The Martial Artist System and the Awakened System

"If Chiyoka Ouin's attitude toward Master Level Martial Artists and Limit Level Martial Artists earlier could be described as somewhat envious,

then.

When Xi Shenlian brought up the Awakened and compared them with martial artists, what Ouin Chiyoka revealed was a feeling of envy, jealousy, and resentment.

Envy, jealousy, and resentment toward a level she could never reach...

This made Xi Shenlian's gaze grow even more intrigued.

He really wanted to hear how she evaluated the differences between the two power systems.

Under his gaze, Ouin Chiyoka puffed out her cheeks in mild annoyance, but still answered honestly:

"Just as martial artists are divided into five stages—amateur, elite, expert, master, and limit—Awakened are also divided into five stages: Initial Awakening, Mature, Self, Completion, and finally Sublimation."

"As monsters among humanity, the group that has ruled this planet since ancient times, Initial Awakening is the most basic stage for the Awakened. Generally speaking, after passing through the initial adaptation period, their physical qualities become roughly comparable to those of Limit Level Martial Artists. Those with better talents may even be stronger. Their physical bodies alone are enough to withstand most weapons, and they can tear metal apart with their bare hands. Only heavy weapons can inflict effective damage on them. If they further cultivate various martial arts and techniques to achieve greater growth, then only prohibited weapons can inflict effective damage."

At this point,

Xi Shenlian understood the general situation.

If Limit Level Martial Artists were fully equipped, max-level game accounts belonging to ordinary humans,

then Initial Awakening Awakened were the lowest-level, unequipped accounts among the Awakened.

However, the physical qualities of Limit Level Martial Artists were at most only somewhat comparable to those of Initial Awakening Awakened. If the other party worked a little harder... the gap would become enormous.

It was a difference in talent on an entirely different dimensional level...

What did this represent?

It meant that even if an ordinary person's ancestors had accumulated immense virtue, and they themselves possessed all kinds of opportunities and peerless talent, working tirelessly to climb higher, they could only barely touch the lower limit of the Awakened...

The situation was similar to the gap between a wuxia film setting and a xianxia film setting.

Perhaps because she was unwilling to concede,

at the end of her previous statement, Ouin Chiyoka added:

"Of course, Limit Level Martial Artists usually go through countless battles, and every one of them is proficient in the techniques and profound principles of countless schools. Generally speaking, if they truly fought, they could usually defeat Initial Awakening Awakened with ease."

Xi Shenlian was noncommittal about this statement.

It was like an experienced veteran beating up someone with similar physical qualities but little combat experience.

Naturally, being able to win was perfectly normal.

Besides,

Ouin Chiyoka had said "usually." That meant that when they encountered an especially powerful Initial Awakening Awakened, Limit Level Martial Artists were actually still somewhat inadequate.

Ouin Chiyoka naturally understood these factors as well.

Therefore, after barely salvaging some dignity for martial artists, she chose to move past the subject and continue answering his earlier question.

"If Initial Awakening Awakened are at a level that ordinary people have a chance of opposing through individual physical strength, then Mature Awakened are basically at a level that ordinary people have absolutely no way of opposing through individual physical strength."

"In this regard, the difference between the Initial Awakening and Mature stages is said to be like that between an infant and an adult. Even if an infant had tens of thousands of its kind, it would still obviously be unable to oppose an adult."

"According to the data and various research findings, Mature Awakened generally possess movement speeds ranging from several times the speed of sound to dozens of times the speed of sound. They can crash through facilities designed to withstand nuclear bombardment with their physical bodies. Under normal circumstances, even nuclear bombardment cannot pose much of a threat to them. Although the temperature of a nuclear explosion can melt their bodies, their movement speed is fully capable of exceeding the rate at which the various shock waves from a nuclear explosion spread. The explosion and shock waves cannot catch them, so they naturally cannot pose any substantial threat. Various radiation effects can catch up with them, but their powerful physiques, which resemble those of extraterrestrial life-forms, usually automatically render them immune."

"In short, unless hundreds or thousands of nuclear bombs are simultaneously deployed across a vast area for saturated, indiscriminate bombardment, nuclear bombs basically cannot hit Mature Awakened. The same applies to all kinds of other technological weapons. Even if their power is sufficient to break through the opponent's defenses, the hit rate is often an insurmountable problem."

"For example, ten years ago, a Mature Awakened lost control in the Sidia Republic. The result was that nearly two million people in the capital died within just a few hours, and that was while the other Awakened were occupying most of the person's attention."

"If the other party were truly allowed to kill without restraint, they could wipe out over a hundred million people across the entire country in a single day..."

Hearing this,

Xi Shenlian glanced at the Mature designation marked on his system panel.

Now he understood. So he was actually this powerful.

This was only the second level!

Wasn't he supposed to start out as a weakling?

Moreover, he now deeply understood that the human civilization of this world was truly incredibly resilient.

No wonder the historical records were filled with entries like: "In XXXX, a massive upheaval occurred, and civilization began to regress..."

With a group of Awakened like this around, the fact that Earth in this world had not been wiped out was already a blessing in disguise!

"As for the Self stage and the stages beyond it, I don't know much either."

"I only know that once Awakened reach the Self stage, they begin to automatically awaken all kinds of special abilities, or supernatural powers, based on their own traits and talents: controlling lightning, controlling temperature, controlling plants, splitting their bodies, telekinesis, manipulating time..."

"So the Self stage is also a relatively obvious stage of transformation among the Awakened."

"Only the more outstanding among them can successfully reach that stage. In ancient times, they were often treated as descending gods and recorded in various classics."

"By comparison, the Mature stage is more like a basic guarantee—the guaranteed level that every Awakened will inevitably reach after natural development and growth, provided nothing goes seriously wrong."

"As for the Completion and Sublimation stages after the Self stage, they are without a doubt the rulers at the very top. Only exceptionally outstanding Awakened can reach them!"

"The former can completely control the sovereignty of a conventional country on Earth, while the latter's stability is the fundamental prerequisite for maintaining the superficial calm of Earth's overall situation!!"

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