Liu Xiaofei seemed quite excited, her tired look from just waking up completely gone. As soon as she came downstairs, she grabbed Zhou Ziwei's hand and looked around, saying, "Brother Wei, it's so narrow in here. I'm afraid we won't be able to run in circles!"
Zhou Ziwei shook off her small hand and said, "Who said I was going to run? I was just practicing my boxing..."
After saying that, Zhou Ziwei chose a relatively open space and began to practice Niu-style Tai Chi, moving slowly and deliberately.
Zhou Ziwei practices the Niu-style Tai Chi Chuan at least two or three times a day. In addition, by using his soul power and the experience he inherited from his memories, Zhou Ziwei's understanding of this style of boxing has far surpassed that of the murderous bandit he once was.
This set of boxing techniques is no longer completely confined to the original boxing routines. It simply involves feeling the surge of the soul power within the body, comprehending the physical reactions and force field changes that each posture can bring, and performing it effortlessly, without any trace of its origin.
However, in other people's eyes, Zhou Ziwei's current actions seem rather ridiculous.
Tai Chi is one of the most common forms of martial arts in China. In any city park, you can find several elderly people, or even dozens or hundreds of people practicing Tai Chi enthusiastically every morning.
So even those who haven't practiced it have probably seen it. Niu-style Tai Chi is inherently different from ordinary Tai Chi. Zhou Ziwei's further modifications make it look even more incongruous, almost like a gorilla stretching.
Liu Xiaofei had some understanding of Zhou Ziwei's strength, so she didn't underestimate his style of boxing. However, after watching closely for a long time, she still couldn't figure out what was going on, and she felt somewhat disappointed.
She was initially quite excited when Zhou Ziwei mentioned he was going to practice boxing, and even planned to take the opportunity to learn a few moves from him. But now, seeing Zhou Ziwei's boxing style... she, as a girl, really didn't have the courage to learn it.
Sun Xiaoyu, who was as still as an ice sculpture, was somewhat surprised by Zhou Ziwei's boxing skills. After all, she was not an ordinary woman. Having undergone special training, she had a deeper understanding of power. So she could vaguely feel a magical force field slowly flowing around Zhou Ziwei as he raised his hands and feet. This finally made her a little curious about Zhou Ziwei.
Just then... a heavy truck loaded with timber was driving along a road behind the hotel. When it was about 200 meters away from the hotel's backyard, it suddenly accelerated rapidly, thick black smoke billowing from its exhaust pipe. The truck instantly reached a speed of 160 kilometers per hour, then, as if out of control, crashed straight into the hotel's backyard wall...
"Danger... Target detected..."
"Attention all personnel... Target is 50 meters ahead... 30 meters ahead... Prepare for action..."
At that moment, everyone involved in protecting Zhou Ziwei heard Zhu Junli's excited roar, and all eyes were focused on the heavy truck that was about to crash into the courtyard wall.
Apart from Sun Xiaoyu quickly pulling Zhou Ziwei up and running towards the hotel's back entrance, everyone else involved in the operation had completely ignored Zhou Ziwei's presence.
Zhou Ziwei, not forgetting to pull Liu Xiaofei over as well, suddenly looked in the opposite direction from the truck, a cold glint flashing in his eyes...
Volume 1, Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 152: The Ladybug Unleashes its Power
Without warning, Zhou Ziwei suddenly raised his foot while running and kicked Sun Xiaoyu's plump, upturned buttocks hard. Sun Xiaoyu, who was completely unprepared for Zhou Ziwei, stumbled and fell several steps forward before stopping, almost falling flat on her face.
Moreover, after kicking Sun Xiaoyu, he immediately turned around, hugged Liu Xiaofei, rolled on the spot, and quickly hid behind a nearby tin trash can.
"Zhou Ziwei, what are you doing?"
Sun Xiaoyu, who had always been proud of her icy beauty, had never been kicked so badly before. In her anger, she was about to turn back and seek revenge on Zhou Ziwei when she suddenly saw a series of soft "poof poof poof" sounds coming from where they had just been. Amidst the dust and dirt, a row of clearly visible craters appeared on the ground.
There's a sniper!
Sun Xiaoyu was startled and immediately understood what was going on. Now she no longer felt any resentment towards Zhou Ziwei. Instead, she was secretly grateful, realizing that if it weren't for Zhou Ziwei's kick just now, she would probably have been shot by someone else.
Although she was wearing a thin, underwear-style bulletproof vest, it could only stop ordinary handgun bullets at most. Powerful sniper rifle bullets like the one she just saw would completely ignore the vest and leave a bloody hole with every shot.
