"Okay."
Bai Qi stood up and waved to Bai Ti across from him, saying, "Let's go out and play."
As the car door opened and the two were about to get out, a black shadow suddenly shot past Bai Qi. It was so fast that it was barely visible to the naked eye.
However, the black shadow hadn't gone far before it fell to the ground as if it had hit a wall. Then, a middle-aged man in fashionable clothes slowly walked out from the side. Looking at the fallen person, he said softly, "Passenger, this is not your stop to alight."
With that, he twirled his cane, hooked it onto the person's clothes, and dragged him back into the train.
The fallen passenger showed no surprise, and was dragged back into the train by the middle-aged man like a dead dog.
"My apologies for you having to witness this scene."
Arriving at the train door, the middle-aged man still remembered to bow slightly to Bai Qi like a gentleman, offering his apologies.
"It's fine, the conductor has worked hard."
Bai Qi and Bai Ti got off the train. The conductor dragged the fallen passenger back into the train. The doors closed, and after restarting, the train vanished into the sky through a wormhole in the blink of an eye.
"Father, who was that person?"
"Him? He's the conductor, a guy who really loves egg fried rice."
While Bai Ti was still somewhat bewildered, Bai Qi had already walked a considerable distance.
"Father, wait for me."
Not long after the father and daughter had walked, Bai Qi flagged down a taxi by the roadside.
After getting in, the driver enthusiastically asked where they were going.
"Ju Xia City, Fifth Avenue, St. John's Bar."
The driver was a talkative person, and Bai Qi had been in a continuous conversation with him all the way, which greatly annoyed Bai Ti, who was sitting in the back.
She couldn't understand how her father, who was a dragon above ten thousand people, could find common ground with such an ordinary human driver.
But that was the reality. Not only were they chatting, but they seemed to be quite in sync, laughing and talking.
The taxi carried the two from the sparsely populated suburbs into the city, and they even got stuck in traffic along the way.
During the traffic jam, the driver, feeling curious, asked, "My friend, I've driven many outsiders back and forth, and they are all very curious about that big chrysanthemum in the sky. You must be here in Ju Xia City for the first time, why aren't you surprised at all?"
To this, Bai Qi just smiled faintly and said, "That shows your ignorance. What big chrysanthemum? That's called a wormhole."
"I didn't expect you to be such a cultured person."
"I wouldn't say cultured, I just have some understanding in this area."
As they were talking, the driver suddenly slammed on the brakes and stopped. He looked up, and indeed, the light ahead was green. He looked at the cars in front and then poked his head out of the window, roaring, "Are you crazy? It's green, why aren't you moving? Do you know how to drive!"
With that, he honked the horn forcefully.
Piercing honks echoed through the street.
Bai Qi's taxi was still fine, but those with slower reactions had already collided with each other, or rather, the traffic at the intersection had completely ground to a halt.
"What on earth is happening..."
Before the driver could finish speaking, with a bang, a private car behind, unable to brake in time, rammed its front into the back of the taxi.
The taxi shook violently. Instead of getting angry, Bai Qi, sitting in the passenger seat, calmly said to the car in front, "You should run quickly. You might be able to save your lives."
With that, he placed a few bills on the dashboard and motioned for Bai Ti to get out.
Seeing them get out, and then looking at the few fiery red bills in front of him, the driver was a bit confused. But the next moment, BOOM!
Accompanied by an explosion, the car in front was engulfed in flames. A metal shard, over a meter long, pierced through the windshield, missing the driver's head by less than five centimeters.
Now the driver was truly terrified. Without even bothering to take the money, he scrambled out of the car.
"Father, why are we leaving? With your strength, that iron lump is definitely no match for you."
Bai Qi gave Bai Ti a look and said exasperatedly, "Although the purpose of bringing you out this time is for fun, your father still wants you to learn something from this opportunity."
"Ah, still learning?"
Upon hearing that she still had to learn, Bai Ti instantly drooped.
"Let's go, you can see further from a higher vantage point."
With that, he vanished from his spot and reappeared on the rooftop of a three-story building not far from the street.
As Bai Qi landed, a blue light flashed, and Bai Ti appeared beside him closely following.
"Father, you're too fast."
Due to the influence of the space gem, Bai Ti gained the ability of teleportation upon awakening. Unlike her, Bai Qi did not use teleportation or any magic to reach the rooftop. He relied entirely on his speed, moving so fast that it was difficult to perceive, giving people the illusion of teleportation.
"If you work hard, you can do it too."
"Father really never misses a chance to lecture."
Bai Qi stopped talking and turned his gaze to the intersection.
The street had already descended into chaos, with a humanoid mech standing in the middle of the intersection. Around it were several destroyed cars. Many innocent civilians were caught in the crossfire. For a moment, blood, explosions, screams, and groans became the main melody.
Bai Qi was indifferent. He had seen far more brutal scenes. This was just a minor incident. However, Bai Ti, who was venturing out for the first time, felt somewhat uncomfortable. Looking at the tragic scene below, she frowned slightly.
The local government's reaction was swift. The military seemed to have anticipated such an event, quickly sealing off the area and establishing a frontline. Soldiers, supported by tanks, relentlessly advanced towards the target.
Of course, in urban warfare, police were indispensable. However, in this situation, the military was the primary fighting force, and the police were merely auxiliary.
Just as a military helicopter was rapidly approaching the target, a laser beam shot out, destroying the helicopter in mid-air. The tanks were also like paper in the face of the laser, utterly vulnerable.
"Father, are we just going to watch?"
Looking at the tragic scene below, Bai Ti couldn't bear it any longer. She didn't understand why these human soldiers were rushing to their deaths when they clearly weren't a match for the humanoid mech.
The situation was obvious: the opponent could destroy a tank and several soldiers with a single laser beam, while tank shells had negligible damage to the mech, and soldiers even less so.
"Do you want to help them?"
"Yes, this battle is unfair."
Bai Qi glanced at Bai Ti and said calmly, "Bai Ti, you must understand that there is never fairness in this world. The strong will never choose to give up because of your weakness. On the contrary, the weaker you are, the more you become nourishment for others' growth. It's survival of the fittest, the strong prey on the weak. However, if you wish, you can go and help them."