Liu Wu Dai, who had nearly been duped by the enemy, naturally refused to let the matter rest. Although she didn't know what the bug her teammate had thrown was, it definitely possessed tracking and detection functions.

Moreover, her ally hadn't initially thrown the bug, choosing instead to use the Unmanned Scout Drone she provided. This suggested the bug had limitations: perhaps it only offered a general direction, couldn't pinpoint the enemy's exact location conveniently, flew too slowly, or had a low flight ceiling.

Thoughts surged in Liu Wu Dai's mind, yet no expression showed on her face as she forcefully pressed down on the car's accelerator.

However, before the black sedan could shoot forward, a figure violently crashed into it, smashing his head against the rear-view mirror and drawing blood.

Enemy attack?!

Liu Wu Dai's pupils shrank sharply. The one who had slammed into the rear-view mirror was just an ordinary night jogger wearing headphones, dressed in a shirt and shorts, with a sports armband.

One second he was panting as he jogged along the roadside, and the next, his face turned ferocious, his eyes bloodshot, charging at the sedan as if confronting a mortal enemy.

It wasn't just him. All the pedestrians on the right side of the street simultaneously stopped what they were doing.

Diners in the fast-food restaurant dropped their utensils, delivery drivers abandoned their electric bikes, and couples waiting at the bus stop let go of each other's hands.

A crimson hue filled everyone's eyes as they howled and charged toward the vehicle.

They desperately punched the car windows, rammed the sedan with their bodies, climbed on top to smash their heads against the roof, and even used their hands and feet in an attempt to flip the vehicle over.

At least thirty-odd pedestrians swarmed the sedan, with a continual stream of people running towards them.

At the crossroads ahead, at least four or five not particularly severe car accidents had occurred. The drivers, their heads bleeding, dragged their families from the wrecked vehicles and staggered towards the black sedan.

Looking out from the car, they could only see countless sinister, screeching humans attempting to smash the vehicle. The scene was even more terrifying than a typical zombie movie.

Liu Wu Dai's foot hovered above the accelerator. She knew all too well this was the enemy team's doing—the caterpillar, smashed to pieces with only its head remaining, had used the Lunar Phase Locator from a kilometer away to control the surrounding pedestrians with a Mental Shock, attempting to block her and her companions' pursuit.

This was to be expected. In the eyes of non-human players like Gulu Lugu, humans were no different from other animals, and often, even more deserving of hatred.

Liu Wu Dai possessed abilities capable of large-scale damage, but their Special Effects were generally too powerful. A single hit would undoubtedly kill a large number of the ordinary people crowded outside the car.

Similarly, she couldn't bring herself to step on the gas—not to mention the risk of running over the seven or eight people in front of the vehicle, even if she started the car and caught up, the enemy could simply repeat the tactic, continuously using pedestrian "barriers" to block their path.

"As expected of a bug, it really fights dirty," Li Ang, sitting in the back of the vehicle, shook his head. He put on sunglasses, looked out the window, and activated the Cat's Eye Special Effect, indiscriminately creating illusions to assault the sanity of the surrounding pedestrians.

As Cat's Eye was beginner equipment, its efficiency in utilizing spiritual power wasn't very high.

Fortunately, Li Ang's Spiritual Power reserve was quite substantial. With one blast, he knocked out a large group of pedestrians surrounding the vehicle.

Simultaneously, Miss Chai opened the car door. With strength and an Agility Attribute far surpassing ordinary players, she skillfully tossed the fainted pedestrians aside, piling them in the lobby of the fast-food restaurant by the roadside.

The congested road was instantly cleared. Just as Liu Wu Dai was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she saw residents of the apartment building by the road neatly climbing onto their windowsills, seemingly ready to leap off in unison and crash into the area surrounding the sedan.

The player forum unanimously acknowledged psychic abilities as one of the most troublesome Transcendent powers, not only due to their stealth but also because they had an extremely lethal effect on ordinary people, leaving them completely defenseless.

The apartment building residents teetered precariously high above. Limited by the range of Cat's Eye's Special Effect, Li Ang couldn't forcibly dispel the caterpillar's illusion.

With the apartment residents about to plummet down like falling dumplings, Miss Chai decisively scaled the exterior wall of the apartment building, kicking each ordinary resident who was about to jump deftly back into their rooms.

Nice! Li Ang thought. If Liu Wu Dai weren't here, I'd have definitely given Miss Chai a thumbs-up.

"Heh heh, heh heh heh heh~"

By then, the ordinary people who had been dumped in the fast-food restaurant's lobby were waking up. Many of their eyes had regained clarity, but some still had bloodshot eyes. These individuals giggled eerily, baring their teeth and grimacing as they picked up chopsticks from the tables and tried to stab themselves in the eyes.

