In the name of supernatural powers

Chapter 235 Absolute Comradeship in Spirit
The two went outside and got into the car.

Seeing Lu Zhao's official car, Li Dongxue asked with some surprise, "Why are the vehicles in your unit so bad?"

Although the brand is Tiangong, the current leading federal automaker, the models are clearly from an old brand from ten years ago.

It wasn't that Li Dongxue disliked the car; she came from an ordinary family and didn't have high expectations for material conditions.

The prevailing impression is that federal government vehicles are generally quite nice, costing hundreds of thousands of yuan. In megacities like Cangwu, government vehicles starting at a million yuan are a dime a dozen.

It's become the common perception that officials drive luxury cars, so Lu Zhao's decision not to is subconsciously surprising.

Lu Zhao replied, "Our company has a Tiangong 48 worth 1.5 million yuan, but I don't like driving it."

Li Dongxue asked, "Why?"

Lu Zhao replied, "Our salaries are already very high. It's inappropriate to be so extravagant in other aspects. In the past, it would have been impossible to have such high-spec official vehicles."

In terms of purchasing power, federal officials' salaries are very high, generally three to four times that of ordinary people.

Frontline soldiers like Lu Zhao and Li Dongxue typically earn at least ten times their base salary. As the captain of the special counter-terrorism unit, Lu Zhao earns at least 30,000 yuan a month, and with year-end bonuses and performance-based pay, his annual income can reach around 800,000 yuan.

In Cangwu, most people earn around 3,000 yuan a month, which is already the highest average income in the country.

When the Federation enters the military, they will go to the battlefield and face various dangers, so they need to be paid according to wartime pay.

Li Dongxue seemed to be deep in thought.

It seems that Ah Zhao is a very frugal person who doesn't like extravagance.

Lu Zhao cut to the chase and asked, "How's it going on your end?"

“I’ve been reporting irregularities on Tuen Mun Island recently, although I can’t provide concrete evidence, it should have caught the attention of the higher-ups. Entering martial law next won’t arouse their suspicion. When do you need me to enter martial law?”

Li Dongxue is extremely efficient.

She didn't ask Lu Zhao what he was going to do specifically. Lu Zhao only expressed his desire to impose martial law, and Li Dongxue had already taken the initiative to lay the groundwork.

Just like a soldier following orders, he never asked why, only what Lu Zhao wanted.

Those who secretly collude to deliberately impose martial law and abuse the authority of frontline commanders will face military court-martial if discovered.

But Li Dongxue has never asked a single "why" to this day.

Lu Zhao said, "I can't confirm the time yet, but I can be sure it will be within this month."

He needed to wait for a while. The struggle between Chen Yunming and Liu Hanwen gradually intensified, with both sides having taken to the ring and beginning to engage in localized power struggles.

Then, use the fire behemoth to lure the two away, leaving both forces without command.

While Liu Hao, Ding Shoujin, and Tu Bin were certainly capable of commanding, they were ultimately not Zhuge Liang himself.

They lacked a quick and efficient means of communication with officials of the same rank as Chen, and the two sides never reached any consensus.

That will be Lu Zhao's opportunity; this is what is meant by creating momentum.

It can both increase one's own prestige and reverse one's unfavorable circumstances.

With the two military commanders in charge, there was a consensus and a bottom line regarding the investigation into financial supplements, making it difficult for Lu Zhao to advance the investigation no matter what schemes he used.

There are always areas that cannot be considered in planning, and there is always a limit to how many strategies can be developed.

Only momentum can be ever-changing.

Li Dongxue simply nodded and then asked no further questions.

Lu Zhao felt deeply moved by his childhood friend's high regard for him.

This is like someone shouting, "I'll bring a knife to Xuanwu Gate tomorrow," without specifying the reason. Then, Li Dongxue didn't ask any questions and actually went to Xuanwu Gate the next day with a knife.

Li Dongxue asked, "Is there anything else?"

Lu Zhao shook his head and said, "No more."

Immediately afterwards, Li Dongxue, who was sitting in the passenger seat, leaned slightly towards Lu Zhao.

Lu Zhao sensed something was wrong and reached out to open the car door, but Li Dongxue immediately grabbed his wrist and held it tightly.

Li Dongxue had half her body pressed against Lu Zhao, one hand gripping his wrist and the other pressing down on his shoulder, her sharp eyes revealing aggression.

"Now that we've finished discussing the business, let's talk about the reward."

