Chapter 00063: Visiting Qu Yi Again
# Visiting Qu Yi Again
Chapter 63
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 63: Visiting Qu Yi Again
It had been five months since Ding Huan left Yiling.
In the backyard of the Qu family villa in the Xiuhu neighborhood, Qu Yi effortlessly leaped over twenty meters, then with a flick of her hand, a wind blade split a stone that had already been cleaved into four pieces.
Even Ding Huan hadn’t expected that Qu Yi wouldn’t just fully recover but also become a third-level gene cultivator in just five short months.
Moreover, her advancement wasn’t as torturous as Ding Huan’s had been, where each breakthrough felt like a life-and-death struggle.
Ding Huan had equipped Qu Yi with a wood-type gene spirit root, which indicated that Qu Yi was even more suited to it than Ding Huan himself.
Of course, there were two other reasons.
One was that Ding Huan had used a mutated bayou fruit when preparing the gene spirit root potion for Qu Yi.
The other was that Qu Yi’s father, Qu Yonghe, had spent a fortune to purchase two energy stones for her at an auction.
Both Qu Yonghe and Yan Quan knew that Ding Huan must have taught Qu Yi some cultivation techniques.
Ever since Qu Yi had fully recovered, she had been staying in the backyard to cultivate.
Just thinking about Ding Huan’s three students made it clear that whatever he had taught Qu Yi must be extraordinary.
No one in the Qu family asked what Ding Huan had taught Qu Yi, nor did anyone spy on her cultivation in the backyard.
Because of Qu Yi’s cultivation, Qu Yonghe had gone to great lengths to acquire those two energy stones to boost her strength.
Qu Yi looked at the stone she had split with her wind blade technique and let out a sigh.
She was now a third-level gene cultivator, and her fireball technique, wind blade technique, and wind control technique were all well-practiced.
With her current strength, if that Boss Quan dared to come after her again, she wouldn’t even need to get close to make him lose his head.
But it still wasn’t enough.
She had to become a fourth-level gene cultivator to go to the Gene Alliance and force those unreasonable people to lift the bounty on Ding Huan.
Qu Yi was very strict with her cultivation schedule, meticulously planning when to practice the Luo Shi Scripture and when to practice various techniques.
It was because of her self-discipline and her family’s support that she had achieved such great progress in just five months.
After finishing her wind blade and wind control practice, Qu Yi was about to return to her room to continue cultivating the Luo Shi Scripture when she heard a fierce roar from outside.
Qu Yi immediately recognized it—it was someone from the Gene Alliance.
Without hesitation, she rushed out.
If it weren’t for the Gene Alliance, Ding Huan wouldn’t have lost an eye.
If it weren’t for the Gene Alliance, Uncle Jiu Yi wouldn’t have died.
“What do you want?” Qu Yi shouted as she saw a black man reaching out to push her mother.
“Oh, so you’re really alive and well,” the black man said in fluent Chinese, sounding surprised as he saw Qu Yi come out.
“Yi Yi, go back inside. I’ve already called the police. This is China, not the land of foreign devils. The Gene Alliance can’t act so recklessly here.”
Qu Yonghe stopped Qu Yi, though he was secretly terrified.
He was afraid Qu Yi would be taken away again.
Last time, she had been taken just like this, and even Jiu Yi hadn’t returned.
“Levi, we’re just here to check the situation…” The Chinese man who had come with the black man tried to calm him down after seeing his rough behavior.
“Tang Qi, you’re a member of the Gene Alliance first. You’re on a mission for the Gene Alliance now. Call back and tell Hou Hezhong that the target is indeed alive and very healthy. It means we succeeded.”
Levi not only didn’t stop pushing Yan Quan but even scolded his companion.
“Stop it!” Qu Yi stepped forward and shielded her mother.
Levi chuckled and said to Qu Yi, “Come with us. The Gene Alliance suspects you have ties to Ding Huan. We need you to come with us.”
“Leave now, or I’ll defend myself,” Qu Yi said, trying to keep her voice calm.
In her mind, she remembered Ding Huan’s words: “Yi Yi, remember this. When you have the power, don’t be kind to your enemies. Being kind to your enemies is being cruel to yourself and your loved ones.”
“Haha…” Levi laughed loudly and reached for a weapon at his waist.
Qu Yi raised her hand and slashed through the air.
An invisible blade of wind descended diagonally from Levi’s shoulder.
“Pfft!” Blood sprayed as Levi’s movements froze.
In the next moment, a fountain of blood gushed out, and Levi’s head and shoulder fell to the ground, his body collapsing.
Qu Yi stared in shock at the scene.
She had practiced her wind blade technique every day, splitting countless stones, but she had never seen such a bloody sight.
When she struck, she had treated him like a stone.
Now that he was split in two, she realized how gruesome and terrifying it was.
