“My name is Ji Xiang, and I’m the third – most powerful superpower user in the world. I work at the Seventh Bureau, the world’s strongest superpower agency.”
One day, while rummaging through old things, I accidentally turned on an old – style mobile phone. Subsequently, terrifying things happened one after another: evil spirits ran amok, the superpowers of all superpower users become invalid, and the Seventh Bureau was nearly destroyed. Even more terrifying, an unprecedentedly powerful demon began to wake up.
And the only way to solve all this is hidden in the novel on the mobile phone that only I can see.
This novel records the more than twenty – year – long game between the first superpower user in the world since the new era and a demon. I call this story: Origin.
1
“My name is Ji Xiang, and I’m the third – most powerful superpower user in the world, as our bureau chief said.”
Our bureau chief, is the second – most powerful superpower user in the world, Cheng An, the chief of the Seventh Bureau.
I once asked Chief Cheng, who is the number – one superpower user in the world?
Chief Cheng looked up at the distant horizon and said, “He’s very strong and is no longer in this world.”
I nodded, “What a pity. He died at a young age.”
Then I was severely beaten by Chief Cheng.
But Chief Cheng secretly told me that one of the bureau’s aces, the Goddess of Vengeance, Ms. Gu Qiu, is his ex – girlfriend. I heard that she later offended him.
The intense gossip fire in me was instantly ignited. Gossip about big shots really sounds exciting!
I asked Chief Cheng about what happened later, but Chief Cheng remained silent.
I’m very strong, and our Chief Cheng is even stronger. The two of us joined forces to make all the superpower users in the world obediently follow the management of the Seventh Bureau. Thus, the Seventh Bureau became the official superpower user management agency on this planet.
I originally thought I could retire peacefully in the bureau until one day, an ordinary – looking thing shattered the originally peaceful life, and I was also drawn into a showdown that spanned more than twenty years.
2
It was a sunny morning. Chief Cheng arranged for me to go to the archives to check some evidence. In an inconspicuous corner, I suddenly found a dusty blue mobile phone.
I walked over curiously and picked it up to examine it carefully. Its style was very old, so old that it only had buttons. The corners of the shell were scratched and bumped, indicating that it had been used for a long time.
“Old Ji, what are you looking at?” A voice came from behind. I knew immediately that it was my old partner, Li Yang.
I turned around and smiled, “Nothing, Lao Li. Chief Cheng asked me to check some files. I just saw this in the corner. Look, it’s a rare item, a style from twenty years ago.” I said, raising the mobile phone for Li Yang to see.
Li Yang took a look and showed a knowing expression, “You mean it? Indeed, many people have seen it before. No one knows which file box it came from. It’s been out of power for a long time and can’t be turned on, so it was left in the corner.”
“Oh, I see.” I nodded, but then, as if possessed, I pressed the power – on button. The next second, something shocking happened to both of us. With a vibration, the mobile phone actually turned on! At the moment the screen lit up, I seemed to faintly hear a gloomy laugh in my mind.
“This… How is this possible! It’s been here for more than ten years. How can it still have power? And we’ve tried many times before. Even if we plugged it in, it couldn’t be turned on?” Li Yang exclaimed repeatedly.
I frowned, thinking of the faint laugh. An inexplicable feeling of unease rose in my heart, as if something bad was about to happen.
I observed the mobile phone carefully and said to Li Yang, “It’s a bit strange. And the mobile phone still has two – thirds of its battery power. This doesn’t seem like a mobile phone that has been left for more than ten years at all.”
Just as I was about to try to operate the mobile phone, Chief Cheng’s voice suddenly came from behind, “Ji Xiang, you little brat. I asked you to check some files. What the hell are you doing?”
Li Yang and I turned around in surprise and saw Chief Cheng storming in. I said grievancely, “Chief Cheng, I didn’t do anything. I just saw this mobile phone and pressed it, and it turned on.” I said, holding up the mobile phone for Chief Cheng to see.
“Mobile phone? Let me see?” Chief Cheng frowned and took the mobile phone to examine it carefully.
While Chief Cheng was checking the mobile phone, Li Yang asked cautiously, “Chief Cheng, did something happen?”
Chief Cheng frowned upon hearing this and said, “Just now, I felt a powerful spiritual force emanating from the archives, instantly covering the whole world. This spiritual force seems to be a signal. I vaguely feel that many evil spirits are waking up all over the world and starting to gather in our direction.”
“What?” Li Yang and I looked at each other and saw the seriousness in each other’s eyes. Chief Cheng is the world’s strongest spiritual superpower user. He is absolutely right about spiritual matters. And when the mobile phone turned on just now, I did feel a bit of unease.
But I just couldn’t resist turning it on. How did this kind of mess happen?
At this time, Chief Cheng had finished looking through the mobile phone. He handed it to me and said, “There’s nothing in the mobile phone. But anyway, many evil spirits have indeed woken up. Li Yang, you immediately lead people to seal this place. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Ji Xiang, you issue a summons order to call back all the S – class aces in the bureau. We need to have a meeting to discuss countermeasures immediately.”
“Yes!” Li Yang quickly saluted and was about to turn around to prepare. But unexpectedly, I turned around and stopped him.
“Wait, Chief Cheng, look. There’s a text document in this mobile phone called ‘The First Superpower User in the New Era.txt’. It seems to be a novel?” I held up the mobile phone for Chief Cheng to see.
Chief Cheng looked at the mobile phone screen upon hearing this. The next moment, his brows furrowed, and he said, “There’s no file at all. It’s clearly blank!”
