Superhumans of the Dome City

Mr. Shiyu's full name is Shiyu Lianyi, a superpower user from Zero Island and one of Gongsun Ce's best friends.

At this moment, Mr. Shiyu's face showed a troubled smile.

"Gongsun, sometimes silence expresses refusal better than a poor lie."

"But silence seems very impolite, right? Being silent towards a friend who comes to help enthusiastically makes one seem like an ungrateful enigma," shrugged Gongsun Ce, "it rather gives off a 'help me out quickly if you notice I'm in trouble' kind of mysterious helplessness, so lying is actually more useful."

"Is that really okay?" blinked Shiyu Lianyi, "Getting involved in something too dangerous might worry Qin Qianbai."

The image of the young lady flashed through Gongsun Ce's mind, making his speech somewhat guilty: "You've got to trust my solid strength, don't you think Mr. Gongsun would crash right at his doorstep?"

"That's true. Gongsun, being the famous Demon you are, I worried too much," clapped Mr. Shiyu, "Surely, a common Impermanence Law Enforcer wouldn't stand a chance against your unbeatable Instant Spiral."

I always feel like this guy is playing both sides.

Dragging out his words, Gongsun Ce responded: "Ah yes, yes, Mr. Gongsun here is a veteran superpower user, not quite on the same level as you, a mind-reader with no combat capability~"

Shiyu Lianyi's superpower is "mind reading." He can establish communication with others in his mind at will, enabling secretive mutual communication.

This ability was quite convenient for communication on ordinary days but wasn't very helpful in direct combat. Therefore, Mr. Shiyu didn't rely on his superpower as his main strength in battles. Gongsun Ce brought up this ability intentionally to give his friend a clear signal:

If you want to maintain the status of an ordinary superpower user, better not get involved in this.

For your own sake, better not concern yourself with my affairs.

Shiyu Lianyi blinked, his voice instantly arose in Gonsung Ce's mind: (Gongsun—)

But before he could finish his mind speech, another lively voice interrupted their conversation.

"Lianyi, what are you sneaking around Gongsun Ce's building for?"

Running up with that call was a blonde girl wearing a top hat. She had deep facial features, dressed in a white shirt, black coat, and brown long pants skirt, her appearance and extroverted personality clearly indicated she was a student from the United States.

This blonde with a sovereignty-announcing aura pressed against Shiyu Lianyi's head, forcing him to look together at the unconscious bald strongman on the ground. She frowned and asked, "What's going on? Did a fight spill right up to your doorstep?"

Gongsun Ce and Shiyu Lianyi exchanged a glance. (Gongsun.) (Understood.) The two quickly reached a consensus on "excluding someone from the involvement," and Shiyu Lianyi spread his hands, seriously explaining, "This gentleman just challenged Gongsun Ce to a duel, Kardesia."

Gongsun Ce helped the unconscious strongman up, putting on an impatient look: "Got taken down by Mr. Gongsun in one move…"

"Tch! What a bore," Kardesia's excitement quickly turned into disdain, "I thought something exciting was going to happen, but it's just another superpower brawl. Come on Lianyi! Let's go to the aquarium in the Ferocious Wing District, we must find the black and white striped Biochemical Seal today!"

"How could you drag Mr. Shiyu away like that!" Gongsun Ce protested loudly, "Do you have the heart to leave me to clean up this mess by myself?!"

"Have the heart, deal with the enemy you knocked out yourself~~"

Kardesia, pulling Shiyu Lianyi by the collar, walked aside, her every move carrying the haughtiness of a villain's female sidekick dealing with a minion. Uninformed bystanders might think this was some new form of bullying, while all of their friends knew the young man in the suit quite enjoyed it.

Shiyu Lianyi smiled bitterly at Gongsun Ce and waved his hand, activating his mind reading once more.

(Sorry, Gongsun, I have to excuse myself first, let's handle it as usual then.)

Responding, Gongsun Ce adopted a Northern Empire dialect tone: (Right, no interference, keep distance, we old Cangdu City folks like it this way!)

Don't pry into others' secrets. Don't get involved in others' private affairs. Maintain a proper distance on the surface, keep relationships from becoming too close to prevent others from being affected by one's troubles.

