Heroes Return

Lin Jie had never known what it felt like to walk down the street with a stunningly beautiful woman before. But now he knew, and it wasn't actually a particularly pleasant experience.

To put it simply, when Lin Jie was walking with Zhu Xian'er, he unsurprisingly became the enemy of all the men on the street. Almost every man looked at Lin Jie with the same contemptuous gaze one would give a piece of trash.

As Lin Jie, Xian'er, Lin Wan, and Lin Mumu walked down the street, everyone would look at Zhu Xian'er with amazement. Then they would glance at Lin Jie with disdain. This made Lin Jie feel even more awkward than when he returned to the era of heroes, experiencing countless awkward silences.

"Why is there murderous intent?" Zhu Xian'er frowned as she looked at Lin Jie. "Half of the people on this street have murderous intent towards you. Do you want me to help you kill them all?"

"Screw you! I'm not going to chop you up!" Lin Jie said to Zhu Xian'er. "Those people are just jealous of me."

“But the killing intent is almost solidifying,” Zhu Xian’er said.

"No need, I'll handle anything if something happens." Lin Jie said, then looked at Zhu Xian'er, who was wearing Lin Wan's casual clothes and walking down the street, giving people a beautiful feeling: "As expected, once you're beautiful to your level, you look good in anything."

"Beauty and ugliness are meaningless to us swordsmen," Zhu Xian'er said. "In my opinion, only endless training is the truth. Besides, this dress is a bit tight at the chest."

"I'm so sorry I have small breasts," Lin Wan said sourly from the side. At the same time, Lin Wan had already made up her mind that she would never go out with Zhu Xian'er again.

Walking down the street with Zhu Xian'er gave Lin Wan an unparalleled sense of defeat. She was clearly a pretty girl, but when she walked with Zhu Xian'er, she felt like a weed, ignored by passersby, while Zhu Xian'er got a 200% head-turning rate.

In fact, Lin Jie had already turned away dozens of people who came up to him and tried to woo him along the way. Later, Lin Jie simply showed off his spiked club, which finally stopped the momentum.

Fortunately, this was in Zone C. If it were in Zone O, where romance is more prevalent in some places, Zhu Xian'er would probably be surrounded by suitors by now.

After helping Zhu Xian'er choose several outfits, turning down modeling offers from over a dozen stores, and fending off more than twenty talent scouts, the four of them finally sat down in a coffee shop.

"I think we should give Zhu Xian'er a veil or something to cover her up," Lin Jie said, looking at Zhu Xian'er's face.

“I think so too,” Lin Wan said.

"What a joke!" Zhu Xian'er was very unhappy. "I am a sword! A sword can only be broken, but it can never hide its fear or run away! If there is any trouble because of my appearance, as a swordsman, I will not avoid any future trouble. Even if the enemy who brings trouble is stronger than me, I will still fight with my sword. If there is any trouble, I will just cut down that trouble with my sword!"

"Ah! The teacher showed us a program yesterday that talked about it!" Mu Mu suddenly interjected, "It's called the Spirit of Bright Sword!"

"Hey! Your teacher actually watches such old war movies?" Lin Jie looked at Mu Mu with some surprise: "I must meet that teacher who led the kids astray when I have time."

“What she said makes a lot of sense,” Zhu Xian’er said. “It’s exactly the spirit of ‘Bright Sword’! It seems that teacher must be a master swordsman!”

"What a load of nonsense! It's just asking you to cover your face! What are you trying to pull this 'Bright Sword Spirit' nonsense on me?!" Lin Jie immediately retorted, "What does this have to do with 'Bright Sword'? I definitely want to meet Mu Mu's homeroom teacher sometime."

"No matter what, I just want to go home right now. I don't know why, but I feel like my body has been hollowed out." Lin Wan leaned on the table and looked around. From the moment Zhu Xian'er entered the cafe, it was full within minutes.

For this reason, Lao Ben specially sent them a large cake and guaranteed that they could eat as much coffee and ice cream as they wanted, all on the house.

However, for Lin Wan, who is also a woman, this undoubtedly caused her immense mental anguish.

Just as Lin Jie was drinking his free coffee, his gaze suddenly fell on the window and he saw Glasses and Shishin rushing past. Just as Lin Jie was wondering what they were doing, a group of men dressed in women's clothing appeared in his line of sight, and the men in women's clothing were all chasing after the two of them.

Having just gotten used to Zhu Xian'er's stunningly beautiful face, Lin Jie was immediately confronted with a large group of muscular men dressed in women's clothing! He felt an urge to vomit.

"You guys go back first, I'll go see what Glasses and the others are doing." Lin Jie said, walking outside.

After Lin robbed them, a large group of people immediately surrounded the three girls sitting there. Then Zhu Xian'er made her move, and in an instant, the entire building was reduced to pieces...

