CH 2

Chapter 2

“On the promotion of innate comprehensive judgment and binary opposition in male voluntary sterilization”

Half an hour later, countless police cars blared their horns and drove toward the airport at high speed.

“Supervisor,” a B-level evolutionist turned around and handed the tablet with both hands to the back seat of the car: “This is the information of the flight MN538 just sent by the Air Traffic Management, as well as the background checks of the other three hijackers.” 

In the fast-moving car, Shen Zhuo took the tablet, and the light of the screen was reflected on his cold lenses.

According to Zhang Zhao’s intermittent explanation, the other three accomplices would hijack a civil airliner flying from country M to Shenhai Airport today and would use the passengers on board as bargaining chips to negotiate with the government and demand Zhang Zhao’s release.

And this hijacked MN538 was already approaching Shenhai Airport, with only one and a half hours left before landing.

“Customs is urgently retrieving the personal information of the passengers on the plane, and it will be sent to us as soon as it is completed. That, supervisor…” The B-level evolutionist swallowed, looking at the information about the three hijackers in Shen Zhuo’s hand, his voice slightly unsteady: “Those two accomplices with level-C abilities are nothing to worry about, but, but this mastermind…” 

The gloomy face of the hijacking mastermind was displayed on the tablet.

Zhang Wenyong, 35 years old, unemployed, Zhang Zhao’s cousin.

An A-level evolutionist who escaped the record.

It was clear the situation was urgent, but the air in this square inch of the car seemed to freeze.

Several heavily armed B-level evolutionists carefully closed their mouths, not daring to look up at Shen Zhuo’s expression.

The sudden evolution of humans began five years ago.

It was a once-in-a-century meteor shower. After that incident, it was estimated that it had brought over 4,000 meteorites to Earth, with a significant portion of them being discovered to be a very special outer space substance—

The source of evolutionary radiation.

Not long after that meteor shower, evolved humans suddenly began to appear in various parts of the world. After people came into contact with evolutionary meteorites for various reasons, their physical fitness was sharply strengthened overnight, and even abilities of varying strength appeared.

Since then, the radiation sources have been quickly collected by the governments of various countries, and a hundred thousand evolutionists around the world have also been registered one by one. According to the strength of their abilities, they were divided into four levels: A, B, C, and D.

There are more than 80,000 C and D-level evolutionists. The strength of their abilities is within the controllable range. The majority of them can see through things and move them, and they have extremely strong five senses. Their social influence is quite limited, and they are primarily taken by various countries’ supervision departments or special forces.

The number of B-level evolutionists is less than 20,000, with strong physical fitness, an inability to be killed by ordinary bullets, and strong abilities such as controlling water and fire. They are the focus of surveillance and protection in various countries and have high research value.

At the top of the biological chain are more than 2,000 A-level evolutionists.　　

That’s really standing on the tip of the pyramid of human evolution.

They have extremely high individual combat qualities and have unique control over natural elements, currents, and magnetic poles. Some people can even affect the climate within a certain range, causing natural disasters such as floods and hailstones. These 2000 A-level evolutionists are no different from the 2000 ticking time bombs hidden in human society.

A B-level Zhang Zhao just made the Supervision Department feel more troublesome, but a bloody and brutal A-level Zhang Wenyong could cost them the entire city of Shenhai.

Meanwhile, the airport.

“You must evacuate! All non-evolved people evacuate!” A young man in the uniform of the Supervision Department and a B-level evolutionary collar roared angrily, pointing to the sky with one hand and clutching the collar of the SWAT captain with the other: “The one on the plane is an A-level evolutionist, he’s very dangerous! If you stay, you’ll die!” 

The airport was already in chaos, with red and blue police lights flashing alternately. The SWAT captain, who was being dragged by his collar, said angrily, “We haven’t received orders from our superiors yet! The passengers at the airport haven’t been evacuated!! We—”

Beep!

The sound of the car horns sounded from a distance, and the crowd dispersed in panic.

The four armored explosion-proof vehicles came at a fast speed and stopped at the entrance to the tarmac amidst the sharp sound of brakes. Dozens of well-trained and armed evolutionists jumped out of the vehicles, wearing collars around their necks, and each one of them had the words “Shenhai City Supervision Department” on their uniforms.

“Evol…Evolutionists?”

“Are they evolutionists?” 

The crowd panicked, and suddenly someone noticed something: “Look! That car is—”

A domestic black car with license plate number 111111 stopped firmly in front of the airstrip. Then the car door opened, and Shen Zhuo leaned over and got out of the car door, holding down the black coat blown by the wind with one hand.

The young man pushed the SWAT captain away and rushed over: “Supervisor!”

