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Chapter 525 The Extraordinary Era
Wu Chang wrote down Christine's answer and prepared to try to find items related to the lost past after entering the Realm of Reason.

Although he knew the direction, finding it was not easy.

To find items related to that time, we need to find an elderly person who joined the Administration fifteen years ago.

It's important to understand that fifteen years ago, Abyss Game players weren't as numerous as they are now. The four major organizations selected members from a small number of ordinary people chosen by Abyss Game; the majority were internally selected targets.

The hidden past must be extremely important to Earth and the four major organizations. Anyone who can be associated with it is definitely not an ordinary member; they must be at the center of power.

The passage between the Void Realm and the Realm of Truth was sealed ten years ago. This means that a player who entered the center of power fifteen years ago and has good talent has not been able to advance to the Void Realm even after five years, which was very rare at the time.

As far as Wu Chang knows, the most senior members of the Administration Bureau are Xu Dejun and others.

The fact that Xu Dejun's biography is still displayed in the Administration Bureau's exhibition hall shows that he was still too "young".

If all else fails, he will have to enter the virtual world first and ask those guys face to face what they have done.

He didn't have any more questions for Christine at the moment, and after a few more brief words, Christine ended the projection.

With the reconciliation between the Wasteland Evolutionists and the Orderists, the conflict that had begun since the attack on the four major organizations has temporarily come to an end. Under Wu Chang's suppression, Blue Star has entered a rare period of stability.

Since the world instance, Blue Star has been divided into two worlds: inside Wanghai City and outside Wanghai City.

Outside of Wanghai City, the Order and Evolution factions of the Reason Realm remained on Blue Star. Since they had nothing better to do, they scattered around the world to deal with the Corruption instances that had been accumulating since the Qualification instance, in order to cooperate with the 58 pollution lines stipulated by Wu Chang.

The invasion of the erosion instance into reality, to some extent, breaks the constraints imposed on it by the Abyss game, allowing it to break through its original level cap and continuously assimilate the space of Blue Star to grow itself.

The downside is that the Corruption dungeon will be more difficult than when it was still an Abyss dungeon.

The advantage is that while the Erosion instance is freed from the constraints of the Abyss Game, it also loses the protection of the Abyss Game.

Without the rules of the Abyss game as a barrier, the Erosion Dungeon is completely open, and players of different levels cannot choose which level to attack, nor can the number of players entering the dungeon be limited.

These eroded dungeons were tricky for players in the Wasteland, but against this group of level 50 elites from the Realm of Reason, they were practically easy targets.

In less than three days, all the erosion instances on Blue Star were cleared, causing the pollution value, which was originally as high as 58, to drop directly to 46 points.

The actions of the players from the Realm of Reason had an impact that went far beyond simply clearing out the eroded dungeon. The return of the Realm of Reason players and the formidable strength they displayed demonstrated the four major organizations' control over the Blue Star once again.

The four major organizations are able to overwhelm all players and superhumans not only because of their strength in the Desolate Realm, but also because of the Realm of Reason standing behind them.

Originally, the connection between the Realm of Reason and the Realm of Desolation was severed, and the four major organizations suffered repeated heavy blows, which made forces such as Sakurajima and White Elephant restless under the instigation of the Light Society.

Seeing that the connection between the Realm of Reason and the Realm of Desolation had been restored, they immediately became obedient and dared not harbor any further disloyal thoughts.

After all, a local official is more powerful than a distant one. Although the Bright Society is strong, it is still within the Realm of Reason and cannot send people to the Wilderness to provide them with direct support.

Given the way the four major organizations operate in the Wasteland, if they set their sights on you, within hours your entire force will be reduced to ashes. By the time the Light Society arrives, the seven-day mourning period will have already passed.

In this situation, the entire transcendent realm of the Blue Star once again obeyed the four major organizations, and was even more loyal than before.

With the help of these local strongmen, peace was quickly restored across the planet, and conflicts decreased dramatically.

This further reduced the pollution level of Earth from 46 to 41.

However, not everything that happens on Earth is good. The four major organizations control a piece of intelligence: every time the Desolate Realm goes through a world instance, the Abyss Game will recruit a large number of players, and the Abyss Game's structure will change accordingly.

Before the world raid began, the four major organizations made predictions, saying that this world raid was more important than any before and would be a turning point for the Abyss Game and the development of Blue Star.

