#593Chapter 565 The Chosen One
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Chapter 565 The Chosen One
"Brother, brother! Are those ability users the superheroes from anime?!"
The four-year-old girl, already able to understand some news, stood at the entrance of a street ice cream shop, looking at the large screen of the mall in the distance, which used to promote movies, now displaying a special broadcast from the East Xia official, scrolling full screen.
The young man in a white striped shirt shielded his eyes from the sun with his hand, carefully looking at the announcement on the big screen.
"East Xia issues a notice to all Ability Users: In order to maintain social order and stability and protect the safety of all people, East Xia will implement a stricter management system for Ability Users. Ability Users with high-risk abilities are requested to voluntarily report their personal information within 7 working days…"
Several phone numbers for special departments were also listed below.
This announcement kept scrolling, giving a very serious impression.
The atmosphere outside the mall, where many aunties used to dance square dances, was not as relaxed as usual at this time.
A gust of wind blew, making the young man's shirt flap loudly. It was not far from Luohui, and the sea breeze was strong.
A feeling of impending storm made the young man frown.
He was born with a relatively keen perception, just like at this moment, he clearly felt as if a torrent of waves was sweeping across the entire world.
Unlike those on the internet who were incredibly curious about Ability Users, even fantasizing about becoming one, Li Dongjin preferred a peaceful daily life.
Ordinary studying, ordinary working to earn money, and then finding an ordinary wife to live out his mediocre and peaceful life.
That was his ideal.
"You have a lot of talent."
A voice sounded, and Li Dongjin froze. He turned his head and saw a woman with long golden hair standing beside him.
She was wearing a white T-shirt, with a full figure and flawless skin.
An Ability User!
Li Dongjin instantly realized this. He had no means of identifying Ability Users, nor had he ever been in close contact with one before, but with just this one glance, he clearly felt that the other party had an absolutely different "scent" from ordinary humans.
The woman raised her right hand, and Li Dongjin immediately crouched down, his body tense. He reached out to grab his sister but grabbed nothing.
His heart sank. He turned his head, only to find that his sister, who had just been holding his clothes, was gone.
Not only that, when he looked into the shop, it was empty. He turned around again, and both inside and outside the mall were empty. In this world, it seemed only he and the golden-haired woman in front of him remained.
"What did you do?!"
Li Dongjin was a little nervous, but not so panicked as to lose his mind.
The golden-haired woman revealed the back of her right hand, and a complex pattern shimmering with silvery-white light appeared. Within the pattern, there seemed to be countless symbols intertwined and entangled, constantly moving, achieving a balance.
Li Dongjin was momentarily captivated by the pattern, his eyes staring intently at the symbols.
The woman's lips curved into a smile.
"Sure enough, you are The Chosen One, Li Dongjin. Are you interested in becoming an ~ Ability User?"
When the woman said the words "Ability User," she paused, as if she had originally intended to say something else. Li Dongjin found that even in this strange state, he remained so calm, his analytical ability even better than usual.
He looked at the pattern, as if something within his heart also began to stir.
He lowered his head, silent for a long moment, then stepped back two paces.
"No, I don't want to be an Ability User."
The smile on the woman's lips slowly faded, and she slowly lowered her right hand.
She could tell that this young man named Li Dongjin, once he made a decision, had no regrets whatsoever.
"Heh, so that's your decision. I hope you won't regret it when future disasters arrive."
As the woman's voice fell, the hot air and sound waves around him instantly reappeared, roaring into his ears.
"Brother!"
The little girl clutched the hem of his clothes with her hand, her two faint eyebrows seeming to stand on end, holding an ice cream. Behind the little girl, the boss looked at him helplessly.
Li Dongjin immediately paid the money, picked up his sister with a smile, and looked around. It seemed as if the woman had never appeared at all.
"Ms. Li Qingzi, the new chairman of March Conglomerate, announced that the paradise city for Ability Users has been rebuilt, and all Ability Users are welcome to visit. Furthermore, any Ability User entering the paradise will be protected by Tao Pai Pai."