That's the social rule of Cangdu Sky City that every superpower user must remember.

For outsiders and youths, this odd idea is quite hard to understand. However, for those who live in special environments, their perspectives often change. Born from an abnormal environment and supernatural forces, it made him such a superpower user...

Such people would be met with hostility by ordinary folks outside, leaving them speechless.

"..."

As he pondered, Gongsun Ce's eyebrows twitched. The telekinetic thread he had earlier extended to his own window reacted at this moment, informing him of Alice's disappearance from the room. Almost simultaneously, a small blue orchid sprouted from Gongsun Ce's shadow. The blue-haired female Hunter stepped out of the flower, casually flipping her long hair.

"Negotiations over! You're getting your wish, boy. Considering the special circumstances this time, the Wild Hunt has given special approval—Hey hey hey, what's the deal with this guy?! Isn't he one of the targets?!"

...Can't you maintain your competent persona for even half a second longer?

Getting all worked up over such a small thing really makes one worry about your professionalism.

Hunter Alice had already bent down to examine the bald man who was knocked down while screaming, while Gongsun Ce explained in a normal tone, "He seems to be an associate of Mr. Capro who came to trouble me just now and was instantly subdued."

"This guy's named Dongcheg Zhanger, his strange phase 'Divine Communication' has the power to control airflows... Even I spent a good deal of effort this morning just to defeat him, how did you bring him down?"

"With a finishing move, 'biu' just like that."

Speaking of which, you blew him up again this morning... After all, he's an enemy with an energy-based body; your fighting prowess is quite impressive.

"Lying again." Alice said without looking up. After a quick check of the bald man's belongings, she clapped her hands and stood up, "Let's go, nothing new here. This guy is a minor character, likely clueless about the core plan. Let's leave the interrogation to the professionals and go after the real big fish."

"Miss Alice, did you find that target?"

The blue-haired lady lifted her phone, which displayed a satellite map of Cangdu. A blue orchid-shaped dot was blinking within a fan-shaped area extending to the left of the city's central axis.

Alice clenched her fist with self-satisfaction, "Although he escaped earlier, I managed to do something at the last moment—"

"It's the signal from the tracker you secretly attached using your Impermanence Skill."

"...How did you know?"

"It seems the quality of your tracker isn't very good, which is why that person couldn't receive the signal after sneaking into certain areas, and only now did it react. If you had given me a few more minutes, I could snap a photo, make a call, ask a friend, and even figure out what kind of tracker you used." Gongsun Ce glanced at the map and started running, "Looking at the map, that guy is in Fixed Wing District. Do you know the way there?"

Hunter Alice quickly followed, "I plan to call a cab and follow the navigation."

"You really are so professional. It's already 5:10 PM; you'll be stuck in a traffic jam in the central area fifteen minutes later if you take a cab to Fixed Wing District. Follow me instead. Our city has no subway, and the roads are congested at this time; it's more convenient to travel by air."

"By air? I underestimated you, didn't think you owned a helicopter?"

Just by looking at the expression on the young man with gray hair, Alice knew she had guessed wrong.

"Don't tell me it's like those seen in the news, used for filming fantasy movies, retrofitted from old military equipment—airships?"

"What are you thinking about." Gongsun Ce pushed his glasses up, "To travel by air here, of course, we rely on birds."

"...Birds?"

Alice blinked, completely puzzled.

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"Ah... Ah??"

Thirty seconds later, Alice Adar stood on the rooftop of a tall building, involuntarily uttering the astonishment above.

At this moment, Alice had a rare realization that she was indeed in an extraordinary place, for the creature she saw was both comical and a bit mad. At first glance, it was simply a proportional enlargement of a certain creature from nature. Only upon closer inspection could one see the green lines on its beak indicating biochemical modifications. It had pristine white feathers, animated eyes, and a fan-shaped spread of tail feathers, roughly the size of a sedan when its feathers were folded. In the simplest and most understandable words, it could be described as a bird, a pigeon.

A white, enormous, pigeon.

The giant pigeon turned its head towards the stunned Alice, emitting a lofty sound similar to a car horn: "Coo coo!"