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  Ability users, heteromorphic beasts, and the Ability Users Association - these three things did not exist in the past. To be precise, they at least did not exist until three years ago.

  Three years ago, on a certain morning in September 2000...

  Yan Shao, who had been up all night in front of the computer, originally intended to grab an orange from the fruit basket on his desk, but instead fished out a strange fruit the size of a durian...

  Although Yan Shao is usually considered to be a model of being careless and reckless, this strange thing made him somewhat hesitant to speak. Of course, the most important thing is that the appearance of this thing was really too eerie.

  However, Yan Shao didnt throw it away, or rather, he didnt have the energy to do so, because at that time, Yan Shao was engaged in a fierce battle on his computer.

  But by noon, when Yan Shao finally had time to deal with this matter, he was shocked to see many news reports, many of which had emerged overnight about Ability Holders...

  Superpower, everyone has heard of it, but few have seen it. Even if they have seen it, its not necessarily true.

  Wearing those pictures of superpower holders, Yan Shao subconsciously thought of the strange fruit in the fruit basket. And when the word "fruit" appeared multiple times in Luos message, Yan Shaos hand had already touched that strange fruit...

  "Eating this thing will allow me to obtain those abilities...?"

  Everyone has fantasized about becoming a hero, and Shao is no exception. Whether its the Japanese anime style or the American Hollywood style, the best shortcut for an ordinary person to become a hero is undoubtedly to acquire superpowers that ordinary people dont have, such as Spider-Man and Wolverine.

  Of course, there are exceptions, such as Iron Man or Batman, but Yan Shao neither has the high IQ of Iron Man nor is a rich man like Batman, so naturally there is only one way to go.

  So...

  "Go ahead and eat it..."

  After cutting open the fruit with a knife, Yan Shao ate it piece by piece.

  Its hard to describe the specific feeling, because at that time this fruit seemed to have a kind of magic power, attracting Yan Shao to keep eating it until he finished the whole fruit, which was as big as a durian.

  As for the taste, there is no feeling at all when eating, but after swallowing...

  All I can say is that the taste of this fruit is just as strange as its appearance...

  After eating this fruit, Yan Shao also understood many things.

  For example, Devil Fruit is the name of this fruit.

  When he ate this fruit, Yan Shao gained abilities that were unimaginable in the past, but at the same time, he was also cursed by this fruit.

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  The fruit itself does not simply grant a special ability to the person who eats it, but also greatly develops the potential of the human body, that is, the power of the human body itself.

  In the past, even if ones muscles were trained to be as strong as a governor, their own strength was still limited by the term "human". For thousands of years, no one has been able to break free from this constraint.

  However, the fruit can break free from this restraint, and after a series of tempering, it can even reach the level of superheroes in European and American movies with just its own power.

  Incidentally, the fruit that Shao obtained is called "Rumbling Thunder Fruit", a powerful fruit that can easily release electric shocks.

  However, after eating the fruit, Yan Shao did not make a fuss and did not use his ability in public because he was still unclear about how this society would react to the appearance of an ability user.

  In X-Men, ordinary humans are quite discriminatory against mutants, and Shao very clearly knows that he, who has just gained his powers, is still unable to contend with the vast human society.

  But the reality was just as he imagined, after the initial surprise, the evaluation of the ability users in society began to turn negative. It wasnt because of jealousy or fear, but simply because some people who had obtained abilities granted by the Devil Fruits began to act like characters in movies, of course, villainous roles...

  These people, relying on their own abilities, have done many negative things, and of course, their ending is also the most miserable. Because they had just acquired their abilities, they were still unable to contend with the entire society, let alone the fact that many ability holders couldnt even handle the police, not to mention the military...

  Its not surprising that if someone often causes trouble near their home, causing power outages one day and broken lines the next, they probably wont have a good relationship with these people. Whats more, some of these guys even did things they didnt dare to do in the past...

  It was at this time that some public opinions even demanded that the government arrest all capable people. Fortunately, as the number of capable people increased, the government also worried that pushing all capable people to the opposing side would make things worse, so they did not adopt these opinions.

  Those with abilities are already being ostracized by society, and Yan Shao couldnt help but feel a mix of relief and concern as he was now one of them, standing on the same side as the ability users.

  Fortunately, just at this moment, a turning point appeared...

  Just as societys overall evaluation of the Ability Users was gradually becoming negative, news of fierce beast attacks began to spread from remote areas.

  These news didnt attract peoples attention at first. After all, when capable people are making news almost every day, these news cant attract much attention.