At that moment, she couldn’t hold back the churning in her stomach.
Her face pale, she turned aside and vomited.
Yan Quan, also stunned, finally came to her senses and rushed to comfort her daughter.
Qu Yonghe, on the other hand, looked at Levi’s bisected body with a mix of awe and gratitude.
He hadn’t expected his daughter to be so powerful that she could easily kill a Gene Alliance inner strength expert.
As soon as Levi had arrived, Qu Yonghe had known he was an inner strength expert, possibly even fused with some kind of gene trait.
And yet, his daughter had killed him from a distance.
As for whether killing Levi would cause trouble, Qu Yonghe didn’t even consider it.
They had come to take his daughter.
Killing him was self-defense.
In the current world, where gene beasts ran rampant and human survival was precarious, the Gene Alliance and the Martial Alliance played significant roles.
Under these circumstances, the Security Bureau wouldn’t openly oppose the Gene Alliance.
Even if he called the police, they would likely just stop the Gene Alliance from taking Qu Yi.
But that was only on the surface.
If the Gene Alliance tried to forcibly abduct Qu Yi in secret, the Security Bureau would be powerless.
So Qu Yi killing a Gene Alliance member who came to take her wouldn’t be a problem.
Just as the Security Bureau wouldn’t investigate the Gene Alliance taking Qu Yi, they wouldn’t investigate Qu Yi killing a Gene Alliance member either.
Because Qu Yi’s self-defense was justified.
“Take the body and leave. Joining the Gene Alliance is fine, but true heroes fight gene beasts on the front lines and protect cities, not bully ordinary people in their homes.”
Qu Yonghe coldly addressed the Chinese Gene Alliance member who was still in shock.
Qu Yonghe had seen plenty of bloody scenes in his life, so this little incident didn’t faze him.
“Yes…” The Gene Alliance member finally snapped out of it, quickly wrapped Levi’s body in a cloth, and carried it to the trunk.
This situation was beyond normal, and it wasn’t something he could handle.
“Yi Yi, let’s go back. You did nothing wrong,” Qu Yonghe said, closing the courtyard gate and comforting Qu Yi.
“Dad, I…” Qu Yi’s face was still pale, unable to calm down from the bloody scene.
Qu Yonghe deliberately spoke in a light tone, “Yi Yi, if you hadn’t done that, your mother and I would have been humiliated. You protected your family. What’s wrong with that? Ding Huan would support you too. Think about what happened at the Gene Alliance headquarters. Protecting yourself and your family—what’s wrong with that? Do you know Yan Xia? He was hunted by so many people back then, but now no one dares disrespect him. That’s just how the world is.”
Perhaps Qu Yonghe’s words had an effect, as Qu Yi began to feel a bit better.
Looking at the pool of blood, Qu Yi thought that even if it happened again, she would do the same.
In this world overrun by gene beasts, she couldn’t choose how she lived.
Ding Huan was right.
If she had been as strong as she was now back then, would Uncle Jiu Yi have died? Would Ding Huan have lost his eye?
Being merciful to those people was digging her own grave.
“Dad, let’s go back,” Qu Yi said, finally catching her breath.
“Yi Yi, do you know that cities like Pengxun, Lujiang, Guiping, Dadu, and Qianhe have all been overrun by gene beasts, and countless innocent people have died?” Qu Yonghe added.
“What…” Qu Yi froze in her steps.
She knew most of those places.
Just a few months ago, they had been bustling cities.
How could they have been overrun by gene beasts in just five months?
Seeing that he had successfully shifted Qu Yi’s focus, Qu Yonghe continued, “While you were cultivating at home these past few months, a lot has happened outside. Your mother and I didn’t want to disturb your cultivation, so we didn’t tell you.”
“Why has it become so difficult?” Qu Yi murmured.
Yan Quan sighed, “Yi Yi, our country is still doing relatively well. Do you know about the Seabed Avenue? A human corridor defense line has been established there. Every day, countless soldiers die defending the human corridor. Our country has also sent troops there.”
“Human corridor defense line?” Qu Yi looked at her parents, confused.
She knew about the Seabed Avenue—it had been formed decades ago due to tectonic movements.
But the human corridor defense line was something she had never heard of.
Qu Yonghe explained, “A very powerful gene beast appeared in the Andes Mountains in South America. This beast is not only strong but also highly intelligent. It united all the gene beasts in South America and launched a beast tide, nearly wiping out the remaining human population there. Now they’re trying to cross from Africa through the Seabed Avenue. If we don’t stop them, humanity could face extinction…”
Qu Yi finally understood.
In the few months she had been cultivating, the world had become so perilous.
No wonder her parents weren’t too worried about her killing a Gene Alliance member.
Human survival had become so precarious.
(End of Chapter)