"Together?" The little demon star also sat down.

"Sure," Li Changzhou replied.

The two greeted each other and simultaneously closed their eyes.

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"...Put down your weapons! Put them down now!"

Bang!

Li Changzhou looked down to see a thick and agile mechanical leg smashing a communicator on the floor, leaving a crater in the hard surface.

"Go! Go! Take the money and the hostages!"

Li Changzhou started breathing, his gaze traveling, taking in the situation around him.

Crouched on the ground...ordinary people?

Wearing black armor...thieves?

The location...

The holographic customer service diligently announced, "Customer number 1256, please proceed to counter K for your transaction. Cosmic Development Bank, Lase Planet branch, at your service."

Robbing a bank?

"Go!" Another thief in black armor loudly called out to Li Changzhou.

It sounded like the little demon star, and Li Changzhou turned to follow.

Bang!

A thief in front shot a tall male with sharp horns, killing him.

The male's body thudded heavily on the floor, causing screams to erupt.

"Shut up!" The little demon star aimed her gun while backing toward the rear exit, menacing the crowd.

"How did you know it was me?" Li Changzhou was curious.

Their physical forms had all changed. Abilities and skills had vanished, with only their consciousness entering the "Divine Will Crystal."

"The Food Clan can devour even names; even if you turned into the dung of a stinky beast, I could pick you out from a countless specks," the little demon star quickly explained, her finger pulling the trigger.

With a bang, she blew apart the head of a bank security guard trying to pick up a gun, along with the floor.

The two quickly moved forward as drones approached them, hovering steadily above the bank lobby, watching the hostages like a dog guarding a flock of sheep.

The little demon star picked up a case and tossed it to Li Changzhou, then grabbed another, taking long strides forward.

"I have a feeling I'm here for nothing this time," she said.

Li Changzhou, having looked over the data collected by Turquoise Pool and Li Qianxia, understood that Divine Will also had its criteria for suitability.

He hadn't planned to grasp Divine Will on his first try, but aimed to gather as much information as possible, so he opened the case.

Inside were blocks of Mier Metal.

Good lord, just this case could buy Earth—the value of Earth before the game.

"Move it, you two in the back!" the thief guarding the rear door shouted at them.

Li Changzhou brought his knee up, closing the case, and walked briskly forward.

Whoosh!

A fierce punch came from the side, and Li Changzhou glanced indifferently, his eyes—

Boom!

He staggered two steps backward, his back hitting a pillar, his face struck by a punch, the facial armor shattering.

Gunshots rang out by his ear; Li Changzhou couldn't see clearly. His helmet's holographic screen had been shattered by that punch, and the whirring of machinery failing buzzed painfully like a drill in his ears.

Li Changzhou's hand enclosed in black armor clutched his helmet, tearing it off like ripping skin, forcefully shredding the face armor.

"Go!" The rearguard thief roared again, firing wildly.

The security guard who had ambushed Li Changzhou earlier raised a mechanical arm to block the bullets and rolled behind another pillar.

The little demon star dropped her empty handgun, turned, and rushed through the rear exit. Li Changzhou let go of the broken mask in his hand, glanced at the security guard, and took two steps toward him.

"What are you doing! Retreat!" the rearguard thief yelled.

As the security guard's gaze caught Li Changzhou, the mechanical arm shivered and then struck like a snake biting itself.

Li Changzhou moved forward instead of back, throwing a punch. In the eyes of the security guard, it seemed like a swift arrow.

Boom!

The mechanical arm exploded, parts flew skyward, the air reverberated. The arrow grazed a pillar, shattered the mechanical arm, and blew the security guard's head to pieces!

Devoid of strength but still conscious and perceptive, the concept of "Hou Yi's Sun Shooting Fist" was enough to allow an ordinary person to break through concrete walls, and the body before him, though weak, was three to four times stronger than an average person.

Li Changzhou saw another security charge at him. Without entangling with the opponent, he turned on his heel and entered the rear exit.

No sooner had he stepped in than a thunderous noise followed; dust billowed as a modified truck, like a wild beast, burst through the wall, plowing into the bank.

The van's doors swung open, and another thief in black armor gestured, "Hurry, get in!"

About seven or eight thieves efficiently climbed aboard.

Li Changzhou was the last to get on. As he was about to board, he heard the screams of the rearguard thief and then the barrel of a submachine gun emerged from the rear exit.

Rat-a-tat!

Sparks flew as Li Changzhou raised the safety deposit box to cover his face.

Even in black armor, his body felt bursts of impact and pain.

When the gunfire stopped, Li Changzhou flung the safety deposit box onto the moving truck and hastily followed in two steps; the thief waiting to assist extended a hand and pulled him onto the truck.

The doors closed, and the truck began careening wildly.

The cargo hold was lined with firearms, ammunition, drones, and hand grenades—an arsenal in miniature.

In the corner of the cargo hold, two women, taken as hostages, stayed alongside the safety deposit boxes.

"What kind of Divine Will is this?" Li Changzhou quietly asked the little demon star.

Contestants aren't allowed to rely on external forces, but there are no restrictions between contestants—if the other contestants truly want to help.

"Cyber Divine Will," said the little demon star very quickly. "Ascenders, to better use machinery, connect it directly to their nerves and implant various chips to reach flexibility beyond their bodily limbs. As the level of Ascension deepens and with prolonged use, the pressure of the machinery on the nerves grows, gradually driving them insane. 'Cyber Divine Will' can immunize against these adverse effects, allowing for unlimited Ascension."

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