Heroes Return

"Since you're an S-rank mental power user, why do you still need this device? You should know that overdeveloping the brain is dangerous, especially without precise calculations and adjustments." Dr. Qin then looked at Dong Yang and said, "Are you crazy?"

“As you said, that’s true if there haven’t been precise calculations and adjustments,” Dr. Mousley said, stepping forward. “But what if I had made precise adjustments beforehand? Imagine what would happen if a powerful S-class psychic evolved again through this machine?”

“Unimaginable,” Dr. Qin said. “I cannot imagine it.”

“It will create gods,” Dr. Mousse said. “It will create beings that surpass SS-class.”

“That’s right, I, Dongyang, will become a god with the help of this machine.” It was Bai Hao speaking again.

"Are you crazy?" Lin Wan asked in shock as Bai Hao grabbed her by the neck. "Don't worry about me, just deal with this..."

Unfortunately, before Lin Wan could finish speaking, Bai Hao silenced her with a kiss.

"You'd better not move," Bai Hao said.

At this moment, Long Shao's face was extremely ugly, but he was completely helpless. He knew Dong Yang very well, and if he made any move, Lin Wan would definitely be the first person to die here.

Long Shao didn't make a move, but that didn't mean Dong Yang wasn't. Dr. Musley had already quickly adjusted all the equipment and dressed Dong Yang in his experimental gear.

“You’ll regret doing this,” Long Shao said, looking at Dong Yang who was dressed in his experimental gear.

“No one will regret becoming a god,” Dongyang said as he put on the experimental helmet.

He then gestured to Dr. Mousse to begin.

Mousley started the machine directly, and as soon as the machine started, the objects in my room seemed to float up as if they had lost their gravity.

Meanwhile, Bai Hao's hand, which had been gripping Lin Wan's neck, also suddenly loosened.

"Cough cough!" Lin Wan coughed twice while squatting on the ground, then pushed away Long Shao, who wanted to come forward to ask about her health, and ran towards Dr. Mu Sili's control panel.

"We need to stop this machine right away!" Lin Wan said, kicking Dr. Mousse away.

As someone who has been engaged in scientific research for a long time, Mu Sili was kicked away by Lin Wan without any ability to resist.

“You should have done this a long time ago!” Dr. Qin said from the side.

"I...he..." Bai Hao, still in a daze, looked at Dong Yang sitting on the experimental equipment in surprise.

"Damn it! Why can't it stop?" Lin Wan said in surprise, looking at the workbench.

"Let me handle this." Long Shao said, slamming his fist on the workbench, which shattered into pieces. "We'll destroy all the related machinery here."

As soon as Long Shao finished speaking, Bai Hao rushed towards the key machine where Dong Yang was located. But the next moment, he was thrown back. Not only that, but a strong mental storm began to sweep around the machine where Dong Yang was located, and the range was still expanding.

Bai Hao and Long Shao tried to mobilize their internal energy to attack the center of the storm, but they were surprised to find that any energy that came into contact with the mental storm would become part of it and start spinning along with it.

Seeing this scene, the group had no choice but to run out of the research institute. After all, the mental storm inside the laboratory was constantly expanding, and if they were caught in it, they would be doomed.

Just as the group of people ran out of the research institute, the entire city began to be shrouded in a strange state.

Everything in the city seemed to have lost its gravity and floated in the air. Whether it was cars in parking lots or furniture and beds in people's homes, almost everything was floating. The people who were fiercely fighting around the research institute also stopped what they were doing.

The entire city fell silent at that moment.

On the top floor of the Xiao's Building, DouDou was licking a stain remover stick that was covered in milk, and as a result, the stain remover stick floated up, scattering milk everywhere.

Bu Feiwu looked worriedly in the direction of the research institute. Even from where she was, she could clearly see a spherical storm that was constantly expanding.

The members of the H City Hero Association abandoned the fight and began to rescue civilians who were about to be caught in the mental storm.

Meanwhile, the Ouyang family's elite forces began attempting to attack the center of the mental storm using various weapons and abilities. After all, their orders were to kill Dongyang and retrieve the equipment.

