November 3rd, morning.

Feeling relaxed after a long time, the superpowered photographer is on his way to the dark room to train his abilities.

He had not had a good time recently. As one of the missing suspects of the "Nian" team, he had already been cleared of suspicion.

But after Jinmo brought back information from the outside world, he and his team members had to undergo a short period of isolation again, and throughout the process they constantly used their abilities to achieve various preset goals in order to make sure that they were the real thing and not a replica.

Finally, he was released along with the equally innocent congressman Bordeaux two days ago.

In order to compensate for the inhuman scrutiny he had endured during this period, the photographer was given a vacation that was extremely rare for a registered superpower.

For two days.

Then time came to the present.

Although he himself did not know how rare his current title was, he felt secretly delighted when he thought that nothing bad had happened in the past few days.

There are no entanglements between two same-sex colleagues, no being inexplicably involved in one's own cases, no almost outrageous demands for displaying superpowers... Such a life is simply too great for middle-aged people who just live day by day.

Then he saw the messenger running towards him.

The slow-moving heart that is unique to middle-aged men trembled violently.

To be honest, the photographer wanted to escape.

The messenger obviously had this premonition, so he quickened his pace and ran in an arc, intercepting the shadow master.

"Is there an order for me?"

The poor acting skills unique to middle-aged men began to show.

The messenger looked completely confused and said sincerely:

"Mr. Superpower 'Shadow Master', here is an order for you from headquarters."

The photographer used the control that is unique to middle-aged men to make himself appear very normal, then took the order and quickly read it twice.

The messenger didn't care about all this. When the photographer raised his head, the messenger had disappeared around the corner of the superpower headquarters, leaving only the words "delivery confirmed" lingering in his ears.

The photographer returned his gaze to the order, which clearly stated the task assigned to him this time.

Escort an important superpower out of the city and communicate with the leader of the 'Alien Rebels' who is suspected to have a higher intelligence outside the city.

What's going on?

The photographer frowned slightly.

These are obviously the official texts of Hope City, why do they sound so unfamiliar?

Alien resistance?

Higher intelligence?

Establish communication? With whom? With strange beasts?

The middle-aged man with a somewhat rigid mindset feels that the world is more magical than he had imagined.

Although the abilities of many super-powered people cannot be explained by normal objective laws, and although the current situation of the entire human race is similar to that in the fantasy novels of the old era, when he saw these words together, he still instinctively felt resistance.

But that’s all.

Photographers can emotionally resist all reasonable or unreasonable orders, but they cannot make any resistance in practical actions.

This is the red line that Hope City sets for people with super powers, and it is also one of the reasons why his spirit has been worn down bit by bit over the past few decades.

Although he was extremely reluctant, the photographer finally chose to obey the order.

After looking at the assembly time on the order, he turned and left the headquarters.

This paper version of the appointment letter is not only a description of the photographer's next special mission, but also his identity certificate that allows him to move freely throughout Hope City for a period of time.

It can be said that now he can enter any place in the entire City of Hope except the central spire.

With the white paper in his hand, the photographer headed towards the northwest gate of the inner city. Needless to say, he took a break to eat breakfast. After crossing the boundary between the inner and outer city, he chose to wait there.

Half an hour later, the agreed time arrived.

The photographer saw a young woman dressed similarly to himself walking from the inner city.

The two men were wearing uniforms of similar style, which were the work clothes that all super-powered people in Hope City wore unless there were special circumstances. The differences in details represented the different organizations they belonged to.

The photographer naturally got into work mode, looking at his temporary partner without any personal emotion.

This is a young woman of short height. Although she is wearing the work clothes of a superpower, she looks simple and has a sense of hard work.

The two of them met, and the photographer introduced himself:

"I am a superpowered shadow master directly under the headquarters. I am your temporary partner. My ability is to manipulate and merge shadows within a certain area."

He introduced his abilities very briefly and showed great curiosity about the other party's abilities.

There is no doubt that I was chosen to participate in this mission because of my special abilities.

The ability to merge with the shadow is enough to avoid most damage, even if it doesn't last too long.

What's more, the photographer can also integrate others to a certain extent, and his ability to save his life alone is enough to rank him at the top.

But what about this young man opposite, who looks like he was temporarily transferred from the factory?

After listening to the photographer's self-introduction, the young woman opposite nodded, as if she understood why this person was chosen to partner with her.

She looked at the middle-aged man who was a head taller than her and said:

"My code name is 'Xiao Sheng', I'm your temporary teammate, as for my abilities...

“I can speak elephant language.”

"Wha…what?"

The photographer felt that his brain temporarily lost the ability to think.

What is the other party talking about?

There seems to be a faint sense of familiarity, but I can't understand it.

"What is that?"

"oops."

The young woman made a sound of sudden enlightenment, and then quickly explained:

"I usually work in an underground ranch in the inner city. My ability is that I can communicate with animals to a certain extent."

"I see. Then the elephant you just mentioned is..."

"Well, it seems to be some kind of large creature from the old era. I just saw similar information when I was working, but I have never seen a real elephant."

The young woman thought for a moment and suddenly said:

"You should have a basic understanding of this mission. It is said that a large number of the alien beasts have the characteristics of creatures from the old era. I wonder if I can do a good job of communicating with them this time."

The photographer understood why the other party teamed up with him. To be fair, this was indeed the best arrangement.

There is nothing wrong with letting a superpower with strong defense and escape abilities protect a superpower who can communicate with strange beasts.

but……

After getting on the arranged military vehicle, the two men headed towards the city wall of the outer city, and the photographer was inevitably attacked by memories.

Not long ago, he had been involved in a completely unexpected disaster.