Why are all of us who transmigrated at the same time demons?

Since Loran absorbed enough Dharma realms during his daily life, the 'Heaven of Free Transformation' has begun to take shape and is already able to draw power from his inner world.

It is precisely by relying on the super internal computer of "Otherworldly Heaven" that Loran is able to accommodate and sort out a large number of sentient beings' thoughts, and is able to deduce these thoughts into wisdom.

What is the essence of the saying, "Even the wisest person can make a mistake, and even the most foolish person can have a stroke of genius"?

Isn't it true that even the wisest cannot encompass all changes, while even the foolish can spark flashes of wisdom?

Aren't these endless thoughts flashing in the minds of all beings the source of wisdom?

Loran's current task is to find the raw stone representing the light of wisdom in the Mind Mine and then polish it into a dazzling gem.

All beings gain knowledge and wisdom through Loran, but Loran also gains wisdom from all beings through this.

The two benefit each other and achieve success together.

Through continuous interaction with the wisdom of all beings, Loran's Paranirmitavasavartin was constantly solidified and perfected, and his Mara Deva Dharma Body was also constantly sublimating.

He sometimes transforms into countless thoughts, wandering through the hearts of all beings.

Sometimes it transforms into various energies, gathering and dispersing in the world.

Sometimes it transforms into ether, flowing and rolling within the alchemist's cauldron.

Buddhism, Taoism, and demonism—all paths in the world ultimately lead to the same destination.

Chapter 80 Under One Person: The Attack

Eastern land, Tianjin.

Xu San and Feng Baobao pinned the three brothers of Xiaotaoyuan to the ground. Their bodies were all bound by a strange rope covered with talismans, and their qi was firmly locked, making them look like ordinary people.

Liu Fang, the leader of Xiaotaoyuan, with a bruised and swollen face, cried out to Feng Baobao and Xu San: "Sister Baobao, Third Master, please be merciful this time and let us go. I promise, we will never dare to bully ordinary people again."

"Yes, yes, we'll definitely do an honest business from now on," Guan Ling'er said with a forced smile, revealing her missing front tooth.

"Yes, we will definitely set up memorial tablets for the three of you when we get back. Please have mercy on us three brothers this time. We will never dare to do it again." Zhang Cai hurriedly begged for mercy.

Xu San and Feng Baobao both remained expressionless, while Xu Si walked over and nudged Liu Fang.

"So your entire body's Qi is really locked up?" Xu Si was somewhat surprised.

"Mmm, I knew this thing was much better than that damn acupuncture needle." Feng Baobao nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Watching Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei being led away by other employees, Xu San pushed up his glasses, his eyes showing a hint of seriousness, and commented.

"This rope is just like the legendary Immortal Binding Rope. Once activated, it will automatically be thrown out to capture the enemy at an extremely fast speed. Moreover, the Qi of the person bound will be sealed, which is terrifying. And this thing is actually mass-produced?"

Xu Si spoke with a wicked grin: "I heard this thing isn't a company product, nor did it come from the bunker. It leaked out from higher up."

He pointed to the sky.

"Are the higher-ups dissatisfied with the company's work?" Xu San's expression darkened further. "Are they going to directly intervene in the world of supernatural beings?"

Xu San couldn't help but look at Feng Baobao. If higher-ups intervened, could he still keep his precious daughter's secret hidden?

Xu Si, whose mind was more agile, naturally thought of it as well, and he fell silent for a moment.

For a moment, only Feng Baobao, with her clear eyes and clueless expression, was left looking around.

"If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Right now, the one who's having the biggest headache isn't us, but Chairman Zhao and his group, right?" Xu Si comforted them.

Xu San pushed up his glasses but didn't reply.

They looked at each other in silence, then the three got into the car and prepared to return to the branch.

Meanwhile, another board meeting was held in the conference room inside the headquarters of NexTong.

This time, all the board members and regional managers were present.

Zhao Fangxu sat in the middle seat as usual, with company members sitting to his right and a group of other people dressed in black suits or even military and police uniforms to his left.

Zhao Fangxu solemnly stated, "On behalf of the Board of Directors and all staff of Nadutong, I extend a sincere welcome and heartfelt thanks to the inspection team! We also extend our warmest welcome and highest respect to all leaders for their guidance! This inspection is not only a comprehensive test of our implementation of relevant policies, but also a powerful impetus for our work. We will actively cooperate with the inspection team with a high sense of responsibility and mission, providing relevant information and details truthfully to ensure the smooth progress of the inspection. At the same time, we will take this inspection as an opportunity to earnestly summarize our experiences, identify shortcomings, further strengthen our own development, improve our work level, and make greater contributions to promoting the company's development..."