However, it seems their mission over the past few days has been a complete failure.

On the other side, Dongyang's men, who had been struggling to hold on, cheered when they saw this scene, and then retreated to safety.

……

At this moment, Ouyang Manor is almost indistinguishable from ruins.

Lin Jie's Green Dragon Crescent Blade flashed, and he effortlessly and frantically harvested the bodyguard robots that could easily defeat B-level experts, just like harvesting wheat.

The roar of the dragon echoed continuously from the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and the robots that had been cut down by Lin Jie's blade light had all lost their ability to repair themselves.

Upon witnessing this scene, the Ouyang family head immediately issued a new command to the bodyguard robots. The remaining hundreds of bodyguard robots then converged, forming a giant robot before Lin Jie's eyes.

“Transformers!” Lin Jie said, looking at the bodyguard robot in front of him. “But it’s a pity.”

As he spoke, Lin Jie leaped high into the air and, before the giant robot and its crew could react, sliced ​​the massive Transformer in half.

Lin Jie then looked at the Ouyang family head and said, "Perhaps we can talk."

"Who exactly are you?" the Ouyang family head said. "With your strength, you can't possibly be just a D-level superhero."

"Who I am doesn't matter at all," Lin Jie shrugged and said, "Let's talk about our business."

"Wait a minute..." Upon hearing Lin Jie's answer, the Ouyang family head recalled some unpleasant memories: "Could it be... that you are a member of an ancient clan?"

"Hmm?" Lin Jie thought to himself after hearing what the Ouyang family head said, "Ancient clan? Why does that name sound so familiar?"

Then Lin Jie said, "Ancient clans? I don't know."

However, at this moment, Patriarch Ouyang was certain that Lin Jie was a member of the Ancient Clan. He had noticed Lin Jie's obvious pause earlier, leading him to believe that he must have correctly identified Lin Jie, causing Lin Jie to hesitate. Considering the Ancient Clan's strange rule against revealing one's identity when leaving home, Patriarch Ouyang confirmed Lin Jie's identity the moment Lin Jie hesitated and made a denial.

But in fact, he did use his ability to read people's expressions on someone who was basically not cunning... so he overthought things.

"We have offended you in many ways before, and I apologize to you here as the head of the Ouyang family." After confirming his thoughts, the head of the Ouyang family immediately changed his attitude: "As the saying goes, it is better to resolve a feud than to let it fester. Now that our Ouyang family has been beaten like this by you, please be merciful."

"What's wrong with this Ouyang family head? Did he get his head squeezed in a door?" Lin Jie wondered, completely bewildered. Fortunately, Lin Jie was wearing a red mask, which prevented the Ouyang family head from seeing it.

"You weren't like this just now," Lin Jie said, puzzled.

“I didn’t know you were from ‘there’ just now,” the Ouyang family head said respectfully. “If I had known, we certainly wouldn’t have had a conflict.”

'This guy seems to have got my identity wrong.' Lin Jie suddenly realized this, but he didn't expose the misunderstanding, because that would save him a lot of time. He was more worried about Lin Wan than about this.

"Alright, I won't waste any more words," Lin Jie said. "How should we resolve our differences?"

"It would be best to wipe the slate clean," said the head of the Ouyang family. "It's better to resolve enmity than to let it fester."

"Then let's leave it at that," Lin Jie said. "As for Dong Xue'er?"

"With the engagement dissolved, the Ouyang family will absolutely not cause her any more trouble," said the head of the Ouyang family.

"What about my identity?" Lin Jie asked.

“I will keep this a secret,” said the head of the Ouyang family.

"Alright, it's settled then." Lin Jie said to the Ouyang family head, "I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave first."

"Let me see you off," the head of the Ouyang family quickly said.

"No need, transportation is too slow." With that, Lin Jie disappeared from the Ouyang family head's sight.

Only then did the Ouyang family head breathe a sigh of relief. The ancient clans were beings even the eight great families couldn't afford to offend.

……

If there's one place in the world that's the most complex, it's undoubtedly Zone C. Influenced by the ancient Taoist religion, the true powerhouses of Zone C don't like to flaunt their presence like the powerhouses of other zones.