The following period proved their guesses correct.

After the world instance ended, a large number of new Abyss game players began to appear throughout the entire Blue Star.

According to conservative estimates from the four major organizations, the number of new Abyss players exceeds one million, and this number is still increasing. It is estimated that the final number of players will be between three and five million.

It's important to know that from the time the Abyss Game was discovered until now, a total of twenty years have passed, and the total number of players who have entered the Abyss Game has not exceeded five million.

If we calculate based on the maximum of five million new players, with a population of ten billion on Earth, that's equivalent to one Abyss game player for every two thousand people.

The proportion may seem small, but it is actually extremely exaggerated, and the impact it will have will be enormous.

In the past, although the superhumans led by the four major organizations secretly controlled Blue Star, their numbers were absolutely inferior, and ordinary people still dominated on the surface.

But things are different now. Ordinary people not only have to face millions of new Abyss players, but also a large number of wild superhumans who have emerged due to the Abyss's corruption.

Within just a few years, the number of superhumans worldwide will exceed ten million, and Earth will transform from a planet for ordinary people into a planet for superhumans.

An era belonging to the extraordinary is about to begin.

However, the four major organizations did not expect that this change would not take years, but only a few days, and the conflict between the superhumans and ordinary people would begin to intensify.

A few days is enough time for the first batch of Abyss game players to complete the qualification dungeon and become the most basic extraordinary beings.

Before the world instance began, the relationship between ordinary people and superhumans in the areas controlled by the White Tower and the Western Alliance was already spiraling out of control.

On the side of ordinary people, people launched marches to expel superhumans, and extreme anti-superhuman organizations also used videos to open boxes, insult, attack and even shoot many superhuman internet celebrities.

The streamer who broadcast the attack on the superhuman was subsequently purged and assassinated by the superhuman.

At this moment, as the number of superhumans increased, the assassination finally got out of control.

On the fourth day after the world instance ended, a boy named Daniel ignited this powder keg that could explode at any moment.

White Tower, Florida, midnight.

A group of ordinary people dressed in white robes and wearing pointed hats, holding torches, surrounded a low house.

They received intelligence that a lone superhuman was living in the house. He was a gang member who used his superpowers to prey on ordinary people, committing numerous burglaries and assaults.

They broke down the door and, amidst the homeowner's screams, put a rope around the neck of a Black teenager named Daniel and dragged him out of the house.

Seeing that the people in white robes were about to hang him from the big tree in front of the house, the boy ignored his mother's cries from inside the house and displayed his strength.

His speed and strength increased instantly, and like a black panther, he knocked down the three people around him, broke free of the rope around his neck, and was about to escape with his mother.

But the moment he turned his head, a gunshot rang out. Before the boy could even run into the house, he collapsed to the ground as if all his strength had been drained away, and stopped breathing with slow convulsions.

For newly acquired superhumans, they are just ordinary people with stronger physical abilities. Their E-level and F-level skills are not as practical as a firearm in reality, and their bodies are not much stronger than large wild beasts, making them unable to withstand attacks from firearms.

This incident caused a huge uproar. However, before the Black community could protest that it was racial persecution and demand severe punishment for the perpetrators, the very next day, more than forty superhumans attacked a farm and killed 133 ordinary civilians.

Subsequent investigations revealed that the forty extraordinary criminals had gathered through social media platforms. Following the lingering scent from Daniel's house, they tracked down to the farm and launched a revenge attack on the perpetrators hiding there.

The retaliation did not stop. For superhumans, tracking down ordinary people was incredibly easy. They followed the scents and not only killed all the participants, but also all the ordinary people around them.

The total number of ordinary people who died in this incident exceeded six hundred.

This incident caused a huge uproar, and in the end, it was Baita who intervened, arresting these people and sending a few worthless scapegoats to take the blame, who were sentenced to life imprisonment.

The rest of the members were thrown into the Extraordinary Training Camp as a talent reserve for the White Tower.

This kind of compromise is unacceptable to both ordinary people and extraordinary individuals.

This incident sparked large-scale violent conflicts between ordinary people and superhumans worldwide, resulting in countless deaths and injuries, and causing the pollution level of Earth to surge back to 54.

This made the four major organizations uneasy, and they had no choice but to rely on harsh measures to suppress both ordinary people and unorganized superhumans in order to quell the conflict and the pollution levels.

