GA: Chapter 249: No Matter the Era, the Strong Have Privileges
"Zhang Hai"
The original Imperial Capital Spiritual Energy Bureau was supposed to have the most promising warrior, aside from Qin Tian.
During the first Spiritual Energy Tide, the Supernatural Ability he awakened was Space.
However, his talent was not high, and his cultivation speed was extremely slow, far inferior to those of the First Sequence or even the Second Sequence.
If not for the fact that the Supernatural Ability he awakened was the rarest, Space, he likely wouldn't have been able to join the Spiritual Energy Bureau.
But during the second Spiritual Energy Tide, his Supernatural Ability underwent a secondary awakening, which in turn caused his talent to become even more powerful!
This should have been a good thing, representing that Huaxia had produced another genius.
But unfortunately, he did one thing.
Killing!
Before the Spiritual Energy Revival, his parents died due to a commercial power struggle.
It was certain that it was not suicide, but in the middle of the investigation, a single phone call caused those people to stop pursuing it.
The other party not only had considerable strength in business but also had influential people among their relatives.
He did not cause a scene because he knew it was useless.
This was not a small city; those who could stop an investigation with a single phone call and even actively cover up evidence were not people he could deal with by just making a fuss.
No matter how big of a scene he made, it would be useless.
He hid his hatred, enlisted in the army, and after returning, he spent his time preparing to avenge his parents.
Yes, he already knew who had killed his parents and which force was behind it.
His parents had actually never provoked them, hadn't even met them; they just happened to touch upon their interests and block their path, and so they died.
Reality is not a novel, yet reality is also a novel.
Some things you think don't exist are often happening for real in some corner of the world.
Before his parents died, he had never thought his parents would die because of such a thing.
And he couldn't do anything because of the other party's influence.
Fortunately, fate gave him this opportunity.
The first Spiritual Energy Revival allowed him to awaken a Space-type Supernatural Ability, and the second Spiritual Energy Tide caused his Supernatural Ability to undergo a secondary awakening, which also improved his talent.
He cultivated diligently and hid himself.
Once he understood his own strength and believed the time was right.
On a sunny day, he killed 42 people.
The enemy, the enemy's parents, the enemy's children, the enemy's wife, the enemy's wife's parents, the enemy's wife's siblings.
He was an ordinary person; even after collecting information for so long, he could only roughly know when and where they would appear.
Company, villa, family, gatherings.
He was also fortunate that this was the internet age, and they were quite famous.
Finding them one by one, killing them one by one.
He had waited for so many years; this little bit of time didn't matter. He had the patience.
He was also fortunate that at that time, Qin Tian was in seclusion absorbing dragon blood.
Even if the remaining people knew what Zhang Hai had done, there was no way to capture him.
With a Space-type Supernatural Ability, it was truly too easy to escape.
The reason Zhang Hai entered here was simply because, after fulfilling his long-held wish, he chose to surrender.
Otherwise, with his Space-type Supernatural Ability, couldn't he leave this prison whenever he wanted?
The current Scientific Research Institute had not yet created technology capable of suppressing the power of an Ability User.
"It would have been better if you had just told us back then. With your talent, how could we not have stood up for you!"
Liu Suifeng said with a complex tone.
Zhang Hai did not speak, just smiled.
Liu Suifeng also sighed helplessly.
That's right, if they were going to stand up for him, they should have done it many years ago.
It wouldn't have had to wait until now.
And it was Zhang Hai who took action himself.
But he was not lying either. If Zhang Hai had spoken about his secondary awakening and let the Spiritual Energy Bureau assess his talent and strength, as long as he reached the Second Sequence, no matter which family or force the other party belonged to, they would have been brought to justice.
Even the sentencing would have taken Zhang Hai's wishes into account.
Life imprisonment or the death penalty.
Zhang Hai's suggestion would have been the final verdict.
No matter the era, the strong have privileges.
In the past, it was reflected in wealth and power.
Now, it is talent and strength.
An era of absolute fairness has never existed.
Honestly, if Zhang Hai hadn't been so blatant and caused such a stir online, they really wouldn't have wanted to convict him.
"You didn't do anything wrong; we are the ones who were wrong."
