Chapter 70: Unification of Psychic Power Levels Across Nations: Humanity

"By the way, before this, Tian Shu Bureau asked us to send pets with harmful intentions to them for management—did you send yours?"

As they chatted, someone mentioned Tian Shu Bureau’s earlier advisory regarding the impending Qi tide, targeting pet owners.

"What’s there to send? Most people keep dogs or cats. Dogs, aside from the rare few spoiled beyond reason, always obey their masters; cats may not see their owners as masters, but they still treat them as companions."

"The real danger lies in those who keep venomous pets."

"No matter the pet, everyone should strive to manage them properly—this isn’t the era before Qi revival. Back then, if a pet hurt someone, even the owner could end up in jail; now there are clear regulations—everyone should check them."

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Actually, the problem with livestock is even greater than that of pets.

Pets, aside from a tiny minority, are usually kept one or two per household, and because they’re raised from young, they’re deeply bonded; livestock are different—they have no emotional connection whatsoever, raised solely for meat or sale.

The key issue is their sheer numbers—if they mutate, a small group might not stand a chance against them.

Regardless, this “Standard for Categorizing Psychic Power Levels (Trial)” has caused a huge uproar—not just in Daya, but abroad as well.

Or rather, since Daya announced the establishment of Tian Shu Bureau, every announcement and recommendation from Tian Shu Bureau has become a model for other nations.

But unlike Daya, they lack someone like Zhong Lao, who possesses the Morax template; without any suppression, those who awakened psychic powers or obtained Celestial Treasures all see themselves as chosen ones, flaunting their abilities, and some even raise banners, seeking to crown themselves kings.

Though their power cannot rival nations, they’ve still caused their home countries considerable trouble.

And this time, the commotion stirred by Daya was far greater than before.

"Fifth tier? Nuclear class? Single individuals capable of nation-level combat, able to easily destroy cities?"

"I know Zhong Lao has that power, but why do they claim there are three fifth-tier individuals worldwide?"

"Why don’t we know about the other two?"

"Is their intelligence network stronger than ours?"

Investigate—immediately find out which two other nations have fifth-tier experts besides Zhong Shanhai of Daya!

"Also, revise Tian Shu Bureau’s announcement and issue it under our national name."

"Change all three fifth-tier individuals to be from Daya, then accuse them of illegally creating human weapons."

". Yes."

Before, they hadn’t noticed, but after seeing Daya’s announcement, other nations realized just how powerful Daya’s intelligence apparatus truly was.

They didn’t even know other nations had such powerful Celestial Treasure bearers—yet Daya knew.

And the nations possessing fifth-tier experts had hidden them so well.

Daya, a country that always loved to “hide,” after gaining a fifth-tier expert, was the first to announce it—yet you all are still hiding? Who are you hiding from?

America?

If they had a fifth-tier expert, given their hero-worshiping nature, they wouldn’t hide it—they’d immediately showcase it, standing equal to Daya’s “Zhong Shanhai.”

Russia? Or perhaps France, or the British Empire?

It couldn’t be other countries, could it?

If it were those nations, there’d be no need to hide at all.

Regardless, with Daya leading the way, they all made minor revisions to their documents and issued them; thus, the global definition of psychic power and Celestial Treasure bearer strength in the early phase became unified.

As for the “Qi tide” Daya had previously hinted at, all nations had now prepared accordingly.

Aside from a few nations whose psychic powers included “prophecy” and whose prophecies were trusted, other nations, though uncertain whether the “Qi tide” was real, believed it simply because Daya had dared to announce it.

If it were America, they’d have some doubts—after all, they have a history of deception; but Daya, having never done anything similar before, was deemed trustworthy.

As for how to respond to the coming Qi tide, just copy Daya’s Tian Shu Bureau—worst case, tweak a few things to suit your own national conditions.

For instance, ignore anything about shelters—or pets.

The former is too expensive, the latter could cost lives.

Our people’s love for “animals” isn’t a joke—making a fuss would hurt everyone.

As for psychic power bearers and Celestial Treasure holders, though a few were captured at first for research, they were few in number, and few knew about it.

Research will continue, but it will be done more secretly—at least, not letting those aspiring to be heroes know.

As long as those in power haven’t all awakened psychic powers, research won’t stop; even after they do, it might not stop.

Psychic powers vary in rank and strength—they want the strongest, matching their own positions.

It’s foreseeable that humanity’s future won’t be a war between humans and mutated creatures—humans will also fight each other for countless reasons.

And with the addition of these powerful psychic bearers and Celestial Treasure holders, this war may become fiercer than any before.

Unless someone replaces the atomic bomb with a greater threat to all.

But that’s a matter for later—at least now, humanity’s greatest enemy remains mutated creatures.

Not even that!

What other nations do is none of Ye Xuan’s concern.

In fact, he hadn’t even considered that the two other fifth-tier experts mentioned in Tian Shu Bureau’s documents were a misunderstanding caused by himself and Lanshan.

But it wasn’t really a misunderstanding—he himself was fifth-tier, and the Rat Talisman could manifest beings stronger than fifth-tier—so it wasn’t bad.

After a brief respite, he plunged back into cultivation.

Though his life level had already transformed, entering a new realm, his power had increased more than tenfold compared to before; yet to him, it was far from satisfying.

Just as he’d told Lanshan, having experienced greater power, the strength gained from breaking through his life level didn’t make him arrogant; moreover, his battle with Lanshan further clarified the gap between him and true masters.

For him to feel satisfied with his strength, he’d need to reach the absolute limit of what the Rat Talisman could manifest.

(End of Chapter)