Chapter 23: Gaining a New Member
The scorching sun overhead roasted everything with its intense heat. Once she stepped out of
the vehicle, the torrid heat immediately made her breathing difficult. There was still wind in
this Hyperthermal Hell, but it would be better if there weren’t. Every bout of wind was as if a
pot of red hot coal had been thrown at their face.
After they had got out of their vehicles, Luther and Marcie’s brows furrowed deeply as they
covered their noses and mouths. Ever since all the plants and trees have died out, the soil
degraded into sand under the high heat due to desertification. The wind stirred up thick clouds
of yellow sand wreaking havoc upon the land. Their eyebrows and eyelashes were all covered
with sand particles, so it was difficult for them to open their eyes. They could only squint as
they looked around.
Once Marcie opened her mouth to speak, she started coughing due to the sand before she
managed to say a few words, “Are you sure? I was at the back; but I didn’t spot any other cars
behind us.”
When Lin Sanjiu got down from her truck, she conveniently grabbed a T-shirt and tied it to her
face using it as a mask, so she felt much better compared to the other two. Tolerating the pain
from the scalding yellow sand which lashed continuously at her exposed skin, Lin Sanjiu said
quietly, ”I am certain. That car had been following us for some time. But the sandstorm is really
bad, and it is quite some distance from us, so it was only visible at times… Wait, it’s coming!”
When she finished her sentence, they indeed spotted a car some distance away stirring up a
trail of dust. A Citroën so dirty that its color was indistinguishable, drove out of the churning
storm of sand.
Unexpectedly, when the driver saw that the three large vehicles had stopped, and Lin Sanjiu and
her gang were in the middle of the road, the person braked sharply and turned his head as if he
planned to escape. Unfortunately, the distance between the car and the three vehicles was too
near, so this wasn’t up to the driver. Lin Sanjiu sprinted forward and sped up and, before the
Citroën could turn away, she leaped onto the hood of the like leopard.
The hood of the car dipped which shocked the driver of the Citroën. Its wheels made an earpiercing
The car door at the side of the driver seat opened. A man wearing a crumpled western suit
wiped his forehead as he stepped out.
The man looked like he was only about twenty plus. He wasn’t tall, and his skin was tanned. He
had a round fleshy face, and the white shirt that he was wearing was now a dirty, blackish
yellow. Lin Sanjiu did not know why, but she felt that if he had some whiskers, he would
certainly look like a vole. Even though his suit looked like it was made from a good material, it
did not seem to fit him well. His pants, far too long for him, were rolled up, revealing his ashgrey,
knee-length socks.
“Who are you? Why are you following us?” Marcie questioned with a frown.
The vole-like man moved his tar-black little eyes and looked at the three of them panicstrickenly
before he stammered, “ It… It wasn’t on purpose.”
Luther scoffed at him, “So you accidentally followed us all the way here?”
Lin Sanjiu jumped down from the car. She gripped the police baton and stood in front of the car
not saying a word. The man appeared to be very afraid of Lin Sanjiu. When she got off his car,
he immediately shifted a few steps away from her, putting some distance between himself and
her. At the same time, he anxiously explained, “No, no. Listen to my explanation. I’ve actually
seen all of you much earlier. I don’t mean any harm. I am a salesman for medical devices. That
night, I had just finished entertaining my client. When he was driving me back, there was a
sudden power outage, and we were stuck in the jam at the shopping mall…”
“An advice?”
“You have been driving your vehicles for some time right?” Voley asked as he eyed the vehicles.
“I advise all of you to stop driving now. You should wait till night comes.”
“Why?” Luther looked around, still frowning. The spot they were at was not very safe. In the
past, the area was a famous park. It was originally a vast expanse of greenery and the best part
of the city. However, after this one month, any remnant of the original park had long
“Don’t tell me that you don’t know anything about abilities after this one month?” Lin Sanjiu
gave a cool expression and purposely used a threatening tone. “How are we supposed to trust
you and be your companions if we don’t even know what you can do.”
Even though she put it that way, Luther and Marcie looked at each other with some unease.
They could not blame him if he did not want to reveal his ability, it wasn’t really wrong...
But they did not anticipate that Voley would nod his head with little hesitation, “So you already
knew that… Okay, I will show you.”
After he had said this, he took out a mobile phone from his pocket. The mobile phone was in a
cheapskate plastic casing, making it look very unfashionable. Voley pressed a few buttons on
the screen then showed the screen to the three of them. The screen showed an ongoing call, and
the party on the other side was actually 110[1].
“This mobile phone is my ability. 110 is the only number that I can call right now. If I was under
attack, I could dial 110, and in the time frame of 5 to 10 minutes, I will be impervious to all
attacks. Of course, it works faster than my demonstration.” Voley looked a little timid as he
asked, “Is this okay?”
While Lin Sanjiu was still considering, with knitted brows. Marcie had already taken the first
step, turned to look at her for confirmation, “I think that is enough, right? Xiao Jiu?” After that,
she gave Voley her outstretched hand and smiled, “Let’s help each other out in the future.”
Translator notes:[1]1-1-0, the emergency telephone number used to reach police services in
Iran, Germany, Estonia, China and Japan. Also used to reach the fire and rescue services in
Norway and Turkey. -Wikipedia
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