My setting is above yours!

Chapter 57 Auspicious Fortune Telling, Mission Begins (5k)

A factory? Dead people? Monsters?

Upon hearing the words beside him, Ron immediately realized what had happened.

He paused slightly and replied:

"...Okay, I'll be there soon."

"Then hurry up! This is an urgent mission; we've been specifically requested to go..."

Xia Zhi spoke, her tone quite serious:
"I have notified everyone. We will be waiting for you at the D District Patrol Headquarters now."

"Apart from those two unlucky guys who were still recovering from serious injuries, this time our entire squad is mobilized. We must, just like before, nip these monsters in the bud before they cause significant casualties!"

After she finished speaking, she added a reminder:

"Oh right, I remember you picked up your standard equipment yesterday... Don't forget to take it with you."

"it is good."

Ron simply agreed to Xia Zhi's words, hung up the phone, and felt a little puzzled.

Why are these kinds of cases happening so frequently?

"The experiments of [Ark] and [Noah's Medicine]..."

He muttered to himself, but his brows were furrowed.

Although Ron had traveled between Ideal City and the "Potion Age" several times, he still vaguely remembered that the last time such a case occurred was the day before yesterday.

Many students at a certain high school have turned into monsters. In an effort to attract the attention of the police, Noah Pharmaceuticals even released mindless clone corpses in various locations throughout the bustling city of District D...

But only two days later, they couldn't hold back anymore and caused such a case in a factory.
Is it that Ark and Noah Pharma want to complete their experiments quickly, or...?

They have lost control of the situation in District D, and they can no longer control these poor people they have transformed. They have no choice but to watch them turn into hollow monsters.
Or perhaps, both...

Ron seemed thoughtful, but he wasn't planning to go directly to the D District Chief Inspectorate.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this mission will definitely have a lot of trouble to deal with, and there may be some formidable enemies among them.

After all... Ark and Noah Pharma have deep foundations, and no one knows what methods they will use.

Ron needs to understand all his newfound abilities before he can confidently participate in this emergency mission...

He switched back to being a "superpowered individual" and briefly tested his newfound abilities.

A pop-up notification appeared in the Dimensional Update Manual—

[Your profession "Superpowered Individual" has been upgraded: Lv.2 → Lv.3!]

[“Setting: Personal Reality (Lv.2)” is promoted to “Setting: Personal Reality (Lv.3)”]

[“Setting: Fantasy Dissolution” is upgraded based on your personal real-world advancement.]

Its resistance to mysticism and durability are thus enhanced, and it gradually enriches your "personal reality".

Now, even without physical contact, as long as it remains within the bounds of your "personal reality," you can largely eliminate any fantasies involved.

Looking at the prompt in the Dimensional Update Manual, Ron raised an eyebrow, somewhat pleasantly surprised.

Can we now utilize the power of [Illusion Dissolution] without requiring physical contact?
Even with limited use and no way to utilize it extensively, it can still accomplish a lot...

For example, in the "Potion Age," the ghosts Father Harvey summoned using his abilities, or many spells, were beyond the influence of [Vector Manipulation]—

[Vector Manipulation] He cannot manipulate them because they are magic, a power that Ron cannot analyze with his abilities.

However, once the power of [Fantasy Dissolution] filled Ron's "personal reality," this powerless situation became a thing of the past!

The magic that flew around had to be suppressed, or even completely dissipated, within Ron's "personal reality"...

It's important to know that after becoming Lv.3, Ron's "personal reality" suddenly increased to a radius of ten meters centered on him!
When we return to the "Potion Era," within this small area around Ron, as long as his [Superpower] and [Illusion Dissolve] abilities aren't completely worn away, it will be a safe zone to some extent...

When facing Father Suer in the future, he will obviously have more confidence!
However, there were no other surprises after advancing to Lv.3.

Just like when he directly enhanced his abilities to Lv.3 using the "Ability Amplifier," Ron's current ability strength is actually no different from that temporary Lv.3, except that it has become permanent instead of lasting 20 seconds...

Moreover, after switching to [Vector Manipulation], the loaded [Extraordinary Out of Control] also made Ron frown.

【Out of Control (69%)】

After drinking the "medium" potion... [Extraordinary Out of Control] has reached a point where it's almost out of control!
If it weren't for the [Anti-Mystic Equation] blocking that person's gaze in time...

Ron is probably long gone now.

Thankfully, this is Ideal City... I wonder if using psychic vision in the "Potion Age" will be just as dangerous as it is in Ideal City?
Seeing such an extreme degree of loss of control, Ron couldn't help but feel a little fortunate.

However, although the situation is indeed out of control, the dangers involved don't seem to have much of an impact on Ron right now.

After all, as long as Ron doesn't use the complete [Potion Sequence] loaded with [Out of Control], his life won't be affected by the out-of-control situation.

