Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

There were also suspected alien creatures within the territory of the Song Dynasty, but they were defeated and fused by our ancestors a very, very long time ago.

It is said that many relics remain, the most famous of which is in the Sichuan-Chongqing region, specifically at Sanxingdui. It is said to be extremely dangerous; even bronze-level superhumans dare not venture there lightly…

In this situation, Colt also told Zhao Hao about an even more troublesome matter: he said that the Greys' technology to transform humans into lizardmen had matured, and there were still some people in the surface world who looked like humans but were actually lizardmen.

Especially some important figures; the Bureau of Mysteries now suspects that many of these figures are not actually human…

Good grief, we've been infiltrated?

That's so exciting!

Chapter 256 The Three Little Pigs...

The year 1980 was rated as an extraordinary year by the Destiny Card System, a year in which extraordinary events and extraordinary items would be abundant.

This year marked a turning point in the psychic resurgence.

The psionic resurgence began in 70, and ten years later, we have passed the initial slow recovery period.

Afterwards, the psionic energy content and activity in the surface world will accelerate rapidly, allowing superhumans in the surface world to accumulate psionic energy more quickly, advance more easily, and accommodate stronger superhumans.

But for ordinary people in the real world, this isn't necessarily a good thing. Their ordinary lives are about to be gone forever...

Moreover, psychic energy is fair; all sentient beings possess psychic potential, to varying degrees. As long as there is potential, it can be activated.

The problem is that this stimulation occurs purely by chance, without any guidance or protection.

Whether it's negative or positive extreme emotions, excessive repression or getting stuck in a rut, or even the will to survive... all of these can potentially trigger psychic potential.

Psychic power is the power of the mind, and the mind is not always positive and uplifting, so supernatural abilities can sometimes manifest as negative ones.

It's possible that someone was frequently bullied, eventually triggering their psychic powers, resulting in their body covered in uncontrollable spikes that could attack anyone who gets close. These spikes could even injure themselves, let alone others. Would society still tolerate such a thorn-covered monster?

It's also possible that too much negative emotion was applied to him, leading to an unfortunate old age, with his hair turning red or something similar.

Another possibility is that someone suddenly discovers that their girlfriend is cheating on them, and not just once, but repeatedly, which triggers their psychic abilities, causing their head to turn green and grass to grow on it!

This is probably not a good thing for him.

That said, what good is having grass growing on your head besides letting everyone know you've been cheated on? Is it just fodder for cattle and horses?

I wonder what the effect would be if this "psychic aberration" were paired with a bald head?

Colt pulled out his big revolver: I suspect you're alluding to a high-ranking official in the imperial court!

……

Time is unstoppable; it moves forward steadfastly.

January 1st is New Year's Day, and Zhao Hao received a function card as a reward for signing in.

Is this melon guaranteed to be ripe?

Black Iron 3-Star Function Card

Use: Say this phrase using a card, and you will maintain the first-move advantage.

Cooldown time: 7 days.

Note: Are you going to lay a hand on me or not? Looking for trouble, huh?!

New year, new look, even the function cards are getting a fresh twist.

This thing should be considered some kind of extra ability, right?

When Zhao Hao said those words, the card went into cooldown, allowing Zhao Hao to maintain his first-move advantage.

If he doesn't make a move, his opponent will most likely wait for him to strike first. It's like how a villain who's confident of victory will keep nagging incessantly when facing the protagonist.

However, a 3-star Black Iron card is still a bit low-level. It's definitely useful against Black Iron level enemies, but not necessarily against Bronze level ones. Who knows, Zhao Hao might not act for five or six seconds after saying that, stalling for time, and the opponent might get impatient and strike first!

You have to be selective about who you serve the food to.

In addition, Zhao Hao made up his mind to buy a lot of psionic beads from the Mysterious Bureau and the Underworld Market. With the psionic energy recovery now happening faster, he planned to hatch the Minions.

This is not a short-term task, and it is quite demanding, requiring someone to be specifically in charge.

Although the mechanical maid Ika was taking care of her, providing her with psionic beads, food, and water at regular intervals every day, and even taking her to the Giant Kingdom in the Dark Fairy Tale Realm to bask in the sun, Zhao Hao still asked Elena to keep a close eye on her, given that she was currently somewhat mentally unstable and could not be considered a fully human being.

Elena is still a high school student, after all, and can't play games with Zhao Hao every night.

Every day after I fall asleep, I come into the dream world to check on the Minions' development.

This thing looks a bit like a tadpole, and it goes through a metamorphosis process.

It's weird that a little yellow tadpole can grow into a Minion!

Liberty City University started on January 10th, while Elena and her classmates started high school a few days later than Zhao Hao.

The two decided to take advantage of this time to go for a stroll in the neighborhood.

But to my surprise, the system's assessment of an extraordinary year was truly accurate.

In a small town near Liberty City, where handicrafts and secondhand items were sold, Zhao Hao came into contact with two extraordinary items and one strange object in just two days.

Keep in mind that they spent most of the last two days in the hotel on the bed, table, sofa, and carpet... and yet they still managed to make such a great harvest!

Although the extraordinary items were all relatively low-level and of little value, Zhao Hao still bought them.

Not to mention that strange object; handing it over to the Mysterious Bureau will bring you a huge amount of contribution points and US dollars.