Lin Jie chased after them in the direction they had run, and saw Glasses and Togami surrounded by a group of cross-dressing boys.

"What are you two doing here?" Lin Jie shouted at the two men.

"Lin Jie! You're back?" Upon hearing Lin Jie's voice, the bespectacled man was overjoyed: "Never mind that, come quick and save me!"

"Master? Help!" Shishin immediately shouted, "This heartless gang of transvestites is planning to turn us into transvestites too! Teacher, please help! I'm a celebrity! If I get analed here, my life will be over!"

"Huh?" Hearing the two shouts, the group of transvestite colleagues turned to look at Lin Jie: "Who are you? Do you want to stop us transvestite gang from doing our work? Let me tell you, even the Hero Association doesn't dare to mess with us!"

"It's nothing, I'm just curious how you're going to turn these two strangers into transvestites," Lin Jie said to the transvestite gang. "You guys continue, I'll just watch the show."

"Lin Jie! You bastard, you're unwilling to help?" the bespectacled man cursed at Lin Jie. "You scoundrel, you have no sense of loyalty whatsoever!"

“I don’t know them, and my name isn’t Lin Jie.” Lin Jie immediately replied, “They just want to drag someone down with them. You guys continue.”

"Damn it! Master, you're disowning us now! Where's your heroic integrity?" Ten Gods shouted angrily.

"I already told you I don't know you." Lin Jie said, taking out his phone: "I'm just a bystander taking pictures and recording a video."

"Perfect! We need to let everyone know the charm of our ladyboy gang! Send us a copy after you're done recording!" The leader of the ladyboy gang said, directing a large number of ladyboys to surround the two men: "We're going to post it online, hahaha!"

Just as the two were about to lose control of their genitals, hundreds of muscular men suddenly rushed over from the other side. Lin Jie recognized the leader as the Black and White Gold brothers.

"The end has come for your transvestite gang!"

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of muscular men engaged in a battle resembling a muscular wrestling match in this small park.

"They're finally here." Glasses and Togami, who had been stripped half-naked, ran towards Lin Jie's direction.

"Damn it! How could you just stand by and watch someone die!" the bespectacled man said angrily to Lin Jie.

"Actually, turning you guys gay would save us from harming a few girls. Besides, you can't escape either." Lin Jie answered while continuing to record the visually stunning scene of the gay alliance versus the transvestite gang... well, he was recording and vomiting at the same time.

"If Dong Xiaoye hadn't smashed my glasses, do you think I wouldn't have run away?" the guy with glasses said.

In the end, as the two groups fought, it turned into each gay group member embracing one or two transvestite members and starting to have sweet moments. The scene... well, you can imagine it yourself.

"From today onwards, our Muscle Alliance will become even stronger!" After incorporating the transvestite gang, Black Gold approached Lin Jie: "Are you back, Hammer Man?"

“Yes, I was just hoping you could help me out,” Lin Jie said to Hei Jin.

“No problem, we’re all on the same side, aren’t we?” Black Gold said to Lin Jie in a hearty manner.

"Actually, I wanted you to help me find out where these two people live?" Lin Jie said, taking out the photos that Mu Mu had sent him before from his phone.

"What did those two do?" Black Gold asked.

"It's nothing, just give me the location," Lin Jie said.

"Okay, no problem!" Black Gold said, "We should get together for drinks sometime!"

"Uh..." Lin Jie hesitated when Hei Jin mentioned drinking. He recalled the last time he drank with the Muscle Alliance members, he woke up to find himself sleeping with a bunch of muscular men. Crucially, he had no recollection of what happened that night. This incident had become one of Lin Jie's psychological traumas.

After seeing Lin Jie and his group off, Lin Jie asked the man with glasses, "Where's Xiao Zhan?"

"Didn't he start a game company? I heard he's been quite busy lately, and hasn't had any hero events for weeks," Glasses said.

"Really? Looks like I'll have to go find him." Lin Jie said, "I happen to need his help with something. Speaking of which, what kind of things can that guy do?"

……

Inside the Xiao Group building, Xiao Zhan was celebrating with Dr. Qin.

"We finally succeeded!" Xiao Zhan exclaimed. "We've been working on this for weeks, and this time we've finally finished!"

"Yes! Hahaha!" Dr. Qin laughed happily as well.

"The first-ever adult game using a holographic mind helmet has finally been born in our hands!" Xiao Zhan exclaimed excitedly. "This is absolutely a historic moment!"

"How about we go in and try it first?" Dr. Qin said to Xiao Zhan.

"Can you still manage with your old bones?" Xiao Zhan asked in surprise.

"You can adjust your physical condition in the game, meaning you can have sex a hundred times in a row and nothing will happen, and it even feels like real life," Dr. Qin said. "So it's perfectly fine for someone my age!"

"What a great invention, Doctor!" Xiao Zhan said to Dr. Qin.