The caterpillar wanted Li Ang, a human, to personally experience the helplessness and pain of watching his own kind die while he could do nothing—just like that slender caterpillar in the field back then.

Just as about twenty people were about to stab themselves in the eyes with chopsticks, Li Ang immediately activated the Cat's Eye Special Effect, attempting to stop the caterpillar's murderous rampage for a second time. However, someone was faster.

On the road diagonally across the intersection, two men and a woman hurried over. They were all in casual clothes and on foot, yet their running speed surpassed that of ordinary vehicles by a fair margin.

Liu Wu Dai recognized the leader—a man in his thirties with sharp, sword-like eyebrows and bright, starry eyes. It was Xun Zian, captain of Mobile Detachment Team Six from Yin City.

He had been an excellent front-line agent, and becoming a Player hadn't changed his direct and decisive (or rather, obstinate) temper.

"Stop!"

Xun Zian leaped from across the intersection, clearing the car accident scene. Mid-air, he let out a deafening roar. The sound waves coalesced into the form of a golden lion, which swiped its paw remotely towards the people inside the fast-food restaurant.

The skill, named Lion Elephant Beast King Roar, not only materialized sound to repel malevolent spirits and disperse evil, but it also cleared people's minds, jolting them to their senses.

After the roar, everyone under the caterpillar's mental control fainted and collapsed. The two team members following Xun Zian immediately began administering aid to the injured.

"Captain Xun," Liu Wu Dai said, stepping out of the car. "It's me, Liu Wu Dai."

"Miss Liu?" Xun Zian, a tall, strikingly handsome middle-aged man with impressive sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, strode forward, his brow deeply furrowed. "What are you doing here?"

Liu Wu Dai, embodying the Liu Family's complete allegiance to the Special Affairs Bureau, was, to some extent, an unofficial member herself. The two had met once before at the Bureau's headquarters.

A thought struck Liu Wu Dai. According to the mission briefing, 'Players cannot seek help from entities outside the mission scope.' No matter what she said, Xun Zian probably wouldn't believe her. It would be better to just lie and claim she was randomly attacked by other Players...

She was about to speak when Xun Zian cut her off. "Yin City is now under a state of emergency. All Transcendents must submit to the Special Affairs Bureau's control and undergo investigation. I don't care why you are here, Miss Liu. Regardless, you're coming with me to the Bureau."

Liu Wu Dai's heart sank. This Xun Zian, though handsome, possessed a foul and inflexible temper. During his university years, a female professor from a well-connected family had taken a liking to him. Had Xun Zian been willing to submit to her advances, he could have easily achieved great success upon graduation.

However, Xun Zian was extremely proud and already had a sweetheart. He firmly refused the professor's hints. Unsurprisingly, after graduation, her family's influence had him dispatched to a remote backwater to battle the most dangerous and deranged criminals.

According to the usual trope, Xun Zian should have earned his stripes through great effort, suffered grave injuries, and ultimately been humiliated by those in power, forced to abandon his dignity and yield.

But Xun Zian didn't follow that script. Not only did he apprehend countless criminals on the front lines and solve numerous major cases, but eight months ago, as an ordinary human, he had also assisted a distressed member of the Mobile Detachment in the backwaters. There, relying on just a small knife, he eviscerated a monster in the treacherous wilderness. His actions caught the attention of the higher-ups, and he was transferred back to Yin City.

Eventually, he was smoothly favored by the Killing Field Game System and automatically gained Player status. Meanwhile, the family of the female university professor became entangled in another incident involving Transcendent powers and was utterly destroyed.

Xun Zian, who had fallen from a prosperous city to the harsh backwaters and persisted for years without regret or submission, was not someone the Liu Family could intimidate. Moreover, Yin City was indeed in a state of emergency, and the Special Affairs Bureau's higher-ups had issued directives to apprehend all Players exhibiting suspicious activity.

I don't care if she's Liu Wu Dai or Liu *Whatever*-Dai, arrest them all!

Xun Zian watched Liu Wu Dai's silence, his frown deepening and his tone growing unfriendly. He clasped his hands behind his back, exuding a fierce and domineering aura. "Miss Liu Wu Dai, let's go..."

The air was so oppressive it felt like it could freeze solid.

"No one but me can call her by her full name!"

An overly flamboyant voice suddenly erupted from the back seat of the black sedan.

Li Ang, draped in a "cloak of righteousness," pushed open the car door with an extremely dashing posture and said calmly to Xun Zian, "This dazzling world can be blinding. If you don't have the strength, don't try to show off. Brother, a woman who's been pampered by a lion won't look twice at a wild dog."