  It wasnt until one day, a being made of flames suddenly appeared in a small town in England and burned down half the town that people realized what this day meant.

  Fortunately, the fire element seemed to be non-aggressive and only occasionally entered the town. After entering the town, it did not actively attack anyone, and the town was burned down only because of its wandering in the town, so the casualties were not very large.

  The British government also reacted quickly, sending not only sufficient firefighters but also a rapid response team to the scene. However, even the rapid response team was powerless against this purely elemental creature, and in the end, they had to resort to using water to extinguish it with high-pressure pumps. Of course, some government officials suggested capturing it alive for research purposes, but the problem was how to do so? This kind of creature had never been seen on Earth before, and by the time a method was thought up, the town might have already been burned down, so it was better to just eliminate it on the spot.

  Because many residents who fled the town at that time took a lot of pictures, although the British wanted to block the news, videos and photos about the fire element still spread quickly around the globe.

  Just as people were still shocked by the emergence of this creature that had never appeared on Earth before, a similar event occurred in a village in Malaysia. However, unlike the fire element that only reacted after being attacked by high-pressure water pumps, this one actively attacked humans.

  This time, the village was attacked by a mysterious and never-before-seen wild beast. Due to this beasts actions, dozens of people in the attacked village were killed or injured. Afterwards, perhaps thinking that humans posed no threat to it, the strange beast actually lay down to sleep in the village it had just attacked - until the Malaysian army arrived.

  At the cost of dozens of casualties, and with even armed helicopters deployed, the Malaysian military finally managed to kill the beast. After this battle, countries also came to realize that these unknown creatures have a strong resistance to modern human weapons, such as 0-caliber machine guns being able to penetrate an elephant but possibly not even making a dent on the creatures body...

  Of course, cold weapons such as swords are still effective against monsters and very effective at that. However, having an ordinary human wield a cold weapon to fight against monsters is no different from seeking death. After all, the monsters strength itself is already there!

  As for why this is the case, half a year after the appearance of the heteromorphic beasts, scientists put forward a point of view that these heteromorphic beasts all came from another space, so it may be due to some kind of law that they have strong resistance to high-tech weapons on Earth, which also leads to missiles and other weapons being unable to exert their due power against the heteromorphic beasts.

  Fortunately, the strange beast cannot appear directly in human cities and villages like the devil fruit, so there has been no major loss or casualty so far.

  On the other hand, it may be because the Devil Fruits originally came from another world, so the heteromorphic beasts have no strong resistance to the abilities of the ability users. Moreover, the vast majority of ability users are a combination of strength and ability, and in terms of weapons, they also choose cold weapons rather than hot weapons. Therefore, after the heteromorphic beasts appeared more and more frequently, some ability users who were incorporated into the government became the main force against the heteromorphic beasts.

  Of course, there are also spontaneous ones, such as Yan Shao, but because the activity range of those with spontaneous abilities like Yan Shao is usually their own city of residence, and exotic beasts are obviously not as common as cats and dogs, so the main force is still those who serve the government.

  As the appearance of heteromorphic beasts becomes more frequent, and ability holders gradually become the main force against them, the evaluation of ability holders in society has also become increasingly positive.

  Half a year after the appearance of the Devil Fruits and Ancient Beasts, an official organization under the direct jurisdiction of the United Nations, Ability User Association, was established with the leadership of the Five Permanent Members and Ten Non-Permanent Members.

  The organizations mission, apart from governing the ability users, is to issue subjugation quests for the extermination of monsters in various regions. Yan Shao is a member of this association. At the same time, the association has also established an evaluation system, which evaluates the strength of ability users into six levels: A, B, C, D, E, and F. The difference between each level is roughly 0 times. Yan Shao was previously evaluated as a C-level ability user, considered an elite NPC, not many but absolutely not rare.

  After being upgraded to B-level, I can also play a small boss role.

  As for A-level? It can only be described as rare, and may even be less than the number of permanent members of the United Nations.

  Unlike the ability user organizations established by each country, the Ability User Association is quite popular. After all, even great heroes want to be recognized, especially by the imperial court. Joining an organization like the Ability User Association, which was established by the United Nations, allows one to gain recognition without worrying about being ridiculed as a lapdog of the imperial court. Additionally, the associations commissions are usually voluntary, so even if one doesnt complete any commissions after joining, they dont have to worry about being expelled. Naturally, the Ability User Association has become the top goal for many ability users.

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