When people discovered that the extraordinary was unstoppable, and they had to get used to it, or even join it, an entity began to come into their view: the Eternal Light Cult.

A sect officially endorsed by the government, rumored to offer protection simply by believing, and whose effects are believed to be effective even without death, as long as one is devout.

The priests exploited the unease and fear that ordinary people felt about the supernatural, causing the Eternal Light Cult to spread rapidly across Blue Star. Every day, tens of thousands of new believers joined the Eternal Light Cult, providing Eileen with the power of faith.

A large amount of faith power gathered into the Miracle Tree in Wanghai City, causing the Miracle Tree to grow taller and stronger in the naked eye. Its canopy covered the entire Wanghai City, and it even showed signs of breaking through the divine kingdom and spreading beyond it.

Unlike the chaotic outside world, Wanghai City exudes tranquility. If measured by pollution levels, Wanghai City's pollution level is only in the single digits.

The single-digit pollution level is still due to the large number of extraordinary items gathered here.

Feeling the tranquility of Wanghai City, many members of the Lijie Administration Bureau, after resolving the problems on Blue Star, tried to stay here.

Logically speaking, as the person in charge of this operation, Zeng Hui should have disciplined these members and stationed them in various parts of Xia Kingdom. Unfortunately, it was Zeng Hui who was the one who stayed here.

Under Zeng Hui's leadership, more than 30 members of the Lijie Administration Bureau remained in Wanghai City and, under the guise of protecting the pillars of the present world, established the Gatekeeper Special Operations Division.

Their offices were crammed into the Wanghai branch. Zeng Hui found out that Wu Chang, Jian Xing and others had some connection with Heping. He was very shrewd and did not seize power. Instead, he took the initiative to merge the Special Operations Division into the Wanghai branch, nominally obeying the orders of Wu Chang, the branch chief.

Zeng Hui and the others were very approachable and often came to the fitness area to exercise with the members of the Wasteland. They would also inform Wu Chang and the others of any information they obtained from the Realm of Reason as soon as possible.

Wu Chang also learned from Zeng Hui and others that the Order Faction and the Evolution Faction in the Realm of Reason had reached a reconciliation, the imprisoned Order Faction members had been released, and the private spaces that originally belonged to the Order Faction had been returned.

Zeng Hui also said that if Wu Chang and others go to the Li Jie area now, they will no longer need to hide and can act openly.

When talking about the Wanghai Branch, one cannot help but mention Wu Chang's position as the branch director.

Because of Peace's generosity, each of the high-ranking officers of the Wanghai Branch was given a pass to the Pillar of the Present World upon leaving, allowing Director Gao, Lei Huo, and Meng Yawen to return to Blue Star freely.

Hou Jingchuan did not transfer them away, but instead kept them in Wanghai City to assist Wu Chang.

For Lei Huo and Meng Yawen, nothing had changed, but for Director Gao, he had gone around in circles without moving forward, except that his position now included the word "deputy".

However, Director Gao was not dissatisfied with this; on the contrary, he felt that his actions were very wise.

When Hou Jingchuan spoke to the three members of the Wanghai group, he subtly mentioned the relationship between Heping and Wu Chang. Director Gao and Lei Huo immediately understood where their access privileges came from.

When the three of them ate together, Director Gao said more than once:

"You two are just benefiting from my influence. If I hadn't had the discerning eye to see that Conghua was no ordinary person and made him the director, Heping would never have cared about a mere Wanghai branch."

"Therefore, today's accounts must be settled by Lei Huo."

With the protection of the Goddess of Eileen, Wanghai City was relatively peaceful. Wu Chang delegated the administrative tasks that required his attention to the experienced Wanghai trio.

His only job now is to confirm the implementation of New Future Company's "Eternal Light World" plan.

Having figured out the absolutely reasonable strength, Wu Chang has now completely stopped pretending. On the streets of Wanghai City, unmanned construction vehicles and robots can be seen everywhere.

With equipment far exceeding the technology of Earth, they tirelessly transformed Wanghai City, and the citizens of Wanghai City would find obvious changes in the city every day when they opened their eyes.

But whether they were ordinary citizens of Wanghai City or Zeng Hui and his entourage who refused to leave, upon seeing this scene, they could only offer one word of praise:
"As expected of Wanghai City."

