After a long time of calming down, Lei Ting and Liu Wang finally managed to regain their composure.
There was no way around it. In just over ten minutes, Cheng Qi had said so many shocking things that each one had stunned them. Especially the last one, it was like a magnitude ten earthquake, and they almost got knocked out by the shock.
"So... Cheng Qi... are you really a superpower user?" Even after calming down, Lei Ting still didn't want to believe this fact.
He had thought that he was the special one. As it turned out, his good friend who had been with him for years was also a superpower user. And judging by the situation, Cheng Qi had known for a long time that Lei Ting was a superpower user.
Thinking back to when he had hesitated for a while (less than ten seconds) and then decided not to tell the other party, he had even apologized to Cheng Qi in his heart. In the end, he was the only one who had been kept in the dark and made a fool of.
"You said you're a superpower user? Then how are you going to prove it?" Liu Wang still didn't want to show Cheng Qi any kindness.
"Prove it? My ability is the 'yin-yang eyes'. How am I supposed to prove it? Am I supposed to tell you that there's actually an owl in a soul state on top of your head? But you can't see it either, right?" Cheng Qi was a bit confused, but he also felt relieved. After all, if Lei Ting's friend said such a thing, it meant that he knew about superpowers, so there was no need to worry about him leaking the information to ordinary people.
"An owl in a soul state?!" Liu Wang seemed very interested in this thing and directly looked up at his own head, trying to see even a trace of it with his ordinary eyes.
"There really is an owl in a soul state, or rather, the soul of an owl. It's quite big, about as tall as my lower leg. Hey, hey, it's coming down! It's coming down towards you!" Cheng Qi reported the current situation of the soul owl.
"Damn it! I can't touch it! A soul owl is so cool, but I can't see it. What a pity." After groping his face, Liu Wang faced the reality.
"Actually, there's nothing special to see. It's just an almost transparent normal owl. Eh, that owl seems to like you quite a lot. It landed on your shoulder. Could it be that this owl likes 'dogs'?" Cheng Qi looked at it curiously and reported at the same time.
"Are you scolding me again?!" Seeing that Cheng Qi called him a "dog" again, although Liu Wang had developed some "resistance" to it, he was still extremely annoyed.
"Oops, I almost forgot." Cheng Qi slapped his head, blaming himself for forgetting to explain such an important thing, and quickly explained, "My friend, you've misunderstood. 'Dog' isn't an insult. It's just a term I use to describe your soul state.
"I awakened my 'yin-yang eyes' a long time ago. I can't remember exactly how long it's been, but it's definitely been more than three years. I usually like to come to this park when I'm free and observe the soul states of passers-by. Over time, I've also discovered the differences and similarities between the souls of each person... or between each living being. But if you ask me what the specific differences and similarities are, I can't answer. It's just a feeling.
"Later, I met that cat that can devour souls in this park. Maybe because we can both see soul bodies and are 'of the same kind', it's particularly close to me, and it's only close to me, at least at first. As for how I discovered its special ability later, I won't mention it for now. It's a long story...
"At first, I thought it was only close to me because we were 'of the same kind'. But later I found out that wasn't the case. It hates being touched by humans. Even I can only touch it occasionally. But later I noticed that there are very few humans that it doesn't mind being touched by. I also carried out very detailed observations of those people. In the end, I found that those humans who don't arouse the cat's disgust have a certain similarity in their souls.
"After discovering this phenomenon, I started observing passers-by again. Using the cat's attitude towards different passers-by, I divided souls into four major categories. The first category is where the vast majority of humans and animals belong. I call this category 'cat'. When the cat faces humans and animals with a 'cat'-type soul, it doesn't have a good impression of them, but it doesn't dislike them either. It's like when we face strangers who suddenly strike up a conversation. We will communicate with them for a while, but not for too long, and we always keep a certain distance. Lei Ting, you belong to this category.
"The second category, I call it 'human', which is the soul category of those who can easily touch that cat. The cat is naturally close to them. Currently, only humans have this soul category, and the proportion is extremely small. So far, I've only met sixteen people with this soul category.
"The third category is 'dog', which is the soul category of those who are naturally disliked by that cat. That's the soul category of this friend here." Having said this, Cheng Qi paused deliberately and turned his gaze to Liu Wang.
"This is definitely mocking me... it must be!" Liu Wang thought this way, and his anger flared up again, but he quickly suppressed it.
After giving Liu Wang a look, Cheng Qi continued, "And then there's the last category, the fourth category. I've only seen this category in some small animals, like mice and sparrows, and in an extremely small number of humans. I named it 'rat'. As the name implies, it's the soul category that can arouse the cat's hunting desire. And I've only seen one human with this category throughout.
"Okay, these are the four major soul categories I've divided. You should be able to understand, right?" After finishing speaking, Cheng Qi asked specifically.
Scratching his head, Lei Ting took the lead and said, "I can understand it, and it's quite easy to understand. It's just..."
"Why did you have to call the third category 'dog'? Can't you change it to something else?" Liu Wang was still brooding over being called a "dog" and even interrupted Lei Ting's words directly.
"Cats dislike dogs. That's why I used 'dog'," Cheng Qi said, feeling innocent.
"That's just a stereotype! Just tell me, can you change the name?" Liu Wang questioned.
"No way!" Cheng Qi also raised his voice and took a step named "firmness" towards Liu Wang.
"Since you won't change it! Then I'll! I'll... I won't accept this title!" In the end, Liu Wang didn't have the courage to continue and admitted defeat.
"Okay, okay. It's my turn to speak now, right?" Lei Ting wanted to continue his previous statement.
"Go ahead," Liu Wang and Cheng Qi said in unison.
Clearing his throat, Lei Ting said, "I want to ask, Cheng Qi, apart from letting us know the 'initial favorability' of that cat towards us, what other uses are there for you to divide these soul categories?"
"None," Cheng Qi answered without hesitation. Then, as if remembering something, he continued, "Oh, there is one use. If someone who doesn't get along with us has a soul category of 'dog', we can openly call that person a dog."
"I knew you had your own ulterior motives!" Liu Wang put on an expression of "I knew it" and shouted.
"Oops, I accidentally slipped up." Cheng Qi had an expression of "it was an accident", but who knew if he really didn't mean it.
Liu Wang was resentful about this. Since he couldn't take action, he could only resort to words. So he frantically searched his mind for some offensive sentences, and then he found one.
"Cheng Qi! I think you're not a 'human'! You're a 'dog'! A real jerk!"