3
“You mean, you can see a novel on it, but we can’t?” After repeated confirmation, Chief Cheng finally asked.
My expression also became extremely serious, “Yes, Chief Cheng. In my eyes, there is indeed a novel on the mobile phone. Although I don’t know why you can’t see it, considering that only I could turn on the mobile phone just now, I suspect that this mobile phone has some hidden mechanisms that only I can trigger.”
Chief Cheng thought for a while and said, “You’re right. Then open this novel and take a look. Maybe we can find the answer from it.”
I nodded and was about to click on it when my hand suddenly trembled.
Chief Cheng looked at me in confusion, “What’s wrong?”
I quickly looked at Chief Cheng and said, “Chief Cheng, it just vibrated. It… received a text message!”
“Text message?” After hearing this, Chief Cheng asked Li Yang to confirm. After confirming that Li Yang couldn’t see it either, he said, “First, take a look at the text message!”
I responded and clicked on the text message to read it. But as soon as I read the first sentence, a huge sense of fear instantly climbed into my heart. I looked at Chief Cheng with an extremely ugly face, and beads of sweat faintly oozed from my forehead.
Chief Cheng saw my reaction and realized that something was wrong. He quickly asked, “What happened?”
I remained silent and didn’t speak.
Chief Cheng reacted upon seeing this. He coughed and said, “Li Yang, you immediately issue a summons order in my name and ask all the aces in the bureau to come back to the bureau for a meeting immediately.”
Li Yang quickly agreed and turned to walk towards the door. Before leaving, he closed the door.
The next moment, a powerful spiritual force swept out, covering the entire room.
Chief Cheng looked at me and said, “Speak. No one can detect what happens in this room now.”
I took a deep breath and said, “Chief Cheng, I’d better read the content of the text message to you.”
After saying that, I held up the mobile phone and read, “Dear Mr. Ji Xiang, congratulations on turning on the switch to world destruction.
“I’m very sorry to tell you that when you turned on this mobile phone that only you can turn on, a forgotten demon that can destroy the world entered the countdown to awakening. I sealed it for more than twenty years, but it will eventually wake up and destroy the world. Now, you are the only hope of defeating it.”
I glanced at Chief Cheng and continued to read, “You must be curious why only you can operate this mobile phone. Because you are the only one who has a superpower blessed by the world will. Even Chief Cheng beside you can’t do this.”
“Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that in this game against the demon, he is the only one you can trust.”
Chief Cheng’s face became extremely ugly, and his voice was hoarse, “And then?”
I continued to read, “What I’m going to say next, please remember it firmly. The key to defeating that demon lies in the novel in the mobile phone. Please read that novel word for word, and then the method of defeating the demon will naturally appear. Good luck.”
4
The scene fell into silence. After a while, Chief Cheng finally spoke, “Although I’d rather believe this is a prank, my intuition tells me that what the text message said is probably true. After all, when that spiritual force appeared just now, the hairs all over my body stood up, and that can’t lie to me.”
Chief Cheng seemed to think of something. He looked at me, “Ji Xiang, try to see if you can reply to it with a text message. Maybe we can communicate with it and get more information.”
I nodded, and my fingers quickly pressed on the keyboard. Soon, a text message was sent by me.
Just two seconds later, the mobile phone vibrated. I quickly said, “Chief Cheng, it replied.”
Chief Cheng’s eyes lit up, and he asked, “What did you ask, and how did it answer?”
I replied, “I said ‘Are you there?’ and it replied ‘Yes’.”
The veins on Chief Cheng’s head bulged, and it was obvious that he was trying his best to control himself, “You… Ask it something useful.”
I quickly replied, “Okay.”
After saying that, I quickly tapped on the keyboard again.
Chief Cheng leaned over, “What did you ask?”
I replied, “I asked it if it’s sure that only I can use this mobile phone… Ouch, Chief Cheng!”
Chief Cheng finally couldn’t hold back and gave me a hard knock on the head. He gritted his teeth and said, “You, ask it who it is and what the origin of that demon is!”
“Oh, oh.” I quickly nodded. Before I could act, I found that the mobile phone vibrated again. So I said, “Chief, it replied, saying that it’s sure that only I can use this mobile phone, and then… it closed the text – messaging function of the mobile phone.”
Chief Cheng glared at me fiercely, “I told you to ask those useless things. Now… you just stay here and don’t go anywhere. Just read this novel and figure out the root of all this.”
Chief Cheng got up and continued, “I’m going to the meeting. So many evil spirits have woken up, and their target is the Seventh Bureau. It’s a bit troublesome… We need to be careful. Remember to protect this mobile phone at all costs. I have a hunch that their target is this mobile phone!” After saying that, Chief Cheng was about to turn and leave.
“Chief Cheng!” I suddenly called out to Chief Cheng and asked, “How did my superpower come about?”
Chief Cheng turned around and remained silent.
Seeing this, I continued, “Twenty – three years ago, a meteor streak across the sky, and then everyone in the world had the possibility of awakening their superpower after the age of eighteen. I remember that my original superpower was not this. It changed to this three years ago.”
I looked at Chief Cheng, “But I don’t remember what happened three years ago. It says here that my superpower was recognized and transformed by the world will. Is it related to what happened three years ago?”
Chief Cheng replied in a low voice, “Ji Xiang, when that person left back then, he erased your memory. Although I don’t know why, what he did must have his reasons. So forgive me, I can’t tell you yet.” After saying that, Chief Cheng turned and left.
5
I sat on the chair, took a deep breath, and clicked on this novel.
The protagonist of the novel is An Ke, a child who grew up in the mountains. The story starts when he was eleven years old.
