Chapter 478: Pulsations of the New Era
"Master, are the [Ability Users] those people are talking about now, people like you..."
Luo Shui was driving, cautiously asking Song Xian in the passenger seat.
She only knew that Song Xian went to the central mountainous area once, and came back mentally even more haggard. He seemed to be frowning all the time, as if some immense pressure was about to crush this powerful man.
He became increasingly silent.
Luo Shui deliberately looked for topics to get her master to open up.
Hearing this, Song Xian sighed.
The sudden incident in the Republic of Goryeo disrupted all the arrangements of the Eastern Xia higher-ups. Not just Eastern Xia, at this moment inside the Infinite Dimensional Space, many high-tier gatherings were also caught off guard.
A Reincarnator openly used an offensive ability under all the cameras and knocked down a reporter from the Free Federation, without receiving any punishment afterwards.
This scene caused a huge uproar among Reincarnators.
Many smart people immediately understood the purpose of that powerful Reincarnator inside the March Consortium and actively began to cooperate with all this.
Many physical-side Reincarnators had already begun to announce their identities as Ability Users on the internet, showcasing their physical arts and bodily functions far exceeding ordinary people under cameras.
They similarly received no punishment.
This was only the first step. Reincarnators were using the name of this emerging race, "Ability Users," to quickly obtain an "official identity" in the cognition of all humanity.
Once that day completely arrived, then the greatest advantage ordinary people had against Reincarnators would vanish, and governments of various countries would also lose their biggest trump card to suppress Reincarnators.
Song Xian massaged his glabella, looking at his naive disciple. The other party probably didn't know yet that this peaceful world before their eyes might be shattered by some powerful Reincarnator in the next second.
"Yes, we are those kind of... Ability Users..."
Song Xian was under immense pressure. Theoretically speaking, the total number of Reincarnators within Eastern Xia's borders was definitely not small, and they should occupy a rather high proportion in the East District. But the number of Reincarnators who devoted themselves to his side and joined the government's command was less than a hundred.
This number was completely insufficient to deal with the increasing number of Reincarnator incidents and increasingly strong threats.
Although the South Heaven Gate Project had been executed smoothly, the appearance of this [Ability User] concept now would make the Vermilion Bird Branch lose its combat effectiveness, unable to use cameras to deter Reincarnators. The Vermilion Bird Branch could only urgently pivot to information and intelligence support.
This put even greater pressure on the Azure Dragon Combat Branch, which used technological equipment to fight.
For that group of hot-blooded and loyal soldiers, the loss of every single one made Song Xian feel guilty.
No one was born to be sacrificed.
Song Xian thought repeatedly, then suddenly spoke:
"That student Kaito Shirogane, how is he recently? You've kept in touch with him all along, right?"
Luo Shui was startled. Her heart suddenly jumped violently, and she subconsciously slammed on the brakes.
Screech!
The performance of this AMG coupe was quite high. Braking suddenly while driving at high speed, the car body was still exceptionally stable, merely dragging out two pitch-black brake marks and quickly stopping by the roadside.
Luo Shui's cheeks were flushed. She only felt that those little thoughts she thought were hidden very well were actually all exposed under her master's nose.
"N-No!"
"Master... don't... don't talk nonsense."
Song Xian was really too tired. He had no time to care about his disciple's girlish mentality. He now felt that the [Constellation Plan] within the South Heaven Gate Project must be accelerated. If they couldn't find suitable Reincarnators to join, then they could only unearth them themselves.
The army and special operations departments had always been trying to increase the probability of members being selected by the Infinite Dimensional Space through hypnosis or various other means. But over several months, the number of people who became Reincarnators was still less than ten.
Even fewer survived.
Kaito Shirogane was the person Song Xian judged by his first intuition to be very suitable to become a Reincarnator.
For this kind of naturally powerful individual, his physical fitness far exceeded his peers. According to Song Xian's speculation, all attributes of that Kaito Shirogane should be more than 50% higher than an ordinary adult male. In a street fight, facing multiple people alone, without the crushing advantage of physical fitness, it was completely impossible to achieve through pure technique.
"Luo Shui, you should know that a department like ours monitors everything. Therefore, even for your private mobile phone and network accounts, we can retrieve the corresponding records."
Luo Shui felt her cheeks burning. She lowered her head, not even daring to look directly into her teacher's eyes.
"I..."
"I'm the same age as him..."
Luo Shui mumbled words of unclear meaning.
Song Xian's eyes were filled with confusion, completely not understanding what this had to do with age.
Luo Shui thought in her heart, although she started working early, that was an arrangement by her family. She wasn't the type to use the convenience of her position to privately contact recently graduated young men.
Song Xian shook his head, not tangling with this kind of thing, and directly said clearly:
"I want you to invite that student Bai back to the country. We have a matter we need to entrust him with."
Luo Shui looked up, saw Song Xian's solemn expression, and could only nod, feeling a bit secretly pleased in her heart.
She only felt she was indeed unbearably vulgar. Even though they hadn't interacted much, she always thought of his clean and handsome appearance standing by the window.
Song Xian subsequently didn't avoid Luo Shui anymore. He took out that old Nokia flip phone and began dialing a number.
"Hello, Old Cao. I plan to recommend a person. He has great aptitude. I hope your [Azure Sky] can cultivate him. Hmm... he is very good at fighting, but in terms of morality, I can only say there is no record of him breaking the law or violating discipline..."
"I want him to join the [Constellation Plan]. You know, my combat aptitude probably can't cross that line at all. I must find a few more powerful helpers for this country."
The heat on Luo Shui's face receded a bit. She looked sideways at her master seriously explaining to the person on the phone, and inexplicably felt her master had a sense of making plans for the future.
Thinking like this, she also became somewhat sorrowful.
In a deep mountain and old forest, Cao Qi set up a fishing rod, fishing by a deep lake. Listening to Song Xian's entrustment on the phone, which sounded like making arrangements after his death, an inexplicably amused expression appeared on his face.
"Alright, alright, Old Song. I'll have Adam arrange it. Who is the person you want to recommend?"
"His name is Kaito Shirogane, a student at Binhai University."
"Who?!"
Cao Qi's voice became slightly louder. The quiet lake surface was instantly broken, and ripples began to vibrate continuously.
Song Xian wanted him to arrange for that Kaito Shirogane to enter [Azure Sky], and then become the fruit of the [Constellation Plan] to protect Eastern Xia?!
At this moment, that bizarre coincidental arrangement of fate made Cao Qi feel both amused and absurd.
He hung up the phone and pulled up the fishing rod. He saw a huge red carp hanging on the other end of the fishing line, being swung into the air by him.
That carp was over three meters long, obviously not a species that should exist in the real world, yet it was kept here by Cao Qi.
In the deep woods, at this time, as Cao Qi stood up, various species began to appear.
He watched this scene, the smile on his face slowly disappearing.
He shook his head, only feeling that to some extent, he had also long crossed that line. Now, he didn't have much right to reprimand Mercenary Tao.
Even if he stopped Mercenary Tao, there would be another person doing the same thing.
This was a trend; this was an irresistible general trend.
From the day the Infinite Dimensional Space restricted Reincarnators with such rules, this reality would eventually descend.
This was the predetermined future, which no one could change, just like that predetermined [End].
Cao Qi wasn't sure if the person he selected could change everything either.
"At least, if it were him, he would be much gentler than Mercenary Tao, right?"
(End of Chapter)
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