Liu Suifeng said with a sigh.
"You must have come to see me for a reason, right? Team Leader Liu."
Zhang Hai said softly after Liu Suifeng finished speaking.
"Yes."
Liu Suifeng pulled himself out of his contemplation and nodded at Zhang Hai's question.
"I need you to go to Yan City for support."
"This Spiritual Energy Tide is different from the past. According to our projections, it might not even be a Spiritual Energy Tide, but very likely feedback left over from the previous one. However, a beast tide has still occurred, and it is even more intense than the last one."
"Countless cities within Huaxia have been attacked by beast tides, including many Mutated Creatures of the Second Sequence and even First Sequence levels."
"Qin Tian and the others have already gone to provide support, but this time is different from before. There are simply too few First Sequence Ability Users, and very few who can quickly support other cities like Chen Bing, Huo Yu, and Qin Tian can."
"They have already been held back by Mutated wild beasts of the same level, and other support will also take time."
"Zhang Hai, although you are a bit inferior to Qin Tian and the others, and your talent strictly speaking can only be considered Second Sequence, with your Space-type Supernatural Ability, you are already far above the Second Sequence."
"Even compared to the First Sequence, you are not far off."
"This time in Yan City, there is a First Sequence level Mutated Creature. I need you to hold it off until support arrives."
Zhang Hai listened to Liu Suifeng's words, nodded, and then said:
"Does this count as redeeming myself for my crimes?"
"No, you are not guilty!"
Liu Suifeng looked deeply at Zhang Hai:
"No matter how others criticize you, I have always believed you are not guilty."
"I previously applied to my superiors regarding your case, and few people online believe you were wrong regarding your experiences and what you suffered."
"You are only a sinner in the eyes of those who deserved it, but in our eyes, you are a hero and the pride of your parents."
Zhang Hai left the prison, carrying a mobile phone, and quickly headed towards Yan City.
In truth, whether he was a sinner or a hero no longer mattered to him.
No matter what others said, he had already finished what he wanted to do; the remaining time had no meaning to him.
What Liu Suifeng said to him felt more like an apology for the past.
He knew this world was unequal; he had known since he was very young.
GA: Chapter 250: Fairness is merely the strong showing pity to the weak.
Some people are rich and powerful, while others are poor and downcast.
So-called fairness is merely a form of pity from the strong towards the weak, a pathetic self-pity of the weak.
He could understand the inaction of those people regarding his parents' Death.
But understanding doesn't mean not resenting.
Even a mature child would still hold a glimmer of fantasy about this world.
The feeling of shattered illusions is indeed not pleasant.
How to change such a world?
There is no way.
Just like him now, having awakened a space-type Supernatural Ability and undergone a secondary awakening, his importance to the country far surpasses most people.
Therefore, he also gained the ability to enjoy privileges.
Because of this, he knew that some things weren't that people were unwilling to change them, but rather that there was no way to change them.
People are simply different.
Some people are just more important than you!
So, after Liu Suifeng said, "You didn't do anything wrong, it was us who were wrong," the trace of resentment left in his heart was completely erased.
Perhaps his survival was already the greatest effort made by them.
Zhang Hai walked on the ground, each step covering hundreds of meters from the last.
Along the way, he encountered Mutated wild beasts, and even after they detected Zhang Hai, they rushed forward without hesitation to tear at him.
If it were normal times, Zhang Hai might have been interested in playing with them.
But now, with a ripple of space, Zhang Hai's body instantly vanished from the eyes of these Mutated wild beasts.
"Roar???
The Mutated wild beasts showed confused expressions.
"I hope the people of Yan City can hold on for a while longer."
Although Yan City is not a large city, it has a population of several million.
Every second delayed means the Death of an unknown number of lives.
Although every city has established shelters.
However, this does not mean that shelters can 100% guarantee the lives of the people inside.
Humans, relying on the power of technology, make it difficult for cities to be breached unless a bug-level Mutated wild beasts like a First Sequence appears, capable of turning the tide of battle.
And with the strength of a First Sequence level Mutated Creature, even the most robust shelter cannot guarantee absolute safety.
While Zhang Hai was supporting Yan City, support troops from other cities were already on their way.
