Chapter 299: Burning with Jealousy

, Chinatown, New York.

Inside a teahouse with a rather arty decoration.

Jiang Yixia looked at the complete set of mahogany furniture around him with disdain, the varnished antique shelves and root-carved tables, the blue-and-white porcelain and jade wood ornaments, and several golden toads holding coins and jade Buddhas, and said with a curled lip:

"Why did you pick such a tacky place?"

The next two paintings and calligraphy are the standard office decoration style of the nouveau riche Chinese bosses.

"It's a bit vulgar and a bit over-complicated."

Chen Xinlu pulled out a mahogany armchair and spoke casually.

The lady with glasses twisted her waist slightly and placed her hips elegantly. Her round butt made a depression on the embroidered cushion. The thin platinum silk hip-hugging dress outlined the plump body underneath into a perfect heart-shaped peach shape.

The thin straps of the dress were hung on her slender yet round shoulders, and she wore a silk home robe of the same color loosely draped over it, which was smudged with ink-splashed style paintings.

Chen Xinlu dressed up carefully.

Jiang Yixia saw it at a glance.

She was wearing bright red velvet lipstick and a pair of simple frameless glasses on her slender nose. Her black hair seemed to be casually scattered, but in fact it had been carefully styled by the hairstylist, making it fluffy and three-dimensional with just the right amount of Hong Kong style. She had thin and large silver hoop earrings hanging under her earlobes, which were a bit dazzling.

Seemingly lazy and casual, but actually harboring scheming.

Li Xingxian came to a conclusion in his heart.

The nightgown and suspender skirt are just the right amount of revealing, showing off the delicate collarbone, exquisite shoulder lines, and the faintly visible snow-white skin under the armpits, which is both pure and sexy.

The three of them sat down one by one.

A faint aroma was burning in the incense burner.

"Clatter…"

A set of Hermès mahjong tiles was poured out of a wooden box, and three women chatted while shuffling the tiles.

Li Xingxian picked and chose with her little hands and said:

"I've taken out all the messy cards like East, West, South, North, Fortune, and White Board. Let's fight to the death."

Jiang Yixia rolled his eyes:

"You just fight to the bitter end."

Jiang Yixia turned to look at Chen Xinlu and asked,

"Isn't there an automatic mahjong machine in Xinxue's Magic Sanctuary? Why do you have to play here?"

Li Xingxian also chimed in,

"Besides, it's weird for three people to play mahjong. If you're short of one, why don't you call for another one?"

Chen Xinlu held the cards in her hand and said calmly:

"I also called Qingshan. He should be here soon."

Jiang Yixia and Li Xingxian's eyes lit up when they heard this:

"Ah, Qingshan has also come to the main Marvel Universe?"

The two of them immediately started chattering:

"Why didn't you tell me earlier, which camp did he choose?"

"No matter what camp he is in, invite him to have a meal together."

Chen Xinlu answered her teammates' questions in a disjointed manner, seeming a little absent-minded.

The reason why she chose this teahouse club was because... according to the prophecy and guidance of the Eye Demon Shuma Golas, the person named "Ran Jianian" would appear here.

Chen Xinlu didn't know Ran Jianian, nor did she know his identity. After consulting the Order-Maintaining Alliance, she only learned that he was a reincarnation at the level of a small captain under the Awakening Lion, and seemed to be a mutant who played with fire. Apart from that, she knew nothing else.

What exactly is the guidance of the Eye Demon?

Chen Xinlu seemed to be troubled.

At this moment, the door opened and a waiter walked in. He bowed slightly and said,

"Ladies, what would you like to drink?"

"Little chicken...I want some small green tangerines."

Li Xingxian raised her head and said in a soft voice.

"Iron Guanyin...wait, I want to argue about this."

Jiang Yixia said without turning his head.

"A pot of roselle tea, clink, and a portion of pineapple cake."

Chen Xinlu said calmly.

At this time, a group of men and women happened to walk by in the corridor outside, and a slightly noisy voice of laughter could be heard:

"Wow, Captain, you really stole the show this time. Those old guys must have a new look at you. Even Boss Yang, who is usually reluctant to give praise, singled out the captain for praise. Our Brother Nian has a bright future ahead of him."

A short and fat man said with a chuckle.

