What... what happened?

Mechanical genius girl Lü Qingyu, staring at her severed lower half, her eyes full of bewilderment.

She couldn't understand who had attacked her.

The heat sensors on her body showed no reaction, completely unable to detect the source of the attack.

"Buzz——!"

The piercing sound of slicing air rose again.

The next instant.

A streak of light shot towards her at extreme speed.

Striking Lü Qingyu squarely in the chest.

It pierced through the energy core in the center.

Blasting it into myriad fragments.

"It's over..."

"I'm going to die..."

Lü Qingyu felt the breath of death, her face instantly covered in despair.

Then, the sound of something cutting through the air came from below her.

She thought it was the streak of light coming again, to take her life.

But when she looked down in despair in the direction of the sound, the figure she saw was Lin Zichen.

Before she could figure out what was happening, Lin Zichen had already rushed to her side, grabbing the upper half of her body, which had a huge hole torn through her chest, in his arms.

Then he expelled his Qi-Blood, adjusting direction, and rushed towards the back of a large shopping mall.

During the fall, with a mere thought, he spread his spiritual power and also drew Lü Qingyu's pair of alloy legs, her lower half, towards him through telekinesis.

Seeing this scene, Lü Qingyu was extremely shocked in her heart.

Flight Control...

This was a skill only mechanically modified humans with reverse airflow propulsion devices, or Genetic Integrators with the Exotic Beast Gene for flight, could master.

Other than these two, it would have to be someone with spiritual strength at the Rare Level to use telekinesis and achieve Flight Control.

And Lin Zichen, neither a Mechanically Modified Human nor a Genetic Integrator, and not being of High Level biologically, could achieve brief Flight Control by expelling his Qi-Blood.

Just how potent must his Qi-Blood be to utilize it in such a way?

Is the Pureblood Human Path so incredibly potent?

This was truly shocking...

The more Lü Qingyu thought, the more incredible it seemed, and she grew to admire Lin Zichen even more in her heart.

After admiration came a deep envy.

Lü Qingyu never liked being mechanically modified and preferred a flesh and blood body.

But she didn't have a choice.

When she was very young, her parents took her to undergo mechanical modification, and over half of her body parts were made of alloy metal.

She could not follow the path of Genetic Fusion, let alone the Pureblood Human Path.

She was destined to be a Mechanically Modified Human for life.

"Buzz——!"

"Buzz——!"

"Buzz——!"

Suddenly, three consecutive sounds of slicing air erupted.

Three streams of light infused with tremendous energy shot out from the rooftop of a tall building behind them.

They rocketed towards Lin Zichen in the air with the speed of lightning.

Lin Zichen's reaction was incredibly fast.

Prompted by the Danger Perception, he used the expulsion of his Qi-Blood to adjust his falling direction in time, narrowly evading the attack.

The three streams of light that missed their target shot towards the large shopping mall ahead the next second.

Straight through the walls with a "boom."

Knocking down a large number of rubble.

Leaving behind three startlingly large holes in the hard exterior of the shopping mall.

Lin Zichen glanced at the holes in the wall, feeling a sudden chill in his heart.

The destructive power of the streaks of light was too strong.

Had he been hit just then, he would likely be torn apart.

It was only because the alloy strength on Lü Qingyu's body was high enough that she was only slashed in half, pierced through and chilled to the core.

Any other Mechanically Modified Human would probably have been disintegrated in mid-air, turning into a pile of wreckage.

Quickly.

Lin Zichen landed safely behind the large shopping mall, carrying both halves of the mechanical genius girl's body.

As soon as he landed, Shen Qinghan, who was hiding there, quickly walked over, her face full of worry, "Lin Zi, is she alright?"

Before Lin Zichen could reply, Lü Qingyu, held in his arms, spoke, "I'm fine."

"Are you sure? Don't push yourself..."

Shen Qinghan, looking at the gaping hole in Lü Qingyu's chest, found it hard to believe that the mechanical genius girl was truly fine.

Lü Qingyu smiled, "Really, I won't die as long as my head isn't crushed."

"That's good then."

Shen Qinghan breathed a sigh of relief.

She had no relationship with Lü Qingyu, they were not acquainted at all, they were just strangers.

But still, she cared for Lü Qingyu.

She didn't want to see the mechanical genius girl, who had been active on television screens since childhood, die in front of her.

She would feel very sad about that.

Aside from enemies, she didn't want to see anyone die before her eyes.

Lin Zichen set Lü Qingyu's bisected body against the wall, and then turned to Shen Qinghan,

"Han Han, take care of her for a bit, I will go find and kill the enemy hiding in the shadows who launched the surprise attack."

"Lin Zi, maybe you shouldn't go, it feels dangerous."

Shen Qinghan said with a face full of worry.

Lin Zichen calmly replied, "If it gets dangerous, I can run faster than anyone, don't worry."

With that, he turned and started walking towards the building from which the streaks of light had come.

Suddenly, a massive roar sounded.

It was the sound of the reverse airflow propulsion device.

A Mechanically Modified Human was coming.

Lin Zichen tensed immediately on hearing it.

As he looked up into the sky, all the Qi-Blood in his body surged wildly.

Ready to attack at any moment.

He suspected—the enemy that had just attacked Lü Qingyu from the shadows might be the unknown Mechanically Modified Human now creating the roaring sound in the sky, about to fly over the shopping mall.

A Mechanically Modified Human who had turned traitor and joined the Divine Plant Cult.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by Aunomay Read