The purification potion that my parents researched and developed over half their lives was all for...
Let all those with superpowers become ordinary people again!!!
Chen Xiao felt his blood rush to his head, and a huge question mark crashed into his heart!
Could it be... that Mom and Dad are also connected to the third organization?!
Otherwise, why would the appearance of the purification agent be such a... coincidence?!
Chapter 285 of the main text: [A Disaster!]
While Chen Xiao was still in a daze, Lao Tian looked at Edward with a gloomy face: "You mean, perhaps the people who came here to arrest Lin San and the others are from the service agency, or maybe from the club or other organizations, but they are working for the 'Third Organization'?"
Edward squinted, but looked at the phoenix.
Following Edward's gaze, everyone turned their attention to the phoenix.
"Don't look at me." Phoenix shook her head. "I don't know anything about it."
She took a deep breath: "This organization exists as a shadowy organization. Most of its members' identities are kept secret, and because of the differing ideologies among the internal factions, it is actually in a very loose state internally. Although the various factions do not openly escalate their conflicts, they often act independently. Even within this organization, it is difficult to know what others are doing."
"Including high-ranking members like yourself?" Zhu Rong seemed somewhat distrustful.
“Yes, that includes me.” Phoenix said calmly, “Unless it’s a major decision made uniformly within the organization, I, as a senior member, would be aware of it. But if it’s an action by a certain faction, they wouldn’t even inform others… Like I said, this is a very loose organization, something like… something like…”
"Similar to a religion?"
To everyone's surprise, it was Chen Xiao who spoke!
“Like a religion.” Chen Xiao looked up, his eyes thoughtful. “It’s loosely organized, but it’s deeply committed to a particular belief, yet there are disagreements within that belief. Its members are scattered across the world, never gathering together on a regular basis. It only has a nominal organizational form, but no concrete power structure… Isn’t all of this just like a religion? Phoenix, your role in it is probably like… a high-ranking clergy member in a religion. But just like in a certain religion, even a high-ranking clergy member finds it difficult to command ordinary believers.”
“Yes, that’s a very apt analogy.” Phoenix hesitated for a moment. “However, I would like to add something else… This organization has another very special feature compared to established superpower organizations like service agencies and clubs.”
"What?" everyone asked in unison.
"Our organization has absorbed a large number of 'non-superhumans'!"
Some others were unconvinced, but Gonggong spoke up, "This isn't unusual, is it? There are many non-superhumans in the service organization as well."
“But in other superpowered organizations, even if they absorb some ordinary humans without superpowers, they are mostly used as low-level personnel, such as liaisons or peripheral service positions, etc…” Phoenix said calmly, “Don’t talk to me about the Service Society. The Service Society was indeed the first organization to absorb ordinary humans into this circle, but they are too limited.”
"But... what about Shi Gaofei? Isn't he a living example?" Chen Xiao asked, puzzled.
"Shi Gaofei isn't an ordinary human." Phoenix smiled gently at Chen Xiao. "Darling, your definition of people with superpowers is too narrow. It's not necessary to be able to fly, breathe fire, become invisible, or possess superhuman strength to be considered a superhuman. The accurate definition of a superhuman should be a special group of humans who possess abilities beyond the limitations of ordinary humans. For example, Mr. Shi Gaofei's specialness doesn't lie in his ability to fly or his combat strength... his specialness lies in his intelligence. His IQ is more than 300% higher than that of ordinary humans, and his abilities in various pictographic thinking patterns far surpass those of ordinary humans. Simply put, his brain development level far surpasses that of ordinary people in a certain area. He is a 'genius,' a super genius! He can be considered a superhuman."
"So, according to that logic, Einstein would also be considered a superhuman?" Chen Xiao said with a wry smile.
“Of course they count!” Phoenix’s tone was very serious: “Newton, Nobel, Marie Curie, and even Shakespeare and Beethoven… all of these people possess abilities far exceeding those of ordinary humans in a particular field. Such people are geniuses! Strictly speaking, such geniuses could all be considered superhumans!”
Looking at human history, it is these countless emerging 'giants' who have opened up breakthroughs in one field after another, driving progress, evolution, and development..."
"So, the ordinary humans in the third organization you mentioned..." Old Tian frowned.
"The Third Organization contains a large number of ordinary humans, in proportions far exceeding your imagination. As Chen Xiao said, it is no longer simply a 'superpower organization,' but has evolved into a kind of religion! And the doctrine of this religion is: the unification of humans and superpowered individuals!"
As Phoenix finished speaking, a sudden chill ran through her, and she felt a vague sense of dread.
These were things she had never thought about carefully before! It was only after Chen Xiao suddenly pointed them out that she seemed to suddenly remember some factors that she had always overlooked.
religion!
Isn't this just like a new religion?!
At this point, Phoenix suddenly froze, her expression changing as she muttered to herself, "My God! This is a religion! This has really become a religion! Is this good or bad...? My God, it has evolved into a religion..."
Seeing Phoenix's pale face, Chen Xiao stepped forward and hugged her tightly, patting her back forcefully to comfort her. He then turned to Edward and asked, "Mr. Edward, what you're saying... could it be that the Third Organization kidnapped Mr. Lin and the others? But... why? Mr. Lin and the others don't seem to have much to do with any of this!"
“Hehe, wait a minute.” Edward shook his head: “I only said that my commission was related to Lin San and his group, but I didn’t say that it was this organization that kidnapped Lin San.”
"So what exactly do you mean?" Chen Xiao's tone gradually became more impolite.
Edward looked at Chen Xiao with a smile and remained silent.
Chen Xiao sighed, exchanged glances with Lao Tian and the others, and finally straightened his back: "Alright, what exactly do you want from us?"
"It's very simple, just a commission."
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"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. We're almost there!"
Edward, sitting in the front driver's seat, took off his sunglasses, turned around, and shouted loudly at the people sitting in the back. Amidst the noise, the old man shouted until he was hoarse.
This is an airplane... to be precise, it's an aircraft. At least Chen Xiao had never been on such a peculiar "airplane" before!
This is a triplane, diamond-shaped aircraft, roughly the size of an air force medium bomber.
About four hours ago, under Edward's arrangement, the group arrived at a cruise ship in the waters off the eastern coast of China. Then, this strange flying machine descended from the sky!
In Chen Xiao's view, this aircraft seemed to have a certain "science fiction" feel to it! It could take off and land vertically, and its silver appearance was obviously not just for "coolness," but also had the function of stealth.
Note that this isn't just radar-based stealth; in fact, this aircraft is truly invisible! When it descended from the sky and landed on the sea in front of everyone, it took a full minute for its outline to become visible! And when it activated a certain function, it seemed as if it had been magically transformed, completely concealing its entire outline!
Seventh-generation stealth paint... This was a term that Shi Gaofei casually mentioned when he saw the aircraft.
The design of this aircraft was somewhat similar to a spacecraft from a Star Wars movie that Chen Xiao had seen. What surprised Chen Xiao and the others even more was the aircraft's power system... Clearly, it wasn't powered by a gasoline engine!