Full-Time Public Enemy-Chapter 517 - 452: Rise to the Heavens in a Single Step

The Valkyrie had excellent control. Her sword strike only executed Wei Jiangqi, with no residual power leaking out. Chen Gu, standing dozens of meters away, didn’t feel even the slightest energy wave.

Aviloya retracted her hand, and the massive war sword returned to float behind her.

Inside the corridor, a large number of high Energy Level special agents rushed out quickly, effortlessly capturing the remaining followers, including the one called Bear.

Chen Gu let out a long sigh of relief; Gong Shuxu and the others also ran back. Chu Zheng was the least anxious. Upon entering, she rushed straight to Chen Gu. Reaching him, she pounced, hugging him tightly. She opened her mouth, but felt a sob choke her words, and then she burst into loud sobs.

Chen Gu held her, gently patting her back. "It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m fine, see?"

Aviloya watched this scene, her expression exceedingly complex. Today’s young women are still too naive. If you knew what this audacious little thief once did to me, would you still trust him like this?

However, this time, Chen Gu had chosen to hold off Wei Jiangqi himself, winning Gong Shuxu and the others a chance to escape. For this, Aviloya felt a rare flicker of approval for him in her heart.

Therefore, she didn’t mock him directly but silently turned her head away, pretending not to see.

People in dangerous professions, such as police officers, soldiers, and special agents, value this kind of "life-and-death camaraderie" the most.

Many colleagues might initially clash, even resorting to curses and fists. However, they eventually tolerate each other’s various flaws because of this camaraderie—the kind where they stick together in perilous times, never abandoning one another.

It earns everyone’s recognition precisely because it’s easy to talk about but incredibly difficult to achieve. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

And there was one more thing Aviloya hadn’t mentioned: her previous sword strike had gauged Wei Jiangqi’s true strength to be close to the Eighth Energy Level!

Chen Gu, a Fourth Energy Level, had managed to contend with an Eighth Energy Level opponent for several rounds by leveraging his multi-class traits. Although he was constantly in a sorry state, like a chased rabbit, he had, after all, "wounded" Wei Jiangqi.

This first demonstrated Chen Gu’s extraordinary nature and secondly highlighted the vast potential of multi-class characters.

But she kept these two points to herself, for no other reason than her unwillingness to praise the little thief; she couldn’t bear to see him looking smug.

Gong Shuxu also stood in the distance, giving Chen Gu a slight nod, his eyes unavoidably carrying a hint of apology. He had still chosen to remain loyal to the Bureau of Mystic Security and his duties, escorting Chu Zheng away at the crucial moment rather than staying with Chen Gu to face life and death together.

Chen Gu responded with a smile, not blaming him. Instead, he considered it a choice made for the greater good.

Following that, the clean-up crew came in. Aviloya specifically ordered, "These followers are all Wei Jiangqi’s die-hard loyalists. Don’t waste time with brief interrogations. If they refuse to disclose the whereabouts of the Nebula Bomb, read their memories directly."

"Yes!"

Although this was a complete victory, the greatest threat—the Nebula Bomb—had not yet been retrieved, and a heavy weight still pressed on everyone’s heart.

With the clean-up crew managing the scene, Aviloya did not linger. She was busy with many matters and returned to headquarters immediately after a brief update on the research base situation.

Soon, results from the other three teams arrived, all of them good news. As expected, they had discovered arrangements Wei Jiangqi had made decades in advance at those locations.

At one location, a massive underground warehouse was destroyed, and a vast cache of war resources stockpiled by the heretics was seized.

Another location housed hundreds of secretly raised orphans, all possessing the potential to become Professionals, or more precisely, spiritual ability users!

Spiritual ability users are essentially a type of Professional. However, they advance based on their own "talent" rather than generators. Furthermore, as their abilities are more flexible and self-directed, it’s impossible to accurately define their specific profession.

After these reports arrived, the "interrogations" of the followers also yielded results. However, this outcome made everyone extremely uneasy!

The Nebula Bomb had actually fallen into Boles’s hands, and Boles was even preparing to attack a military factory!

Now that Wei Jiangqi was dead, the rewards he had promised Boles could not be fulfilled. But Boles didn’t know this; he would likely proceed with his plans.

This seemed like a good thing; the military could potentially ambush Boles. However, this was easier said than done. The factory was where the military produced warship mainframes; it was enormous, and its facilities were costly. If it became an ambush site, the losses would be immeasurable.

It could even jeopardize the military’s fleet construction plans.

And Boles, holding the Nebula Bomb, might detonate it on the spot if driven to desperation... That would be a catastrophe.

Headquarters quickly devised a plan: to impersonate Wei Jiangqi and continue to communicate with Boles.

This task, as expected, once again fell to the special operations team. Only this time, Aviloya assigned them someone with formidable spiritual power to impersonate Wei Jiangqi—an Eighth Energy Level Brain Domain Hacker.

Chen Gu finally breathed a sigh of relief. A true powerhouse is finally in charge! For this mission, I can finally rely on a strong backer and just coast along, right? Every time, it’s me, a mere Fourth Energy Level, having to fight for my life. It always feels like the Bureau of Mystic Security is exploiting me like child labor.