For an instant, Lin Guang's steps noticeably paused, his eyes flickering.

Wu Nuo simply assumed he was stunned by modern technology: "There's nothing to be surprised about."

"Although there are indeed quite a few formidable characters among these new-type supernatural beings... if those kinds of people had the connections and opportunities to learn how to become sorcerers, they wouldn't be weak either."

"And besides, sorcerers can also borrow external objects to fight; I just didn't bring any today."

"Anyway, as I see it, the ones who resort to this basically have no talent. The only good thing about it is that it's mass-producible."

He showed a disgusted expression: "But that's the most damnable part."

"Because it's mass-producible, any piece of garbage can suddenly transform into a supernatural being out of nowhere, start swelling up and causing trouble. During this time, I've killed quite a lot of them. They pop up everywhere like cockroaches."

"That guy you arrested earlier, that... whatever-the-hell Association's Branch Leader, you remember him, right? The one who took an agent, got all inflated, tried to challenge you, and then died in the police station."

"I looked at that bastard's corpse. It was clearly a special spell formula triggered inside his body; he was silenced."

"By the way, that agent is mass-producible. It's appeared in many places, and there are other contraband items in other districts that can make people transform too."

"The nature of this matter is extremely vile. At the biggest scale, it's a challenge to the existing social order. The Sixth Division is currently investigating this, at least to figure out who's behind it and their intentions."

"You're someone who's experienced it firsthand. Do you have more intel?"

"No."

Seeing Lin Guang shake his head, Wu Nuo wasn't disappointed either.

"Anyway, if you get any relevant information, you can share it with me. The Sixth Division will give you a satisfactory reward."

"If you're willing to join, the official treatment they'll offer you won't be bad."

"Even if you don't join, at least you need money on the surface, right? What I did tonight was indeed a bit abrupt; I can transfer you—"

"There's no need for money."

Lin Guang glanced at him, a gleam in his eyes that Wu Nuo couldn't understand at all: "Get me a belt, along with the corresponding transformation prop. It has to match the nature of my power."

He enunciated each word: "The strength doesn't matter. Even E... the first Energy Level is fine, but after transforming, it has to be humanoid and can't be ugly."

Wu Nuo was stunned again.

What the hell is this about?

You just unleashed means nearly at the third Energy Level, and you want a first Energy Level belt for nothing.

An ancient person obsessed with modern fashion trash?

Although it wasn't anything particularly difficult for him, still...

Wu Nuo thought for a moment: "...I can get it, but I'm not sure if you can use it. If your curse power precision isn't high enough, it might explode the instant you inject it—"

"Then that's none of your business. My operational precision is higher than yours."

"........."

Wu Nuo made an expression like he'd eaten a fly.

Lies don't hurt; truth is a sharp blade.

...............

Twenty minutes later, Lin Guang finally returned home.

First, he wrote down Wu Nuo's name in his notebook again. He finally calmed down, standing in front of the bathroom mirror, staring at his own face.

At that moment, the cold, stern youth in the mirror was illuminated by the dim yellow light, still maintaining an expressionless demeanor.

His earlier frantic thoughts and the magic power inside his body had indeed been somewhat consumed by Wu Nuo's sudden fight and interrogation.

"........."

After organizing his thoughts for a while, Lin Guang suddenly let out a breath: "Huff."

Wind Capital was indeed no simple place.

He had been trying to find the supernatural in this city, and it turned out his efforts weren't wrong.

Because the supernatural, the so-called [Underground World], really was here, within this enormous city with a population of tens of millions. It had always existed, with a long history.

Although today he had only briefly questioned this uninvited guest Wu Nuo, even just seeing a tiny part through a tube, Lin Guang had basically understood the situation.

In the eyes of this so-called strongest contemporary of Wind Capital, he had likely been identified as an ancient sorcerer who had either [reincarnated] or [manifested] in the modern era. He might look young on the surface, but in reality, he was an old geezer who'd been cultivating for who knows how long.

So Wu Nuo had no psychological burden about giving up his title as the strongest contemporary just now. Because he didn't even regard Lin Guang as someone from this era. He'd probably already claimed a mental victory.

But the truth was...

Lin Guang had gone from having absolutely no supernatural power to his current level in just one month, doing two or three trials on average per day.

Wu Nuo, who had been training since childhood, was the real old geezer. He wondered what Wu Nuo would think if he knew that fact.

And the new-type supernatural beings, modern sorcerers, ancient sorcerers, demons, demon-people... these concepts, along with the attitude of Wu Nuo, Wind Capital's contemporary [Strongest], were already enough for him to infer a lot of information.

Demons and demon-people.

Various supernatural factions, and the official Wind Capital Sixth Division.

The collision of ancient sorcery and modern technology.

The conspiracy of the mastermind spreading mass-produced temporary supernatural beings.

And because the so-called big environment ceiling was stuck at the peak of the second Energy Level, which was D+ level, Lin Guang's current power seemed to be quite considerable. He had already reached a point where he could barely sit at the table.

If he transformed, even Wu Nuo, the contemporary strongest, would have to avoid his edge.

—Of course, according to Lin Guang's estimate, this guy was only strong in one-on-one combat.

Not to mention whether the older generation had anyone who could match or surpass him, since the ceiling was stuck at the second Energy Level (D), it meant there was no real third Energy Level (C). The gap wasn't as massive as the qualitative difference between Dangerous Species and Nightmare Seeds in the Trial World.

If multiple opponents of the same level really ganged up on him, even the strongest would have to throw in the towel. Otherwise, with Wu Nuo's attitude, there was no way he would admit that there were formidable characters among the "mass-produced" new-type supernatural beings. He was a thousand percent sure that Wu Nuo had suffered losses at their hands.

The [Transcendent Means] that could break through the environment's suppression and forcibly unleash higher-level power did sound quite impressive.

But based on his experience from countless works he'd read, this kind of thing would likely become a common, street-level item that all major factions might possess later in the story.

It was the same logic as when the protagonist breaks through to the ○-Zong level, and the beginner map, where even ○-Kings could dominate, suddenly starts spawning ○-Zongs for no reason. After the environment changes, even a farming old man could suddenly gain magnetic ○ powers at the thirty-something celestial level.

This matter was also recorded in "Thirty Years East, Thirty Years West, Don't Bully the Youth in Poverty" and "The Path of Hell."

Looking at it this way, it basically meant that currently, there were many Nightmare Seed-level combat forces in this world.

And who knew how many more could spawn if the environment changed even slightly.

Lin Guang felt that if he really had to fight those major forces alone, he was still not quite up to the task.

Their foundations were too deep. His one month of effort was still not enough!

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