: Killing Someone By Destroying Their Spirit

At 1 a.m. on the 16th, the catastrophe came to an end.

Caesar is dead, reportedly completely dead. His cloud server terminal was hacked by a high-level hacker from Legalist Heavy Industry and completely destroyed. However, the whereabouts of Caesar's two subordinates, the two third-tier high-ranking officials, are still unknown.

After informing the others, Qiao Yuan piloted the hovercar and finally landed on an island.

Because it's an artificial island, it's very small, only about two or three acres in size. A resort hotel has been built on it. This area was allocated to Yu Jin, and thanks to Yu Jin's heavy losses tonight, only a little over a hundred people have gathered here at this moment.

Yan Baobao's third squad's female captain lost an arm and is undergoing surgery to connect a prosthetic arm.

Fang Ping's twin brother and another blond man with implanted prosthetics both died.

A sense of sadness permeated the air.

Qiao Yuan waited for a while until the female captain's prosthetic surgery was over, then showed the video to the baby.

All the witnesses and physical evidence are available.

He's going to the main city in a couple of days and needs to keep an eye on those two escaped third-tier high-ranking members of the Zero Clan. He doesn't have time to waste with Zhou Ye anymore.

Yan Baobao was about to go back to her room to take a shower when she saw the video. Her face suddenly darkened, and she kicked Zhou Ye to the ground, yelling, "You beast!"

The blonde female captain next to her looked over and said, "Stop making a fuss, baby. Let's all be quiet tonight."

Zhou was also kicked and looked completely bewildered. He had originally wanted to duel with Qiao Yuan, but Fang Ping was holding his younger brother's body and crying, so he decided to wait.

Tonight was absolutely terrible.

"Are you sick, Yan Baobao? You and your little brother both have something wrong with you, you know that?"

"Kick you? I should kill you!" Yan Baobao's eyes were spitting fire, and her cold aura surged.

"You're insane!" Zhou Ye cursed, then coldly looked at Qiao Yuan: "You spineless coward! You don't dare fight me, so you go to your sister? Useless trash, you're the real useless trash, you'll be a coward your whole life!"

Sitting next to Qiao Yuan, Hu Tu immediately snapped, "Who are you calling a grandson? No respect for elders!"

Although he knew Zhou was also a member of the Embers, he didn't even flinch when he stood up for Qiao Yuan.

The female captain, still adjusting to her new prosthetic left arm, frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

Yan Baobao took Qiao Yuan's phone and walked over. Without saying a word, she showed the video to the captain.

Zhou Ye was completely bewildered.

The female captain was initially confused, but as she looked on, her face gradually darkened, becoming extremely gloomy.

She first looked up at Qiao Yuan, recalling what she had just learned from Fang Ping about the events of the night, his wit and courage, and his unbelievable luck, and her admiration grew even stronger.

He is a promising young man with both courage and wisdom.

She then used her prosthetic left arm to pop out a light blue screen from the palm of her hand, tapped it twice, entered the captain's permissions, and then spoke to Yan Baobao: "Zhou Ye will be taken away soon. As for your brother's situation, the bureau can provide some compensation."

Yan Baobao blinked, her rosy lips parted slightly: "He's about to advance to the next level, and he's short of a magic potion."

She originally planned to help Qiao Yuan apply, but this step also required the team leader's approval, and there were procedures and reasons to follow, which was a bit troublesome.

Now that the team leader is offering compensation directly, it saves all the steps.

The female captain listened with great interest and smiled, "So fast? That's excellent. Just tell me the chosen sequence path later."

Yan Baobao nodded slightly and returned to Qiao Yuan's side with light steps: "The potion is in hand."

"Huh?" Qiao Yuan was a little stunned.

"The captain said he wanted to compensate you, so I directly mentioned potions. Now I need you to determine which sequence it is."

"Oh, that's good," Qiao Yuan realized and said without hesitation, "Let's go with the Pioneer."

Yan Baobao frowned subconsciously: "Pioneers?"

"Yes," Qiao Yuan said calmly.