Li Dongjin heard a new advertisement. He looked up, and on the big screen appeared a rather cold and beautiful woman, a Korean. The image was a news conference shot, with translations provided below.
After the bizarre scene just now, Li Dongjin didn't want to get involved with such matters anymore. He walked back home with his sister in his arms, but the little girl was very curious, pointing at the screen and asking endless questions.
"Brother, who is Tao Pai Pai?"
"Brother, is that paradise an amusement park…?"
The giant Ferris wheel in front of the mall slowly rotated. The beautiful woman stood above, her face constantly changing, finally settling into the image of a gaunt old man.
He looked indifferently as Li Dongjin walked into the crowded street with his sister, just like fate itself. He gave up that illustrious and exciting path, choosing to embrace the ordinary…
"Tsk, it's really not easy to find a suitable candidate. No wonder that guy Aizen chose to create one himself…"
He looked at the paradise city advertised on the big screen, knowing that Tao Pai Pai had truly become a force to be reckoned with.
Plus, the woman in the West District was very likely the person Cao Qi had chosen.
He had fallen far behind.
The old man caressed a card in his hand, its face unclear, and countless streams of information seemed to flow through his eyes.
Soon, he locked onto a new target, and his figure slowly disappeared.
—
Outside the former 'Paradise' ruins in Myanmar, a three-meter-high gray-black earth wall completely blocked everyone's view, making it impossible to see what was happening inside.
Lin Qinfu paced outside the wall. The terrifying commotion a few days ago had made him tremble with fear, and he was grateful that he and his group had been driven away by White Oldest in advance.
Seeing a perfectly good city turn into complete ruins in less than half a day, the absurdity and terror were inexpressible.
He was now completely certain that White Oldest was the legendary ability user, and that March Conglomerate's young lady had taken an interest in him because she wanted to get involved in the Ability User business.
Through the internet, he had also noticed March Conglomerate's big moves, and he felt he now completely understood the meaning of the previous events.
But at this moment, Lin Qinfu still didn't understand why White Oldest had enclosed the ruins after 'Paradise' was destroyed.
Moreover, who built this wall?
It should be known that although 'Paradise' was not large, it covered nearly 1500 square kilometers. To completely seal it with a three-meter-high wall would be a considerable engineering feat.
But this wall appeared suddenly…
Rumble!
Rumble!
Huge noises kept coming from inside the wall. Lin Qinfu was incredibly curious, but he didn't dare to climb the wall to look.
He even ordered the militiamen they had recruited to guard various places with guns, threatening to shoot anyone who dared to climb the wall.
The ground kept shaking, and suddenly, someone exclaimed.
Lin Qinfu turned around and saw that the people he had brought were all looking up at the inside of the wall, their faces terrified, their mouths agape, but unable to utter a single word.
He also turned his head, and the next moment, Lin Qinfu was equally horrified.
An incredibly huge tall tower was rising from a distant place within the surrounding wall.
To be visible to them, its height had probably already exceeded ten meters, and it was still rising.
Just like the giant vines in legends, it kept growing: thirty meters, fifty meters, one hundred meters…
That enormous tall tower looked like it was made of cold, hard black rock on all sides, not exquisite, but giving off a chilling and terrifying feeling.
The massive commotion lasted for a full half-day, and Lin Qinfu later became numb. He had completely understood how that high wall had been erected.
It was probably just like that tower and other buildings, simply "raised" out of thin air!
Is that what an Ability User is…
Lin Qinfu felt his worldview being torn apart. It was completely different from the scattered displays he had seen online before. This kind of power, transcending modern technology, made him feel apprehensive.
There was also a strong sense of loss.
With such Ability Users around, people like them would probably be useless to White Oldest anymore…
Bang!
The high wall shook violently, and the next moment it collapsed directly. In the setting sun, the long-haired Bai Cangshu stood by the collapsed outer wall. Seeing the group of "old subordinates" waiting there, he opened his arms and smiled,
"Welcome to my… 'Paradise'!"
Behind him, a brand new city had appeared, with the central black tall tower as its core, and various districts scattered around it.
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