As Li Yelaid been able to slay the anomaly overlord and seize the art museum's access card.
The people trapped inside the museum were finally able to escape.
Having escaped danger, they wept with joy and offered endless thanks to Li Yelaid and his companions.
To outsiders, Li Yelaid appeared as domineering as a king, having swiftly killed the security captain.
Especially in that final moment, after being swung through the air and slammed into the ground, he had spun around and swung the security captain away as well.
A tall, thin figure had sent a bloated behemoth flying.
The visual impact of that moment sent a shock through many hearts.
However, veteran handlers could perceive just how risky Li Yelaid's plan had been.
He had utilized the security captain's own strength—using the opponent's force against them to redirect the momentum.
Executing a "Dragon Raising its Head" to perform a counter-slam on the security captain placed an immense burden on Li Yelaid's physical body.
It was to the extent that even walking seemed labored and cautious for him.
The labor was due to his exhausted stamina and his injuries.
As for the caution... it was because his misfortune had not yet ended. Every step required him to watch carefully to see if the floor tiles would shatter and send him face-first into the ground, or if the chandeliers above would come crashing down.
It was a good thing it wasn't raining outside; otherwise, wouldn't he have been struck by lightning just stepping out the door?
Seeing this, Cheese stepped forward to support him, letting his arm rest on her shoulder to steady his body.
She also activated a psionic barrier to block several stones that suddenly fell from above.
"Don't take such risks in the future when you don't have teammates by your side," Cheese said in a low voice. "Otherwise, even if you don't die at the hands of an enemy, your misfortune will kill you."
After a moment of thought, Li Yelaid nodded in agreement. It was true.
In dealing with the security captain this time, Li Yelaid had nearly exhausted all his strength and sustained injuries.
If, at this moment, he were to trigger an encounter with a powerful enemy or run into an out-of-control heavy truck, he would be in extreme danger without teammates to assist him.
It seemed that in future operations, he would have to leave a portion of his strength behind as a contingency.
The other handlers remained stationed around Li Yelaid, guarding against any potential "powerful enemies."
Li Yelaid felt a warmth in his heart. "Thank you, everyone."
"Don't say such things between comrades," the handlers said, waving with smiles. They cast strange glances at Li Yelaid, who was being supported by Cheese, suppressing their curiosity to continue remaining vigilant.
Subsequently, as Li Yelaid was helped out of the main doors, he was stunned by the scene before him.
He knew that anomalies existed throughout the academy and that many colleagues had infiltrated the university to contend with them.
He just hadn't expected it to be this intense.
Gunfire and artillery sounds echoed from all directions, and many armored vehicles sped down the roads. Various anomalies were being rapidly eliminated.
It was truly a reassuring sight.
The group did not retreat immediately; instead, they rested on the lawn outside the museum, tending to the wounded and interrogating Huang Du.
Though Huang Du was shameless and despicable, he was ultimately one of the masterminds and knew all the rules and methods for breaking the anomalies.
True to expectations, despite his bruised and swollen face, Huang Du did not hesitate to reveal everything.
Once this news was relayed back to the branch, the various teams became even more efficient.
Some teams even used this intelligence to resolve anomalies without shedding a drop of blood.
However, bad news also arrived.
There were a total of three masterminds behind this anomaly event.
Huang Du and his two roommates; the leader among them had already been firmly brought under official control.
It was said that he had designed schemes to "rescue" various wealthy second and third-generation heirs, earning him much gratitude.
Among those he "rescued" was a handler disguised as a student.
Upon receiving the news, that handler had apprehended him without a second thought.
To this day, the leader still didn't know why he had been discovered; he had clearly handled everything well and left no traces.
But the third one, Ye Xun, was not so easy to deal with.
A handler team had indeed located Ye Xun in the men's dormitory, but they found a version of him that had been corrupted by a powerful force.
Ye Xun was not a psionic; he was an academically excellent student who had been recommended for admission to the university.
In the eyes of both teachers and classmates, he was a very rational and intelligent person.
After unexpectedly obtaining an anomaly notebook, he did not pursue wealth and women like the leader or Huang Du.
Instead, he was obsessed with understanding the truth of the world.
As an ordinary person, such power was too magnificent for him to resist.
Thus, when he discovered the existence of psionics through the anomalies, he threw himself even more joyfully into his research, wanting to peel back the veil of the world bit by bit.