The more he acted this way, the more confused Yan Baobao became: "Do you know what a Pioneer does? Although the upper limit of this sequence is very high, it is very difficult. Ascendants need to constantly learn about the unknown and make breakthroughs by taking the lead in certain major events. It not only requires strength and courage, but also strong insight and talent..."

"Those who ascend to the ranks of the pioneers are often scholars, scientists, mystics, and so on."

"Yes, I know."

"You still chose it even though you knew?" Yan Baobao shook her head slightly. She picked up her phone and sent Qiao Yuan some information: "Take a look again, think it over carefully. Don't rush, once the sequence is chosen, it can't be changed."

Hu Tu then asked curiously, "Dude, are you serious? Advancing to Pioneer is incredibly difficult. You either have to spend all your time in the lab, go on adventures everywhere, or be extremely intelligent and always manage to gain the upper hand by finding clues... Each of these three methods is practically impossible."

"I think I'm more suited to the third type," Qiao Yuan smiled, "like tonight's intuition."

"You're right, but being a pioneer isn't just about luck. It requires constant insight and talent. It's really tough, brother."

Seeing Hu Tu and Bao Bao's enthusiasm, Qiao Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take another look."

In fact, his thinking has not changed at all; he is very serious about choosing to be a pioneer.

Because he can travel to the past and future, and know countless secrets unknown to others, he perfectly fits the identity of a pioneer.

Nine ways to achieve sublimation.

Genes, machines, psychic energy, destiny, cloud, blessing, symbiosis, apostles, asceticism.

He had already made his choice.

The information sent by the baby contained a detailed introduction to the thirty sequence pathways.

These are also in the senior high school textbooks.

They are divided into three main categories: natural sequence, professional sequence, and mysterious sequence.

The natural sequence includes: light, eternal night, rain, storm, ice and snow, thunder, mist, plants, organisms, and time and space.

The career paths are: Hacker, Doctor, Journalist, Martial Artist, Driver, Pioneer, Leader, King, Assassin, Tyrant, Psychologist, Teacher, Waiter, Order Keeper, Judge.

The Mystic sequence includes: Nightmare, Puppet, Corruption, Hell, and Summoning.

The vast majority of Ascended Ones choose mainstream paths such as Hacker, Light, Martial Arts, Leader, King, Tyrant, Storm, and Thunder.

Whether it was Hu Tu's choice of the hacker sequence or Yan Baobao's choice of the king sequence.

Like the popular light sequence, higher-level sublimation can grant godlike and terrifying powers such as the speed of light, lightning, and the might of supernovae, enough to dominate the universe.

There are also high-threshold King ranks, where abilities such as ruling the world, domineering, kingly aura, invincible, and unrivaled can be continuously acquired, which is very attractive.

The hacker sequence is orchestrating a mechanical revolution behind the scenes, even manipulating quasar warships.

Reaching the pinnacle of martial arts, one's magnetic field shifts with a single thought, and a single punch can shatter the universe in an instant.

The Thunder Sequence Palm technique unleashes rolling thunder, possessing an extremely powerful and unyielding force comparable to martial arts.

More niche categories, such as Eternal Night, Plants, Puppets, Pilots, Psychologists, Teachers, Judges, and Summoners, are all extraordinary in their own way.

The Eternal Night Sequence, as the opposite of the Light Sequence and the underlying color of the universe, can absorb dark matter energy and has enormous potential.

The plant sequence's vitality transformation, life absorption, regeneration, grafting, and vegetation manipulation are all top-to-top, combined with an absurdly strong gene sublimation.

There is also a unique driver sequence, which includes riding a bicycle, driving a car, and piloting a starship, and can be integrated with the intelligent vehicle system.

Needless to say, the psychologist lineage has a significant advantage in using spiritual techniques such as telepathy, lip reading, and mind reading, making it difficult to defend against.

The teacher hierarchy is not limited to teachers in schools. Anyone who has apprentices can be a teacher in any form and can advance in rank by teaching others.

There is also a highly prestigious sequence of judges, who, from childhood to adulthood, judge all mistakes in the world—people, things, situations, planets, and even the universe—all are subject to the rules of judgment, none are exempt.

