I created an extraordinary era

Chapter 660 The Helplessness of Reality!
Hanzhou, Panlong Town.

Today, only a few thousand people still live in this small town.

Moreover, most of them are already old, and it's almost impossible to see anyone under thirty.

This is quite normal.

We have now reached the thirty-third year of the Extraordinary Era.

With the development of modern technology and the exploitation of space resources, cities outside have already undergone tremendous changes.

Towns like Panlong, located in remote areas and out of touch with the times, are inevitably left behind by the rapidly advancing train of the times.

The younger generation either tries to become extraordinary or seeks a livelihood outside of big cities, looking for more opportunities and better security.

Those who remain are mostly elderly people who cherish their homeland and are accustomed to a slow pace of life.

And some middle-aged men and women who have an unbreakable bond with their hometown, or who choose to return because they feel powerless against external competition.

Not everyone can adapt to the fast pace and high competition of the Extraordinary Era.

Even now, only a very small number of people can become extraordinary.

Take Kyushu as an example.

The total number of extraordinary individuals in the entire Nine Provinces would not exceed 50,000, which is less than one in ten thousand.

Contribution points are not so easy to obtain.

Most people will never come across a contribution point in their lifetime.

To gain contribution points now, you either need to have a superhuman in your family or be a martial artist of level four or above.

Martial artists below level four are not qualified to receive contribution points.

Even many level four martial artists may not be able to obtain contribution points.

With extraordinary development, the requirements are also getting higher and higher.

It is still quite difficult for a Level 4 martial arts instructor to compete for a high school martial arts instructor position.

Martial arts instructors in big cities and good schools are generally required to be level five martial artists.

Level 4 martial artists can only go to relatively bad places, and even then, they may not have the opportunity.

There's no way around it; the competition for level five martial artists is fierce.

Many level-five martial artists cannot get into good schools and are unwilling to join superhuman forces, so they can only choose to become martial arts teachers in less prestigious high schools.

Of course, this refers to those who do not have any special skills.

Those students who graduate from the Academy of Sciences, even if they fail to get into the Extraordinary Academy, usually have a relatively good future.

Under the same circumstances, combat-oriented martial artists and even extraordinary individuals are generally less sought after than research-oriented ones.

Unless one is a top genius, this applies even to grandmasters.

The main reason is that they are better at making money and earning contribution points.

For example, those extraordinary individuals who can create extraordinary potions, extraordinary weapons, source energy matrices, and even source energy armor can almost all generate a great deal of wealth.

It can be said like this.

Most people from Kunlun Academy and Tianguang Academy generally receive more than twice as many contribution points as those from other academies.

The same Grandmaster who was in the first three stages of the Transcendent Realm.

Combat specialists work themselves to the bone, but at most they only get a thousand contribution points a year.

However, research-oriented superhumans can easily earn much more, and some even rival the earnings of certain grandmasters!
This is the gap.

Of course, despite this, not many people are truly dedicated to research.

At least those top geniuses rarely devote too much attention to research.

Only those who are interested in research, or those who are not naturally gifted but want to use this path to obtain more resources and go further, are considered extraordinary.

On the other hand, the threshold for research-oriented superhumans is also very high; not everyone is qualified to take this path.

Not only does it require a significant initial investment, but the profound theoretical knowledge and complex energy formulas alone are enough to deter most people.

Not to mention the expensive experimental equipment and rare materials.

Every failed attempt could mean losing a huge amount of contribution points.

Without the support of a powerful force or the special training provided by an academy, ordinary people simply cannot afford it.

Therefore, although research-oriented superhumans are more sought after, their numbers are far fewer than those of combat-oriented superhumans, and each one is a treasure that major forces are vying to win over.

……

In the town's only teahouse, a few elderly people sat sparsely. Old Li sipped his cheap tea, looked at the dust rising outside the window, and sighed.

"Sigh, I heard that Old Zhang's grandson failed to get into Chaofan University."

"I spent so much money to learn martial arts, but I still couldn't get into university!"

A slightly younger middle-aged man opposite Old Man Li shook his head.

"The University for Extraordinary Individuals isn't that easy to get into!"

"I heard on the news that this year, the number of people applying for the Extraordinary System in Jiuzhou College Entrance Examination has exceeded 20 million, but the number of students admitted is less than 50,000."

"Those who can get into extraordinary universities are one in a thousand!"

Just then, someone nearby spoke up:
Do you remember Ding Hai's family who came back a while ago?

The speaker was Old Man Sun, who was leaning against the corner of the wall smoking his pipe. He squinted and exhaled a smoke ring.

"I heard from others last time that his son had already become a superhuman, and now he seems to be a grandmaster!"

"Grandmaster?"

These words shocked everyone.

After a moment, the middle-aged man couldn't help but ask:
"Old Sun, you're not wrong, are you?"

Having seen some of the world, he understood the weight of the title "Grandmaster."

There are probably only a few thousand grandmasters in the whole world.

Now someone is actually saying that there's a grandmaster in this small town?

Are you kidding me?
"That's not wrong, anyway, I heard someone call him Master Ding back then!"

"Don't listen to old man Sun's nonsense."

Someone nearby said with a laugh:

"If Ding Hai's son really becomes a grandmaster, will his family still be able to move back in?"

"Exactly, if your son becomes a grandmaster, would you still come back to this poor, remote place?"

"They've probably already gone to the city, or even the moon and stars!"

"Hahaha"

Old Man Sun's face turned bright red after everyone said that.

However, there was definitely some boasting involved in what he just said.

He heard someone call him Master Ding, which was true, but he didn't believe he was really a master-level superhuman.

It was probably just a joke or a few words of flattery.

Looking at everyone's expressions, the middle-aged man couldn't help but sigh.

"Let alone becoming a grandmaster, it would be extremely difficult for people like us to even become extraordinary."

Upon hearing this, the laughter gradually subsided.

Everyone fell silent again.

In fact, when the extraordinary era arrived, they were all quite young, the youngest being only twenty years old and the oldest no more than thirty.

They too once dreamed of becoming extraordinary beings, and even went out to pursue that dream.

But reality, like a mountain, weighs heavily on everyone's heart.

Most ordinary people, like those in this teahouse, can only return home dejectedly and continue living a life they can foresee the future from the start.

"Let's go, it's almost dark, time to go home and eat."

The teahouse owner began packing up, preparing to close.

People also got up and left the teahouse in twos and threes, blending into the increasingly heavy twilight of Panlong Town.

Discussions about "Master Ding" are like a small stone thrown into a deep pool; after creating ripples for a moment, they quickly sink to the bottom and disappear.

Nobody really cares.

After all, the title of Grandmaster is indeed too far out of reach for them!
That was a completely unattainable dream.

outside the window.

The sun had completely sunk below the horizon.

Night began to fall, bringing a touch of coolness to the town, seemingly shutting out the hustle and bustle and struggles of the outside world.
(End of this chapter)