Zhou Fan had finished his training at school.
Both he and Lin Qianqian had received special permission from Wang Daochuan to end their training early.
So the next morning, Zhou Fan no longer needed to go to school.
His destination was outside the city!
The greatest threat to humanity in this world was those mutated monsters!
After spiritual energy returned, humans weren't the only ones who gained superpowers.
Animals had mutated too.
In just a few decades, they had rapidly multiplied and taken over half the world.
They were vicious, savage, and bloodthirsty.
They were the greatest enemies humanity currently faced!
An Esper's mission was to wipe out mutant beasts!
Zhou Fan arrived at the city gate.
Towering walls surrounded Tianhai City.
They were there to defend against mutant beasts.
Every city inhabited by humans had walls. They were the simplest, most effective means of defending against mutant beast attacks.
At the city gate.
Guards were stationed there specifically to check everyone leaving the city.
Only Espers could leave. Ordinary people were forbidden from leaving unless accompanied by an Esper.
And even Espers had to reach First Tier, two stars before they could leave.
As soon as Zhou Fan arrived at the gate, a guard stopped him.
"Hold on, you can't leave the city!" Guard A said.
"Why not?"
"According to regulations, Espers must be at least First Tier, two stars to leave the city. Non-Espers must be accompanied by an Esper at First Tier, three stars or above."
"You're obviously a student. Your school should still be holding training right now, shouldn't it?"
The guard could tell at a glance that Zhou Fan was a student.
Students all had that innocent, unworldly air about them.
They were easy to recognize.
"I already meet the requirements to leave," Zhou Fan said.
"You meet the requirements? Give me your details. I'll check."
"My name is Zhou Fan, from Senior Class 8 at Tianhai No. 1 High School."
The guard immediately entered his information into the computer system.
"Don't think you can fool me. We have records for every student at your school. One check will tell me whether you qualify..."
He suddenly fell silent.
Because Zhou Fan's information was displayed perfectly clearly on the system screen-
[Name: Zhou Fan] [School: Tianhai No. 1 High School] [Class: Senior Class 8] [Superpower: C-Rank · Spirit Eye System] [Level: First Tier, three stars]
"He's actually First Tier, three stars??"
[Shock +1]
Guard A quickly looked up, suddenly finding Zhou Fan somewhat familiar.
"I remember now! You're Zhou Fan?"
"That genius who turned things around?!"
[Shock +5]
By now, practically everyone in Tianhai City knew Zhou Fan's name.
The guard simply hadn't recognized him at first.
"So, can I go out?" Zhou Fan asked.
"Of course!"
The guard immediately authorized him to leave the city.
Watching Zhou Fan walk away, he was filled with envy.
"It's been a year since I awakened my superpower, and I'm still stuck at First Tier, five stars. All I can get is a gatekeeping job."
"He only awakened three days ago, and he's already reached First Tier, three stars."
Guard B beside him offered some comfort. "You'll get used to it. Sometimes the gap between two people is bigger than the gap between a person and a dog."
Zhou Fan couldn't hear their conversation.
But their Emotion Points still came through to him all the same.
[Envy +2] [Jealousy +2]
He left the city.
Fresh air washed over him.
"So this is what the air outside the city is like? It really is fresh!"
This was Zhou Fan's first time leaving the city.
Before he had awakened, he hadn't been qualified to leave at all.
For ordinary people, leaving the city meant courting death.
Now he had become an Esper and reached First Tier, three stars in just a few days.
He was qualified to leave!
Looking out, he saw a vast grassland ahead, with a dense primeval forest beyond it.
The return of spiritual energy hadn't just mutated humans and animals.
Plants had mutated too.
Trees that might normally grow only a dozen meters tall could now reach thirty to fifty meters.
With mutant beasts running rampant as well, the territory humans could move around in had shrunk dramatically.
The wilderness teemed with life, almost as if he had returned to prehistoric times.
As he stepped out through the gate, Zhou Fan saw quite a few Espers heading purposefully toward the mutant beast forest ahead.
Most Espers who left the city had a specific goal.
Nobody came out just to admire the scenery because they had nothing better to do.
Zhou Fan's goal today was also to fight some wild mutant beasts, hone his actual combat skills, and grow stronger.
"But just hunting mutant beasts like this seems a little boring."
"There aren't many people around, either. Getting Emotion Points through combat will be a bit tricky."
Zhou Fan surveyed his surroundings.
Suddenly, he thought of a solution.
He took out his phone and swiftly opened the Douyang app.
Then he registered his personal information.
He changed his username to his real name-Zhou Fan.
But after a moment's thought, he added "Tianhai No. 1 High School · Official" after it.
Once that was done, he chose to create a livestream.
That's right!
He was going to livestream!
To earn Emotion Points, he needed an audience-people he could stir up emotions in.
But where would he find an audience out in this wilderness?
Since there was no audience on-site, he would find one himself!
Nobody here?
Then he'd find people online!
As long as he kept his mind working, there would always be more solutions than problems.
But because he was a new streamer, not a single person entered his stream even after five minutes.
"Why isn't anyone here? Is the stream title not catchy enough?"
Zhou Fan thought for a moment, then changed the title to "New streamer, hot action in the wild!"
"Yeah, this title should work, right?"
He nodded in satisfaction.
Less than a minute after he changed the title.
Five people entered his stream.
Cilantro Lover: "Huh, why is it a guy? Didn't the title say hot action in the wild?"
Stumbled into Heaven: "What the hell is this? False advertising? Everyone, report this streamer!"
Triple Rage Returns: "Fuck! You got my hopes up for nothing!"
Seeing people enter, Zhou Fan hurriedly introduced himself.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Zhou Fan from Tianhai No. 1 High School in Tianhai City, Southern District. I'm a rookie Esper who only awakened three days ago."
"Today, we're taking on a live wilderness hunting challenge. I hope you'll follow my stream."
Zhou Fan put the lines he had picked up from watching other streamers straight into practice.
The viewers in his stream hadn't been interested at first.
Until one viewer recognized who Zhou Fan was.
"Holy shit! Isn't this the loser who was trending a while ago? The one with S-Rank Psychic Power who awakened a C-Rank Superpower?"
"Damn, I think it really is him. This streamer's name is Zhou Fan too."
"Is it actually him? Could it be an impersonator?"
"I think that's possible. Why would the real guy be livestreaming? This is obviously someone riding the hype."
Some people recognized Zhou Fan, but others remained skeptical.
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