The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

For example, the ability Xue Xiling used just now, which caused Lilith's attack to "freeze," might be a kind of slowing ability.

This ability can slow down the flow of time in a certain area.

Historically, there have been some superpowers related to time, but without exception, these powers only involve a portion of time-related abilities and cannot reach the divine abilities of mythology, such as the power to bring people to life or death, reverse time, and restore all things.

At least Gu Ran hasn't discovered any gods in this world yet. Even extraordinary abilities like martial arts and superpowers have only caused large-scale destruction in a few districts of the main city.

Of course, for ordinary people, this level of extraordinary ability is already comparable to that of gods, but ultimately it is still within the realm of mortals. For example, no one can transcend time and escape the judgment of time. No matter how powerful a person is, they will eventually turn into a handful of dust.

"Leng Ran... Phew... I helped you!" Xue Xiling's face was covered in sweat, and she was panting, but she was smiling happily.

Seeing Xue Xiling's smile, Gu Ran couldn't help but fall silent.

"You've successfully angered me!"

Suddenly, black flames rose from the ground, like flying black dragons.

A voice, tinged with exasperation, came from below Dragon Gate City, devoid of its former charm.

The next moment, Gu Ran felt the spear in his hand fly away. He quickly grabbed it and prevented it from escaping his grasp.

Lilith flew out from under the crater that had been smashed in Lungmen City, glaring at Gu Ran. Finally, she turned to Xue Xiling and said, "Fine, fine, as expected of Pan... 'Key'. I'll give you a good 'welcome' once I catch you."

She swallowed back the word she was about to blurt out. Lilith realized she had been too hasty. Now was not the time for her to reveal herself, because she didn't have the leverage yet and could only endure it for the time being. If those stubborn and foolish guys found out, her plan might be ruined.

Lilith looked at Gu Ran and noticed that he was still holding her spear, which made her frown.

"Come back!"

The black spear that Gu Ran had been holding suddenly went limp. As Gu Ran was surprised, the limp black spear slipped from his hand like a snake.

Then, the originally menacing black spear flew towards Lilith's...buttocks.

To Gu Ran's astonishment, it was attached... and became a tail.

Gu Ran fell silent as he watched the graceful tail swaying behind Lilith.

Was that black spear Lilith's...tail?

Doesn't that mean he's been holding onto someone else's tail all along?

"General Lilith, we'll deal with that human woman. You focus on fighting that human man one-on-one," the Lustful Apostle, who knew his general's personality well, flew over and said hastily.

Looking at Gu Ran, a hint of apprehension flashed in Lilith's eyes.

The human opposite her not only possessed unpredictable and bizarre power, but most importantly, he was able to withstand the endless fire at the bottom of the abyss. Moreover, when he grabbed her tail just now, for some reason, she felt a sense of closeness to him.

If she were only defeated by the opponent's fighting strength, she would still have a firm fighting will, but the strange sense of closeness she just felt completely extinguished her fighting spirit.

She had no desire to become a succubus like her ancestors.

Just as Lilith remained silent, a demon flew over.

"General Lilith, we've captured several humans ahead. They claim to be researchers from Lanxin University. What should we do with them?"

"Oh? Bring it over!" Lilith said, her eyes darting around.

The researcher at Lanxin University couldn't possibly be...

A bad feeling rose in Gu Ran's heart.

When those humans were brought up, Gu Ran discovered that they were indeed members of the research team who had left to return to Canglong City.

"Captain Leng Ran, save us!"

"Team leader! Help!"

The members of the research team who had been captured excitedly twisted their bodies and shouted loudly as soon as they saw Gu Ran.

"They look like acquaintances of yours. Want to save them?" Lilith smiled. "How about I release one person if you just beg me?"

"My request isn't unreasonable, is it? What, you're not even willing to accept this?"

Lilith glanced at Gu Ran.

"Help! Help! Team Leader Leng!"

The members of the research team looked at Gu Ran pleadingly, hoping that he would lower his head as the succubus general had instructed and save their lives.

Gu Ran glanced at them indifferently and said, "Their lives and deaths are none of my concern. Please do as you see fit."

152. Lilith reneges! The relationship status of Xue Xiling and Gu Ran (4k)

Lilith was somewhat surprised by Gu Ran's indifferent reply.

Didn't our ancestors' books say that many passionate men value their comrades highly?

Once you have their companions under control, you can get whatever you want from them, even more effectively than using your body to lure them into being dogs.

She had assumed that Gu Ran, who had just let his companion escape first, must also be a human like that.

The conditions she just proposed weren't unreasonable, were they? She just wanted him to bow his head to her, so why did he refuse so decisively?

Lilith grew angrier the more she thought about it: "Fine, then it seems these people are useless now. I'll kill them, and you won't care, will you?"

A cluster of flames detached from Lilith's hand and flew towards the members of the research team.

Gu Ran's refusal and Lilith's anger greatly alarmed the members of the research team.

"No! Don't kill me!" Someone huddled up in fear.

“We are researchers from Lanxin University. If you kill us, Lanxin University will definitely not let you off the hook!” Someone tried to intimidate the other party by using the name of Lanxin University.

"Leng Ran, say something! What's wrong with you bowing down to her? We risked our lives to come here with you, and this is how you treat us?" Someone turned their anger towards Gu Ran.