Seeing this, the evolutionists of the supervision department along the way said after another: “What’s the situation, Team Leader Chen?” “Team Leader Chen!”

However, this young man—Chen Miao, the Supervision Department’s second team leader—had no time to answer other colleagues and rushed all the way to Shen Zhuo to salute: “Supervisor, the situation is very bad. The mastermind of the hijacking, Zhang Wenyong’s ability has just been confirmed. He can control the climate on a small scale, and has something to do with the several fishing boat hijacking cases back then…”

Shen Zhuo didn’t say a word and strode toward the tarmac against the strong wind.

“Senior, listen to me.” Chen Miao glanced around very quickly, lowered his voice, and changed the address, saying anxiously: “Your body really can’t handle taking medicine so frequently; let’s apply for foreign aid. Brother Yue, before returning to the central district, told me that no matter what situation you encounter, you can ask him for help. After all, Brother Yue is the first evolutionist in our country to be rated an A…”

Chen Miao caught a glimpse of Shen Zhuo’s face and immediately stopped in horror.

“He’s just a dog left behind by Fu Chen after his death,” Shen Zhuo said coldly.

“……”

Chen Miao didn’t dare to speak and only saw a trace of ridicule appear in Shen Zhuo’s eyes: “Besides, it’s just an A-level.”

This… is he talking about Zhang Wenyong, who hijacked the plane, or Brother Yue from the Central District?

Chen Miao murmured and dared not say anything. At this time, Shen Zhuo stepped across the police cordon, and the SWAT captain turned his head, but he did not recognize the chief supervisor of Shenhai City; his eyes fell on Shen Zhuo’s neck, which had no collar, and he was shocked:

“How did a passenger get in? It’s very dangerous here; come and take him away!”

Before his words were finished, the captain felt that his hand was empty, and the miniature submachine gun was snatched away by an unimaginably huge force.

Shen Zhuo didn’t stop. He walked toward the control tower, and held a submachine gun to the sky with one hand—

Bang bang bang bang bang!

Bullets flew in all directions. Everyone was stunned, and the uncontrollably chaotic situation stopped immediately.

“I am from the supervision department of Shenhai City. I will take over this place now. Non-combatants, evacuate immediately!”

Shen Zhuo’s face was cold. He threw away the emptied miniature submachine gun, pulled out a silver special pistol from his back, and loaded the gun while walking: “Notify the control tower to contact MN538, I want to talk to the hijacker in person.”

Under the sky, the clouds were dense.

A huge civil airliner roared across the sky.

When riots and screams came from the rear of the cabin, Bai Sheng was lying on the flattened seat of the first-class cabin, with his long legs crossed lazily; deafening music was faintly coming from the all-inclusive earphones, and he was concentrating on reading a book with a suspiciously large cover.

“Put your hands up! Don’t move around!”

“Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh—” 

The flight attendant ran across the aisle, but Bai Sheng didn’t notice it and turned a page of the book intently.

“Everyone put your hands on your head! Lower your head! Otherwise, I’ll shoot!” A robber with C-level ability rushed in with a roar. The sub-machine gun muzzle circled around and suddenly stopped in disbelief: “Hey? What are you doing here?!”

Under the gunpoint, seat number 1A, Bai Sheng slowly raised his head from behind the book: “?” 

Robber: “……”

Everyone: “…..”

“Laozi told you to raise your hand!!” The robber was simply furious.

Bai Sheng looked at the muzzle of the gun inexplicably, then leaned back to look at the shivering passenger; only then did he realize what was happening. He reached out and took off the all-inclusive earphones that seemed expensive at first glance.

The next moment, the tingling music poured out: “Super Idol’s smile is not as sweet as yours—”

“A plane hijacking?” Bai Sheng closed the book, and these three words popped out in his confused mind.

At that moment, everyone’s first reaction was: “This handsome guy has a problem with his brain.”

Bai Sheng was dressed a bit like a returning student, with a white T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. There was a black smart watch on his wrist and a handful of silvery white highlights in his bristly black hair—it looked a bit trendy.

It was not an exaggeration to describe his appearance as handsome and captivating, with sword eyebrows and star eyes. However, as good as his appearance was, it was impossible to see how big his brain problem was just by looking at his face. The two simply formed a stark contrast.

The robber almost blurted out a curse and then glanced at the book in his hand. The charming bunny girl on the cover was blowing a kiss, and the title read:

“On the Promotion of Innate Comprehensive Judgment and Binary Opposition Thought in Male Voluntary Sterilization.”

The girdle recommendation was passionate: in-depth, and well-written! First to publish! The best university in the world! Ph.D. graduation topic!

Author: Bai Sheng.

“……” The robber thought to himself with a submachine gun in his hand, which idiot with the abnormal brain wrote this. After handing in this kind of paper, can you really graduate?

