Cheng Qi didn't react to Liu Wang's words. Maybe he has a good mentality, or maybe those words were not offensive at all, which greatly disappointed the latter.
"By the way, you haven't told us what that cat we're looking for looks like, and why do we need to find it?" Lei Ting decided to get to the point.
"What does it look like?" Cheng Qi began to recall. "It's very memorable because it's so special, but it's not easy to describe. How should I put it... Oh, its face is like the Taiji diagram!"
" Its face is like the Taiji diagram?!" Lei Ting and Liu Wang said in unison. This was the first time they had heard of using the "Taiji diagram" to describe an appearance.
"It really is the Taiji diagram. I was shocked when I first saw it. And it's not the ordinary half-black and half-white. It's like the real Taiji, with an arc-shaped boundary line. The upper left part is white, but the area around the eyes is black. The lower right part is black, but the area around the eyes is white. Oh, I took a photo of it when I first saw it..." As he spoke, Cheng Qi took out his phone from his pocket, clicked into the photo album, and after a while of searching, he successfully found a fairly clear picture.
"Damn, it really looks like the Yin-Yang fish of the Taiji!" Looking at the front-facing picture, Lei Ting thought to himself that the world is full of wonders.
"No,按理说, this cat's face is so special, and it lives in a park with a large flow of people. It should have been photographed and posted online long ago. Even if it's not friendly to people, it should be okay to take a photo from a distance. Why haven't I ever come across it?" Liu Wang was used to picking on Cheng Qi. At the same time, he took out his phone and searched for the keyword "Taiji cat" on major video apps and social media apps. After confirming that there were no relevant photos or videos online, he put down his phone with relief.
"I don't know either..." Cheng Qi shrugged, but quickly added, "But when I took a photo of it, I really had to put in a lot of effort. I took dozens of photos before I finally got this one. Maybe it naturally doesn't like being photographed. It will dodge whenever someone points a phone at it."
"Is it that smart? Could it have awakened its spiritual intelligence?" Lei Ting said to himself, but Liu Wang, who was still standing close to him, heard it and immediately replied:
"There's a possibility that it has awakened its spiritual intelligence. There are precedents like this in our country. But for an animal with low intelligence to awaken its spiritual intelligence, at least it has to surpass the 'Heavenly Dao' and reach the 'Transcending Mortality' realm."
"'Heavenly Dao'? 'Transcending Mortality'? What do you mean?" Cheng Qi, who wasn't an official superpower user and rarely read online novels, had no idea what these two terms meant. He could only vaguely guess the meaning of the term "Transcending Mortality".
However, the two of them ignored Cheng Qi's words, or maybe they didn't hear him at all.
"Who's to say that cat hasn't 'Transcended Mortality'? Do you think 'devouring souls' is the strength that a first-level ability should have?" Lei Ting said this, which immediately awakened Liu Wang from his confusion.
"That's right! Lei Ting, you're right. That cat is very likely to have surpassed the 'Heavenly Dao' and reached the 'Transcending Mortality' realm. At the very least, it's at the 'Heavenly Dao' level and has awakened its second ability. I have to report this to the captain immediately and request backup!" As he spoke, Liu Wang took out his phone again and clicked into the call interface.
"Wait a minute!" Cheng Qi jumped two steps to Liu Wang's side and firmly pressed down on the hand that was about to dial the number. He said, "Don't call! 'Soul Devouring' doesn't have the ability to hurt people at all. It can only devour the souls of small animals, so there's really no need for this!"
"How can that be? If your cat is only below the 'Heavenly Dao' and hasn't awakened its second ability, we could just turn a blind eye. But now that it has awakened its second ability and is very likely to have surpassed the 'Heavenly Dao' and become a high-level superpower user, the situation is completely different! Stop pretending that it won't hurt people. Even if it really can't devour human souls, both 'Soul' and the 'Heavenly Dao' can enhance its physical abilities! 'Soul' only gives a small enhancement, but the 'Heavenly Dao' gives a huge enhancement! The physical lethality of that cat now is definitely not inferior to that of a tiger! Tell me, can we just let a tiger roam freely in the city? Especially a tiger that has awakened its spiritual intelligence and is not much less intelligent than us!"
While speaking, Liu Wang kept trying to break free from Cheng Qi's hand. But unfortunately, the gap in physical strength between them was too big. Even though he exerted all his strength, he still couldn't get rid of Cheng Qi's big hand. "Damn it! Are you really willing to ignore the safety of the people in this city just for your own selfish desires?!" Liu Wang showed his due responsibility and sense of duty as an official superpower user and didn't make the slightest concession.
"Since that's the case... I'm sorry..." Cheng Qi gritted his teeth and made a decision. In an instant, a layer of gray mist covered his left eye.
Then, a sense of fear originating from the depths of the soul swept through Liu Wang's whole body, making him tremble uncontrollably. He soon fell to the ground, completely drained of strength, and his phone also dropped.
Lei Ting, who had stepped aside when Cheng Qi rushed up, couldn't help but tremble all over. There was a hint of fear in his eyes as he looked at Cheng Qi.
"Soul Tremor." This was the name Cheng Qi gave to this skill. Its specific effect was to tremble the souls of living beings within a certain range, making them instinctively feel afraid. Depending on the intensity of its use, it could also cause effects such as complete loss of strength, incontinence, or even fainting directly. It could also have a certain effect on living beings that are not within the range but are very close.
Picking up the phone that Liu Wang dropped on the ground, the interface on the phone just stopped at the number that had been selected but not dialed.
"Fortunately." Cheng Qi let out a sigh of relief. He exited the call page, closed the background process, and turned off the phone in one go. He also "temporarily took care of" the phone.
"Cheng Qi, can you tell me why you don't want that cat to be taken away by us?" Lei Ting asked calmly.
The "us" here naturally referred to the "Superpower Investigation Team", that is, the so-called "official organization". He believed that Cheng Qi could understand this.
"Actually, there's no special reason..." Cheng Qi replied. "I just don't want to see a supernatural creature that is a miracle of life and has never hurt anyone being killed just because it's considered a 'threat to humans'."
"Are you so sure that we will kill it once we catch it?" Lei Ting had completely sided with the investigation team.
"Cats are not humans and don't have human rights. Just like when we encounter a dog that bites people or a cat that scratches people, our first reaction is that 'this beast can't be left alive', right? Moreover, killing it directly is much simpler than properly placing and containing it, and it also saves costs, doesn't it?" Cheng Qi stared intently at Lei Ting and gave his answer.
"Many places may be like that, but our captain will definitely not do that. I trust him." Lei Ting also gave his answer.
At the same time, in "Anning Bookstore" in "Binjiangyuan".
Lin Yuexiang had a smile on his face. He was reading a book while listening to the conversation coming from the phone beside him.
And the person who called him, the note in Lin Yuexiang's address book for this person was...
Lei Ting.