“You did come here for your future, but not because of me, but because of Xue Xiling, the principal’s daughter,” Gu Ran suddenly said.

The faces of the expedition team members immediately changed.

"Leng Ran, what kind of joke are you talking about? We didn't know anything before, so why did we come here as the principal's daughter? If you don't want to save her, then don't save her, but you're good at making up high-sounding excuses."

Immediately, someone refuted Gu Ran.

"Oh? If it weren't for the principal's daughter, would I really have such great charm that you would place your bets on me?" Gu Ran chuckled. "In your eyes, I'm just a mere bounty hunter who got lucky and passed the Lanxin University entrance exam. You don't really respect me, do you?"

At this moment, Lilith was no longer in a hurry to threaten Gu Ran or kill one or two people to teach Gu Ran a lesson.

Because she discovered that this group of humans had actually started fighting amongst themselves. Human infighting was interesting, and she was very interested in this spectacle.

Gu Ran continued, "Although I proposed the idea of ​​improving mobile cities, it doesn't actually involve any technology at all. It just reveals a blind spot in thinking that no one had ever thought of before. Once this blind spot is revealed, people get used to it and think it's no big deal. It's so simple, I can do it too."

"So you are probably incredibly jealous of me, the lucky one, but since you have no connection with me, your jealousy is just that—jealousy—and you can't do anything about it until you are asked if you are willing to explore the ruins with me."

Immediately, someone trembled and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could we possibly be jealous of you? Besides, if we were jealous of you, we wouldn't have been willing to form a team with you to explore the ruins."

The others immediately nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, yes, Leng Ran, if we hadn't agreed to form a team with you, no one would have wanted to be a member of your team. Instead of being grateful to us, you say we're jealous of you? You're really repaying kindness with enmity. It was definitely the right thing for the others not to join your team. We can only blame ourselves for being blind."

Gu Ran had been observing their expressions, and through the few tests they had just given, he knew that he was pretty much right.

"I just said that you came for your future and also for the principal's daughter. Don't you understand the implications? Or are you going to keep pretending? Fine, I'll be blunt and make it clear. You were actually sent by another force to monitor and investigate me, right? They also told you that Xue Xiling, the principal's daughter from Lanxin University, would be coming."

Upon hearing this, the members of the scientific expedition team changed their expressions drastically, staring at Gu Ran with disbelief in their eyes.

"How...how did you know?"

Now they know it's pointless to keep pretending; the other party already knows this much, so sticking up a facade is futile.

“It’s very simple. I know that Principal Xue Yingsong is going to start a purge at Lanxin University to clean up its atmosphere. So those forces that are to be eliminated will naturally look for opportunities to retaliate,” Gu Ran said slowly. “Principal Xue Yingsong’s prestige at Lanxin University is too high, so they don’t dare to use any insidious means such as armed assassination against him. If others find out, countless angry people will even wipe out their entire families.”

"This is the influence of Xue Yingsong as the most outstanding president of Lanxin University. This is something that those people would never dare to provoke. They can't even be tough on Xue Yingsong because they are parasites attached to Lanxin University. Although they have some power by relying on Lanxin University, it is all because of Lanxin University. In turn, Lanxin University has become famous to some extent because of President Xue Yingsong."

Yes, even Gu Ran had to admit that Xue Yingsong, that old fox, had an influence on Lanxin University that was among the top in history. All of this was due to his scientific research achievements, which made Lanxin University completely ahead of the Human Alliance in many aspects.

Faced with such a principal, the old fogies at Lanxin University who held high positions without doing their jobs and brought about a bad atmosphere were completely helpless, so they could only try to find a solution from the side, by trying to find a solution from his daughter.

Therefore, Xue Xiling's movements have become very important in the eyes of some people.

The relationship between Xue Xiling and Gu Ran was not concealed, which took on a special meaning in the eyes of many people with ulterior motives.

They may not have guessed that Xue Yingsong would include his daughter in his scientific expedition team, but they must have already made some connections to his relationship with Xue Xiling. Therefore, monitoring him was, to some extent, monitoring Xue Xiling.

Because he is not very important, the people sent over are not very important either. They are weak and their research capabilities are pitifully low. It is likely that the old fogies at Lanxin University do not value these people much. They are just making promises and using them as laborers to monitor him for free.

As Gu Ran explained these things to the members of the research team, they completely broke down, crying and begging Gu Ran to let them go, acting pitiful and pleading for him to show leniency and rescue them.

Gu Ran ignored these voices.

"So why would I care about people like that and risk my own interests to save them?" Gu Ran finally asked Lilith.

“Indeed, people like that are completely meaningless and worthless to you, and not worth saving at all.” Lilith nodded in agreement. “Very good, you have successfully convinced me, then I will not kill them.”

Lilith turned to the demons and said, "Let them go! Carefully place them on the ground, don't let them fall to their deaths, they're not tough warriors."

The demons holding the expedition team members were puzzled, not understanding why they were going to release these humans. However, they dared not disobey the general's orders and quickly put them on the ground, then untied the ropes binding them.

"Tch, consider yourself lucky." A demon glanced at their disheveled state.

The members of the research teams looked at each other in bewilderment.

How is this going?

How were they saved?

They had already prepared themselves for a terrible death, and had given up all hope.

Lilith glanced at Gu Ran, then suddenly smiled alluringly: "Human, you're quite interesting. In the end, whatever your purpose is in this mobile city, good luck."