I became Superman

Zhou Ming wandered around outside all day without receiving a call from Falcon Girl. It seemed that she had covered up yesterday's battle, and the Alien Center had not discovered that Guo Hongtao was dead, nor had it connected it to the Pet Home.

Come to think of it, he actually forgot to ask yesterday where the power of the Alien Center came from.

It sounds like the people at the Center for Outcasts are also outcasts. Why would they be willing to help ordinary people suppress outcasts?

Is it just out of a desire to connect with ordinary people?

It's plausible, but somewhat far-fetched.

Zhou Ming decided to log on to the so-called First Commandment Forum when he got home that night.

After dinner, Zhou Ming finished writing his observation diary for the day and then logged onto the forum.

The forum users are quite active.

After browsing for a while, Zhou Ming found that the most frequent posts and replies from netizens revolved around three topics.

One thing to accomplish the task of the Outcast Center.

The Alien Center regularly posts missions on the forum. The mission types are diverse, including some very dangerous ones, such as assisting the Alien Center in hunting down wanted criminals.

However, most of the tasks are quite routine, such as checking where there are suspected anomalies, guiding newly awakened anomalies, providing psychological counseling, and helping them cultivate friendliness towards ordinary people, loyalty to the empire, and love for the royal family.

Tsk tsk tsk…

Zhou Ming felt that a question that had been lingering in his mind had been answered.

Why are there a constant stream of outcasts joining the Outcast Center to help ordinary people manage outcast affairs?

It turns out that the empire had a systematic assimilation process, which included discovering outcasts, educating them, absorbing them into the system, and giving them preferential treatment.

This approach can win over many people.

Even if some outliers dislike the rules and regulations of the Outlier Center, they can still join various pro-official clubs.

These clubs are divided in some ways, such as by type, by region, or by shared beliefs.

Zhou Ming only browsed for a short while before discovering that there were no fewer than dozens of guild halls in Chengdu.

Those who are different from the others can receive rewards for completing official missions.

They can receive money from the government or use points to request various levels of protection from the government when they encounter danger.

Many of these beings are unable to integrate into human society and rely on completing tasks for the government to obtain survival resources.

Zhou Ming guessed that Yi Jiahui was in this situation.

This child has social anxiety; it's unimaginable that she could work.

Besides completing missions, the most common way the aliens communicate is by arranging to spar with each other at officially designated secluded locations.

The advancement of these outcasts relies on diligent training, especially practical combat training.

During combat training, the aliens are highly focused and develop their potential, which helps stimulate the continued mutation of their genes.

Zhou Ming was somewhat tempted by this.

Practical training was also very useful to him. Although his improvement in strength was not related to practical training, it was very helpful for him to master his own power.

Moreover, he also enjoys the highly excited state when he fights against others.

Should he invite a few people to spar on the forum?

Zhou Ming hesitated for a moment, then gave up the idea.

His power is increasing at an alarming rate every day; if he doesn't control it properly, he'll turn anyone he invites into a pulp.

Unless he can get a date with a king-level anomaly.

Such an anomalies are hard to find on the forum.

Moreover, to prevent ordinary people from finding out, the places where these supernatural beings spar are mostly officially designated locations, and Zhou Ming suspects that there is official surveillance or something similar going on there.

Aside from completing tasks and exchanging skills, the rest is just chatting and joking around.

People from all over the world, all different kinds of people, gather on the forum to talk about the major events in the world of the supernatural that they have personally experienced and heard about.

For example, a fox-themed club in Hunan Province was attacked, and all the fox-like creatures in the club disappeared. Netizens suspected that they had been captured and enslaved.

In the world of aliens, capturing certain types of beast-like aliens as slaves is already a common occurrence.

The investigation into the "Center for Extraordinary Beings" in Nanxiang Province is proceeding intensively, but so far there have been no results.

For example, in Lingnan Province, an anomaly revealed itself in a bustling city, causing a sensation. However, the authorities covered it up by claiming it was a fire drill or a cosplayer causing trouble. Then, through intense public opinion control, the entire incident quickly faded into obscurity online.

At least Zhou Ming didn't hear about this.

However, in secret, the Alien Center quickly organized a team to destroy the guild to which the troublemaking Alien belonged.

The Center for the Outcasts has always been ruthless towards attempts to break down the boundaries between ordinary people and the world of the outcasts.

Zhou Ming browsed through it with great interest for most of the night, unable to stop.

From the information he obtained from the forum, Zhou Ming realized that the world of the supernatural was not as quiet as he had imagined, but was very active and closely related to the lives of ordinary people.

Many ordinary people may have encountered strange events, but due to the official downplaying of these events, they have become bland urban legends and topics of conversation.

Zhou Ming didn't sleep all night because he was browsing forums.

He went out for a stroll in the morning.

Just as the door opened, Yi Jiahui came out as well.

Are you going out?

Yi Jiahui asked curiously.

Zhou Ming said, "Yeah, I'm going out to get some sun. Why are you going out so early today?"

Isn't this kitten usually nocturnal?

Yi Jiahui said, "The Center for the Extraordinary Needs My Assistance. I'm on my way there to report. Would you like to come with me?"

Zhou Ming said, "Let's forget about it."

He doesn't like dealing with officials.

But why exactly?

Perhaps in his subconscious, the official is naturally associated with words like management and rule.

No one likes being managed or ruled; it's just that individual power is insufficient to fight against the violent machine, so they have no choice but to accept it.

Once he is certain that his power can surpass the violent machinery of the New Han Empire, he may communicate with them without any reservations.

As for now, let's just forget about it.

However, it might be their turn to harbor resentment then.

The two went downstairs together and then parted ways outside the gate of the residential complex.

Zhou Ming casually strolled around the streets, while Yi Jiahui rushed to the Center for the Extraordinary.

The Center for Extraordinary Personnel is nominally affiliated with the medical and health departments of various provinces. The Center for Extraordinary Personnel in Xichuan Province has its own inconspicuous little building in the city center where government offices are clustered together.

Although it looks unassuming from the outside, the interior is quite luxurious. The six-story building houses logistics, clerical staff, a data room, and an early warning department that remains vigilant and receives alerts from all over the province.

However, the core of the alien center is always the war preparedness department.

The Xichuan Province Alien Center's War Preparedness Department is based on Jianhao, an A-level Alien, and the six B-level Aliens under his command. Below him are more than twenty C-level to E-level Aliens, serving as low-level investigators.

In addition, there are several civilian armed forces available for their command, mainly used to block streets during missions to prevent ordinary people from contacting them, and to provide fire support when necessary.

When Yi Jiahui arrived at the combat readiness office, she found that all six B-level deacons from the center were there, which was quite rare.

She immediately realized that the Center for Others was dealing with an exceptionally difficult matter.