A drop of rain fell on the tip of her nose, and the whole day's sultry heat finally came to an end.

A fierce firefight broke out around the Wanghai intersection in the eastern part of the outer city.

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The rainstorm mercilessly washed away everything on the earth. The sound of gunfire disappeared in the rain, and the blood and flesh were carried away by the converging water...

In the alley, when Zhuang Mian's last bullet pierced the head of the last armed enemy, he was already three blocks away from the original intersection.

"I was the shooting champion of that session..."

Dozens of enemies were killed or fled, and Zhuang Mian was completely exhausted. He leaned sideways in the narrow alley between two buildings, letting the pouring rain take away the heat from his body. He seemed to still hear the almost inaudible alarm bells of the security team in his ears.

She was shot twice in each of her limbs, with a bullet hole in her right shoulder and left abdomen, and her arms were covered with knife wounds of varying depths. The only reason she was able to hold on until now was because of the body-strengthening potion produced by the research institute that her father gave her when she was studying in the inner city.

After using that thing, her body's various functions were permanently improved compared to before, but they were still very limited.

However, the effects of the medicines jointly developed by the Life Technology and Super Energy Technology Departments always have their limits. For example, Zhuang Mian now feels that enhanced senses are not a good thing, because she can clearly feel the passage of life, but cannot reach out to stop it.

Like quicksand slipping through your fingers.

It was an indescribably painful experience.

"It's almost over..."

"boom!"

The muffled thunder that was unique to rainy nights exploded in the distant sky. Lightning illuminated the alley where Zhuang Mian was for a moment. She opened her eyes with all her strength and saw a figure holding an umbrella standing in front of her.

The man's shadow was cast on the rough wall by lightning, and the shadow made the facial features that were already covered by the umbrella even more blurred...