It is a bustling city with tall buildings and busy streets.
In a park not far away, a tall, muscular and handsome young man sat on a park bench, staring at his hands in a daze.
Recalling the bald man he met in the abandoned residential area in City Z yesterday, the heroic young man couldn't help but feel emotional.
"Sure enough, I'm still not strong enough..."
Suddenly, a silver light flashed in front of him, and a familiar figure walked out and stopped in front of the heroic young man.
The passers-by around, regardless of gender, age, strength or weakness, seemed not to notice what this person did. They were still talking and laughing, maintaining their original movements and behaviors.
The heroic young man raised his head and smiled at the figure in front of him.
"Boss, you're here?"
"Um."
Lin Zhongtian nodded, sat next to Li Yun, and said with a smile: "After receiving your message, I immediately dealt with the matter in the neighboring world, and then rushed over non-stop..."
Lin Zhongtian paused and asked curiously, "What happened? Why do you look so frustrated?"
Li Yun shook his head and said helplessly: "It's nothing, I just got defeated inexplicably, so I feel a little disappointed..."
"Oh?" Lin Zhongtian became interested. "Is there anyone in this world who can defeat you?"
Li Yun blinked, recalled the plot of this world, and nodded: "Yes, and there may be more than one!"
Lin Zhongtian asked with great interest: "I haven't asked yet... What kind of world is this?"
Li Yun sighed when he heard this, raised his hand, took out a coin-shaped metal original, and threw it lightly.
In an instant, blue rays were projected out from the metal components, interweaving into a shadow in front of the two people.
He was a bald man wearing a yellow battle suit, red gloves, a pure white cape on his back, and exuding an aura of dominance!
“…”
Lin Zhongtian stared silently at the shiny bald head and the pair of lifeless eyes under the bald head. After a long time, he said in disbelief: "Saitama?"
"Is this the world of One Punch Man?!"
The so-called "One Punch Man" is a comic or anime world full of heroes, monsters and various crises. The protagonist Saitama is the One Punch Man in the title, who possesses overwhelming power to knock down the opponent with one punch no matter how strong he is.
The various stories that emerged from this have evolved into such a world.
Looking at the rare expression of shock on Lin Zhongtian's face, Li Yun finally felt a little relieved.
He put away the projection device, leaned back in his chair, and said with a smile: "Yes, I was also shocked when I first discovered it. After all, in the Alliance's classification of unknown worlds, this world is a Level IV existence..."
In the Traveler Alliance, members once discussed the possible existence of an unknown world.
Ultimately, they divided the unknown world based on the degree of materialization.
The so-called degree of materialization refers to the possibility of a fantasy work evolving into the real world.
After all, the worlds that the Alliance has encountered so far are basically worlds where corresponding works can be found in the source world, but not all works can have their own corresponding worlds.
So the alliance members discussed this and divided it into levels.
The world of Level I is a world that has a high probability of appearing, such as the normal ancient world, the modern world, the parallel world, and other worlds with low magic or even no magic.
Level II worlds are possible worlds.
Its typical representatives are the world of Chinese mythology, the world of immortal cultivation and the world of magic. Although these worlds have a strong upper limit on power, they also have reasonable logic and rules, as well as a rigorous world power system.
Similarly, worlds like "Under One Person" and "The Lord of the Rings" also fall into this category.
Level III worlds are worlds that may not occur, but may occur after rationalization.
The representatives of this level are Marvel and DC, especially the comic versions of these two companies. The original alliance members unanimously believed that they would most likely not appear, but facts have proved that the movie version of the world that has been adapted, or rationalized and realized, is likely to appear in the universe.
Therefore, this level of world can be promoted to Level II with just a little bit of rationalization and realization.
Level IV worlds are worlds that are unlikely to appear.
Typical representatives of this level are some rather bizarre horror films, such as "Final Destination", as well as comics and anime works with confusing logic and broken combat power, such as the famous "Dragon Ball" and the current "One Punch Man"...
As for the V-level world, that is a world that is absolutely impossible to appear.
For example, "Tom and Jerry", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Doraemon", the death god elementary school student "Detective Conan" with a confusing timeline, and some nonsensical parts of Stephen Chow's movie world, etc.
There is no doubt that these worlds are heavyweights.
Without major adaptation and rationalization, it would be difficult for it to appear in the universe.
"One Punch Man" is considered to be a less severe world among the IV and V level worlds. It is only classified as a Level IV world due to the protagonist Saitama's excessively powerful strength and outrageous way of obtaining power.
In other words, the most difficult thing to realize in this world is not the world itself, but the protagonist Saitama!
Lin Zhongtian frowned and said, "So, you met Saitama?"
