Can the revival of the extraordinary be achieved by merging the Superman template?

Qi Wu turned his head and saw three people walking towards him from the riverbank.

Leading the way was a middle-aged man with a thick beard, a smiling face, and a rather kind appearance.

Behind him to his left was a young man in his early twenties with a scar on his face that stretched diagonally from his brow bone to the corner of his mouth, like a centipede crawling on his face.

The girl to the right and behind is a girl with a single ponytail. She's alright-looking, not a great beauty, but about the same age as Su Xiaohan and the others. She's also in her early twenties.

Qi Wu asked, "Are you from a special department?"

The middle-aged man chuckled, "That's right, we're from the Countermeasures Bureau."

"My name is Zhou Yuanshan."

He reached out his hand, wanting to shake hands with Qi Wu.

Qi Wu shook hands with him. The other man had a strong grip, but it was still far weaker than his own.

"The Countermeasures Bureau is a special department of the federal government? Wasn't it supposed to be being established?"

Zhou Yuanshan laughed and said, "That's right, it was just built. You seem to know we exist?"

Qi Wu nodded: "I know Sun Hao, he told me about it."

"Sun Hao is the male college student with the muscular arm from Donghai University of Science and Technology."

Zhou Yuanshan thought for a moment and then smiled, "Oh, it's him. I know him. He just registered as a superpowered person a few days ago."

Qi Wu didn't dwell on that and went straight to the important matter.

What's the difference between ghost stories and vengeful spirits? Are vengeful spirits ghosts? If they are ghosts, why do water ghosts have physical forms?

Zhou Yuanshan glanced at him, his gaze lingering on his bare upper body for a moment, then looked at the girl with the single ponytail next to him, his expression becoming somewhat subtle.

"Put your clothes on first, then I'll explain to you that there are other girls here."

Qi Wu was slightly taken aback.

He is indeed shirtless right now.

When he was fighting the pig-headed man, his shirt was ripped to shreds, so he kept wearing Liu Yang's jacket. But before going into the water, he took off his jacket.

So now his upper body has nothing but solid muscles.

Her skin was still covered in water droplets, which glistened in the sunlight.

The girl with the single ponytail had been staring at him ever since she appeared.

His gaze was direct, without any attempt to dodge.

If the genders were reversed, Qi Wu could sue her for harassment.

Qi Wu quickly took the coat from Liu Yang without changing his expression and put it back on.

The girl with the single ponytail looked visibly disappointed, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.

I have a feeling that when she gets back, she'll message her best friend and scold Zhou Yuanshan for meddling in other people's business.

After putting on his coat, Qi Wu looked at Zhou Yuanshan: "Can you explain now?"

Zhou Yuanshan nodded, his smile fading as his expression turned serious: "Strange tales are monsters with specific rules."

"They follow the rules of killing; if you don't break the rules, they won't do it."

"It's like a strange tale about rules."

At this point, Zhou Yuanshan continued, "The name 'Strange Tales' actually comes from 'Strange Tales of Rules'."

"But the difference is that real-life ghost stories don't write the rules directly on the wall and tell you; you have to figure it out yourself and try and fail."

"You could die if you're not careful."

"The pig-headed man you encountered before was just a ghost story."

"We've been keeping an eye on the Bureau of Policy for several days, trying to figure out its rules of killing, but we didn't expect you to solve it."

At this point, Zhou Yuanshan's tone carried a hint of emotion.

Qi Wu didn't respond to that question and went straight to the next one.

"What about vengeful spirits? You say water ghosts are vengeful spirits, so why do they have physical forms?"

Zhou Yuanshan explained, "A vengeful spirit is a monster transformed from a dead person with strong negative emotions."

"The key issue is the lack of rationality; they kill indiscriminately, killing anyone they see."

"No matter who you are or what you're doing, if you encounter a vengeful spirit, it will take action, without needing any reason."

As for whether it has a physical form...

Zhou Yuanshan glanced at the water ghost's corpse.

"Anything that originates from the dead, lacks reason, and kills indiscriminately, is a vengeful spirit."

"Whether there is a physical entity or not is not the standard for judgment."

Qi Wu processed this information for a moment, then asked a crucial question.

How do you know so much about this?

"Didn't supernatural events only begin after the Red Moon?"

Zhou Yuanshan shook his head, his expression becoming more serious.

"No."

"Extraordinary events have always existed in this world, but they were extremely rare in the past, occurring only once every few decades, and they were all suppressed, so ordinary people basically never encountered them."

"It wasn't until after the Red Moon, when the extraordinary revived, that these kinds of things started happening more often."

Qi Wu asked, "So the Federation actually already has a detailed classification of various monsters?"

Zhou Yuanshan laughed and said, "You could say that, but it's not quite accurate."

"Because with the extraordinary resurgence, many things that were never seen before have emerged, and the old classification system is no longer so accurate; it can only be used as a reference."

Qi Wu nodded.

understood.

Just like playing a game, when the version is updated, the strategy needs to be updated accordingly.

Previous experience can still be used, but it cannot be relied upon entirely.

Qi Wu glanced at the water ghost's corpse on the ground, then looked at Zhou Yuanshan.

"Do you want to take the water ghost's body with you?"

Zhou Yuanshan nodded: "That's right, they should be taken away."

He paused, then added, "However, you killed the water ghost. If you want to keep it, we won't force you to take it."

Qi Wu raised an eyebrow.

Why are you so easy to talk to?

Zhou Yuanshan continued, "But we need to register it so we can respond promptly if any problems arise."

"And the ghost items you got from killing the pig-headed man also need to be registered."

"All ghost story props have side effects, and these must be recorded."

Qi Wu asked, "What use is the water ghost's corpse?"

Zhou Yuanshan thought for a moment and said, "I only know that it can be used to refine corpses."

Qi Wu was taken aback: "Corpse refining?"

His expression became somewhat subtle.

"Do immortal cultivators exist in the world?"

Zhou Yuanshan shook his head: "There are no cultivators."

"However, some techniques such as corpse refining, raising Gu, and controlling ghosts can be learned later in life, but they do not have any supernatural powers such as magic. Their power comes from the monster itself, so to put it bluntly, they still rely on external forces."

Qi Wu understood: "It's an unorthodox method."

Zhou Yuanshan smiled and did not deny it: "You can say that."

"But these are among the few extraordinary powers that can be acquired through learning, aside from innate superpowers."

His tone was somewhat complicated when he said this.

Then, Zhou Yuanshan took out his phone and tapped a few times.

"I'll add you as a friend, add you to a group, and send you a form. You can just fill out the form to register the details."

Qi Wu was somewhat surprised: "Just fill out a form on your phone? It's that simple?"

He thought he was going to some secret base, where he would sit at a table with several people in white coats taking his statement.

Is that all?

All I need to do is fill out a form?

Still on the phone?