Galactic Power

Juxia City, night.

"Damn, the news these days is getting more and more fabricated," a burly man said, swaying as he walked, carrying a beer bottle.

"What 'Shocking! Mysterious Armored Warriors Battle Bat Monsters in the Street'... Are you trying to make a TV drama?"

"Yeah, yeah," a skinny guy next to him slurred drunkenly, "it has absolutely no...no sense of realism!"

"If you ask me," the skinny guy grinned lewdly, letting out a drunken hiccup, "it's still the girls who are the most genuine, hehe..."

"Hey, you lecherous monkey!" The burly man laughed and cursed, shaking his head in response.

"But you're not wrong, only girls are truly real. Hehe, don't you think, Brother Chuang?"

He turned to look at Liu Chuang, who was walking ahead, and asked vaguely.

Liu Chuang stopped and took a swig of beer.

The streetlights cast dappled shadows on his sharply defined face.

"Whether the armor is real or not is hard to say..." He squinted and looked towards the city center, "but those girls with wings were definitely photographed today."

The other two sobered up considerably immediately. The skinny man stammered, "..."

"Brother Chuang, you don't actually believe in that kind of stuff, do you?"

"A letter?" Liu Chuang crushed the empty can in his hand, casually tossed it, and the can flew in an arc and landed precisely in the trash can in the distance.

"What I mean is—those 'angels' are all absolutely stunning beauties!"

The burly man and the skinny man were taken aback for a moment, then burst into knowing laughter:

"Hey! That's why we say Brother Chuang is our big brother; his perspective on things is just different from ours!"

Suddenly, the skinny man squinted his drunken eyes and let out a puzzled "Huh?"

"Brother Chuang, Dazhuang, look!" He pointed forward, his voice tinged with uncertainty.

"Isn't there a pretty girl standing at the alleyway over there?"

The other two looked in the direction he pointed.

In the dim shadows of the alleyway entrance, a woman who had just finished get off work stood under a streetlamp waiting for a bus.

The skinny man squinted his drunken eyes and grinned:

"She's really a pretty girl... Isn't it lonely waiting for the bus alone?"

The three exchanged glances and staggered toward the alley entrance.

The woman sensed that the visitor was hostile and nervously took a half step back, gripping her bag tightly.

"Hey beautiful, all alone so late?" The burly man reached out to grab her arm. "How about we take you home?"

"No need, I'm waiting for the bus." The woman tried to dodge, but the thin man blocked her way.

"Don't be afraid, it's just to make friends~" Liu Chuang chuckled, and the group half-pushed and half-shoved the woman into the dimly lit alley.

"Let me go! Help!"

Ge Xiaolun, who happened to be passing by, heard the cries for help and rushed over to the scene.

He hid behind a trash can at the alley entrance, cautiously peeking out to observe.

Three drunken men were seen surrounding a young woman, groping her inappropriately; the situation was extremely dangerous.

Ge Xiaolun's heart was pounding in his chest, and his palms were sweating profusely.

There were three of them... and they were all tall and burly... they were clearly gangsters...

Countless thoughts flashed through my mind:

What if we can't win? What if we face retaliation? Maybe we should call the police...

But when he heard the woman's sobbing struggle, a surge of heat rushed to his head.

Damn it, is he even a man?!

He gritted his teeth, looked around, grabbed a half-brick from the corner of the wall, took a deep breath, and rushed out:

"Stop! What are you doing!"

"Where did this brat come from?" The burly man released the woman, grinning maliciously as he turned to Ge Xiaolun. "If you know what's good for you, get lost!"

The skinny man picked up the wine bottle from the ground and smashed it against the wall, revealing sharp shards of glass.

"Trying to be a hero and save the damsel in distress? Don't you even know your own limitations!"

Ge Xiaolun gripped the brick tightly in his hand, and despite his weak legs, he stubbornly stood still.

"I've already called the police!"

"Call the police?" Liu Chuang scoffed, cracking his wrists as he stepped forward.

"Before the police arrive, we'll teach you a lesson—"

Liu Chuang kicked Ge Xiaolun in the stomach first, and Ge Xiaolun bent over in pain, the brick in his hand falling to the ground with a thud.

The burly man then punched him in the face, and the skinny man took the opportunity to stab him hard in the back with a broken bottle.

Ge Xiaolun was just an ordinary college student; how could he possibly be a match for these three street thugs? He was quickly knocked to the ground, curled up and unable to move.

The three of them stopped, panting heavily, and looked at Ge Xiaolun, who was lying motionless on the ground, and suddenly panicked.

"Brother Chuang..." the skinny man's voice trembled, "He wasn't beaten to death, was he?"

The burly man nervously took a step back: "He...he doesn't seem to be moving..."

Liu Chuang forced himself to remain calm and stepped forward, gently nudging Ge Xiaolun with his toe: "Hey! Stop playing dead!"

But Ge Xiaolun remained unresponsive, as if he had truly stopped breathing.

Seeing Ge Xiaolun lying unconscious on the ground, both the skinny man and the burly man panicked.

"Brother Chuang... this has really gotten out of hand, hasn't it?" The skinny man's voice trembled, and the broken wine bottle in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

The burly man nervously swallowed hard: "Should we...should we run?"

"Why are you running!" Liu Chuangqiang spat out, trying to remain calm.

Thinking back to how someone had always stepped in to smooth things over after I got into trouble,

Having broken the policeman's leg and emerged unscathed, he regained his confidence, saying, "He insisted on playing the hero and courting death; who can he blame?"

He glared fiercely at the woman huddled in the corner: "Anyone who dares to tell anyone about what happened today..."

As the three men approached her again, the woman trembled with fear, tears silently streaming down her face.

She curled up backward in despair, but her back was already pressed against the cold wall, with nowhere to retreat.

"No...don't come any closer..." Her voice trembled, almost pleading.

Liu Chuang grinned maliciously and reached out, about to grab her shoulder—

Just then, no one noticed that Ge Xiaolun's fingertips twitched slightly as he lay on the ground.

Deep within his hazy consciousness, a cold, mechanical voice suddenly rang out:

[A sharp decline in host vital signs was detected]

Welcome to the Shenhe Gene System

The sun's rays have descended upon Earth; their radiation has activated your body's invincible defenses and provided you with emergency protection.

"Emergency protection?" Ge Xiaolun's voice sounded somewhat bewildered.

Did I get killed and then transmigrate?

[Energy transfer in progress—]

Emergency protection has been activated.

Ge Xiaolun suddenly opened his eyes, touching his unharmed body in disbelief: "I...I'm not dead?"

[Continue your battle, Galactic Power!]

That cold, mechanical voice echoed in his mind.