"Wen, I seem to have found my lost passion."
"Zhuang, you're right."
Two young men, one tall and one short, walked through the streets of Pengbei City, searching for any clues related to superhumans.
They were Tao Wen and Li Dazhuang.
After clearing the Eye of the Abyss, Li Dazhuang and Tao Wen formed a small team and roamed throughout the entire Huafu Great Region.
They called it an adventure, but in reality, it was tourism.
Li Dazhuang's bad luck had disappeared, so they were no longer as unlucky as before. They had wandered for a long time without finding a suitable way to explore.
It was only after receiving orders from the Hunter Association that they came to Pengwan Island for support.
They knew there were many powerful monsters here, so they instinctively felt nervous, and this nervousness gave them an indescribable thrill.
Their unlucky experiences before gaining superhuman abilities had made them fond of the thrill, so they adapted better under pressure.
Pengwan Island is located on the southeastern coast of the Huafu Great Region. About half a year ago, a new hidden organization suddenly appeared here.
The organization's name was:
'Yuliannu'
No one knew who the leader of the organization was, nor what its manifesto was.
They seemed to be just a group of spontaneously gathered monsters, appearing not to pose a threat to the Hunter Association.
So, the Hunter Association didn't pay much attention at first. Moreover, there were major events like the Qingji Plateau incident and the Cicada Ancestor incident at the time, so the Hunter Association did not prioritize Pengwan Island. This gave Yuliannu the opportunity to develop rapidly.
It was only when the Hunter Association finally felt that the organization had grown too large and wanted to clear it out that they discovered how troublesome it was.
This organization actually possessed a catastrophe-level containment item!
The name of this containment item seemed to be 'Yuliannu'.
Yuliannu was a giant castle built of huge stones, existing on every high mountain on Pengwan Island, yet not existing on any of them.
Monsters belonging to Yuliannu could enter this giant castle on any high mountain, but the demon hunters of the Hunter Association could never find the entrance to this castle.
Even if they occasionally saw the castle, they could not touch it.
Therefore, despite the Hunter Association's absolute military advantage, they had always found it difficult to completely eradicate this hidden organization.
Having managed to escape the Hunter Association's crackdown, Yuliannu's reputation soared. Countless monsters and wanted criminals from the Hunter Association came flocking, just to join this emerging organization.
The reason why Egel paid a large sum of money to have Zhu Pengpei hide him was because he knew about Yuliannu's magic.
Although they could not do anything about Yuliannu, the Hunter Association could not allow this organization to grow unchecked. Therefore, they dispatched a large number of young demon hunters to Pengwan Island to hunt monsters or wanted criminals.
Tao Wen and Li Dazhuang had captured a wanted criminal codenamed 'Torture Monk' the day before. This criminal enjoyed attacking demon hunters and then subjecting them to torture; he was an absolute pervert.
That battle had benefited them greatly, so they wanted to find another monster of similar strength to serve as their punching bag.
After walking for a while, they didn't see any monsters but instead found a newly awakened superhuman.
This superhuman had set up a stall under a sky bridge, holding four small sticks in each hand, each stick topped with a spinning plate, demonstrating excellent balance. Sudantxt.com
This acrobatic move could be performed by ordinary people, so it did not prove that this fellow was a superhuman.
However, the young man soon gave the surrounding audience a lesson. With a slip of his hand, all eight plates scattered in different directions.
Seeing the ceramic plates about to shatter into pieces, some people even covered their eyes, worried about being hit by fragments.
But none of these plates broke. Some fell to the ground and bounced back, some hit trees and ricocheted, and some were blown by the wind, changing their falling trajectories.
These plates eventually all returned to the small thin sticks in his hands.
This unreasonable display astonished the onlookers, who all opened their wallets and threw bills of one yuan, eighty cents, or at most five yuan onto a plate in front of the man.
The man cheerfully picked up the money and was about to go eat xiaolongbao nearby when he was grabbed by Li Dazhuang and Tao Wen and taken to a corner.
The man trembled and said to the two, "You, you two heroes, what are you doing?"
"Please, don't rob me. I'm just a humble street performer. I earn money with my skills, but I don't earn as much as beggars. If you want to rob, go rob the beggar Wang in the underpass over there. That old man can earn several hundred a day, over ten thousand a month."
"Stop the nonsense, we're not going to rob you."
Li Dazhuang glared at him impatiently, "Who wants your measly money? It's not even enough for me to top up my game. You should be a newly awakened superhuman. Come with us for an assessment, and if you're lucky, you can become a member of the Hunter Association."
"Why should I go with you..." the man said, shrinking his neck.
"Because of this!"
Tao Wen snatched one of the plates and poked three holes in it with his finger in quick succession.
"Sir, please don't! I'll go with you..."
Recruiting newly awakened superhumans was also one of their tasks. Although the reward was not as generous as defeating monsters, every little bit counted, and they would not let this man go.
As the three walked towards the local association's station, Li Dazhuang asked curiously, "You can make plates flying in different directions return to the small stick in your hand simultaneously. What exactly is your ability?"
The man's face stiffened for a moment. "Can I not say?"
Tao Wen snatched another plate and poked holes in it with quick succession...
The man was close to tears. He was very poor, and these plates were his precious belongings.
"Alright, I'll tell you. Just don't damage my plates anymore."
"My name is Yuan Liang, and my ability is called 'The Plate Catcher'..."
After he finished speaking, the air fell silent for two seconds, and then Tao Wen and Li Dazhuang burst into laughter. They seemed to see a lush green grassland growing on Yuan Liang's head.
"Don't you laugh!"
"Hahahaha..."
Yuan Liang sighed. If he had any other ability, he certainly wouldn't be making a living by performing on the streets.
"My ability isn't what you think it is. It's to catch any disc-shaped object within my perception, hence the name 'Plate Catcher'."
"Hahahaha..." The two laughed in unison.
Yuan Liang's anger flared up. He grabbed two of the punctured plates and threw them as far as he could, wanting to prove his ability to them.
As a result, after the two plates flew out, neither of them returned.
There were only the sounds of two shattering objects, and two cries of pain...