Once, I wanted to be a good person

Chapter 44 39. The Efficacy of Law Prohibition (Seeking Recommendation Tickets!)

Thinking of this, Fang Ze looked towards Bai Ling and then asked, "Chief Bai Ling, you just mentioned a lot about Awakening Abilities. Actually, I am very curious about one thing."

"That is, with so many Awakening Abilities available, is there something that can counter all Awakening Abilities?"

Bai Ling heard Fang Ze's question, smiled, and replied, "Of course, there is. The Law Prohibition Decree."

Fang Ze felt reassured in his heart, as he had indeed asked the right question.

Thinking this, he feigned curiosity and asked, "What is the Law Prohibition Decree?"

Bai Ling tilted her head in thought and said, "The Law Prohibition Decree, huh? It is something very useful but at the same time quite useless."

Hearing Bai Ling's answer, Fang Ze was momentarily stunned.

Useful, but also quite useless?

Since acquiring this treasure yesterday, he had always thought it was something particularly formidable.

After all, "Magic Ban"! The ability to render all powers ineffective. Such a thing sounds particularly badass, doesn't it?

But then, why did it seem so useless when Bai Ling mentioned it?

With these thoughts, Fang Ze couldn't help but look towards Bai Ling.

And Bai Ling did not play coy. She looked at Fang Ze and asked, "Do you still remember what I told you earlier?"

"That Awakeners seeking to advance their abilities, or wishing to fuse a second or third power, need to continuously strengthen their physique?"

Fang Ze nodded.

Bai Ling said, "So, what does the Law Prohibition Decree do? It prohibits Awakening Abilities."

"But what's the use of that prohibition?"

"Most Awakeners have trained their physique and practiced Martial Arts. Let's not even talk about the stage of a Fuser, even mid-level Awakeners have started to become Fearless against cold weapons and basic firearms."

"Martial Arts itself is an important aspect of an Awakener's repertoire in combat."

"So, even if you inhibit the opponent's ability, they can still fight you with their physical body."

"Low-level Awakeners still won't be a match for high-rank Awakeners."

"Moreover, this thing has a range of use limitation. Generally, according to the size, it's between 10 meters and 0.1 meters."

"And for an ordinary Awakener, 10 meters might just be a single leap away."

"Its effectiveness is very low."

Fang Ze: ....

Oddly enough, Fang Ze felt that Bai Ling's words made a lot of sense.

But... to have obtained such high-value information, only to receive something so useless?

Thinking this, Fang Ze somewhat reluctantly asked, "So, is this thing completely useless then?"

Bai Ling replied, "Not necessarily. It is at least..."

"Expensive!"

Bai Ling said with a smile, "If you happen to pick one up by accident, you might as well sell it; you could get quite a bit of Lini for it."

With that, her eyes began to sparkle with golden light again.

Fang Ze: ...

Perhaps noticing Fang Ze's speechlessness, Bai Ling stopped joking. After some thought, she explained, "Actually... this stone is not entirely without use."

"It can be quite effective when facing some special types of Awakeners, Fusers, or even Disaster Creatures."

Hearing this, Fang Ze's interest was piqued, and he couldn't help but ask, "Special types of Awakeners, Fusers?"

Perhaps sensing Fang Ze's excessive curiosity about the Law Prohibition Decree, Bai Ling did not answer his question but rather looked at him doubtfully and countered, "You didn't really come across a piece of the Law Prohibition Decree, did you?"

Fang Ze nodded with a smile, "Yes, I did."

"Pfft.", originally when Fang Ze showed such enthusiasm, Bai Ling really did suspect that he might have found a piece of the Law Prohibition Decree.

But now that she asked and Fang Ze admitted it immediately, she suddenly didn't believe it.

She felt that a person wouldn't be so foolish as to say everything that is asked of them...

'Eh? Why does it feel like something is off...?'

Shaking her head to cast those strange thoughts from her mind, Bai Ling went on to explain, "You should still remember that I mentioned there are many Awakeners and Fusers who have taken the wrong path, right?"

Hearing Bai Ling's words, Fang Ze nodded.

Bai Ling said, "You should also remember that I mentioned the correct path is through physical training to accommodate more Awakening Abilities, right?"

Fang Ze nodded again.

Bai Ling clapped her hands and declared, "Then isn't it quite simple?"

"Among so many Awakeners and Fusers, there must be many who disagree with the current training route, or whose Awakening Abilities simply cannot follow the physical training path."

"For example, soul-type Awakeners."

"This group of Awakeners believes that physical training is not the correct advancement path for Awakeners. Instead, the right path should be to cultivate the soul. So they start giving up on their physical body from the Awakener stage and focus on strengthening their soul."

"For example, medium-type Awakeners."

