1. #1The Commission:

   Keys: high command, Commission · Secondary: order, law reinforcement, management of Heroes to not become a God, doesn't want heroes to exist, management of the Hero Society, the law, fix Hero problems, superior of the Hero agencies

   Hero Affairs Commission:

   ALIASES:

   H.A.C.

   The Commission

   The Association

   LOGO:

   Unification of the letters H, A, and C, with the main shape of the emblem forming an A

   A shape logo+H shape in the middle+C rotated 90° clockwise at the bottom to form the vertical line of both the A and the H.

   CURRENT LEADER:

   Commission Head

   DEBUT:

   Year 1 AC

   PURPOSE:

   X City's primary governing body

   Prevent heroes from ascending to godhood:

   • Regulate and control the spread of Trust Value among the population
   • Since heroes gain immense power through Trust, the HAC focuses its efforts on monitoring their activities to ensure they do not abuse their power or become excessively strong
   • After the discovery of Fear Value as another power source, the HAC begins regulating public fear as well.

   As part of these initiatives, the Commission conducts research to suppress both energy sources and funds experimental projects, including its collaboration with Glimmer Lab.

   Oversees heroes, hero agencies, registration and rankings:

   • Established following the catastrophe caused by Zero, who obtained godlike power through his Trust and Fear Values
   • Created to prevent another being like Zero from emerging due to unchecked Trust approaching religious zeal and rampant Fear
   • To achieve this, the Commission actively monitors the Trust Value of the Top Ten Ranked Heroes
   • This's demonstrated when the current X, after holding the title for three terms, draws the Commission's concern that his Trust Value may have reached "majority trust", a state similar to Zero's godhood; consequently, ordering the CEOs of the top hero agencies to eliminate X and stop him from being crowned X for a fourth term.

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   COMMISSION SQUARE:

   LOCATION:

   Directly beneath Hero Tower, representing the foundation of the city's heroic structure.

   Outer edge of the central island in X City, at the end of Hero Avenue, lies Commission Square.

   DESCRIPTION:

   This area serves as the central hub for legal affairs related to the Hero Affairs Commission, such as hero brand infringement and registration disputes.

   LAYOUT:

   White building, horizontally long with a prominent tall building in the middle:

   • Has golden tinted metal roofs, edges/corners and horizontal lines on the walls.

   The halls are patrolled by H.A.C. enforcers, and the Commission's logo (in a gold metal)'s displayed prominently throughout the building.

   In front of the entrance stands a statue of Firm Man, symbolizing the strength and protection of heroes.

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   AGENTS/LAW ENFORCEMENT:

   ALIAS:

   H.A.C. enforcer

   Agent

   DESCRIPTION:

   The H.A.C. maintains a specialized team of armored enforcers responsible for detaining individuals and maintaining order.

   UNIFORMS:

   Blue uniforms with golden vertical stripes and golden shoulder plates+black glass helmets that cover the upper half of their faces.

   Each enforcer bears a metal H.A.C. emblem on their chest.

   The Commission also employs a team of field agents armed with handguns:

   These agents wear black suits with yellow ties and display an H.A.C. patch on the left side of their chest.

   Bowa's noted as the youngest female agent among them.

2. #2Hero Tower:

   Keys: Housing of TOP100 Heroes, Hero Tower · Secondary: What's that triangle building floating in the air?

   Hero Tower:

   LOCATION:

   Center of X City, above the island where Commission Square stands.

   DESCRIPTION:

   Inverted pyramid-like 348m tall construction:

   • With multiple big 4-point stars making a big circumference around the 60th floor, and a more smaller one (but no less big) around the 52th floor.

   White building with golden parts, where the only rooms you can see clearly are the top 10 because of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and tall and spacious space the windows's perimeter take.

   • Largest hero floor (top+128 meters wide)
   • Smallest hero floor (bottom+31 meters wide)

   Grand structure built to house the world's greatest heroes:

   • The top 100 ranked heroes are given the option to reside on their respective floors within the tower.
   • The floors are numbered from top to bottom, with the 100th-ranked hero at the base and X at the summit.
   • The top 10 heroes each have a private floor, while those ranked between 11 and 100 share a floor with two other heroes.

