Volume 1 Chapter 21: The Exposure

Liu Ruoxi did not speak, watching him quietly. Her gaze made Su Haoming feel a sense of unease, as it held something he could not quite fathom.

After a moment, she uttered three words: "Quite interesting."

"Interesting my foot!" Su Haoming nearly jumped up. "I nearly lost my life back there!"

"Are you sure?" Liu Ruoxi countered, her eyes falling on the most prominent purple-red mark on his chest. "Did he actually hurt you?"

Su Haoming stiffened and looked down. Indeed, they were merely superficial wounds; while they looked alarming, they had not reached anything vital.

"Uh... I suppose... not really..." He was bewildered.

"Come with me." Liu Ruoxi dropped this command...

In an instant, the sword thrust with all of Carlo’s strength came to a dead halt in mid-air. The tip was less than a fist’s distance from Darui’s heart. Yet, that distance felt like a hundred thousand miles to Carlo—a gap he could never bridge.

"Since they already know we exist, I doubt moving again would make a difference. We might as well stay here and play with them; they can't do anything to us anyway!" Kang Mang'ang walked over to the sofa he had kicked aside, set it right, and sat down.

"Excellent! I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. Such a rare opportunity—my many thanks, Brother Mu," the Dragon Emperor said, brimming with joy.

Playing with mud is a technical craft. Once, I met a master of mud-sculpting who was on death's door; he had derived certain principles from mud that he applied to blacksmithing. That is the origin story of the Mo-style kitchen knife.

"I'm exhausted. Wang Chaoyang, look, I can't even lift my arms," Tao Yuan said to Wang Chaoyang while rinsing off.

He could not identify the specific spices that produced the fragrance, but he recognized the tea set before him.

Meanwhile, hurried footsteps approached. A soldier clad in armor ran into the room and stopped in the outer chamber.

"Take off your armor, put this on, and pass the order to attack Yinchuan City!" Ashina Helu unbuckled his distinct armor, threw it before the Turkic soldier, and said coldly.

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At night on Mount Taibai, no one was climbing anymore. Perhaps for safety reasons, the mountain paths were almost entirely sealed off. Liang Chen and his group found a nearby farmhouse to rest. After a hearty meal, everyone returned to their rooms to sleep, preparing to enter the mountains at dawn to seek the dragon.

It was like a scene from a low-budget comedy. Chen Yu swung his fists into the air; he clearly hadn't touched the man in white, yet the man kept contorting his face into strange expressions, drooling uncontrollably.

"You have the energy to groom yourself; it seems you've recovered," the nanny teased. She took the comb and deftly began to style my hair.

The Emperor leaned back slightly and rubbed his brow. This Xuanwu Manor was indeed a fine place, but it had grown beyond the reach of the imperial court. If this marriage were to succeed, the Wei State and the Great Zhou would be united in a bond of kinship. Given the precarious state of the Great Zhou, it could not withstand any more turmoil; peace was the priority above all else.

They only met occasionally during the day to check on the child before he returned to his official duties. Aside from the child, the conversation between the two was pitifully sparse.

Yet, back in the year 2000, Kingsoft was arguably the most successful internet enterprise besides Kingdee Software.

While driving, he reached out the window and waved a white flag made of a tree branch and a white towel.

Yan Wuqi followed beside him, wondering what his brother was thinking, his gaze trailing where his brother's eyes were fixed.

Nearing lunchtime, Liu Bin went to the hospital cafeteria to get some food, delivered two portions to his mother and his wife, who was acting as a caregiver downstairs, and then returned upstairs to tell Qu Sen that Auntie Fan had not yet woken up. The three of them ate a quick meal in the waiting area outside the ICU.

"Don't cry..." The man lifted his hand with great difficulty, intending to wipe away her tears as he always did, but he hesitated and lowered it upon realizing his hands were stained with blood.

They didn't choose an overly luxurious place; the two just found a hotel, requested a private room, ordered a few of their favorite Cantonese dishes, and sat down to chat the afternoon away.

Both sides used him as a mouthpiece to gradually probe the other’s bottom line, eventually finding a price point that everyone could accept.

Li Xun said this because he didn't want Yan Shuiyue to leave his side, lest she be hunted to death by Tun Yang's faction.

Xin Yanling smiled awkwardly. Realizing she was working for the man, she couldn't continue the small talk, so she waved at Zhang Yang and returned to her work.

Looking at the weary Luo Yuan, one couldn't help but think: "Once having seen the vast sea, the other waters are but trifles." Why had his round face seemed to shrink? At least he could still smile.

Deputy Director Xi looked at the beaming Wu Kai, shook his head, and said helplessly: "You've already done it, what more can I say? You lot go on enjoying the show! I’m going back to the cabin to write a report for the Military Commission about the inexplicable explosion of the Japanese frigate." With that, he walked out of the control room.

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"Very well! Keep what we discussed in mind. As soon as Chen Kang comes to find you, settle it for me immediately. As for the rest, I trust you know what to do!" Wu Kai continued.

The stone seemed to sense danger and actually began to squirm! Damn it, it looked just like the biological weapon described over the radio.

"Negative. Within a three-square-kilometer radius, we are the only group with a humanoid bio-magnetic field signature. What’s the problem? Are you suspecting long-range weaponry? Aren't they afraid the blast will blow the cargo to pieces?" Wang Ping asked in a low voice.

Ancelotti slumped onto the bench, tugging at his hair in frustration. "A bunch of idiots! I told you countless times before the match and at halftime: mark that number 21, Zhang, from Chelsea. He’s a player who can change the course of a match. Why didn't you listen?"

Su Jinxi temporarily stabilized Murong Yunhai’s condition with acupuncture, and the following day, she and Ye Youyao set off with him toward the Zong family's forbidden grounds.

"Nonsense." Shen Fu glanced at the team. His tone had the members bursting into laughter.

Alien energy is the highest form of energy known to man. After absorption, it takes time to gradually master it.

"Liu Feifan, it’s break time, and I’m heading out. If you have anything else to say, let’s talk tomorrow, all right?" Fu Yu's tone remained gentle.

With a sudden roar, the Zombie King’s entire body shuddered, and black energy erupted from him like a torrential flood.

"I can only take you this far. Past that woods lies the territory of the Monkey Clan," the snake demon said, pointing slowly to the forest not far away.

"What do you mean, fake? Do you think a certificate I handled personally could be a forgery? Comrade Wang Lin, I am now ordering you to return the certificate to Li Kang immediately and report to me at the Municipal Bureau!" Zhao Dongliang’s roar came through the line.

Chen Feng didn't even need to offer a reminder. Sensing the Star Soul being rapidly pulled by the black hole, the three Domain Lords’ expressions shifted violently. They pushed their speed to the limit, attempting to dart beyond the range of the gravitational pull.

The Dantian acupoint is a vital point in the human body that governs the flow of Qi. When Jin Lanning’s Dantian was struck by the white light, his Qi flow was damaged. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his internal energy dissipated, and he could no longer focus his power.

Furthermore, inside the Bane Dungeon, there are four graveyards—north, south, east, and west. Players can capture a graveyard by raising the flag in front of it; once a player dies, they will respawn at the nearest graveyard.