Rainy night.

Alley.

Amidst the sound of rain, there was an intermittent crackle of electricity.

"Calling Ai Li! Calling Ai Li! Can you hear me? Hold on for five more minutes, we're almost there!"

Several bodies lay sprawled on the ground.

A humanoid creature covered in long hair crouched in front of the corpses, digging into them.

The sound of the heavy rain, water flowing into the sewers, the creature's chewing, and the crackling of electricity combined to create an eerie atmosphere.

In the corner.

A graceful figure leaned against the wall, slowly standing up.

Short silver hair.

Her features were exquisitely beautiful, blending the best of Eastern and Western traits. Tall and clad in tight leather, her alluring figure was perfectly outlined.

In her hand, a blue long knife with peculiar patterns was planted on the ground.

The woman took a deep breath, gripping the blue knife, which glimmered faintly.

The humanoid creature extended its claws toward a person lying on the ground, who was still breathing, weakly and fearfully pleading, "Captain Ai Li! Save me! Please save me!"

The woman gritted her teeth, took a breath, and despite the excruciating pain, charged at the humanoid creature with her knife.

Without turning its head, the creature swung a punch.

The woman's delicate body was sent flying, crashing into the puddles and splashing water everywhere.

A strange watch on her wrist beeped, and the three red dots displayed on it suddenly turned into four small dots.

Her lips moved, struggling several times, but ultimately, she lay powerless on the ground, eyes filled with despair, pressing her earpiece, lips trembling.

"Level 4! Level 4 Aberrant!"

A voice exclaimed from the earpiece, "What? Level 4? Ai Li! We're on our way! Just hold on a bit longer! We're almost there!"

Ai Li removed the earpiece, lying on the ground, her gaze empty, ice-blue eyes staring at the dark sky, muttering, "It's too late!"

Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed someone beside her.

Ai Li's heart tightened, instinctively reaching for her knife.

The newcomer held an umbrella.

Raindrops pattered densely on the umbrella.

Ai Li saw that the newcomer seemed to be wearing the uniform of the nearby Second Middle School.

She hurriedly grabbed the newcomer's pant leg, weak and anxious, "Don't just stand there! Run!"

The humanoid creature, busy devouring, paused its actions, turned its head, and a pair of cold vertical pupils fixed on the newcomer.

Its blood-stained scarlet tongue licked its lips, the creature wiped its mouth and stood up, eyes greedy, as if seeing a delicious dessert.

Suddenly, it lunged.

Mud splattered.

The humanoid creature charged at the newcomer with the umbrella.

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Fang Xin stood firm as a mountain.

Ai Li thought Fang Xin was paralyzed with fear, struggling to find her knife, but ended up scooping only water.

"Run!" Ai Li shouted with her last ounce of strength.

The creature was already upon him.

Its claws swiped at Fang Xin's chest.

The umbrella slowly lifted, and beneath its edge, behind the fringe of hair, those pitch-black eyes suddenly turned scarlet.

Fang Xin raised a hand.

On his knuckles, crimson, bloodthirsty runes emerged.

Fang Xin's hand moved with lightning speed, gripping the creature's neck.

Everything happened too fast; the creature was still in its previous motion.

The rain seemed to pause in that instant.

Fang Xin's knees bent slightly, gathering strength.

Suddenly, he burst forth!

Boom!

The creature was driven into the wall.

Plaster crumbled, bricks smashed out, creating a concave hemisphere on the other side.

The creature coughed blood and bits of its organs, sliding down the wall, its head submerged in the mud, motionless.

The stalled rain resumed its fall.

Fang Xin raised his hand, making a grasping motion in the air.

A barely perceptible blood glow flew from the creature's body, merging into the crimson runes on Fang Xin's knuckles. The runes flickered briefly and vanished, leaving his slender fingers looking like an ordinary hand.

His scarlet eyes returned to black.

Fang Xin turned his head.

Ai Li, lying in the rain, had an unprecedented look of astonishment on her delicate face.

Those ice-blue eyes reflected the masked figure of Fang Xin.

Fang Xin gave a calm glance, as if looking at a skeleton, without asking anything, and walked straight away.

Ai Li, still in shock, weakly said, "I'm seriously injured, can you drag me over there to shelter from the rain?"

Fang Xin paused, slightly turned his head, "You ask me for a favor, yet you don't even say 'please'."

Ai Li was slightly taken aback, "Please, could you drag me over there?"

Fang Xin walked over, Ai Li raised her arm, ready to be carried like a princess.

Unexpectedly, Fang Xin was straightforward from a young age.

Ai Li said to drag her over there.

So Fang Xin grabbed Ai Li by the back of her collar and dragged her to a shop entrance to shelter from the rain.

Her bottom slightly hurt from the step, Ai Li pouted slightly but didn't complain, instead sincerely saying, "Thank you."

Fang Xin turned to leave, Ai Li quickly said, "My name is Ai Li, may I ask, what... is your name?"

"Qin Junhao!"

"Is that your real name?"

Fang Xin nodded, "I don't change my name when walking, nor my surname when sitting, Qin Junhao!"

Ai Li wanted to ask more, but Fang Xin had already disappeared into the rainy night.

Before long.

Several cars gathered around.

A man in a hat and trench coat jumped out first.

Seeing the bodies scattered on the ground, his expression turned anxious.

The man raised his wrist, looking at the watch showing the distance and direction to Ai Li, and rushed over.

Upon reaching her, he quickly checked her injuries, took out a vial, and injected Ai Li with it. Her pale face finally showed some color.

"Where's that Level 4 Mutant?"

"Captain Xiao! Look over here!" A team member shone a light on a spot.

Captain Xiao was astonished, "Ai Li, who did this? To kill a freshly advanced Level 4 Mutant, in a small place like Orchid City, they mustn't be unknown!"

"It was a high school student!"

"A high... high school student?" Captain Xiao was stunned, "Are you sure?"

"I saw him wearing the Second Middle School uniform."

"My God, if this is true, he must be an SSS-rank Talent! And among SSS-rank Talents, he's top-tier!"

Captain Xiao eagerly asked, "Did you ask his name?"

"I did, he said his name is Qin Junhao!"

Captain Xiao's eyes lit up with excitement, "My God, my God, I'll have someone check if there's such a person in the Second Middle School. If all this is true, we've struck gold! We've found a treasure!"

Such a genius is a top-tier terrifying presence across the district and even the nation. Coincidentally, the first round of this year's Talent Test is about to start in the next couple of days, I must see it myself, can't let other units snatch such a talent! Especially those damn guys from the 9th Division, they always steal the geniuses!

Qin Junhao, I'll remember him!"

Ai Li's ice-blue eyes stared into the vast rainy night, rubbing her still slightly sore bottom, she indeed remembered him.

Fang Xin shook the raindrops off his umbrella.

Just as he opened the door, a voice came from inside the room.

PS: This is a plot-driven, exhilarating novel.

The opening setup is a bit long.

Just read ten chapters and you'll be thrilled.