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Chapter 214 Fight!
Among the 49 bureaus, there were very few who agreed to go to the lower city to retrieve the research data previously collected by Jiang Qishi and Ji Hanzhang.
Even fewer people actually decided to go on their own initiative.
They believed that the data was from ten years ago, and even if they were incredibly talented geniuses back then, it didn't mean that the data would still be usable ten years later.
Moreover, the dangerous situation in the lower city is obvious to everyone.
Sacrificing a group of soldiers who had been painstakingly assembled for data that might not even be useful is considered by many to be a poor decision.
The 49th Bureau voted against sending someone to the Lower City just to find the original documents.
Ultimately, the success of this operation was thanks to Shan Qing himself.
When Jiang Qishi and Ji Hanzhang were reminiscing, Shan Qing was investigating the sudden emergence of information about the black-clad organization.
She had been waiting for her superior to give her instructions to go to the lower city, but the final instruction was that the disadvantages outweighed the advantages, and she decided to abandon the information on Jiang Qishi and Ji Hanzhang.
No one wanted to sacrifice Shan Qing and his group for information that Ji Hanzhang and Jiang Qi might not even need after ten years.
From a rational perspective, Shan Qing can fully understand their decision.
Given that all superhumans are monopolized by the superhuman community, it is extremely difficult for Bureau 49 to gather a group of superhumans who are not affected by the superhuman community.
There were only two people in her team.
But from an emotional perspective—she was unwilling to accept it.
Forget about potential casualties, forget about the possibility that she herself might die in the lower city.
Those were research materials left behind by Ji Hanzhang. As a close friend, Shan Qing knew best what Ji Hanzhang cared about.
She had forgotten her friend for nearly ten years, whether due to some supernatural force or the influence of another organization they were fighting against. Shanqing could not abandon the only remaining belongings of her friend.
After all, that information was obtained by Ji Hanzhang at the cost of her own life. She was such a stubborn person that even in death, Ji Hanzhang would hope that her death was useful and that what she left behind could be used.
Death had already failed her once; she died without any warning in an ordinary, nameless alley, without the grand death Ji Hanzhang had imagined. Shanqing could not fail her a second time.
Despite knowing that she cared about those documents, he still stubbornly believed that they might be useless, and thus discarded his friend's last inheritance.
So Shan Qing consulted the opinions of several people in her team—especially the people with superpowers. She was prepared that if they were unwilling, Shan Qing would go deep into the lower city alone and investigate how Jiang Qishi and Ji Hanzhang died.
The good news is that everyone agreed to the plan.
They all remembered how brilliant and talented Ji Hanzhang and Jiang Qishi were when they were alive. Even if their relationship with the two was not as deep as Shan Qing's with Ji Hanzhang, they were not strangers. They had all genuinely spent time with the couple.
So Shan Qing, carrying the petition jointly submitted by the five members of her team, reported to her superiors, assuring them that she would absolutely not allow any of the team's valuable ability users to be harmed in this way, even if someone were to die inside—
Shan Qing also assured that she would definitely be the first to die.
This is why they were able to come. Rather than all those high-sounding principles, in the end, it was simply because Shan Qing had such a personal relationship with Ji Hanzhang. She didn't want her friend's hard work to be wasted, so she came up with all sorts of excuses, just to see Ji Hanzhang's belongings again and to find out the truth about Ji Hanzhang's death.
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Jiang Xing turned his head away, dodging the blade that the person opposite him was thrusting at him. Then, with a flick of his wrist, he used the weapon he had taken from the other side to block it without hesitation.
This time, Shan Qing didn't hold back.
She wielded the long sword with murderous intent, no longer worried that the walls and the place where Ji Hanzhang had once lived would be destroyed because of her actions.
Compared to these material legacies, what is more important for Shanqing is clearly the spiritual legacy of Ji Hanzhang.
Jiang Xing squinted at her.
She replayed her words and actions in her mind—she had only mentioned her parents' research data, hadn't she?
Why does the masked person in front of me act as if she has stolen something extremely precious?
Seeing that he couldn't gain the upper hand no matter what he did, the other party gritted his teeth and stared intently at Jiang Xingni.
Then he pulled out a gun.
Jiang Xingni felt a chill run down her spine; her gaze was fixed solely on the spear.
Jiang Xingni recognized the gun instantly based on his years of life experience.
A silenced pistol, suitable for close-quarters combat indoors, this model has six rounds.
In other words, Jiang Xingni only needs to dodge six bullets.
They had already considered close-quarters combat indoors when they broke in.
The debate over superpowered individuals and firearms often involves two opposing perspectives.
One theory is that no matter how powerful superhumans are, they are still just carbon-based life forms with flesh and blood. They will feel cold due to temperature changes and will not be able to survive in temperatures of several thousand degrees.
Another theory firmly believes that superhumans are even more powerful. After their physical evolution, even if a gun were pointed at them, their lives would not be in danger.
Jiang Xingni, who is actually a superhuman, doesn't quite agree with either of these claims.
She felt that her physical strength wasn't strong enough to withstand heat weapons and still be alive and kicking, but it wasn't like an ordinary person who would die so easily from a single bullet.
Jiang Xing pursed his lips, his expression behind the mask clearly showing some dissatisfaction, knowing that he would have to rely on his special abilities again.
She didn't like the feeling of using her superpowers one after another. If it were to deal with monsters, it wouldn't be unbearable, but Jiang Xingni was fighting against ordinary people.
Being suppressed to this extent by ordinary people and needing to rely on supernatural abilities to resolve the situation only fueled Jiang Xingni's anger.
However, it is now clear that using supernatural abilities is a faster way to resolve the conflict.
The area seen by the Eye of Truth slowly spread throughout the room, and as it reached the guns, a small screen appeared in front of Jiang Xingni's eyes.
Jiang Xingni was startled during the crisis.
If Jiang Xingni really had to use a metaphor, he felt like he was in some kind of holographic game.
Centered on Jiang Xingni, the present, past, and future of every item that the golden threads extended to were all listed in Jiang Xingni's mind.
Jiang Xingni showed no excitement whatsoever at the thought of his superpower evolving again.
Jiang Xingni felt a terrible headache.