Chapter 481: Press Conference, the Beginning of a New Era

Click, click, click!

Countless camera flashes went off incessantly. Han Baihu sat in the middle of the long white table with his eyes closed, his figure upright. His terrifying physique, over two and a half meters tall, was wrapped in a custom-made white suit; the level of muscularity was far beyond what an ordinary human could achieve through methods like injecting hormones.

Han Baihu's short hair stood up at the roots; this was also not the effect of a normal person styling with hair gel. Every hair on his body was like a needle, capable of piercing outward at any moment.

Reporters from countries such as Korea, Nihong, Baixiang, the Western Continent, and the Freedom Federation were inexplicably excited, snapping photos continuously. They knew very well that their reports today would absolutely be recorded in human history.

For decades, or even centuries to come, when humans looked back at this period of history, it was highly likely that their own reports and bylines would appear.

The roughly 65-million-year history of human evolution was now highly likely to reach a new node—the beginning of a new era that could be placed alongside moments like the first time humans walked upright or the first time humans used tools.

【Ability User】, a brand-new type of New Human that transcends existing scientific explanations, has appeared and been confirmed!

Unlike the various unfounded rumors from before, and unlike the alien legends of the past that had many conflicting opinions, the authenticity of these 【Ability Users】 was being successively acknowledged by the governments of the Freedom Federation, Dongxia, Korea, and others.

And now, the first 【Ability User】 agency in human history would be established in Korea.

The reporters even thought that perhaps from now on, everything that happened in Superhero movies and various fantasy stories would gradually become reality.

Although there was currently no evidence to indicate that these Ability Users possessed heredity or other means of transferring abilities, these reporters, who were mere Mortals, were still just as excited as the billions of people camping out on various live-streaming platforms.

Jin Yuean sat in the second row. She wore glasses with very thick lenses, making it impossible for people to see her pupils clearly.

But in her eyes, she could clearly see everyone's subtle expressions, including the bobbing of Adam's apples and the dilation of pupils.

"Heh, these Mortals are really excited to no end."

Her voice was very soft. A long-haired woman sitting next to her was clearly a bit nervous and did not pick up on this topic of 【Mortals】. Among Reincarnators, there were indeed many who would distinguish themselves from ordinary people.

They believed that powerful Reincarnators and ordinary humans were no longer the same species, using 【Mortal】 as a derogatory term.

【Hong Li】 clutched her chest. She wore a loose black suit with a high-end white shirt underneath and sunglasses, her temperament cold and aloof, but inside, she could not be as calm as Jin Yuean at all.

"Sister Yuean, aren't you nervous..."

Jin Yuean turned her head, not understanding why, only to find Hong Li's face flushed—a sign of her heart beating too fast. She frowned and looked around, discovering that it was not just Hong Li; more than half of the agency's Reincarnators were showing signs of nervousness at this moment.

Focusing her gaze, she found that although Han Baihu appeared to have an extraordinary bearing, his muscles were also stiff.

"You are all actually nervous?"

"Why?"

Jin Yuean truly did not understand why a group of Reincarnators—with more than half being "Elites" who had broken through the Extreme Value to enter the Second Tier, which were Transcendent Creatures by the definition of the Infinite Dimensional Space—would be nervous in front of a group of Mortals.

Hong Li knew that this Jin Yuean was the rather extreme type of Reincarnator. She didn't think much of it usually, but at this moment, she actually admired this kind of person a little.

"The cameras... Sister Yuean, aren't you afraid?"

"At a time like this, as long as we use even a little bit of extraordinary power, we would probably be directly erased by the Space, right?"

"I heard from 【No. 77】 that there are probably hundreds of millions of people globally watching this press conference right now. Even a monster like Tao Baibai would be dead for sure in that scale of a Purge Mission..."

Jin Yuean's brow furrowed deeper. She began to realize that even though they were all Reincarnators, and even though they had all joined this agency, there were still many idiots among this group who did not realize the greatness of this move by Tao Baibai at all.