One night, the playful An Ke got lost in the deep mountains and then fell asleep on a tree in a daze until dawn the next day.
After dawn, An Ke went down the mountain along the mountain road to go to school. But An Ke, who had played all night, didn’t do his homework. So he picked up a composition book and started copying a composition. Unexpectedly, he copied the wrong topic in a hurry.
“I want to be a little bird and fly freely in the blue sky… Everyone else’s dream is to be a scientist or a teacher, but you want to be a bird, right?” That day, the principal read his composition in front of all the teachers and students in the school, severely mocking him and making him feel extremely ashamed.
However, An Ke didn’t realize that this was just the beginning of the whole thing.
Because the next day, he found that he had really turned into a bird.
He flapped his wings in panic in the air, making terrified chirps, and it was not until a day later that he returned to normal.
So An Ke gradually discovered that he seemed to have a kind of ability, that is, what he wrote, as long as it was seen by others, would slowly evolve according to what he wrote, but it needed to follow certain logic, and the effect was not as obvious as the first time.
For example, when he wrote that he could find ten thousand yuan, he could only find a few dozen yuan in the end. When he wrote that his deskmate would turn into a puppy, his deskmate didn’t turn into a puppy, but just started barking like a dog inexplicably during class.
Such changes initially made An Ke feel scared, but gradually he got used to it. He began to use this ability to seek some benefits for himself, and thus he had a smooth journey and was admitted to a top – tier university in the country at that time.
Finally, when he was eighteen years old, a demon came to him.
The demon told him that it had signed a contract with him long ago. The demon gave him the energy to change the world, allowing him to enjoy the prosperity of the world. In return, he had to completely dedicate his body and soul to the demon when he was twenty – one years old.
The demon also said that there were only three years left. The demon told him to enjoy the remaining time well, and it would come to take his body and soul in three years.
An Ke didn’t believe it at first because he didn’t remember ever signing a contract with the demon. But later, he began to suspect that maybe he had really been deceived by the demon and signed this contract unconsciously? He began to become suspicious and depressed day by day.
Subsequently, the story took a turn. An Ke was accidentally involved in a fight, and then he met an agent from the Seventh Security Bureau named Cheng An.
When I saw this, I frowned. I didn’t expect Chief Cheng’s name to appear here.
And I remember that before there were superpower users in the world, the Seventh Bureau was called the Seventh Security Bureau. So it seems that this Cheng An is likely to be Chief Cheng!
I continued to read. At that time, An Ke and Cheng An were in a car, fleeing from the pursuit of killers. Behind them were two killer vehicles in hot pursuit. Seeing that they were about to be caught up, An Ke had to ask Cheng An for paper and pen.
But Cheng An didn’t have the habit of carrying paper and pen. So An Ke had to take out his mobile phone and type on it: “The car chasing on my left will roll over and fall off the cliff, and the car on the right will hit a big tree by the road and be damaged.”
An Ke held up the mobile phone and asked Cheng An, who was driving, to read this sentence. At first, Cheng An thought he was crazy, but under An Ke’s insistence, he read it out.
Then, something shocking happened to Cheng An. The two cars really got damaged as An Ke described.
Cheng An realized how terrifying An Ke was. He took An Ke back. Since then, An Ke joined the Seventh Security Bureau and began to use his superpower to do some things for the official.
6
When the door of the archives was opened again, I saw that Chief Cheng’s face didn’t look good. His clothes were torn in several places, and his hair was a bit messy. Obviously, he had just been in a fight and suffered some losses.
I was very puzzled. Chief Cheng’s spiritual superpower is difficult for even me to deal with. Who in the world could make him suffer losses?
The first thing Chief Cheng said when he saw me was: “Ji Xiang, how much of your superpower is left now?”
I was shocked: “What do you mean by how much is left? I’ve been staying here and haven’t consumed it at all.”
Chief Cheng raised his eyebrows: “So, your superpower hasn’t been weakened?”
It turned out that just now, all the superpower users around the world were horrified to find that their superpowers were disappearing rapidly. Currently, only those above A – rank could still exert part of their superpowers, and those below A – rank had completely lost their abilities.
Subsequently, a large number of evil spirits descended on the Seventh Bureau. The Seventh Bureau, which had been greatly weakened, suffered a big loss and was severely damaged in the just – concluded confrontation.
But my superpower hadn’t been weakened at all. Could it be that, as the text message said, my superpower was recognized by the world will, so it wasn’t weakened?
I quickly said: “Chief Cheng, then let me go. I haven’t been weakened. I’m still the third – most powerful in the world. No matter how powerful those evil spirits are, they won’t be my opponents!”
Chief Cheng held me back and said seriously: “Ji Xiang, this is a disaster that may be enough to destroy the entire superpower civilization, and you are the key to solving this disaster. So everyone can go, but you can’t. If something happens to you, all that awaits us is destruction.”
Seeing that I had calmed down, Chief Cheng continued: “What did you find in the novel?”
I told Chief Cheng all the content in the novel. Chief Cheng frowned: “The Seventh Bureau was indeed called the Seventh Security Bureau before, and I was indeed an agent before. But I completely can’t remember the things described in the novel.”
Hearing this, I also frowned. The text message said that Chief Cheng was the only one I could trust, so Chief Cheng shouldn’t be lying to me. But the things recorded in the novel didn’t seem to have happened. Why was that?
Chief Cheng said to me seriously: “Next, you continue to read the novel. You must figure out what exactly happened. I’ll ask Li Yang to come down and protect you.” After saying that, Chief Cheng started to call Li Yang.
