Two Choices

The information on the blue panel--

Name: Xia Ke

Level: F-

Talent: Thousand Spirit Illusory Eyes

Evaluation: This is a woman with excellent talent, but her level is far below yours. By completely dominating her, you can obtain 100 Resource Points.

"Thousand Spirit Illusory Eyes? That sounds a little mystical, but it does seem pretty convincing!"

Su Li glanced at Xia Ke, who was saying something to Secretary Wang, and muttered in surprise.

"All right, all right. Leave your talent blank for now. In a few days, I'll find you a test subject. Then you can come back and try again!"

Secretary Wang ultimately gave up on investigating Xia Ke's talent. After all, she didn't want to use herself as a test subject, while Xia Ke didn't want to use Su Li as one either. There was no way to figure out what Xia Ke's talent actually was today.

As for the other people in the Detective Bureau?

Secretary Wang explained that in the huge Detective Bureau, aside from the three of them, only Director Ye remained. Was she supposed to have Director Ye conduct the test? What a joke!

After recording their information, Secretary Wang led the two of them to her office.

"Both of you are now officially recognized Superhumans of the nation. Congratulations!" Secretary Wang said with a beaming smile.

"Congratulations to you too!"

"Now, you have two choices. The first is to go back as you are and continue living as law-abiding citizens. But using your superpowers privately is illegal!" Secretary Wang continued.

"As for the second, you can join the Detective Bureau right now and enjoy a series of benefits exclusive to us! Of course, you'll also have to shoulder a few minor obligations. Our Detective Bureau is currently recruiting talented people from all walks of life, and we're in desperate need of outstanding talent like you. If you join now, you'll definitely come out ahead!"

"For example, yesterday, Liu Feng from the physical education department at your Donghai University—the student hailed as Huaguo's first Superhuman—officially joined us!"

"..."

Su Li understood. Secretary Wang had been rambling on and on simply to persuade them to join the Detective Bureau.

"But we're still in school!" Su Li said.

"That's no problem. After joining the Detective Bureau, you'll only need to undergo one month of professional training at the beginning. After that, you'll be free to arrange your own time, so it won't affect your studies at all!"

"Heh."

Su Li chuckled, clearly not believing her at all.

The Detective Bureau's current situation, with only a handful of people, said it all. Once they joined, would they really be able to sit around doing nothing?

Secretary Wang was probably eager to find two people to take the blame for her, right?

After all, Director Ye definitely wouldn't do any odd jobs, so Secretary Wang's life here must be incredibly miserable.

Originally, Su Li had seen that Ye Mohan was E+ and assumed the Detective Bureau wouldn't be too small. But now that he saw the situation... tsk, tsk!

Still, this was normal.

If Superpower Technology had really only appeared two years ago, then even if the nation poured all its resources into training Superhumans, how many could it produce in such a short time?

Especially someone like Ye Mohan, who was E+. If she had increased her advancement speed by drinking the Energy Potions sold on Taobao, who knew how many she had needed to reach E+?

Just calculating the cost would produce an astronomical figure!

How many prefecture-level cities were there in Huaguo?

Six hundred and sixty-one prefecture-level cities!

And how many county-level cities fell under those prefecture-level cities?

More than two thousand!

Once Superpower Technology was made public, someone had to be stationed in all those places to keep things under control, right?

Even if most of the people sent to those places were only F+ Superhumans, with E-Class Superhumans assigned only to some major cities, it would still be an astronomical number!

So, the current situation was completely normal.

However, once the number of Superhumans among ordinary people exploded, this situation would probably ease somewhat.

"Don't be in such a hurry. Listen to our benefits first!" Secretary Wang chuckled before continuing.

"After joining the Detective Bureau, you'll first become an official civil servant. Our salaries are also far higher than those of ordinary civil servants. The standard social insurance, housing fund, and various other benefits will leave you drowning in perks."

"How about it? I heard it's difficult for university students to find jobs these days!"

"We're not physical education majors! Have you ever heard of a Donghai University graduate being unable to find a job, Miss Secretary?" Su Li asked.

"Is that so?"

"Mm!" Xia Ke nodded firmly.

"This is difficult!" Secretary Wang rubbed her forehead. After a moment, she continued, "Actually, I'm not insisting that you join us, but I still feel it would be a shame for you. After all, you'd be missing out on the chance to advance further along the path of the Superhuman."

"Huh? Why?" Xia Ke, who hadn't been paying much attention before, suddenly grew nervous.

"Then let me give you a crash course on Superpower Technology!" Secretary Wang said calmly.

"Over the past two years, based on our research into Superhumans, we've established a detailed classification of their levels. People like you, who have just become Superhumans, are called junior Superhumans. Above that are intermediate, advanced, and finally... Super-class Superhumans!"

Listening to Secretary Wang, Su Li immediately knew what she was trying to say!

The advancement of Superhumans couldn't do without the Guidance Technique and Gene Blueprint.

The Guidance Technique was manageable. The Breathing Technique that had been made public was poor, but it could still be used as an F-Class Guidance Technique!

But the Gene Blueprint...

Without it, unless a miracle occurred, an F-Class Superhuman could never break through to E-Class in their lifetime.

This was probably also why the nation had felt safe making the Breathing Technique public. In reality, as long as someone wasn't an E-Class Superhuman, there wasn't much they could do. Unless they had an outrageous talent, F-Class Superhumans wouldn't have much of an advantage against modern weapons!

Just as Su Li had expected, Secretary Wang explained the Guidance Technique and Gene Blueprint to them. As for the Super-class Superhumans she mentioned...

Enmmmmmm.

The name sounded domineering, but in reality, it simply meant E-Class.

"Compared to the orthodox Guidance Technique, your Breathing Technique is worlds apart in efficiency. Advancing will be very, very difficult! And without a Gene Blueprint, a Superhuman absolutely, absolutely cannot break through to the Super-class!"

By repeating "very difficult" twice and "absolutely" twice, Secretary Wang conveyed her meaning as clearly as possible.

By then, Xia Ke had already gripped Su Li's hand tightly, and Su Li could feel that she was about to agree on the spot!

"Ahem, Secretary Wang, how about this? Give us some time to discuss it after we go home. What do you think?" Su Li asked.

"Of course!"

Seeing Su Li waver, the smile on Secretary Wang's face instantly grew even wider.

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