The only limitation of [Vector Manipulation] is that it becomes uncontrollable due to [Supernatural Loss of Control], ultimately limiting him to his current level 3 with only 35% control over the [Vector Manipulation] ability model, preventing him from advancing further...

Can I advance to Lv.4?

There's still a month and a half until the start of the semester, and who knows how long it will take to get in touch with [Prometheus], ​​let alone obtain any authority over [Prometheus]...

If Ron wants to improve his abilities again, it will probably take at least several months.

However, that doesn't mean Ron will be stuck for the foreseeable future.

After all, the formula that allows one to become a true Level 3, pushing the abilities of superhumans to the limits of normal humans...

Isn't it right here in front of us now?

Ron wouldn't hesitate to destroy their gang and seize the means by which the Ark, which can create "ability formulas" with only Lv.1 ability, is hiding!

He quickly tidied up his equipment, changed into the black uniform he had brought back from the patrol bureau, and hung his work badge on his chest.

Looking in the mirror at himself in his new gear, Ron couldn't help but feel a little curious.

When he first joined the patrol bureau, he hadn't participated in any missions, and because the team was on vacation, Ron wasn't even officially part of the team; he didn't even know the other team members...

But now, he has to participate in the first emergency commission from the patrol bureau...

There's always a feeling of taking a small step forward in life.

Ron silently pondered, temporarily switching to [Embers of the Age of Gods] and [Potion Sequence], activating the "medium's" extraordinary abilities.

Now that we have the ability to predict good and bad fortune, we should naturally use it appropriately...

Ron decided to have his fortune told before leaving.

He opened his phone and casually found a lottery website online.

In Ideal City, although very few people actually believe in anything superstitious, many do become extremely superstitious before certain events occur...

Whether it's an important exam, a job interview, or anything else—

Before participating in these activities, many people subconsciously seek divine intervention or engage in unfounded divination to predict their future fortune.

This is also because such behavior is common in Ideal City, and there are countless free online fortune-telling websites.

With just a click of a button, you can draw bamboo sticks, tarot cards, and the like. Many people like to draw one whenever they feel like it, looking at the virtual proverbs and predictions on them, believing them if they're good and not if they're not...

However, although these things are all randomly generated data, that may not be the case for Ron now.

Under the influence of the "medium's" extraordinary abilities, he can make small predictions about the future in any way... Even just flipping a coin will bring Ron different premonitions depending on whether it lands heads or tails.

This is a type of divination based on spirituality itself. The method of prediction is vague, and the answers given are also extremely vague, only providing a simple general direction.

After all, the [Death] sequence isn't good at divination; it's just a minor auxiliary ability of the "medium."

Ron has ways to improve the accuracy of his divinations, but that requires [spiritual vision].

To improve one's divination abilities, one must bring one's consciousness to the spirit world. In this spiritual resonance, one can obtain more accurate results by relying on extraordinary items with magical and spiritual power as intermediaries.

Ron is currently unable to activate his [Spiritual Vision], nor can he find any extraordinary items to relay the message...

He could only casually tap a draw button on his phone and randomly select a lot from a free website full of ads.

【Xiao Ji】.

The results of random calculations by big data popped up on his phone, and Ron's intuition was stirred, causing him to feel slightly dazed...

He seemed to see some fragmented images, like a group of monsters lying on the ground, with a man whose face he couldn't make out standing among them—

The blood flowing from the monster's corpse formed a small magic circle, which seemed to emit light and enveloped the man.

The blurry image flashed by and then gradually faded from Ron's mind.

Is this the precognitive and divination ability of a "spiritual medium"?

Thinking back to the blurry image that had just appeared, Ron couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

He knew that the "medium's" precognitive divination was inaccurate, and the man and monster corpse that Ron had just hallucinated might not be what would happen in the future.

That man could be a woman in reality, or even a robot.

The monster's corpse could be the monster itself, or it could just be the corpse of an innocent civilian...

The prophetic divination of "spiritual mediums" can only see the corresponding, possible images, rather than truly acting as "futurists" to see everything that will happen in the future.

However, even just by looking at the images in his premonition, Ron could detect some clues...

An enemy, corpses strewn across the field, a magic array...

Perhaps this means that in the next mission, we will encounter a magician who can construct magic circles as an enemy?
Moreover, meeting this person was a good thing for Ron...

Although it was only a minor one, it proved that Ron could get something useful from him.

A magic array... If we avoid his magic array and attack his main body, we should be able to defeat him easily, right?

This means that the enemy's weakness was discovered in advance...

Ron seemed to be deep in thought. He switched back to his [Superpowered] status and immediately took a hovercar to the D District General Patrol Bureau.

