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With a low shout from Wu Di, the pale blue light in his hand coalesced and solidified, instantly freezing the flowing liquid inside a full glass of water on the table. Seeing this, Wu Di's eyes lit up with ecstasy.
"Just as I thought! My spiritual abilities grow freely every day even without training. A week ago, I could only sense temperatures slightly below the air temperature, but now I can freeze a glass of cold water. If this continues, one day I might be able to freeze a pond, a lake—or even the ocean!"
"At that time, I will make sure that the sky can no longer obscure my vision, that the earth can no longer bury my heart, that all living beings understand my will, and that all Buddhas vanish into thin air!"
Harboring beautiful aspirations for the future he imagined, Wu Di decided to continue to conceal his abilities and carefully gather intelligence from the outside world through the internet.
Concealing his strength was out of fear that the country would take him to be dissected. Perhaps influenced by movies about people with superpowers, the public has long believed that the country would take similar actions against "abnormal individuals." Wu Di "saw" this from the troops that had not been withdrawn for half a month.
Naturally, Wu Di didn't believe the "terrorist attack" claim at all. Putting aside everything else, it was absolutely impossible to say that there was no problem with the extent to which the streets were damaged at the time.
Reversal of Spiritual Energy: Chapter 237 Reversal of Spiritual Energy (7)
After several rounds of deliberation, Wu Di arrived at what he believed to be the correct "truth".
Two "psychics" far more powerful than themselves engaged in a fierce battle nearby, causing widespread commotion and destruction. In order to conceal their existence, the military lied to the general public and simultaneously sealed off City C to search for the two missing "psychics."
In this situation, Wu Di, who inexplicably awakened as a "psychic," was naturally in danger. To avoid being exposed and dissected by the military, Wu Di did everything he could, including but not limited to spying on the outside world in various ways—perhaps news about "psychics" had emerged; spreading some of the truth about City C to attract attention—if the military didn't want the existence of "psychics" to become widely known, they would have to scale down their operations to reduce the chances of being discovered; and concealing his status as a "psychic" to the greatest extent possible.
It seems he has been successful so far, at least in the week since he gained the ability, there have been no mishaps.
"Next, I just have to wait until my ability can freeze the ocean... well, I'll leave when I can freeze the lakes, and then liberate this country from its horrific tyranny!"
While filled with excitement and anticipation for the future, Wu Di felt a vague unease deep down. It wasn't just from the army still searching everywhere, but from the rumors about the "magical girl."
It seems that it all started about half a month ago. This person, who had no connection with the "martial arts master," suddenly appeared in City C after the chaos. To ordinary people who knew nothing about her, her existence might just be hearsay. But for Wu Di, who had already learned about the existence of "psychic" and even became one of them, it was definitely not something he could just listen to and forget.
"Maybe this 'magical girl' is also an awakened psychic... How foolish. At a time like this, instead of hiding her presence, she's just running around like an idiot. Does she think others won't be able to find her? If she gets caught and dissected, that's a small matter. If it gets me involved, that's terrible."
Thinking this, Wu Di felt a little anxious. Just as he was considering whether he should change his plan and go out to warn that "magical girl", a lively voice suddenly came from outside the window.
"I know you're inside. Please open the window. I mean you no harm."
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Any unfamiliar thing can become familiar if repeated hundreds of times in a short period of time, and it's not that difficult.
From initially being unable to accept it to now taking it for granted, even Ilya was surprised by this change in her mindset... Perhaps it was because she was constantly influenced by the magical power provided by the other party?
While her mind was preoccupied with matters unrelated to the conversation, the girl's words flowed without pause: "I know you're quite confused about the unexpected events that happened to you, and the existence of those people below frightens you. I'll tell you everything. Now, please open it—"
“Help——!!!”
The loud cries for help were so piercing in the dead of night that it was impossible to ignore them.
As the cries for help spread, a large number of lights and figures were visible to the naked eye approaching. Seeing this, Ilya sighed, took out her Assassin class card, tapped it, and disappeared.
Inside the house, Wu Di breathed a sigh of relief after noticing that the figure outside had disappeared.
"It actually exists... No! That's not the point. How did they find me? I haven't left the house at all this week except to go online. Even when I went online, I changed my IP and account. I checked everything, including the network cable, power supply, and camera. Even professionals couldn't find anything wrong with it!"
Just as Wu Di began to panic over this incomprehensible situation, something even more unbelievable happened.
"What's this?!"
Suddenly, a line of deep red text appeared before his eyes, though he didn't know when.
[Do you wish to join the Main God Space?]
