For example, ocean exploration was an extremely dangerous job, so the advance teams were all Ability Users who had committed crimes.
Professor Jiang, however, did not find this surprising.
"Su Qiao wasn't exaggerating at all. There were still zombies outside back then, and the Mutated Animals were extremely ferocious. Technology wasn't as advanced as it is now, and humanity was divided into different ranks. High-tier Ability Users stood at the top of the pyramid. If an ordinary person or a low-level Ability User dared to provoke a super-strong expert, they could be casually wiped out. Even the upper echelons of the base wouldn't interfere."
"Besides, there have been precedents of people possessing Mental Ability and a special spatial attack ability, or even three abilities at once."
"According to legend, the husband of that dean—the number-one expert of that era and the Base Leader of all the Four Great Bases—possessed both Mental Ability and that special spatial attack ability. It was said that, besides those two abilities, he could also turn invisible and instantly turn people into dried corpses."
Su Qiao looked at the professor in surprise.
She hadn't expected anyone, so many years later, to still know about these things.
Everyone became interested. "Was he really that powerful? What level did he reach?"
Professor Jiang shook his head. "It's unclear exactly what level he reached. Officially, he was said to be level twelve."
"It was said that when he was still only level ten, more than a dozen level-nine Ability Users fought him and his wife. In the end, they were completely crushed. They simply weren't a match for the couple."
Jiang Keyun's eyes shone with longing. "So, does that mean the dean's level was also very high?"
The others were equally astonished. This was completely different from what they