While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

"What's the point of taking the temperature? Let's kill this kid first," Huang Bingbing said.

Even a fool knows there's no need to take your temperature.

Even a genius with metal-type superpowers couldn't possibly cultivate such mental strength at around seven years old.

There is only one possibility: his abilities were granted by the parasite.

Low-level parasites initially feed on the brains of ordinary people to collect their mental energy. If they can then parasitize a superpowered host, they will absorb the host's elemental abilities.

Once a parasite absorbs the power of a certain element, it will become fixed and unable to control a second element.

For example, the parasite in the little boy's brain can only control metal.

After the catastrophe, humanity discovered that various strange beasts or alien creatures all had strong rules and limitations, and no group was an all-rounder.

If parasites could possess multiple superpowers simultaneously, they would probably have become the rulers of the universe long ago, and humanity would have been wiped out long ago.

The little boy's father knelt on the ground, clinging to Yang Ding's legs and pleading desperately.

"My son is no different from before. He has never harmed anyone. Please don't mess with him. He's just a child."

"When did you discover he was being parasitized?"

"About half a year ago, I discovered that he liked to eat raw chicken legs and raw pig liver, so I asked him and found out the truth: he had never attacked his family."

"Six months?"

Holy crap, Yang Ding was stunned.

Has the parasite been lurking for so long?

"Yes, he became more sensible during this time and never harmed anyone."

"The parasite absorbed your son's memories. It's just trying to lull you into a false sense of security, using you as a cover. Otherwise, where do you think his metal-type abilities came from?"

Yang Ding is also going to be a father, and he knows how painful it is to be a father right now.

But in this era, life and death are commonplace, and people have long since become numb to it.

The little boy stared at Yang Ding and the others with red eyes, but pitifully cried to his father for help.

"Dad, I'm so scared, I'm so scared, they're all bad people."

"Son, don't be afraid. Even if I die, I will never let them hurt you."

"Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts; your son is already dead."

This made the security guard even more agitated. "Your son is the one who died! My son is perfectly fine! It's all your fault! What are you doing, enforcing the law? What are you doing taking temperatures? You're just making things difficult for ordinary people like us."

"Interfering with our law enforcement and treating them as foreigners."

The security guard spread his arms, standing between the boy and Yang Ding.

"Son, don't hurt them. I'll talk to them nicely."

"Tell me quickly, they've all drawn their swords, boohoo..."

Yang Ding nudged Mao Jian beside him, "What are you standing there for? Drag him out."

The child's eyes flashed with malice as he glared at his father, who was blocking his way, and cursed, "Useless thing! You can't even protect your own child. You're just wasting air by living like this."

After he finished speaking, an L-shaped angle iron pierced through the security guard's chest and then plunged bloody steel into Yang's face.

With a sweeping sword move, Yang Ding sent the steel angle and the body of the security guard flying.

Then all the ironware in the house was uprooted and shot at Yang Ding and Mao Jian from all directions.

"Ouch, my fart!"

Mao Jian let out a miserable scream.

Yang Ding used the first move, "Sweeping Sword Stars Hanging Over the Wilderness," to knock all the iron weapons off the ground.

Seeing that he couldn't do anything to him, the child climbed out of the window and rushed towards the elevator.

He was wearing iron-soled shoes, and he was incredibly fast.

"Kill him!"

Two students blocking the elevator entrance began slashing with knives.

But just as the knife was about to fall, it froze in mid-air, and no matter what it did, it couldn't cut down.

The child sneered and controlled the knife to chop at their own heads.

Fortunately, the two had also reached the mid-stage of the first rank of cultivation. They gripped their swords tightly with both hands and used all their strength to hold their ground in a difficult standoff.

The child didn't linger and quickly slipped into the elevator, which then ascended.

The elevator space was cramped and made entirely of metal, making it his home turf.

"Don't turn off the power. Watch the elevator monitor and use the access control system to broadcast the announcements in real time."

After Yang Ding finished speaking, he went into the stairwell, activated his third-grade lower realm cultivation, and went up one floor every two steps, almost faster than an elevator.

Because they were not regular law enforcement officers, they did not have walkie-talkie systems.

The Jinglong Empire, which focuses on the evolution of human capabilities, has long abandoned industry and technology, and its production capacity is insufficient.

All current technological products are legacies from before the catastrophe, and of the five great empires, only the Eagle Empire continues to pursue a technological path.

Mao Jian quickly activated the access control systems on all floors, watching the child in the elevator report the latest situation.

"Brother Ding, he's on the fifth floor."

"Brother Ding, he's on the tenth floor."

"Brother Ding, he's on the 27th floor."

"Brother Ding, Brother Ding, he... he's gone."

Yang Ding walked to the access control of room 2701 and asked, "What does 'disappeared' mean?"

"I don't know, he just disappeared."

Did he tear open the elevator door?

"No, the elevator doors and walls are all fine. It's as if an adult's hand in the air pulled him away."

"It seems there are space-type hosts in this building."

"Damn it, Ding-ge, you'd better come down quickly, we've reported to the enforcement team."

"I'll come down and talk to them, so don't say anything out of line."

To confirm his guess, Yang Ding rushed to the elevator, opened the elevator door, and sure enough, saw the last centimeter or so of the gap close up and then disappear quickly.

"I have to catch you."

There are still more than 20 days before I can sleep with my second wife. The situation is urgent. If I can get a space beast crystal to replenish my energy, I can quickly improve my space capabilities.

Spatial abilities are extremely important when pursuing prey.

When he got downstairs, the law enforcement team on duty nearby also arrived.

As Yang Ding requested, the other teammates obediently shut up and let him handle the negotiations.

Yang Ding concealed the information about the space's host; otherwise, the building would have been allocated to other related parties very soon.

A mid-to-high-grade space beast crystal can cost anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of yuan.

"Is that kid capable? What level of superhuman do you think he is?"

"I estimate it's at least D+ level, but mainly it was our first time meeting, and he was still a kid, so we were fooled."

"It's only a D-level, but you're all students, so it's understandable."

The law enforcement lieutenant went to the security room and opened the access control system for all the residents.

"I'm Lieutenant Cao from the Enforcement Team. Listen up, everyone! Possessing parasites will get you charged with adultery by the Enforcement Bureau, and you'll lose your head."

"Any resident who sees the security guard's child downstairs can report it immediately, and the reward starts at 1,000 yuan."

The group waited for another half hour, but still received no reports.

The new security guards have arrived, and the law enforcement team is preparing to leave. It's almost 1 a.m., and everyone needs to rest.

"We will issue a warrant for this child's arrest. You should go back first. He can't leave this building; there are surveillance cameras in the elevator."

"When you sweep the building tomorrow night, remember to search the rooms. If the host has changed, the corpse will be there too."