Why are all the people in my chat group rumored to be from the outside world?

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Chapter 14 Star: Showing Off Will Make You Fly

Looking at the elderly man with gray hair, the doctor silently stepped in front of the crowd and said in a low voice, "They're up to no good."

“It really is.” Yu Jin stared at the old man in front of him.

Although he had only seen descriptions of the other person in books, he recognized them the moment they appeared in person.

Angers.

An Avenger.

"They actually managed to get him out of there." Yu Jin stepped forward calmly, blocking the way for everyone.

This guy is a lot of trouble in some ways.

Especially that old man's Word of Power—Time Zero.

Although they don't actually manipulate time, the effect is pretty much the same for these people.

Angers' gaze swept over the four people in front of him.

The three were wary, but the gray-haired girl seemed completely unconcerned.

His gaze then turned to the back, where the figures lying haphazardly on the ground could be clearly heard with their even breathing.

"...Just knocked him unconscious?" Angers pondered to himself.

Just as he was thinking, Xing took a step forward, baseball bat in hand. "Hey!"

Angers' gaze refocused on the girl.

Xing pointed his baseball bat directly at Angers: "You're in my way."

"Don't think I won't beat you up just because you're an old man."

Angers did not get angry. "Young man, don't be so hot-blooded."

"What kind of young person isn't hot-blooded?" Xing retorted confidently.

While the two were talking, Yu Jin subtly connected to the internal chat group:

[The Firebringer]: "This guy is tough to deal with, especially that Time Zero, which is essentially another kind of extreme acceleration. His speed will be extremely fast."

[Torchbearer]: "To prevent him from cutting the back row, I'll try to hold him off for a bit. You guys find a chance to slip away first."

[Star Core Essence]: "Hey, hey, hey, are you suggesting I avoid your sharp edge?"

[Star Core Essence]: "Aren't you underestimating me?"

[Star Core Essence]: "You all step back a little later, let me show you the power of scientific researchers!"

Messages flashed by in the group chat.

"This guy is truly fearless," Yu Jin thought to himself.

Angers, who was ahead, chuckled twice: "Haha, you're right, young people should be spirited... but it depends on the occasion."

"For example?" Xing tilted her head, as if she really didn't understand.

Angers' smile vanished abruptly: "For example... now."

"Heh, let's give it a try!" Xingdou said with high spirits.

The moment the words left his mouth!

"Kevin! Take the Doctor away!" Ember said to the two behind him without hesitation.

If you can't fight side by side, at least don't hold your teammates back.

Realizing he might become a burden, Kevin immediately grabbed the doctor and turned to rush in another direction.

Angers moved, and so did the stars.

Angers watched as the girl charged at him with a stick, Kevin dragged the Doctor away in an attempt to escape, and Ember remained behind.

"What a bunch of troublesome young people." A cold folding knife appeared between his fingers without him noticing.

Angers planned to deflect Xing's attack, stun her, and then deal with the others one by one.

However, as the metal baseball bat rapidly approached, Angers seemed to see a sly smile curl up at the corner of the girl's mouth.

"Naive. You think my folding knife can't stop a mere baseball bat?"

The alchemical weapon in his hand was no ordinary item.

With that certainty, Angers' folding knife precisely met the whistling baseball bat.

"You've been tricked! Old Deng!" The power of destiny erupted from Xing's body! Violent purple lightning instantly wrapped around the metal rod, and her speed suddenly increased to an unbelievable level!

Angers only saw a blur before his eyes, and the baseball bat slammed hard into the folding knife!

An unparalleled force, like that of a mountain being struck, came crashing down upon him. Before he could even react, he was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, disappearing at the end of the alley!

This sudden turn of events left Yu Jin, who was about to step forward to help, completely stunned, blinking blankly.

"What are you waiting for? Run!" Xing, who had landed a successful blow, grabbed Yu Jin's wrist without hesitation and turned to run wildly in the direction where Kevin and the others had disappeared!

"So, don't underestimate me! Aren't you amazing?" Xing turned to Yu Jin with an incredibly cheerful smile, tinged with a hint of smugness.

They've faced off against the Doomsday Beasts head-on, do you understand the significance of that?

What else could Yu Jin say? He had indeed underestimated the strength of his fellow group members.

Faced with Xing's smug expression, he could only utter two words due to his lack of cultural knowledge: "Awesome!"

Just then, a black sedan sped up and came to a precise stop right in front of them!

Ember instinctively tensed his muscles—this was the very car that had been chasing him!

The car window rolled down, revealing the doctor's face. "Quick! Get in! There's no time to explain!"

"Where did you get this car?" Yu Jin asked urgently as he quickly opened the car door and climbed in.

Kevin, slightly embarrassed, said from the driver's seat, "I found it on the roadside, and I saw the keys were still on it..."

"Then what are we waiting for? Go! Go! Go!" Xing excitedly pointed to the windshield.

