AITAMITB Chapter 110

Huaxia has always been described as vast and rich in resources, and these four characters, even placed in an extraordinary world, carry the same truth.

Compared to the small countries in Europe, which are nothing more than tiny dots on the map, Huaxia, with one-fifth of the global population and one-fifteenth of the land area, possesses extraordinary resources beyond the imagination of ordinary people. On this land that nurtured the entire Chinese civilization, it is not difficult to see from the discovered relics that even in another civilization era, this land also had a very prosperous kingdom.

Zhu Wei and others found many items on the cruise ship.

Various fur, bones, and even blood of extraordinary creatures, including the human species in this category; various extraordinary items are excavated from relics. After all, Night Walkers cannot monitor every inch of Huaxia’s land. There are always some relics that, when discovered, are not reported but instead become private territories. And then there are people… upcoming or already awakened extraordinary, all within the scope of the auction.

Moreover, according to the confessions obtained through interrogation, even Zhao Xiaokui is one of the auction items.

If Zhao Xiaokui had not coordinated with the Night Walkers and suddenly launched a thunderous attack, what awaited her would probably be a silent disappearance.

Before this, many people had mysteriously disappeared from this cruise ship.

Regarding this, Zhao Xiaokui was quite speechless.

“So, they think I have awakened extraordinary abilities but I am not aware of it, so they want to tie me up, right?” 

Zhu Wei also found it somewhat funny. The organizers of the cruise ship this time not only kicked the iron plate but practically kicked an iron wall. He said, “Yes, they think that if you knew you were an extraordinary, you wouldn’t be doing the job of an actor, and you would expose your special extraordinary powers.”

Zhao Xiaokui: “…”

In the end, they blamed her?

But come to think of it, her situation is indeed rare.

Firstly, people who can inherently contain extraordinary power in their voices are already rare. Secondly, in the entertainment industry, if someone suddenly awakens as an extraordinary, they mostly either silently retire and live in another world or pretend not to know anything, hiding their identity to continue as an ordinary person. There really isn’t anyone who openly showcases their special abilities in their works.

Moreover, she has always shown non-aggressiveness, and in the entertainment industry, her reputation is mostly about being good-looking; no one says she can fight.

The first encounter with extraordinary power is not always as smoothly adapted as Shen Zhifei and Bai Jingru.

Extraordinaries themselves emit a kind of high-energy radiation, constantly affecting the surrounding environment. Those who are not very sensitive among ordinary people may just treat it as if they watched a sci-fi movie, a live-action blockbuster. However, sensitive individuals might fall ill or even go insane before getting off the cruise ship.

Feudal superstition reached its peak on the return journey, and the Night Walkers inadvertently developed a cult.

Of course, the cult was swiftly suppressed at the first sign of emergence.

In the broadcast room, Zhao Xiaokui hummed “Deep Sea” while flipping through the confessions she had on hand.

These were all information dug out by Zhu Wei and others from captured vampires and witches.

The members of the Dark Council are numerous, but infiltrating them is not easy.

They have their own set of methods to screen members, not overly strict but enough to thwart most attempts at infiltration.

Because most members of the Dark Council are not human, and those who can enter the core levels are generally not short of lives.

Zhao Xiaokui’s main focus is on the information about the Vampire Count.

He has been in a deep sleep for many years. Even the Viscounts and Barons of the same lineage know little about him.

Only that several decades ago was his highly active period, but after entering a relic once, he suddenly chose to go into a deep slumber.

The outside world speculates that perhaps he was injured inside the relic. But after decades of slumber, he advanced from a Viscount to a Count upon awakening.

In legends, although there is often talk of vampires sleeping for centuries.

But to be honest, for vampires, sleeping mainly serves two purposes. One is to regulate their mental state. Even if they don’t sleep for a long time, they can stay awake. But the significant mental consumption puts them in a state of exhaustion. The second is similar to many creatures in the natural world, adopting a kind of pseudo-death state to endure unfavorable external conditions.

In other words, unless they are in despair or have some compelling reason not to sleep, vampires rarely choose to sleep for several decades or even centuries.

After all, although the lifespan of vampires is not short, the world is ever-changing. Sleeping for too long, who knows if one’s castle will become someone else’s territory upon awakening, and the hard-earned property may fall into the hands of others.

With a thin set of information, Zhao Xiaokui quickly flipped through it, closed the broadcast, and walked out with the data.

…

As the cruise ship gradually approached the shore, a very brief video began circulating on the internet.

