All My Superpowers Come from the Law of Causality-Chapter 211 - 198: Unusual Fire (Part 2)

"This is definitely not normal."

"The Mingsha Country is just north of the Celestial Kingdom, and Zequ Island is almost on the border between the two countries. What do you think... could this obviously unusual fire disaster have anything to do with the Celestial Kingdom?"

"I actually think, could it be related to superpower users?"

"In a normal fire, even if the fire spreads very quickly, people would still have plenty of time to put it out, or at least enough time to escape. Even if all the boats were destroyed in advance, one could still try to swim away."

"But if it's a superpower user, no one knows what the principles of the superpower are, or how powerful the ability can be. If someone could instantly unleash a sea of flames covering the whole island, causing such massive damage would be logical."

People were discussing actively.

Su Xin was also drawn to these discussions.

He took out his phone to check the news reports, but because the incident happened just two hours ago, not much of the details had been revealed.

"A fire disaster killed more than ten thousand people... there are actually such crazy people out there..."

Su Xin mused silently.

This matter was undoubtedly man-made, but it would be very difficult to find out who did it.

But he didn't dwell on it too much. For such a major disaster, there would be specialized agencies to handle it, and it wasn't his concern.

Su Xin put down his phone and continued drinking.

Just then, the sound of angry scolding erupted from not far away.

Su Xin frowned and turned to look.

He saw a thin waiter nodding and bowing in apology to a guest, while the guest angrily berated him with an unfriendly face.

"...Aren't you watching where you're going?"

"This piece of clothing is more than eight thousand bucks and can't be washed. Now it's wet because of you, what do you think you should do?"

The waiter repeatedly apologized:

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

"What's the use of just saying sorry? I'm asking what you're going to do! My clothes are ruined because of you!"

"I'm sorry! I'll clean it for you!"

"Are you deaf or something? I told you this piece can't be washed!"

The waiter was on the verge of tears in distress.

At this moment, the tavern manager heard the commotion and walked over quickly. After a brief inquiry, he roughly understood the situation, reprimanded the waiter, and promised:

"Sir, please rest assured. If you present the invoice or receipt from when you purchased the clothes, we will compensate you at the original price. Additionally, we will waive today's tab. Does that work for you?"

The guest grumbled unhappily, but also understood that the tavern's compensation couldn't be requested wildly, so he made a call to his home to get a photo of the invoice sent over.

Seeing that the invoice price was indeed more than eight thousand six hundred, the tavern manager decisively transferred the original price amount to him, apologized again, and arranged for the guest to have a free order. After pacifying the guest, he headed to the back stage with the waiter.

"The fact that you spilled wine on the guest is your fault in the first place. Don't blame me for being harsh. I'm just the tavern manager, not the owner, and I'm not in a position to take on your mistakes on behalf of the owner. You must repay this money to the tavern."

"Eight thousand six hundred bucks, transfer it to me."

With his head lowered, the waiter mumbled:

"But I don't have that much money."

"Transfer as much as you have, and the remainder will be deducted from this month's salary."

"I... I only have a little over five thousand, that's the living expenses for my kids and me. If I take it out, we won't be able to survive. Manager Wang, can't all the money be deducted from my future salary? If this month's isn't enough, then next month..."

"Slap!"

Before he finished speaking, the manager slapped him on the face and said fiercely:

"Zhai Shiquan, are you getting carried away because I'm speaking to you nicely?"

"With a monthly salary of only three to four thousand, eight thousand plus would take two to three months to deduct. If you run away, are you expecting me to cover for you?"

"Don't negotiate with me. Immediately, right away, transfer five thousand to me, and the rest will be deducted from your future salary!"

The waiter named Zhai Shiquan gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, but soon gave in and loosened them.

Seeing him still hesitating, Manager Wang impatiently slapped him twice more, pinned him against the wall, threatening him until he transferred the five thousand.

After the manager left.

Zhai Shiquan sat on the ground in despair, his eyes looking ahead, but his gaze was unfocused.

Now all he had left was a few hundred dollars, nowhere near enough for him and his two kids to live on. Even more critical, next month's wages would likely be completely deducted as well.

Which means, the few hundred dollars left in his account are going to be the total living expenses for him and his two kids for the next two months. This amount of money barely covers rent, let alone surviving on food.

Thinking about this, Zhai Shiquan felt more and more desperate and conflicted.

He took out his phone and started searching.

At this moment, a wad of brand new hundred-yuan bills appeared in front of him.

Zhai Shiquan was stunned.

He then looked up, following the wad of money, along the arm holding the money, to see an ordinary-looking young man standing before him.

The young man said blandly:

"I happened to overhear your conversation. This money is given to you unconditionally, it should be enough to help you get through the difficult times temporarily."

"You..."

Zhai Shiquan froze in place.

But Su Xin simply placed the wad of money in his hand and turned to leave.

"Wait!"

Zhai Shiquan quickly stood up, saying:

"Sir, thank you very much! Please tell me your name, I will find a way to repay this kindness!"

Su Xin casually waved his hand and said:

"My name is Feng Qian."

Saying that, he walked straight out of the backstage area.

But suddenly, the system's notification sound in his mind caused him to halt momentarily.

"Ding! 152 Karma Points acquired!"

He almost thought he had heard wrong.

Prior to this, he had saved people's lives multiple times, but the karma points he received were typically around eighty or ninety, and a few individuals could let him acquire just over a hundred karma points.

Gaining over 150 karma points in one go has only happened twice to his memory.

And now, from this middle-aged man named Zhai Shiquan, he simply gave him ten thousand yuan and gained 152 karma points.

"Could it be that this money saved his life?"

"But that doesn't make sense, according to past experiences, even if this money prevented some cause of death, it shouldn't count as direct life-saving grace - under normal circumstances, this could give at most twenty or thirty karma points, it shouldn't be so many."

Su Xin continued walking forward, replaying his summarization of the karma point acquisition mechanism in his mind.

According to his analysis, there are only two possibilities for different karma points from the same favor.

First, the other party is remarkably kind and has helped others many times in the past, in other words - the other's own karma is positive and much more than others.

Second, the other party has some special trait.

"Unexpectedly, an unexpected surprise."

Su Xin smiled faintly.

He originally didn't pay too much attention to the matters of these two people, it was just that he happened to overhear their conversation while drinking, so he took out a wad of money he withdrew extra, initially intended for buying a phone, giving it to Zhai Shiquan to earn some karma points.

Unexpectedly, the gain was much greater than anticipated.

The 150 karma points were no big deal, as he really didn't care about that small gain per instance, but more importantly, he might be able to clarify more mechanisms on karma point acquisition through Zhai Shiquan.

The real Su Xin, under Stealth State, used Illusion Body as a coordinate to instantly teleport over, and after finding Zhai Shiquan in the tavern's backstage, he quietly pulled a few hairs from his head, sending them back to the secret base, sealing them in a plastic bag, leaving just one in hand, waiting for the Other-Transformation Superpower to trigger.

The Illusion Body, taking the form of Feng Qian, continued wandering around the tavern area.

With his current level of acuity in his five senses, even hundreds of meters apart, he could track the other party by sound, without having to deliberately get closer.