The two could feel each other's breath; they were very close.

Li Dongxue could smell Lu Zhao's body odor, a very familiar scent.

A person's scent originates from metabolism and secretions, and is also limited by genes; it is a specific scent emitted under multiple factors.

Without perfume, people can distinguish scents, but they cannot smell the scent of people they are very familiar with.

Provided it is clean and odorless, Li Dongxue and Lu Zhao cannot smell any odor.

Lu Zhao said, "Let me go first, then we can talk."

"Ah Zhao, if I let you go, do you think you can escape?"

Li Dongxue chuckled and said disdainfully, "The difference in physical strength between the second and third tiers is at least tenfold, not to mention that my strength is several times greater than that of an ordinary third tier."

With the Horned Dragon Bow enhancing his power, Lu Zhao's strength far surpasses that of other extraordinary beings of the same level. Even an ordinary third-tier cultivator might not be able to hold him down completely.

Unfortunately, Li Dongxue belongs to the Heavenly Gang Divine Power sequence. Although both are powerful divine powers, her divine power is much stronger than that of the Horned Dragon Bow.

Feeling scorned by his childhood friend, Lu Zhao subconsciously strained his arm, but it was still to no avail.

'Damn it, I can't beat this girl.'

Li Dongxue leaned down to kiss him, but Lu Zhao pursed his lips and turned his head away.

Seeing this, she raised an eyebrow and straddled Lu Zhao.

At the same time, the backrests of the tables and chairs were lowered so that the back would not hit the steering wheel.

"Ah Zhao, if you keep doing this, don't blame me for pushing my luck."

"Isn't this already pushing your luck enough?"

As Lu Zhao gazed at her, the dragon energy within him began to stir again.

Li Dongxue's appearance was very distinctive; it couldn't be described simply as pretty, but rather as heroic. Her eyes were bright and clear, like flashes of lightning, filled with a strange sense of aggression.

Today she wasn't wearing her military uniform, but a white t-shirt tucked into high-waisted jeans, outlining the curves of her body.

The arms show muscle definition; they aren't very thick, but they're a bit larger than the average woman's. When the arms are raised, the deltoid muscles in the shoulders are clearly visible, and some muscle definition should also be visible in the back.

She doesn't have the small belly that most women have.

She has rounded hips and long, well-proportioned legs.

The muscles all over his body are well-defined, but not bulky; they have a just-right sense of agility.

If Lin Xuemei's feminine characteristics are oddly represented, then Li Dongxue is the embodiment of strength and beauty in sculptural art.

Beyond the realm of gender, his figure is perfectly proportioned. Lu Zhao usually doesn't care about these things; he's not bad-looking himself, so if you really want to see something, look at yourself.

But now that Li Dongxue is pressing down on him, and with the dragon energy within him causing trouble, his eyes begin to wander uncontrollably.

It was as if he had been given an aphrodisiac, causing Lu Zhao to lose his composure for four seconds. He had managed to control himself for only one second before regaining his composure.

A lot can happen in four seconds.

There's something moving in my mouth, like a live loach crawling into my mouth.

At this moment, Lu Zhao really wanted to go back and guzzle life-sustaining supplements.

Life development is absolutely necessary.

After a while, Li Dongxue sat back in the passenger seat, her breathing a little rapid, her face flushed, and her chest heaving.

Lu Zhao sat up straight again and wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth with a tissue.

The two were silent for a moment.

Li Dongxue broke the silence and said, "Ah Zhao, so this is what it feels like."

Lu Zhao said disdainfully, "What do you mean by 'this feeling'? What else can you do besides spitting all over my face?"

“I mean kissing,” Li Dongxue said. “The first time we went to see a movie, all the kissing scenes involved sticking out tongues.”

"In a war movie that's over two hours long, all you remember is the kissing scene."

That's called sexual awakening.

"Is Ah Zhao angry?"

"It doesn't count as repayment, I'll just consider it payment in kind."

Lu Zhao wasn't exactly angry, but he felt exhausted. He said, "You should know that I can't give you any promises right now, and I can't marry you."

Upon hearing this, Li Dongxue showed no anger whatsoever.

Because this is the real Ah Zhao, possessing an extraordinary sense of responsibility and mission. He wouldn't deceive himself, nor would he deceive others.

The more ruthless a person is, the more decisive they are.

"Ah Zhao, I may not live to see that time."

"Ok?"