Then they convinced themselves and that was the end of it.

Four days after the super storm, the automatic defense system of "Eternal Light World" was fully installed.

In New Future's super factory, the entire city of Wanghai is under the surveillance of the defense system. A large AI is watching everything, and any anomalies in the city will be detected by it immediately, and it will take action accordingly.

Both real-world and virtual data communications are under its control.

Wu Chang also opened up some of the authority of the Eileen Divine Kingdom to the Eternal Light World. In case of emergency, the Eternal Light World can directly use the power of the Eileen Divine Kingdom. As long as it is not an ability of the level of Black Tide, ordinary lower gods like Triton will not be able to break into Wanghai City for a while.

This allows him to explore the Realm of Reason with peace of mind, without worrying about any trouble happening in the city while he is away.

Just as he was leaving the Gigafactory, a phone call came in, and the contact name was clearly written as "Muscle Glasses".

He answered the phone, and before he could say anything, Gao Xuezhong's urgent voice came from the other end.

"Boss, do you remember the suggestion you made to me last time?"

Wu Chang said with a smile:

"Of course I remember. I said that as long as you have an idea, I will approve a piece of land for you in Wanghai City and build a research institute that belongs to you."

"No matter what equipment you need, I can help you contact New Future Company to customize it, and I guarantee it will be more advanced than the equipment used by the Administration Bureau."

Gao Xuezhong said in a fawning tone:
“I told Professor Shi about this, and when he heard that I was going back to Wanghai City to build a research institute, he was very supportive and approved my leave on the spot.”

Wu Chang raised an eyebrow slightly and said:
"Isn't this a good thing? Why do you sound so guilty?"

Gao Xuezhong cleared his throat and said:

"Boss, could you have approved a bigger plot of land for me?"

Wu Chang scoffed and said:

"I thought it was nothing. If you need it, I can build you an industrial park on your own!"

Gao Xuezhong's research is to find unobservable regions on Earth. These unobservable regions are very likely the additional dimensions that Christine mentioned, which contain the "hidden past".

If Gao Xuezhong can discover the unobservable area, Wu Chang might be able to use it as a breakthrough to find out what happened back then and thus reclaim the power he was born with.

If we can achieve this, we'd be happy to turn Wanghai City into a research institute, let alone an industrial park.

Hearing Wu Chang's quick agreement, Gao Xuezhong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and explained:

"The extra land I asked for wasn't for myself. Actually, after Professor Shi heard about the super factory you mentioned, he wanted to come with me to inspect it. He said that the super factory called New Future can really produce more advanced and extraordinary equipment, just as you said. He plans to move his research institute to Wanghai City as well."

Wu Chang's breathing became somewhat rapid. If it was only Gao Xuezhong who had difficulty finding those unobservable areas, with Shi Ning added to the mix, it was only a matter of time before they were discovered.

He suppressed his excitement and asked:
“No problem. When do you come to inspect the area? After the inspection, you and Professor Shi can mark the land on the map of Wanghai City. No matter where you mark it, I will find a way to get that land for you.”

Gao Xuezhong said:
"No need to exaggerate. Professor Shi still has some things to take care of. We'll probably go over in about ten days."

The two chatted for a while, catching up on each other's lives, until Wu Chang hung up the phone when he heard someone calling for Gao Xuezhong's help in the background.

In ten days, he should have entered the Realm of Reason and completed the first instance, giving him enough time to return to Blue Star to receive Shi Ning and Gao Xuezhong.

Speaking of which, the cooldown period for the Abyss dungeon is almost over, so it's time to upgrade to the Realm of Reason and prepare for the next dungeon.

However, before that, he needs to go to the Steam Phantom instance to retrieve He Yun's consciousness left there.

Without He Yun's awareness to oversee things, he alone wouldn't be able to intimidate Shi Ning.

Speaking of He Yun, Olivia offered him a baptism in the Holy Land of Stellan as payment in order to keep him as her teacher.

The Holy Land of Stellan is no ordinary place; among the kingdom's great holy swords, the Eternal Lake and the King's Sword both originated from the Holy Land.

It is said that as long as one enters it, one will receive a divine baptism, gain a deeper understanding of one's own power, and randomly receive some kind of enhancement.

Olivia said it would take a week to prepare the holy site, and she estimated that the time should be up by now.

(End of this chapter)