The few who had met the standard proceeded toward the area where the "Victory Encounter Stone" was stored, escorted by the soldiers.
Inside a dark-green off-road vehicle.
Su Qiangwei looked disdainfully at Wu Di, who was sitting between her and Ma Ran. "You didn't even meet the standard. What are you doing here?"
For Wu Di, whose worldview was abnormal by ordinary standards, this level of mockery didn't faze him at all.
Without hesitation, he replied, "Relax. I'm not interested in women as old as seventeen."
Su Qiangwei: "???"
What was wrong with being seventeen?
Had she eaten the rice in his house?
Perhaps because their conversation was a little loud, He Nanguang's laughter could be vaguely heard from the vehicle ahead.
Not knowing how much farther they had to go, Wu Di held back for a long while but ultimately couldn't resist.
He looked at Su Qiangwei and asked, "I heard you used to be classmates with Brother Ran?"
Su Qiangwei couldn't be bothered to pay attention to this brat.
She turned to Ma Ran. "Actually, I wanted to ask you this before..."
"Didn't your Limited Precognition see what ability I awakened?"
Su did not resemble Liu Huadie or He Nanguang.
The moment Ma Ran began spouting nonsense, she had decisively believed that Limited Precognition existed.
That was precisely why she felt she had been treated unfairly.
"I saw it."
Ma Ran opened the window and took a deep breath.
Constructing Youwen in his mind was extremely taxing. Now that he had just started feeling tired, chatting with someone for a bit was a good way to relax his brain.
He answered calmly, "Although it doesn't reach the level of omniscience, our current conversation happens to fall within the scope of Limited Precognition."
Su Qiangwei's face darkened. "Then tell me!"
Ma Ran pondered for a moment. Instead of directly answering her question, he responded with a question of his own. "Do you know how our country currently divides superpower levels?"
Director Huang, seated in the passenger seat, picked up the conversation and said solemnly, "Ability levels aren't divided into simple A, B, C, and D grades, nor are they labeled Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding. Instead, they're divided into two levels: To Be Developed and Pillar."
Hearing this, Su Qiangwei nodded.
She understood!
To take care of the fragile self-esteem of the members of the various academic societies, the higher-ups paid extraordinary attention to details.
Outstanding superpowers were rated as Pillar-level.
Useless superpowers were rated as To Be Developed.
It had to be admitted...
This classification method was quite suitable for the national situation.
Ma Ran nodded, his expression complicated as he looked at Su Qiangwei. "Brother He and Sister Die's abilities are both Pillar-level."
"But your ability..."
As soon as he said this, Su Qiangwei's heart began to race.
No way?
Had she really awakened a useless To Be Developed-level superpower?
Giving someone hope only to disappoint them was the cruelest thing of all!
Ma Ran had no habit of keeping people in suspense.
Before more thoughts had time to arise in Su Qiangwei's mind, he said softly, "Your ability far exceeds the limits defining the Pillar level."
"Because of you, the various academic societies have decided to add an entirely new level above To Be Developed and Pillar: Nation Supporter."
Nation Supporter.
The moment one heard the term, it sounded incredibly impressive, almost unreal.
Its prestige clearly wasn't on the same plane as the other two levels.
Su Qiangwei sat there in a daze.
She felt that she ought to say something.
But when the words reached her lips, they vanished without a trace, leaving her mind completely blank.
Nation Supporter?
She had the vague feeling that Ma Ran was messing with her.
"Nation Supporter level..."
As the name implied, it should refer to an ultimate ability that could play a major role in maintaining social stability and ensuring the country's prosperity and development!
Based on Su Qiangwei's limited knowledge and understanding...
Only Ma Ran's Limited Precognition could barely live up to those two words!
Director Huang, seated in the passenger seat, reacted even more strongly than the person involved.
His lips moved, his fingers trembled slightly, and his breathing became rapid.
Recently, an esper known as "GOD" had appeared in the United States.
That person's ability was almost identical to the God depicted in the Bible.
He could raise or suppress floods and tornadoes at will, turn stones into food, transform polluted water into clean water, and resurrect after being dead for three days...
Although no one knew the exact limitations or price of that person's ability, judging from the power he had displayed so far, a century ago, it would have been the power to suppress the entire world single-handedly. He could absolutely be called a deity①!
After internal research and discussion, several leaders of the academic societies planned to establish a level above To Be Developed and Pillar, corresponding to "GOD."
Its name was...
Nation Supporter!
This proposal, which clearly detailed the benefits, treatment, responsibilities, and obligations of superpowered individuals at different levels, was still stalled and had not been formally approved.
After all, no superpowered individual of a similar level had yet appeared within China.
"Good! Good! Good!"
Director Huang was so excited that he could barely speak. Like a broken record, he frantically repeated the same word: "Good!"
His face was flushed, the wrinkles on his face more pronounced than usual, and he was almost laughing himself to tears.
In Huang Weiguo's eyes, there was a simple and clear chain of logic here!
Ma Ran knew about a proposal that was still highly classified.
Therefore, his precognitive ability truly existed.
Therefore, the things he said possessed an extremely high degree of credibility!
Thus, the conclusion was proven: Ma Ran = Nation Supporter, and Su Qiangwei = Nation Supporter!
Su Qiangwei, however, showed not the slightest awareness that she had become a major figure.
She nervously pressed him for an answer. "What exactly is my superpower? Be specific!"
The moment her voice fell, the wheels stopped turning.
The convoy had reached the central area of the Caolu Academy blockade zone.
Vehicles could go no farther here. They needed to get out and continue on foot.
Su Qiangwei followed closely behind Ma Ran, transforming into a curious child. "You seem rather unwilling to answer my earlier question..."
"I get it!"
"In the 'future' seen through Limited Precognition, you didn't answer my question, did you?"
"You don't want to change the future?"
"By the way, what exactly is that 'price' you've mentioned all this time?"
Ma Ran didn't answer. He merely looked calmly at Director Huang.
Old Huang shuddered and immediately understood. "Let me explain this one!"
Hubei's Caolu Academy and Anhui's Fulan Academy were roughly alike. Both planned to follow a dual-supernatural route from the very beginning, developing their two power systems in parallel.
Far away in Sichuan, the members of the Green Lotus Academic Society specialized in the Black Rock Stele martial arts system and focused on cultivating inner energy.
Henan's Yingchuan Academy, meanwhile, focused on studying superpowers and had obtained a great deal of data and advanced experience in the field.
During the exchange of information with Yingchuan Academy, Old Huang had obtained a great deal of important intelligence.
He had originally been hesitating, unsure whether he should hold back some of this information and tell the members only when the time was right.
Now, Old Huang made up his mind. He planned to share the intelligence he had just received with the young people present while they traveled.
"There is currently only one law governing superpowers..."
Director Huang said heavily, "Every gain must come with a loss!"
Liu Huadie, He Nanguang, Su Qiangwei, and Wu Di, who had been added merely to make up the numbers, had just gotten out of the vehicle and now gathered around, listening attentively.
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① Deity (qí): "shen" refers to heavenly deities, while "qi" refers to earthly deities. "Deity" broadly refers to divine beings.
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