Inside the director's office, Yue Shi and Tang Zhuhe spoke for a long time.
Besides basic information about Rank 3 and above, Tang Zhuhe also told Yue Shi about the sources of power for multi-ability transcendents—some were different characteristic manifestations of the same transcendent form, while others possessed two or more transcendent forms...
Most transcendents slowly leveled up from Rank 1, but there were many exceptions. For example, there was a transcendent at the Bureau headquarters who had been Rank 4 since birth.
“Do not let your early advancement to Rank 3 go to your head. You must know that the heroes of this world are as numerous as carp crossing a river; arrogance will lower your guard and become a fatal calamity on your path,” Tang Zhuhe advised Yue Shi as an elder at the end of their conversation.
“Thank you for your guidance, Director.”
Yue Shi politely left the office and returned to the Special Operations Section.
Just as he sat down, Wei Siqi leaned over with a look of surprise. “Yue Shi, how did your hair suddenly get so long? And the quality is actually so good!”
Yue Shi picked up a strand of hair and said, “While on a field mission, I accidentally got cursed. Long hair is the lingering side effect.”
“What curse? This is clearly a blessing!” Wei Siqi teased. “People whose hair lines are getting higher and higher and whose heads are getting balder would definitely need it.”
Hearing this, Yue Shi smiled faintly.
Wei Siqi’s gaze lingered on his face for a moment before she slowly returned to her seat.
It wasn't that she was captivated by his looks; it was just that when a flower is in full bloom, it would seem unrefined not to appreciate it for a couple of extra seconds.
The golden vertical mark on Yue Shi's brow flashed briefly as 【Insight】 took in all of Wei Siqi's key information.
Her supernatural power was called 【The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back】. Its specific effect was: summoning straw from the sky that would have a guaranteed hit, stick to, and suppress the target, making them unable to move.
It was a quite powerful control ability, with the most striking attribute being the “guaranteed hit.”
Yue Shi then took a quiet look at Wei Jianxian. Her ability was 【Life-saving Straw】.
【Life-saving Straw】: When a target is in an absolutely fatal crisis or on the brink of death, a piece of straw can be created out of thin air. This straw will appear at the target's most easily reachable position. If the target touches the straw, they will gain a 10-second “Immunity” state.
Under the “Immunity” state, all fatal damage suffered by the target will be transferred to the straw.
For the same target, the Life-saving Straw can only appear once in the same fatal crisis. Furthermore, the straw itself is very fragile; if destroyed by external force, the “Immunity” effect immediately expires.
After reading the notes for 【Life-saving Straw】, Yue Shi felt that the trigger conditions for this ability were too harsh. A 10-second “Immunity” state was indeed good, but this ability couldn't be used in daily life at all. Did that mean Wei Jianxian was usually no different from an ordinary person?
Also, why were both sisters' abilities related to “straw”?
Was there some unknown specialty regarding identical twin transcendents?
Yue Shi temporarily set aside the things he couldn't understand.
He then looked at Aunt Gu, who sat in the corner. This middle-aged colleague seemed to have a generational gap with everyone else in the office; she was usually quiet and had a very low presence.
Her ability was 【Transformation Time】: By striking a specific pose and shouting “Transform!”, she immediately enters a 30-second “Transformation” state. In this state, she cannot be attacked or targeted. Accompanied by intense sound and light effects, all lifeforms observing the “Transformation” will stop their current actions, their bodies becoming stiff, forced to watch the transformation process until it ends.
Yue Shi sucked in a breath of cold air. He hadn't expected Aunt Gu to be a magical girl! What kind of old-school anime fan was this?
“Brother, the director called for you just now. Was it anything important?” Bai Wanyang leaned over and asked curiously in a low voice.
Yue Shi nodded, showing no spirit of confidentiality at all, and blabbed all the information about Rank 3 transcendents to Bai Wanyang.
Bai Wanyang listened in a daze, his expression shifting repeatedly.
While he was distracted, Yue Shi quickly scanned him with 【Insight】, only to be shocked to find that the abilities he possessed were inconsistent with what Yue Shi had known before.
Bai Wanyang's abilities were as follows—
【High-Energy Shell】: High-density energy cannons can be condensed from any part of the body. The energy cannons can be fired immediately or detonated with a delay.
【Breakthrough through Heavy Injury】: When in a heavily injured or near-death state, passively consumes a certain amount of maximum health to restore health and gain a permanent increase in all attributes.
【Undying Body】: Your body always maintains activity; minimum health cannot fall below 1.
It seemed Bai Wanyang didn't trust the Investigation Bureau as much as he appeared to; he had intentionally hidden some information about his supernatural powers.
Of course, it was also possible that he didn't yet understand the nature of his own abilities.
It was hard to say whether 【Breakthrough through Heavy Injury】 and 【Undying Body】 were superpowers or curses.
“Brother, what were you saying to me just now? I zoned out and didn't hear clearly.” A trace of confusion flashed across Bai Wanyang's face, his eyes clear.
“The secret intelligence about Rank 3 transcendents. You were listening so seriously just now, how could you not have heard clearly?” Yue Shi asked.
“Huh? Really? Why don't I have any impression of it at all?” Bai Wanyang's eyes widened.
Yue Shi lowered his gaze and briefly repeated the information about Rank 3 transcendents.
Bai Wanyang looked like he was hearing it for the first time, letting out soft gasps of amazement from time to time.
But after a short while, the amazement in his eyes was replaced by clear confusion again, and he asked once more, “Brother, what did you just say...”
“Nothing. Director Tang called me to her office to get a detailed understanding of the details of the last field mission outside the city,” Yue Shi replied with a normal expression, showing no sign of anything being wrong.
He already understood.
There were countless non-official transcendent organizations in this world, countless lone wolves, and the uncontrollable information channel of the 【Supernatural Forum】. Could it be that everyone was like the officials, tacitly guarding the secrets of Rank 3 and above together?
That was impossible.
However, up to now, information about Rank 3 and above remained under strict lockdown and had not been leaked.
Bai Wanyang's state of forgetting as soon as he heard it said it all—certain information itself had been specially encrypted and could not be remembered. Only people who met the criteria could remember it, and that criterion was being Rank 3.
Thinking of this, Yue Shi's heart rate suddenly accelerated slightly. For the sake of secrecy, this should be a worldwide information lockdown. Just how powerful must the person who could employ such a method be?
Bai Wanyang didn't notice anything wrong. Yue Shi chatted with him naturally, their topic already jumping to what they were going to eat after finishing work in the evening.
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