Yes, Jin Yuean used "greatness" to describe what the Moon Demon and Tao Baibai were doing now.

She pushed up her glasses frame, the corners of her mouth curling up, which made her originally delicate face look eerie.

At this time, Han Baihu had already finished his self-introduction. His self-introduction was extremely simple.

【I am Han Baihu, an Ability User with a powerful body. From now on, I will protect this country. Loy~alty.】

The Korean reporters at the scene looked as if they wanted to crush their shutters, frantically capturing facial details of Han Baihu.

The world's first Ability User agency, the world's first Ability User agency to protect a country, had appeared in Korea!

This caused an extremely high volume of noise to erupt in a nation that desperately needed various things to make its narrow-minded citizens feel satisfied.

Even in the streets not far away, cheers could be heard.

At this moment, a reporter from the Freedom Federation frowned as he looked at Han Baihu. He spoke Korean and was a reporter stationed here. He waited until the agency's Counselor Han Yumin, who was presiding over the press conference, finished speaking, then immediately raised his hand and was lucky enough to get the chance to ask a question.

"Hello, Mr. Han Baihu, and fellow Ability Users. I would like to ask a question that perhaps over a hundred million people are very curious about at this very moment."

Han Baihu exhaled slowly. The warm air from his nostrils actually carried a hint of red. The cameramen closest to him suddenly felt a chill down their spines and felt fear for no reason.

At this moment, the two people standing on the viewing platform above the lobby of this luxury hotel were also watching this scene.

Li Qingzi's eyelids drooped, devoid of any warmth. Everything was within their expectations; even if it failed, it would only be the death of a few incompetent Reincarnators.

Bai Cangshu, however, leaned to the side, watching the scene below at his leisure, his eyes seemingly anticipating something interesting to happen.

After a slightly dull silence, Han Baihu nodded and said,

"Ask."

He knew the answer to that question, and at the same time, he understood the danger of that question.

But since he had chosen to stand in the public eye for the sake of this country, he already had the resolve to sacrifice his own life.

The Reincarnator he admired and envied the most was Song Xian, who was called 【Hyena】 by many, for being able to publicly warn Reincarnators not to commit evil in Dongxia within the chaotic Infinite Dimensional Space.

Even though he was considered a fool by many, he also admired that kind of loyalty.

He always felt that in a person's life, there would always be some things that were higher than others.

The blonde reporter nodded and said,

"May I ask, or rather, could you all perform for us what exactly a so-called 【Ability User】 is capable of doing?"

"Everyone knows that even now, there are still many people who think 【Ability Users】 are nothing more than nonsense like aliens, stage magic, or video editing..."

"There is nothing more direct than showing the truth of Ability Users to everyone on this occasion today, through so many official cameras."

Han Baihu looked at the constantly flashing cameras, knowing this was the final test given by Ms. Li Qingzi.

A Reincarnator, using their ability under the gaze of the whole world...

Although this sounded like suicide, and in reality he also thought it was suicide, he still had to do it.

"Bang!"

A sound rang out from behind him. The blonde reporter suddenly felt a pain in his forehead, his vision went black, and he fell straight to the ground.

Jin Yuean stood up amidst the shocked expressions of everyone. She blew on her fingers, then used her finger as a gun, pointing it at the others, the smile on her lips impossible to hide.

"How about it? Do you still want to continue watching other ability performances?"

Han Baihu looked at Jin Yuean, who had made a move, in astonishment, then his figure flashed, instantly leaping over the press conference table, and he quickly arrived before the blonde reporter.

He pressed down with his hand and felt a heartbeat; Jin Yuean had not killed anyone.

"Ah!"

Exclamations rose one after another, and the sound of camera shutters was constant.

Jin Yuean spread her hands wide, and under the gaze of everyone, she smiled with incomparable self-satisfaction.

She had not thought wrong; these Mortals truly regarded them, the Reincarnators, as 【Ability Users】, as another race.

She had used her ability, and it did not trigger the regulations!

(End of this chapter)