Witch Special

The development of the matter was not beyond Lin Zhenxi's expectations. Saitama never came back after going to City A.

A few days later, the Hero Association announced the death of Wildhammer, the formerly S-Class 17 hero, stating that he had died gloriously in battle against a powerful monster, sacrificing his life to protect humanity. Before the public could digest this shocking news, the Hero Association immediately released a second, even more devastating announcement: the identity of the new S-Class hero.

17th in S-class (ranking cancelled after the death of “Barbarian Hammer”), “Justice Superman” Saitama.

Next are some scenes of Saitama undergoing a physical test, which emphasizes Saitama's visually impactful and direct destructive power. After editing, the power of "one punch" is fully demonstrated.

Under one punch, all beings are equal. No matter the target, whether it's a sandbag, a water bag, a dynamometer, a reaction ball, or even a concrete pile used to test artillery penetration, the new S-Class hero will inevitably be destroyed by a single punch.

Super strength! Super speed! Super reflexes! Super resistance to blows! Super endurance! And most importantly, a super sense of justice. "Justice Superman," truly worthy of the name.

Hayashi Maki watched Saitama's promotional video with great gusto, especially the part where he recited the lines in a serious, dull and dry manner, and laughed so hard that his stomach hurt.

Saitama's usual appearance is really not photogenic, just like an ordinary person. Apart from his bald head that is as bright as a light bulb and reflects light, he has no special features at all. However, when Saitama enters combat mode, he can instantly switch his style and transform into a powerful bald man. This huge contrast between the two before and after also brought Saitama a lot of topics and the public's initial good impression of him.

As a result, the public's attention was completely drawn to Saitama, the new S-class hero, and almost no one cared about the death of "Wild Hammer". Compared to commemorating a hero who was already forgotten, it was obviously more interesting to argue about who was stronger, the "Superman of Justice" or the "Strongest Human on Earth".

After all, this is the most popular electronic cricket fighting segment. Unless Saitama really fights King, the so-called strongest man on earth, this debate will never be resolved. But no one cares about this. They just enjoy the fun of arguing with others.

No matter what era, no matter what time, or even no matter what world, some things always happen so naturally.

If the Wildhammer incident were singled out for discussion, it would have undoubtedly caused a major stir in public opinion. Since the establishment of the registered hero system, countless heroes from the upper, middle, and lower tiers (between A, B, C, and C) have perished in battle, but the top tier, the S-tier, has never suffered a single fatality. No matter how terrifying the monster, it seems no match for humanity's most powerful S-tier heroes.

In the minds of many, S-class heroes are undefeated gods of war, immortal, pillars of strength that can save the world, and humanity's last barrier against monsters. Now, Wildhammer's death has shattered the myth of the S-class's invincibility, bringing the nearly deified S-class back to the realm of humanity.

It turns out that S-class heroes can also die. Those unrealistic fantasies about S-class heroes will be shattered in the face of such cruel reality, leaving only the cruel reality that they have to face.

Tragedy alone often draws tears, but when it's immediately followed by a comedy with little connection to the former, the tragedy's impact is greatly diminished, often even forgotten. Reporting the bad news first, then the good news, diluting the sadness with positive news is one of the most common media manipulation tactics.

In fact, Hayashi Maki had already passed news of Wildhammer's death to the Hero Association through Bang long before the meteorite struck, but the Hero Association stubbornly kept it secret until now, only announcing it when Saitama became the new S-Class. Without this piece of good news to cheer them up, who knows how long the Hero Association officials could have kept the matter secret? Hayashi Maki would call this skill of deceiving the public a masterclass.

Anyway, Saitama will definitely not be able to return to City Z. It is rare to catch a wild S-class that doesn't look very smart. The Hero Association will definitely use all means to keep him in City A and not let him leave.

Although theoretically the Hero Association Headquarters has jurisdiction over all registered heroes in any city, the emperor is far away and the heroes actually obey the deployment of the local Hero Association. The forces that the Hero Association Headquarters can really mobilize at any time are actually the registered heroes stationed in City A.

Without Saitama, City Z also lost its appeal to Hayashi Maki. In fact, because Saitama's identity as a time traveler had been confirmed, Hayashi Maki could even skip the step of donating money to become a director of the Hero Association to gain influence.

So now her only goal is to find the world will of this world, and then let it open the door for her and Saitama, so that they can go home.

