Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 289 Envy, Jealousy, and Hatred from Across the Ocean
"WTK!"

In a conference room across the ocean, Frank slammed his fist on the table again. "The system on the other side has indeed taken control of this power!"

Several videos are playing on the large screen in the conference room.

The first video, which appears to have been filmed with a head-mounted camera, seems to be located in a remote village in Southeast Asia. In the video, a dark-skinned South Asian man is sternly questioning a middle-aged man.

The next moment, the South Asian man pulled out a pistol and fired a shot at the middle-aged man.

Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man was completely unharmed. Instead, he suddenly sprang into action, tackled the South Asian to the ground, snatched the man's pistol, and shot him dead.

A group of people around him fired at the man, but he seemed completely unaware. In the video, black dots can be clearly seen falling around him; these are bullets that hit the middle-aged man but had no effect.

But the middle-aged man was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt!
Everyone was stunned. Then the middle-aged man opened fire in all directions with a gun. All the attackers screamed and scattered. The person filming the video also ran away. After a while, he regrouped with the others and carefully crept back, but the middle-aged man had already disappeared.

The second video appears to be from a travel blogger, who is pointing the camera at himself and a very obvious scenic spot entrance behind him. Judging from the style and text, it should be Tianxia Famous Mountain Scenic Area.

In the background of the blogger's shot, a blond middle-aged man and two black-haired Tianxia people appeared, seemingly talking about something.

Just as the blogger finished his introduction and was about to start climbing the mountain, the blond middle-aged man in the background suddenly seemed to be hit hard, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and then tumbling and flying away.

The blogger exclaimed in surprise, grabbed his phone and ran over while filming. Then he saw a police car drive up, and the blond middle-aged man was lifted into the police car with the help of two Tianxia people and taken to the hospital.

The blogger praised Tianxia's security and friendliness, as well as their execution and efficiency, before continuing his ascent.

"The first video was filmed in a well-known black market den in Southeast Asia. The leader of that den discovered the middle-aged man's identity and tried to kill him to silence him, but the middle-aged man killed him instead."

The host explained, "The second video was taken by a travel blogger on YouTube. He was traveling in Laoshan, Shaanxi Province at the time, and the incident in the video happened at the entrance of the Laoshan scenic area."

I want to emphasize that Laoshan is a famous Taoist mountain on the other side of the ocean, and the person who suddenly vomited blood and flew out was named Johnson, an American, and also a Taoist priest.

Clearly, both the middle-aged man who appeared to be an undercover agent in the first video and the two men in suits in the second video were members of the opposing system.

If the widespread rainfall in the summer could be explained as the other side's superhumans acting on their own, without any signs of involvement from the opposing system, the people appearing in these two videos clearly demonstrate one fact.

"Everyone in the opposing system has gained extraordinary power!" Frank said through gritted teeth.

The first one seemed invulnerable to swords and spears, while the second attack sent him flying.

"They are all ordinary people, which means that those extraordinary individuals can give ordinary people extraordinary powers?" Someone's eyes shone with a mixture of fear and anticipation.

They all remembered the thunderbolt from Berkeley!

"It shouldn't be that serious." The host pointed to the screenshots on the big screen after the video ended, "That middle-aged man also used a gun."

But some people were still terrified. They seemed to see a terrifying and desperate scene: "The people in the opposing system, or rather... the army, have all turned into invulnerable monsters?"

Everyone gasped in surprise.

"Of course not." The host shook his head. "It's obvious that there are strict limits on the number of slots, otherwise they wouldn't have so many people dying in the line of duty, and we only just discovered these two videos."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but a surge of jealousy and resentment still welled up within them. They were joking; even with a limit on the number, if they possessed this power, they would undoubtedly reap the benefits!
The elderly man at the head of the group remained expressionless and gestured for the host to continue, "There's one more thing."

"what's up?"

"A mining accident happened a few days ago." The host switched to the big screen, which displayed a screenshot of a news report from across the ocean, with Citibank's translation next to it.

"The earthquake caused a mine collapse, and the underground support structure collapsed, trapping more than 100 people 300 to 500 meters underground," the host explained.

"They're doomed," someone said, shaking their head.

"Our twelve-story apartment building collapsed, and it took a month to rescue people, but more than ten people were still missing," someone said sarcastically.

Others wondered, "What does this have to do with us?"

"There is a connection." The host nodded, then took a deep breath. "Logically speaking, even if it were the other side, many people would have died in this incident, but unfortunately, all the trapped people appeared early the next morning, and no one was injured."

"what?"

"This is impossible!"

"Did an extraordinary being make a move?"

"Yes, according to the intelligence sent back from the other side, someone saw Taoist priests appear at the scene," the host said in a deep voice.

"F**K!" Frank was both angry and anxious. "Taoist priests! Taoist priests! It's Taoist priests again! How come the Taoist priests on the other side are so powerful? We also have Taoist priests in our country, but why are they all useless?"

How could that ancient and decadent nation on the other side be worthy of such power? Why are these extraordinary individuals from China? Why not from the United States? Clearly, only our great America deserves such extraordinary individuals!

Someone's eyes lit up and suggested, "If we find them, we can give them money, beautiful women, and power! We can even give them American citizenship, where they can enjoy the most luxurious and wonderful things in the world!"

"But the problem now is that we simply can't find them!" someone complained. "There are so many Taoist priests on the other side, are they all superhumans?"

Someone shrugged and told a lame joke, "We can't exactly put up an ad in the newspaper, can we?"

A hush fell over the conference room.

"That extraordinary power has already fallen into the hands of the other side's system!" The speaker's voice trembled.

Some people still hold out hope, saying, "On the bright side, maybe it's not about control, but just deep cooperation."

Everyone was speechless. "That's about right..."

"No matter what, we must establish our own superhuman power." The elder in the lead tapped the table. "On one hand, we will search for those superhumans on the other side, build a database and find ways to deal with them, and on the other hand, we will hire superhumans from within the country to form corresponding organizations."

The enemy's superhumans have never been this powerful in history. Perhaps our superhumans will suddenly become powerful too...?

(End of this chapter)