Although Tang Ning sat down, he didn't touch his chopsticks at all. He just sat there quietly, observing the others.

Li Daoyi didn't mind and just kept putting food on Mengmeng's plate. Xiao Kui also dropped her inhibitions and started eating very quickly. Children can always adapt to their surroundings very quickly. On the other hand, Li Yuan kept looking back and forth between the group with a worried gaze.

"What a strange man," Tang Ning thought to herself after observing him for a while. Li Daoyi didn't seem to have any particular reaction to her identity; after all, no one would be so calm when seeing someone from the military.

"Are you a colonel?" Li Daoyi suddenly asked Tang Ning.

“Uh…yes.” Tang Ning came back to her senses.

"With your strength, do you even qualify as a strong person?"

Tang Ning was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and didn't know how to respond.

"I know, I know!" Xiao Kui said excitedly, raising her hand.

Li Daoyi smiled and looked at her.

"Colonel Tang Ning is my idol. He was born with fire-type abilities, reached C-level strength at the age of twelve, joined the military at fourteen, and participated in hundreds of battles to eliminate alien monsters. Now at twenty, he is already a B-level six-star powerhouse. The alliance's higher-ups believe that he can advance to A-level before the age of twenty-five. He is also the youngest colonel in the Chinese military." Xiao Kui put down her chopsticks and looked at Tang Ning with admiration.

"Also, Colonel Tang Ning's strength ranks among the top three among her peers, and she is an elemental ability user, immune to physical damage. She is very, very strong, and has killed many A-level alien beasts in single combat before," Xiao Kui added.

"Clap clap clap..."

"Amazing, amazing."

Li Daoyi clapped his hands and praised.

Xiao Kui's praise made Tang Ning a little uncomfortable, as no stranger had ever said such a thing to her face before, even though what she said was true.

"You flatter me, little sister." Tang Ning couldn't help but pat Xiao Kui's head, and the latter was so happy that she almost fainted.

"Can you demonstrate your abilities?" Li Daoyi asked.

Tang Ning frowned upon hearing this, then looked around; the space here was too small.

"It's alright, I'll just show you what I've got," Li Daoyi said with a smile.

Li Yuan quickly got up, grabbed his daughter, and hid by the door.

"Well... alright." Tang Ning glanced at the father and daughter who had retreated to a distance, and nodded as if she had thought of something.

She got up and walked to the center of the courtyard.

"Eeya..." Mengmeng also raised her head and looked at the other person curiously.

"boom..."

Tang Ning raised his hands, and his arms instantly burst into flames, causing the surrounding temperature to rise.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Xiao Kui exclaimed from not far away.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Ning slightly raised his hands, and a fireball appeared directly from his burning hands. The fireball slowly grew larger and quickly became the size of a blue ball.

Suddenly, a flash of light appeared, and the fireball left his hands and flew towards the dining table at an extremely fast speed.

"Oh dear!" Xiao Kui was startled and quickly closed her eyes.

However, nothing happened. The father and daughter looked over and saw the fireball floating in mid-air in front of Li Daoyi.

Tang Ning's pupils contracted sharply. She had just prepared to retract the fireball, but suddenly found that she could not control it.

Li Daoyi slowly stretched out his hand, and the fireball flew into his hand.

"That's quite interesting," Li Daoyi smiled.

Then, with a slight lift of his palm, the fireball slowly rose, and a shocking scene unfolded. As it ascended, the fireball grew larger, and after leaving the courtyard, it rapidly shot into the air, expanding to a diameter of several hundred meters. In the evening sky, it resembled the sun reappearing, illuminating the entire city of Shanghai.

Tang Ning opened her mouth in surprise, her face filled with disbelief.

At the same time, the entire city of Shanghai witnessed the strange phenomenon in the sky, but no one knew what had happened.

"Beep beep beep..."

Tang Ning's communicator suddenly rang, but she remained unmoved, staring blankly at the sky.

The fireball continued to rise, growing larger and larger, and had now exceeded one kilometer in length.

Then Li Daoyi made a slight wave of his right hand.

"Bang..."

The enormous fireball exploded in the sky, instantly turning the sky into a vast sea of ​​fire, as enchanting as the morning glow.

"Wow, it looks so good!" Mengmeng exclaimed.

The little guy's voice immediately brought Tang Ning, Li Yuan, and Xiao Kui back to reality from their daze.

Tang Ning stared at Li Daoyi in disbelief. She couldn't understand how he had done it, and the atmosphere at the scene was incredibly quiet for a moment.

"Smack, smack." The sound of Mengmeng eating came again.

“I…” Tang Ning swallowed hard.

"Beep beep beep..." The communicator rang again.

"Hello, Uncle Chen." Tang Ning answered the communicator.

"Phew..." The person on the other end breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiao Tang, what just happened in the outer city? What was that fireball all about?" A man's voice came through the communicator; it was the same general from the military conference room earlier.

"Uncle Chen, have you encountered any danger? I'll report back in person when I get back. I'll hang up now." Tang Ning said, hanging up before the other person could reply.

"Flame is the seed of hope. Burning is not just about temperature, but also about light. Even in the darkest moments, it can burn into a beacon illuminating the way forward," Li Daoyi said slowly, looking at Tang Ning.

Tang Ning seemed to be thinking about what he heard, then stood up straight and gave Li Dao and his party a military salute.

"Sorry to bother you today, Tang Ning. I'll come another day," Tang Ning said.

"Please go ahead." Li Daoyi nodded.

After the aircraft flew far away, Li Yuan and Xiao Kui cautiously returned to the dining table.

"What? You don't consider me a friend anymore?" Li Daoyi said with a smile.

"No...no." Li Yuan quickly waved his hand.

Inside the military building, in a conference room, the screen was repeatedly playing the scene that had occurred in the air earlier, and everyone's expressions were solemn.

"A temporary announcement has already been issued, and there has been no disturbance so far." An officer walked in.

"Well, that's good." General Chen nodded.

"Da da da..."

Immediately afterward, footsteps approached, and everyone looked towards the door, where Tang Ning had arrived.

"Report." Tang Ning gave a military salute.

"You're finally back! Tell me what happened just now!" General Chen said hurriedly.

"It was that person who did it..."

Tang Ning then recounted how he demonstrated his supernatural abilities, and how his fireball was suddenly controlled by the other party and thrown into the air, transforming into a gigantic mass of fire.

After listening, the conference room fell silent.

"Could he also have fire-based abilities?" someone finally couldn't help but ask.

The others couldn't help but look at Tang Ning.

"I don't know, I didn't sense any energy fluctuations from fire-based abilities at the time." Tang Ning shook his head.

"General, what do you think?"

General Chen frowned, then spoke with a grave expression.

"The previous calculations were wrong. This person is probably more than just an A-level expert."

"hiss..."

Everyone present gasped in shock.

“S-rank…” Tang Ning murmured.

"From now on, place them under close observation. No force or individual may contact them without authorization from the Alliance. I will report this matter to the military and the Alliance headquarters later. Also, Tang Ning, you continue to follow up. You are the only one on this matter, so you must be humble and meet any of their demands." General Chen stood up and said.

"Yes." Everyone stood up and saluted.