The young man with a crew cut who was walking in the middle raised the corners of his mouth slightly, with a slightly arrogant look on his face. He didn't say much, but the pride on his face could not be concealed at all.

A coquettish voice sounded beside him:

"Brother Jianian, Brother Jianian, when you become successful in the future, don't forget me, hehe~"

Ran Jianian glanced at the blonde woman next to him. She was wearing a classic white Gucci swimsuit with the bottom tucked into her denim hot pants. Her breasts were so prominent that the "GUCCI" on the front of the swimsuit was deformed. The man cursed her in his heart as a "slut".

Brother Jianian?

Chen Xinlu in the box heard the name and tilted her head slightly, looking sideways with her beautiful eyes. Ran Jianian happened to look inside inadvertently.

What a nice view...

Ran Jianian was stunned for a moment.

Inside the box, there were three beauties of different sizes, each with their own unique characteristics. Their temperaments and looks were truly stunning, especially the lady with glasses who was looking at him. Her lazy sexiness made his heart skip a beat.

Unfortunately, it was just a quick glimpse, and the waiter quickly left, closing the door behind him.

…

Fu Qinghai was sitting in a rented stretched Lincoln sedan. Ron was the driver and Guido was sitting in the passenger seat. Zhang Yuning, who was wearing a simple loose T-shirt and shorts, was sitting opposite Fu Qinghai. Her pair of dazzlingly white long legs were resting on Fu Qinghai's legs, and she was holding a glass of bubbling golden champagne in her hand.

Today, Zhang Yuning went for the so-called BoyFriend style - she simply put on Fu Qinghai's clothes, dressing in a neutral style, which was cool and hot.

The street scenes outside the car window kept flashing by. Ron's driving skills were still stable. A faint fragrance wafted past his nose. Fu Qinghai lowered his head, holding a tablet in his hand, and was carefully browsing the relevant information on the internal website of the Order-Maintaining Alliance.

First, his bounty has skyrocketed again.

The bounty for the first kill has already risen to 7,000 points... To be honest, even Fu Qinghai himself was a little tempted. He silently glanced at the "Reincarnation Life x2" in his attribute panel and wondered if I could get the bounty from the perfect human with my own head on my shoulders?

Okay, stop... Read on.

In the comment section, someone summarized:

"There is something on this Qingshan Mountain."

There's something, but not much.

Fu Qinghai thought.

"As we all know, the reincarnation level cannot represent the true strength, but the bounty amount must represent the true strength."

"What do you think is the connection between this 'Qingshan' and the 'THEM' that has appeared frequently recently?"

"Upstairs, who are 'they'?"

"I don't know. It is said that every time a perfect human was attacked, this word was left behind. The death was strange and bizarre, and not a single person was left alive."

"THE M. They, I remember now! They are exactly the same as the mark that appeared during the great event of the 'Kree-Skrull War'! There are seventeen spaceships floating around the Centauri system, and all of them have this mark written on them!"

"Hiss... The spirit is resurrected, so terrifying!"

Both the Samsara Forum and the 616 BBS were discussing who this "Qingshan" was. He had even forced the current top society, Perfect Humanity, to increase the bounty repeatedly.

And that mysterious "THEM" mark.

In fact, Fu Qinghai has stopped during this period of time. The perfect humans are not fools. After conscious precautions, the difficulty for Fu Qinghai to launch a sneak attack on them has increased greatly. As the headquarters of the society, the main Marvel universe also has many top combat forces.

Fu Qinghai once passed by the Black Light Virus Lev Alexandro who came to rescue him. The King of Viruses was so angry at the tragic scene that he almost had his memory disordered again.

The key to the repeated failure of perfect humans lies in Upton and Zhang Yuning. Reincarnationists on the supernatural side are very rare, and their methods are strange and unpredictable. Sometimes two of them can kill an entire team of Reincarnationists alone, without the need for Fu Qinghai and Ron to take action.

Fu Qinghai has always believed that Zhang Yuning and Upton are two indispensable fighting forces in his club, and are by no means just important accessories.

The reason lies in the scarcity of reincarnations on the supernatural side. After so many reincarnations, there are only a few reincarnations on the supernatural side that I have encountered so far. In addition to Zhang Yuning and Upton, the third one is the player who obtained the latex mask of Michael Myers, the protagonist of "Halloween". His special ability is directly "infinite resurrection".

