A mysterious realm descends, and I defy fate in comics.

Chapter 247 Deception

Jiang Xingni naturally had no objections.

Her gaze fell on her teammate's severed arm.

"Haven't you ever seen anything like this before?" Su Yanzhi asked with a smile, leaning close to Jiang Xingni's ear. "After all, it's not a pretty sight when people with superpowers fight; it's quite normal to see them covered in blood."

A gentle smile appeared on Jiang Xingni's face.

She turned her head to look at Su Yanzhi.

"I think you're missing a few holes too."

She spoke gently to Su Yanzhi.

His gaze moved upwards from Su Yanzhi's chest, finally lingering almost imperceptibly on the top of Su Yanzhi's head at her temples.

Su Yanzhi: ...

Two chests and one forehead.

If Jiang Xingni were to actually open those three holes, Su Yanzhi would have serious doubts about her future.

Moreover, Su Yanzhi assessed her position in Jiang Xingni's heart and felt that if it were someone else, Jiang Xingni would still show mercy.

But if it were him, Jiang Xingni would probably just get excited.

"I still prefer myself as I am, completely." Su Yanzhi raised her hands, took a step back, and said with an innocent look on her face.

Jiang Xingni then went to look at Ye Xunnan.

In fact, having received Jiang Xingni's reply, Ye Xunnan had already carried Jiang Fuyuan, who was considerably shorter than her, to a rest area for treatment.

Jiang Xingni's gaze fell on Ye Xunnan.

Golden specks of light scattered from Ye Xunnan's fingertips, drifting in the air before landing on Jiang Fuyuan.

To be honest, Ye Xunnan's treatment progressed much slower than He Jing's.

Jiang Xingni pondered for a moment, then secretly copied Ye Xunnan's superpower into his mind.

In case she gets seriously injured while alone abroad, replicating Ye Xunnan's superpowers could help her heal herself.

Jiang Xingni has no hope of getting He Jingtong's superpower.

She had observed that the semi-transparent talisman patterns in the air were different every time He Jingtong made a hand seal.

She wasn't sure what the true nature of He Jingtong's supernatural abilities was, and if she didn't understand the specific uses of these talismans and ended up hurting herself while trying to steal his abilities—

Jiang Xingni imagined the possible scenarios and couldn't help but feel extremely embarrassed.

However, other people's superpowers don't have so many concerns.

Like the superpowers of Shantang and Shanlan, this kind of simple ability to control ice and fire is actually the least likely to go wrong.

If Jiang Xingni wanted to replicate Xiao Jiming's superpowers, the first problem she would face would be that she simply didn't possess the strange abilities that Xiao Jiming had.

If you want to collect monsters from scratch, it would take far too long and make you more likely to be exposed to readers and writers.

From the very beginning, Jiang Xingni's choice of stealing supernatural abilities for his alternate identity was something practical and easy to learn.

Under the golden light, Jiang Fuyuan's wounds were healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Jiang Xingni became even more curious.

Despite being a superhuman specializing in healing, her healing abilities were far less effective than a simple incantation that He Jingtong casually conjured up.

After all, he was sent by the big boss and hidden among the main characters, so Jiang Xingni wasn't too surprised that he had such abilities.

She simply wanted to know what price He Jingtong had paid for possessing such a special ability.

Unlike Xiao Jiming, who hadn't fainted immediately, Jiang Fuyuan, as his wounds gradually healed, sat quietly on the bed, hugging his thighs, lost in thought.

"Still not used to being defeated?" Ye Xunnan smiled, calmed her breathing, and gently tapped Jiang Fuyuan's head. "Alright, the fact that you didn't die at his hands is already a favor to He Jingtong."

Seeing that Jiang Fuyuan was alright, Jiang Xing glanced away casually.

According to the best-of-three format, their team has now won.

However, Jiang Xingni really wanted to have a match with Ye Xunnan—aside from fighting Su Yanzhi, Jiang Xingni vaguely remembered that he had never had a proper match with any of the superhumans in the academy.

Of course, there are opportunities to fight with teammates, but Jiang Xingni is always on the road on missions, fighting monsters and bosses, so he doesn't have the leisure to spar with his teammates.

While Jiang Fuyuan and Ye Xunnan were chatting, Jiang Xingni opened her phone again and finished reading the forum she hadn't finished reading earlier.

Since the side stories are unrelated to the main plot, not many people choose to buy them.

However, there are still quite a few people discussing the side stories on the forum.

[No, isn't Jiang Xingni the royal family character in this comic? How come every new character who appears is related to Jiang Xingni? They're both from the lower city, but Xiao Jiming is just a pitiful orphan, while Jiang Xingni has all sorts of powerful backers?]

[Can anyone find out who this newly introduced Longinus is? All I know right now is that she's female, a member of the Hidden Order, and her ability is to copy other superpowered individuals and monsters.]

[I have a feeling something's not right in the Lower City... Why are they being hunted down by the Lower City? Didn't Shanqing and his gang claim to be from the 49th Bureau? Are they lying?]

[Some of the things posted on the forum give me a headache; they trigger my aversion to stupidity.]

Jiang Xingni's gaze drifted casually over the headlines.

Then her fingertips suddenly paused.

Jiang Xingni's gaze lingered on the forum's title, and she suddenly realized something.

—The writers did not present everything in the comic, and readers also have only a vague understanding of the plot developments outside the main storyline.

That's normal, Jiang Xing noticed clearly.

Plot points that have little to do with the main character will naturally not be described in much detail by the screenwriter.

Jiang Xingni is a very obvious example.

When she wasn't by Xiao Jiming's side and was experiencing the story alone, she could only watch one episode at most, and most of the time it was just a few pictures.

This is something they will inevitably experience as comic book characters, and Jiang Xingni has always been trying to increase his role in the story.

"Su Yanzhi." Jiang Xingni looked up, her gaze falling on Su Yanzhi, who was closest to her. "If your actions were difficult for bystanders to notice, what would you do?"

When Su Yanzhi looked up after being called out by Jiang Xingni, she was clearly caught off guard.

"..." After hearing this clearly, he smiled, his eyes crinkling. "Isn't this exactly what we're doing right now? Did you just discover the true nature of superhumans?"

Ordinary people don't know what the superhumans are doing until everything is announced, at which point they will find out what has happened.

Jiang Xingni didn't say what she was going to do, she just smiled.

—She can also deceive the entire upper-level narrative.