Lu Zhao turned his head, his brows furrowed slightly, and asked, "What happened?"

"It's a state secret, I can't tell you."

Li Dongxue held up her index finger and a carefree smile appeared on her lips. She said, "I've recently figured it out. Anyway, I may not live to be thirty or forty, so there's no need to follow the rules."

“Ah Zhao, marriage and having children are not suitable for me, and they should not be suitable for you either. We don’t need any social rules or culture to define us.”

"You just need to remember that I am your absolute comrade in spirit, and the only person in the world you can completely entrust yourself to."

Lu Zhao stared into those sharp and clear eyes and fell into a long silence.

He and Li Dongxue were not two people, but one and a half people.

Four years have passed, and their spirits have become independent, their consciousnesses no longer connected. But those six years of merging cannot be erased by separation alone.

This is why Lu Zhao can reject any woman, but he can't resist Li Dongxue's advances.

Because a person cannot drive away their shadow.

Now Lu Zhao is certain that Li Dongxue is no longer his shadow; a shadow would never force a kiss upon itself.

Lu Zhao did not ask Li Dongxue why she might die at the age of thirty. It could be the average age of soldiers, or it could be for other reasons.

Since she's unwilling to talk about it, I shouldn't press her for an answer.

Just like Li Dongxue never asked herself why martial law was declared.

You can ask the teacher later; perhaps it's because of his supernatural powers. As a third-tier transcendent being, Li Dongxue exerted a stronger sense of pressure on Lu Zhao than Zhao De.

It should be noted that Zhao De was very close to the fourth rank and could break through at any time. However, when compared to Li Dongxue, Lu Zhao could feel a very obvious gap.

He was certain that Zhao De was no match for Li Dongxue, whose supernatural abilities were extraordinary.

Since its supernatural powers are extraordinary, it must also have some drawbacks, just like the Horned Dragon Bow, which led to Li Dongxue's death.

Lu Zhao let out a long sigh, the weariness about his relationship status easing considerably, and smiled, "Actually, I can't guarantee I'll live to be thirty."

In peacetime, families do need to be managed, and Lu Zhao should also focus on his emotional life and plan for the future.

But this is not a time of peace. The Federation is constantly threatened by the ancient gods, and behemoths could raze cities to the ground at any moment. Countless remnants of the great rebellion are trying to make a comeback.

The rampant corruption among officials and the unwieldy power of large corporations and conglomerates, which had sustained the supply system for ten years, fostered a series of enormous and distorted interest groups.

Li Dongxue didn't simply maintain a friendship as he had initially envisioned. Nor did she intend to force him to make any choice; she was simply enjoying the present moment.

“Your style of doing things will indeed offend a lot of people. Even with the Lin family’s protection, you can’t be completely safe when it comes to the struggles involving the Marquis of Wu.”

Li Dongxue leaned on his shoulder and fell into a long silence again.

But this time it wasn't awkward or tense; it was more like enjoying this moment of tranquility.

In the face of life and death, everything else is trivial. In this turbulent era, anyone could die, including the two of them.

If their lives are destined to be violent, then they are indeed comrades.

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Director-General of the South China Sea Supervisory Office.

Lin Zhiyan finished her workday and checked the time. It was only 4:30, an hour and a half before her appointment with Lu Zhao.

She arrived at Ding Shoujin's office door, pushed it open, and said, "Aunt Ding, are you busy?"

When Lin Zhiyan saw Ding Shoujin, he was clearly stunned, and his lips parted slightly.

"Aunt Ding, why did you get a buzz cut?"

At this time, Ding Shoujin had a buzz cut, which made him look even more capable and energetic.

She replied, "It was burned during the mission."

Lin Zhiyan approached and examined her closely, then couldn't help but chuckle, saying, "Why doesn't Aunt Ding go for cosmetic surgery? I remember there's a procedure that helps people grow their hair longer."

With the existence of extraordinary powers, the Federation's medical industry is highly developed, possessing many miraculous medicines, but it is also accompanied by various accidents.

Extraordinary drugs can easily lead to death if they get out of control.

Ding Shoujin said sarcastically, "Even if your Aunt Ding shaves her head, there will be handsome young men kneeling down to lick my boots, unlike some people who can only lick others."

"Licking is one thing, after all, Xiao Lu is one of the rarest in the world. But every time there is a little progress, her little mouth is like it has been blessed in a nunnery, wishing she could become a Buddha on the spot and never get married."

(End of this chapter)