"Hold on tight!" Before Kevin finished speaking, he floored the accelerator, and the black car shot through the night like an arrow, disappearing into the distance.

"By the way, how's Angers? You guys got away so quickly?" the doctor asked curiously inside the carriage.

Xing shrugged: "I don't know. I sent him flying with one blow, and then we slipped away."

The doctor seemed thoughtful: "It doesn't sound... like it's that strong?"

"Wrong! I'm too strong!" Xing immediately corrected, looking confident.

"Anyway, we've really offended Kassel College this time, haven't we?" Kevin, who was driving, interjected.

They even knocked out the other party's leader, so this feud is now firmly established.

"So what if we offended him?" the doctor said, putting his hands behind his head and leaning back in his chair. His tone was relaxed. "Anyway, we'll be leaving this world in a few days."

"I propose!" Xing raised her hand high, "Let's spend the next few days exploring this world! What do you say?"

Kevin: "You need money to play games..."

"We'll see when the time comes," Xing waved his hand dismissively. "If things really don't work out, we'll figure out how to make some quick money."

Yu Jin glanced at her sideways: "Isn't it a little too fast for you to learn bad habits?"

"That's called the super learning ability of researchers!" Xing said, arms crossed, with a proud and self-assured expression.

"I'm not complimenting you."

"It's decided then and there!" Xing made the decision immediately.

Everyone smiled. Since they had no other choice, taking a trip through this world they were about to leave behind was a pretty good ending.

At this moment, deep within that dark alley.

A group of men in black nervously surrounded a smelly trash can, carefully helping an injured old man covered in filth out.

Is it the decline of morality or the extinction of humanity that led this centenarian to collapse in the trash can?

Lying on the stretcher, Angers gazed at the night sky above, tinged red by the city lights, and felt the lingering smell of garbage on his body. He let out a long, helpless sigh: "I'm really getting old... I even underestimated my opponent."

"And... they were let off the hook."

“...Stop pursuing those people,” Angers ordered the people around him.

Everyone nodded, but their eyes held a hint of surprise.

Their principal must have been beaten senseless, otherwise why would he drop the pursuit of those people after being beaten?

But since the leaders have spoken, they just need to listen to them.

Chapter 15 Damn! The enemy is attacking!

The car was parked quietly by the sea.

Ember, Kevin, Doctor, and Star gazed silently at the shimmering sea, their emotions as complex as an overturned spice bottle.

Just now, a very simple beginner task appeared in the chat group.

But they estimate that the difficulty of this task is far beyond what is expected.

Yu Jin covered his face: "Why couldn't he have come a day earlier?"

Kevin said quietly, "I think you should take the blame for this."

The doctor sighed, "Why...why couldn't you have left a day later?"

Xing blinked and asked tentatively, "Is it... too late to apologize now?"

Are you joking about this?

Ember stared at the brightly lit quest prompt on the panel: Quest: Join Kassel College and become a student.

Reward: Choose one of three Words of Power, 500 points.

Join Kassel College?

Thanks for the invitation. You just knocked the principal into the trash can with a stick, and now you want to join?

I'm afraid I'll be surrounded and chopped into mincemeat the moment I walk in!

This is why the four of them leaned silently against the car, their eyes filled with complex emotions as they greeted the first rays of dawn on the horizon.

“Actually… we don’t necessarily need those rewards, right?” Kevin tried to convince everyone, and himself, “Word of Power, enough is enough.”

"But... 500 points is so tempting!" The Doctor stared at the dazzling array of goods in the chat group's shop, almost drooling. It had everything: Words of Power, Noble Phantasms, Superpowers... Of course, the prices were also heartbreakingly high.

For example, the Rhine of Ember is priced at only 300 points in the store.

This discovery once made the doctor laugh at him mercilessly—who told this guy to always show off his high Word Power sequence?

Now his skill has become the cheapest one on the shelf!

Although dissatisfied with the price, Ember actually agreed with it in his heart.

Who doesn't know that Rhine is a human bomb? Regardless of whether you can withstand it, the caster will have to suffer a lot first. For ordinary hybrids or even dragons, this thing is purely a disposable item.

“I could have endured the darkness…” Xing clutched her chest, her expression pained, “but why did you let me see the light?”

Choosing one of the three Words of Power might not be important, but she wanted those 500 points too!

The mall was filled with so many novel and interesting things that she couldn't resist the urge to buy them!

Yu Jin felt cold sweat trickling down his forehead.

He definitely played poorly this time, and this mission... he'll probably have to give up with tears in his eyes.

After all, Xing's blow was quite heavy.

The rising sun painted the sea golden; morning had arrived.

“Let’s go, to the next city.” Kevin took a deep breath, turned around, opened the car door, and got into the driver’s seat. The other three also silently got into the car.

The black car sped along the coastal highway until 7 a.m., when it entered the outskirts of an unnamed city.