Having realized this, she naturally wouldn't foolishly expose herself to the other party's gun anymore, so she quickly ducked down and hid behind a clump of low trees in the courtyard.
Then, using the cover of the bushes, he kept in touch with Zhu Junli while quickly looking around to find out where the sniper might be hiding.
At this moment, the roaring truck had already driven over after Zhu Junli and the others fired a round of shots. Although the four front wheels of the heavy truck had been blown out by bullets, it did not affect the speed of this incredibly heavy truck much. It still rushed forward and crashed heavily into the thin courtyard wall.
With a loud bang, dust billowed everywhere as the heavy truck broke through the wall, only to be stopped by the concrete steps behind it. The truck shuddered violently and then tilted to the right, causing the logs loaded with it to snap their ropes and tumble down with a crash, quickly filling almost the entire small space in the hotel's backyard.
The people who were hiding behind their respective shelters in the courtyard had no time to evacuate under these circumstances. Several of them were immediately hit or crushed by logs.
"Hurry up..."
The moment the heavy truck crashed through the wall, Zhou Ziwei sensed a threat. However, the presence of a sniper lurking on the rooftop of the shopping mall diagonally opposite the hotel's backyard made him hesitant to make any rash moves.
Although the distance was a bit far, Zhou Ziwei was still confident that he could shoot the sniper on the rooftop down with one shot if he had a gun.
After all, his eyesight can be improved by more than six times, and there is no target he cannot aim at as long as a bullet can fly.
However, Zhou Ziwei had no guns at hand. If he tried to rob Sun Xiaoyu, not to mention whether Sun Xiaoyu would agree, he would first have to expose himself to the other party's gun.
The power of a sniper rifle is far superior to that of an ordinary pistol. The bullets are fired much faster. Even at this distance, Zhou Ziwei was not confident that he could dodge the enemy's bullets, so he dared not take the risk lightly.
Fortunately, the ladybug was flying near the shopping mall at that moment, and not far from the sniper.
In fact, it was foreseeable that there would be a sniper ambush; Zhou Ziwei knew this through the ladybug.
Although he was always surrounded by a large group of people from who-knows-which-police-department, Zhou Ziwei was still not used to completely entrusting his safety to others. So the ladybug kept watch over him from above, acting as his eyes and ears.
Ladybugs naturally have a much wider field of vision than humans. This special little ladybug, after Zhou Ziwei continuously powered it with his soul power over the past few days, especially after his soul power evolved, actually had a strong strengthening effect on the organisms inhabited by the independent soul entity created by Zhou Ziwei.
The ladybug's shell became increasingly hard, and its flight speed increased. At the same time, the ladybug's eyesight also steadily improved. Now, when the ladybug is placed in the sky, it can monitor almost everything within a one-kilometer radius. This is how it easily discovered the sniper hidden on the top floor of the shopping mall.
There was originally another sniper on the top floor, but the original sniper was actually a spy sent by Zhu Junli so that they could receive remote support from there if anything happened at the hotel.
However, the "nail" that had been planted beforehand was easily removed the moment the heavy truck rushed toward the hotel, and then the newcomer picked up the sniper rifle left behind by the former and aimed it at Zhou Ziwei.
Zhou Ziwei saw this scene through the ladybug's eyes, which is why he was able to foresee it and take precautions in advance.
Otherwise, once the enemy fires, even if Zhou Ziwei can dodge with his superhuman eyesight and reaction speed, he will definitely not have time to save Liu Xiaofei and Sun Xiaoyu.
Originally, Zhou Ziwei did not want the ladybug to take any risks before it evolved to be strong enough, but in the current situation, he really had no better idea. Helpless, he could only quickly send an attack message to the ladybug through the connection of their souls.
Although the ladybug's inner soul has been an independent entity from Zhou Ziwei's main soul since its creation, and it can completely disobey Zhou Ziwei's commands, the invisible connection between their souls makes the ladybug have a dependence on Zhou Ziwei like a child has on its parents. In addition, Zhou Ziwei has been replenishing it with a large amount of soul power every day to prolong its life, making their relationship even closer.
Therefore, after receiving the information from Zhou Ziwei, the ladybug knew that doing as Zhou Ziwei said might be dangerous, but it did not hesitate at all. It immediately flapped its wings and flew towards the sniper wearing a baseball cap on the roof of the shopping mall.
The ladybug wasn't flying very fast at first, so much so that the sniper completely ignored its presence. In fact, the sniper's attention was entirely focused on the hotel's backyard, where Zhou Ziwei was hiding.
Even if he were bored at this moment, it's unlikely that he would be so idle as to pay special attention to the tiny insects that are everywhere in the air.