After listening to Zhao Fangxu's official statement, the middle-aged man at the head of the left smiled and said, "My colleagues in the company don't need to be too nervous. The principle of the inspection team is to handle matters officially. As long as you do your job well, there's nothing to worry about. I, Xu Feng, have been an old acquaintance of Chairman Zhao for many years, and he should know my style very well."

"Before this meeting, our colleagues visited various departments of the company and accumulated some questions. Today, we have gathered all the directors and managers together to discuss these issues and draw on our collective wisdom. Everyone is welcome to speak freely."

"Xiao Zhang, tell me your problem first." Xu Feng gestured to the young man sitting at the back.

"Okay, team leader." The young man, Xiao Zhang, took out a notebook from the file bag and a pen to take notes.

"Fellow comrades from Nadutong, since Team Leader Xu has asked me to speak directly, I won't stand on ceremony. Recently, I've been reviewing Nadutong's files on handling cases involving extraordinary individuals and have accumulated some questions."

The first issue is a case that occurred in Province X three years ago in October. Wang's company and another person named Shen's company had a business conflict. Instead of resolving the issue through commercial means, they resorted to violence.

Wang broke into Shen's company and attempted to forcibly seize Shen's confidential business documents and company seal. In the process, he crippled Shen's nephew, who was also a manager of Shen's company.

Following this incident, Na Du Tong took over the case, citing that both Wang and his nephew Shen were extraordinary individuals. However, Wang did not face any punishment. Because he was an extraordinary individual, injuries sustained in fights were not subject to control, and he had not revealed his extraordinary abilities to ordinary people. Under the intervention of the Ten Elders, Wang only had to pay some compensation and the matter was settled.

"However, this matter spread in the business circles of X Province. Some companies that were unaware of the inside story of the strange person saw that Wang had not been punished at all and that the police had not even come to his door. So they started to imitate the crime. Some ambitious people also used this as an excuse to attack the relevant departments, which led to the deterioration of the business order in X Province during that period."

Moreover, Shen's company went bankrupt as a result, and hundreds of employees lost their jobs.

In handling this matter, Na Du Tong only focused on the conflict between these extraordinary individuals, preventing the intervention of other law enforcement agencies and forcibly handing the case over to the Ten Elders. Did they consider the impact of this case on secular society? Did they consider cooperation with secular law enforcement agencies in this regard?

As other members of the inspection team raised questions one by one, Zhao Fangxu began to truly sense that something was wrong.

Because these questions all point to a fundamental issue: should people with disabilities and ordinary people follow the same set of laws?

Although it is said that there is one set of rules for extraordinary people and another set for ordinary people, and they do not interfere with each other.

But if you think about it carefully, how could that be possible?

Extraordinary people cannot exist completely apart from ordinary people; in fact, many of them play their own roles in the society composed of ordinary people.

For example, Feng Zhenghao is not only the head of the Feng family in the world of supernatural beings and the president of the Tianxia Society, but in the real world he is also the chairman of Tianxia Group, a huge business group with a market value of hundreds of billions.

What he is involved in is not just the Feng family, but a huge amount of GDP, the market of a large city and even multiple provinces, and the jobs of a large number of people.

Can the life and death of such a person be simply decided by the brutal jungle law of the supernatural world?

For example, Wang Weiguo, the richest man in the country, had a son named Wang Ye who was also an extraordinary person. By chance, let's say by sheer luck, he managed to obtain Qi by practicing some rudimentary techniques taught by Wang Ye and became a beginner extraordinary person.

If an Outcast harbors malicious intent and kills Wang Weiguo, who is still a weak Outcast, then the question is: will this Outcast face legal judgment in the real world or disciplinary action within the Outcast community? This is the richest man in the country; his life or death affects far more than just the Outcast community.

Such a case will surely attract the attention of the entire nation. If it is not handed over to the judicial authorities for public trial but is handled internally by the supernatural community, wouldn't the dignity of the national law be completely lost?

To take it a step further, if an Outcast murders a government official who is also an Outcast, should the murderer be handed over to the Outcast community for handling, or should he be brought to trial under the laws of the real world?

If it's the former, does it mean that the rules of the supernatural world are above national laws?

If it's the latter, then what level of severity determines whether an Outcast is tried according to the rules of the Outcast world or according to real-world law? If an Outcast kills an official, is he transferred to court for trial? If he kills a wealthy businessman, is he also transferred to court for trial? How wealthy does this businessman have to be to reach the threshold for transfer to court? Is it based on the number of employees? Or on assets?