Some of them were going to Yan City, but more were heading to other cities.
Not only Yan City, but many other cities are also enduring beast tides, and some cities even have Mutated wild beasts appearing within them.
These are also primary targets for support.
Others that are currently resisting are in a secondary position.
There are also some powerful Ability Users with strong talents among the populace, who quickly resolved the beast tide because their cities had overwhelming firepower and didn't encounter a First Sequence level Mutated Creature capable of turning the tide of battle.
They couldn't even use the beast tide to hone their strength, so they could only go to other cities, providing support while also honing their own abilities.
Time slowly passed, and the people of Yan City were now on the verge of despair, riddled with fear and anxiety.
Even though they knew it hadn't been long since the beast tide breached the city and support couldn't arrive so quickly, they couldn't help but panic, despair, and worry, fearing that the nation had abandoned them.
Rationality, sometimes, is a very fragile thing; fear can often destroy it.
Once rationality is lost, normal thinking becomes chaotic, and one involuntarily begins to doubt, panic, and even go mad.
With the Yan City defense line breached and countless Mutated Creatures pouring into the city, every second spent in the shelter felt like a year to them.
Outside the shelter, it was even more of a living hell.
Although some people were still alive, in their eyes, Death was only a matter of time.
The once bustling city was now ablaze, and towering buildings had become ruins.
Cautiously, they peered out the window.
On the roads, Mutated Wolf Pack gnawed on humans, and humans hiding in houses were crashed into by massive Mutated wild boars, destroying the houses, killing them, and devouring their flesh and blood.
They could even see a Mutated wild cat toying with humans, letting them escape, then appearing before them when they thought they had survived, back and forth, treated as entertainment toys.
When it grew bored, its sharp claws tore through flesh and blood, and it began to feed, the person's body still struggling.
"Roar!"
A Mutated python coiled between human houses, and scorching flames transformed into a violent beam of light that pierced through a house, the humans hiding inside burning themselves to Death in the fire.
It had no desire to devour this human; it seemed to merely want to use its abilities.
But even these were just a tiny microcosm of what Yan City was currently experiencing.
The strength of these Mutated wild beasts was not great; they would be insignificant no matter how many there were, provided there were enough people and ample ammunition.
If it weren't for that entity, they would never have broken through Yan City's defenses!
If viewed from above, the entire Yan City was now split in two.
One side was engulfed in war, with incessant screams, while the other side was utterly peaceful.
The peaceful side was the territory of that First Sequence level Mutated wild beasts.
No Mutated wild beasts dared to step foot there, or rather, any that dared to step in had already died.
It was a lizard, but not with the imagined green skin; instead, it was brownish-tan; its size was also extremely massive, even terrifyingly so.
Although smaller than the giant Mutated Creatures in the ocean, it wasn't significantly smaller.
Its nearly hundred-meter-tall body was like a small mountain.
Everything on the ground, whether soil, plants, houses, or even humans, had been covered by rocks.
It stood there silently, its brownish-yellow eyes tightly closed, and vaguely, countless yellow streams of light on the ground seemed to be moving towards its body.
"Is there no other way?"
A man looked at the clear dividing line ahead and behind him, his face full of struggle.
Behind him, a Mutated wolf stared intently at him; perhaps because he was too close to the terrifying Mutated wild beasts' territory, the Mutated wolf dared not attack for a moment.
The two sides remained in a standoff until...
"Howl!"
With a wolf's howl, a few more Mutated wolves approached, their fierce and brutal beast eyes fixed on him, closing in step by step.
"Damn it!"
The man retreated step by step, his face growing uglier and more panicked.
Until there was no more retreat, any further back would be the territory occupied by that Mutated wild beasts.
"Howl!"
Another wolf's howl, and in a panic, his left foot accidentally stepped back.
"Bang!"
In just an instant, his left foot was covered by rock, and it rapidly spread throughout his body, using his left foot as a base.
If he were a ruthless person, he would now swing a knife and cut off his left leg, but clearly, he didn't have that ability, and moreover, he didn't have a weapon that could sever his left leg in an instant.
A few seconds later, another human statue covered in rock appeared on the ground.
Those Mutated wolves fearfully retreated two steps, then turned and ran away.
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