Audience with the Immortal Masters

"That was unavoidable." Lin Qing set a bowl of sliced watermelon before him. "People always choose to pursue benefits and avoid harm, and right now, abilities seem more harmful than beneficial."

"Thanks." After taking a bite, Chen Xuan realized something was off. "...This is watermelon from the Ability Store, isn't it?"

"Yeah, there are more than a dozen of them. You weren't counting on them to make money, so what's wrong with eating one?" Lin Qing said matter-of-factly. "Didn't I used to eat chips all the time too?"

This was winter watermelon! Greenhouse watermelon!

"Not for ordinary people. In theory, the more wild ability users there are, the more frequent superpowered crimes will become. The Dimensional Limit Organization is taking advantage of this trend to form more enforcement squads to suppress ability users and further replace abilities with cybernetic prosthetics." Lin Qing spread her hands. "But don't worry about Jiangcheng turning into a silent dead city. Most people will eventually come back."

"Why?"

"Because the Organization has a branch here, so it responds to ability-related crimes the fastest."

Chen Xuan was stunned for a moment after hearing that. Didn't that mean public security problems in other cities would become even worse from now on?

"Oh, right... speaking of the Organization, I almost forgot to tell you." Lin Qing's voice suddenly rose a couple of pitches. "Honglian is one of the Jiangcheng Organization's people! We don't need to search the whole world for her anymore!"

"Who?" Chen Xuan failed to recall her right away.

"Honglian, the one who caused the Dimensional Limit Organization to split..." She took out that old woman's photo again. "This person! Remember now?"

He drew out an "oh." "You heard it from Jiang Siqi?"

"That's right. When I heard the enforcement squad arranging assignments, Jiang Siqi called