When the rules of the supernatural world conflict with the rules of the real world, whose rules should prevail?

Where exactly is this watershed moment? And who decides it? The company? The Ten Elders? The government? The courts?

Are there any rules or precedents that can be used as a basis for reference?

People with supernatural abilities are different from others. Most people still view public officials with the attitude of "lackeys of the imperial court" from the past. As a minority isolated by the world, they are actually quite sensitive. If you push them too far, people with supernatural abilities will cause destruction and chaos. If you relax, people with supernatural abilities will inevitably ride on the heads of ordinary people and act arrogantly.

How can we handle this so that the superhumans feel that the balance has not been disrupted and that the state is not deliberately shrinking their living space?

In reality, neither Zhao Fangxu nor the entire company could provide a concrete explanation, nor was they able to offer one at all.

The world of supernatural beings is an independent little kingdom, and this kingdom even has the old system of powerful clans. The company still operates on the principle of "royal power not extending to the countryside," which is incompatible with modern governance systems. How can a set of rules be applied? It's impossible.

Zhao Fangxu is walking a tightrope most of the time, carefully navigating this vulnerable situation.

The determination of this "degree" depends entirely on Zhao Fangxu and the board of directors' personal abilities and experience; there is no specific "international law" to handle the conflicts between the alien kingdom and the secular kingdom.

After a series of questions, Zhao Fangxu appeared calm, but in reality, he was already sweating profusely.

The famous Ming Dynasty physicist Yang Jinshui once said a "weighing theorem"—some things weigh less than two ounces on the scale, but once they are on the scale, they weigh a thousand pounds.

The company is a latecomer in the world of supernatural beings, having been established in the 1980s and 90s. It only gained a foothold in the world of supernatural beings with the support of the government.

However, when faced with forces that have been rooted in the world of supernatural beings for thousands of years, such as the four major families of supernatural beings and various sects of Taoism and Buddhism, the company's foundation is somewhat shallow.

Therefore, the company's chosen strategy is to balance the interests of all parties and jointly govern the world of supernatural beings with the Ten Elders. The various forces represented by the Ten Elders are also willing to give the company face, creating a win-win situation for everyone.

However, since you've granted them autonomy, don't blame them for wanting to enjoy special privileges at certain times.

In the past, in order to maintain stability in the world of supernatural beings, the company actually made concessions on many issues.

The root cause is nothing more than insufficient strength.

Moreover, at that time, the country's focus was not on the world of supernatural beings. There were many other things that required the government's attention. As long as a small group of hundreds of thousands of people did not cause any major disturbances, the government did not have time to pay attention to them.

Therefore, the company's original policies were approved by the higher-ups, who believed in the company's capabilities and tried to maintain stability as much as possible. As a result, previous inspection teams never delved into such issues; they were basically satisfied with just making it look acceptable on the surface.

But now that the inspection team has begun to bring these ambiguous and sharp questions to the forefront, it means that the higher-ups have sufficient power to strongly control the world of supernatural beings, and a major operation is about to begin.

Chapter 81 Under One Person: The Treasure of the Nation (Under One Person Chapter - Temporarily Departed)

The directors and managers present in the meeting room were all top-notch shrewd individuals, and they could naturally discern the change in attitude from the change in the style of this inspection team.

So they all had to be more energetic than the other, and even the weak Xu Xiang had to force himself to be energetic and frantically rack his brains to deal with the inspection team's questions.

Fortunately, the inspection team didn't seem to be planning to overturn things at this point. They knew about the company's difficulties in previous years, so while they raised questions, they let them go as long as the company could provide decent answers.

The previous aggressive stance seemed more like an advance notice of a change in the situation. Zhao Fangxu was also on tenterhooks, but this hurdle has been barely passed for now.

Finally, Xu Feng, the leader of the inspection team, introduced the handsome middle-aged man in a gray suit sitting next to him with a smile.

"Let me introduce you to Director Luo Chuanluo of Research Institute 749. He is a leading expert in the field of supernatural ability research. The new equipment recently issued to the company, such as the 'Binding Immortal Rope,' was designed by him."

This is a very important person, and everyone in the company has this idea in mind.

Luo Chuan pushed up his glasses. This physical body was actually just an avatar created by Luo Lan. The current Luo Lan had long since transcended the state of mere flesh and blood, and was closer to the state of Yang Shen in Taoist theory. He could gather and disperse at will, manifest in the world, and could arbitrarily differentiate into 108,960 avatars.