   LAYOUT:

   FROM TOP TO BOTTOM:

   • 10 hero floors for heroes (TOP 1-10 Heroes)
   • Hero training floor (BETWEEN 10 AND 11, THE NUMBER JUMPS A FLOOR)
   • 10 hero floors for 3 heroes each (TOP 11-40 Heroes)
   • Hero training floor (BETWEEN 40 AND 41, THE NUMBER JUMPS A FLOOR)
   • 20 hero floors for 3 heroes each (TOP 41-100 Heroes)

   ELEVATOR FLOOR:

   • Although the sense of scale is hard to see, Hero Tower is massive, and the bottom floors are large enough to be comfortable for 3 heroes.

   EXTRA INFO:

   Only the top 100 heroes are allowed to live in the tower.

   Heroes are allowed to live with family or friends in the tower:

   • Ah Sheng lived in the tower with his wife and son until his retirement as a hero
   • Nice lived with his fake “girlfriend” Moon.
3. #3Other Hero Housing:

   Keys: Secretly hired fake villians's Housing, Less than the TOP100 Heroes Housing · Secondary: Where does the heroes from 101 to 250 goes to?, Where does the others heroes that aren't on the TOP100 stay at?, Were do Villians stay?

   EXTRA EMPLOYEES'S ACCOMODATIONS:

   HEROES BELOW THE TOP 100 HEROES ACCOMODATIONS:

   The bottom 100 hero's get a 2LDK rooms:

   • 2LDK apartment has two separate rooms in addition to a combined Living, Dining, and Kitchen area.

   PEOPLE THAT PRETEND TO BE THE VILLIAN/NEMESIS OF A HERO (AND ARE PAID FOR IT) ACCOMODATIONS:

   All villains are unknown to the civilians because they wear full-clothed costumes:

   • 2LDK apartment has two separate rooms in addition to a combined Living, Dining, and Kitchen area.
4. #4Currency:

   Keys: bill, Money, coin · Secondary: debit card, borrow, borrow money, currency, credit card, pay up, Pay

   CURRENCY:

   DESCRIPTION:

   As the primary governing authority, the H.A.C. also manages the currency system within X City.

   6 MAIN DENOMINATIONS, EACH MARKED WITH THE H.A.C. LOGO:

   3 types of silver coins valued:

   • 10 (grey silver, almost metal-like)
   • 25 (greyish silver)
   • 50 (bright silver)

   3 types of gold coins valued:

   • 1 (brownish gold)
   • 5 (orangish gold)
   • 10 (bright gold)

   Paper bill worth:

   • 100 (white with light green details+H.A.C. logo on front face's middle+simplified image of the Commission Square on back face's middle+100 number upsidedown on the upper left+100 number on the under right).
5. #5Tournament:

   Keys: Heroes reunite each 2 years, Arena, Select a new "X", Heroes Tournament · Secondary: Where's selected the next "X" Hero?

   HEROES TOURNAMENT ARENA:

   DESCRIPTION:

   A biennial event hosted by the H.A.C. every even year after commission.

   It's created to regularly reshuffle the rankings and the trust values of the top 10 heroes to prevent any single hero from becoming too powerful, avoiding another Dawnfall Incident like that of year 1 PC.

   Every two years, the top heroes register and gather in an arena to fight one-on-one until a new X is crowned.

   So far, there have been 19 Heroes Tournaments held, with one cancelled, and the 21st just beginning.

   The tournament's widely covered and discussed around the world.

   LAID-OUT:

   Take place in a large circular stone arena with levitating platforms that lower the contenders to the main stage.

   The arena appears to be directly beneath "Hero Tower", constructed under the elevator entrance.

   It's possible that the elevator pool can be retracted or removed to expose the arena below.

   RULES:

   It's forbidden for any hero to attack or kill another competitor in the Heroes Tournament:

   • Such acts are punished by the Commission.
   • However, this rule applies only to physical attacks, leaving a loophole that allows indirect assaults affecting a competitor's emotions or morale; another loophole exists for the Top 10 heroes because, even though they are prohibited from fighting each other, if no witnesses are present and they remain silent, they can avoid punishment.

