What Kind of People Stand Behind Them

The next morning, as soon as Ren Suo woke up, he felt a subtle sense of unease.

This unease stemmed from the fact that he felt too comfortable.

Normally, as a 22-year-old, healthy, well-developed man who hadn't encountered any perverted uncles in his childhood, Ren Suo's waking up would be accompanied by a suppressed urge to urinate and a body that, while awake, still felt a bit numb and soft from trying to stay in bed.

However, the moment Ren Suo opened his eyes, he felt as if his body had instantly woken up. Every cell in his body was urging him to get up and have fun, just like the morning he found out he was going to the amusement park when he was five.

It was as if he hadn't slept at all, but had just lain down and immediately woken up.

Ren Suo covered his mouth and exhaled. The thick, starchy taste told him that the microorganisms in his mouth had indeed fermented because he hadn't opened his mouth for eight hours.

Ren Suo brushed his teeth and washed his face. He saw that it was already 9:04 AM. Just then, his phone rang.

He looked at the caller ID, answered, and asked:

"Mom, why are you calling so early?"

"Huh? I came back yesterday, I'm at home."

"What? A blind date? What blind date? I'm a seven-foot tall man... Besides, didn't you tell me not to date in college? The last time I was home, I saw you repeatedly warning my sister..."

A few minutes later, Ren Suo put down his phone with a helpless expression.

He hadn't expected his mother to urge him to go on blind dates when he was about to graduate from college, preferably getting married next year and having children the year after, and ideally having one boy and one girl to respond to the national two-child policy for better upbringing...

What the hell, Ren Suo remembered that his parents had told him not to date throughout middle school, high school, and college, so he hadn't developed any skills in the area of 'romance'...

Well, this was Ren Suo's last shred of dignity. In reality, he hadn't listened to his parents' advice at all. How could that aspect be completely forbidden?

Ren Suo had interacted with girls in clubs and classes, but unfortunately, internet cafes were more interesting than girls. In the end, he always chose to distance himself from girls and immerse himself in studying and gaming...

Who knew his mother would be so impatient? Ren Suo had repeatedly stated that he had no interest in getting to know girls at this stage, practically saying 'I'm a coward' and 'my experience interacting with girls is at the kindergarten level', yet his mother insisted that he first become friends with the daughter of her old friend...

It was said that the other party was two years younger than him, currently a freshman, attending a top-tier university in Lianjiang City. She could be considered a fresh and tender junior. Generally speaking, girls of this age would mostly not accept blind dates, and her parents wouldn't be so impatient either, unless she looked older than her age...

However, his mother had only mentioned this. Maybe when his mother showed his photo to the other party, the matter would fall through?

Thinking of this, Ren Suo calmed down, but then he suddenly remembered something – he had forgotten to tell his parents about being a Seeker of the Way.

Someone at the Intensive Training base had asked if they could teach their cultivation methods to others. The Instructor had readily replied, "The higher-ups haven't said that the cultivation methods must be kept secret, but the Intensive Training base is highly classified. If you are found to have leaked the location of the base, you will be dealt with according to the crime of leaking classified information."

"However, the key to your foundation-building process of obtaining a Qi Vortex is not the Breathing Method, but the place you are in – a sports venue with Aura enhancement. Pure Breathing Method doesn't have much meaning. Even if you teach it to others, unless their aptitude reaches a certain level, meaning they are several times stronger than you, they might be able to sense Aura and cultivate."

"If you have such relatives or friends, please introduce them to us. Even if they were previously well-known entrepreneurs, billionaires, the country is willing to give them a status commensurate with this talent... and future!"

Although the Instructor had said this, Ren Suo still wanted to let his family try to see if they could sense Aura. However, this Breathing Method was truly not that miraculous, with traces of the 'Qigong' scams of the 1980s. To make his family believe that this Breathing Method could cultivate... it would indeed require some effort.

Before cultivating a Qi Vortex, Ren Suo couldn't sense any Aura when practicing the Breathing Method outside the sports venue. Only when practicing the Breathing Method at the sports venue did he feel as if his body had opened countless mouths, greedily absorbing the Aura present everywhere in space.

Therefore, if ordinary people practiced the Breathing Method, unless they were the geniuses mentioned by the Instructor, they would basically feel nothing. With such complex breathing exercises, without positive feedback, they wouldn't know if they were practicing correctly and would easily give up.

"I'll take a day off to go home and let them practice. Maybe our Ren family really has a genius... Hmm?"

Ren Suo suddenly froze, immediately sat upright on the sofa, and began to practice the Breathing Method.

The next second, his expression changed drastically – as surprised as seeing his favorite game suddenly 99% off!

In his perception, the speed at which his body absorbed Aura suddenly increased several times. If before his body was sucking Aura through a straw, now it was like stir-frying, pan-frying, and cooking the Aura into a steak and swallowing it in one bite – the nutrition was dozens of times that of the former.

