Chapter 629

A few seconds later, Jie Ming withdrew his hand.

The man collapsed to the ground, and the other two men and one woman also collapsed one after another under the influence of the soul search wizardry.

The breathing of the four people stopped at the same time, their pupils dilated, and their vital signs extinguished rapidly like snuffed-out candles.

Jie Ming squatted down and rummaged through the four people.

Weapons were meaningless to him, but the currency of this world was needed.

He found a leather money bag containing some metal coins and a few banknotes.

The material of the coins was copper and silver, and the patterns on the banknotes were exquisite, printed with various portraits and characters.

The quantity was not large, but enough to support a person in a strange city for a period of time.

He collected the money bag into his internal cave heaven, stood up, took one last look at this abandoned settlement, and then turned and walked into the night.

The energy light ball in his hand emitted a soft white light steadily, illuminating a range of more than ten meters around him.

Those gazes hidden in the darkness retreated far away under the illumination of the light, not daring to approach.

Jie Ming walked while organizing the information that surged into his mind.

These four people could be considered unique bandits in this wilderness.

Originally it was a fairly large group, but it was cleared by official people a few days ago, and only these four people were left, barely escaping.

And in this person's memory, the most important thing was naturally information about anomalies.

People in this world could almost be said to have coexisted with anomalies since ancient times, and naturally had a fairly clear division of anomalies.

The officials of this world divided them into five levels according to the maximum destructive power they could produce: Dangerous Level, Hazardous Level, Disaster Level, Catastrophe Level, Destruction Level.

The most common is the Dangerous Level; the salty finger and that fear snake both belong to this level.

This is the bottom layer of anomalies, which will kill people, but the range is limited and the means are single.

The graffiti anomaly is Hazardous Level, one level higher, with a larger killing range, stranger means, and often possesses a certain degree of intelligence.

And the night anomaly...

Jie Ming's footsteps paused slightly.

It is Destruction Level.

Of course, such existences as anomalies, because they are fused with laws, if they want to cause destruction to the outside world, they need to follow various rules.

Theoretically, as long as you figure out the killing rules of an anomaly and find the corresponding solution from it, even if you encounter an anomaly with stronger strength, you have a chance to survive.

So although the level of the night anomaly is high, because the killing rules have been analyzed clearly, the threat to conventional society is not too great.

Of course, even if the rules of the anomaly are clarified, it does not mean that this anomaly is completely harmless.

Not to mention that there is no natural "path of life" in the killing rules of many anomalies, even for anomalies whose rules have been clarified, under the intentional use of some people, they will also cause considerable losses.

From the memory of that person before, such a disaster had occurred.

Once a terrorist organization cut off the entire power supply of a city.

It was night at the time, so the entire city fell into absolute darkness.

The night anomaly "woke up" in that city.

After dawn, that city became a dead city.

Except for a few people who were particularly lucky, millions of people in the entire city disappeared, leaving only pets with insufficient intelligence, and houses without any human presence.

This is the destructive power of a Destruction Level anomaly; if the conditions can be met, even destroying the entire civilization is easy.

Besides the anomaly level, the technological situation of this plane also became clear in his mind.

It was roughly the same as Jie Ming's previous speculation, the overall technological level of this plane was roughly equivalent to the late 20th century of the world he was in before he crossed over.

But "roughly equivalent" does not mean "exactly the same."

In some areas, the development trajectory is completely different.

The most obvious difference is aviation technology.

Facts have proved that Jie Ming's previous caution was correct.

In this plane, high-speed flight is a taboo.

When an object breaks the speed of sound, the sonic boom generated will stir up huge "ripples" in the world of anomalies, which will attract things sensitive to sound and vibration.

Flying too high is the same; there are anomalies belonging to the high sky, entrenched above the clouds.

So this plane has no supersonic fighter jets, no high-altitude reconnaissance planes, and aviation technology is generally in a lagging state.

But ocean technology is a completely different scene.

Huge ocean-going freighters shuttle on the ocean, and huge fishing nets drag tons of fish catches from the deep sea.

It can be said that the ocean is the lifeline of this plane's human civilization.

The reason is that someone once tamed an ocean anomaly, and used this as a base point to continuously tame new anomalies.

These ocean-type anomalies have different abilities; some can calm storms, some can drive away dangerous creatures, and some can "bless" ships to gain extra speed and stability.

However, the deep sea is still a forbidden zone for humans.

In the memories of those bandits, the description of the deep sea carries a kind of near-religious awe.

There are "big things" in the deep sea; no one knows what that is, because people who have been to the deep sea have never returned.

In terms of weapons, the development of individual weapons in this plane far exceeds the level of the same period on Earth.

The reason is some "gene drugs."

That is a physical strengthening drug developed using the characteristics of anomalies, which can significantly improve strength, speed, and reaction ability.

But the side effects are huge; except for a few particularly expensive varieties, the success rate of most ordinary goods is less than ten percent.

Besides gene drugs, there is a more dangerous path: becoming a "psychic."

Sealing anomalies in one's own body to borrow the power of anomalies.

The host of that fear snake just now was such an existence.

The upper limit of psychics is much higher than that of gene drug users, but anomalies may backlash against the host at any time, and their lifespan is generally very short.

But in general, most people in this plane are still ordinary people, relying on thermal weapons to survive.

Jie Ming also learned from the bandits' memories that besides some relatively well-known anomalies, every city has its own unique anomalies because of different situations.

And the destination of these few people was a city called "Fog City."

Fog City is located on the eastern coastline of this continent and is a marginal heavy industrial city with constant rain and dense population.

It is shrouded in gray fog and black smoke from factory chimneys all year round, and the air is filled with the smell of coal smoke, sea fog, and chemical waste.

The city is large and chaotic, and official power cannot cover every corner.

A large number of abandoned factory buildings, slums, and underground spaces are hiding places for various illegal psychics, black market merchants, and fugitive criminals.

For those who want to "hibernate," it is most suitable there.

These few people originally intended to go to Fog City to avoid the limelight, and wait for a period of time before returning to the wilderness to resume their old business.

Jie Ming raised his head and looked at the night sky in the north.

In that direction, about a day or more of travel away, is Fog City.

His goal now is very clear: find an inconspicuous corner in that city to settle down, hibernate, observe, and study.

Figure out the birth mechanism of anomalies in this world, understand the way they are connected to laws, and learn relevant knowledge.

It is best to find a way to capture some anomalies of different levels to accumulate research materials for the upcoming impact on the Dao Integration Stage.