Heroes Return

A hard punch landed on his chin.

"Am I the kind of person who's afraid of trouble?" Lin Wan said to Long Shao, "If you can help me, I'll thank you. If you can't get involved, don't single me out. I'm not the kind of person who gets scared as soon as I hear that some big shot is coming to cause trouble."

"..." Young Master Long looked at her silently.

"If there's nothing else, I'm leaving." Lin Wan said, and ran off in another direction, leaving Long Shao standing there quietly.

"I can't let anything happen to you," Long Shao muttered to himself.

He then walked out of the shadowy corner. Bai Hao was waiting there in his car on a nearby street.

"Young Master Long, what happened to your face?" Bai Hao asked in surprise.

"Drive your car," Long Shao said coldly.

"Did that girl beat you up again?" Bai Hao said. "I just don't understand, what do you like about her, Young Master Long? If it's looks, you could have as many women as beautiful as her as you want! Besides, that girl is not only disobedient, but also so violent!"

"Drive your car." With Long Shao's icy voice, the temperature inside the car seemed to drop.

"Go back and tell the Heavenly Group to bring Lin Wan back to my place for a few days! Remember, if they hurt her in the slightest, I'll make them pay," Young Master Long said.

"Damn, she's just a little girl, is it really necessary to mobilize the Heavenly Group?" Bai Hao looked at Long Shao in surprise. Whenever Lin Wan was involved, Long Shao's thought process seemed to completely change.

He remembered that a few months ago, Lin Wan had said that Long Shao seemed to never smile, and that she didn't like people like that... Then the man in front of him smiled at Bai Hao for a whole week.

Thinking back to that week, Bai Hao still has psychological trauma. It's as if he could be sentenced to death at any moment.

"If you say another word, I'll consider getting a different bodyguard," Long Shao said coldly.

"No, Brother Long, I was wrong. I won't say another word." Bai Hao quickly said.

……

At this time, Lin Jie's family.

“Take a look at these sunglasses.” Xiao Zhan took out the sunglasses and said to Lin Jie, “These are some high-tech products that I researched when I was bored at the sanatorium. I call them decoding glasses.”

"Decoding glasses?" Lin Jie asked in surprise, "How do you use them?"

"Try wearing them. Once you put on these glasses, you'll never see any more mosaics," Xiao Zhan said proudly.

"That's awesome?" Lin Jie said, "I happen to have a few good movies in my collection, but the mosaic is too annoying. We'll use this to enjoy them in a bit."

"Great suggestion, it'll be a good way to lighten up my life." Xiao Zhan said, and he and Lin Jie walked towards the room.

"What movie is it? Can you watch it with me?" Lin Mumu ran over at that moment.

“The child should be asleep by now,” Lin Jie said to Lin Mumu.

“But they also want to watch a movie together,” Lin Mumu said.

“This is not suitable for you at all,” Lin Jie said. “You’ll see later. It’s getting late, go back to sleep. You have school tomorrow.”

"But……"

"What are you talking about?" Lin Wan walked in at that moment.

"Sister, they said we'd watch the movie together using these glasses, but they won't let me watch it with them." The little girl immediately ran to Lin Wan to complain.

"Ignore those two perverts!" Lin Wan said, picking up the little girl. "Come on, let's take a bath. I'll tell you a story later."

After speaking, Lin Wan gave Lin Jie and Xiao Zhan a cold look.

Watching Xiao Zhan carry the little girl into the house, he couldn't help but say to Lin Jie, "Are you still watching tonight? I feel like your sister's eyes are looking at me with a strange look."

At this moment, Lin Wan was actually struggling with what she had heard from Long Wenfeng: should Lin Jie be punished for the possibility that something might happen to the research institute?

Lin Jie might not have much of a concept of the eight major families in District C, but Lin Wan, who had once been Long Wenfeng's secretary, knew what the eight major families represented today. In the end, she chose to keep this a secret for now, because she didn't want Lin Jie to be in danger because of this, and she also didn't want to give up this soon-to-be-successful experiment.

Just as Dr. Qin said, this research involves developing and expanding the human brain. This will be a research achievement that changes all of humanity, and once successful, it could even create a new human species.

Lin Wan didn't want to miss the opportunity to witness the success of this research.

……

The next day, Xiao Zhan received a call from Bu Feiwu.

"My new home has been completely renovated, and I'll be going to inspect it in a bit," Xiao Zhan said. "This time, I even added a virtual training room on the top floor."

"How did it finish so quickly?" Lin Jie asked curiously.

"Fei Wu is quite efficient," Xiao Zhan said. "Anyway, no monsters or criminals have appeared today. Let's go try out the new training room together later."

But just then? A message simultaneously rang on both of their phones: 'Notify all superheroes in H City to immediately assemble in the Hero Association's meeting hall to listen to the new chairman's speech.'

"Damn, the new president only arrived at this hour, that's really inefficient," Xiao Zhan said.

"Indeed," Lin Jie nodded.

What they didn't know was that the presidents of the Hero Association in District C were almost all members of the Eight Great Families or people affiliated with the Eight Great Families. There was also competition among the families, which led to the stagnation of the position of president of the association in H City for nearly a month.

Left with no other choice, Xiao Zhan and Lin Jie had to abandon their plan to use only the latest simulation training room and headed towards the Hero Association together.

The two ran into the bespectacled man who had just been discharged from the hospital at the entrance of the association.

When the three entered the venue, they discovered that H City also had seven or eight hundred superheroes.

At this point, almost everyone was gathered here.

……

Chapter 11

"You've finally arrived," Thirteen said as he approached the three people.

"Wait! Keep your distance." The bespectacled man quickly said to Thirteen, "You can just stand there and talk. I just came from the hospital and don't want to go back in."

