Leaving was still done through "Vertical Earth Golden Light."
After one instance, they didn't even know in which city the secret base was located.
Coming out from the police station on Yanhe Road in Ming City, it was already the wee hours past midnight, marking the beginning of Sunday.
"Then, see you," said Turquoise Pool as she got into a supercar parked by the roadside, waving to the three of them from inside the car.
White hair, a blue sports car, and an elegant and composed beauty, as if a scene straight out of a movie.
"Mm, see you later, Sister Yao," Li Qianxia waved back.
Watching the sports car disappear into the empty street, the trio walked side by side towards the yard.
"Thought it would take a few days, who knew it would all be over in a few hours," Yang Qinglan glanced at her bookstore.
Before leaving, she had told her staff that she was going out for a bit and might not be able to return for some time.
"Proves that 'Storm' expended too much luck; otherwise, they could have escaped from Shibuya crossing," Li Changzhou said, hands in his pockets.
November, the night air was a bit cold but just right for them, cool and refreshing.
"Brother," in the still of the night street, Li Qianxia's voice was as soft as a whisper.
"Hmm?"
"I just remembered something, Sister Yao is a white card Player, right? Why would she cooperate with the state?"
"For a greater benefit," said Li Changzhou.
"Mutual use," answered Yang Qinglan.
Li Qianxia stretched out her arms, loosened her body, twisting her slender and firm waist, "How about another trip to Tokyo tomorrow? London, Paris, New York, Sydney, Dubai, Rome—I'm not fussy."
"We'll go when we can no longer improve our abilities," he replied.
Past Qing Lan's Bookstore, it wasn't far to the siblings' rented yard.
Opening the door, they walked in.
"Finally home—"
Before Li Qianxia could finish, Li Changzhou felt the ground under his feet swell, followed by an imminent tremor.
His face changed, he wrapped his left arm around Yang Qinglan, and with his right, he pulled Li Qianxia, who was walking towards the swing under the apricot tree, back into his arms.
The very moment they disappeared, the entire yard exploded with a "Boom!", shaking the earth, as debris shot out like bullets.
The centuries-old apricot tree, in the midst of the destructive blaze, disintegrated into ash inch by inch.
Inside "Honey Pot World."
"Brother," Li Qianxia leaned into Li Changzhou's embrace, "It's not good to hold two girls at once... Ah! I get it! You mean the left hand holds love, and the right hand holds kinship, right? Qian Xia and Qing Lan are the two most important women in your life—"
"The most important... Are you a muggle?" Li Changzhou pushed her away.
"Who attacked us?" the still-embraced Yang Qinglan, her ethereal and beautiful face turned somber.
"Attacked?" Li Qianxia blinked her large eyes.
It wasn't that her Perception was poor; it was that she wasn't attentive at all. The most direct evidence was that after an instance filled with life-threatening crises, her "Ability" only increased by 3 points, while Yang Qinglan's increased by 5.
"Who attacked us? Special Warfare Bureau for a cover-up kill? Or has Tokyo already discovered that the player at Shibuya crossing was us? But that was too quick!" Li Qianxia exclaimed doubtfully.
Fear slowly rose in her heart.
Her waist was too slender, a touching sensation, and although now was not the time to think about such things, men have their inherent frailties; if a female ghost crawled out of the TV and happened to be pretty, they would remain composed and continue to check out her figure.
"The Lord of Radiance, that godly one?" Li Qianxia still remembered the name.
"Just a guess, it might indeed be the Special Warfare Bureau, to stop us from learning those three S+ grade Visualization techniques," Yang Qinglan said impassively.
Her Instinct was "Attract And Repel," naturally repelling everything, suspecting everything.
Li Qianxia couldn't accept that the Special Warfare Bureau would do such a thing, but she was aware that it was not impossible.
"Let's find out first," Li Changzhou said nonchalantly.
Whoever had planned the attack, he was prepared to take revenge.
He sensed for a moment and found Little Radish sleeping among the flock of sheep.
"What's up?" asked Little Radish as she woke up rubbing her eyes.
"Any danger?" Li Changzhou asked her; he was planning to go out with her.
The word 'danger' rolled down Little Radish like two chunks of ice, one down her chest and one down her back, fully waking her up.
"There is! There certainly is!" she said in a rush.
After a while, Li Changzhou asked again, "Any danger?"
"It seems like there's none now, but I still suggest— Ah! Mom, save me!"
The two disappeared from "Honey Pot World."
In the huge pit billowing with black smoke, the yard was gone without a trace, and around it, the ruins burned silently, crackling occasionally.
Li Changzhou kicked the blackened stone by his foot. It was the stone bench under the apricot tree.
The first time they came to this yard, when Li Qianxia's Physical Strength was not strong, moving it required both hands and a slow grind.
The stone bench was buried deep in the black, warm soil, probably blown into the sky by the explosion and then fell back down straight into the ground.