Desperate people, accept the seed of my soul!

Then there's Li Rui.

Li Rui's awakened [Judgment of Karmic Fire] and [Wildfire of Karmic Fire] reached their peak during that self-immolation.

As the dark red light poured down from the top floor of the Cloud Palace, the life force that had just stabilized within Wen Yan's body was once again impacted by an even more powerful force.

This time, what surged in was not simply "life force," but something more complex—the primordial fire released when Li Rui burned his soul, flowing into his limbs and bones along the roots of the void.

That burning sensation triggered a new transformation within him.

The heart beats more powerfully, pumping out more blood with each contraction.

He could sense that the once-damaged organ was gradually emerging from the shadow of death.

When he stood in front of the mirror and looked at the young man whose face was no longer sickly pale, he felt as if he were looking at a stranger.

That pale, weak, sickly man who could barely breathe when walking disappeared.

Instead, there was someone who, while still not exactly strong, was finally able to stand up straight and walk to the window on his own.

Wen Yan closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into that soul space that only he could touch.

Several seeds of different colors and shapes were suspended there.

Crimson represents the burning of life, dark silver represents the breath of the void, ghostly blue represents the manipulation of kinetic energy, dark red represents the judgment of karmic fire, bright blue...

These forces merged within him, eventually transforming into the bricks and tiles that repaired his broken body.

The expected life expectancy has been extended again.

Consciousness lingered in the soul space for a moment, and the light of those seeds gradually faded.

Wen Yan slowly opened his eyes, and the morning light from the window pierced his pupils.

Just as he can only observe the outside world through a window, Wen Yan's source of information is also limited to a narrow slit—those suitable individuals to whom he has bestowed seeds.

Their eyes are his eyes.

Their fragmented memories are all the truth he can access.

Following the Han Xiao and Li Rui incidents, Wen Yan pieced together another side of this world from these fragments.

First, there is the existence of the Special Investigation Bureau.

From Han Xiao's memories, Wen Yan learned about the existence of Zheng Guofeng, Zhao Jianguo, and others.

From Li Rui's memory, Wen Yan pieced together more details.

These people—Zhao Jianguo, Lei Zhen, Zhou Ming, Wang Gang, and other professionals—formed an organization specifically for dealing with “abnormalities.”

From the initial "Special Investigation Office" to the later upgraded "Special Investigation Bureau".

They have an independent budget, specialized equipment, and a team of experts transferred from the province.

They studied Chen Guohua's body and analyzed Han Xiao's explosion, attempting to explain scientifically unscientific phenomena.

But they were unaware of Wen Yan's existence.

Those hosts only knew that they had "awakened" their power at the pinnacle of despair, but they did not know where this power came from.

Seeds are bestowed by the void, fusion is spontaneous from the soul.

No host was aware of Wen Yan's presence.

This reaffirmed one thing for Wen Yan: he was the only source of extraordinary power in the world.

All known "superhumans" originate from the seed he condenses each week.

This increased his sense of security, but also made him more cautious.

If the Special Investigations Bureau knew of his existence, all those armored vehicles, infrasound generators, and high-pressure tranquilizer grenades would eventually be directed here.

He currently lacks the ability to confront state violence.

He must live in the shadows for the time being.

Secondly, there is the existence of the Five Mountains Alliance.

From the moment Li Rui executed Zhang Zhaoqing, the tip of the iceberg of darkness was revealed.

Before his death, Zhang Zhaoqing's deepest memories were ignited by karmic fire—his secret conversations with "Young Master Wang" were revealed.

That "Young Master Wang" named Wang Shijun is a member of the Five Mountains Society.

He protected Zhang Zhaoqing, manipulated the judiciary, and orchestrated the capture of Li Rui.

Wang Shijun's father, Wang Hongyuan, was a political affairs commissioner in Lieyang Province.

When Li Rui finally burned through Wang Shijun's soul, more fragments poured in—Zhong Heng, Zhong Lin, the power of the Five Mountains Society, and their greed for extraordinary power.

Zhong Heng was the executor sent to Chenxi City by the Five Mountains Society before Wang Shijun.

He harbors an extreme obsession with supernatural powers and attempts to capture Han Xiao and Xu Suyuan alive as "research subjects."

He was annihilated along with Han Xiao's [Kinetic Return to Nothingness] at the Nanshan Nursing Home, and this information eventually flowed into Li Rui's mind along with Wang Shijun's memories.

This means that the Five Mountains Society not only exists, but has also infiltrated the highest levels of power in the country.

They have their own armed force – mercenaries employed by "Blackstone International".

They have their own research goals—the greed and control of supernatural powers.

This organization is secretly watching everything.

But they also didn't know Wen Yan.

Zhong Heng only focused on Han Xiao and Xu Suyuan, while Wang Shijun only focused on Li Rui.

They chase after those "awakened ones," unaware that there is another pair of eyes watching behind the awakened ones.

This confirmed Wen Yan's second point: his "absolute concealment" strategy was correct.

As long as he remains undetected, the Special Investigation Bureau's armored vehicles and the Five Mountains Society's mercenaries will never be able to find him.

Finally, there is the world's "technological power".

From Li Rui's memories, Wen Yan saw something that made him wary—the [Tranquilizing Series] drugs.

Based on his own son, Zhang Zhaoqing developed a stimulant that could give users superhuman abilities in a short period of time.

While those performance-enhancing drugs are no match for true "superhuman" abilities, the very idea of ​​using technology to forcibly improve the human body is something to be wary of.

The infrasound generators, high-pressure tranquilizer grenades, and superconducting flame-retardant armor equipped by the Special Investigation Bureau also pose a threat to the Awakened.

If Li Rui hadn't ultimately chosen to self-immolate, he might very well have been captured alive.

This world has no supernatural beings, but its technology is enough to threaten them.

Wen Yan must remember this.

He sat on the edge of the bed, piecing the fragments together one by one, sketching out the true outline of this world in his mind:

The surface layer represents a society of ordinary people, with laws, order, and the everyday hustle and bustle.

The middle level consists of official agencies like the Special Investigations Bureau. They are aware of the existence of "anomalies" but do their best to explain them scientifically and try to bring them under control.

At a deeper level are clandestine organizations like the Five Mountains Society, which are filled with greed for extraordinary powers and attempt to study, control, and exploit them.

At the deepest level, however, lies Wen Yan himself.

After sketching the picture, Wen Yan turned his gaze from the window to the hands that were finally able to support his body steadily.

These hands are able to support the body because of the sacrifices of those people.

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