I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 266 - 264: Your Meaning

Chapter 266: Chapter 264: Your Meaning

Wei Tianyang drove north for more than ten miles, thinking he would be intercepted by the Libitelli Defense Army, but he encountered no army along the way.

The scenery outside the window moved swiftly backward, but since the experience last night, Wei Tianyang now felt that the car was really slow!

The speedometer showed that the speed had reached about 60, almost the limit of this sedan, but compared to his own superpower acceleration, it was not enough.

Fujiwara Makoto was sound asleep in the back seat, Zhao Ling was sitting in the passenger seat. She tied up her long hair, buttoned up her jacket, and managed herself well, staring at the signal icon on her phone.

"We are about to leave the city," Wei Tianyang said, seeing the farm he had visited last night rapidly receding in the window.

"Chen Ran is still here, don’t let your guard down," Zhao Ling reminded.

Wei Tianyang naturally understood. He was also continually testing whether his Bone Knife could come out. Chen Ran’s superpower range was bigger than he had anticipated. They had driven more than ten kilometers, and they were still within the superpower prohibition range.

If Chen Ran was outside the city, then they were heading toward the center of the prohibition. Even after passing the center point, they would still have half the journey to go.

After they completely left the urban area, Wei Tianyang purposely switched to a highway, avoiding the road where they had tried the superpower last night, as that highway had been so trampled it was unrecognizable. This sedan didn’t have off-road capabilities, and entering the muddy ground would just cause it to spin, and its chassis couldn’t handle that kind of road condition.

This journey was too smooth, which inevitably made him somewhat uneasy. At this moment, on the far horizon, the blockade wall appeared again in their sight.

"This city has been locked down for several months, how they could build such a long wall so quickly is beyond my comprehension," Wei Tianyang casually said.

Zhao Ling glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It was a construction project contracted by our company."

Wei Tianyang was startled, "Didn’t they ask for the reasons before building the wall?"

Zhao Ling smiled, "It’s an overseas investment project. I don’t handle those details. Besides, Fogen offered a very generous price at that time, and the schedule was tight, only the construction companies of Yin Country could handle it."

"That really is..." Wei Tianyang was at a loss for words.

"It’s just business. The country also needs to make money. Without money, there is nothing," Zhao Ling said.

"You once told me that money is a man-made concept, a story... And yet, everyone strives, agonizes for a story," Wei Tianyang said.

"Humanity has told many stories—religion, politics, the state, organizations... What do you think that’s for? It’s for stabilizing structures, forming a society that functions."

"Currency is humanity’s greatest narrative. This story includes commerce, finance, technology, trading, negotiating... In this story, we replace bullets with negotiations, replace law with finance, replace bullets and territories with negotiations and trade. You could say it smells of money and is manipulative, but a mature social structure and business framework also provide a seemingly safe, fair, and stable living space for those at the bottom."

Zhao Ling said this while looking at her phone.

"Still, some problems have to be resolved by killing," Wei Tianyang said.

"Yes, we avoid the use of war and violence, but we cannot give up the ability to use war and violence. You are currently, globally, the ultimate violence. That’s why the leaders of several major countries are willing to sit down and negotiate with you," Zhao Ling said with a smile.

"Do you think so too? Has it ever changed?" Wei Tianyang glanced at her.

[Is he testing me...? What does he want? What is his purpose?]

Zhao Ling said, "I can’t deny that like them, I seek you out for your violence, but my emotional investment in you is clearly much deeper..."

Wei Tianyang heard Zhao Ling’s inner voice, as well as what she verbally expressed, but he still couldn’t figure out Zhao Ling’s true thoughts; conversely, he also didn’t know where to place Zhao Ling in his life.

In terms of time spent together, he had been with Zhao Ling longer than Yaha.

But emotionally, Yaha was closer to him than Zhao Ling.

Why?

The answer was simple.

Yaha and he were similar. Although initially in the black house, their relationship was also one of use and be used, superior and subordinate, even though it was only for less than a year, just six or seven months.

But Yaha, when with him, became much more approachable. She had shared her pain and rage and offered tangible help.

Zhao Ling?

She was a ruler of a nation, aloof and above.

What she offered was pity.

Even though they had been together for three years, her status ensured that their encounters were neither frequent nor lengthy. Although she had shown vulnerability in front of him a few times, in Wei Tianyang’s view, those gestures didn’t signify that she had her guard down around him. Instead, it meant she acknowledged that Wei Tianyang had no political attributes and showing her weakness wouldn’t pose a threat to her.

"Why do you ask like that?" Zhao Ling saw Wei Tianyang hesitating to speak and lost her patience, asking.

"I had said I wanted to go to the battlefield, to learn about war and search for greater meaning," Wei Tianyang changed the topic.

"Did you find it?" Zhao Ling asked.

"I think I did," Wei Tianyang said.

"Can you tell me?" Zhao Ling asked with a smile.

"It’s not some stable structure, nor any social system or regime," Wei Tianyang said.

"What could it be then?" Zhao Ling asked.

"I am the greater meaning," Wei Tianyang said.

"Humph... don’t get too cocky," Zhao Ling laughed.

"Hehe..." Wei Tianyang also laughed.

"You’re joking, right?" Zhao Ling slapped Wei Tianyang on the shoulder.

"I feel like I’m going in circles, but I truly think so, I really am the greater meaning," Wei Tianyang said.

Or else why?

Why was he the only one so lucky? Able to rid himself of the neutralizer, capable of absorbing the powers of other Heavenly Falling Objects and the Superpower Special Forces?

He believed there had to be a reason.

"Your greatest meaning is..." Zhao Ling began, then suddenly stopped speaking.

[You are my opportunity, an opportunity to break away from the Lingxian Sect...]

She looked at her phone, her eyebrows raised, then suddenly she said, "There’s a satellite signal! I can contact domestic now."

As soon as the words left her mouth, Zhao Ling’s phone popped up with dozens of messages and missed call notifications.

People like her wouldn’t use internet IM software nor install various social media apps. She only used satellite signals for receiving information and communication, and moreover, they were all through encrypted channels.

Wei Tianyang also breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Ling quickly got in touch with the Three Armies Bureau’s personnel to come for rescue, while he drove the car past the blockaded gate of the enclosure.

Oddly, the compound behind the walls was deserted, no guards on the walls, and the gate was open.

He looked at Zhao Ling, who was listening to a phone call, only to see her eyes wide with a murderous expression on her face.

"What’s going on?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"Listen!" Zhao Ling turned on the speaker, and they only heard Venerable Xu’s voice:

"Fogen has already authorized a nuclear strike on Lusimin, who is now leaving the Sethiyan Federation by plane, heading towards the President Mansion!"