Perhaps it was this very thirst for knowledge that brought him calamity. When he opened the anomaly notebook this time—whether it was the power of the notebook or the gaze of some entity within the Void—his "Well of the Soul" burst open, and he unexpectedly became a psionic.
He gained an inconceivably powerful strength.
Remarkably, by relying on the rules of the anomaly notebook, he had managed to break through the team's encirclement, even increasing the difficulty of several anomalies in the process.
Now, no one knew where he was hiding.
***
In the shadows of a teaching building, Ye Xun, dressed in his school uniform, was moving rapidly.
He felt so happy; a certain all-knowing, great existence had truly responded to his questions and bestowed upon him a powerful blessing!
This had turned him into a psionic, and even his thinking speed had been enhanced several times over.
The feeling was wonderful. With only a few trials, he had mastered techniques such as psionic barriers and air-stepping.
He was beginning to truly touch the secrets of this world.
His powerful computational ability allowed him to calculate the rules and paths of all the anomalies, determining the safest escape route.
He would escape the academy and the Megacity to realize his endless thirst for knowledge!
With his abilities and the blessing of the Great Existence, these were no longer illusory dreams!
"Psionics, the Void, Calamity Forbidden Zones, Taboo Objects, Chaos..." Ye Xun was uncontrollably excited. These were the pieces of knowledge he craved. Now, as long as he escaped the academy, he could roam freely in the ocean of knowledge!
Thus, he calmed his mind and quietly passed through one anomaly zone after another, using their rules to evade the pursuers behind him.
He then changed directions multiple times, advancing along his calculated path.
A few minutes after his departure, a handler team appeared near the teaching building.
In the group, someone was leaning down to inspect nearly imperceptible footprints.
It was an old acquaintance of Li Yelaid—a detective from the logistics team.
His eyes flickered as he spoke, "The target left about eight minutes ago. Unlike us, he was almost never delayed by the anomalies."
"He is the holder of the anomaly notebook and understands everything about them; that's not surprising," the team leader said, shaking his head. "We can't continue with trace tracking. The target clearly passed through several anomaly zones specifically to stall our time. Shali, please perform a divination."
The team leader's last sentence carried an inexplicable sense of sorrow.
Shali was a teammate with whom Li Yelaid had once operated in the Black Prison.
After using the Taboo Object, the *Ghost-Calculation Nu Mask*, she had gained powerful divination abilities, but she had also lost all memories after the age of eighteen. She had lost the memory of her lover, the memory of her teammates, and the memories of everything she had experienced.
The authorities could only use her past records to try and fill in the blanks.
And she had once again chosen to join the official forces, reclaiming the codename "Shali."
As a result, despite being a mature woman, she possessed a youthful temperament that did not match her face.
This caused the team leader immense pain, for he was Shali's lover.
However, Shali no longer remembered him; she had forgotten every little detail between them.
This made him dare not get too close, only able to make suggestions in the gentlest tone possible, wondering if they could ever return to their former relationship.
After a timid nod, Shali began her divination.
Then, Shali pointed toward a distant direction and said, "He went that way!"
The team leader looked at a teammate beside him, who, after some thought, said, "Toward the art museum..."
"The art museum? Then there's nothing for us to do." The team leader froze, then gave a bitter laugh. "That old unlucky bastard!"
***
On the other side, with the arrival of three other handler teams, Li Yelaid was completely safe.
He was currently receiving treatment alongside his other colleagues.
"Congratulations on successfully achieving your Second Awakening," Li Yelaid said, leaning against a wall while chatting with Zhong Qi, who was having his wounds bandaged.
A few days ago, Zhong Qi had successfully broken through to the Second Awakening.
Among the newcomers of the same era, he was the second to achieve it, following Li Yelaid.
"Mm," Zhong Qi nodded slightly. "I was thinking that since we were both Second Awakenings, we could spar a bit, but now I won't have to trouble myself. I am no match for you."
Judging by the combat power Li Yelaid had just displayed, Zhong Qi felt he had little hope of winning.
The opponent's physical constitution alone was stronger than his own, despite him being on the True Martial path.