As the name suggests, the summoning sequence can summon various living creatures, such as rabbits or demons; it belongs to the non-regular sequence.

More extreme examples include pollution, hell, and nightmares.

Meanwhile, the five sequences of the Mystic type—Summoning, Hell, Nightmare, Puppet, and Corruption—were all classified as forbidden sequences by the Old Federation, making them unavailable through normal channels and impossible to obtain.

These forbidden sequences are basically the favorites of cultists, especially the summoning and contamination sequences. For example, Caesar's mechanical head was summoned, but it should have been summoned by someone else.

After reading it once, Qiao Yuan spoke to Yan Baobao again: "I have read it very carefully, thought about it very seriously, and finally decided to be a pioneer."

"?" After a moment of surprise, the baby finally relaxed and said, "If you like it, that's fine. Anyway, if you can't beat others, I'll protect you."

"Okay," Qiao Yuan said with a smile.

Hu Tu clicked his tongue and said, "Sigh, I wish I had an older sister too."

Not far away, Na Zhou watched the harmonious scene on Qiao Yuan's side and became increasingly annoyed.

Just as he was about to provoke him again, he saw two colleagues from the bureau's inspection department walk over, pin him down on the spot, and handcuff his hands behind his back.

"What are you doing if not?"

"Why are you arresting me?"

Zhou Ye panicked instantly, struggled desperately, and started shouting.

Qiao Yuan looked over and couldn't help but sneer, "Why should I arrest you? What do you say? Or should I say it?"

His posture instantly caused Zhou Ye's heart to stop, his eyes to widen into bloodshot veins, filled with inexplicable fear.

"No, no, no! Impossible!!"

"Was it Fang Ping who tipped you off? Or those orphans? No, no, where did you get your evidence! I don't believe it, I fucking don't believe you found out when you found out!"

Zhou Ye's voice grew increasingly hoarse, his face completely overwhelmed by anger and fear.

"Those are 16 orphans! Do you know that my baby and I both came from an orphanage?"

Qiao Yuan had no intention of letting Zhou Ye go, even in these final moments.

"You're talking nonsense! Where's the evidence?!" Zhou Ye, who was handcuffed at this moment, roared at him like a mad dog.

Qiao Yuan picked up his phone, a half-smile playing on his lips: "How pathetic. Have you ever thought about why I called the baby after seeing you last night? Why I even specifically activated holographic calling?"

"After all, who knows if they'll all swarm in? Don't you think?"

Zhou Ye's mind reeled: "No, no... how is this possible? I don't believe it!"

"Didn't you really think about why I insisted on bringing all 16 orphans on the bus?" Qiao Yuan said jokingly, "Ouch, I almost stumbled and fell off."

"You keep going to the orphanage, what's wrong? Are you hiding something? Trying to distance yourself?"

At that time, Zhou's eyes were bloodshot, and he rushed over to kill Qiao Yuan as if he had gone mad.

But there was nothing he could do, not last night, not tonight. He could only be held down like a dead dog by the two inspectors, his anger a helpless rage.

He finally understood everything. No wonder Qiao Yuan had been relentlessly mocking, insulting, and laughing at him ever since they met last night…

You beast! You living beast!

His mouth and cheeks were twitching violently; he was emotionally devastated and extremely frustrated.

"Oh, I almost forgot, I was thinking about how to find your captain tonight, but you took the initiative to contact me and you've been pestering me ever since, hahaha."

"You're such a kind person!"

These words completely broke Zhou Ye. He cursed and swore like a madman, his face turned ashen, his whole body convulsing, and he was in so much pain that he wanted to commit suicide. After all that fuss, it turned out he was just a clown.

Fang Ping, standing nearby, was completely dumbfounded. No wonder Qiao Yuan had changed his usual shy demeanor last night, becoming exceptionally confident, especially when he was scolding Zhou Ye…

Seeing Zhou Ye leave the stage, he panicked and cried out, "It's all his fault! Zhou Ye forced me to do this! I didn't want to at all, but he threatened me!"

Upon seeing this, Zhou also spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted from anger.