I quickly stopped him: “Chief Cheng, Li Yang is only A – rank. Now his power should be weakened to less than A – rank. Next, I will definitely be the key target of the evil spirits’ attack. You don’t need to let him take this risk.”
Chief Cheng didn’t say anything. After Li Yang came, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Li Yang, saying: “Li Yang, this piece of paper was tailor – made for you by an extremely powerful being. It can make your superpower reach its ultimate sublimation.”
Chief Cheng’s tone changed: “But that being also said that after you use the power beyond your limit, what awaits you is only death. So, for you, it’s like a beautiful firework. After it’s lit and blooms, it will quickly go out.”
Hearing this, Li Yang solemnly took the piece of paper. Cheng An continued: “Now I assign you a task. Protect Ji Xiang at all costs because he is the key to solving all this, even if it means sacrificing your life. Can you do it?”
Li Yang nodded firmly and said: “I understand, Chief Cheng. If necessary, I will sacrifice my life to protect Ji Xiang’s safety!”
7
The evil spirits attacked again. Chief Cheng led the remaining S – class aces and rushed out again. Although there were still other S – class aces desperately rushing back, I knew that if we couldn’t solve the mystery of all this as soon as possible, even if more S – class aces were thrown in, it would be useless.
I continued to read the novel.
In the remaining three years, An Ke began to frequently help the Seventh Security Bureau with its affairs, using his power to wipe out one evil organization after another.
And the experts of the Seventh Bureau also helped An Ke analyze his superpower. They came to a conclusion that the more people saw what An Ke wrote, the more powerful the power it exerted would be, and it could even accomplish things that were theoretically impossible to happen.
For example, when An Ke used his ability for the first time, all the teachers and students in the school laughed at his composition, so he really broke the rules and turned into a bird.
Knowing this rule, An Ke, thinking of the demon that would eventually come to take his body and soul, came up with a bold idea in his mind.
An Ke wrote a novel on the Internet called “The First Superpower User in the New Era”. It detailed the story that happened between him and the demon.
As soon as this novel was published on the Internet, it received rave reviews and was even made into a movie and spread on the Internet.
So, when the three – year period was up, the demon came as promised and began to claim An Ke’s body and soul.
And when the demon took over An Ke’s body, An Ke finally remembered the story that happened on that night when he was eleven years old.
It turned out that in the depths of the universe, a golden fruit was born. It was rumored that the person who ate this fruit would have the power to create the world.
An otherworldly demon accidentally discovered this fruit. But because it didn’t belong to this world, it couldn’t possess this fruit.
One night, a teenager suddenly break in
the place where the fruit was. So the demon induced the teenager to eat this fruit and signed an agreement with the teenager.
Ten years later, it would come to take the teenager’s body and soul. In this way, the demon could justifiably use the body of this world to possess the power to create the world.
This was the reason why An Ke had the power to change the world after waking up in the woods.
But An Ke wasn’t without a chance to resist. The stupidest thing the demon did was to celebrate prematurely. When there were only three years left in the contract, it couldn’t resist showing off in front of An Ke. So An Ke found a way to break the situation in advance.
In An Ke’s novel, although the teenager couldn’t resist the contract with the demon, at the moment the demon took over his body, he released his own world – creating energy and turned into a meteor that fell onto this planet.
Since then, both the teenager and the demon died. But this planet, because it absorbed the world – creating energy, began to give birth to superpower users.
The novel said that it wasn’t that An Ke didn’t want to survive in the ending. But whenever he tried to write like that, there would be a force in the dark preventing him. It turned out that the demon’s power was too strong, and even the power to create the world could only perish with it.
But even so, it couldn’t completely kill this demon. Before the demon died, it made a prophecy that one day it would return because as long as there was one person in this world who remembered it, it would be immortal.
So An Ke could only use his power again at the last moment of his life to make everyone in the world forget that novel and all the traces An Ke left in this world. All the secrets were stored in this old mobile phone by him.
8
After reading this, my heart couldn’t calm down for a long time. Many things seemed to be explainable.
An Ke chose to sacrifice himself and perish with the demon. The world – creating power entered this planet. So since twenty – three years ago, people began to awaken their superpowers.
An Ke, in order to prevent the demon from resurrecting, made everyone forget what happened back then. So Chief Cheng didn’t remember that he had ever known An Ke.
And when I turned on the mobile phone, the demon was remembered by the world again. So it began to wake up and take back the power of that golden fruit that already belonged to it. Therefore, all the superpower users in the world began to lose their superpowers.
I wanted to continue reading, but I found that I couldn’t see the following content.
At this time, the mobile phone vibrated again, and a text message came into my sight.
“Dear Mr. Ji Xiang, I’m glad you’ve read what happened back then. I think now you should probably know the cause and effect of the matter.”
“Back then, I wrote this novel but didn’t completely destroy it because the demon was destined to wake up again. Instead of letting it wake up in a way I couldn’t imagine, it’s better to let it wake up in my way.”
“I left a backup plan back then. I gave the most core part of my ability to a person. He is the most talented superpower user I’ve ever seen, even more talented than me.”
“And all the backup plans, I also wrote in the novel. The reason you can’t see them now is that if you saw them before the final counter – attack, the demon would also see them, and the backup plan I left would lose its effect.”
“Now, go find Chief Cheng. Only he knows who the person I left as a backup is. Find that backup, and you can resurrect me and completely eliminate this demon king!”
“Finally, I’m sorry to tell you that when you finish reading the above passage, this demon will completely wake up. Back then, it occupied all the world – creating energy. So when it wakes up, all the superpower users in this world will completely lose their superpowers. Now, go and save your chief!”