Whether in the East or the West, supernatural events need to be handled by professionals. Take the "Dark Justice League", a branch of the DC main universe Justice League, as an example:

The Dark Justice League is different from the Dark Avengers. This group is composed of superheroes, and its founding members include Constantine and his mistress Zatanna.

There is no need to introduce Hellblazer Constantine, and Zatanna Zatara is known as the number one witch in DC.

(Marvel's No. 1 witch is Morgan Le Fay, who once served as Scarlet Witch's magic teacher.)

The Dark Justice League is responsible for handling those supernatural events that the Justice League cannot handle. It can be seen that even Superman, Aquaman and Wonder Woman are helpless in the face of many supernatural events and must be handed over to special people to handle.

The most common supernatural event in Western fantasy is demon possession. Of course, Superman can kill the person possessed by a demon with one punch, but this is not the solution to supernatural events. He can't just punch everyone who is possessed to death, that would be playing into the demon's hands. So Constantine has to perform professional exorcism.

Analogizing to the current predicament faced by Perfect Humanity, this reincarnation society, which focuses on the science fiction and biochemical aspects, was once very passive in the face of the attack by two supernatural reincarnations. In the end, it had to ask for external assistance - a small society from the movie series "Ghostbusters", specializing in exorcism and ghost catching, to force Upton and Zhang Yuning to retreat.

Fu Qinghai did not choose a camp, and he did not participate in the major events of the plot line. Now that he could not defeat the perfect humans, he could only lie dormant and gather his teammates back to find something to do.

For example, playing mahjong or something.

When you're not fighting, socialize.

A wisp of fragrant wind blew by, Zhang Yuning retracted her two long legs, threw herself over and lay on Fu Qinghai's shoulders, her lips slightly opened, her breath as sweet as orchid:

"Why, are you still feeling itchy?"

Fu Qinghai rubbed his brows and said in embarrassment:

"Chen Xinlu told me that there is something very important that she wants to tell me in person. I don't know what it is... so she called you along as well."

"snort."

Zhang Yuning snorted lightly, but she was not afraid at all. She could feel Fu Qinghai's strong possessiveness towards her. She was very satisfied and enjoyed his possessiveness very much.

Without going into the details, she changed the subject. The woman raised her snow-white wrist, put it close to Fu Qinghai's nose, and asked,

"Does it smell good?"

"It smells good." Fu Qinghai nodded. "What brand?"

"Lutens, the tuberose of sin."

Zhang Yuning said softly.

"Compared to the one I sprayed yesterday, how do you think of Creed's Black Love?"

Zhang Yuning slipped into Fu Qinghai's arms like a slippery fish, raised her head and asked.

Ouch... Fu Qinghai thought that asking me this kind of question was like asking which of the two sets of clothes looked better, so he could only hug Zhang Yuning in his arms, put his nose against hers, stared into her eyes, and said seriously:

"I like it even if you spray herring cans."

"whee..."

Zhang Yuning broke free and said with a smile:

"I won't tease you anymore, just continue."

Fu Qinghai picked up the tablet again, swiped his finger, switched from the Reincarnation Forum to the internal website of the Order-Maintaining Alliance, and began to look up relevant information about the Horizon Laboratory.

Like AIM Pioneer Technology, many eyes are on it from famous scientific research institutions such as Horizon Labs. Fu Qinghai does not intend to act rashly, but to wait for an opportunity - the time when the "Dark Dynasty" event is nearing its end.

The final battle of this major plot line is the "Siege of Asgard". The Dark Avengers surrounded the New Asgard built by Thor in Oklahoma City. The Sentinels fought against Thor. Fu Qinghai's impression was that the Sentinels seemed to be completely out of control.

The Green Goblin sent Bullseye to assassinate the Sentinel's wife, causing the "Nothingness" personality to completely dominate the body. As for whether the Sentinel was finally killed by a Skyhammer Helicarrier, it was Professor X who intervened...

Fu Qinghai forgot.

No matter what, in short, he wanted to take advantage of the critical moment when the final battle broke out and everyone's attention was focused on Oklahoma City to rob the Horizon Laboratory.

Now just be patient.

Wait until the time is right.

