Conflicts and friction between guilds are common occurrences.
Nianfeng City is one of the three major cities in the country, with more than a dozen large and small private guilds. Among them, Qingxuan Guild, Ronghua Guild, and Kuangye Guild are the top three. These three guilds do not have many members, but each member is an elite among superhumans and a powerful individual.
Private guilds need to obtain national guild certification to be registered and established. Once established, private guilds can accept various missions issued by the National Guild Headquarters and its branches, thereby earning money and gaining points to improve their guild's reputation level.
The missions issued by the National Guild are diverse and have different danger levels, and are not easy to accept. The higher the level, the greater the bounty, and the reputation points obtained can increase the guild's level. This leads many guilds to frequently engage in private conflicts over snatching missions.
The Kuangye Guild was created by Lu Chengxuan. It only has a few members, and it has risen to prominence later, subtly showing signs of suppressing the Qingxuan and Ronghua Guilds, causing dissatisfaction among some high-level managers of the two major guilds.
Since the nation officially revealed the existence of superhumans and eerie beings, the number of people with superhuman potential across the country has been increasing daily. Some children even possess extraordinary potential. The nation has been secretly preparing, waiting for the importance of superhumans to be diminished, thereby balancing the power of superhumans over the state.
Superhumans with potential detected from ordinary people, regardless of age, can enter special academy institutions built by the state for education.
As this matter gradually progressed, the status of private guilds gradually declined, and the benefits that national guilds provided to private guilds were also slowly being reduced.
"What does what you're saying have to do with them kidnapping my sister-in-law?"
In the hall of the National Guild, Lu Zhi frowned, utterly bewildered.
The spacious hall was bustling with a large number of people, most of whom were members of the National Guild, as well as ordinary people who had awakened their superhuman powers and came to the National Guild to register and test their levels. Only superhumans of B-rank and above could accept individual missions.
Of course, these individual missions generally involved going to Sacred Island or other places to collect or hunt Nightmare Beasts, or missions to find missing persons.
As soon as Lu Zhi and Shen Qi walked into the guild, the originally noisy and lively hall seemed to pause for an instant, and all eyes turned to the two of them.
Lu Zhi was inexplicable, "Huh? What's going on?"
Shen Qi raised his eyelids, and an invisible pressure like ocean waves swept through the guild hall, causing the surrounding gazes to immediately retract in fear.
"Oh, I was wondering which fearless person dared to throw their weight around here. So it's Captain Shen." A soft and charming voice suddenly sounded, and a woman wearing a suit that couldn't conceal her graceful figure came into view.
Lu Zhi's pupils widened slightly, and he subconsciously turned his head to ask, "Your old flame?"
Shen Qi raised his hand and flicked his forehead, retorting, "What do you think?"
Lu Zhi hissed, rubbing his forehead, and muttered, "She looked at you affectionately, isn't it normal for me to have such a guess?"
Shen Qi glanced at him and asked gently, "Are you jealous then?"
Lu Zhi scoffed, disdainful, "Not at all... hiss—"
Shen Qi retracted his flicking finger and said expressionlessly, "Hmm? What did you just say?"
Lu Zhi held up the fingernail of his little finger and said seriously, "A little bit jealous, just this much."
Shen Qi glanced at his little finger, and Lu Zhi felt his little finger was cold, so he quickly retracted it.
The woman, who had been observing their interaction for a long time, smiled and extended her hand, "Hello, my name is Su Man, and I am one of the guild administrators."
Lu Zhi shook her hand, "Hello, my name is Lu Zhi, and I am currently a first-year student at the Non-Natural Management Academy."