"We're clearly teammates, yet you're discriminating against us like this. It really hurts me." Thirteen put on a sad expression.

"Well, actually that's not what I meant..." The guy with glasses also realized that what he said was a bit off.

"You believe that?" Lin Jie said to the bespectacled man, "Thirteen years have passed. If that were true, he would have committed suicide long ago."

"Tch!" Thirteen scoffed. "You're really not easy to fool. But you're wrong about one thing. I did get hurt when people said that to me in the past, but then I would follow them and then I would be happy."

"What kind of bizarre curse is this!" Xiao Zhan and Glasses both shuddered. Last time, Thirteen tracked down an organization of several thousand people, and in the end, only a few people were left, and they were all in prison.

"It's quite lively here." Dong Xue'er walked in at this moment, followed by a group of muscular men.

Just as Dong Xue'er walked past Lin Jie, she whispered in his ear, "If you dare to tell anyone what you said that day, I'll make you a eunuch."

After saying that, he entered the meeting room as if bathed in a spring breeze.

Lin Jie felt a chill down his spine after hearing what she said.

When the venue was almost full, a handsome man with silver hair walked to the front of the stage.

"Hello everyone, I am the new president of the association in H City. My name is Dongyang. From now on, I will be the new president of the association in H City..."

The following remarks were mostly official rhetoric.

……

After the meeting, Lin Jie and his team members gathered together for the first time. Looking at the brand-new Zero statue in the hall, Lin Jie couldn't help but sigh to himself, "It's not as cool as the one I made back then."

Just then, they saw Dong Xue'er and Dong Yang walking towards them while talking about something.

"You're the team that helped Xue'er defeat Ouyang Rui, right?" Dongyang said, looking at Lin Jie and the others. "My sister really did benefit from your help."

"It's nothing, it's what I should do!" Xiao Zhan quickly replied.

"You must be Lin Jie," Dong Yang said with a smile. "You're quite an interesting person. I heard you took down two A-level enemies all by yourself. How about working for the Dong family?"

"No interest," Lin Jie replied decisively.

"That's a real pity. But let me remind you one last time: some forces are not to be trifled with. If it weren't for some special circumstances, you might already be dead." Dong Yang said with a smile, "Of course, if you are willing to join our Dong family, we are certainly willing to protect you."

"I'm not interested. Anyone who wants to kill me can come and do it," Lin Jie said.

"You seem very confident in your abilities," Dongyang said, narrowing his eyes slightly.

"At least I'm better than you," Lin Jie said, "Your words are so sarcastic."

"Hmph!" Dong Yang snorted coldly upon hearing Lin Jie's words, and Dong Xue'er, who was beside him, was about to step forward to stop him. But it was too late.

An aura of absolute dominance erupted from him at this moment, making him look down on Lin Jie and the others like a powerful god looking down on these ants.

"Oh? This is the legendary aura of a king?" Lin Jie raised an eyebrow.

Under that powerful pressure, the three people beside him, including Xiao Zhan, promptly knelt down before the person in front of them.

"If you have any skills, don't be so arrogant," Dongyang said coldly, then looked at Lin Jie. But the latter stood there as if nothing had happened.

"Is this the legendary unleashing of domineering aura? Should I just bow down right now?" Lin Jie said at this moment, "Unfortunately, I've seen far too much domineering aura, and yours isn't even the strongest."

"..." Dong Yang didn't speak, but his powerful aura erupted again from his center, and it continued to intensify. The strength of his aura had begun to cause the surrounding statues to tremble violently.

But it was all for naught; Lin Jie was still standing there perfectly fine, even picking his nose.

"..." Dong Yang's face began to turn red, and there was no one left standing around him except Lin Jie. The ground beneath his feet began to crack under his aura, but Lin Jie, who was under the focus of his pressure, remained unchanged.

"Are you ever going to stop? We still have things to do!" Lin Jie yawned and said, "I still have things to do."

Although Lin Jie said that, the person in front of him was still releasing his "turtle aura," his face flushed and his body ramrod straight.

Lin Jie sighed inwardly, "This domineering aura is really persistent."

Immediately afterwards, an aura formed around Lin Jie, different from Dong Yang's domineering and arrogant aura that seemed to say "I am the only one in heaven and earth, looking down on everyone else."

Lin Jie's aura was more like that of a battle-hardened veteran, who could fight against heaven and earth and kill gods and Buddhas if they were in his way! That aura, accompanied by powerful killing intent, easily shattered Dong Yang's mental pressure.

Dong Yang's whole body trembled, and cold sweat immediately broke out. The moment Lin Jie unleashed his aura, he felt like a mouse in a cat's mouth, someone who could easily kill him with a single move.

In just a brief moment, everything returned to calm. Dong Yang himself didn't even realize that the mental pressure he had released had instinctively retreated back into his body in that instant.

"You really are capable!" Dongyang said through gritted teeth. "No wonder Xue'er admires you so much. I was just testing your strength earlier."

The blush on his face hadn't completely faded yet. His whole body was still trembling slightly. He couldn't understand what kind of battle he had gone through to have such a powerful killing intent emanating from him. But one thing he knew was that he had been slapped across the face today.

They came with the intention of subduing the person in front of them. After all, they had heard that he was now the strongest hero in H City. If they could subdue him and then recruit him, that would be best. If they couldn't recruit him, they could at least give him a warning to prevent him from interfering with their plans in H City.

But in reality, not only did he fail to subdue the person in front of him with his intimidation, he was also trembling with fear at the person's imposing manner.

"Then we're leaving." Lin Jie said, leading a few people out of the Hero Association.

"Why are you being so harsh today? He's Dong Xue'er's brother, and the president of the Hero Association, after all," the bespectacled man said, looking at Lin Jie.