The last sentence made my pores stand up. My superpower around me gushed out, directly breaking through the archives and rushing towards Chief Cheng.
9
When I rushed to Chief Cheng’s side, except for Chief Cheng, there were no other living people standing on the ground. The entire Seventh Bureau was basically wiped out.
I supported the trembling Chief Cheng and said, “Li Yang, take Chief Cheng away. I’ll stop them.”
Chief Cheng still wanted to say something, but he had lost his strength and could only let Li Yang help him run backward.
I looked ahead. There were only three S – class evil spirits left. It could be seen how fierce the battle just now was. The Seventh Bureau had exhausted all its elite forces and fought the overwhelming evil spirits until only three were left.
My superpower began to surge. Its name is “Exorcise Demons”. It has unparalleled destructive power, especially effective against this kind of evil spirits.
But to my surprise, one evil spirit waved its hand, and several priests in white robes appeared in front of me. They exuded a holy light all over their bodies.
“People from the Church of Light!” I cursed in my heart. I didn’t expect that the people from the church had also defected to the demon. And their bright power all over their bodies could weaken my superpower by about 30%.
Immediately, the three evil spirits began to use their abilities. The moment their abilities were activated, I felt that my cells were being mad destruction
destroyed. But clearly, they just activated their abilities in place and didn’t do anything else!
I understood that these three evil spirits all had concept – type superpowers, which were the most powerful kind of superpowers. One of them was: when a target is hostile to me, it will die immediately. Another was: when I’m dissatisfied with someone, it will die immediately.
I frantically surged my superpower to offset the powerful concept – based erasure from the other side. Then a powerful energy left my body and attacked the last evil spirit. However, my all – out blow was easily blocked by it.
Concept – type superpower: the stronger the attack power I receive, the smaller the attack power I receive.
After all, I’m the third – most powerful superpower user in the world. With just one exchange, I roughly analyzed the superpowers of the three people in front of me.
This is troublesome. These concept – type superpowers, if it were a one – on – one situation normally, it wouldn’t be difficult for me to defeat them with my powerful superpower. But today, they all came at once, and with the priests of the Church of Light who restrained me, I could only exert one – tenth of my usual strength. It seems I can’t leave easily today.
Sure enough, the evil spirit on the opposite side made a move. With just an energy wave, I was injured and fell to the ground.
The evil spirit sneered sinisterly, “The third – most powerful in the world is just so – so.”
10
Just as the evil spirit was about to end my life, a long sword came through the air and blocked the charging evil spirit. I looked up and saw a beautiful woman floating in the air, exuding a powerful aura all over her body.
“Ms. Gu Qiu!” I exclaimed. It was the last support from the Seventh Bureau outside that had arrived.
I remembered Gu Qiu’s superpower: when killing a person who truly hates you, you get a double boost.
So even if Gu Qiu lost her superpower now, her body had been strengthened, and she still had S – class combat power.
Gu Qiu glanced at me and said coldly, “Not all the people in the Seventh Bureau are dead yet. It’s not your turn to play here. Go back and do what you should do!”
I nodded to Gu Qiu, struggled to get up, and went to chase Chief Cheng.
When I caught up with Chief Cheng, Chief Cheng said, “I’ll take you to a place where they can’t break through.”
The three of us, me, Chief Cheng, and Li Yang, the only remaining people in the Seventh Bureau, took an elevator and quickly descended underground. After about ten minutes, the elevator stopped, and we walked out. In front of us was a cold room.
I murmured, “I seem to have been here before.”
Chief Cheng looked at me and said, “You have indeed been here. Both you and Li Yang have been here. This place once sealed the most powerful superpower user in the world. This room was created by him. Those evil spirits can’t break through it at all!”
We rushed into the room and quickly closed the door, then let out a sigh of relief.
In the room, after listening to my account, Chief Cheng frowned. He thought for a while and said, “The backup that An Ke left, he said only I can know. Then I think I know who he’s talking about. He’s talking about the owner of this room, the once number – one superpower user in the world. You can call him Senior Mo.”
I said, “Chief Cheng, but I remember you said that Senior Mo went to another world. Since the key to breaking the situation now is to find him back, do you have any way to contact him?”
Chief Cheng replied, “My power is not enough to go to another world, so I have no way to contact him. If I have to say one way, it’s…”
“What is it, Chief Cheng? Hurry up and say!” Li Yang beside me was anxious.
Chief Cheng looked at Li Yang and said, “Remember the piece of paper I gave you? That was given by Senior Mo. There’s his mark on it. If you activate that piece of paper, he will definitely feel it and come back to solve all this.”
I said, “And once it’s activated, it means Li Yang’s death, right, Chief Cheng?”
11
Just then, there was a banging sound on the door outside. We looked out through the window and saw that Gu Qiu’s head had been cut off and thrown heavily on the ground. Beside it were the three evil spirits.
Obviously, Gu Qiu didn’t stop them for long, and she was also defeated.
Li Yang took a deep breath and said, “Chief Cheng, there’s no other way. Only by sacrificing my life can we call back the most powerful superpower user. Chief Cheng…I want to say that I don’t regret following you. In my next life, I still want to join the Seventh Bureau!”
After saying that, Li Yang activated the ability on that piece of paper.
And I finally understood what the ability of the world’s number – one superpower user was: changing one word in the superpower introduction.
Li Yang’s original superpower, “Summon the Fire Realm to Burn Everything”, was instantly changed to “Summon the Divine Fire Realm to Burn Everything”.