This strange object is a very ancient and primitive pendant, which is a leather cord tied to a withered white rabbit's foot.

The Lucky Rabbit's Foot, a C-grade artifact, brings good fortune to the wearer, but this good fortune is built upon the accumulation of misfortune. Once too much misfortune accumulates, it will turn against the wearer.

It's like good things happening first and then bad things happening later. But because the good things happen little by little, while the bad things accumulate and then explode, even if the wearer isn't sent away, they'll be seriously injured and hospitalized for a month.

However, there is a way to avoid the side effects of this thing, and that is to use a substitute!

That's right, it's for giving away!

Although the curse of misfortune will continue to accumulate, as long as you are not too greedy and give it to someone else when you feel it's enough, then that person will bear the misfortune.

Of course, if you're too greedy and misfortune strikes before you can give it to someone else, then you can't blame anyone else.

This thing is practically a superhuman version of a handheld grenade! Nobody knows when it'll explode!

This thing doesn't look like it's from modern times. It might be a product of the early colonial period, which is at least two hundred years old.

Zhao Hao found a box, laid out a talisman he had written himself on the ground, put the Lucky Rabbit's Foot inside, and sealed it. He planned to give it to Colt when he returned to the city so that Colt could exchange it for something better.

The Bureau of Mysteries has a lot of good stuff now!

However, less than ten minutes after he left, a burly, slovenly man came to the grocery store. "Boss, where's that rabbit foot pendant?"

The boss, who was over fifty, raised his eyelids and glanced at him through his glasses. "It's already sold."

"Sold it? Didn't you say you'd keep it for me?"

The shopkeeper didn't even look up this time: "I've held it for you for three days, but someone wanted it today, so I bought it. Why don't you look at something else? I have some more here..."

The fat man waved his hand, interrupting the shopkeeper: "Just bought it? How long ago?"

"Just a few minutes..."

The fat man rushed out the door and gave chase.

Zhao Hao took Elena for a leisurely stroll down the street, occasionally buying snacks or trinkets.

Suddenly he sensed something and said to Elena, "Elena, go to that shop over there and order two drinks for me. I'll be there in a bit."

Elena's eyes flickered, and she nodded: "Then be careful..."

Alina and Zhao Hao separated, which puzzled the fat man who was following them not far away: Who had the rabbit's foot?

However, at this moment, Zhao Hao inadvertently took out a rabbit's foot and fiddled with it. The fat man saw this from afar and was immediately overjoyed, so he quickly followed the young man.

Unbeknownst to him, the young human who had snatched the Lucky Rabbit's Foot from him ended up in a deserted, dimly lit alley.

Isn't this heaven helping me, Old Pig?!

Zhao Hao turned around "unintentionally" and suddenly saw a burly man over 1.9 meters tall behind him, who was blocking the alleyway. His tall figure blocked out the sunlight.

He seemed flustered. "Who...who are you? What do you want?"

"Heh heh, kid, you're really unlucky!" the fat man chuckled sinisterly, his voice rough and clearly malicious.

The fat man was extremely large; although he looked bulky, his muscles were also very well-developed beneath his body fat.

This is a mountain of flesh wrapped in fat!

Moreover, he is not an ordinary person, or even a human being.

Zhao Hao was also extremely surprised. He had sensed someone following him and that there were spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from them, leading him to suspect that someone was a superhuman. He never expected it to be a demi-human!

And it's a pig-man!

In Zhao Hao's eyes, the pig-man's disguise had vanished, revealing an even larger belly, unusually thick arms and legs, and a pig's head covered in stiff black bristles! Oh, and two huge boar tusks too. Is this a boar-man?

His psychic energy permeated his body, both inside and out, a phenomenon similar to that of a martial artist, representing the amplification of the physical body by psychic energy. This generally signifies extraordinary abilities related to physical skills and physical enhancement.

The boar-men's extraordinary talents and abilities are quite straightforward, mainly consisting of things like thick skin, brute strength, and so on. There aren't any overly fancy or complicated abilities.

Of course, races are races, and there are individual differences. However, this boar-man is a fairly standard type.

For an ordinary person, even with a pistol, they would be a lamb to the slaughter in front of this boar-man.

"What...what do you want? I don't have much money! Don't hurt me, I'll give you everything!" Zhao Hao pretended to take out his wallet while showing fear on his face.

The boar-man, however, wore a sinister smile and did not reply.

Good heavens, they've decided to kill me to cover their tracks!

Zhao Hao sneered inwardly, and at the same time, "accidentally" dropped the box containing the lucky rabbit's foot to the ground.

Looking into the boar-man's eyes, Zhao Hao finally realized that the beast had come for this thing.

Well, the extraordinary attracts the extraordinary, that's absolutely true.

I knew it wouldn't be that simple.

Just as the boar-man lowered his thick arms, which were forked against his chest, and was about to make his move, and Zhao Hao was also about to kill the boar, he suddenly felt another surge of spiritual energy approaching.

Everyone's psionic energy fluctuations are different, and those with keen senses can distinguish the differences. Zhao Hao, in particular, is able to discern subtle differences among a wide range of extraordinary individuals.

The second wave of psionic energy fluctuations was remarkably similar to that of the boar-man!

What? You brought reinforcements with you? Quite cautious!