…

Chinatown, New York.

Ron held the doll in his arms and threw the key to the stretched Lincoln to the parking attendant. Fu Qinghai got out of the car first and opened the door. Zhang Yuning elegantly took his hand and stepped out of the door.

The three of them walked into the teahouse, crossed the corridor, and were heading towards the box where Chen Xinlu was. At this moment, a group of laughing men and women came towards them. The two groups looked at each other, and two of them slowly stopped.

Ran Jianian was slightly stunned:

"Zhang Yuning!?"

Zhang Yuning frowned:

"Why are you here?"

Fu Qinghai looked at the other person, then at his woman, and asked curiously,

"Do you know each other?"

Zhang Yuning frowned, her face gloomy, and she said nothing. Suddenly, there was a gust of cold wind in the quiet corridor.

Ron and Upton thought to themselves, "Oh no!"

Unlike Fu Qinghai and several of his men who looked confused, Ron and Upton had actually seen the man in front of them. They had once followed Zhang Yuning to silence him, but unfortunately they did not find a suitable opportunity.

Looking at Zhang Yuning, wearing a large men's T-shirt, standing next to someone, holding the man's arm, her tall figure looked like a little bird, and her cold temperament completely disappeared...

Ran Jianian's face suddenly twisted, and he glared at Fu Qinghai beside Zhang Yuning fiercely, sneering and saying:

"I see, I see... after all this time you like this one."

Hmm? What does that mean?

Fu Qinghai sensed something was wrong.

Zhang Yuning's eyes gradually turned darker, and black mist was swirling between her black hair. The woman gritted her teeth and said word by word:

"Shut your dog mouth, otherwise... I will make sure you never speak again."

"Haha, hahaha, interesting, really damn interesting. Today I want to see if there is anything else good about this pretty boy besides being handsome."

Ran Jianian laughed sarcastically, his face torn deeply by intense jealousy. He turned a deaf ear to Zhang Yuning's words and just stared at Fu Qinghai beside her. Suddenly, with a "boom", flames ignited all over his body and he turned into a dark, blurry human figure surrounded by red flames.

Pretty boy?

Fu Qinghai couldn't help but touch his cheek, thinking that this was the first time someone used this word to refer to him.

"roar--"

Ron quickly merged with Hatred, and the dark blue symbiote opened its bloody mouth. In the middle of the rows of slender and sharp teeth, the long scarlet tongue swung and transparent saliva splashed. The plastic doll in his arms had disappeared at some point.

Although they didn't understand what was happening, the reincarnationist on the opposite side reacted immediately, took out various weapons, and prepared for battle.

"Drink—"

Ran Jianian, who was furious, looked reckless and completely ignored his subordinates. He bent his legs and kicked backwards, and instantly turned into a red flaming meteor, sweeping with a surging high-temperature air flow, and rushed straight towards Fu Qinghai and the other two.

Fu Qinghai stood there without moving, but slowly took out a small, peculiarly shaped pistol from his pocket.

The flames came and the heat waves rolled.

Ran Jianian had just flown halfway down the corridor...

"Bang—"

With a loud bang, a huge black-gold shadow with unparalleled speed and impact slammed through the floors of the teahouse club and directly knocked Ran Jianian, who was halfway across the road, into a deep pit of ruins.

"Ding ding ding!"

The fire alarm rang throughout the ruined corridor, with flashing red lights, splashing water, and filled with smoke.

Half of the teahouse had collapsed, and the street scenes and buildings outside came into view, including passers-by with stunned and shocked expressions on their faces and vehicles that had braked in a hurry on the sidewalk.

"Qingming, merge."

Fu Qinghai said lightly.

A black and gold power armor jumped out from a deep pit of ruins that was emitting white smoke. Its armor was intact, and it walked towards its owner.

Fu Qinghai opened his arms, turned around and leaned forward. The layers of armor and black lining opened up like a blooming lotus, wrapping him up.

Just as he finished putting on his clothes, a red flaming figure suddenly jumped out from the deep pit.

"Ahhh… bang!"

With a dull thud, the flame exploded, and before it hit the ground, Fu Qinghai punched it back into the pit.

