Chapter 20: The Magnetic Maverick
Chapter 20: The Magnetic Maverick
Ji Xinghuo once again boarded the aerospace fighter jet and sped through the night sky.
Within the cabin, he held a crystal between his fingertips, feeling the resilient yet elastic texture, and brought up its information interface into his field of view.
This Superlimit-level exotic ability was back in his possession, but it had come at a cost.
It could be considered a cost, but Ji Xinghuo wasn't sure if it was necessarily a bad thing.
He had signed a contract.
It was an employment contract with the Lijian Bureau, and with his signature, Ji Xinghuo officially joined the organization, becoming a "Fish intestine" swordsman.
The swordsmen of the Lijian Bureau were divided into four levels, all named after ancient famous swords.
From low to high, they were Fish Intestine, Chunjun, Red Cloud, and Xuanyuan.
Fish Intestine Swordsman was the lowest rank, and the salary and benefits were also at the bottom of the bureau, but it was still significantly higher than ordinary jobs. The monthly salary alone was just over 30,000 Asian yuan, and with various preferential treatments and performance bonuses, his monthly income could reach nearly 40,000 yuan.
There were also additional high subsidies for those who went on active duty.
Of course, the nature of the Lijian Bureau's work was special, and most of their operations were dangerous. The high salaries came at the cost of their lives.
One wrong move, and you might have the money but not the life to spend it.
As a Fish Intestine Swordsman, Ji Xinghuo was temporarily exempt from active duty. The contract clearly stated that only those with advanced exotic abilities were qualified for field operations.
For now, he was merely a member of the Training Division under the Comprehensive Management Department of the Lijian Bureau.
Most Fish Intestine Swordsmen belonged to the Training Division, and their most important task was to train, participate in special agent training, cultivate, and take combat courses to advance to the Chunjun Swordsman level as soon as possible.
Although Ji Xinghuo hadn't wanted to join the Lijian Bureau proactively, he had to admit that the Training Division was an excellent place to be.
The Training Division had the best cultivation conditions, boasting many advanced facilities and equipment not available on the market, various expensive auxiliary drugs, and a team of top-notch coaches and assistants that rivaled, if not surpassed, the coaching staff of the Super League.
Most importantly, all of this was free!
Without the need to go on active duty, he could still earn a generous salary just by training—it was incredibly enticing.
Ji Xinghuo was tempted, but after calming down, he realized that every gift of fate came with a hidden price tag.
The Lijian Bureau's generosity wasn't without its expectations.
Accepting their salary and enjoying their benefits meant that he would have to risk his life for the bureau in the future.
Of course, one could also say that risking his life for the Lijian Bureau was a contribution to the country, and Ji Xinghuo didn't oppose that. He was more than willing to offer his strength for the nation.
But not now.
Ji Xinghuo had his plans, and deeply entangling himself with the Lijian Bureau at this point didn't align with his interests.
Considering the bigger picture for the future and his personal prospects, he had to maintain a certain distance from any official or powerful organization for the time being.
"Only when I become stronger and possess the power to crush all enemies can I make greater contributions to my country."
After much contemplation, Ji Xinghuo made his decision.
The Lijian Bureau's swordsmen didn't have to clock in for work, and he resisted the allure of the Training Division, voluntarily forgoing the preferential treatment. As long as he didn't report for duty, there was little the bureau could do.
At most, he would be expelled! Ji Xinghuo couldn't help but smile at the thought.
Zhou Yishang had tried to coerce and entice him, and while his intentions were good, and he knew that he valued his talent, he couldn't have predicted that Ji Xinghuo would simply dismiss the benefits of the Training Division and skip out on his duties.
"I need to fuse with the exotic ability as soon as possible."
"And then make a run for it!"
The Lijian Bureau had tentacles all over the world, and finding him would be easy. However, there was one perfect hiding place that the bureau couldn't infiltrate.
That place was the Star Realm!
Modern nations had intelligence systems that were all-encompassing, utilizing the internet and countless cameras to keep track of everything happening globally in almost real-time. It was incredibly difficult for an individual to evade their searches.
In the Star Realm, however, there were no electronic devices or networks, and the power of national organizations was greatly diminished.
Conveniently, Ji Xinghuo had already planned to go to the Star Realm for spiritual source energy!
A moment later, the aerospace fighter jet returned Ji Xinghuo to Chang'an and dropped him off at an unmanned park in Qishan District before taking off again.
Ji Xinghuo didn't head home immediately.
Even though Min Chongwu had assured him that for the next half month, the Lijian Bureau would assign people to specifically watch over his apartment building and the surrounding neighborhood, ensuring his safety.
However, Ji Xinghuo didn't quite believe it.
He wasn't afraid of retaliation, but he disliked the idea of being secretly monitored.
Several kilometers away from his home, Ji Xinghuo checked into a hotel room, took a quick shower, and then sat on the bed, taking out the crystal he had kept on his person.
[Exotic Ability: Rotating Magnetic Field]
[Grade: Superlimit]
[Fusion Success Rate: 99%]
[Upgradable: Yes]
A Superlimit ability!
Ji Xinghuo had admired it countless times, but each time he saw the information displayed on the interface, his heart couldn't help but stir with excitement.
