This is a Superpower User.
If it werenât for "True Knowledge," Su Changxing would have thought the other party was a Hunter; the tension was too high.
Su Changxing glanced again at the middle-aged manâs sunglasses and seriously asked, "Are you blind?"
The air fell silent, the surroundings quieted down, only the sound of Tao Yi dissecting zombie flesh echoed.
The middle-aged man scrutinized him and chuckled, "Youâre quite impolite. Do you think a blind man could be your match?"
Hmm, it seemed the other party wasnât blind after all.
The tension was growing even stronger.
Su Changxing placed a hand on his gun and said slowly:
"It seems we have no reason to fight... You wouldnât think Iâm a Hunter, would you?"
He could feel the other partyâs formidable strength, quite exaggerated, with a vast amount of energy akin to Jin, likely an elite among the Superpower Users.
The middle-aged man was visibly surprised, looking Su Changxing over again. Evidently, he had indeed mistaken Su Changxing for a Hunter because Su Changxing resembled a powerful Hunter heâd encountered before.
Su Changxing smiled and said, "You donât believe me? Why? Is it because Iâm somewhat different?"
Many things can be discerned through details. Everyone has their way of perceiving things, but Su Changxingâs way was more clear.
The middle-aged man began to believe because Su Changxing didnât carry such a heavy hostile aura. Those Hunters, living long in slaughter, had a different gaze, so he asked:
"Tell me... who is number one on the Kill Rankings?"
A very abstract question.
Su Changxing was very sure that the other party was asking seriously: "Feng Hua Mao?"
The middle-aged manâs demeanor softened a little as he laughed, "Ha, it seems youâre really not a Hunter, I misunderstood."
Su Changxing relaxed his grip on the gun and calmly said, "Are you from the Security Bureau?"
The middle-aged man nodded and directly said, "Thatâs right, Zhong Jueqing, nice to meet you... Are you Su Changxing?"
Su Changxingâs eyes flickered as the other party outright called out his name, not responding but wondering how he was exposed.
Zhong Jueqing wore a smile and said, "Seems you are; I didnât expect such coincidence that weâd meet here."
Obviously, Zhong Jueqing had a high position in the Security Bureau, being aware of some of Su Changxingâs information and thus making a judgment from a certain perspective.
Also, the other party took care in noticing his information, so he promptly matched and guessed rightly.
Su Changxing frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Why do you know?"
Zhong Jueqing walked forward leisurely and said, "Itâs not hard to guess. There are few Extraordinaries in our world, and even fewer powerful ones."
He admired the Security Bureauâs ability to gather information. Even in the Doomsday World, they still had strong control over all kinds of information.
Su Changxing nodded thoughtfully and said, "Makes sense, but what if I say Iâm not Su Changxing?"
Zhong Jueqing maintained a smile and lightly said:
"You definitely are. Iâve seen your photo. Even though it was at night, I could still see you clearly."
Su Changxing was a bit speechless, "You talked so much even after seeing my photo, I thought you actually guessed it."
"Even what you see can be false, let alone guesses."
Zhong Jueqing paused and continued, "
... Su Changxing, from Lin City, became disabled years ago due to some reason... This apocalypse may be doomsday for others, but not necessarily for you."
Su Changxing was stunned for a few seconds, then remarked admiringly, "Impressive... Did someone memorize all the information? Otherwise, someone like me, an ordinary citizen, shouldnât have been remembered."
"More or less..."
Zhong Jueqing looked at Su Changxing with a peculiar gaze and said, "Itâs top-secret; I canât tell you. Your reaction seems overly quick."
Su Changxing didnât mind his identity being exposed in the real world. After thinking, he said, "How many Extraordinaries do you have now? That shouldnât be top-secret, right."
"It is somewhat, but I can tell you."
Zhong Jueqing, appearing familiar, spoke with a self-deprecating tone:
"We have six. In all the area we control, in other words, among hundreds of thousands, only six... ha, that truly is one in tens of thousands."
"Only six, huh."
Su Changxing frowned and looked down in thought. This number was even less than in their population of fewer than two thousand.
Zhong Jueqingâs face noticeably twitched, saying, "Of course, not as many as your haven. I heard your haven has seven Extraordinaries, surpassing what we have."
Itâs a terrifying matter that the whole range the Security Bureau controls produces fewer Extraordinaries than a small haven.
"Each one should go find a block of tofu and crash into it."
Su Changxing calculated and said, "Which means, in our city and surrounding regions, the Extraordinaries born would definitely not exceed thirty, and our worldâs Extraordinaries wouldnât exceed forty thousand."
Zhong Jueqing knew what Su Changxing was calculating and said, "Your estimate is too large; it should be twenty, twenty thousand. Itâs hard for us to open what you call the âExtraordinary Era.â
The conversation had reached this point, and Su Changxing knew the other definitely had a high rank in the Security Bureau, even higher than a captain. So he directly said:
"Have you thought about how to prevent corpse transformation? Since itâs already happening, I suppose even if you havenât found it, you should have been exploring it."
"Of course."
Zhong Jueqing placed a cigarette in his mouth, snapped his fingers, creating a spark to light it, took a deep puff, and said:
"No results. We canât even probe the source of corpse transformation, let alone solve it. Itâs something omnipresent in the air, affecting everyone... Though, itâs not to say there are no results."
He paused, stared into Su Changxingâs eyes, and said:
"Your mindset shows weâre on the same side, Su Changxing. Join us... At such times, we need to unite to overcome difficulties."
Su Changxing tightened his coat and said calmly, "That doesnât matter. What matters is the method. Without the method, everything is in vain."
Zhong Jueqing looked deeply into Su Changxingâs eyes and continued, "You have the means to become an Extraordinary. We need it to foster the emergence of more Extraordinaries."
Tao Yiâs Scythe didnât pause, continually harvesting zombies, forming a semicircle in the Undead Tide, like a missing bite on an apple.
Su Changxingâs eyes were bright and witty as he pondered and said, "You may not believe it, but I canât give you the method, and itâs challenging to perform it a second time."