Coincidentally, just like when Ron went to the police station last time, after hearing Ron say that he was rushing to an urgent mission and that he could get extra pay for driving faster, the driver took a deep breath and showed a rather determined expression.

It seems his determination to pay off his mortgage and car loan is still shining brightly, far from exhausted...

Ron hesitated for a moment before getting into the hovercar, and immediately began to enjoy even more ferocious and rapid driving skills than last time.

Soon, Ron got out of the car, feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Carrying a briefcase of standard patrol equipment, he walked unsteadily into the towering patrol building.

Upon entering the lobby, Ron discovered that Xia Zhi was already waiting there with four patrol officers dressed in black patrol bureau uniforms.

Including Ron, the C-112 team on this emergency mission consisted of four men and two women, all of whom looked quite young and were clearly "discipline inspectors" who had just graduated from university or were still in school...

"Ron's here, so everyone's here now..."

Xia Zhi saw Ron mutter to himself, immediately brought him back to the team, and said seriously:

“C08! This is your first patrol mission with C-112 team. I should have introduced you to the team members earlier, but there's obviously no time now…”

"Now, all you need to do is look at the name tags of your colleagues and remember their code names... During the mission, we only need to address each other by their code names."

"As this is your first mission, although you are indeed very strong, I will not consider sending a new operator into danger personally - so for this mission, you will be working with C02 to provide logistical support."

Ron turned his head and looked at C02. The familiar pink hair immediately made him recognize that this was the girl in the white coat that Xia Zhi had called "Xiao Jin" when he was brought to the patrol bureau to register his file.

Seeing Ron's gaze, Ji Jin immediately winked at him and whispered:
"My senior didn't have time to introduce me, but I can tell you myself... My name is Ji Jin, a fourth-year student at Tianting University, and I'm currently interning at the Patrol Bureau."

"Just follow me for a bit. This mission isn't too difficult according to the file, and you won't need to lift a finger. Just help me with the logistical support..."

Logistical support?

Well, Xia Zhi went to great lengths to help him integrate into the team.

Since Ron was new to the team, doing logistical work made it easier for him to build good relationships with the other members.

However... he's only doing logistical support when he doesn't need to get involved.

Seeing that his team members didn't seem to care much and thought the mission wasn't too difficult, Ron couldn't help but frown slightly.

Although he had to admit that, based on what Xia Zhi had told him before, this mission was just about clearing out monsters in a small factory, and it wasn't really that difficult.

After all, Ron had personally experienced the strength of these small, hollow monsters transformed from humans before. Even if Xia Zhi were alone, she might be able to defeat these monsters solo.

However, despite this.

These are just the monsters...

Ron hasn't forgotten the magician who drew a magic circle amidst the monster's corpse during the "medium" divination!
This magician is lurking in the shadows... he might actually cause some trouble.

But, well, Ron had already anticipated this.

If that magician actually shows up at the mission location, he'll be walking right into a trap, becoming Ron's delivery boy...

He silently pondered, listening to Xia Zhi briefly repeat the mission details. After confirming that everyone was ready, she took out a few game coins and said:

"This mission is urgent. The incident occurred in a very remote suburb of District D, almost on the outskirts of the city. We don't have time to drive there slowly..."

As she spoke, she casually tossed the game coins, which landed precisely in the four corners, catching them all:
"Get ready, I'll teleport you there using the formula!"

Teleport?
Ron shrank his neck and subconsciously closed his eyes, then heard Xia Zhi snap her fingers.

In an instant, a feeling of freedom washes over you, as if you are enveloped by water and swimming in the waves...

A moment later, Ron put his feet back on solid ground, pressed his forehead to suppress the dizziness and nausea, and opened his eyes—

Then, he rubbed his eyes in surprise, wondering if there was something wrong with his eyes...

What Ron saw was not the normal steel and concrete, but a rather backward and dirty old factory.

On this factory, lush green vines spread and climb, and dense weeds cover the land, enveloping the factory in a wildly growing green sea of ​​plants.

But... there's a problem.

Ron frowned, looking at the lush green vines and weeds.

In Ideal City, steel and concrete have long since conquered half the planet... anything that could grow wild, like vines and weeds, has long been leveled!
This is a factory, and there's no landscaping project here. How could these trees and weeds possibly find a place to take root and sprout?
Can these things really take root in steel?

Ron was completely baffled. He followed the others into the factory, only to soon see many strange figures covered in grass wandering among the trees...

They were dressed in factory worker uniforms, but their bodies had grown many strange plant-like features, clearly transforming them into hollow monsters.

Upon seeing C-112 squad, their previously aimless wandering suddenly changed...

Like a shark that has smelled blood, or a zombie that has smelled the stench of rotting flesh—

The group of hollow monsters immediately took off and staggered toward C-112 squad!
(End of this chapter)