The ladybug flew to within five meters of the sniper before suddenly accelerating rapidly and hurtling straight toward the assassin's face.
Ladybugs are too small to possess much strength, so if they want to hurt someone, they must increase their speed. Only by using the powerful impact of high speed can they possibly take down a human who is thousands of times larger than themselves.
However, accelerating too early might attract the sniper's attention and cause him to dodge prematurely, so the ladybug only started to accelerate suddenly when it got close.
However, the five-meter acceleration distance was still too short, so the ladybug's speed did not increase to the expected level. If it hit the sniper's face with this impact force, it would be impossible to penetrate the opponent's bones and enter the opponent's head. Helpless, the ladybug had no choice but to smash the brown glasses on the opponent's nose first, and then rush forward through the sniper's slightly narrowed eyes.
"ah--"
With a scream from the sniper, a stream of mixed-color liquid spurted from his eye socket. The sniper clutched his throbbing eye and fell backward.
At that moment, a stream of bloody liquid gushed from his other, previously intact eye. Then, a small black dot suddenly sprang out from it, and with a rapid flap of its wings, a string of fine blood droplets were shaken off the black dot and scattered onto the body of the sniper, who was already completely dead...
here you go!
Through the soul connection, Zhou Ziwei naturally witnessed everything that had just happened as if he were there himself. It seemed that the ladybug's abilities were even stronger than he had imagined. Earlier, Zhou Ziwei had only thought that once the ladybug's flight speed and physical strength could be further improved, it could be used as a mobile bullet.
But they forgot that this little ladybug not only possesses powerful abilities, but also intelligence that is no less than that of humans. It knows that its current physical strength and power are still insufficient to directly penetrate human skin and bones, but it knows how to find the weakest part of the human body to attack.
Anyway, as long as you can get inside the other person's brain and wriggle around a bit, even a strong elephant will only have the chance to die.
Although the ladybug seemed to have easily taken down an enemy, Zhou Ziwei knew through their soul connection that the ladybug had been cut on the wing by glass shards when it smashed the opponent's glasses. This injury was not fatal, but it severely affected the ladybug's flight speed, which made Zhou Ziwei feel very distressed.
I'm planning to give the ladybug more soul power when things are better so it can recover quickly.
The deadly crisis in the distance was temporarily averted, but the heavy truck had already crashed into them nearby. Zhou Ziwei didn't have time to think about it. He instinctively sensed a sense of danger approaching and immediately pulled Liu Xiaofei up and rushed towards the back door of the hotel. On the way, he didn't forget to kick Sun Xiaoyu's shapely buttocks, who was hiding behind a bush, to make her run with him.
"Hey...Are you crazy?! This is dangerous!"
Sun Xiaoyu wasn't clairvoyant; she still hadn't determined the direction from which that string of bullets had come, let alone know that the sniper who had been so arrogant just moments before had been taken down by a tiny ladybug in the blink of an eye. Seeing Zhou Ziwei dare to run wildly under the enemy's gun, she was startled. Without even caring that Zhou Ziwei's foot had once again made intimate contact with her buttocks, she immediately jumped up and followed closely behind Zhou Ziwei, using her body to provide him with as much cover as possible.
Although their main objective was not Zhou Ziwei, Sun Xiaoyu's mission included protecting Zhou Ziwei's safety as much as possible. So while others could ignore Zhou Ziwei's existence when something happened, Sun Xiaoyu still upheld her duty as a bodyguard, using her own body to shield the person she was protecting.
Despite his haste, Zhou Ziwei did not overlook this. Sensing Sun Xiaoyu's nervousness behind him, he felt a warmth in his heart, knowing that he was right not to abandon this woman, even if she was using him. At least she still had some conscience towards him, the one being used.
Just as the three were about ten meters away from the back door of the hotel, the heavy truck overturned in front of the steps in the hotel's backyard. The huge logs, like giants emerging from an ancient forest, rolled and tumbled all over the yard after breaking free of their ropes, causing utter disaster wherever they went.
"Be careful..."
Sun Xiaoyu was stunned by what she saw. When she came to her senses, she saw two logs hurtling towards the three of them like cannonballs. Logs were also rolling towards them from several other directions. They had nowhere to hide. Startled, Sun Xiaoyu immediately took a step and twisted her body without thinking, standing in front of Zhou Ziwei and Liu Xiaofei. Her full breasts heaved rapidly, preparing to use the kung fu she had practiced for more than ten years to withstand the impact of the two logs.
