Chapter 598: Light Cone Vision

The atmosphere suddenly turned eerie; the few Huang Mao who had just felt rescued jerked their hearts up to their throats.

Exactly, this is the forbidden zone; anomalies are best at confusing humans—who can confirm that the senior investigator before us is really himself?

Chang Ban twitched his mouth. "Now you're being cautious—how were you so reckless just a moment ago?"

Being cautious is good; Chang Ban can't say anything, he can only display his supernatural power to prove he's himself.

Zhang Jie's field of view switched, Chang Ban's face appeared before him—alright, that must be the opponent.

"I was still worried you talented newcomers would get stuck in there, so I specially came to have a look!"

Zhang Jie took a blow to the head, and that view then shifted forward a great distance—looks like Chang Ban made it feel a huge threat.

"I can handle it, Master."

"Handle? Bullet Time's superior, speed so fast even a senior investigator finds it tricky—you, a little brat, think you can handle it?"

Zhang Jie felt looked down upon; once he understood the anomalies' attack methods, they weren't frightening—moreover, he still had All-Powerful.

"Hey! You brat!"

"An A‑level anomaly, and he looks at it like trash? This kid really thinks having All‑Powerful makes him invincible?"

Ten minutes later.....

The pale monster was hammered into pieces, and in its huge mouth one could still see the tongue that Zhang Jie had pulled out, tied into a knot, and stuffed back in.

Chang Ban's lips were dry; he hard‑swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Is this All‑Powerful....? This kid couldn't be an anomaly, could he?"

Judging by his appearance, those pollutants seem unable to affect him much....

Zhang Jie stared at the deep bone‑visible wound on his arm, grimacing, while Zhang Yan stayed by his side, anxiously helping to staunch the bleeding and apply medicine.

"Is this really an A‑level anomaly? This pressure... simply isn't comparable to a B‑level."

Zhang Jie sighed; he was still too weak—if even an A‑level anomaly is this formidable, then an S‑level must be....

"Look! Look! Is that even human speech?"

Chang Ban felt he could barely catch his breath; having stayed over twenty years as a senior investigator, he'd never seen anyone like this!

"That's twenty years of survival experience! He felt he was living more and more like he was going backwards."

"Come on, kid, isn't that enough?"

Chang Ban lit a cigarette, speaking somewhat wistfully.

"Only elite guards can handle an A‑level anomaly; you now have just one supernatural power, and you've only just reached level 3—what more could you want?"

Zhang Jie froze; isn't killing an anomaly across levels quite normal? Many investigators can do that, right?

"Master, you wouldn't be unable to kill an S‑level anomaly, would you?"

"Pfft‑cough‑cough‑cough!!!"

A mouthful of thunderous old smoke went straight into his lungs, making Chang Ban cough for half a day—this little brat, how can his words be so hurtful!

"Can what you say really be calculated like that? Anomalies don't have definite ranks; it's just humans who subdivide them."

"Once you fully grasp an anomaly's abilities, its danger drops straight down."

"But S‑level is different—it's something... you cannot comprehend."

Zhang Jie fell into thought, and just then he suddenly felt a trickle of heat from the necklace on his neck, streams of supernatural power flowing into his body.

Zhang Jie rejoiced, hurriedly took out the pendant, held it in his palm—everyone knew this was the critical moment of the living supernatural power, and they all held their breath.

After a moment, Zhang Jie opened his eyes—done!

"Supernatural power, Light Cone Vision!"

"What is that?"

"A new supernatural!"

Zhang Jie was excited—within the light cone lies truth; everything outside it is meaningless.

"What is a light cone? Explaining this is terribly troublesome; even in plain speech it might not be understood."

"Put simply, a light cone is a double cone formed by the path of light spreading through spacetime from a spacetime point (event) as its apex, with the two cones representing past and future respectively."

"Why is the interior of a light cone truth? Because you can only influence the future light cone and be affected only by the past light cone; any massive object or information cannot escape the light cone."

As for Zhang Jie's own ability, it is extreme speed—everything extending from the spacetime point centered on him he can reach instantly.

In other words, he.... will never be late again!

Even, someday in the future, he could even influence events that have already happened...

"Too awesome..."

Zhang Jie was extremely satisfied with this supernatural ability—it's practically a brain‑less divine skill!

"Could such a supernatural ability really exist in the world?"

The older sister and the few Huang Mao all had vacant supernatural slots; hearing Zhang Jie's description, they likewise felt stirred.

Zhang Jie also generously gave the pendant to them; afterward, under Chang Ban's backing, the squad killed no fewer than five Visions.

But.... unfortunately, the older sister only obtained one Bullet Time, while Huang Mao got nothing at all.

"Whether the partridge supernatural is special is still undecided, but... your ability is indeed a significant discovery."

Chang Ban pondered, Zhang Jie's supernatural ability.... he felt it was alright.

Although before some anomalies, the faster you run the quicker you die....

Cough, but having it is enough—don't be picky.

"After obtaining the new supernatural ability, you eagerly tested it several times—it's more useful than you imagined, but for some reason you always feel like you're being watched."

"You had planned to stay a while longer to look for some anomaly specimens or supernatural items, but aside from you, no one else can linger in the forbidden zone; the older sister, contaminated, has already started rolling her eyes and spouting nonsense, so you can only give up."

"The forbidden zone as a whole has shrunk by 0.1%, this is your squad's achievement; if you want to retake the land occupied by anomalies, you must kill anomalies, kill many! Until the interior of this forbidden zone is completely cleaned out!"

"The human predicament is perfectly revealed right now—not enough personnel.... too few people."

Although regular technological means can still clean up some low-level anomalies, the forbidden zones aren't stupid—they seize any opportunity to expand wildly, and humanity... simply sees no way out.

But... extreme yin gives birth to yang, when things reach an extreme they reverse; under these circumstances, there will surely be a sliver of hope.

After a period of rest, you finally managed to get rid of the pollution and return to your little home, and you really wanted to check the condition of the watermelon rind.

As soon as you entered, everything was quiet and undisturbed, the house wasn't a mess, which put you much more at ease.

So, you spotted a small thing on the sofa—a watermelon rind intently watching TV....