In the video, on the nighttime sea, numerous strange water spouts suddenly soared one after another. Vaguely, a standing figure could be seen on top of them, seemingly dancing between the water spouts.

“Five cents special effects, couldn’t be more obvious.”

“Hahaha, the original poster’s dubbing is so funny. If I didn’t know it was fake, I might have believed it.”

“I understand the logic, but why can someone fly on the water?”

At first, no one took the scenes in this video seriously.

They thought it was just some special effects enthusiast putting up a five-cent effect online.

Even though the original poster in the video who hysterically shouted, “Holy cow, mysterious water spouts soaring into the sky,” wasn’t believed, he got likes for his convincingly sincere dubbing.

Everything changed when a tech-savvy netizen used software to enhance the video’s clarity and capture the face of the person appearing in the video.

Zhao Xiaokui’s recognition on the internet has always been high.

The Xiaokui fans quickly rushed over when they heard the news.

Seeing Zhao Xiaokui’s heroic appearance in the video, they all screamed, even asking under Zhao Xiaokui’s Weibo if there was a plan to shoot a movie. After all, the scene really looked like a certain type of sci-fi blockbuster.

Seeing these comments, Zhao Xiaokui thought of what Zhu Wei had said to her before leaving, so she retweeted the video and replied, “It’s me. I didn’t shoot a movie.”

Netizens: “…”

Why make such a video if you didn’t shoot a movie?

Netizens were puzzled. Jiang Fei, who personally experienced the night on the cruise, recalled the events of that night and couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.

What does the country mean?

He was a young man who loved to have fun, had good skills in network technology, and before the night on the cruise, he had also seen many videos of special abilities on the dark web, always half-believing.

While he thought it was fake, considering it impossible for anyone to do such magical things in the world, he also noticed that every time a similar video appeared online in Huaxia, it would be swiftly deleted, and he vaguely felt that it might be real—after all, if it were fake, why would the country react like this?

But this time, he personally witnessed the intense battle at sea involving Zhao Xiaokui.

And this video has been hanging online for several days now, and the country has not reacted. Does this mean that something has changed from the past?

At this moment, his messaging app suddenly rang, and Jiang Fei quickly opened it, finding that a friend had sent him a message.

This friend had also experienced the night on the cruise, and both young people were very curious about the world of the extraordinary.

“You said you wanted to become an extraordinary, right?” the friend said, “I got a cultivation method. Do you want to give it a try?”

Jiang Fei was surprised, “Really? You’re not getting scammed again, are you?”

The friend replied very confidently, “Rest assured, this time I won’t be fooled. I’ve tried it, and it really works.”

Jiang Fei jumped up from the bed in one go.

He hastily put on his clothes, saying, “Holy cow, wait for me. I’m coming right away.”

Similar things were happening in many places.

Mysterious cultivation methods seemed to suddenly appear in people’s lives.

Among the elderly practicing tai chi swords in the park, someone suddenly learned a new breathing technique from an old friend.

In the school, after decades of doing radio calisthenics, a strange exercise routine suddenly replaced it. Physical education class changed from once a week to once a day, and even the teachers were following the new physical education teacher in doing exercises.

On the internet, someone uploaded a video claiming to have become a qigong master. He stared intensely at a spoon with his eyes, making it slowly bend under the camera…

The country has an army, it has weapons, theoretically, they shouldn’t worry about those extraordinary who haven’t exceeded the seventh rank.

But in the face of extraordinary powers, individuals are vulnerable.

It might not be able to kill everyone, but it can make the country’s power unable to protect everyone.

When real battles with extraordinary happen, instead of letting some people become cannon fodder, it’s better to start making everyone strive from the beginning.

Humanity has had three revolutions.

One was the Cognitive Revolution, a genetic mutation that made humans the rulers of all things, expelling and annihilating numerous formidable competitors, becoming the masters of this land.

The second was the Agricultural Revolution, where the domestication of plants and animals finally allowed humans to feed themselves and establish their own homes.

Then came the Technological Revolution, where humans began to explore and study the world, and started determining their own destiny.

If history were recorded, perhaps everything happening today would be considered the fourth revolution.

The Extraordinary Revolution.

In the long process of evolution, the human body finally began to evolve, realizing its own vulnerability, the only hindrance to the great soul’s journey towards a farther and broader world.

The nationwide cultivation initially started as a quiet transformation, like a gentle breeze and rain.

Until a variety show broadcast live across the internet, landing on various major video platforms.

“Super Soldiers” went online.

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