World Version Updates-Chapter 508 - 317: The City’s Structure and an Unexpected Delight

"It really is Mr. Lu!"

Quentin's face, which had been somewhat stiff from shock, was instantly replaced by excitement and ecstasy upon confirming Lu Yan's identity.

Without hesitation, he stepped forward quickly and knelt on one knee before Lu Yan, his genuine respect and humility forming a stark contrast to the arrogance and indifference he showed when facing those Reincarnators before.

Lu Yan, on the other hand, observed this old acquaintance, who had changed so dramatically, with great interest.

He clearly remembered that the last time he came to this cyberpunk version and first encountered Quentin, the latter was just an ordinary person barely getting by in the Cave, who had only undergone the most basic and rudimentary spiritual transformation. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Strictly speaking, Quentin at that time couldn't even be considered a true Spiritual Ability User, at best just a thug with slightly better physical qualities than the average person.

Although towards the end of that version, leveraging Lu Yan's immense influence and the revolution he sparked in the Lower City District, Quentin also acquired a not-so-low position in the newly re-established City No.14, marking his initial steps onto the stage of power.

But after only a few short years, the Quentin before him had not only become a prominent figure within City No.14's enforcement team, but his strength had also advanced rapidly, astonishingly reaching the level of a genuine Authority Angel Level Spiritual Ability User.

It's worth noting that even though Lu Yan himself had undergone training across several iterations over these years, with his strength experiencing significant transformations, in terms of the realm cultivation within the cultivation system, he had only advanced from the Qi Cultivation Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage.

In terms of the speed of advancement, it was almost comparable to Quentin's leapfrog progress.

Of course, the situation here couldn't be simply measured by realm alone.

The cultivation system emphasized a step-by-step approach, focusing on honing one's foundation and comprehending the great Dao, which led to relatively slow progress that required cultivators to continuously practice and accumulate over time.

Meanwhile, the system for Spiritual Ability Users in this world was more inclined towards tech modification. As long as one had sufficient resources and top-notch technical support, they could undergo advanced spiritual transformation surgeries to suddenly become a powerful Spiritual Ability User.

The gap between the two couldn't be fully encapsulated by merely comparing realm heights.

Nonetheless, Quentin's current strength and status were enough to demonstrate, in one aspect, the astonishing pace of development both Quentin personally and City No.14 had achieved during Lu Yan's few years away.

"It seems you've made quite the progress over these years, having reached the rank of Authority Angel," Lu Yan remarked with a hint of admiration in his tone, smiling as he spoke.

Quentin remained in his kneeling position, his expression even more humble, as he respectfully responded, "Mr. Lu, you're too kind. Quentin owes everything to your guidance."

Lu Yan raised an eyebrow, showing a hint of curiosity, "Oh? What's that got to do with me?"

He didn't recall giving Quentin any opportunities to directly reach Authority Angel status.

Quentin lifted his head, his eyes filled with reverence as he slowly said, "Mr. Lu, do you still remember Shaq?"

Lu Yan nodded.

Quentin continued to explain, "Mr. Lu, you should know that when City No.14 was first established, the spiritual transformation technology we mastered could at best reach the level of Upper-Rank Spiritual Ability Users.

The technology information for higher-level Extraordinary Psychic was merely incomplete fragments, making it impossible to carry out effective transformations."

"However, as the matter of the Heavenly Dao Code you left behind spread more widely over the years, its capability to effectively counter Intelligent God's surveillance was gradually confirmed.

This led many high-ranking authorities within Universal Giant Corporation, who were unwilling to be completely stripped of their power by Intelligent God, to start secretly contacting City No.14, seeking to establish covert diplomatic relations, and jointly resist Intelligent God."

"To show sincerity, they began gradually providing us with some higher-level spiritual transformation technology.

This included complete modifications technology for Extraordinary Psychic and a portion of technical data for Authority Angel level transformations."

"However, Authority Angel level transformation technology is nearly the most perfect spiritual transformation scheme deduced by Intelligent God, after accumulating countless computational resources.

Aside from the legendary and never-seen Seraph-level transformations, Authority Angel level transformation technology represents the world's top-notch single combat power enhancement technology.

Therefore, even those high-ranking authorities collaborating with us from Universal Giant Corporation are reluctant to easily hand over such core technology data in whole."

"The council took an unusual approach by secretly dispatching an elite group of spies to infiltrate the internal workings of Universal Giant Corporation, attempting to steal related spiritual transformation technology data."

"At the time, due to your sudden disappearance, Mr. Lu, Shaq faced marginalization and suppression from various forces within City No.14.

Under duress, he was forced to undertake a spying mission, infiltrating Universal Giant Corporation's headquarters for a covert operation."

"Just a little over half a year ago, during a fortuitous encounter inside Universal Giant Corporation, Shaq achieved a monumental feat.

What specific accomplishment that was, he's consistently reticent about, but the result was that he leaped to become one of the highest authorities in Universal Giant Corporation and successfully obtained the complete Authority Angel Level spiritual transformation technology."