"Ah, although we didn't gather much information, we did get quite a haul." Lin Shiqi glanced at the spoils snatched from Master Ma, placed on the back seat of the car, her face radiant with joy.

"You sure dare to say that!" Qin Yan, on the other hand, was completely opposite in demeanor. He sternly reprimanded Lin Shiqi, "If our luck had been a bit worse, we might not have made it back."

Sticking out her tongue, Lin Shiqi playfully said, "Hehe, no need to be angry. We can just be more careful in the future. Where are we going now, straight back to the Academy of Superhumans?"

"Let's go to the school first. I have some things to take care of." Lin Shiqi agreed, driving the car towards Biyang High School. By the time they arrived at the school, classes had already been dismissed. Qin Yan instructed Lin Shiqi to head back to the Academy of Superhumans by herself while he got out of the car and walked towards the school gate.

"Why are you so late? Where did you run off to?" Wei Zheng had been waiting at the school gate for Qin Yan and hurriedly approached him upon seeing his arrival.

"Sorry, had something to deal with." Wei Zheng noticed Qin Yan's dirty appearance and bruises on his face, causing him to pause and ask, "How did you end up like this, did you get into a fight with someone?"

"It's nothing, just tripped and fell." Qin Yan casually replied, not wanting to reveal that he had engaged in a secret battle with a superhuman organization earlier that afternoon.

"Can a fall cause you to look like this?" Although somewhat skeptical, Wei Zheng didn't press further. "Come on, let's go. If we're late, my dad will be mad."

Qin Yan agreed, and Wei Zheng led him hurriedly to a black car parked by the school gate. They got into the back seat, with a driver in his thirties wearing black clothes and sunglasses in the front seat. Without any change in expression, the driver started the car, resembling a cold, silent machine.

"Do you know him?" Qin Yan felt the driver was a bit strange and couldn't help but ask.

"Yeah, he's my dad's driver. I usually call him Uncle Huang. He's not much of a talker, so don't mind him." Wei Zheng explained.

Nodding, Qin Yan inquired, "By the way, why does your dad want to see me urgently? Is there something important?"

"I'm not sure, maybe he's interested in your abilities." Wei Zheng replied.

"Interested in abilities?" Qin Yan recalled Lin Shiqi's warning about Wei Zheng's family having hostility towards superhumans and asked, "What does your family do exactly? Can you tell me a bit so I can be prepared?"

"I really can't say, I'm sorry." Wei Zheng looked troubled. "My dad rarely talks to me about work. He said he would wait for me to become an adult and start working before revealing these things to me. He also forbids me from sharing our family's affairs with others."

"Alright." Since Wei Zheng said so, Qin Yan didn't press further. In fact, there were many things he couldn't tell Wei Zheng, such as being recruited into the Academy of Superhumans by Lin Shiqi and the battle he had with members of another superhuman organization earlier that day.

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About half an hour later, the car arrived in front of the security hall of a high-end residential area. Immediately, two sturdy men dressed in black and wearing sunglasses approached to inspect the occupants of the car. The two security personnel stared at Qin Yan for a while, then communicated with someone via a communication device. After receiving the clearance to enter, the car was finally allowed into this high-end residential area.

"Is Wei Zheng's father someone of high status for the security to be so tight?" Qin Yan thought to himself. Before long, the car stopped in front of a large mansion within the residential area, and the driver in the front seat opened the door and got out of the car.

"Qin Yan, you go with Uncle Huang, I won't go in." Wei Zheng said. Qin Yan nodded, thinking that perhaps his father wanted to meet with him alone, and then he got out of the car.

Uncle Huang, with a stern expression, said in a deep voice, "Follow me!" Leading Qin Yan into the mansion, the two walked in silence through a long corridor for a while. They finally stopped in front of a thick metal door, where Uncle Huang pointed inside and coldly said, "Go in!"

"He treated me like this, how could he treat me like a guest?" Qin Yan felt a trace of displeasure at the rude treatment he received. Pushing open the heavy iron door, he walked in.

Behind the iron door was a spacious and brightly lit hall, where a middle-aged man with graying hair was sitting at a desk in the hall, looking at documents. Qin Yan took a closer look at the middle-aged man and saw that he was wearing a neat gray coat, with a stern expression. His appearance bore some resemblance to Wei Zheng.

"Perhaps he is Wei Zheng's father?" Qin Yan thought to himself as he walked towards the middle-aged man at the desk.

Suddenly, a tall and muscular man in black clothes appeared out of nowhere, grabbed Qin Yan's right hand from behind, and, seemingly skilled in combat techniques, pushed forcefully against Qin Yan's back. Even though Qin Yan's physique exceeded that of an average person, he didn't react in time and was instantly taken down by the black-clothed man.

Without a word, the black-clothed man knelt down, pressing his knee against Qin Yan's back and twisting Qin Yan's right arm behind his back, as if trying to restrain him.

"Who are you?! Let go of me! I'm here to see Wei Zheng's father." Shocked by the sudden attack, Qin Yan was alarmed and quickly spoke up.

However, the black-clothed man showed no reaction to Qin Yan's words, behaving like an emotionless robot, continuing to hold Qin Yan down with force, twisting his arm as if trying to break it.

"You bastard!" Angered by the unprovoked attack, Qin Yan used his physical refining ability to absorb a large amount of oxygen and nitrogen, enhancing his muscle explosive power and body density. With a forceful slap of his left hand on the ground, he managed to flip over under the weight of the black-clothed man, and then pushed both hands forcefully towards the black-clothed man's chest.

With a muffled sound, the black-clothed man was forcefully pushed away by Qin Yan. Qin Yan quickly got up from the ground, grabbed towards the black-clothed man's neck, and the black-clothed man, reacting swiftly, also reached for Qin Yan's throat. Both of them grabbed each other's throats, trying to restrict each other's breathing.

Having strengthened his body with his physical abilities and being able to directly obtain oxygen from the surrounding environment through his body, the suffocation attack from the black-clothed man had little effect on Qin Yan. In contrast, the black-clothed man found it difficult to breathe, with his face turning red and his tongue sticking out.

Without hesitation, Qin Yan continued to tighten his grip on the black-clothed man's neck, lifting him up slowly. The black-clothed man, with a bulky physique of nearly two hundred pounds, was lifted up by Qin Yan as if he were a toy. His feet kicked aimlessly in the air, his face turning red, muscles contorting in pain.

"Who are you? Why did you attack me!" Despite his young age, Qin Yan exuded a powerful aura as he shouted at the black-clothed man. The black-clothed man's mouth moved as if he wanted to speak, but due to difficulty breathing, he couldn't get the words out. Qin Yan, not bothering to ask further, threw the man to the side. The black-clothed man's massive body hit the ground with a loud thud, clutching his lower back, struggling on the ground but unable to stand up.