Bai Sheng observed his expression and felt that he might have found a potential bosom friend. He sincerely handed over the book, asking, “Wanna buy a copy? The author is very sharp-minded.”

“Get lost!” The robber finally found an outlet for his anger and threw the book far away: “——raise your hands! Get down on the ground!!” 

On the ground, the control tower.

The door of the control room was slammed open, and the staff in front of the monitoring station turned their heads nervously, only to see Shen Zhuo walking in quickly, his face like frost and snow.

Behind him, several evolutionist guards were escorting a staggering figure it was Zhang Zhao.

“Supervisor Shen!” The negotiator hurriedly stepped forward, with an ugly expression on his face: “We just got in touch with the robber Zhang Wenyong, and the other party demanded the immediate release of his accomplice Zhang Zhao. He had a very tough attitude and was very difficult to persuade. We tried all kinds of methods to no avail…” 

“Has his family been found?” 

The negotiator said with difficulty: “Zhang Wenyong’s mother was stabbed to death when he was 13 years old, and his father is missing.”

The expressions on everyone’s faces were indescribable.

Shen Zhuo waved his hand to indicate that he understood. Then he went to the monitoring station, took the headset, and asked the air traffic control: “How long will the flight last with the fuel in it?” 

The old leader frowned and said, “The reserve fuel is still enough for 30 minutes. The key now is to prevent the hijacker from maliciously crashing into a busy city or a residential area…”

Shen Zhuo nodded and put on the headset.

Several monitor screens illuminated his cold side face, his voice steady and clear: “I am Shen Zhuo from the Shenhai City Supervision Department. What are your requirements?”

“……” On the other end of the communicator, the sound of an electric current rustled. After a while, Zhang Wenyong’s cold voice sounded:

“Supervisor Shen, I’ve been looking forward to meeting you for a long time.” 

The cockpit door of the plane was wide open, and the old captain was on the ground unconscious. The young co-pilot’s hands were trembling. He gritted his teeth and forced himself to focus on the dashboard, even though the blood that was flowing down had covered his left eye.

Standing behind the pilot’s seat, Zhang Wenyong seemingly casually pressed the top of the co-pilot’s head with one hand—he was so burly and frighteningly built that even his hand muscles were unusual. With just a slight twist, he could completely break off a person’s head from the larynx.　

“I have three conditions. Listen carefully.” Zhang Wenyong said coldly, “First, release Zhang Zhao immediately.”

Shen Zhuo glanced back. Several evolutionist officers were pointing their guns at Zhang Zhao’s head, who was convulsively paralyzed in the corner of the wall.

“Second, prepare a car and 100 million old banknotes, and I will randomly take away a few female passengers.” Zhang Wenyong’s tone in the headset was extremely fierce: “Don’t try to tamper with the car or the banknotes; otherwise, you will receive the heads of all the hostages tomorrow, understand?”

Shen Zhuo remained calm: “What about the third one?”

Zhang Wenyong sneered.

“Thirdly, I want you to release all the evolutionists from the Shenhai City Supervision Department. Take off their collars, destroy their records, and release the evolutionaries back to society.”

“I want you to completely set them free.” 

There was silence all around for a moment.

Even the supervisors in uniform changed their expressions slightly. Their eyes were complicated, and they couldn’t help but look at Shen Zhuo in front of the monitoring platform.

However, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the tall and straight figure remained motionless, and even his tone of voice was without any emotion:

“Surrender, I refuse all three conditions.” 

The expressions of all the people around changed slightly.

In fact, at this time, whoever came here could only refuse, because as long as Zhang Wenyong was released to the ground, there was absolutely no possibility of arresting him at the airport. At that time, they could only watch him take hostages and escape—all kinds of crimes that evolutionists had committed in the past five years had left many painful lessons for police around the world.

But no one expected that Shen Zhuo would be so unhesitating. He made a decision without even showing weakness or asking for advice.

“Do you know what you’re talking about, Supervisor Shen?” Zhang Wenyong squeezed out a sentence through his teeth.

“Do you know who you are dealing with, Zhang Wenyong?”

“……”

Shen Zhuo said, “I am the chief supervisor of Shenhai City, and I am the only one with the authority to keep the entire city safe at the expense of a few human lives.” 

In the cockpit, Zhang Wenyong stared at the walkie-talkie, his lips trembling slightly.

“If you surrender now, I can guarantee that all of you will serve life sentences without risking your life, but if you go on a killing spree, I will make sure that you personally hear the whole process of Zhang Zhao’s tortured death.”

“I will not give you the opportunity to crash the passenger plane into the city. The jammer has already taken off, and there is a targeted missile ready to launch, ready to kill you and the entire passenger plane at any time.”