"Just good luck," Li Yelaid responded. However, he saw everyone looking at him with suspicion, as if to say, *You actually dare to call that luck?*
Li Yelaid smacked his lips and could only change his tune: "Fine, it was a blessing in disguise. I've just been strengthened by the 'Heart of Slaughter' for a bit longer."
At that moment, Li Yelaid suddenly heard a noise nearby.
A boy in a school uniform with a backpack suddenly rushed out from the greenery of the art museum.
*Is this a student who escaped the anomalies alone? He's this strong?*
As Li Yelaid wondered, he heard Huang Du's voice, filled with disbelief.
"Third... Third Brother?"
Third Brother? Ye Xun!
Li Yelaid instinctively grabbed the Red Dragon Halberd beside him.
The one rushing out of the greenery was indeed the holder of the anomaly notebook, Ye Xun.
According to his calculations, he had determined the safest escape route and had traveled through various anomaly zones to reach this point.
However, just as he intended to pass through the art museum, he saw a group of wounded people.
He wasn't surprised; Huang Du was his accomplice, so it wasn't strange that he could break the museum's anomaly.
Thus, without hesitation, he immediately stepped out of the greenery.
He planned to blend into the crowd through Huang Du and then find an opportunity to leave.
However, just seconds after stepping out, he suddenly heard Huang Du's voice.
He couldn't help but look at Huang Du among the wounded in bewilderment. *No... how could this guy be injured? Doesn't he know how to break the anomalies?*
And Huang Du, currently bruised and swollen while being bandaged, was looking at Ye Xun with equal shock.
Immediately after, Ye Xun noticed Li Yelaid picking up a weapon.
In an instant, Ye Xun's gaze became sharp.
He understood—that bastard Huang Du had betrayed him! He had exposed his identity!
And this guy picking up a weapon was a psionic! Official psionics seemed to operate in teams, which meant there were more psionics nearby?
But this guy was also injured.
Without any hesitation, Ye Xun launched an attack!
The distance between them was too close; he had to strike first, otherwise, if he were pinned down, he would inevitably be surrounded by the arriving psionics!
At the very least, he could take the wounded as hostages!
Thus, Ye Xun activated his ability and immediately launched an attack on Li Yelaid.
His eyes erupted with purple light—the Mirror Vision of the Spirit Eye path!
Upon activating this ability, the target he made eye contact with would have their vision distorted. Everything seen through their eyes would be inverted.
It was a very useful skill; the faster the opponent's instinctive reaction, the more dangerous it became.
For example, if he attacked from the left, the opponent would instinctively raise their right hand to defend.
But in reality, due to the inverted perspective, he was actually attacking from the right.
He could turn the ability on and off at will, making it impossible for the opponent to distinguish truth from falsehood. If they failed to block even once, he would win!
A single mistake from the opponent would be fatal!
The only trouble was that this ability could only affect one person at a time.
But right now, there was only one opponent.
However, in the very next second...
Among the wounded, a girl with a bandaged palm suddenly stood up, holding a sledgehammer as thick as a bowl.
A man who had been bandaging wounds also suddenly drew a precious sword.
A short-haired girl who had been resting with her eyes closed beside Li Yelaid suddenly opened her eyes, looking at Ye Xun with indifference.
"[Listen to Me]—Cardiac Arrest!"
Amidst his shock, Ye Xun felt a sharp pain in his chest, and his vision went black.
A second later, when he recovered from the effect and his vision returned, he found himself pinned to the ground. At the same time, over a dozen figures had already surrounded him.
Ye Xun froze, staring at it in disbelief.
What happened? How could there be so many psionics here?
"Great Changbian..." Ye Xun felt terror in his heart and immediately called out to a certain existence for help.
*Crack!*
However, before his words could finish, his jaw was dislocated. Simultaneously, someone struck the back of his head, knocking him unconscious instantly.
Handlers would not give him any chance to counterattack.
"As expected, if you wait by your side, prey will eventually come to your door," the middle-aged man holding the sword laughed. "Well done, Ye Jiang!"
This was the person in charge of this operation, Ben Lei.
For the sake of the so-called "powerful enemy," he had dispatched four teams, bringing nearly twenty handlers to Li Yelaid's side.
Looking at it now, the plan had been a great success!
"I'll just take that as a compliment," Li Yelaid said, spreading his hands helplessly.
And with Ye Xun captured, the anomaly notebook he carried was successfully contained!