The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

"Bang!"

The robber pressed his finger on the trigger and pulled without hesitation. Not one of them was any stranger to murder, and they sure as hell weren't about to waste words on some weakling. This young punk in front of them... perhaps thought he could stay cool under pressure, or maybe he was just out of his mind, spouting these meaningless yet self-proclaimed romantic speeches.

But he wasn't going to give the guy another chance to speak.

The bullet shot out, carrying his cold intent to kill!

However, in the next moment,

Su Qi simply tilted his head, and the bullet whizzed past his head.

The robber's face turned pale with shock!

Dodging bullets?

And Luo Shenfu found it rather odd, "Why did you dodge?"

In his view, for someone of the Seventh Rank, a thin layer of Spiritual Energy should have easily stopped the bullet.

Su Qi spoke indifferently,

"Because if I didn't dodge, I'd be dead."

"?"

"Their weapons are problematic. They don't have much Strength, but they carry a lethal aura," Su Qi explained lightly.

Luo Shenfu furrowed his brows, "I didn't feel any Spiritual Energy or special power on it?"

Those firearms were just ordinary.

Su Qi looked up at the question mark.

[Bullets blessed by rules: anyone hit by them will suffer the same damage as ordinary people, disregarding all Spiritual Energy defenses]

"These are bullets... under the rules."

Su Qi glanced at the many robbers, his expression darkening, menace pervasive, "And I believe it's not just the bullets... the other effects are deadly too."

No wonder that guy told him not to make any moves or be rash, placing such stress on the fact that although these people were ordinary, they each posed a lethal threat.

Mr. Riddle, would it kill you to say more?

Su Qi composedly watched as everyone raised their firearms, aiming at him without hesitation, ready to pull the trigger.

The many hostages all had faces filled with terror!

But Su Qi wasn't panicked; he simply paused and pondered, "It seems that guy also said not to kill too many people."

He reached out his hand.

[Silence of All Things] activated!

At that moment!

Everyone who wanted to fire found their guns jamming in unison! All mechanical parts malfunctioned!

Their faces turned.

Su Qi extended his hand, "Though they have lethal power, they are still ordinary people at their core..."

A Dark Star Shuttle quietly began to dance.

At his soft whistle,

In a breath's time,

A red light with a tail flashing through the vault space was seen piercing through at high speed!

"Pffft!"

"Pffft!"

The sounds were continuous!

In the blink of an eye,

All the robbers had fallen into pools of blood!

The hostages trembled as they witnessed the scene, and suddenly someone screamed because they saw various dangerous bombs strapped to the robbers!

"There are bombs!"

"But they seem to have stopped, malfunctioned?"

"And the wires... they all connect to the heart."

As they discovered the bombs their hearts tightened, but then seeing the bombs didn't explode, they regained some calm.

"Quite the player."

Su Qi quietly recalled the Flying Shuttle, observing that all the bombs had been inserted into their chests.

He mused to himself, "As soon as the heart stops beating, they would all activate and explode."

If he hadn't been able to make them all malfunction, they probably would have triggered an immediate explosion—a chain reaction through external signals controlling them, along with various other large bombs placed around the bank.

It would have blown the whole bank apart in an instant.

This was not the work of robbers, but more like someone was using them to engage in... terrorist activities and attacks.

Su Qi probably already knew some key information, but he did not immediately draw a conclusion, after all, the people who knew the answers were already in action, and he would soon find out.

About five minutes later.

There were bouts of minor disturbances outside, and then silence ensued.

The steady footsteps of a young man quietly echoed in the corridor as he led a group... armed personnel in special uniforms.

They had already dealt with the robbers outside directly and cut off any means of communication.

The instructions from above had been to prepare for the crowd's evacuation—it was time for a quick and decisive engagement.

The young man gave a tactical hand signal!

His people crossed over in a sudden rush!

But the next moment.

Only Su Qi was sitting in front of the vault's counter, with numerous hostages being forced to queue up in front of him, signing documents.

"You guys... coming in like this, isn't it a bit too grand?" Su Qi paused.

"The robbers..." The young man hesitated, looking at the bodies inside the vault: "Did you take care of all of them?"

Su Qi: "What else?"

"You managed without any injuries or casualties." The young man narrowed his eyes: "Nicely done, even though you didn't take my advice, it seems you were well aware of the danger involved."

"But, what are you doing now?"

Su Qi: "Don't ask, if you ask, it's just everyone thanking me... voluntarily going out of their way to write me some words of thanks and inconsequential gifts."

The young man silently watched them sign all sorts of share transfer contracts, asset contracts, checks, and so on.

Are you sure they are voluntarily thankful?

"..."

He seemed to realize that this Heavenly Destiny Person before him was somewhat different from the others.

When Su Qi and the young man left through the corridor,

Outside, a large number of police cars had stopped, and plenty of armed personnel were cleaning up, dismantling various bombs, and eliminating hazards.

The young man seemed different from these people... After nodding to them, he opened a car parked at the roadside and sat in the driver's seat.

"Get in, the incident here is over, it's no longer our concern."

"I'll take you to... our real headquarters."

Su Qi looked at the officers, most of whom were ordinary people, only three or four people, like the young man, had a certain strange quality among them, directing the situation, but holding back.

"So, this city is actually just a city full of ordinary people, maybe with a higher crime rate, but it seems there is no difference."

Su Qi spoke lightly: "Apart from the fact that any of their weapons can harm us."

The young man paused, then chuckled as he drove: "You have a sharp observation, indeed... this is an ordinary city, but in reality, it's also our battlefield with the Abyss."

"Like what?"

The young man said slowly.

"You and the other Heavenly Destiny People should have already experienced other Gate Worlds."

"The Ancient Gate is ever-changing, the so-called struggle between the Abyss and the current world power... yet presents itself in various forms."

"And our focus here is the city's stability rate."

"?"

He reached out his hand and handed a pocket watch to Su Qi.

Su Qi looked at the sharp contrast of the black and white fluids inside, the ripples oscillating within—this was what the young man had been watching all along.

"Just like this pocket watch, the black represents the Abyss's traces, their Recovery Strength; any increase in the city's collapse rate... whether it's crime, suicide rates, all kinds of death, destruction, and other negative crises, will cause the black to grow."

Su Qi paused: "The white... that's... the present world's power."

"Exactly, our City Security Bureau is responsible for handling these crises and stabilizing the city."

The young man paused: "And there are various restrictions; we and the beings from the Abyss cannot directly participate, burst forth with powers that do not belong in this city to solve everything or cause destruction, otherwise, we will face... punishment from that existence."

Su Qi raised an eyebrow: "Black and White Bear?"

"Yes," the young man nodded: "This includes the fatal rule damage to us by any ordinary person's weapons, which is one of the restrictions."

No wonder they don't use their Strength and conceal their identities while wielding weapons.

"Then I understand... basically, it's a strategy management game, the present world and the Abyss are jointly managing this city," Su Qi paused.

The young man: "Although it's strange to compare it to a game, you have to admit it's quite apt."

Su Qi slowly watched the pocket watch, the fluids underneath, and the gently tickling hands: "But what does this time represent?"

The young man drove and looked at the sun hanging in the sky ahead.

"It signifies... once nighttime arrives, this management game turns into a gruesome horror game."