94: Are superpowers divided into levels?

What kind of Ability User is this burly man referring to when he says Third-class ability user?

"What Third-class ability user? What are you talking about? I don't understand," Tian Ming frowned.

"Third-level and above can suppress other Ability Users. As a powerful Ability User, you wouldn't not even know this, right?"

Tian Ming frowned. It seemed the Super Soldier Project was more complex than he thought. What exactly was a Third-class ability user?

Tian Ming asked, "What's your name, and what level Ability User are you?"

The man's face looked bad as he said, "My name is Xu Da, a Five-level Ability User. My abilities are body strength, self-healing, and immunity to most toxins."

Tian Ming's gaze turned to the other three, asking, "What about you all? What are your names?"

The thin man said, "My name is Hong Wei, a Fourth-level Ability User. My ability is Zeroing."

Tian Ming looked at the man named Hong Wei with some curiosity, asking, "What do you mean by Zeroing? Come on, show me."

"You have a suppressive effect on our abilities, so I can't demonstrate," Hong Wei said.

Tian Ming smiled faintly. With a thought, the expressions on the four people's faces immediately relaxed a lot. The suppression on their abilities had vanished.

Tian Ming raised a hand, and the ropes binding him instantly dissipated. A hint of astonishment appeared on Hong Wei's face. Tian Ming had already displayed at least three abilities: phasing through walls, condensation, and decomposition.

"Come on, demonstrate. What do you mean by Zeroing?" Tian Ming asked.

Hong Wei nodded, lightly tapped a chair in front of him with his finger, and gently lifted it, causing the chair to float.

Hong Wei said, "I can apply a gravity-zero effect to objects weighing no more than one ton."

Tian Ming's lips curved upward as he said, "Is your ability used for moving things? I was wondering why so many things disappeared yesterday."

Next, Tian Ming's gaze shifted to the well-proportioned, flat-topped man.

"What about you? What's your name, and what's your superpower?" Tian Ming asked.

The flat-topped man quickly replied, "My name is Sun Wentao, a Fourth-level Ability User. My ability is heating. Besides living organisms, I can raise the temperature of any object to about a thousand degrees."

Tian Ming smiled. These superpowers were basically nothing to him; he could do all of them. This flat-topped man was probably responsible for clearing paths for these people.

The last woman, without waiting for Tian Ming to ask, spoke up: "My name is Pan Ting, a Fourth-level Ability User. I can liquefy solids to pass through walls."

Tian Ming could also do this ability, but Tian Ming's was more advanced, directly transforming into a quantum state.

Of these four, Xu Da was for security, Hong Wei for transport, Sun Wentao for clearing paths (he was the one who melted the snow outside), and Pan Ting for opening doors and phasing through walls for the team.

And indeed, this four-person team, although each person only had one ability, when working together, stealing things was a piece of cake.

The four looked at Tian Ming. They also understood that since he chose to capture them alive, he never intended to take their lives from the start.

Tian Ming turned and looked at Meng Dong, asking, "They should be successful subjects of the Super Soldier Project, right?"

Meng Dong smiled helplessly and said, "Boss, this, this I really don't know."

Tian Ming waved his hand, then turned his head and asked, "Why aren't you collecting supplies in the city? Why did you come here instead?"

Hong Wei said with a bitter smile, "Some of the mutated zombies in the city are too strong. We originally had more than four people, about a dozen, but they all died. We lacked weapons and supplies, which is why we thought of coming here."

"So, you're from an official Shelter, then?" Tian Ming asked again.

Hong Wei shook his head and said, "No, we're from a public institution. Before gaia ultraman was destroyed, we all had a centralized physical examination. It was after that time that we awakened our abilities."

Pan Ting took over, saying, "We also tried to find a large Shelter, but we couldn't find one. Just a while ago, we encountered some super soldiers in the city. They had an instrument and tested us. They found that we didn't meet the conditions to enter a Shelter, so they left. It was then that we learned our Ability Levels."

"Interesting!" Tian Ming stroked his chin, looking thoughtfully at the four people in front of him.

The four also looked at each other, and Sun Wentao bravely asked, "What about you? What level Ability User are you? I see you have more than one ability!"

Tian Ming smiled faintly: "I haven't been tested, but what you can do, I can do. What you can't do, I can also do."

At this, the four fell silent. The atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

"Why aren't you talking? Shouldn't you apologize for stealing things from my Shelter?"

Tian Ming's tone grew a bit heavier. If these four were assigned to the Materials Group, they would be able to collect supplies smoothly even if the city was sealed by heavy snow.

Although Sun Wentao could only heat materials to a thousand degrees, melting ice and snow to clear paths would absolutely be no problem. Tian Ming was inclined to take the four under his wing.

But Ability Users were Ability Users after all, not like ordinary people. He definitely wanted to take them in, but it was equally important to make these four obey.

After a brief silence, Xu Da spoke, "Stealing is wrong, but with the world like this now, we were just trying to survive. We stole, and now we're in your hands. Do with us as you please!"

Tian Ming stood up, clapped his hands, and applauded.

"Hmm, tough, but..."

Before he finished speaking, countless carbons in the air condensed around Xu Da. Before he could react, the rapidly forming carbon fibers directly bound him like a zongzi.

As his will moved, the "zongzi" directly floated in mid-air. The carbon fibers slowly tightened, and Xu Da's bones began to be squeezed, emitting faint cracking sounds. Xu Da's face turned beet red, as if he were entangled by a giant python.

"Let's see if your mouth is tougher, or your body!"

Tian Ming was making an example, so he naturally chose Xu Da, who had self-healing abilities. This guy's physical quality could withstand abuse; even if he accidentally went a bit too heavy-handed, he could heal himself.

"Boss, we did steal your things, but it's not a capital offense." Pan Ting saw Xu Da suffering and immediately knelt down, pleading.

The other two also knelt down. Under Tian Ming's suppression, they had no power to resist, and couldn't even escape.

Crack! With excessive squeezing, two of Xu Da's ribs fractured. His face twisted in pain, and he cried out loudly.

With that cry, his lungs were further compressed. At this point, even taking a breath became extremely difficult. Under the restraint of the carbon fibers, Xu Da's lungs simply couldn't expand.