A moment ago, when the building was still standing tall and upright under the cloak of night…
"D-27?"
Ye Sheng, who was stepping on a flying sword but dressed fashionably, furrowed her brows slightly in shock. She was a little surprised that a target in the top 30, would appear in a trifling D-class instance.
"Sister Sheng, we…"
Beside her, the beautiful woman, who was similarly fashionable and elegant, asked somewhat hesitantly,
"Clear Eye Spell!"
Ye Sheng chanted this, whilst a piece of talisman in her hand drew a semi-circle before disappearing. At the same time, Ye Sheng's eyes flickered with a blue glow. Then, D-27's true appearance slowly appeared in her eyes.
It was a strange cloud of gas, winding around the building that was hundreds of meters tall.
"Damn it, it just had to be this type."
Ye Sheng's brows knitted together. No matter the grade, the targets in the top 100 were always particularly special. They were all troublesome beings that had evolved from something useless, and each of them had their own unique characteristics. The lower their serial number, the more troublesome they were, with all sorts of bizarre powers that you would never have imagined.
Even though her level was far beyond D-grade and her powers were considered superior and powerful than most, dealing with such targets with low serial numbers whom she would need to find their weakness to defeat, was truly a headache.
"What should we do, Sister Sheng? The physical body of this type of target will not show itself. Furthermore, it has occupied the entire building."
"Tut!"
Ye Sheng was also having a headache over this. It was not her forte to deal with such targets. These kinds of targets were best left to people who were in the magic department, or mystery department, or people with sorcery abilities.
However, the current situation wouldn't allow her the liberty to switch positions with someone from those departments.
Frowning, Ye Sheng calmed herself down and said, "I knew it. The system would never let us get the reward this easily."
At the same time, almost all the participants were equally troubled over how to deal with D-27. Right now, they were all using their individual powers to see the real body of D-27, but even then, they still did not know how to tackle it.
On the roof of the tallest building in the city, the young man in sunglasses stepped closer towards the edge of the rooftop. Staring at the huge body of gas below, he suddenly said coldly,
"Hmph, since you all are so helpless about this target, let me lend you guys a hand."
After saying that, he fished out a futuristic-looking panel, and a deep blue glow beamed.
"Palm print verified, program activation authorised."
An icy-cold mechanical voice rang out from the panel. The next moment, a gentle blue glow radiated from the base of all the weight-bearing columns in the building. The young man in sunglasses went ahead and opened a system interface, and directly pressed on a button.
"Ding! Are you sure you want to exit this Night Battle Scene?"
"Yes."
The lips of the young man in sunglasses curled into a cruel smile as he said. Glancing at Ye Sheng who was in the distance, he bowed his head in nostalgia and chuckled.
'Ye Sheng, the next time we meet, I wonder what scenario it will be.'
After that, he disappeared, and just a moment after he disappeared…
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Huge deafening explosions resonated through the night sky!
The skyscraper, which was hundreds of meters in height, seemed to have lost its backbone in a split second - all the windows exploded with smoke and dust, and it collapsed like a hundred-meter-tall giant!
"What?!"
The young man who was playing with flames in an office on one of the floors, was momentarily dumbfounded. After which, he clicked his tongue in pity. His lower body then turned into flames, and soon he trampled over the blaze from the explosion and headed out.
It was not just him. When the other participants witnessed this scene, their faces collectively turned pale in fright and all of them secretly cussed in their hearts.
"Oh my… God!!!"
"F*ck! Which lunatic did something so wicked!"
"No way, luckily I didn't go in just now!"
…
Even the gentleman with the cane was staring at this scene with a slight consternation. While the whole building was collapsing in a blaze, the corners of his mouth were twitching involuntarily.
In mid-air, watching this scene of 'Building Collapse Panorama.jpg' from the best VIP theater seat, Ye Sheng was shaking with fury right now, so much so that she nearly fell off her flying sword. Shakily, she pointed her beautiful finger at the roof where the young man in sunglasses was and said through gritted teeth,
"This… this… this…"
"Maniac."
Seeing that Ye Sheng was extremely furious, Hua Ling, who was next to her, helped her complete her sentence. Hua Ling then raised her brow and remarked in all seriousness,
"Sister Sheng, calm down. The explosion he caused will at least force the body of D-27 to appear. Besides, anger can easily cause your breasts to reduce in size. You should think twice about getting angry."
Ye Sheng was left speechless.
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Alright, now let's go back to the current time.
As the building collapsed right in front of him, Fang Ran watched as the towering shadow toppled over from mid-air. His mind was in a state of confusion and all that he could hear in his head was some white noise.
'Mother f*cker, another collapsing building again.'
'F*ck… I used the word 'again' so well.'
First, the station suddenly collapsed, then the skyscraper also collapsed all of a sudden.
'Why am I so lucky today to have that many buildings collapsing on me wherever I go?'
After a final furious roar, Fang Ran and the zombie behind him were both covered in the debris of the collapsed building.
What used to be the commercial block instantly became a scene of destruction.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
First, it was the sound of sword energy clashing with metal.
Ss, ss… Boom!
Next, there was the sound of electric current hissing and a thermal explosion.
Ss!!! Roar!
Finally, there was a wince and a strange roar.
Then, our protagonist, finally! Once again! Stood up!
Ladies and gentlemen! We are finally at this exciting moment!
Look there, even after going through such a rigorous test, even after experiencing such a challenging scenario, our tenacious, unyielding, hardworking, courageous, helpful, and forever single protagonist stood up once again!
Ah! This makes one so excited! This is just getting started!
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"Pfft! Cough cough!!!"
However, the reality was that right now, a dirt-covered Fang Ran was crawling out from a hole about the size of a dog hole, while coughing vigorously to let out all the dust that he had breathed in. Only after he felt like his throat was about to bleed from all the coughing, did Fang Ran breath heavily and brace himself using his knee to stand up.
After finally standing up, he immediately returned to the 'dog hole' without a word and reached out his hand to grope around for something. He then pulled out a belt from the hole.
That's right, a belt.
It was that straightened belt.
The belt that was so straight that it could be wedged into the ground and be used to prop up a part of the ceiling.
The night air was slightly cold. Standing atop the ruins right now, Fang Ran stared into the night with some melancholy.
He wanted to light a cigarette and express his melancholy, because he had been rescued by his belt.
Yup, that's right, his belt saved his life.
His hardened belt.
Thinking about it, his feelings were rather conflicted.
Fang Ran turned to look at the ruins behind him. The collapsing building made for a complete mess. Looking at the scene, he felt as if he was the male lead in a doomsday movie, who would survive till the end. Fang Ran felt like his mentality had matured after experiencing such turbulent ups and downs.
He let out a soft sigh. Tilting his head towards the sky at a 45-degree angle and with complex feelings about these upheavals, he opened his mouth,
"If I had known earlier, I really should have bore with the sun and streaked naked straight home."