The First Order

By “we,” he was referring to their smaller group consisting of himself, Chen Wudi, and the students, which they themselves were fully aware of. But since the students were always diligent at doing their work, no one thought anything of it.

When everyone else returned to their houses to rest, Ren Xiaosu said, “Y’all take your time to tidy up. I’ll head out for a while.”

When the students heard that, their eyes lit up. “Good on you, Monitor!”

The off-road vehicle was moving slowly along the mountain road. Even though the vehicle was equipped with snow chains, they could not drive too fast in the snow, especially not when they were driving downhill.

Jazz music was playing inside the vehicle while the officer in the front seat chuckled as he put in another cassette. “You can really feel the control the Li Consortium has over these lands when you see the fear in those people’s eyes.”

“It’s really quite interesting to see them angry but not dare to show it.”

“After we get back this time, we should be able to step up for the second stage of synchronization. By then, even more nanomachines can be injected into our bodies. Apparently, a family member of the Li Consortium in Stronghold 107 has already gone on to the second stage of the process.”

“There’s no hurry. We’re only just beginning.” The family members of the organization were all outstanding and intelligent. They received the best education and understood the truest face of the world. If all the roads in the world led to Rome, they would be born in Rome.

But since the Li Consortium could even produce a demon like Li Shentan, they could create even more of such demons. The only difference was that one of them was lonely while the others were not.

During their conversation, something suddenly dropped down from above. They looked astounded but managed to react quickly enough to open the door and jump out at the same time!

With a loud bang, the shadow clone landed on the off-road vehicle from above and smashed right through the middle. The sparks from the black saber cutting through the vehicle were extraordinarily striking in the darkness!

Ren Xiaosu watched this scene quietly from the hillside. But to his surprise, the reactions of the two officers were much quicker than he expected. Furthermore, they should be showing signs of fractures and other injuries after jumping out of the vehicle into the hilly terrain. However, they were unscathed!

The two officers got up from the ground and dusted off the snow on their bodies. One of them sneered, “Could it be someone from the outpost?”

They were not stupid. Anyone who would attack them in a place like this would definitely have to be from the outpost. But they could never have expected there to actually be a supernatural being posted to that shabby outpost back there.

As an officer took off his gloves, he could feel a silver torrent gushing through his veins. The new nanoforms followed his will and gathered within his body until even his blood turned silver.

“You’re the first supernatural being to face our newfound strength, so you should feel honored—”

His voice stopped abruptly. He only had enough time to see the black shadow clone suddenly disappear from above the vehicle before a menacing hand grasped him by the neck. With a slight twist, his neck was broken.

Ren Xiaosu found it a shame that Luo Lan was not here to see this. Didn’t he tell him to not believe in superstitions?

When the shadow clone disappeared from sight again, the other officer turned around and tried to escape into the wilderness. However, he was immediately chased down by the shadow clone from behind.

The shadow clone punched the spine of its opponent, making a cracking sound. Ren Xiaosu felt some sort of special energy surrounding the spine that was trying to disperse the weight of the punch with an intense, regular motion. However, the strength of the shadow clone was simply too great! Before the opponent could build up his defense, it had already started to break apart.

Ren Xiaosu slowly made his way out of the forest. He had noticed a lake on the hillside that was suitable for discarding the corpses and vehicle in. It was just that it would be a bit tough on the shadow clone to carry the vehicle over. After all, it did weigh more than a ton.