Stepping out of Huatian Biotechnology Laboratory, Ren Jie walked on his own two feet towards his home in District 69.
Along the way, he could see white towers standing tall in various parts of Jin City, their bodies slender and over a thousand meters high.
At the top of the white towers were huge spherical structures, glowing with a fiery red light.
If one were to look down at Jin City from high above, these white towers would resemble the Spears of God cast upon the earth by a deity!
These white towers are defense installations built by the government against large-scale Devil Disasters. Once a high-Rank Devil Disaster erupts and cannot be suppressed in time, the white towers in the corresponding area will be activated.
They form a barrier to contain the Devil Disaster within a specific area, preventing it from expanding further and causing greater damage to the city and its people.
The Si Yao Hall vividly refers to these white towers as matchsticks, and they are considered a beautiful landmark in Starfire City.
However, no one ever wishes to see a matchstick lit...
Under the constant threat of Devil Disasters, the thirty-three Starfire main cities of Great Xia had long established comprehensive measures to combat them, ensuring the safety of their citizens.
As Ren Jie walked, he checked the Mirror Lake Space. Now, with just a thought, his consciousness would appear in the Mirror Lake Space.
Only then did he have time to carefully observe this space.
On the demon tree, the main branch of the Blazing Demon was still burning, and the Demonic Spirit Fruit was scorching hot!
Ren Jie quickly discovered that not all of the Blazing Demon branches were lit; only the main branch was burning. The hundreds of sub-branches extending from the main branch were still unlit, as if they were locked...
If Ren Jie's analysis was correct, this main branch represented the Blazing Demon, so would the sub-branches on these Blazing Demon main branches represent skills or something similar?
After all, Gene Warriors at each Rank, from one to five segments, would have a skill slot, and Demon Contractors were also considered Gene Warriors.
Moreover, the main branches of the demon tree were not limited to just the Blazing Demon; there were tens of thousands of main branches.
Ren Jie had only activated a very small portion of the demon tree so far...
He touched the demon tree again, but there was no reaction.
Ren Jie felt that it was probably because he was still in the Awakening period and had not officially Awakened and entered the First Rank Awakening Realm.
Perhaps when that time came, there would be some changes?
Ren Jie's gaze then fell upon the surface of the Mirror Lake.
Previously, the wisps of white mist floating on the lake had all been absorbed by the demon tree. Now, a few more wisps of white mist had appeared on the lake's surface.
And at this moment, the Blazing Demon Fruit was absorbing the white mist from the lake surface...
Recalling what Nuo Yan had said, Ren Jie's expression was strange. It seemed he wasn't special after all. Could this white mist be...
Just then, Ren Jie was startled to find that several more wisps of white mist suddenly appeared on Mirror Lake, as if out of thin air.
Before Ren Jie could figure out what was going on, the commotion from the outside world brought his consciousness back to reality.
“I'm jumping! I'm really going to jump now!”
It was only then that Ren Jie realized he had unknowingly wandered onto the Jinjiang Bridge.
Many onlookers on the bridge were blocked by the police tape.
Standing on the bridge railing was a disheveled young man, gripping the railing with one hand and his phone with the other. His face was pale, his forehead covered in fine sweat, and his legs trembled non-stop.
Ren Jie watched with his own eyes as white mist emerged from the young man's crown, disappearing in an instant.
Immediately after, a wisp of white mist appeared in the Mirror Lake Space.
Ren Jie suddenly remembered that when he had just crawled out of the crematorium, he seemed to have seen white mist emerging from everyone's heads.
He had thought he was hallucinating, but it seemed he wasn't.
Several Si Yao Officials were earnestly trying to persuade him from the side, but the young man refused to come down.
The onlookers immediately started to jeer:
“Jump already? It's been two hours, are you jumping or not? Don't chicken out, haha~”
“I heard someone was jumping off the bridge, so I specially took a taxi to watch the show. You can't let me come for nothing, can you?”
“Brother, don't rush to jump. Care for an all-inclusive funeral service? How about a preferred burial plot, facing north and south?”