Ren Suo recalled the knowledge from the Aura Cognition Class: "...After the Qi Vortex forms and rotates, it officially enters the accumulation and development phase. At the same time, the Active Aura within the Inner Qi Vortex, due to continuous rotation, will construct a network of Qi Vortexes throughout the practitioner's fundamental physical body. This allows the practitioner's Aura absorption speed to reach their potential limit, and even in places without concentrated Aura, their cultivation speed won't slow down."

In other words, before the Qi Vortex forms and rotates, practitioners are like students repeatedly doing practice problems on the same knowledge point. No matter how many they do, they are only reinforcing the same knowledge point and not learning more content. After the Qi Vortex forms and rotates, they officially begin learning other knowledge points. Each learning session accumulates, continuously expanding the student's knowledge network!

This means Ren Suo has officially stepped into the ranks of practitioners!

However, Ren Suo quickly gave a wry smile: "My potential is only 1.25. The absorption speed after forming and rotating is already this impressive. How terrifying must those people with over 2 potential be..."

The time between the Qi Vortex forming and forming and rotating varies from person to person. Although cultivation during this period is slightly shortened, the help is limited, which is why all the Intensive Training bases sent them back – with a Qi Vortex, they can already work. As for when they can form and rotate, that depends on their fate.

His phone suddenly lit up. Ren Suo realized he had actually been cultivating for almost an hour, and it was already 10 o'clock – the pleasure of absorbing Aura during cultivation easily makes one lose track of time.

"Hello, Mr. Ren Suo. The Lian Province National Security Bureau informs you that you have been accepted by the Lianjiang City National Security Bureau Counter-Special Crime Bureau. For detailed information, please await specific notification from your affiliated unit."

Ren Suo blinked. Only then did he remember that when they were dismissed yesterday, You Jilong seemed to have said that their job transfers would be notified within one to three working days. But this message was incomplete, without even leaving the unit's phone number. What was going on...

Although he was inexplicably transferred to the National Security Bureau, he was still a senior university student! He would have to wait another month or two for formal work. No need to panic... right?

Ren Suo thought about it. He felt that the National Security Bureau was so eager to train them, and then quickly send them back to their respective cities after the training. It felt like they were very short of people to do things...

"Never mind, never mind... Anyway, let's open the treasure chest and play the new game first!" With good news, Ren Suo, who had officially become a practitioner, quickly decided to claim the benefits he deserved first!

In the National Security Bureau conference room, the screen on the projector was frozen at the moment the Seeker of the Way turned into light.

With a clang, the door opened, and Yu Kuangtu walked in. Several Black Vests behind him carried several stacks of documents, distributing them to everyone in the conference room.

Li Dan opened a document and immediately raised an eyebrow: "Isn't this scheduled to be implemented next month..."

"Yes, as everyone can see, the National Search Plan is being moved up," Yu Kuangtu said first.

The Black Vests exchanged glances. Someone said, "Then the subsequent supporting..."

"Everything is being moved up," Yu Kuangtu saw someone about to speak and pressed his hand down: "I know, every plan from now on requires our participation, and we are currently short on staff... So, the practitioners who were sent back to cultivate will be recalled as soon as possible. You will form various teams and begin working."

"Is it that urgent?" someone asked.

"This is not the city's intention, nor is it the province's intention," Yu Kuangtu pointed upwards helplessly, then pointed behind him: "This video, 'If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters,' has already pierced the final layer of the paper window. Now the whole world knows that this world... has changed."

"The previous Immortal Palace Assassin could be said to be a gifted assassin, and the final scene could be explained as him using some technique, or simply movie special effects... If some sparks or ice pillars appeared in this video, they could also be called special effects. Even if a real person appeared, so what? Because humans know this is unscientific, as long as an explanation is given, they will be half-believing."

"But the woman in this video clearly stayed awake for five consecutive days, performing a challenge that is almost inhuman. This is even more terrifying than superpowers. Superpowers can be special effects, but a person..."

Yu Kuangtu sighed: "Even if she really has nothing to do with practitioners, it's meaningless, because ordinary people won't believe it either. Now there are more and more such incidents. The meaning from above is that we must quickly get all the domestic cultivation talents into our hands – other countries also seem to be accelerating their practitioner training plans because of this video."

"Alright, everyone go and get busy."

Yu Kuangtu turned his head, looking at the moment the blonde woman on the screen turned into light and dissipated. There was both longing and confusion in his eyes.

The longing was because he hadn't expected humans could achieve this step... What happened to this blonde woman now? Did she transform into a higher life form? Or did the currently popular 'transmigration' happen?

The confusion was because Yu Kuangtu felt that this 'Ren Nesser,' who released videos with almost no restrictions, was practically like the throat of certain forces.

The Immortal Palace Assassin, Xuan Country has not found any trace of him to this day.

And this blonde woman who climbed the 10,000-meter peak seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

Where exactly did they come from?

What exactly do they want to do?

Who is standing behind them...?