   Only heroes ranked within the Top 10 are eligible to participate in the tournament:

   • Therefore, any hero who drops out of the Top 10 loses the right to compete.

   Participants of the Heroes Tournament are allowed to carry their own customized weapon, although there are heroes who prefer to fight with their own hands

   "X" TITLE:

   "X", short for "Hero X", is an honorable title given to the No.1 Hero, usually the winner of the biennial Heroes Tournament:

   • The holder will generally have the most public support and Trust Value; thus making them the strongest hero at the time
   • The title's current holder is known simply as Hero X, which the public started calling him since his identity is unknown.
6. #6Hero Ranks:

   Keys: Ranking, Rank, Hero Ranking · Secondary: Heroes Reputation, Heroes's Trust Value decreases, TOP100, TOP10, Heroes's Trust Value raise

   HERO RANKING:

   DESCRIPTION:

   Every hero registered under the H.A.C. has their Trust Value continuously monitored and ranked.

   The higher a hero's Trust Value, the higher they appear on the ranking.

   Achieving a top position's a major goal for every hero, as it brings greater brand deals, more fans, and a higher floor in Hero Tower.

   YEAR 41 AC TOP 10 HEROES IN THE RANKING (LISTED BY THEIR HERO NAMES) ARE:

   TOP1:

   • X

   TOP2

   • Queen

   TOP3:

   • Dragon Boy

   TOP4:

   • Ghostblade

   TOP5:

   • The Johnnies

   TOP6:

   • Loli

   TOP7:

   • Lucky Cyan

   TOP8:

   • Ahu

   TOP9:

   • The Commoner

   TOP10:

   • Nice

   HEROES FROM THE 100-250:

   These are mostly forgotten or are he hero of some specific people:

   • Companies focuse on the TOP 10 Heroes and leave every other on the side
   • Some of them are jealous or resented by the lack of attention
   • Some others are alright with it, since the pay it's good and they get to live their civilian life and their hero life without much responsibilities.
7. #7Hero Agencies:

   Keys: biggest business, manipulate social media, manipulate billboards's ads, Hero Agencies, companies, contracted Heroes, hired Heroes · Secondary: Who creates the Hero's profile?

   HERO AGENCIES:

   DESCRIPTION:

   Constructs and manage the public image of their heroes to ensure both the hero's and the agency's success.

   When new heroes emerge, they're scouted by different agencies based on how each agency envisions shaping their image.

   There're more than a dozen hero agencies worldwide, each with its own philosophy on how heroes should operate.

   Many of these agencies are shown through Shang Chao's internship resume and several through a chart depicting agencies around X City.

   The H.A.C. serves as a balancing authority to keep Hero Agencies in check:

   • Although the agencies are not legally connected to the H.A.C., they often cooperate, such as during the elimination of Hero X.

   KNOWN HERO AGENCIES:

   DOS Hero United Group

   Mighty Glory

   FOMO

   TREEMAN Corporation

   Era Hero Management Group

   Future Hero Group

   Hero Path United Group

   872 Hero Group

   Spark

   ATOM

   TOP FOUR HERO AGENCIES (AND THE HEROES THEY HAVE:

   TOP1. DOS:

   • Queen
   • Lucky Cyan
   • The Johnnies

   TOP2. Mighty Glory:

   • Dragon Boy
   • E-Soul

   TOP3. FOMO:

   • Ahu
   • Loli

   TOP4. TREEMAN:

   • The Commoner
   • Blankster

   EXTRA INFO:

   Mighty Glory was once the top hero agency until Bowa and Queen rose up the hero rankings.

8. #8X City:

   Keys: Living in, Shanghai, principal Hero Agencies located in Shanghai, Working in · Secondary: Chengxi Zone, zones, Where was the first god Zero made?, Chengdong Bay Zone, Chengnan Zone, Chengbei Zone, Western Suburbs, Chengdong Zone, Jingcheng Special Zone, districts

   X City:

   DESCRIPTION:

   City governed by the H.A.C., which is separated into 71 districts.

   Hero tower stands directly in the center of the city, surrounded by water.