An unprecedentedly powerful energy poured into Li Yang’s body. Li Yang roared and rushed towards the evil spirits outside. And fragments of memories also reappeared in my mind, which were the things that happened three years ago.
After saying that, Li Yang activated the ability on that piece of paper.
And I finally understood what the ability of the world’s number – one superpower user was: changing one word in the superpower introduction.
Li Yang’s original superpower, “Summon the Fire Realm to Burn Everything”, was instantly changed to “Summon the Divine Fire Realm to Burn Everything”.
An unprecedentedly powerful energy poured into Li Yang’s body. Li Yang roared and rushed towards the evil spirits outside. And fragments of memories also reappeared in my mind, which were the things that happened three years ago.
At that time, Senior Mo sealed himself in this underground room, and the terrifying Abyss Will descended on our planet. Chief Cheng asked Li Yang and me to come down and invite Senior Mo to come out of the mountain.
At that time, my superpower was “Love That Kills Everything Instantly”, which was a rather useless superpower. Senior Mo told me that there was no useless superpower, and everyone had their own shining points.
Senior Mo fought against the Abyss Will, found out its details, and almost exhausted all his energy, only being able to activate his superpower one more time. He changed my superpower to “Abyss That Kills Everything Instantly”.
Finally, I killed the Abyss Will. And because I solved the doomsday crisis, I received the feedback of the world’s superpowers, and my superpower was promoted to “Exorcise Demons”.
When I remembered all this, I felt a figure appear behind me. I turned around and said, “Senior Mo…”
The person who came was Senior Mo, who had rushed back from another world. He looked at me with a smile and said, “Remembered everything?”
I nodded. Just as I was about to speak, Senior Mo slapped me and said, “I heard you told others that I was dead?”
I smiled awkwardly, “It was a misunderstanding…”
Senior Mo then shouted to Li Yang with a smile, “Li Yang, stop fighting. Come back and chat with me!”
Li Yang obviously also remembered what happened back then. He shouted without looking back, “Senior, such a powerful superpower. I’ve never felt so good in my life. Anyway, I’m about to die. Let me have a good time before I die!”
Senior Mo scolded with a smile, “I was lying to you. What about dying after over – exhausting your power. The power I gave you, even a god can’t take it away. Do you think the title of the world’s number – one superpower user is just for show? Come back, you’re fine. You won’t die!”
Li Yang was stunned for a moment. He felt his own state and found that there was indeed no abnormality. So he ran back and laughed, “Senior Mo, you’re amazing!”
Senior Mo looked at the three evil spirits and the group of white – robed priests in front of him and asked me, “Just them, and they hurt you like this?”
I said shamefully, “Senior, their superpowers are too restrictive to me. I…”
Senior Mo looked at me with a look of hating iron for not becoming steel, “What’s wrong? They found some people who aren’t demons, and you can’t exorcise them? You still don’t understand the essence of superpowers. The so – called ‘Exorcise Demons’ means judging all evils. I don’t care what you are. If I say you’re a demon, you’re a demon!”
After saying that, the same superpower as mine surged in his hand. He looked at me and said, “Watch carefully. I’ll only use it once. This move is called – I’m Your Father, Die for Me!”
A powerful wave enveloped the evil spirits and the white – robed priests. The originally restricted “Exorcise Demons” superpower shattered their bodies without the slightest hindrance.
Senior Mo looked at me, “Understood? If you still don’t understand, Li Yang’s superpower has been improved. Your position as the world’s third – most powerful superpower user is in danger!”
Just then, an even more powerful force enveloped us. I knew that the demon had arrived. The final battle was about to begin.
12
The one who descended was an honest – looking middle – aged man. If it weren’t for the terrifying aura he exuded, I would never have believed that this was the demon’s true body.
The moment the demon descended, it looked at Senior Mo, showed a strange smile, and said in a hoarse and magnetic voice, “It’s you? Hmm, your plan is very interesting.”
Senior Mo took a step forward. A majestic aura emanated from his body, blocking the demon’s aura. “Yes, I’m the one you’re looking for. May I ask, how should I address you, sir?”
The demon smiled amiably and said, “You can call me Eyu. You seem very relaxed. It seems that you think you’ve got me today.”
Senior Mo’s expression remained unchanged, “You, Mr. Eyu, also seem very confident. How about coming in and taking a seat?” After saying that, Senior Mo turned around and looked at the room behind him.
Eyu looked at the room and laughed, “This room is also very interesting. You, and the ability on you, are very interesting, although it should have been mine originally. Well, since you’ve invited me, then there’s no hurry to decide the outcome. Let’s go in and have a seat.” After saying that, Eyu strode towards the room.
Senior Mo looked at the three of us and said, “Let’s go. We’ll go in too.”
Seeing that I was still a bit hesitant, he smiled and said, “Don’t worry. Don’t you believe me? Since I’m back, we won’t lose today.”
Inside the room, there was a long table. The four of us sat on one side, and Eyu sat on the other side.
Eyu took the initiative to speak. It sighed and said, “Come to think of it, it’s all my fault. If I hadn’t been unable to resist showing off in front of An Ke back then, none of this would have happened.”
Eyu’s gloomy eyes looked at us, “I’m very curious. What kind of plant a seed did An Ke leave at the end of the novel? How did he plan to resurrect himself, and how did he plan to defeat me today?”
Senior Mo smiled upon hearing this and said, “Mr. An Ke’s wisdom is truly admirable. In this game that spanned more than twenty years, he was the absolute protagonist.”