Although Sun Xiaoyu had no confidence whatsoever, she had no other choice at this point. As a special police officer, completing the mission was her greatest duty, and as long as she was there, she would never allow Zhou Ziwei's life to be threatened.
The two logs were brought by the powerful inertia of a heavy truck with a speed of 160 rpm. Combined with the weight of the logs themselves, the force was so strong that it was almost despair-inducing. Before Sun Xiaoyu's raised hands even made contact with the first log, she already felt a strong gust of wind blowing in her face. This wind alone almost knocked over her body, which weighed less than 100 pounds.
So what about the logs themselves? And how could she possibly withstand them? She knew it was all over... She would certainly die if she were hit by those two logs, and Zhou Ziwei, who was being shielded behind her, would probably not escape unscathed either. Even if he wasn't killed by the logs, he would probably lose an arm or a leg.
At this moment, what Sun Xiaoyu feared was not the death she might face at any moment, but rather that her usually perfect mission completion rate might not be maintained this time...
The logs were incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, they were already in front of Sun Xiaoyu. Without thinking, Sun Xiaoyu mustered all her strength, put her hands in front of her as if holding an invisible balloon, and pushed the two logs with all her might, trying to use her body strength to reduce most of the impact force. This way, Zhou Ziwei might not die immediately after being hit.
As long as Zhou Ziwei is still alive when Sun Xiaoyu dies... then it can't be considered that her mission has failed. Sun Xiaoyu is a strong-willed girl, and she absolutely cannot allow herself to fail... she would rather die than be defeated!
But just then, a skinny hand reached out from behind her shoulder and cut in front of the two logs that were hurtling towards her.
The hand was limp and seemed powerless. However, for some reason, the two logs that had just been so aggressive, seemingly ready to smash everything in their path to dust, miraculously paused slightly in mid-air when they came into contact with the hand. Then, they suddenly changed their trajectory and collided with each other in mid-air, producing a deafening sound. Both logs broke at the same time.
Sun Xiaoyu felt a series of fine pains on her face and body. She was slightly stunned before realizing that the pain was caused by the small wood chips that had been splashed out after the two logs collided.
Her face was even riddled with holes like sieves from the dense wood chips, but Sun Xiaoyu didn't consider the terrible consequences of being disfigured. She just stared blankly as the two logs in front of her crashed into a pile of broken wood.
Then, turning his head to look at the owner of the hand that had just appeared out of nowhere, he froze, completely petrified.
"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and go..."
Seeing that Sun Xiaoyu, who had been so brave just moments before, was now staring blankly at him like a fool, Zhou Ziwei impatiently urged her on, then grabbed Liu Xiaofei, who was also staring blankly, and quickly rushed into the hotel through the back door.
Sun Xiaoyu was only slightly taken aback before quickly catching up. Although she had basically figured out who was the real stronger and weaker person between her and Zhou Ziwei, it did not affect her strict execution of her mission and her commitment to her duties.
Once inside the hotel, we were finally out of danger for the time being.
It was only then that Sun Xiaoyu noticed that Zhou Ziwei's face was somewhat pale, and his right arm was hanging limply, seemingly still twitching slightly out of control.
"Ah... your arm... is injured."
Sun Xiaoyu immediately grabbed Zhou Ziwei's arm nervously, wanting to check his injury, but Zhou Ziwei pushed her away.
"I'm fine... I'm just a little exhausted for now, it's nothing..."
When Zhou Ziwei saw that this perpetually icy beauty had actually shown a rare hint of concern, his opinion of Sun Xiaoyu improved slightly.
Volume 1, Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 153: Evacuation
"Brother Wei, are you really alright?" Liu Xiaofei could also see that Zhou Ziwei's complexion was not good. She was naturally more worried about Zhou Ziwei than Sun Xiaoyu. Seeing that Zhou Ziwei did not want anyone to touch his arm, she did not dare to move it, but her eyes turned red with anxiety.
"Cough... I'm really fine... You don't need to worry... My arm just went numb from the shock, it'll be fine in a bit."
Seeing Liu Xiaofei so anxious, Zhou Ziwei couldn't bear it and quickly comforted her gently. His attitude towards Liu Xiaofei was much better than his attitude towards Sun Xiaoyu.
In fact, Zhou Ziwei's arm was already broken. After all, the impact force of the two logs was astonishing. Although Zhou Ziwei used the unique technique of borrowing force to counteract the force of the two logs to make them collide with each other and offset the powerful impact force, he could only borrow 50% of the force through the mystery of receiving the punch. He could not control all the force. The force that he could not borrow or offset in an instant was also extremely large. Even though his body had been greatly strengthened, he still could not withstand it. His right wrist and forearm were already broken.