After returning from the Police Departnt, Guan Tong sat in his room, reviewing everything that had happened recently.
Ever since those two gang mbers randomly found his ho, the pace of his life had accelerated significantly.
Especially since this kidnapping case had far-reaching implications—it wasn't an isolated incident but a major case involving multiple cities with higher-ups remotely directing operations.
On his way back, Guan Tong had wondered how such remote control could be achieved? In this era of Doomsday Rules, why would gang groups across various cities take the risk of kidnapping people and opposing the authorities?
It could be temptation through benefits, but not money which has beco nearly useless now—they would likely offer gold instead.
It could be coercion, threatening elimination if they didn't comply.
Or it could be a combination of both, employing both carrot and stick without missing either.
"If it's temptation through benefits, the ones holding the most gold currently are definitely the authorities. Next would likely be so hidden wealthy individuals, major business owners, and big capitalists."
Guan Tong used to frequently read reports. They said that for major business owners or big capitalists, the cash they hold represents only a small portion of their assets—they possess more high-quality assets like company stocks, gold, and strategically located real estate properties.
Faced with the Doomsday Rules as a super black swan event, even if these people's money turned into worthless paper, the gold they hold and their strategically located real estate would still retain high value.
In fact, this value has been multiplying continuously.
Guan Tong had previously seen online that after transportation resud, large populations nationwide have been concentrating on moving toward major cities.
Because many people believe that facing disasters of this magnitude, only in major cities can they receive tily and effective rescue from the authorities.
While smaller cities and even villages would quickly beco abandoned territories. Perhaps the authorities don't want this outco, but it's not about willingness—it's about limited resources forcing prioritization toward densely populated major cities.
There are now online reports stating that the free housing application policy in the capital, Yong'an, has already stopped. This is because too many people from across the country went to the capital after the disaster, causing applicant numbers to explode and vacant housing to be distributed quickly.
Although the authorities still support property transactions, those selling properties in the capital now only accept gold paynts.
This has caused the actual value of gold to continuously soar. If used to bribe gang groups in other cities, it might indeed drive them to work.
After all, gangs are composed of people, and people need to first solve their survival security concerns. Currently, the city that can best provide this sense of security is undoubtedly the capital, Yong'an.
Therefore, perhaps gang bosses everywhere want to quickly obtain a large amount of gold to buy property and live in the capital.
Guan Tong doesn't have many thoughts in this regard himself.
Although the Yunhua city where he lives can't compare to the capital, it's still a major city with decent conditions in all aspects.
Moreover, he believes the viewpoint that "living in the capital is safer" is more of a psychological comfort.
"Personal Terminal."
Guan Tong opened his Storage Box and took out the [Constant Temperature Tech Underwear · Basic Model] he had purchased earlier.
Since the appearance can be customized, he simply set it as a pair of black boxer shorts.
The underwear felt extrely smooth to the touch, with a silky texture. He put it on, moved around a bit, and found it very comfortable.
"I can use this to replace my daily underwear," Guan Tong thought. "Later when I buy those [Multi-Terrain Marching Boots], I'll have replacents for my daily shoes too."
He felt that eventually, every Ascendant might be decked out entirely in store-bought items from head to toe. It can't be helped—the store products are both comfortable and have special functions.
Then he took out the [Wordless Book] and placed it on the table.
Opening to the first page, the four characters "Physical Form Guan Tong" appeared before his eyes.
"The first character addition experint was very successful, which ans adding characters itself is feasible."
"However, overly outrageous additions probably won't work."
Guan Tong felt that if he added "Invincible" before "Physical Form Guan Tong," it definitely wouldn't work.
The reasoning is simple: writing the characters on the page isn't a problem, but making them detach from the page and transform into reality requires consuming Mind Power to achieve.
With his current 119-point Mind Power upper limit, no matter how optimistic he is, he doesn't believe he can make the concept of "Invincible Physical Form Guan Tong" transform into reality.
"The more exaggerated and powerful the concept, the more Mind Power it consus to transform into reality. And..."
Guan Tong focused his mind, and the shadow imdiately detached from the book page, standing beside him.
He manipulated it to go to the window and contact the window's shadow. As expected, the ability the shadow previously had to rge with other objects' shadows before materialization had disappeared.
Now that the shadow had gained physical form, it had also lost the abilities it possessed in its non-physical state.
"I wonder if the shadow can switch between physical and non-physical states? That way, I could convert to whichever state is needed for the situation."
When this thought occurred to him, he ntally commanded the shadow: Convert to non-physical state.
The next mont, he was pleasantly surprised to see the shadow rapidly "deflate," returning to its previous non-physical state in just two or three seconds! It could actually do it!
"Return to physical state!"
The dematerialized shadow, following Guan Tong's command again, refilled its hollow form and returned to its full physical state.
While excited, Guan Tong didn't forget to check his Mind Power consumption.
Sure enough, conversion between physical and non-physical states consus Mind Power, with each conversion instantly consuming about 20 points.
...This is absolutely worth it!
Guan Tong felt that even if it were double—40 points—he could accept it!
Because this physical-nonphysical conversion function has so many practical applications.
He could imdiately think of several: For example, to enter a securely locked sturdy room, he could have the dematerialized shadow enter first, then materialize it to open the lock from inside.
Or if Guan Tong encountered an enemy, he could hide in the dark while manipulating the dematerialized shadow to silently circle behind the enemy, then materialize it to launch a surprise attack for unexpected effectiveness.
"It seems any ability the shadow previously possessed can be retained and won't be permanently lost due to form changes... This is really good. I'll call this ability 'Substantial-Ins substantial' from now on."
Substantial refers to the materialized shadow; Ins substantial refers to the dematerialized shadow.
Having developed the shadow's Substantial-Ins substantial ability, Guan Tong's confidence soared.
He felt that this [Wordless Book] in his hands has extrely strong expandability—as long as he conducts enough tests, he can definitely develop more practical and powerful abilities.
Just the "shadow" alone has multiple developnt directions, not to ntion the many other blank pages in the book.
If not for insufficient Mind Power, Guan Tong would really want to write one page per day, testing new abilities daily to see if they could be realized.
"Unfortunately, this rule interval period is too short. In three days, the Fire Thief will announce the fourth Doomsday Rule... I don't have much ti for developnt—only today and tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, I'll need to conserve Mind Power to deal with whatever new rule erges."
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