In the global exotic ability exchanges and on major platforms, Superlimit abilities were the highest-level abilities one could purchase.
But "Rotating Magnetic Field" wasn't among those for sale.
Superlimit, as the name implied, referred to abilities that could surpass the limits of the human body.
Even the weakest Superlimit ability, with the least number of users, wouldn't be priced lower than 20 million yuan.
The Rotating Magnetic Field could amplify the human bio-magnetic field, and when combined with starlight, it produced various powerful effects, enhancing strength, burst, and speed, improving the efficiency of starlight cultivation, and accelerating recovery after starlight depletion.
Magnetic fields and electric fields are inseparable.
Thus, the Rotating Magnetic Field could generate electricity within the body of an aberrant!
The essence of this exotic ability was electromagnetism, one of the four fundamental forces of the universe. As the Rotating Magnetic Field intensified, it delved deeper into the physical root, leading to all sorts of unimaginable, almost mythical abilities.
Manipulating electricity, strengthening the body, cellular reorganization, controlling metal, decomposing substances...
Its potential was limitless!
Whoever could harness electromagnetism would be the tyrant who rules the world!
Of course, these powerful abilities required ample starlight and support from other exotic abilities.
Electromagnetism was too distant a concept. Even a Heavenly King-level aberrant would not dare claim to have grasped even a fraction of it.
Fusing with the Rotating Magnetic Field was merely the first step in a long journey.
The reason it was sought after was not just because of its incredibly powerful exotic ability, but also because it was the core exotic ability of an exceptionally formidable profession template.
That profession was the Magnetic Maverick!
There were already over forty mature profession templates on Earth, and comparisons between them were inevitable. This topic was a perennial hotspot on various websites, forums, and social media platforms.
Which profession template was the strongest and which was the weakest; which was the fastest and which was the slowest; which was the most unique, the rarest, the most comprehensive, or the strangest...
Any related post online would attract thousands of replies.
Countless people debated, quarreled, insulted, raged, made enemies, took the disputes offline, fought in real life, and even resorted to bloodshed.
Some lost their lives, while others ended up in prison.
While amateur netizens argued endlessly, professional organizations and official entities were also conducting research.
At the beginning of the century, the Exiles Guild under the Stellar Defense Council (ADC) released a profession template rating system that assessed professions across ten aspects: melee, ranged, defense, speed, perception, burst, control, recovery, support, and potential.
Each ability was rated on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest score.
This rating system incorporated a large amount of detailed data and complex calculation formulas and functions to determine the score for each ability.
Finally, the scores for the ten abilities were summed up to obtain the final rating.
Most profession templates scored below 40 points.
For example, the Ranger scored 37 points.
The lowest-rated profession was the "Giant General," with only 31 points.
Other professions like the "Iron Guard" scored 32 points, the "Stellar Torchbearer" 34 points, the "Evil Spirit" and the "Phantom Sound Master" 35 points, the "Flying Step" and the "Ice Blade" 36 points.
The "White Knight" and the "Shadow Blade" scored the same as the Ranger, 37 points.
Profession templates that scored 40 points and above were considered relatively powerful, such as the "Black-robed Bishop" with 41 points, the "Gravity Master" with 43 points, the "Mountaineer" with 44 points, and the "Psychic Hacker" with 45 points.
Even fewer profession templates scored above 50 points.
The "Trickster Prodigy" scored 51 points, the "Blood Butcher" 50 points, the "Superconductor Master" 52 points, and the "Halo Fighter" 58 points. Each of them was powerful and rare, and their peers at the same level stood little chance against them.
There were even stronger profession templates with ratings of 60 points or even 70 points and above, but they were extremely rare worldwide.
For example, the "Dragon Lord," the "Aetheric Stringmaster," and the "Stellar Voyager."
The profession with the highest score in this assessment system was the Magnetic Maverick, with a staggering 81 points!
The Magnetic Maverick was the only profession template to score above 80 points, and it scored no less than 7 points in all ten aspects.
Not only did the Exiles Guild give the Magnetic Maverick the highest rating, but other profession templates from other countries and organizations also consistently placed it at the top.
Without exception!
Countless people debated for years on the internet, and no matter how intense the discussions became, they often converged on the "strongest profession" in the end.
The Magnetic Maverick was the strongest profession template in the eyes of the vast majority.
Of course, the rating system was merely a theoretical exercise.
A profession template with a lower score might not necessarily be that much inferior to a higher-scoring one; the key still lay with the aberrant themselves.
The profession template was not the sole determinant of an aberrant's strength.
On the contrary, high-scoring profession templates often had many drawbacks.
For instance, they might have high entry requirements, complex demands, difficult cultivation processes, low fusion success rates, exotic abilities that were too rare to find, or obstacles in advancing to higher tiers.
Lower-scoring profession templates, on the other hand, often offered many advantages and conveniences, and with subsequent profession advancements, they could attain strength comparable or even superior to that of high-scoring professions.
Despite this, people still yearned for those rare and powerful profession templates.
The Magnetic Maverick was one of them.
And the most crucial exotic ability of this profession template was the "Rotating Magnetic Field" that Ji Xinghuo now possessed!
(End of Chapter)
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