Area C is home to a large number of reclusive and powerful individuals, who either live deep in the mountains or lead ordinary lives.

The Ancient Clan is one of the many hermit groups in Area C; their true name is the 'Ancient Remnant Clan'.

As Lin Jie was running towards H City with all his might, he recalled the time when he was running around the world fighting monsters. Back then, he really did circle the earth three times in a single day.

“Ancient race… I remember now, it should be the ancient remnants!” Recalling the past, Lin Jie suddenly said, “Speaking of which, I got quite a few weapons from them. They were really a bunch of delusional people with a lot of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) ideas about ruling the world. But I forced them into hiding and never heard of them again…”

Having figured this out, Lin Jie looked around and saw rows of penguins passing by him.

"..." Lin Jie scratched his head: "It seems like we ran in the wrong direction. Oh well, the earth is round anyway, as long as we can run back within thirty seconds."

As he spoke, he quickened his pace and ran towards H City once again.

Chapter Twenty-Six Revisions

In H City, when Xiao Zhan and his group arrived outside the research institute, they saw an ever-expanding mental storm and objects suspended in mid-air.

"It's Lin Wan!" The man with glasses spotted Lin Wan and Long Shao and his group, who in turn also noticed them.

"Why are you all here? Where's my brother?" Lin Wan asked the group.

“He might have to wait a while before he arrives,” Dong Xue’er said.

"Tell me, when did your research institute come up with something so brutal?" Xiao Zhan asked. "What exactly is this thing?"

“It’s Dongyang.” Dong Xiaoye frowned as she looked at the mental storm that had already enveloped the entire block. “But Dongyang shouldn’t have this much mental power.”

“It’s our research…” Lin Wan said, “We must find a way to stop that machine.”

After saying that, Lin Wan looked at Dr. Qin beside her and asked, "Doctor, is there no way to stop this mental storm?"

“Theoretically, it cannot be stopped,” Dr. Qin said. “The energy level of this mental storm is at least SS level, unless there is a destructive force exceeding SS level to forcibly break it. But we simply do not have such destructive force.”

"It seems to be starting to shrink," Xiao Zhan said, looking at the storm.

"Not good!" Dr. Qin exclaimed in surprise as he watched the mental storm begin to shrink: "This is a sign that evolution is about to be completed."

Upon hearing his words, almost everyone's expression darkened, except for Xiao Zhan, who was still stubbornly throwing spicy strips into the mental storm...

"You still have the mood to throw spicy strips at a time like this!" the bespectacled guy shouted at Xiao Zhan.

"I'm just giving it a try," Xiao Zhan said. "Recently, I've discovered that quite a few things can react with this stuff, so I thought I'd give it a shot. After all, spicy strips are a powerful weapon that successfully defeated a powerful alien."

Before he could finish speaking, the mental storm began to contract at an even faster rate than before.

"See, there's a reaction now," Xiao Zhan said.

"The contraction speed has clearly increased!" the bespectacled man said.

The rate of contraction continued to accelerate, and within minutes it had completely returned to its original position. A large number of ability users stood around the scene, all their gazes fixed on Dongyang, who sat in a chair shaped like an instrument in the very center of the ruins.

At this moment, Dongyang's face was expressionless, and all the hair on his body had disappeared.

He slowly rose from his seat, surveying everyone around him like a king.

The next moment, almost all the elites of the Ouyang family unleashed their various superpowers and attacked Dongyang. However, all the attacks were intercepted in mid-air by an invisible force when they were ten meters away from Dongyang, and then compressed into a small dot and disappeared.

"Kneel down," Dongyang said softly.

The voice wasn't loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly. Accompanied by that undeniable tone, the Ouyang family elites were astonished to find themselves having lost control of their bodies, helplessly kneeling before Dong Yang.

Of course, some of the Ouyang family's elites were not affected by the sound; these were the bodyguard robots.

However, as the robots attacked Dongyang one after another, they were compressed into a small steel ball with a diameter of half a centimeter by an invisible force.