Speaking of this, Senior Mo sat up straight, “When Mr. An Ke was writing the end of the novel, he found that your power was too strong. He simply couldn’t write you to death. Even if he perished with you, you would eventually be resurrected. In order to completely kill you, he formulated a plan, which was divided into four parts.”
Eyu nodded upon hearing this. Its fingers tapped gently on the table, and it showed its white teeth and smiled, “I’d like to hear the details.”
13
“The first part is to find a person recognized by the world will,” Senior Mo said.
Eyu thought for a while and nodded, “That makes sense. All your confidence in defeating me lies in that novel. According to An Ke’s ability, the more people who read the novel, the more powerful the power of the novel to correct reality will be.
“But that novel was forgotten by everyone back then. Once the novel is restarted, I will wake up immediately. You don’t have time to let so many people read it again, so naturally, you can’t exert the power of that novel.
“But a person recognized by the world will is different. If he reads it, it’s as if the whole world has read it. The power of this novel to correct reality will be instantly maximized.”
Senior Mo replied, “Yes. Back then, I was constantly thinking about how to create a person recognized by the world will. Initially, I thought of Cheng An. He was the leader of the superpower users on this planet, but his personal will was too strong, which made me unable to succeed.
“Speaking of this, Senior Mo glanced at Chief Cheng, “But later, when the Abyss Will attacked, I met Ji Xiang. I skillfully used Ji Xiang’s ability to defeat the Abyss Will, allowing him to be recognized by the world will. Thus, we completed the first step of our plan.”
Eyu said, “Very well. You’ve indeed succeeded in maximizing the effect of that novel. So, what about the second step?”
Senior Mo continued, “The second step is that I must leave this world. At least, I can’t come back before the final effect of that novel is exerted.”
Eyu asked, “Can you be more specific?”
Senior Mo said, “Actually, this is very simple. It’s a very crucial step before the final battle: strengthening ourselves and weakening the enemy.
“Back then, you had actually successfully possessed An Ke. So in theory, all the power of that golden fruit was yours. As long as you were resurrected, you could take back all that power at any time, just like you took back the superpowers of those superpower users.
“Speaking of this, Senior Mo glanced at Eyu. Seeing that he nodded, he continued, “And An Ke placed the most core ability of the golden fruit – the power of language – in my hands back then. Therefore, there are two reasons for me to leave this world.
“First, leaving my superpower in another world means that even if I come back, you can’t retrieve that most core ability, which is equivalent to weakening you. Second, over the years, I’ve gone to other worlds to learn a new power system specifically to deal with you. Only this kind of power won’t be restricted by you, which is equivalent to strengthening ourselves.”
Eyu nodded, “Very well. With this give – and – take, your chances of winning have increased greatly. So, tell me what the third part is.”
Senior Mo continued, “The third part is Ji Xiang. In this plan, he bears the most pressure. After the novel is restarted and you start to wake up, he must withstand the great pressure of all superpower users in the world losing their superpowers and the evil spirits attacking the Seventh Bureau, and finish reading the novel in time. Whether he can finish reading the novel is the key to defeating you.
“Of course, I won’t let him bear such great pressure alone. I left three backup plans to help him. After I’ve said so much, do you want to guess what the three backup plans are?”
Eyu thought for a moment and said, “The first one is that woman named Gu Qiu? Her superpower is to strengthen herself by killing people who hate her. So even if I wake up and take back everyone’s superpowers, her body has been strengthened, and she still has good combat power. I remember she’s your ex – girlfriend. You’re really cruel, making her do such a thing.”
Senior Mo smiled, “Yes, the first backup plan is her. Speaking of which, she once tried to kill me. But later, I became the most powerful superpower user, and I lost the thought of taking revenge on her. After this is over, I’ll also resurrect her. Then we’ll be even.”
Eyu nodded and said, “The second backup plan is this room. The room is filled with your power. As long as I don’t come in person, Ji Xiang can hide in this room, and my subordinates will never be able to break through the defense of this room.
“And the last backup plan is the piece of paper you gave to Li Yang. That piece of paper upgraded Li Yang’s superpower to S – class. And because there’s your power on it, even I can’t take back his superpower in a short time. And this period of time is enough for you to come back and support.”
Senior Mo nodded, “Yes, that’s the last insurance. Once Li Yang uses the piece of paper I gave him, it means things have reached a dead – end. At this time, even if Ji Xiang hasn’t finished reading the novel, I must come back to save the situation.”
Eyu laughed. At this time, its eyes had gradually become cold, “Very well. Now, tell me the last part of the plan.”
14
Senior Mo’s eyes also became sharp, “The last part is to activate the power of that novel to strangle you. At the end of the novel, An Ke described the scene where the will of heaven and earth woke up and gathered the positive thoughts of the whole universe to strangle you.”
Speaking of this, Senior Mo suddenly stood up, and a majestic fighting spirit began to gather around him, “Precisely because I left the core ability of the golden fruit in another world, the power you have after waking up this time is incomplete. And this is the best chance to completely kill you! Ji Xiang, turn on the phone and show Mr. Eyu the last part of the novel he’s been wanting to see!”
Upon hearing this, I quickly turned on the screen of the mobile phone. The originally blurred last part of the novel on the screen began to become clear.
At this moment, the whole universe seemed to wake up. A vast force enveloped Eyu. That force gathered all the positive thoughts between heaven and earth, making it impossible for Eyu, the demon, to resist. In an instant, it was surrounded.
Eyu let out a painful scream. It struggled and laughed wildly, “What a wonderful plan. First, weaken my strongest power, then use the novel to gather the will of the whole universe and mobilize the positive thoughts of the whole universe to kill me. What a genius idea!”