They weren't just talking; they were also taking photos and videos with their phones.
The Si Yao Officials grew angry:
“If he really jumps, will you be responsible for his life? Don't you have children?”
“He's already on the verge of collapse, so stop egging him on! If you don't want to be invited back to the Hall for tea, then shut up!”
Ren Jie watched with his own eyes as white mist emerged from the tops of several Si Yao Officials' heads, appearing in the Mirror Lake Space.
There was also faint white mist precipitating from the onlookers, though not enough to form a single wisp when combined.
Ren Jie's eyes lit up. It seemed he had to verify his guess~
Ren Jie pushed through the crowd and strode forward, directly entering the cordoned-off area.
The Si Yao Official's eyes widened:
“Hey, hey, hey? What are you doing?”
“Si Yao Official of the Si Yao Hall's Seventh Squadron. I'm a professional; I'll handle this.”
An intern counts too, right?
Upon hearing this, the Si Yao Official's eyes lit up. Had they found a savior?
After all, the Si Yao Hall's job was disaster relief and saving people.
Wang Peng immediately grew anxious:
“Don't come over! Stay back! If you come any closer, I'm really jumping!”
As he shouted, he looked down at the bridge below, his face growing even paler.
Ren Jie, with his hands in his pockets, said casually:
(๑•̌～•̑) “Are you sure? Have you thought it through?”
“The bridge is at least fifty or sixty meters above the river. Jumping down is no different from hitting concrete. All your bones will be broken, your internal organs will bleed, and your head will be flattened. Don't expect anyone to save you.”
“It's fine if you die, but if you don't die completely~ you'll spend the rest of your life in a hospital bed.”
Wang Peng's eyes were filled with terror, and a large amount of white mist precipitated from his head. He swallowed hard and roared:
“Perfect! I just want a quick death! Once I'm dead, it's all over!”
“Don't try to scare me! I'm not even afraid of death, so why would I be afraid of this?”
Ren Jie scoffed:
(˵U‸U˵) “Oh really? You're not afraid of death, but you're afraid of living...”
“Alright, go ahead and jump. I won't stop you. Oh, by the way, don't think it's over just because you're dead. After you die, your phone will be cracked, and all your chat records, photos, browser history, bookmarks, and even the data on your computer's hard drive will be printed out and shown publicly to your parents...”
“To prove that you truly committed suicide of your own free will, and not for other reasons.”
Wang Peng's eyes widened: Σ(°mouth°|||) “Huh? Really... really?”
Several Si Yao Officials nodded frantically.
As expected of a professional, that move was vicious enough!
Wang Peng: !!!
Are you devils?
After dying, does one have to die socially again?
Is it still too late to delete them now?
Waiting online, it's urgent!
Wang Peng gritted his teeth and immediately lowered his head to fiddle with his phone, deleting records, all while looking reluctant.
Meanwhile, Ren Jie took this opportunity to quietly approach him.
Wang Peng caught a glimpse of Ren Jie approaching out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but roar:
“Don't come over! Step back! If you come any closer, I'm really jumping, okay?!”
Ren Jie paused, then rolled his eyes:
(ꐦ°᷄profit°᷅) “Brother~ If you're going to jump, don't jump into the river. Can't you die somewhere else?”
Wang Peng angrily said, “What? I'm about to die, and I still have to pick a spot? Why can't I jump into the river?”
Ren Jie raised a hand and pointed, and everyone followed his gaze.
They saw a prominent slogan hanging on the railing.
“Please do not dump waste into the river. Civility for you and me, environmental protection for everyone~”
Wang Peng was stunned.
What did that mean?
Ren Jie spread his hands:
╮(•́～•̀)╭ “You see~ No littering in the river~”
Si Yao Officials: (|||˃̶͈̀3˂̶͈́) Pfft~
What the heck do you mean no littering!
He's already like this, so stop provoking him with different methods, alright?
Are you a devil?
Is this guy really a professional?
Wang Peng: ???
(ꐦಥprofitಥ)☛ “Oh my god! You f***ing~%?...;#'*☆&℃!”