Whether for banding together to face the subsequent Apocalypse Rules or for competing with other magnates on various fronts, having more elites on their team would undoubtedly give them an advantage.
It wasn’t just private magnates doing this; national governments were involved as well.
North Star Country was one of the quickest to act. They had been planning for this step back when the Public Security Bureau established its new department and began calling everyone to register their Psychic Power levels.
Many people with high Psychic Power posted online, saying that not long after registering, they received an official invitation to join a subsidiary department of the Apocalypse Rules Strategy Research Room.
The Apocalypse Rules Strategy Research Room, the same organization that had published the Apocalypse Rules White Paper, was a special department established by the government.
In this post-Apocalypse Rules era, one could tell from the name alone just how many resources this Strategy Research Room could mobilize. Even becoming a member of a mere subsidiary department would undoubtedly grant a person considerable power.
In addition to North Star Country, other moderately powerful nations had also established organizations similar to the Strategy Research Room, all vigorously recruiting High Spirit Users from around the globe.
As for compensation, it certainly wasn’t just money.
Someone online revealed that the compensation offered by these organizations, besides Gold, included many things that couldn’t be bought on the open market.
For example, scenic vacation homes in prime locations, access rights to special venues, and the right-to-know for certain classified information.
There was a lot of information about this online—some true, some false, and some just so outlandish it was impossible to tell.
However, someone pointed out that joining such an organization required signing a non-disclosure agreement. Things that couldn’t be discussed wouldn’t be posted online, so most of what was circulating could be assumed to be false.
All this hustle and bustle had nothing to do with Guan Tong.
He had spent the last few days entirely focused on studying his own "shadow."
Ever since discovering this new application of his power, he would go out whenever he was free, "connecting" to various shadows to feel the differences.
For instance, he had connected to the shadow of a tiny ant—such a minuscule little thing. He had also connected to the shadow of a massive stadium. The feeling of controlling the small versus the large was, of course, completely different.
The smaller shadows had the advantage of being agile and discreet, not easily noticed.
The larger ones were a different story. A shadow that big would draw the attention of passersby with the slightest movement. Anyone who wasn’t blind would notice something was off!
These experiments were so engrossing that Guan Tong lost all track of time. It was just too much fun. He couldn’t even sleep at night unless he had completely exhausted his Psychic Power.
This continued right up until the tenth day, the final day of the second Apocalypse Rule.
After 9 AM, the results would be finalized.
Guan Tong woke up at 7 AM, quickly wolfed down some breakfast, and was about to head out for more experiments when a casual glance at his personal terminal made him freeze.
[Name: Guan Tong]
[Nickname: Shadow]
[Title: Orderkeeper]
[Psychic Power: 97]
[Sublimation Coin: 0]
[Comprehensive Bio-Metric Evaluation: Average]
’My Psychic Power cap... increased by 1 point?’