Its eyes were vicious, “But you don’t understand. This is not enough to kill me. Because I’m a demon, the incarnation of extreme evil between heaven and earth.
“Good and evil always coexist. Neither side can disappear. In other words, good may suppress evil, but it can never eliminate evil! If I die today, I will be reborn in another corner of the universe tomorrow!”
Eyu showed a triumphant smile on its face, “You think I don’t know why I dared to come? I just wanted to see what kind of trump card An Ke had hidden for more than twenty years.
“Now I know. Maybe I will die today, but it’s just another death. But you will lose the only chance to completely kill me! Because An Ke has lost his ability, and he no longer has the ability to write another novel that can kill me!”
Senior Mo sighed upon hearing this and said, “What you said makes sense. But you forgot one thing, and that is An Ke’s determination to defeat you. During those three years, he studied you every moment, thinking of ways to defeat you.”
Senior Mo slowly raised his finger, “So he had already anticipated today’s scene and prepared another gift for you. Now, take a look. Is this enough?”
The next moment, countless evil thoughts began to spread in the field and rushed towards Eyu.
Eyu’s eyes finally showed fear, “What is this!”
Senior Mo said, “These are the evil thoughts of thirty million superpower users on this planet whose superpowers you just took away. They lost their superpowers and the respected status. They are violent and unwilling, and they all wish one could kill you.
“You should know that human desires are infinite, and human evil thoughts are innate. Sometimes, the evil thoughts in people’s hearts have the most powerful destructive power.
“And these powers were also utilized by An Ke in his novel. The last part of the novel wrote: The demon will be suppressed by the positive thoughts of the whole universe and then completely devoured by the infinite evil thoughts!”
Eyu’s body began to collapse. It roared unwillingly, “You actually use such means. Who is the demon, me or you!”
Senior Mo said calmly, “The only way to kill a demon is to become more evil than the demon. On our planet, this is called using the original soup to dissolve the original ingredients.”
Eyu’s voice gradually became smaller. It was heard saying, “I won’t be killed. As long as An Ke is resurrected, I will be resurrected. The two of us have become one…”
After saying that, Eyu completely disappeared into the air. Everything seemed to be over.
I looked at all this and suddenly said to Senior Mo, “Senior Mo, will Senior An Ke not be resurrected?”
Senior Mo turned around upon hearing this and looked at me with interest. I continued, “Senior An Ke has already died. The one who has been chatting with me via text messages is not him, but you, right?”
15
Senior Mo smiled upon hearing this and said, “Not bad, Ji Xiang. I haven’t seen you for a few years, and you’ve become so sharp. How did you find out?”
I replied, “When I got the mobile phone, there was only two – thirds of the battery power left on the mobile phone. But it told me that I was the only one who could use this mobile phone.
“At that time, I thought that since Senior An Ke had made full preparations back then, why was the only backup he left in a state of insufficient battery power?
“I sent a text message asking if it was sure that only I could use this mobile phone. The reply I got was ‘Yes’. This made me more certain that there must be another person who used this mobile phone before me.
“But I couldn’t figure out who this person was. Until you appeared, I found that this mobile phone seemed to be completely under your control. From then on, I understood that the person who had been chatting with me was you.”
Senior Mo nodded upon hearing this and said, “Yes, I was indeed the first person to use this mobile phone. At that time, I was already powerful enough to see the unusualness of the mobile phone at a glance. So I didn’t turn it on, but entered through the background and contacted An Ke’s remnant soul.
“An Ke told me the cause and effect of the matter. He had taken a fancy to me in the crowd back then, gave me the most core ability of the golden fruit, and wrote me into his novel. So I was destined to become the world’s strongest superpower user and finally replace him to execute his plan to completely eliminate Eyu.
“In fact, the plan An Ke left had five parts. The last part is the core of the whole plan – that is, An Ke must die.
“Because the two of them had completely merged, so if An Ke didn’t die, Eyu would definitely be resurrected.
“And the key to this step is to deceive Eyu into thinking that An Ke would be resurrected. In this way, Eyu would be willing to die today. But it didn’t know that An Ke had voluntarily given up the chance of resurrection after I contacted him. This time, Eyu really died and will never be resurrected.”
Senior Mo looked at me and sighed, “This was a relay passed down through three generations of superpower users, An Ke, me, and you. We played a game with this demon for more than twenty years and paid the price of An Ke’s life. Now it finally comes to a successful end.”
I sighed, “It was indeed a wonderful game. But I have a question, Senior Mo. You are the world’s strongest superpower user, but your ability was created by Senior An Ke with his novel. So between you two, who is really the strongest superpower user?”
Senior Mo smiled upon hearing this, “This question is really hard to answer. But one thing is certain. An Ke must be the smartest and greatest superpower user. Because when dealing with a demon like Eyu, which is powerful enough to destroy the world, although it’s always evil that can control evil, it has to be said that it was An Ke’s selfless sacrifice and dedication that really helped us turn the corner at the critical moment.”
16
The matter was over. Senior Mo took back that mobile phone. Chief Cheng, Li Yang, and I began to rebuild the severely damaged Seventh Bureau. Everything gradually returned to normal.
In a certain corner, Senior Mo secretly took out that mobile phone. There was only the last bar of battery left on the mobile phone.
Senior Mo thought for a while and sent a text message: “I’ve done everything you arranged. Don’t worry.”
Buzz.
The mobile phone replied: “Okay.”
Senior Mo hesitated for a moment and then sent another one: “Don’t worry. I will definitely find a way to resurrect you.”
After a long time, the mobile phone replied: “All right.”
