In fact, William Clark could somewhat understand Edward Carter's actions. Although he didn't quite agree with the arson, William Clark put himself in the other's shoes and thought that if he were also captured for research or forced to serve someone, he would resist with all his might as well, until he gained freedom or died.

William Clark felt that this was a matter of principle.

Yes, it really was a matter of principle.

At this very moment, William Clark felt very happy, because his cultivation didn't depend on anyone else—he could just take his time and play around. After all, it seemed like no one had much experience with this kind of thing, so he didn't have to go out of his way to communicate with others.

Rather than risk being captured while exploring the outside world, it was better to just play by himself.

With only a little over 1,800 negative emotion points left, the more urgent matter now was how to continue earning negative emotions. William Clark hadn't figured out what to do yet. Now that he understood the effect of the Starfruit, should he just exchange for a Starfruit directly in the future, or try his luck with the lottery?

The lottery? William Clark thought of the words "Thank you for participating" and his face darkened a bit...

Just then, in the dark room, the phone he had tossed aside on his bed lit up. Someone in the class group had sent a message: "Quick, open the link I sent, it's explosive! Hurry, hurry, hurry! You'll definitely be shocked after watching it. This thing might get taken down soon!"

William Clark was curious—what could possibly get this classmate so excited? He clicked on it, and his phone entered a black interface, the edges decorated with intricate patterns that seemed meaningful, or maybe not, just for embellishment.

The website's header had only three characters: 基金会.

Chapter 15: A Bizarre and Fantastic World

Just as the situation regarding superpowers in Luocheng was becoming impossible to cover up, a website called 基金会 appeared.

The website's content was very simple. After William Clark opened the page, he could see a series of videos.

They were all the ones they had paid attention to before but had disappeared or been deleted—now, they all appeared here.

William Clark figured this website probably wouldn't last long, and the people running it would get investigated or something. After all, the authorities weren't to be trifled with.

However, there was one difference: the videos about superpowers on this site weren't just from China—there were even some from abroad.

Previously, William Clark had never considered this issue. Now that he thought about it, since superpowers had awakened in China and everyone was on the same planet, there was no reason such things wouldn't happen across the ocean as well.

Would this affect the global landscape? William Clark wasn't sure about the answer, since modern firearms were so powerful—who knew what would happen in the future?

These scattered awakened individuals still didn't seem to amount to much in the face of the state apparatus. Just like Edward Carter—if they wanted to capture him, they did, and what could you do about it?

In the future, would everyone be managed by the state or left to fend for themselves? William Clark felt that nothing was that simple.

For awakened ones to truly be free... at the very least, they would need the power to actually stand up to modern weapons.

When there were enough awakened ones at that level, things might really get chaotic.

Of course, not all awakened ones would necessarily cause trouble. After all, in peaceful times, even if your power suddenly increased, you might not actually step out and stir things up.

For example, people like himself, who just wanted to quietly make a fortune.

William Clark clicked on the top video, and sure enough, it was footage of the fire scene in Luocheng from yesterday—a scene secretly filmed of Edward Carter committing arson.

But at that moment, William Clark suddenly noticed something: every video had an English letter marked on it, ranging from D to E to F. For example, Edward Carter was marked as E, the Taoist on the cliff exhaling mist was marked as D, and in another video, a young man suddenly became incredibly strong—this video was marked as F.

Could it be a ranking system? Was this foundation grading the awakened? Then William Clark checked all the letters on the videos and found a strange pattern: awakened ones like Edward Carter were all marked with letters E and above, while those related to strength were all marked F, without exception.

He returned to the homepage to see if there were any other patterns, and suddenly noticed that the homepage had been updated—with an explanation of the levels!

The ranking went from A to F, that is, six levels: ABCDEF, to distinguish all awakened ones.

Those who only gained increased strength after awakening were F-level, while those like Edward Carter who awakened elemental powers directly were E-level right from the start.

William Clark thought about it—this division made some sense. No matter how strong you were, you still couldn't beat someone who could set fires. That was already supernatural power.

E-level: possesses supernatural powers.

Then D-level: can effectively evade modern weapons.

C-level: can counter modern weapons.

B-level: can borrow the power of heaven and earth.

A-level: can resonate with heaven and earth.

Resonate with heaven and earth... that sounded seriously awesome... If a fight broke out, how would anyone stand a chance?

William Clark looked at these rankings while wondering when he would reach A-level himself.

According to the current ranking, he was just a lowly F-level, and even among F-levels, he was on the weaker side.