The elevator started, beginning to ascend.

Mijie stretched lazily, completely unaware.

Until.

Xia Panqiu suddenly activated the Cloud Ascension Authority, slowly floating up in the elevator.

"...?"

Mijie caught sight of this from the corner of her eye, slightly stunned, then turned to look at Xia Panqiu, smiling and asking, "What are you doing?"

"I want to ask... Mijie Celestial Strategy, what do you mean?"

Xia Panqiu kept her fair face stern, her beautiful eyes glaring at Mijie: "Do you want to use me to threaten Chen Lusi? Are you really Mijie Celestial Strategy? Don't you know what he means to the Celestial Strategy Mansion? I don't think anyone within Celestial Strategy Mansion would be unaware!

Moreover, even if you don't know this, don't you know what he means to me? The Mijie Celestial Strategy in my memory led me all the way to grow... Impossible not to know! And you say he likes me? Who exactly are you!?"

"????"

Mijie was taken aback, her smile froze, but quickly reacted, once again activating the Authority Ability: "Xia Panqiu, did you remember wrong? Chen Lusi is your lover..."

"Still trying to influence me?"

Xia Panqiu directly interrupted her, her gaze icy, as if wanting to devour someone: "It seems you really don't understand what Chen Lusi means to me... Then you must not know, he just taught me a method to use the Authority not long ago."

Ding—

In the midst of the conversation.

The elevator reached the top floor.

But before the elevator doors opened.

Xia Panqiu's voice rang out again: "That is—Compression can make the body light, or understood as increased density."

As soon as the words fell.

Xia Panqiu directly manipulated her body, suddenly crashing downward!

Thud—

Xia Panqiu landed, and immense force surged forth.

A piercing metallic tearing sound suddenly erupted!

The once-stable elevator suddenly trembled.

Mijie abruptly leaned back, looking at Xia Panqiu in shock.

But before she could say anything.

A sudden sense of weightlessness surged forth!

The sound of cables snapping, like blades tearing through space, echoed throughout the entire elevator shaft!

The elevator instantly lost support, plummeting rapidly to the ground like a falling meteor!!!

Then.

Boom—

A huge roaring sound reverberated throughout the building!

Ultimately, the elevator collided with the ground, causing the entire building to seemingly shake!

Outside in the hotel lobby.

Screams erupted one after another.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Inside the elevator.

The previously quiet elevator instantly turned into a chaotic disaster scene!

Dust surged, debris scattered.

Like a nightmare.

Xia Panqiu instinctively used the Cloud Ascension Authority to levitate herself before hitting the ground, avoiding major injury.

But Mijie wasn't so lucky.

She lay on the ground in a grotesquely twisted position, her torso shattered, and her head was turned completely around, twisted to the back.

Then... under Xia Panqiu's gaze, she turned into mist and dissipated.

The moment she dissipated.

Xia Panqiu staggered, suddenly remembering what she was trying to do... and realized there was no Mijie in the Celestial Strategy Mansion, let alone someone who guided her growth all along the way.

"..."

Xia Panqiu looked towards where Mijie had been, her face grim.

Something indeed went wrong.

Cognitive modification?

Then about Zhou Jian and the others just now...

Xia Panqiu speculated something, immediately reached out her hand, activated the Cloud Ascension Authority, moved aside the elevator roof fragments, and slowly floated up, intending to return to the twenty-third floor.

But before leaving.

She glanced one last time at where Mijie had been, pursed her small lips, and said irritably: "There's one thing you did get right, I do like him, but where does he like me? Where do I have the points he likes? Maybe he liked the white silk I wore... but he only saw it once, and though I've bought many other types, I never wore them again. You don't even know how to do your research, idiot!"

...

At the same time.

The twenty-third floor.

In the room.

Ivan finally saw the Security Army that Mijie just mentioned.

At the same time... he also got hold of the legendary Celestial Punishment Weapon.

"Is this the Celestial Punishment Weapon..."

Ivan took the 'guitar bag' handed over by Zhou Jian, unzipped it, looking at the Celestial Punishment Sniper Rifle with a cold gleam inside, murmured a question.

Yevgeny heard this, didn't speak, but stood up directly, wanting to take out the Celestial Punishment Weapon for a close inspection.

Although the primary goal this time wasn't the Celestial Punishment Weapon, he had heard about it from the Sikopuqi Sect's description, and combined with what Mijie just said... he was genuinely intrigued by this legendary, powerful weapon.

But he had just stood up, hadn't even reached out.

Bang—

A loud crash suddenly erupted.

... the sound of the door being forcibly opened.

The heavy wooden door of the room where the two were, was sent flying inside due to immense force.

Simultaneously flying in, was Xia Panqiu stepping on the doorboard.

Wood splinters floated in the air.

Ivan, Yevgeny, and Zhou Jian watched the flying doorboard and the petite girl... dumbfounded.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.