Behind the questions, phrased in words as vivid as blood, lie not the usual "yes/no" options, but rather rather straightforward ones—
【dead/live】
"—! No, I don't want to—"
In a panic, Wu Di no longer cared about hiding his abilities. He rushed out of the house while gathering as much "spiritual energy" as possible. At this moment, he completely forgot about the possibility of being dissected. He simply followed the education he had received over the decades and approached the red and blue lights in front of him for help: If there is a problem, find the police.
"I am the spirit—"
"what a pity."
As the barely perceptible sigh sounded behind him, Wu Di felt his body grow extremely cold, as if he were being invaded by the "ability" dancing on his fingertips, spreading from his heart to his limbs, and finally converging in his eyes: "You shouldn't have said that."
With a belated final warning, the "psychic" whose death line had been cut collapsed to the ground. When the distant lights finally located the target, nothing could be found at the scene except for the spread of blood and the motionless corpse.
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"The 143rd failure."
Having calmly arrived at yet another "result," Lin Yi only paid attention to it for a moment before turning his attention to the heroic spirits who had just returned from completing their mission.
"Another problem?"
"That's not fair!"
The magical girl, biting her lip, ignored the resistance from her body and tried to act according to her own will—even if it was just a few words: "They have the right to live, just like us!"
"Fairness...when did you develop the illusion that fairness exists?"
"……Eh?"
"Take the world you live in as an example. Is the existence of magic circuits fair? Is the existence of magicians fair? Is the existence of sorcerers fair? If you seek fairness, the first thing you need to do is to kill and erase all unfair elements—including yourself and everything related to magic."
"..."
Shaking his head, he turned his attention back to the map of City C, which was under lockdown: "Elephants never give way to ants. This level of choice is the greatest mercy I can bestow... The basis of fairness can only be power, just like how I give orders now, and you can only obediently carry them out."
Reversal of Spiritual Energy: Chapter 238 Reversal of Spiritual Energy (8)
Zero World, C City First People's Hospital.
"Hiss—be gentle, you're always causing trouble!"
"This is to teach you a lesson, to see if you dare to rush into a crime scene with your head in the air again next time."
Despite saying that, Lao Zhao slowed down his movements considerably. Just as he was about to say something after finally helping Li Gao, who was lying on the bed, to move to a different position, there was a knock on the door.
The two looked at each other, both revealing expressions of helplessness.
"Here it comes, don't rush me..."
As expected, the familiar face appeared again after the door opened: "Hey Xiao Liu, you've come here at least eight or ten times in the last two weeks, haven't you? Don't you get a little creeped out just coming to see a grown man like me?"
The young man standing at the door was taken aback upon hearing this, then slapped his forehead and said with a forced smile, "Look at my memory, I came over without bringing anything."
"Is that the point? I mean... never mind, come in."
After leading the young man in, Old Zhao sat down to one side, while the young man, with practiced ease, took out a notebook and pen and approached Li Gao, who was half-reclining on the bed: "Chief Li, are you alright? I have something to confirm with you regarding the major case in City C on August 5th. Is this convenient for you?"
"Xiao Liu, let's not waste time with these formalities. Even if it's inconvenient for me, I can't refuse, right?"
As he said this, Li Gao's gaze swept over the badge on the young man's shoulder. The young man just smiled and didn't say anything, then went straight to the point: "Chief Li was at the scene when the incident happened, right?"
"Yes, the people from the first SWAT team had been inside for several minutes but no one responded. We only had a few pistols on hand, so to avoid further casualties, we didn't organize any more people to go in."
The young man nodded: "Officer Li did a very good job. According to the test results of the scene at No. 7 this morning, there was a high concentration of neurotoxin scattered in the area. Just one milligram of this substance is enough to make an adult lose consciousness. Because of the enclosed environment, the concentration of this substance was about three times higher than normal. Not to mention a dozen people, even hundreds of people would probably not be able to get out."
Upon hearing this, Li Gao couldn't help but gasp. Although he had somewhat anticipated it, he was still inevitably shocked when faced with the truth, after all—
"So, that criminal was carrying a large amount of this nerve gas?"
The young man shook his head upon hearing this: "To be precise, he himself was the source of the poison gas. Although the reaction stopped a week ago, the criminal did secrete this nerve-paralyzing gas in his body for a period of time after his body was found... We are still investigating the specific reasons."
"Hey, it's a good thing it's in City C. If he had come all the way to the capital, things would have turned upside down."
The young man made no comment on Lao Zhao's optimistic attitude, but continued to ask Li Gao, "Chief Li, according to your previous explanation, you should have seen another suspicious person before you lost consciousness, right?"
Recalling what happened half a month ago, Li Gao took a deep breath: "That's right!"
His body leaned forward unconsciously, and the young man's voice quickened without him realizing it: "Are you sure he's the murderer in the major homicide case on May 520th?"
“That’s right, I would recognize him even if he were reduced to ashes!”
