Counterfeit and Genuine

In Yanjing's secret underground base, Song Xian wore a grave expression as he looked at Zhong Tianming, deeply resistant to the plan that was about to unfold.

"Elder Zhong, Bai Cangshu... no, Mercenary Tao is a complete monster. Though he is currently missing, he may simply have been affected by some special ability. That place of ours..."

He abruptly stopped halfway through. Yan Qiu, standing behind Zhong Tianming, had instinctively placed her hand on the gun at her waist.

After dealing with Ability Users so many times, they had always managed to uncover certain unusual rules.

The core members of the Southern Heavenly Gate Project all knew that so-called Ability Users were not a new race born from bloodline mutations or some spiritual energy resurgence.

They were ordinary people chosen by some hidden entity—or, more precisely, by some hidden space.

As long as an ordinary person met certain conditions that had yet to be fully identified, they might be chosen by that space and become a so-called Ability User.

Of course, the more likely outcome after being chosen was death, followed by the erasure of all records.

They had backed up the files of every soldier who had attempted to enter through hypnosis. Now, quite a few files were missing from the wall, representing that those people's existence had been completely erased.

And through their contact with these Ability Users, they had learned that the most dangerous thing was to inquire about that space.

The moment anyone attempted such a conversation, at best, the Ability User would fall silent. At worst, they would launch indiscriminate attacks against everyone around them.

The researchers believed this was an extremely powerful secrecy protection mechanism. Once triggered, the Ability User had to kill those in the know, or be killed themselves.

Song Xian had