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Chapter 508: The New Protagonist in the Umbrella Corporation Era
Chapter 508: The New Protagonist in the Umbrella Corporation Era
"Umbrella Corporation, smart home, safeguarding your life."
"New Summoner Protection Regulations"
"Rumors say that the vice president of Umbrella Corporation will arrive at the end of this month."
News headlines kept streaming in, and Wu Yong couldn't help but touch his nose with a wry smile.
"Summoners truly are a thing of the past, and it's only been ten years." Wu Yong wasn't old; he had an adopted younger sister.
He still remembered how much his father valued him when he performed the summoning ritual for him. Unfortunately, his spirit was merely a low-rank one, and at that moment, it seemed like his father had aged ten years.
After that, he stopped paying attention to summoners because the Umbrella Corporation emerged.
He still remembered the chaos that engulfed the world when he was six.
The noble families and the imperial court were completely unable to suppress the rampant looting and violence that ensued when order was lost. It wasn't until the Umbrella Corporation appeared and quelled all the chaos that things stabilized. They took over the power of the noble families and the imperial court, and from that moment on, summoners were as good as dead.
Even the news on the street was broadcasting the Summoner Protection Regulations. Nowadays, summoners are almost like disabled people. As long as a family has a spirit, they can receive a living allowance. However, if the spirit or the summoner uses extraordinary abilities to harm society, they will be executed without mercy.
Initially, the summoners didn't take Umbrella Corporation's rules seriously, but after tanks and bombers were deployed, no one dared to oppose them anymore.
The demonic disaster that initially caused the chaos has not been seen since.
So now, people are speculating that it might have been a grand operation by the imperial court to eliminate the noble families. The massive crater in Baijingzhou was likely caused by battles between ninth-rank summoners, which directly led to Baijingzhou becoming a large pit.
Therefore, as ordinary people who are mostly not summoners, they naturally support the current policies of the Umbrella Corporation, which aim to curb the unrestricted use of extraordinary abilities.
Wu Yong grew up in this environment. Although he is a summoner, his spirit is only a low-rank one, so he hasn't been harassed. In fact, the allowance for his spirit is one of his few sources of income each month.
Going to school was out of the question; he had to work to make a living. For him, life was just a step above survival.
The status of summoners in today's society is not respected because most of the chaos back then was caused by summoners. The pain of those events cannot be easily forgotten, and it might take a hundred years for the wounds to heal.
The number of remaining summoners is not large. According to Umbrella Corporation's statistics, there are only about a hundred thousand, and summoners like Wu Yong, who belong to the new generation, are relatively few. Most are remnants from the past, low-rank summoners who are also sources of social instability.
Most of these summoners are strictly monitored by the Umbrella Corporation because they have antisocial personalities and are more interested in reclaiming their power and living a life above others.
As a result, many summoners have formed underground terrorist organizations, targeting various branches and production facilities of the Umbrella Corporation.
"Stop, you there, stop!"
A sharp cry echoed, and Wu Yong instinctively stopped and looked back.
He saw several Umbrella Corporation enforcers riding motorcycles zoom past him, chasing a summoner.
The summoner's spirit seemed to be a ranger, and its strength was considerable. It dodged bullets with ease while running and counterattacking.
"An intermediate-rank summoner, that powerful?" Wu Yong was somewhat incredulous. Summoners are no longer divided into nine ranks but into three: low, intermediate, and high, making them easier to identify.
He had always thought that summoners were not that strong, but he never expected an intermediate-rank summoner to be able to ignore firearms, which left him momentarily stunned.
'If only I had that kind of strength. Ah, why am I thinking about this? I shouldn't envy a summoner with antisocial tendencies.' Wu Yong shook his head, feeling like something was wrong with him.
After watching the enforcers and the antisocial summoner disappear in the distance, he regained his senses and headed to the Umbrella Corporation's factory.
He wasn't going to the assembly line; he was still too young for that, so he worked as a security guard.
The position he got thanks to his status as a summoner was probably just standing guard at the gate. Although his salary wasn't as high as those on the assembly line, it was still a source of income.
Fortunately, he had the status of a summoner, otherwise, he wouldn't have been chosen. Finding a burly man to stand guard wouldn't have been difficult.
However, the factory management saw that his living conditions were quite poor, so they gave him this job.
Wu Yong knew that his former family, the Wu family, was once a prominent clan, but that was all in the past. During the battle in Baijingzhou, his family was left with only his father, and they gradually lost their estate and fell into decline.
Fortunately, he was young at the time; otherwise, his father might have been taken to Baijingzhou, and he might have met the same fate.
Of course, it wasn't because the imperial court was kind, but because they were bribed, which is why they turned a blind eye to the matter.
He arrived early at his security booth. To be honest, it was a bit small, but he thought it was quite nice. It had air conditioning, tea, and even a radio and a small TV. It was sheltered from the wind and rain, and his main job was to lift the barrier for cars and register visitors.
As the time for the shift approached, many factory employees gradually entered the premises. He didn't need to worry about them because they had to swipe their cards to get in. Without swiping, they wouldn't be able to enter and would be blocked by the gate.
While watching the bustling crowd outside, Wu Yong suddenly heard a dripping sound from his security booth, as if a water droplet had fallen.
He thought it might be a problem with his tea, so he quickly got up to check.
But his body suddenly froze when he saw a small drop of crimson liquid in a corner of the booth. He was sure it had nothing to do with him.
'Is there someone else in the security booth?'
Following the direction of the blood droplet, he looked up. The booth was small but not low.
He saw someone hiding above like a large bat.
"Shh~" The person's expression was calm, indicating that he should be quiet.
Wu Yong immediately recognized the person as the summoner who had been pursued by the Umbrella Corporation enforcers that morning. The summoner was badly injured.
He had thought the summoner was still in good shape, but it turned out he couldn't withstand the firearms, which made him feel a bit disappointed.
He didn't dare to make a sound because his life was in the summoner's hands. The summoner couldn't fight the enforcers because they had guns, but he had neither a gun nor a spirit.
So he could only swallow and nod, turning back to his chair as if nothing had happened.
Fortunately, the summoner seemed to be just seeking refuge and didn't intend to attack. After all, this was a busy area, and as an antisocial summoner, he wouldn't dare to make a big move.
So, he just planned to ride out the crisis.
The crowd of workers quickly passed, leaving the area much quieter. He glanced at the figure above his booth with his peripheral vision.
He noticed that the person had disappeared at some point.
"Phew~ He's gone." Wu Yong sighed in relief, his life was safe.
But when he turned around, he suddenly saw something the summoner had left by his teacup.
A book, looking ancient and handmade, unlike the mechanical prints from the Umbrella Corporation.
"Yuanling Heiyifa?" Wu Yong whispered the name of the book.
He flipped through it, and his heart was filled with surprise. He never expected the summoner to leave a secret technique.
More importantly, this secret technique was not simple; it was quite powerful. If he practiced it, he could grow beyond the potential of his spirit.
"This thing must not be exposed."
While secret techniques and cultivation methods weren't necessarily banned books, he couldn't explain where it came from. His family, the Wu family, didn't have such a high-level secret technique, and if anything happened, it would certainly draw the Umbrella Corporation's attention.
The Umbrella Corporation's scrutiny of summoners was very strict. While they wouldn't physically torture you, they would torture your mind.
'I can memorize it and then destroy the book.' This thought crossed Wu Yong's mind.
(End of Chapter)
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