment.
What's more...
the reason he'd given was actually true.
His Energy right now was extremely precious. Every point of Energy was essentially a bullet!
After sleeping three hours, he'd only just managed to recover to 16 points, and it was already starting to recover more slowly. Lin Qun really didn't want a situation where the gun below could still fire, but the one up top couldn't.
These past three hours had been free of danger.
But who knew if danger would strike next. His Contribution Points were completely spent, so he had none left to exchange for an Energy Recovery Potion. If things ended up stretched thin, wouldn't that leave him dumbfounded?
Energy wasn't something to be used carelessly!
Still, this Zhao Wen's ability really wasn't bad. If he could cooperate with her, perhaps...
But Lin Qun quickly shook his head, snuffing out the thought.
He had no idea who this person really was. In the current situation, rashly cooperating with a stranger was far riskier than simply being careful on his own.
Besides, he had Strength. In a situation like this, going it alone wasn't any riskier than blindly banding together with others.
Sometimes, one's own kind was more terrifying than an Alien Race.
And outside the door...
Zhao Wen stared at the tightly shut door.
"This..."
Zhao Wen was left completely dumbfounded.
It wasn't that she'd never been rejected before, but she'd never been rejected quite like this.
Her small cherry lips hung half open, her expression a little stunned, a trace of suspicion in her eyes.
Was he really not interested, or just pretending not to be? Did he think she'd wear him out or something?
Could he really be that Powerful Figure?
Had she guessed wrong?
In truth, Zhao Wen hadn't really intended to offer herself up.
What she'd mainly wanted was to probe him.
If Lin Qun really was a Powerful Figure, fine, that would be that. And if he wasn't, she was confident she could still extricate herself unscathed — she knew very well how to maneuver around men.
But Lin Qun's reaction had, if anything, only stirred up more curiosity and a greater urge to explore in her heart.
She was determined to figure out just what secret this man was hiding.
Thinking this, she started walking, heading downstairs.
Right now, Building 5's location was extremely sought-after, with people "living" even in the hallways.
Zhao Wen was beautiful and her figure was smoking hot, and some cast covetous glances her way.
Zhao Wen glanced over, then casually lifted the corner of her clothing at the small of her back.
Revealing a fruit knife and an expandable baton tucked behind her.
Those gazes quickly vanished.
Zhao Wen let out a cold snort.
Then strode off on her long legs.
After Zhao Wen left, Lin Qun also returned to his own room.
The sound of gunfire and cannon fire from the far edges of the City never stopped, and the network was still down.
Lin Qun found that three hours had passed, and his ranking had only dropped by one spot, from Fourth to Fifth.
It was daytime now, and the Bakatan people kept descending in ever greater numbers, until it had reached terrifying levels, moving about densely outside. In contrast, Human activity had been squeezed down — aside from the Military, most people were hiding, especially those with the Strength to kill Bakatan people, who were all staying put and holding back. So naturally, the rankings hadn't changed much.
But the biggest change in this Regional Ranking was...
the person named Xia Qing was no longer First.
First place was now held by... Qi Zhichuan of the Modu War Zone's Sixth Armored Division!
His Contribution Points were...
103!
Had he... killed over a hundred Bakatan people?
Xia Qing, now in Second place, only had twenty-nine Contribution Points — a full eighty Heads behind!
Lin Qun's eyes flickered.
He noticed there were now many similar names.
Modu War Zone Sixth Armored Division...
Modu War Zone Second Air Force Formation...
Even the ones with the fewest Contribution Points behind their IDs still had at least one!
At this point, from the twenties and thirties onward, it was no longer 0 — everyone had at least 1 Contribution Point.
Military soldiers had started registering IDs!
With information cut off, the network down, and the whole City fallen, this was how they were telling everyone in Modu—
they were fighting, they were resisting.
They would fight the Bakatan people to the death, no matter the cost!
Even Lin Qun, looking at prefix after prefix, felt an indescribable sense of stability and strength.
No one was an island.
Someone out there was fighting desperately for their survival.
Giving everything they had, heedless of Life and Death.
Those distant sounds of gunfire and cannon fire.
In this moment, they somehow didn't feel so distant anymore.
Lin Qun took a deep breath.
He decided that after resting and observing for a while longer, he would launch a proactive attack and hunt down the Bakatan people!
To earn more Contribution Points.
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