Who gave you permission to travel through time with Earth?

Zhou Tongtong never imagined that the battle would end the moment the fog sea formed. The next question was how they would lose: would they be killed unknowingly or violently suppressed in a high-profile manner?

Yeats's position, which was where she had been before, was deliberately surrounded by at least four Buddha palms. The path she was thrown out of was the only way to survive, but now it was also being silently suppressed by the fifth one.

There are no blind spots.

"...Are you guarding against me?"

"This guy is a sophisticated egoist. Anyway, I don't believe she would choose a burden to join the team, and even deliberately send her to me to test me and put on a show. Yeats must have her purpose."

Fang Jin stood up with a smile. Zhou Tongtong's infrasound cannon had actually been maintained all along, but after his internal organs ruptured, he used the furnace to change his internal environment, which caused a discrepancy with the frequency of the infrasound cannon.

The damage stopped worsening, and his already powerful physique once again granted him the ability to move... Although whether his body was free or not was no longer so important, he could kill with just a thought.

"Buzz—"

Fang Jin flicked two fingers horizontally, and one of his Buddha's Hand fingers, which was close to Zhou Tongtong, swept across her, smashing her arms in front of her and revealing sparking wires and spilled dark blue kerosene.

Zhou Tongtong weakly braced herself against the counter, barely maintaining her balance. Ye Zhi, seeing this, showed obvious anxiety in her eyes, and her body, trapped in the Buddha's hand, gradually began to move forward.

He didn't want it to be like this, but the Lu family came from the Ninth Military Region, and their family rules were strict and harsh. Even if they all died, the direct descendants of the Lu family couldn't be allowed to die here, otherwise the punishment would only be more terrifying.

"Let us go. If Miss dies here today, the Lu family's influence will make it incredibly easy to uncover the truth. If you make a move, you'll be setting yourself up for death."

"Ha, it seems like you guys started this whole thing, right? If I don't fight back, I'm dead, but if I fight back, your Lu family will force me to my death? It seems like I'm doomed no matter which way I go?"

"Come on, next time you want to kill someone, don't use this trick. Just put the Lu family's nameplate in front of them and order them to commit suicide, wouldn't that be better? Or just ask that the coffin be prepared in advance, so as not to smear the important person's hands?"

Fang Jin found it amusing, and without a second thought, she walked through a Buddha's Hand citron and kicked Ye Zhi in the stomach! The latter staggered backward, then her back hit the Buddha's Hand citron, causing her to cry out in pain and scream again!

"You dared to kill me... then what do I have to fear? I'm only afraid you lack both the ability and the guts!"

"But...that's...reality!"

Ye Zhi's shoulder was pinned down by Fang Jin's foot, and her back was burning from the hot Buddha's Hand citron, which emitted soot. A scream almost burst from her throat! But she still forced herself to speak, trying to soften her tone.

"Let us leave, and no one will investigate what happened today. Furthermore, there are people in Iron City who can erase memories, so we won't remember anything that happened after we arrived here… You will be free of any further trouble!"

"As a token of our apology, we are offering you these three top-tier equipment items. I have also left a batch of supplies in the outer city area as a backup. You can check the coordinates yourself. The total value is no less than these."

"There's an apology, there are benefits, and there will be absolutely no future troubles... I believe you know how to choose the best option."

"..."

This time, Fang Jin looked at the Blood Blade spirit with a different eye. By taking a step back and considering things from another's perspective, she directly presented the advantages and disadvantages and subtly persuaded the spirit. Her methods were even more tactful than Lu Chen's back then.

"Sizzle—"

Fang Jin released Ye Zhi from the barbecue grill, then walked up to Zhou Tongtong, who had been silent, and leaned close to her ear, saying with a hint of teasing:

"You're living a comfortable life. You have no shortage of manpower, financial resources, and other resources. Lu Chen has even set up a team for you. On my side, I have to pull them out of the mud and train them one by one from scratch."

"You agree, right... Miss Zhou?"

Zhou Tongtong's expression subtly changed as two unexpected titles entered Ye Zhi's ears. The familiar influence of the occasion descended upon the room, causing Ye Zhi to momentarily lose her composure.

The panel appeared in the iris, but fortunately, the positive values ​​of the last two points did not change, proving that the impact was negligible. Zhou Tongtong's slightly furrowed brows relaxed a little, and she said softly:

"Of course, this is the benefit brought by aristocratic families. If Brother Fang is willing, it's not impossible..."

"Alright, stop talking. Your expression is giving it away enough. You've been really drained lately, haven't you?"

Fang Jin interrupted directly, saying that at this distance, Zhou Tongtong's thoughts were impossible to miss; every reaction to her words provided him with material and intelligence.

"No wonder you came to Iron City after accepting a hunting mission. But if I was the target from the beginning, there shouldn't be such a rush and haste... Are there other stowaways in this city?"

"Those who can infiltrate the main star world will have good potential as players. There is a chance that they will be seeds of the preparatory class or the core layer. The recent opportunity to come into contact with two circles at the same time is the test in the Bronze Hall."

"It seems you also posed as a preparatory class student to complete the hunting mission and get points... We're really destined to meet, with completely different goals but similar methods."

……

It's happening again... Zhou Tongtong's smile faltered as the shock left by Beast Company resurfaced. She had been desperately trying to kill Fang Jin, and she truly didn't want to see this man again.

These were just scattered clues, and there was no evidence whatsoever, yet this person casually pieced them together and assembled them into a conjecture that was closest to the truth... or even the truth itself.

Yeats looked back in shock. Although her memory was about to be erased, it didn't diminish her current shock and speechlessness. The strongest point was...

How could you possibly have the audacity to impulsively hunt down this man? It's like wearing casual clothes and carrying a stick to poke a tiger's eye out of the roadside—you're courting death without even knowing how to be dignified.

"Yes, how about that? Even if I only have a little bit of virginity left, I'm still a young lady of the Lu family. If you really make a move, it will cause countless troubles, and you yourself will be hard to protect your identity."

Zhou Tongtong was somewhat deflated, saying deflated yet stubbornly that this way it wasn't offensive at all, like someone sticking their neck out, kicking their legs, and shouting with teary eyes, "Don't hit me!"

Fang Jin certainly couldn't kill her; the gains far outweighed the costs. But he also didn't want to accept Ye Zhi's compensation plan... He felt that Lu Chen's remaining identity could extract even more benefits.

"It's alright, I won't kill you. The military family is indeed not someone we can afford to offend right now. We can't beat them."

"That's wonderful! Thank you for your wisdom. I'll arrange for the memory-removing master right away..."

"But... if I can't beat them, I can join them."