"whee..."
Mengmeng giggled and ran to Xiaokui's side, looking at her curiously.
Looking at the adorable child in front of her, Xiao Kui was completely charmed. She then took out a candy from her pocket and peeled off the coating with her hands.
"Here, have some, little sister."
"Aww." Mengmeng took a big bite of the candy.
"Thank you, sister," the little one said obediently.
"Sir, please come with me. My home is in the outer city, so it may take some time," Li Yuan said apologetically.
Shanghai is divided into an inner city and an outer city. Only people with superpowers and their families can live in the inner city, while ordinary people live in the outer city. Of course, some people with superpowers choose to settle in the outer city. Li Yuan's home is in the outer city. It only takes five minutes to get there by flying car, but it takes an hour to walk there.
Xiao Kui could have taken the school bus directly to the outer city, but the sensible girl insisted on accompanying her father home every day, which showed her great thoughtfulness.
The group chatted as they walked, with Li Yuan pulling the cart ahead. To be honest, such a primitive handcart was extremely rare in this era. After talking with him, they learned that the main reason was money. Flying vehicles were very expensive, and Xiao Kui's tuition fees had already left him struggling financially.
Xiao Kui's current school is a special school, similar to a preschool or kindergarten. The children there receive basic education on superpowers, physical education, and are introduced to alien monsters. After they turn twelve, they can go to the Awakening Hall to awaken their superpowers. If they successfully awaken their superpowers, they will be admitted to the military or a superpower academy, and their entire lives will change.
Spaceships whizzed overhead from time to time, and besides the recruitment videos, the surrounding screens displayed many battle scenes—battles between people and battles against alien monsters. Saitama felt a strong sense of familiarity watching these scenes, as they were very similar to his previous world.
"What an interesting world," Li Daoyi thought to himself.
He had already sensed that this world possessed spiritual energy. Although it was far inferior to the world of Journey to the West, it was estimated that the world's core had only recently appeared. At that time, humans did not have orthodox cultivation methods, and their bodies would mutate and develop various superpowers after absorbing spiritual energy. Now, they had instead embarked on a path similar to high-level martial arts.
Xiao Kui helped her father push the stroller, while Mengmeng sat on it, happily looking around. She would even act cute with passersby, which prompted them to take out their phones to take pictures.
"Mengmeng is so cute," Xiaokui couldn't help but exclaim.
Li Daoyi and Saitama smiled; they hadn't seen the little guy's true face, otherwise they wouldn't have said that.
Before long, the group arrived at an exit leading to the outer city. The exit was already crowded with people, mostly ordinary citizens who, like Li Yuan, were going to the inner city to work or make a living. When they saw Li Yuan arrive, they greeted him warmly, clearly knowing each other.
“There are more than a hundred exits to the outer city. This one leads to our residence, so everyone knows it,” Li Yuan explained in a low voice.
At the entrance stood a dozen soldiers in uniform, one of whom appeared to be an officer; he was quite young, about eighteen or nineteen years old. He wore a badge on his chest—a sword—with a star beside it.
"Is he a superhuman?" Li Daoyi asked.
"Yes, yes, he's the squad leader, a lieutenant in the military, a one-star ability user, a D-level strength type, his punch can weigh a thousand pounds," Xiao Kui quickly explained.
Superpowers are divided into five levels, and each level is further divided into nine stars. Level D is the lowest level of superpower, followed by levels C, B, A, and S.
Because of Li Daoyi's visit today, Li Yuan closed his stall earlier than usual. There weren't many people leaving the city at this time, and it was soon their turn.
"Uncle Li, why are you here so early today?" The squad leader clearly recognized Li Yuan.
"Haha, business is good today," Li Yuan laughed, then took out a card from his pocket and swiped it on the instrument in the officer's hand.
"Beep...Passed." The instrument lit up with a green light.
Xiao Kui did the same thing right away.
At this moment, the officer looked up at Li Daoyi, somewhat surprised that his demeanor seemed that he was not a commoner, but still handed over the instrument in his hand.
"I don't have that thing."
Li Daoyi pointed to the card in Xiao Kui's hand and said.
"What?" The officer was stunned.
Even Xiao Kui and Li Yuan were stunned, because every human being has this card; it's proof of identity, and even people from ancient clans would possess it.
"Sir, this is an identification card. Don't you have one?" Li Yuan quickly came over and asked.
“Yes, no, but we’re not bad people,” Li Daoyi said with a smile.
People around whispered among themselves, and some of the more timid ones had already quietly retreated.
The young officer also stopped smiling, and with a wave of his hand, the surrounding soldiers immediately drew their weapons and surrounded the group.
"Captain, don't get agitated. Mr. Li and his group aren't bad people, they're not bad people. I invited them to come to my house as guests." Li Yuan said hurriedly.
