Apocalyptic Forecast

Chapter 40: I Was Born With Divine Power!

Sometime after dinner, Huai Shi returned to the interrogation room of the Special Affairs Bureau once again.

He felt a warmth as though he were returning home.

This was even though there were bandages wrapped all over his body. The wound on his face was also still covered in medicinal solution, specifically hexamethyl pararosaniline chloride. To be honest, it was not a pretty sight.

Then, he saw the person in charge of the Special Affairs Bureau, who he had thus far only met once. He remembered… his surname seemed to be “Fu”? Was this surname common?

Or was it his own delusion?

Whatever the case, it was not ideal to own this surname. The uncle had likely never enjoyed first-rate treatment throughout his life…

Noticing Huai Shi’s pitiful gaze, Chief Fu figured out what the boy was thinking. His originally planned happy family dinner had been completely disrupted by the news of this rascal. He could not suppress his anger, and thus, scolded angrily,

“Huai Shi, what exactly are you trying to do? Doesn’t your school start tomorrow? You are already playing truant at a young age, do you want to go to jail when you grow up?”

‘What’s so special about the school opening!’

‘How is your tone so similar to the director of the teaching office?’

At this moment, he inexplicably felt the same pressure as during the school opening. Huai Shi felt troubled. “Someone spent money to buy my life, I am feeling desperate!”

“You are considered a ‘second-entry palace*’ (TN: a reference to a traditional play). Within half a month, you have been arrested back-to-back and sent to the Special Affairs Bureau. You’re simply amazing—”

Chief Fu suppressed his anger. He sat across the table, flipping over the report submitted by his subordinates. Pointing at the headline above, he screamed, “It’s even a violent assault case? Seven people were seriously injured and five are still lying in the ICU. I say, aren’t you in over your head? ”

“Don’t always assume that my head is filled with thoughts of criminal activities, okay?”

Huai Shi sighed. He pointed at the wounds on his shoulder and arm. The scar on his neck was only a centimeter away from his artery. “I was defending myself…”

“Don’t tell me any more about this.”

Chief Fu picked up the remote control. The screen of the huge TV in the corner lit up after he pressed the play button to reveal the tragic playback of the scene in the alley.

In the surveillance video, the crowd collided with the teenager. Immediately after, it was like waves crashing into the reef. Someone flew out, appearing to scream dreadfully in the silent video recording.

Then, came the subsequent ravaging, one after another, as if they were rushing to their deaths.

Everything was silent.

There was no sound coming from the bone breaking. Although they were all lying on the ground, there were no screams. When blood came out of their mouths and noses, there were no grunts.

It was as if there was no pain at all.

Although the hammer struck his body, he did not take a step back. Although the blade cleaved his back, he did not hesitate one bit. He was ferocious, as if he did not care about anything. As if trying to die together, he brought down every single person in sight.

The whole scenario had lasted three minutes.

From beginning to end, the teenager was expressionless.

Once there was no more movement in the alley, he picked up his suit after turning around. He sat wearily on the fire hydrant, waiting for the sound of the siren in the distance.

Blood was dripping from his trousers. It accumulated on the ground, forming a shallow puddle.

The puddle reflected those of calm eyes, which could send a chill down most people’s eyes.

The video stopped abruptly.

The furious sound of Chief Fu slamming the table came immediately after, “Huai Shi, didn’t you say you didn’t know martial arts?”

“I was born a god… Can’t I learn it by myself?” Huai Shi sunk into his seat. “Or would it be considered more ‘normal’ for me to be hacked to death?”

“This is an incident of vicious fighting. On top of that, it involved an Ascender. That is to say, the crime is that much worse.”

Chief Fu stared into Huai Shi’s eyes. “You know that the Special Affairs Bureau specializes in managing these kinds of incidents, right? I sent a little rascal like you to the border last year. Guess what happened to him now.”

Huai Shi asked tentatively. “He became Buddha and he’s as happy as ever?

“The grass on his grave is as tall as you are!”

Chief Fu turned around. As he was leaving, he hesitated after opening the door. He glanced back at Huai Shi. “I have read the confessions from that group of people, I know you were fighting back in self-defense.

“But did you really have no choice at that time, Huai Shi?”

“Huh?” Huai Shi was at a loss.

“You are an Ascender, and the moment you ascended, you became different from an ordinary people. In many cases, you are granted more choices simply because you have power.”

Chief Fu looked into his eyes. “So, did you really have to demonstrate this so-called power to the weak to make you feel good?”

“…”

Huai Shi did not know what to say. When Chief Fu turned to leave, he heard the voice pipe up behind him, “Umm… wait a minute!”

He turned his head back slowly, his expression cold. “Do you have anything else to say?”

“…”

Huai Shi stopped talking. After hesitating for a long time, he raised his hand. He asked softly,

“I’m a little hungry, do you provide meals here?”

Bang!

The door slammed shut.

When Ai Qing arrived, Chief Fu had smoked half a pack of cigarettes in the office. There was still a wicked anger in his heart.