"These Awakeners believe that the World's Laws and Awakening Abilities are harmful to the human body. So, to control Awakening Abilities, they cannot be brought into oneself, but instead, the powers should be concentrated on external mediums, and then used through those mediums."

"Then there are the Awakeners with abilities that directly affect only a single part of the body."

"These types of Awakeners have their Awakening Abilities concentrated in certain parts of the body, such as the eyes, ears, bones, and so on...."

"Because their abilities are so strongly tied to that particular part, they need to continuously strengthen that part in order to grow more powerful. However, human energy and resources are limited, which leads them to gradually abandon the practice of training other parts of their bodies due to low efficiency."

Fang Ze nodded somewhat enlightened, like Wang Hao's first love with the Awakening Ability using only bones: Dry Bones.

"Her" Awakening Ability was associated with bones, and as the body constantly needed to be replaced, it became very likely that she would no longer practice physical training.

Bai Ling said, "So, for special Awakeners and Fusers whose main strength comes from their Awakening Abilities and who haven't trained their bodies, using the 'Law Prohibition Edict' will be extremely effective."

"Aside from Awakeners and Fusers, it's also a Divine Artifact for those with Extraordinary Power items, or Disaster Creatures whose physical strength is not great."

Continuing on, Bai Ling added, "Think about it. If the Law Prohibition Edict really had no use, then why would it be so expensive?"

"It's just that its use isn't to target most Awakeners, that's all."

Fang Ze nodded in understanding.

It turned out that the Law Prohibition Edict was not useless, in fact, its main use and effect were even greater than he had imagined. It just... wasn't the combat weapon he had thought it was.

And really, how could there possibly be an item that could overpower everyone just by being brought out.

With Awakening Abilities and various miraculous Divine Artifacts having existed for so many years, they must have been thoroughly researched, with many countermeasures developed.

It's possible that the fact that most Awakeners in this world follow the path of physical training is due, in part, to the Law Prohibition Edict.

With this in mind, Fang Ze no longer dwelled on the matter.

Having learned about the future development of Awakeners today, and the real usage of the Law Prohibition Edict was a considerable gain for him!

So, he found an excuse and took his leave from Bai Ling.

Watching Fang Ze leave so decisively, Bai Ling was utterly confused, "He... He really didn't come to question me about the case?"

"Also... How many questions did he ask just now?"

"One by one yields one, two by two yields two... Oh no, I've lost count. This is a big loss!"

Bai Ling stomped her feet in frustration, annoyed by her perennial inability to keep track of accounts...

...

...

Even though the Security Bureau announced they had found the cause of Han Kaiwei's death, the lack of public disclosure of the truth meant the Special Case Team's Investigators were still somewhat uneasy.

Thus, during investigations, they were somewhat preoccupied, or just going through the motions. Find your next read at empire

This made Fang Ze's shirking quite inconspicuous among them.

And with Lini's guidance, Fang Ze also had a clear understanding of the path ahead of him.

That was to train, train, and train some more!

To enhance his strength, and prepare to run away!

......

Night fell quietly...

After dinner, Fang Ze returned to his dormitory; Wang Hao hadn't come back.

He hadn't seen him all day and wondered what he was up to.

Fang Ze guessed he was trying to gather materials for Awakening.

But now, with the Special Case Team being locked down again, getting materials from the outside world, especially without the Security Bureau finding out, was extremely difficult.

Therefore, Fang Ze wasn't optimistic that he would be able to gather the materials in a short time.

Perhaps, it might not be until after Fang Ze had escaped that he would get his hands on those materials.

But Fang Ze didn't concern himself with that, after all, in reality, they were still in opposing positions...

After doing about half an hour of exercise and further advancing his 'repayment' progress, Fang Ze cleaned up and then lay down in bed, entering dreamland.

He had a demanding task today, to verify something at the Late-Night Investigation Room.

.....

Meanwhile, as Fang Ze slept, a conversation was taking place in a secret base of the Security Bureau...

Bai Zhi sat on the sofa, while Bai Ling knelt on the ground, holding her ears and looking pitifully at her.

But Bai Zhi's expression was complex as she stared at her and then said, "Bai Ling, I truly didn't expect it to be you."

"In the entire Security Bureau, the person I trusted most was you."

"So, when Fang Ze got to know you, I never doubted you."

"Later, when you told Fang Ze so much about Awakeners, I still didn't doubt you."

"Even during Lie Detection, I excluded the two of us."

"It wasn't until today, when you leaked so much classified information to Fang Ze, that I suddenly realized..."

"I should have thought earlier that the only ones who could leak your information, besides those who have met you, are you..."

"I was so foolish..."

Hearing Bai Zhi's words, Bai Ling was nearly in tears, tugging at her own ears and looking at Bai Zhi with teary eyes, saying, "Sister Bai, please don't be like this... I'm scared."

"I'm not really an undercover agent. I'm just simply foolish."