Superhumans of the Dome City

In the spring of the year 2000 of the Yong Guang Calendar, shortly after the disaster known as the Calamity of the Firmament, some teenagers discovered they possessed special powers that could spontaneously cause supernatural phenomena.

From bending spoons and creating small orbs, to unleashing lightning and morphing into beastly creatures with blue faces and sharp teeth, the powers that these children possessed varied greatly. Among them, individuals with destructive capabilities were not uncommon, and a very few could even destroy a city on their own.

The children received superpowers but often lacked the sound mind needed to control these powers, hence the first half of this century was truly a disaster. Superpowers went awry worldwide, causing immense loss of life and wealth. After the emergence of the Superpower Users, the governments of various countries quickly completed negotiations and announced the results globally: for the safety of the majority of the population, all Superpower Users needed to be forcibly sent to a city jointly managed by the countries of the world for containment.

This city was built upon the remains of a giant dragon, floating more than 20 kilometers in the sky. This was the globally famous Superpower Users containment facility, the prison city denounced as "inhumane atrocity" by mainstream media, Sky Firmament City.

And these teenagers with supernatural powers were publicly called…

Superpower Users.

Now, in the spring of the year 2010 of the Yong Guang Calendar, as of this January, the number of Superpower Users in Sky Firmament City had surpassed 5.7 million. This is also the ninth consecutive year the city has been named the "worst city globally." Fights among Superpower Users occur frequently, and organizational confrontations are found everywhere; researchers in the university, dressed in lab coats, are busy year after year studying the Superpower Users' powers and making them practical, thus creating numerous bizarre bio-experiment subjects that break containment and run wild every few days.

Compared to those bio-monsters that could easily smash buildings, the freshly surfaced Mr. Rooster Head didn't seem all that dangerous.

Gongsun Ce had been in Sky Firmament City for a long time, so he was very calm and composed: It's just a frenzied bio-experiment, not a big deal. He took out his phone, ready to report it like any old resident and then run away...

"...your situation seems quite peculiar."

However, Gongsun Ce put his phone back in his pocket.

Gongsun Ce hadn't used his full strength just now but had hit with considerable telekinetic force. His experience told him that those hits were enough to knock a Bio-bull unconscious, yet Mr. Green Rooster Head proved his physique was a bit better than that of the bull. He clumsily climbed up, unable to stop vomiting blood, but his eyes were much clearer than before.

Mr. Green Rooster Head kicked away the black arrow that had pierced his ankle and gave Gongsun Ce an ugly smile.

"Thank you… kid," Mr. Green Rooster Head said unclearly, "That damned Hunter, she really screwed me over… sorry, sorry, I couldn't speak just now, couldn't introduce myself… I am Capro, Capro Boli. Thanks again."

"You're welcome, I am Gongsun Ce." Gongsun Ce carefully examined this stranger whose demeanor had changed greatly, "Forgive my bluntness, I did not expect you to be so polite."

"Even if one cannot be a gentleman, a man of the Country cannot forget his manners," Capro wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "Now... Mr. Gongsun, as you can see, I am a loser."

I can see that you've lost a fight before meeting me, but I don't quite understand why you were fighting.

"I am on an adventure… adventuring to summon the omnipotent God!" Capro's eyes gleamed with a zealot's fervor, "But mere mortals can't comprehend my actions… they call me a madman, they will arrest me, they will sentence me to death. I've failed, fortuitous Superpower User, would you hear my final request?"

Gongsun Ce pushed his glasses up: "Please, speak."

This behavior might seem insane to most people. Not only was he engaging with a monster who had just attacked him, but he was also considering listening to some "request."

However, Gongsun Ce was an outlier. More than positions or personal safety, this Superpower User cared about others' "attitudes." In most cases, Gongsun Ce was willing to comply with requests from those who demonstrated proper manners, even if the speaker was seen as a villain by most. But if someone's attitude was rude or their actions reckless, even if they were a specialist on the side of justice, Gongsun Ce wouldn't show them any favor. From this perspective, Gongsun Ce could be said to be an utter individualist.

"You are very powerful; I plead you not to leave," Capro's words were quite unexpected, "This might be the last battle of my life. Being caught by the Hunter afterward if I win, or being killed by you if I lose, it's all fine... it will allow me to die like a warrior... but I don't want to die obliviously like a beast. Please, sir, grant me one fight."

Capro seemed schizophrenic, having behaved like a beast just moments before, now he appeared as if a knight from a 21st-century novel had infected his brain with madness.

But Gongsun Ce felt no repulsion, rather he admired this demeanor, for he had been to King Morton, and he had seen true Knights.

"Admirable spirit," Gongsun Ce gestured, "After you."

Capro gave him a grateful look, then closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He murmured a short phrase softly, as if declaring it before some ritual: "Crossing all barriers, devouring the blood most divine..."