“Zhang Wenyong,” Shen Zhuo’s extremely calm voice echoed in the tower control room, “You are a bloodthirsty A-level evolutionist, if I let you escape from Shenhai today, countless people will die because of you tomorrow.”

“I’m going to deal with you in Shenhai.” 

On both ends of the communicator, there was no sound other than the noise of electricity, as if even the sound of the wind had frozen.

“X f*ck——” panic and rage rushed to the top of his head at the same time, and Zhang Wenyong was almost crazy. He dropped the walkie-talkie with a bang, turned around in a panic, and then rushed out of the cockpit.

Immediately outside the cabin door was the first-class cabin. On the first row of seats, a handsome guy with streaked silver-white hair and the muzzle of a submachine gun on his head slowly raised his hands.

Zhang Wenyong cursed, and without thinking, he grabbed the handsome guy by his collar and dragged him into the cockpit alive.

Bai Sheng who flew into trouble: “……”

Zhang Wenyong picked up the submachine gun in one hand and the wireless walkie-talkie in the other, spitting and yelling, “Surname Shen, don’t think I’m scared by you. I have a hostage in my hand right now! If you don’t obediently obey my three conditions, I’ll kill him now! Look at me, if I dare or not!!” 

There was a moment of silence on the communicator, and Shen Zhuo’s indifferent answer came:

“I never compromise with criminals.”

Bang bang bang bang bang!

The submachine gun spat out tongues of flame, and a hail of bullets instantly beat the hostage into a sieve.

“……”

Bai Sheng, covered in blood, leaned back and collapsed on the cockpit floor.

“Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh——

The passengers outside the cabin door burst out with extremely frightened screams. The two C-level haijakers rushed here after hearing the noise. Seeing the corpse in the pool of blood, they were also stunned: “Big brother?”

Zhang Wenyong was panting heavily, clutching the walkie-talkie tightly: “Did you hear that, surname Shen. I can kill a few more, I can still—” 

On the other side of the communicator, bang!

Shen Zhuo turned his head, pointed his gun at Zhang Zhao, and fired a clean shot. The heart-piercing screams clearly entered Zhang Wenyong’s eardrums.

“Your cousin still has one leg left, and the targeted missile can be launched at any time.” Shen Zhuo said calmly.

The cockpit seemed to be frozen in ice, and the walkie-talkie fell from Zhang Wenyong’s stiff hand and slammed onto the console.

“What, what should we do…” An accomplice was trembling, almost unable to hold his gun steady, “That man named Shen is a lunatic, he, he will do what he says…”

The essence of Hijacking and extortion were actually just a game, but A-level evolutionists were not on the same level as ordinary humans, so Zhang Wenyong had an absolute psychological advantage.

Until Shen Zhuo overturned the chessboard.

“It’s not too late, there is still time.” Another accomplice muttered nervously, “Let’s listen to him, and make an emergency landing at the airport first. He wouldn’t dare to bombard us with missiles at the airport, right? There are so many people in the cabin who can be taken hostage. When the time comes, we can grab a few…”

His voice came to an abrupt end.

In the pool of blood on the ground, the handsome guy’s corpse suddenly opened his eyes. He stretched out his hands to slowly sit up with the support of the ground, taking off the white T-shirt soaked in blood.

Not only the three robbers, but even the poor co-pilot thought he was so frightened that he was hallucinating.

“I want to teach you something…” Bai Sheng said in a low voice.

His upper body muscles were strong and distinct, his shoulders were broad and strong, his six-pack abs were as clear and flawless as a knife, and the mermaid line was tucked into his jeans.

The submachine gun bullets fell out of his body one by one, clanging and falling to the ground, and the bloody wound healed quickly.

“Even for evolutionists of the same level, there may be a huge gap in individual combat effectiveness, not to mention…” 

The last bullet exited his heart. The skin and muscles recovered as before and finally revealed the blood-red mark under the left collarbone, clearly reflecting in the trembling eyes of the robber——

S.

Bai Sheng stood up, brushing back his hair with five blood-stained fingers, and then stretched out his hand to shake the nearest robber.

The latter didn’t even have time to let out a scream, and was twisted alive amidst the cracking sound of limbs and bones, and then flew out, hitting the cabin wall; the huge passenger plane shook heavily amidst the sound of exclamation!

“Not to mention landing on the moon and touching porcelain*,” Bai Sheng said coldly.

[*T/N: Pèngcí (碰瓷 lit. touching or bumping porcelain) is the practice of crooks placing ostensibly expensive, fragile items (usually porcelain) in places where they may easily be knocked over, allowing them to collect damages when the items are damaged.

I think here Bai Sheng just said it in an exaggerated way.]