“Without identification, yet appearing in the inner city, I have reason to suspect you are an alien spy. Please come with us. As long as you prove you are not, we will not make things difficult for you,” the young officer said in a deep voice.
Among the alien beast races, there exists a special type of monster that can mimic human form, and even transform itself into a human after devouring humans. These monsters are known as shapeshifters. Shapeshifters hide among humans and secretly devour them, which is a major headache for all the alliances.
"I don't want to explain too much, please step aside," Li Daoyi said slowly.
"Sir, please calm down," Li Yuan said quickly.
"Then I'm sorry." As soon as the young officer finished speaking, he flashed forward, and a large hand instantly appeared in front of Li Daoyi, trying to capture him.
"Smack..."
He placed his hand on Li Daoyi's shoulder, trying to push him down, but Li Daoyi remained as still as a mountain.
"You..." The officer looked up abruptly, a look of shock on his face.
He tried to pull his hand back, but found that his body was as if it were bound by something, unable to move, and then he couldn't speak either.
Li Dao shifted his body slightly, freeing himself from the officer's grasp. The officer remained motionless in the same position, and the soldiers beside him also remained motionless, weapons raised. This bizarre scene immediately stunned everyone.
"Let's go," Li Daoyi said to Li Yuan.
After saying that, he and Saitama walked out of the city gate.
Li Yuan and Xiao Kui were still standing there blankly, while Mengmeng, who was sitting alone in the stroller, shouted in dissatisfaction.
"Hey, let's go."
"Ah...oh, oh, okay, okay." Li Yuan finally came to his senses.
"Dad, what about them? What will happen to them?" Xiao Kui looked at the motionless crowd with some concern.
"Hehehe, it's okay, you'll be able to move soon," Mengmeng laughed.
Li Yuan then disregarded everything else and hurriedly chased after them, pulling the cart along.
"Whoosh..."
Once the group had walked away, the onlookers erupted in uproar. Some immediately pulled out their communicators and quickly dialed numbers, presumably to call the police.
The outer city differs from the inner city in that there are very few tall buildings; most are five or six stories high, and there are many of them. There are also far fewer flying machines in the sky.
After walking for a short while, Li Yuan stopped in front of a low building. It turned out to be a small, independent courtyard. Although it looked somewhat dilapidated, it was obviously quite old.
"This was left to me by my father. I hope you won't find it embarrassing," Li Yuan said.
"Pretty good," Li Daoyi said with a smile.
Although the courtyard was somewhat dilapidated, it was kept very clean, and many posters were hanging on the walls, mostly recruitment information for various supernatural academies.
After placing the cart, Li Yuan led the group into the house. The house was sparsely furnished, with only a sofa, a table, and a few chairs; it was quite simple.
"Xiao Kui, quickly go and make some tea."
"Okay." The little girl then went into the inner room.
After Li Daoyi and the others sat down on the sofa, Li Yuan said with a worried expression.
"Sir, those people were from the military, and I'm afraid they won't let this go easily."
“I didn’t hurt them,” Li Daoyi said.
"But..."
"Alright, nothing will happen. I'll be there to protect you when you leave."
"That's not what I meant, it's just, it's just..." Li Yuan's face immediately turned red.
Meanwhile, at the city gate, the crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger. Everyone looked curiously at the few people who were not moving. After a while, an aircraft flew in from the sky. The aircraft had patterns of clashing swords on its exterior, which was the military.
The aircraft slowly descended, and the crowd immediately dispersed.
After they landed, three people came down from inside.
Two men and one woman, all three had an emblem embroidered on their chests. The two men had a mountain pattern with two stars behind it, while the woman was very beautiful, probably in her twenties, wearing a military uniform and looking heroic. She had a flame embroidered on her chest with three stars behind it.
"Wow, she's a fire elementalist. That's a B-level ability!" someone exclaimed in surprise, looking at the woman.
"Keep your voice down. I've seen her before. It's Colonel Tang Ning, the eldest daughter of the Tang family. She's a big shot," someone said.
Ignoring the whispers of those around them, the three walked straight toward the people who were being held captive.
Two of the men stepped forward and patted the people, but they still didn't react, remaining as still as statues.
"Sir." The two men then looked at Tang Ning.
Tang Ning nodded.
The two exchanged a glance, then their bodies jolted, doubling in size. They then moved the imprisoned person again.
"Hmph..."
However, despite their best efforts, both of them turned red in the face and were unable to move an inch.
"No, sir, it won't budge."
“Yes, we just used 100,000 jin of force, it’s so strange,” another person quickly added.
"Some kind of superpower? That's amazing," Tang Ning murmured.
His gaze then turned to the city gate. According to the earlier report, the group had already gone to the outer city.
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