Chapter 43: Secret Order (Part 2/2) (1/2)

Chapter 43: Secret Order (Part 2/2)

“I believe that everyone in the area is nourishment for the Human-Faced Arachnid.” Luo Nan pointed at the wriggling and giggling human bodies in their surrounding. The Human-Faced Arachnid craved these negative emotions; it really had a soft spot for them.

He continued speaking after a moment’s hesitation: “There are also these line patterns. This should be a magical symbol….. I don’t know very much about the Mystic Arts. Is there someone who’s more of an expert than me?”

Zhang Yingying raised her hand from behind on the spot: “I’ve played with tarot cards before. Does that count?”

He Yueyin could make out what Luo Nan was hesitating to say and she spoke directly: “Mr. Luo, sir, currently you are our only person who’s qualified to make judgments about the Human-Faced Arachnid. There’s no need to draw others in to explain.”

Zhang Yingying stuck out her tongue. Luo Nan scratched his head, but in the end, he continued down his reasoning: “At first I believed that these decorative vines, flowery patterns, and “Magical Symbols”, were just goods; they had no practical purpose. But here, there’s a portion of line patterns that seem to display effects. Like drawing water through a canal, a portion of energy converges together over here……”

Luo Nan pointed to the projector of the lighting fixture.

He didn’t need to use his psychic methods to come to this conclusion, just using his eyes was fine. The remains of those lines and that lighting fixture were similar to the residue of the dark red spores on the warship. They too were slowly “evaporating” from the room.

He Yueyin was unable to see this “residue”, but she took out a small and exquisite mist sprayer from her pocket.

Luo Nan could guess the general purpose of this. It should contain a special substance similar to the Shadow Mist1 and the substance should be able to capture the vestiges of the Darksider lifeform meddling with reality.

“Indeed, there exists the relevant ray residue.”

Zhang Yingying walked over at this time, leaning on Luo Nan’s shoulder and looking at the lighting fixture. A while passed before she spoke to He Yueyin, who was carefully observing the fixture as well: “The situation appears to be complex. Is a Secret Order involved?”

He Yueyin grunted; she didn’t respond immediately.

“Secret Order?” Luo Nan didn’t understand.

“They are a sort of baffling thing. A very troublesome organization of lunatics.”

Luo Nan stared at Zhang Yingying: “You said that ability users haven’t formed any secret societies2!”

“The world doesn’t deal in absolutes. And this isn’t a secret society. It’s an evil cult okay?”

Zhang Yingying saw that He Yueyin hadn’t responded for a time. She shrugged at Luo Nan: “Just think about it. There are 600,000 ability users in the entire world. At most one tenth of them have a relatively complete practice system and train steadily and honestly. Most of the remaining 500,000+ possess certain abilities through a complete mystery. If there’s no one to guide them, many of them grow to have inflated egos. They consider themselves to be some “new human race”. Some “child of god” and so on. They believe that they stand at the apex of humanity, so they believe they can do whatever they please….. Things are quite like this in novels and comics right?”

“Hehe.”

“Going ‘hehe’ is useless. This is the reality. Of course, the majority of these retards will be taught by the police on how to conduct themselves. If they can’t beat exo-armors, then they can’t tout some sh*t about being a child of god or a holy infant. The more annoying ones are handled by the military’s Burners. Then the Society cooperates with the military to welcome them into our organization for rehabilitation and observation.”

Zhang Yingying spread her hand: “But in the end, there are still some very special fellows. They can be considered the Gifted Class of the Gifted Class. Indeed, they are extremely difficult to deal with. Even within the Society, I’m afraid that even the most top notch ability users of the same type would find it hard to communicate with them. They don’t approve of the Society’s Ability System and its designations. They believe that there’s a different ‘explanation’. But their explanation often involves using their abilities to wrap firmly around religion, legends, mystic arts, other existing theories, or perhaps rich imagination, to superficially present themselves. The end result is…… that they start schools and teachings!

“Several secret sects are formed by people to advance their exquisite theories and validate their imagination in this world. The problem is… They themselves may be tremendous, but their relevant theories are extremely absurd. If one were to practice according to their theories, more than half would die tragic deaths…… But this is unavoidable. The illustrious power of mystics and sages is more kick-ass than ten thousand truths. Large quantities of people enter into these sects just as usual. They dedicate everything to these sects and are extremely devoted. These sects are quite a headache for the government. Naturally, they are quite the headache for the Society as well.”

Luo Nan was able to hear the hidden implications: “In other words, the Society can’t take these people.”

“We’re holding back against evil in fear of harming the innocent! The leaders of these sects are morons, but their strength is truly powerful. In addition, these sects are planted deeply in the cities. To rummage through with our current population density… You might as well just set off a nuclear warhead in the middle of the city……. Hey, believe it. Think of the Human-Faced Arachnid and R&D district!”

Luo Nan was speechless for a time and was a bit lost in thought. Do those powerful ability users really possess the terrifying destructive capability of a nuclear warhead?

This information was stimulating. After returning from his thoughts, he simply spoke out the series of questions he had piled up in his heart:

“How does the Society designate things in their Ability System? What’s really considered to be an Awakened? Where do I stand in all of this?”