The General’s eyebrows narrowed as a wrinkle emerged on his face, "They’re at least at the Revolving Core Stage..."
His right leg which was about to take the next step had been stopped in mid-air before he took it back and aligned with his other leg.
The two old foggies behind him simultaneously nodded their heads as their expressions turned stern, however, their eyes turned a little absent-minded.
Even the General’s face turned solemn as he saw the two figures approaching him in a carefree manner.
It was as if this was their home, and the artillery and the weapons placed here, even pointed at them possessed no threat to them.
Although the General did understand their lofty viewpoint, he was irked by the powerlessness of the situation he was placed in, feeling deeply helpless.
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Davis casually floated towards the man who wore outstanding sci-fi clothes and seemed like the one who controlled everything here, not caring about the thousands of weapons pointed at him and Clara.
He floated towards and stopped in front of that man as he opened his mouth, "My name is Davis Loret, and you are?"
The general’s eyes flashed with understanding light and he clasped his hands as he slightly bowed, "I am called General Yuan Kong. I wonder if..."
"Get all your people away from here. I don’t care if you own this place or whatever but from here on out, this place belongs to me!" Davis interrupted as he spoke in a strong Chinese tone.
The general inwardly grunted but knew that he couldn’t adopt an aggressive stance in the face of absolute power. He also knew that the lives of numerous soldiers who were near, and citizens who were a few kilometers away were in his hands now.
He couldn’t afford to make mistakes. Just that thought had heavily weighed on him, even bothering him more than the cultivators he should be worried about currently.
"What about the people inside?" The general asked another question, one that was tinged with a faint hint of worry even though he knew he was being presumptuous.
"As long as you people withdraw, they will sooner or later come back, make your choice."
Saying so, Davis flew towards the skies while Clara followed behind the next second.
The general’s eyes widened in astonishment, ’That’s it?’
He couldn’t believe that he was brushed off like some roadside ant.
He, General Yuan Kong, also a member and the leader of the HLC’s that was formed 17 years ago and became an elite group within the country about 5 years later was reduced to a state such as this?
Just brushed off like that? The HLC’s who was said to be the world’s greatest elite force capable of tackling most dangerous situations?
With the information and resources given by Senior Viktor in exchange for the freedom of Meng Ying, he knew that he had achieved the High-Level Meridian Refinement Stage.
The two behind him were also at that stage, and the three of them were the only ones to arrive at this point through the help of Senior Viktor. Of course, most of them here also had made improvements but they had only bordered on the first step to cultivation, trying to reach Low-Level First Stage while some of them, like the commander, before had reached Mid-Level First Stage.
He opened his mouth, tried to speak something to stop those two from leaving, but then closed. He opened his mouth again and unknowingly exhaled a breath of relief as he ordered, "Retreat!!"
He then heaved a sigh of relief again on purpose, glad that a tragedy didn’t take place. He turned around and saw the expressions of the soldiers and even the two old men.
They looked as if they were in a... dreamworld?
Some of the soldiers’ gaze remained on the place where Clara stayed. It was as if they were incredibly curious about her veiled appearance. Her beautiful eyes caused them to fall into a state of trance for some time.
The general had only cast a glance at Clara before his attention was grabbed by Davis, so he really wasn’t pulled in by her transcendent eyes.
He wasn’t also fazed by the other party speaking Chinese because he guessed that Senior Viktor could have imparted the knowledge of this world.
He located twelve places that had given weird reactions to his Soul Sense.
’The Vile Vortices... Of course....’ Davis inwardly mused and laughed. His doubts were on point.
In this world, these twelve places were the only mysterious places on Earth and it is said that they were dangerous because of the Earth’s Magnetic Field.
But was it only because of the magnetic field present there? The answer to it was already seen by Davis as his Soul Sense couldn’t penetrate these twelve spots.
He cast a glance at Clara and saw her looking at him before she turned her gaze away to the world in curiosity.
High-rise buildings which were really taller than the ones which existed when he left, rail tracks passing through buildings, flying cars traveling like in a fixed-line as if they were pre-programmed, traffic and modern lights colored the entire city.
He followed her gaze and saw a flying car buzzing in the altitude of 300 meters above the ground. The flying car propelled forwards and left the high-rise building from the platform that was built at the side of the building.
Davis extended his hand and the side glass of the flying car broke as an object shot past towards the skies.
The object that shot that broke the window of the flying car while making it sound alert tones, landed in Davis’s hand.
He flipped it towards his wrist and touched a few places that were indicated but then furrowed his brows in an annoyed manner.
"Kid... What’s the password?" Davis sent a Soul Transmission to the passenger who was in the flying car but received no answer.
The passenger was a teen who wore glasses, and there was no driver because the one who drove the flying car was nothing but an AI.
Davis knew that the other party in the flying car was terrified of the voice that echoed in his mind. He asked again but received a reply asking him that if he were a system.
Davis turned speechless. His eyes twitched and a wide grin lit up his face, "Yes, I can only give you access to the system if I know your password..."
Davis instantly got the password from the delusional brat and he even felt somewhat sorry for deceiving that poor soul.
In any case, the teen looked rich and he got the password from him to access the holo-phone, and with it, he could check the ongoing events on Earth by connecting to the internet.
Once he inputted the password, the bracelet like holo-phone lit up and projected an image in the air. He doubted if he could even connect to the internet at this altitude but his worries were unfounded.
Yes, using the internet was the fastest way to get general information about the world and it didn’t seem like it would change any time soon.
Davis touched a few points on the empty air, to be precise, the options on the holo screen that was constantly changing with his touches.
’This was still not in the commercial market when I left Earth, but now it looks like these are pretty normal...’ Davis thought as he looked up searches for major events from 2030.
He skimmed through and one such event caught his eyes.
[2036: Era of Air Transport! Flying Cars produced en masse!]
While looking at this news, he wasn’t surprised since flying cars were already present in the 2020s, used for experimental tests but were discontinued due to various reasons.
Such as, ramming the car into buildings, the engines shutting down for various reasons, leading to the loss of life both in the flying car and the lives that were directly below.
Such cases were rampant and led to the fall of flying cars until AI was introduced into flying cars in 2036.
They had designated routes in the sky and followed rigid protocol to maneuver, so the number of accidents took place were considerably lessened.
Even so, it seemed that only the rich could afford these flying pieces of junk, and they mostly do to strut around their statuses.
Coming back to the pieces of news, he searched for other sections of important events and found it!