April 11th, sunny. Temperature: 37.6 degrees Celsius.
Yasanda City, capital of the Republic of It.
The Hero Association headquarters was a skyscraper more than four hundred meters tall. The entire structure was an inverted triangular pyramid, with rows of metal pillars around it supporting its four corners.
At this moment, in the core conference hall on the fiftieth floor of the headquarters.
Ten S-Rank heroes had gathered together.
In the dimly lit corners, each person varied in height and build. Under the faint light, it was difficult to make out the expressions of these ten powerhouses standing at the pinnacle of humanity.
"My subsidiary body was taken out." A tall man clad from head to toe in silver mech armor suddenly spoke from a corner. "It went to rescue someone, only to be destroyed instead. This Mediator is very formidable."
"How formidable?" an elderly, short man beside him asked flatly. "Those subsidiary bodies of yours only ever have the same few functions. With even a little targeted countermeasure, their combat power is inferior even to A-Rank. Only in the heights of outer space can they barely count as an advantage."
"No. The point is, it took only four seconds from the moment my subsidiary body attacked to the moment it was destroyed." The armored man slowly revealed a handsome face that was cold and indifferent. He was none other than the S-Rank hero, Planet Wanderer Taibo.
"My clone was taken out too. That Mediator is quite formidable," said another fully armored man standing opposite him in a low voice.
He wore a white cape marked with crosses behind him. Missile-launching ejector devices covered his arms and legs.
This man was none other than Phantom Knight, whom Lu Sheng had pursued before.
"That so-called Mediator declared that he would come here