Fu Qinghai shook his slightly numb fingers and felt the recoil force from the opponent. After his body had undergone quadruple reinforcement (transformation, serum, virus, and force), plus the massive power increase brought by the electronic muscle fiber bundles made of vibranium, Fu Qinghai's strength was no less than Hulk's.

Even with such tremendous force, he could still feel slight numbness in his joints, which showed that the opponent's strength was not ordinary.

"Boom boom boom!"

With a loud bang, the deep pit of the ruins exploded, and the full air of flames, smoke, and splashing debris obscured Fu Qinghai's vision.

This time, the opponent did not jump out of the deep pit again, but directly launched a flame explosion all over his body. The energy comparable to a miniature nuclear bomb exploded instantly, and the teahouse club, which had already been riddled with holes, suddenly fell apart, and was about to collapse...

"The Wind of Watum!"

A familiar shout was heard, and Chen Xinlu, wearing a lazy nightgown, floated in the air, with rings on her fingers. She waved her hands lightly, and all the smoke and dust dissipated instantly.

The building stopped collapsing, and the invisible wind pushed all the innocent passers-by on the surrounding streets away from the place, forming a blank area where no one could disturb them.

A collision and a heavy punch made Ran Jianian wake up from his anger, and he finally realized that he had to use a strategy.

However, the smoke and rubble could not block Fu Qinghai's perspective goggles and Force perception. He quickly pulled out the plasma pistol from his waist and fired a shot at a raised ruin.

The plasma beam flashed, and in the thermal imaging view, the beam went straight into the man's body and disappeared without a trace.

"Um?"

Fu Qinghai was slightly surprised.

The plasma beam that was said to be "all equals in front of plasma"... was actually absorbed by him?

Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes and made a judgment in an instant:

"sunspot!"

The sun itself is a gaseous star composed of plasma, so the plasma weapons in Warhammer 40K have nicknames such as "Solar", "Sunflame" and "Sunfury". At first, I thought it was some kind of flame ability, but it turned out to be the X-gene of the famous mutant "Sunspot".

"What's going on, Qingshan?"

Chen Xinlu, who was floating in the air, asked the question even though she knew the answer.

Fu Qinghai shook his head gently:

"I was just about to ask you."

"Crash!"

There was a sound of rubble breaking, and Ran Jianian, his body covered in black flames, stood up from the ruins.

The first sentence was:

"Call the community for support immediately!"

"Captain, I've called... Ugh!"

A reincarnation who was hiding behind the floor just opened his mouth and had no time to finish his words when a folding knife that came from nowhere cut his throat in an instant.

"Gurgle…"

Blood foam gushed out quickly, fear froze on his face, and the poor reincarnationist fell down holding his neck.

"Ah, help! Captain, save me!"

The other members who were fleeing in panic were being chased by a terrifying dark blue giant. Hate pounced on it on all fours, grabbed a lone player, raised his hands and tore it apart...

"Crack!" Bloody organs fell like raindrops.

Ran Jianian turned a blind eye to the miserable conditions of the team members around him. He just stared coldly at Fu Qinghai and Zhang Yuning in front of him and said,

"If you dare to kill me, the Awakening Lion will fight you to the death!"

Zhang Yuning's face had become extremely gloomy.

Although it is still daytime, the shadowy figures of Valak and Kayako have begun to emerge.

"snort."

Before Fu Qinghai could speak, a disdainful snort came from the sky, and Chen Xinlu landed gracefully, gently waving her hands, and the scenery in front of everyone suddenly changed!

The wall panels and pillars began to rotate like gears, and the rubble began to collapse automatically. The sky was reflected on the ground, and the ground was suspended in the sky. Everything around was rotating regularly in the shape of the Fibonacci golden spiral.

Chen Xinlu waved her hand lightly, and pulled everyone present into the mirror space!

In the main Marvel universe, in her own home, this Lv. 4 Marvel wizard finally began to show her powerful magic power and unparalleled control level.

The innocent people trapped in the ruins of the teahouse were spit out from the mirror space one by one, but the players belonging to the Lion Dance slipped and fell into the inverted spiral space one after another, while Fu Qinghai and the other four were still standing steadily on a circular platform, not affected by the mirror space at all.

Chen Xinlu seemed to be showing off her skills intentionally.

There was a smile on the corner of her mouth, her eyes were calm and peaceful, and her right hand, which was wearing the jewelry, was dancing in the air, like an elegant symphony conductor.