He fabricated this physical body for himself, inhabited it with a thought, and used great supernatural powers to create a series of identities for Luo Chuan: born in a certain orphanage, exceptionally intelligent, entered university with outstanding grades, and after graduation went directly to work in a classified unit, rising all the way to the position of director.

The experiences along the way are all documented and can be traced back to the individuals involved, whose memories also match.

This is a powerful divine ability that directly alters the fate of memories. Mainly, Luo Chuan wanted to give the official system a boost, as he had overpowered the supernatural beings. However, he didn't want to see supernatural beings causing chaos in the world, so he personally gave the official system a boost.

Moreover, although Loran claims to be the supreme ruler of the inner world, the real master is the one in the material world, and the official is the true ruler of this land. Loran also covets the official's many resources and wants to use them to his advantage, hoping for a mutually beneficial exchange.

As for the fact that someone noticed something was wrong with the origin of this body? If it's wrong, it's wrong. It's just a physical body; Loran doesn't care about it at all.

"Distinguished directors and managers, I cannot reveal too much about the newly established 749 Research Institute at this time. However, there is one thing I need to inform the company in advance: there is a new order from above that the bunkers belonging to the company will henceforth be under the name of the 749 Research Institute. I hope you will make preparations in advance."

"What? The bunker will no longer be under the company's management?" Liao Zhong suddenly stood up, his tone slightly angry and fearful.

Zhao Fangxu's face was ashen. He turned to Xu Feng and said, "Na Du Tong will resolutely obey the decision made above. However, the Dark Fortress has been managed by the company for many years and has long since formed a complete and mature management system. The company cannot accommodate some superhumans who have a significant impact on society without the Dark Fortress. Suddenly separating the Dark Fortress from the company's structure may cause considerable chaos. I hope the leadership can reconsider this carefully."

Xu Feng maintained his smile, while Luo Chuan responded.

"Chairman Zhao, you should know that the bunker is part of the national secret sequence."

It never belonged exclusively to the company from the beginning. It was just that the Dark Fortress was specifically designed to connect with the Inhumans, allowing the company responsible for managing the Inhumans world to also manage it. The management of the Dark Fortress did not deviate from the regular response scope of the Secret Sequence.

Therefore, the takeover of the bunker by Institute 749 will not cause any work chaos, and the company can rest assured.

Furthermore, any aliens that the company will take in will remain in the bunker, and the 749 Institute will coordinate with the company, so it will not interfere with the company's work.

Moreover, the Dark Fortress's recent research output has somewhat displeased the higher-ups. Chairman Zhao, don't forget, the Dark Fortress isn't just a containment facility; researching and producing results related to superhumans is also one of its responsibilities.

After Luo Chuan finished playing the bad cop, team leader Xu Feng began to play the good cop: "Old Zhao, don't worry, from now on, the company will have the first right to use all the products produced by the fortress. Think about the recent Immortal Binding Rope? Isn't that stuff great? You know, Director Luo has quite a few of these kinds of products here."

Zhao Fangxu's displeasure began to soften, and Xu Feng then increased the stakes.

"Old Zhao, the bunker is under the management of Institute 749. It's involved in a major plan from above, but I can't disclose the specifics here. The company will receive official notification later. Major plans require concentrated resources to tackle. You're a veteran; you should understand the principle of 'concentrating resources to accomplish great things.'"

After some thought, Zhao Fangxu finally nodded with difficulty.

"If the central government's will is firm, the company will absolutely obey orders, and we will make preparations in advance."

Liao Zhong wanted to say more, but Zhao Fangxu glared at him and made him behave. At this time, you absolutely cannot go against your superiors.

After the meeting, Zhao Fangxu convened another internal company meeting, but this was no longer the responsibility of the inspection team.

Luo Chuan's clone hurriedly returned to Institute 749; he still had a lot of work to do.

The most precious national treasure—this was Luo Chuan's plan, and he was the chief architect of this project.

This is a comprehensive verification of Luo Chuan's own Taoist wisdom. This unprecedented and peerless magic treasure will cover the whole country and be related to everyone (including extraordinary people and ordinary people). It is a supreme treasure for suppressing "luck".

What is "luck"? Some people make "luck" sound mysterious and exaggerate its importance.

In this world where everything is created by Qi (at least for Earth), fortune is fundamentally inseparable from Qi.

According to Loran's understanding, fortune is divided into "human popularity" and "heavenly fortune." "Human popularity" refers to the hearts of the people, and the gathering and dispersal of these hearts can affect the fate of the entire nation. However, "human popularity" does not determine everything; human agency cannot be separated from the fundamental laws of matter.