He wanted to hit someone. He wanted to beat up some teenagers.

F*ck the Minors Protection Act…

“Where’s Huai Shi?” Ai Qing asked.

Chief Fu raised his hand and pointed toward the direction of the interrogation room. “He is still eating our lunchbox inside. It’s already the sixth portion. Can you please hurry up and bring back that pig spirit to the Astronomical Association?”

“He’s undergoing puberty, it’s very normal.”

Ai Qing was calm.

While she was on her way here, she had already understood the causes and consequences. Besides, Chief Fu should not have directed his irritation at Huai Shi toward the prim and proper invigilator.

In Eastern Xia, the relationship between the invigilator and the Special Affairs Bureau was often awkward. The root cause of this simply came down to the different standings of both parties.

As everyone knew, even an ordinary Ascender who did not have any sigma implanted had the skills and physical ability that far surpassed ordinary people.

Therefore, in order to respond to the threat of the border efficiently and avoid the misuse of the power that could be used to defend the existing border and the border during the war, all Ascenders were eligible for military service exemption.

In other words, except for the Astronomical Association, which had been approved of by all the important parties in the Governance Bureau, no other organizations or forces could forcibly wage war with the Ascenders at any time. On top of this, they could not conduct illegal detention and inhumane experiments on the Ascenders.

This statute that was engraved into the Law of the Twelve Tables preserved the personal safety and freedom of the Ascenders to a certain extent.

However, at the same time, in order to prevent the Ascenders from using their own power to cause chaos, crimes committed by all Ascenders would be dealt with more harshly. Moreover, all of the execution grounds would be uniformly planned at the borders.

The existence of the Special Affairs Bureau was to prevent the formation of violent organizations established by the Ascenders with the intention to victimize ordinary people. Most of its members were undoubtedly well-trained elite soldiers while the group was trained to suppress criminals by fighting as a team. Furthermore, the group used heavy weaponry to teach lawbreakers a lesson.

With the existing border experiencing the Three Major Blockades, aside from the few that had been coronated, the biggest source of violence around was undoubtedly the army.

Without even mentioning the nuclear bombs and the missile bomber, the coverage of an artillery battalion alongside the tank-infantry teamwork was more than enough to overpower those scoundrels.

No one wanted to face the army head-on as anyone who challenged them died.

The same went for the Ascenders.

It was the responsibility of the invigilator to validate the crimes of Ascenders. Similarly, it was their duty to issue a poison pen letter.

The invigilator often did not get along with the Special Affairs Bureau. Their interactions were very surface level and were considered sufficient so long as they could maintain the balance between ordinary people and the Ascenders. Often times, when the Special Affairs Bureau had something to handle, they would only need to phone the invigilator to prepare a case. Then, everything would be taken care of.

In addition to the border development, what they should really worry about was the Inter-Ascender Organization beating the crap out of each other for benefits. In the worst-case scenario, it was okay for them to beat the crap out of each other. However, they could not involve ordinary citizens who were living honest lives.

Thus, they would kill anyone who tried to do anything funny.

The area of the existing border was fixed. It could not even accommodate those few natural enemies, let alone so many people fighting at the same time.

Fortunately, since New Ocean was SO f*cking small, there were only 7 to 8 Ascenders, meaning nothing big ever happened. Everyone lived a very Buddha-like lifestyle, with some of them becoming gigolos and illegal traders. There was also a detective office that slacked all day… which was quite reassuring.

After handling the secret schemers, there was no reason for Ai Qing to say anything unbecoming at the Special Affairs Bureau.

This was only an incident of vicious fighting. It should not come to the point where they became hostile toward each other.

This was only a trivial matter. Both parties should not involve their personal emotions affect their work. After a brief exchange of information, they jumped into the main topic.

“Who attacked him?”

“A group of unpresentable mutts…”

After mentioning this, Chief Fu got angry. Setting each file on the table, he counted them one by one, “Illegal gang members, human traffickers, fugitives and social idlers… what the f*ck are these?

With that said, he could not help lighting a cigarette. However, when he remembered that Ai Qing was there, he pushed the window open. He put out the cigarette after 2 puffs, then pulled out a cell phone from a bag and asked,

“The Gathering of All Sin, have you heard of it?”

“That dark web app?”

Ai Qing could not help but frown when she saw the skeleton icon on the phone screen.

In reality, although this app was basically a piece of software, its true essence was much more complicated. It had reached the state where it was essentially a baneful influence. So much so that the Astronomical Association had even built a targeted archive for it.

Unfortunately, with the existence of the free border, the dark web could never be eradicated.

In short, it could be said to be an intermediary platform to a dark world.

It handled all transactions that satisfied the dark side of humanity. Whether it was murder, abduction, kidnapping, human organ transactions, slavery, even stigma which targeted Ascenders to a greater extent, as well as border relics, elementium crystals, sacrifices… everything one could ever need could be found here.

And now, someone had posted a bounty for Huai Shi…

However, who was so free to go after such small fry?