Ran Jianian was like a ball of embarrassed fire, or a little mouse in Chen Xinlu's hand, dashing left and right in the weird space that was constantly rotating, alternating, interlacing and extending, roaring with helplessness, but unable to escape.

"Fuck it, ah, die!"

Ran Jianian cursed loudly, holding on to the edge of the ruins that had turned into a cliff with one hand to prevent himself from falling, and with the other hand he pushed forward, and a stream of red and black hot fire rushed towards Chen Xinlu. However, she just raised her left hand, and a dense circular magic circle outlined by golden lines suddenly appeared, easily blocking the attack, and the flames spread on the edge of the round shield.

"Idiot, do you think you found some amazing goddess? Hahahaha."

Ran Jianian, while ramming his head against the surrounding barriers, cursed loudly and hysterically:

"Zhang Yuning, she is a slut who hangs out in nightclubs every day. I just opened two sets of big and small dragons in OT that night and got her. You idiot, you still think she is a rare thing, right!"

Zhang Yuning's black energy had already been boiling, and she was about to make a move to put an end to Ran Jianian. When she heard these nonsense, she was so angry that her face turned pale. She immediately turned to look at Fu Qinghai, her face full of panic, and said in a trembling voice:

"No, that's not the case. Don't listen to him. Qingshan, believe me, I never let him touch me..."

Seeing Zhang Yuning about to cry, Fu Qinghai quickly reached out and held her trembling shoulders, and comforted her softly:

"It's okay, Ning, it's nothing..."

"boom--"

A loud noise interrupted his words.

Ran Jianian suddenly curled up into a ball, and the red flames all over his body shrank and disappeared, then suddenly exploded again.

"Bang...hiss...crash."

After this attack, the mirror space finally shattered.

Only then were Fu Qinghai and others able to get down to earth.

The mirror space was broken, but Chen Xinlu didn't care at all. She stretched out her hand and swung it forward. With a "snap", a whip of light composed of golden lines bound Ran Jianian's hands and pulled him back. After two full-strength bursts, Ran Jianian was exhausted and staggered to stand firm...

"laugh--"

A powerful long sword pierced through the body.

"puff..."

Ran Jianian spat out a mouthful of dirty blood, looked down, and saw that the tip of the knife just avoided his heart. He slowly pulled it out. His body, which was originally made entirely of plasma, was slowly turning into flesh and blood. He raised his head with difficulty:

"Why... not kill..."

"Kill you?"

Fu Qinghai grinned:

"That's too good for you."

After saying that, he put the Green Blade back into his waist, took off one of his gloves, and gently placed his palm on Ran Jianian's shoulder.

Ran Jianian's breathing suddenly stagnated, a bone-chilling chill instantly swept through his body, his teeth chattered, and his muscles and bones became stiff little by little.

A feeling he had never experienced since his X-gene awakened—cold. No, not really cold, but the loss and dissipation of his vitality...

Force Freeze.

The tiny flames remaining on Ran Jianian's body.

After swaying twice, it went out completely.

His face turned blue, and then everything went black...

His head tilted and he passed out.

…

In Chinatown, New York, the edge of the effect of the Watum wind.

Five men in black robes, holding swords in their arms, were confronting two women.

Jiang Yixia stood in front of the five people with his arms folded across his chest, expressionless, blocking their way.

Beside him, a petite witch in black robe was floating in mid-air. Under the wide pointed brim of her hat was an exquisite and beautiful face. She was holding a dense garnet staff in her hand. Her expression was cold, and the air around her was slowly twisting and rising.

"Jiang Yixia!"

The Lion's Roar Technique exploded like thunder.

The leader shouted loudly:

"So the Garden of Thorns is going to be the enemy of the Awakening Lion?"

Facing a tongue-lashing spring thunder, a strand of hair on the side of Jiang Yixia's face floated back, but his figure was not moved at all. He shrugged and said lightly:

"We can discuss whether to be enemies or not later. You just can't go over now."

"Why?"

"Our people are inside!"

"What qualifications do you have to stop us!"

The other party cursed.

However, She-Hulk just curled her lips and said:

"I said you can't go through, and you can't go through, unless... you step over my dead body."

......

(End of this chapter)