In response, Li Gao noticed the unusual tone in the young man's voice and asked with a puzzled tone, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
"...Based on the clues and eyewitness information we have collected over the past two weeks, his traces can be found at the scene of the incident on August 5th, including the scene where you were."
"You mean..."
"Based on his behavior at crime scenes number seven, eleven, and sixteen, we believe he is the prime suspect in the murder of all the 'criminals'."
"..."
"..."
"..."
This revolutionary conclusion left two police officers with over twenty years of experience in handling cases speechless. They had no choice but to remain silent, since if the conclusion were correct, many things would inevitably be rewritten.
"What is this? Does this mean there really is a martial arts world under the rule of law, and what happened half a month ago was just a dispute among martial arts practitioners, with the deaths and injuries of more than two hundred innocent people all being just 'accidents'?!"
"Calm down, Chief Li. We are still investigating and cannot confirm that the speculation just now is the truth."
Panting heavily, Li Gao, barely managing to calm the nameless anger in his heart, said, "Whether he did it or not, he can't escape responsibility for the major murder case on May 520th back then. This audacious guy must be brought to justice!"
The young man nodded and said, "We are also working on this. The higher-ups attach great importance to this case and have specially dispatched anti-terrorism units from the military region to be stationed in City C, just to arrest this suspect."
"Have you found any trace of him yet?"
"Not yet, but we've noticed a clue."
"clue?"
"That's right... How much does Chief Li, the 'superpowered' officer, know?"
Li Gao was taken aback by this, then instinctively asked, "The kind in the movies?"
"To be more specific, there are some differences. We noticed these details when we were searching for the suspect, you see."
The young man placed the photos in front of Li Gao and pointed to the images: "This was taken five days ago by an outdoor enthusiast in the southern district of City C, this was three days ago, this was yesterday—and this is this."
Holding up the last and clearest photo, he said, "This was taken by a drone this morning."
"this is……"
In the photo, a white-haired girl dressed in strange clothes completely defies the rules of gravity, floating in mid-air without any external support. Li Gao could barely find something similar in his memory from the staff in her hand, which was also strangely shaped.
"Magical girl?"
"...Chief Li also watches this kind of stuff?"
"Ahem, just a pastime in my spare time, let's continue."
Nodding in understanding, the young man continued, "This is the 'magical girl' who's been all over C City right now. She also appeared in C City after the case happened half a month ago, but unlike the suspect in the 520 murder case, there are actually a lot of clues about her."
"When we were tracking her, we discovered that she possessed 'psychic abilities' similar to 'superpowers' and 'psychic beings' similar to 'superpowered individuals.' Moreover, they only appeared after the case occurred half a month ago."
Reversal of Spiritual Energy: Chapter 239 Reversal of Spiritual Energy (9)
"God, the spiritual energy sealing array is nearing completion."
[98.55%, estimated to be completed in 3 hours, 27 minutes and 11 seconds]
"How far has the spiritual energy spread?"
[99.7% are located in City C, and 0.28% are located outside City C]
"Normal wear and tear is less than 0.02%?"
[The correct conclusion is that, based on the current total amount of spiritual energy, it is estimated that it will take 1034 years, 9 months, 17 days, 5 hours, 22 minutes, and 19 seconds for the energy to be completely depleted.]
Frowning, Lin Yi rejected the proposal without hesitation: "Abandon monitoring the loss of spiritual energy and focus all the computational effort on budgeting the concentration of spiritual energy."
【Command confirmation】
The experience of World 10 shows that the rules in different worlds are not entirely applicable. For example, the "Ea" sword, which is said to be able to recreate the world in World 10, is at best a spinning "automatic fan" in the Origin world, and it can't even compete with a small pistol.
Even if you were to start the source and completely analyze all the rules of this world, this point would still be impossible to change. After all, even the most basic rules are different: it is very simple to make a car run on the ground, but throwing it into space is meaningless except for turning it into garbage.
In comparison, conventional magic and treasures are more suitable for this world that lacks any mystery.
Similarly, as one of the basic energies from another world, spiritual energy must gradually integrate into this world that has no spiritual energy at all in order to adapt to it. In the process of infiltration, there will inevitably be some loss, which even the main god cannot avoid. However, relying on the complex system that the main god space itself has, it can always find the most suitable energy system for the other world. In the end, the loss in terms of invasion can be ignored.
Lin Yi originally intended to use this loss to prevent the invasion of spiritual energy, but now it seems that this is impossible.
First, the rate of loss of spiritual energy invading World Zero was outrageously low—it was as if another god was manipulating things from behind the scenes.
second……
"How is the overall increase in spiritual energy?"
[24-hour growth rate: 17%, compared to 367 hours ago: 517%]
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