The Ultimate Divine Class-Chapter 610 - 15: Abyss, Escape (Part 2)

"It truly is..."

Lu Yuan finished browsing through all the messages, yet still couldn't find any information about the identities of the cult militants involved in the terror attack.

The authorities were particularly tight-lipped about this, seemingly not wanting the public to know.

Since nothing could be found, Lu Yuan decided not to delve further into this minor curiosity and contacted his current "bodyguard" Lu Feng directly to prepare the hover car.

Since he could go out, he quickly planned to take care of several errands that required him to leave.

...

Xu Li walked briskly down an old street strewn with golden leaves.

Wearing a hat and mask, she buried most of her face deep in the raised collar of her windbreaker.

Zone 72 was almost equivalent to the "slums" of Great Capital Star, numbered 2045.

On the street, it was rare to see even one or two hover cars pass by, and they were always the most ordinary models.

The majority still used four-wheel or five-wheel cars that wealthy children in Zone 15 considered ancient playthings, with living conditions reminiscent of half a century ago.

A couple, dressed in pink T-shirts, stood beneath a tree scattered with golden leaves, taking selfies with their phones, fully wrapped and looking curiously at Xu Li as she hurried past them carrying many items.

Whispers like "weirdo" and "is something wrong with her" from the couple's murmurs reached her ears, yet Xu Li seemingly didn't hear it at all.

She only wanted to return home as quickly as possible.

The longer she stayed outside, the more uneasy she felt, like pins on her back, constantly worried that someone might suddenly jump out from the shadows to forcibly seize her.

Xu Li quickened her pace, walked down the long street, and arrived at an old residential area full of history.

She entered a residential building, going straight up to the thirteenth floor.

Took out the keys, opened the door.

Only after slipping inside did the sturdy iron security door firmly shut behind her, allowing her to let out a long sigh and finally release the tension backed by nerves.

The apartment was small, poorly lit, cramped and damp, filled with a moldy and rotten odor.

Those who hadn't hit rock bottom and scavenged at the dump would never choose to live here.

Yet, now Xu Li's entire family was crammed into this place.

"You're back."

Xu Li's parents saw her return and quickly stepped forward to take the heavily packed shopping bags from her hands.

"You didn't run into anyone, did you?"

Her mother took the items into the kitchen, busying away, while her father asked her nervously.

Xu Li shook her head and began removing layer after layer of her "gear."

"Next time, let me go... I can carry more things back..."

Her father suggested.

Xu Li looked up at her father in front of her.

Heavy eye circles, hollowed cheeks, sallow complexion.

During this period of hiding and fearing, her parents seemed deeply fatigued, with a significant greying of hair at the temples.

Xu Li's heart surged with deep guilt, followed immediately by overwhelming resentment and sorrow.

If it weren't for her encounter with that man at the hospital, her entire family wouldn't be in such dire straits now.

Why did it have to be her who met that man!

"No need."

Xu Li shook her head, refusing her father's offer.

She glanced around the living room and casually asked, "Where's my little brother?"

Her father looked up, cautiously pointed to a room, and whispered, "With... that person... in the room."

"Oh."

Xu Li nodded stiffly, indicating she understood.

Compared to what she and her parents endured, her little brother was the one who sacrificed the most in this family.

Xu Li forced herself not to think about or listen to what was happening behind the closed door.

She sat on the lone sofa in the living room, picked up the water cup in front of her, and poured herself a glass.

Without drinking, she sat there holding the cup in silence, gazing blankly.

Why had everything turned out like this?

Just as their family's life was about to improve, why did it all suddenly plunge into the depths of hell?

Why?

Why was it her family specifically?

When would all of this come to an end?

Thinking, thinking.

The grip on the cup unknowingly tightened.

With her fingers pressing hard against the cup wall, turning white.

Overcome with suppressed despair, verging on explosion from her pain.

Suddenly, a gentle voice broke through. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"It's over... it will be over soon..."

"Everything."

"Who?!"

Startled by the dissonant voice echoing her inner thoughts, Xu Li jerked her head upward.

She saw.

Beneath the living room's only window, stood a silhouette she hadn't noticed earlier.

Backlit, Xu Li couldn't discern his features.

He could only tell that he had long hair, an elegant posture, and was gently and quietly watching him.

"You..."

Facing this unexpected visitor, Xu Li widened her eyes, just about to call out.

But the man in front of her quietly stood up.

Then he put a finger close to his lips and made a silent gesture to her.

He said to her.

"Shh—"

.....

In the dark room.

The heavy breathing of a man, mixed with another muffled moan of pain.

After a bout of noise.

"Clatter—"

The room's curtains were roughly pulled open.

The muscular man stood in front of the window, relaxed as he lit a cigarette, and took a deep drag.

The smoke rings, mixed with a musty odor, slowly dispersed in the small room.

Xu Mingguang curled up in the corner of the bed with a blank expression, wrapped in a blanket, like a puppet with its soul extracted.

"...There are many high-level Energy Mechanics in the cult, quite a few at level ten...

There's even more mechas, as long as you're a combat member, the organization will provide one for free.

By then, not to mention looking or touching, even if you live inside one every day, no one will bother you..."

The man smoked for a while, then extinguished the half-burnt cigarette on the windowsill edge and turned to speak with Xu Mingguang.

He comforted him: "Just hang in there a bit more, most of the people chasing us have been wiped out by the Duoling officials.

The remaining few stragglers won't be able to find our location now.

The people from the organization coming to meet us will be here soon....

When the time comes for your whole family to come over, I'll take good care of you all."

Upon hearing the first part of the man's words, a glimmer of light seemed to appear in Xu Mingguang's numb and hollow eyes.

But as the man walked up to him, sat beside him, and gently patted his shoulder,

his frail body trembled slightly, and the bit of light in his eyes quickly dimmed again.

The man didn't seem to notice the slight change in Xu Mingguang's mood.

He casually began getting dressed, tidying up, while saying to Xu Mingguang: "I'm going out for a while, remember not to walk around.

If you run into anyone, that would be pure suicide...."

Xu Mingguang said nothing, remaining motionless as a piece of wood.

The man didn't care, dressed and ready, he was about to head for the door.

But just then, the door, which had originally been locked from the inside, suddenly opened by itself.

A tall, handsome blond man swiftly rushed in with a smiling face.

Like an old friend not seen for days, he greeted the man familiarly.

"Where are you planning to go?

To hell?"

The man's pupils suddenly contracted.

The next second, he let out a low growl.

The two figures almost instantly collided, fiercely fighting inside the cramped room.

And lying on the bed, facing the door, Xu Mingguang.

Right then, he could see through the open door, outside...

Three familiar bodies, lying in pools of blood, their ashen eyes silently staring at him.

Xu Mingguang's curled-up body shuddered violently.

At this moment, his heart abruptly became scorching hot, as if a red-hot iron was crazily rolling and spinning inside his chest.

"Dad.... Mom.... Sister...."

...

"They moved out?!"

In the stationary hovercraft, casually dressed, Lu Yuan gazed through the hovercraft window, frowning at some mid-range residential area in the distance.

"When did they move out?"

"Not sure."

From the driver's seat, Lu Feng shook his head, a rare action, "It's strange, there's no record of it.

But looking at the absentee record of Xu Mingguang's parents at the Energy Mechanic factory, it should be three days ago."

Lu Yuan's expression slowly turned cold.

Three days ago.

Moved out.

Even left their jobs.

The whole family disappeared....

Could it be that Xu Mingguang discovered the extraordinary nature of that mysterious Magic Cube and fled with his family out of fear of being tracked down?

....

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