"Thanks to your brilliant idea!" Dr. Qin said, "If I had known there was such a powerful project, I would never have bothered with brainwave amplification devices when I was young! I wasted my whole life!"

The two men, who shared a mutual respect, embraced each other.

Then Bu Feiwu walked in and saw the two men embracing. She calmly closed the door again and said, "I suddenly remembered I still have to feed the dog."

Chapter Four

The day passed just like that, and Lin Jie went to see Xiao Zhan that same day. He asked Xiao Zhan to help him get a set of identification documents for Zhu Xian'er, and Xiao Zhan readily agreed to Lin Jie's request. Before leaving, Lin Jie also downloaded Xiao Zhan's newly developed holographic game; as for why he downloaded it, you know why.

The next morning, Lin Jie's family welcomed two guests.

The room fell silent for a moment as the two aloof middle-aged men stood before them. Ten minutes passed before one of them finally spoke, "You must be Lin Jie? I never imagined Shunshan had such an outstanding son."

"You know my dad?" Lin Jie asked a silly question at this moment, and Shunshan, which the middle-aged man mentioned, was indeed Lin Jie's father's name.

"Are you confused?" another middle-aged man said coldly. "We are your third and fourth uncles, your father's brothers. How could we not recognize your father?"

“Shundi! He’s our nephew. We haven’t seen him for twenty years. Can’t you be a little gentler?” The middle-aged man next to him said, “I am your third uncle, Lin Shuntian, and this man next to me is your fourth uncle, Lin Shundi.”

"Third Brother, is it really necessary to be so polite to this kid?" Lin Shundi said unhappily. "We're here to tell him some incredibly good news, why should we be so polite to him? Just announce it and leave!"

"Shundi!" Lin Shuntian said unhappily, "This is our nephew. What's wrong with me being a little nicer to him? And you! You're not a young man anymore, how can you not have any class?"

"Hmph." Lin Shundi snorted coldly: "The magnanimity of the Lin family? There are at least eight hundred to a thousand descendants in the Lin family. I don't have that many nephews to acknowledge! This kid isn't qualified to be recognized as a member of our Lin family clan!"

"Shundi!" Lin Shuntian snapped coldly, "Shut up!"

"Hmph!" Lin Shun snorted coldly, then fell silent.

Watching the two talking, Zhu Xian'er whispered to Lin Jie, "Can I kill them both? They're so annoying."

"We'll talk about it later," Lin Jie replied telepathically.

Before Lin Jie could say anything, Lin Wan, who was standing to the side, couldn't sit still any longer: "What exactly do you want? Stop with the sarcastic remarks! It's like we're inferior to you! And what's with this 'tell me what great news'? Who knows if you're even our relatives? You were harassing my Mu Mu yesterday! If you don't explain yourself clearly, believe me, I'll call the police right now!"

“Niece, don’t get agitated,” Lin Shuntian said. “My younger brother just speaks without thinking; he’s been spoiled since childhood in the family. Besides, we really are your uncles! Also, we’ve come here to tell you some good news.”

"What is it? Tell me quickly! If you're not going to tell me, then stop dawdling here!" Lin Wan said impatiently.

"Hmph, is this how you talk to your elders? Is this how Shunshan teaches a little girl like you?" Lin Shundi said to Lin Wan with dissatisfaction.

"Shundi! Shut up!" Lin Shuntian stopped Lin Shundi from saying what he was about to say and said, "Actually, we do have some good news to tell you this time."

"What exactly is the good news?" Lin Wan asked, dissatisfied.

"Before that, I'd like to ask if Shunshan told you anything about the ancient clan before he died?" Lin Shuntian asked.

"Ancient tribe? What's that? A minority group?" Lin Wan looked at Lin Jie with confusion.

“My dad never mentioned it,” Lin Jie replied. “But I do know a little bit after I became a hero.”

“It seems that Shunshan still follows the rules,” Lin Shuntian said. “Then let me start by talking about the ancient clans.”

"Third Brother, why waste so much breath on them?" Lin Shundi said.

"Since you are a junior member of my Lin family, you should naturally know about my Lin family's affairs," Lin Shuntian said. "In fact, my Lin family is one of the ancient families. Ancient families are actually a general term for all of us ancient families. Simply put, it means ancient families that have been passed down from ancient ruins. My Lin family is one of them, and my Lin family is also one of the most powerful ancient families."

"So what if it's an ancient family with a long history?" Lin Wan asked.

"So what?" Lin Shun snorted coldly and said, "You ignorant little girl, do you know the eight major families that manage heroes in Zone C? Let me tell you, in the eyes of our Lin family, it would only take a few days to wipe out those ant-like beings."

"What?" Lin Wan was surprised to hear Lin Shundi's words.

“My brother may have been a bit arrogant, but he was telling the truth,” Lin Shuntian said. “To us reclusive families, he is indeed a joke.”