The Glazed Altar and the Heart of the Rising Sun are working day and night to find the will of the world.

Previously, the Magic Tower needed to draw magic power from the earth's veins, making it difficult to move. But now, with the laser fusion reactor provided by Child Emperor and a stable and continuous supply of magic essence, Lin Zhenxi's Magic Tower has become self-sufficient in energy supply. The importance of the earth's veins to the Magic Tower has suddenly changed from being indispensable to being the icing on the cake. It is nice to have, but not absolutely necessary.

With the rigid requirement for ley lines removed, the most important factor that bound the Magic Tower to its original location was no longer in place. Therefore, Lin Zhenxi's focus shifted to transforming the Magic Tower into a floating city, giving it the ability to rise into the sky and move freely.

After transforming the Magic Tower into a floating city, Lin Zhenxi actually had a more ambitious goal: to deconstruct the current Magic Tower into a future floating city, transforming it into a personal reality existing within his own mindscape. In simpler terms, he intended to transform the Magic Tower into something akin to a domain, imprint it with souls, and then remove them from this world.

Well, according to the third world that Lin Zhenxi traveled through, it was an inherent barrier.

The Innate Boundary is a magecraft that materializes one's mental landscape. Once activated, the surrounding space transforms into a completely different scene. The manifestation of the mental landscape, or Innate Boundary, involves replacing oneself with the world while maintaining the same state. At this point, the size of oneself and the world shifts, completely enclosing the world within a small container.

This small container is the World Egg, but that is also a theoretical name.

In that world, magic was a very special word, representing the taboo of touching the truth, which only a very few could master. Magic, on the other hand, referred to the common magic of other worlds. Among all the magic, inherent barriers were the closest to "magic," and were also included in the Magic Association's catalog of forbidden spells.

The "Inherent Boundary" has a very high ceiling. It is a subtype of "Imagination Manifestation," shaping the caster's inner world, which in turn erodes the outer world with this inner world. Because it is a spiritual world created by the caster, the Inherent Boundary even has different rules than the outside world. Fighting within the Inherent Boundary, the caster will have the best of both worlds, making them naturally invincible.

However, Lin Zhenxi didn't need that kind of advanced equipment. All she needed to do now was to deconstruct the magic tower in the most detailed way, using her own mystery to cover up the magic tower's mystery. As long as Lin Zhenxi moved the magic tower completely into her own mind field, she could summon this magic tower, which was even more mysterious than her own, at any time and place.

Fortunately, this magic tower was built brick by brick by Lin Zhenxi herself. Lin Zhenxi is familiar with every inch of its structure, which makes it possible for her to move the magic tower into her own mind field. Otherwise, with her current level of magic, it would be difficult to reproduce the inherent barrier, which is said to be the "magic" closest to "magic".

Moreover, moving the magic tower into the Heart Realm is only the first step in taking the magic tower out of this world.

After turning the magic tower into its own inherent barrier, it has the property of the inherent barrier eroding the world. This artificially created alien world will be eliminated by "nature", that is, the will of the world. Therefore, in order to maintain the continued existence of the inherent barrier, a large amount of magic power will be consumed. With Lin Zhenxi's current magic power reserves, I am afraid that even the simplest inherent barrier will not last for a few minutes.

Therefore, after moving the magic tower into the Mindscape Field, Lin Zhenxi still needed to carry out a second step, which was to move the magic tower out of the Mindscape Field intact. This involved a more profound magical theory, "Vision Manifestation." Simply put, it was to make the things firmly imagined in the mind become reality, creating "something" from "nothingness."

The Inherent Barrier is a subtype of Vision Manifestation, and there's a difference between the two. Lin Zhenxi needed to use the Inherent Barrier as a springboard to truly "manifest" Vision Manifestation. The first step was incredibly difficult, and the second was even more challenging. But Lin Zhenxi still wanted to give it a try; after all, the opportunity was rare, and if it was missed, it would be gone forever.

The deployment of the inherent barrier is a process of resistance against the world's will. If the world's will is not strong, the realization of the inherent barrier will be relatively easy. However, the world's will in this world has basically given up on it. The realization of the inherent barrier in this world will basically not be hindered by the world outside. This is a huge advantage that no other world has.

Lin Zhenxi decided to complete the construction of his own inherent barrier in this world first, and then after returning to the main world, he would go to the teachers to ask for advice on how to realize "dreams materialization".

By this calculation, she actually has a lot of work waiting to be completed.