Li Yun nodded: "After I found out my identity in this world yesterday, I went to the place where Saitama lived in Z City. I met three different weirdos on the way. I killed two and left one behind. I lured Saitama out, and then..."
Speaking of this, Li Yun showed a complicated expression on his face.
"I knew Saitama wouldn't attack anyone casually, so I pretended to be a radioactive monster and fought him."
"What's the result?"
Lin Zhongtian asked with interest.
Li Yun sighed: "I lost... He just randomly punched me and hurt me. If it weren't for the all-round strengthening effect of the Gray Mist Coin, which allowed me to surpass all substances in the solar system in terms of physical strength and also gained a terrifying self-healing ability, I'm afraid it would be difficult to have a decent fight with this bald guy..."
Lin Zhongtian asked curiously: "How long have you been fighting?"
Li Yun thought about it and said uncertainly: "About ten minutes, I'm not sure. After all, he put too much pressure on me. I have to concentrate all my energy to deal with his attack."
"In my opinion, that short battle was more strenuous than fighting Lao Zhao for three days and three nights..."
"And I can feel that his fighting spirit has been aroused by me. However, because he is not sure whether I am a real weirdo, he has not used his special moves on me. At most, he has only used 'ordinary punches'!"
Lin Zhongtian asked with great interest: "How many ordinary punches did you take?"
Li Yun smiled bitterly and said, "If I didn't have the ability to heal myself, I could probably withstand about three punches based on my physical strength alone. Counting my ability to heal myself, that's a total of forty-eight punches, and then my life-saving [Space Barrier] would be activated."
"That guy's ordinary punches couldn't break through the space barrier that you, Boss, reinforced, and then he got serious."
"I was worried that the space barrier couldn't withstand his 'serious punch', so I used the Gray Mist Coins and ran away decisively..."
Lin Zhongtian laughed loudly upon hearing this, patted Li Yun on the shoulder and said, "Haha, Lao Li, you have come to this day too!"
Li Yun rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Boss, stop making sarcastic remarks. This guy's strength is really outrageous, and I feel like he's getting stronger while fighting me!"
"Really?" Lin Zhongtian said with interest, "It's quite interesting..."
"But judging from this, your body should be stronger than the final boss of the first season of the anime, the cosmic overlord Boros. After all, even he couldn't withstand Saitama's continuous ordinary punches, but you were able to withstand forty-eight punches and still be like nothing happened."
...Are you okay?
Li Yun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "That's because you didn't see how bruised and battered I was yesterday."
"Besides, I am only a little stronger than him physically. In terms of energy reserves, Boros is still better. After all, his Roaring Star Collapse Cannon is said to be able to destroy all matter on the surface of the earth. I am far from being able to do that."
Lin Zhongtian looked at him in surprise and said jokingly, "Why, after being beaten up, you become more humble?"
The corner of Li Yun's mouth twitched. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly turned his head to look at the screen on the tall building next to the park.
The news was being broadcast there, reporting on what happened in City Z yesterday. According to the aerial photos taken by a helicopter, half of the residential area was razed to the ground in the battle.
The streets were full of lava and charred stones, and there were countless cracked ground and collapsed tall buildings.
Fortunately, that residential area had been deserted for a long time due to rumors that it was a "gathering of weirdos".
In addition, Saitama and Li Yun both exercised restraint and did not spread the battle to other densely populated areas in City Z. This resulted in no one being injured in yesterday's battle, and of course, no one knew about it.
Lin Zhongtian couldn't help but laugh when he saw the news anchor solemnly warning citizens to stay away from the restricted area ahead.
"Now there is one more urban legend in Z City...Are you happy?"
“…”
Li Yun couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "But then again, since you called me here because you lost to Saitama, why did you meet me here?"
Hearing Lin Zhongtian's words, Li Yun's expression straightened.
"Because this is City D!"
"... City D?"
Lin Zhongtian was slightly stunned.
The next second, the ground began to tremble violently.
All pedestrians and vehicles on the streets were shaken to the ground, dust was flying all over the sky, and pedestrians were terrified.
Lin Zhongtian raised his eyebrows slightly, looked in the direction where the vibration came from, and then shifted his gaze to the screen of the high-rise building.
On the screen, a young news anchor took a piece of paper from the side and said in panic, "A disaster evacuation alert. A huge monster has appeared in City D. It is estimated to be about 240 meters tall. The disaster level is tentatively classified as a ghost."
"Currently, the 'Giant' monster is moving in the urban area of D City, and has destroyed one-fifth of the city. Citizens of D City and B City in the direction of the monster's advance are requested to evacuate immediately and go to the shelter in this city!"
"I repeat, please ask the citizens of City D and City B to go to the shelter immediately!"