   DIVIDED INTO 8 MAIN ZONES, WHICH ARE THEN SUBDIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS:

   Center 11 Districts:

   • Zone directly in the center of X City
   • Contains districts 1st to 11th
   • Most modernized zone

   District 1:

   • Center of the city
   • Island in a lake in X City that houses Hero Tower as well as likely Commission Square
   • There are fields, and one main ring road around the island, as well as elevated highways that lead off the island
   • The entire district shares the H.A.C. signature white and gold color scheme
   • Exactly 3 km across, including the water, while the island is just under 2 km in diameter

   District 2:

   • Land surrounding the lake of District 1

   District 6:

   • Considered the social center of the city, and is a place of entertainment and luxury

   CHENGBEI ZONE:

   Zone located on the North of the City Center:

   • Contains districts 12th to 22th

   CHENGDONG ZONE:

   Zone located on the East of the City Center:

   • Contains districts 23th to 32th

   District 27:

   • Where Wolf Girl was saved by Firm Man

   District 29:

   • Where Firm Man was born and was working as a firefighter until the year 34 AC.

   CHENGDONG BAY ZONE:

   Zone located on the furthest East zone of the city:

   • Contains zones 33th to 40th

   District 38:

   • Where Yang Cheng was born and raised
   • Sometimes called "The Golden Coast"

   CHENGNAN ZONE:

   Zone located on the Southern end of the city:

   • Contains districts 41th to 51th

   District 42:

   • Ms Zhao asked Cyan to pick a spot on a map, and Cyan chose district 42; afterwards, Ms Zhao moves houses, and it is implied that she moved here

   CHENGXI ZONE:

   Zone located on West of the City Center:

   • Contains districts 52th to 59th
   • Wang Yi uses a map of this zone to track his daughter, Wang Nuonuo

   District 54:

   • Wang Nuonuo was stalked, and then defended by Loli in this district, in Bagel Alley
   • Uses a lot of neon signs, and has a downtown sort of feeling

   JINGCHENG SPECIAL ZONE:

   Zone located on the North-West end of the City Center:

   • Contains districts 60th to 65th
   • Focused on gambling

   WESTERN SUBURBS:

   Zone located on the Western end of the city:

   • Contains districts 66th to 71th

   District 70:

   • Where the orphanage run by The Dean is
   • In year 36 AC, the entire population was briefly turned into fear monsters due to their fear of Lucky Cyan
   • Very walkable part of the city, with thin roads, and large brick walkways
   • They use many pastel colors, and have an eastern European inspired style of architecture
9. #9Timeline:

   Keys: PC, AC, Calendar, Backstory, Date, History, Past, Year, story · Secondary: What happened during that Year?, In what year were we?

   TERMINOLOGY:

   PC ("PRE-COMMISSION"):

   Refers, in calendar, to years before the founding of the Hero Affairs Commission.

   AC ("AFTER COMMISSION"):

   Refers, in calendar, to years after the founding of the Hero Affairs Commission.

   CALENDAR (MAJOR PAST EVENTS):

   21 PC:

   E-Soul is born

   18 PC:

   Zero is born

   15 PC:

   Micky is born

   12 PC:

   Liu Zhen is born

   11 PC:

   Ah Sheng is born

   9 PC:

   Yan Mo is born

   Shang De is born

   5 PC:

   Trust as a concept is discovered, and harnessed into Trust Value

   3 PC:

   Zero becomes the first hero in history, becoming a god-like being through monopolizing the public's Trust, and begins to reshape the world to fit his sense of justice

   2 PC:

   Zero kills several heroes who didn't agree with him, causing the public's Trust to turn to Fear and corrupt him, resulting in him going on a rampage throughout the world and killing countless heroes

   1 PC:

   Zero is defeated by a group of remaining heroes, including E-Soul, in an event known as "Dawnfall"

   The Mighty Glory hero agency is founded by Shang Shi after the Dawnfall.

   1 AC:

   The Inauguration Year:

   • The Hero Affairs Commission is founded to regulate heroes and prevent anyone from ever ascending to godhood again
   • Ghostblade is born on August 28th

   2 AC:

   Hero Tower is built

   The 1st Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • E-Soul becomes the first ever holder of the "X" title

   4 AC:

   The 2nd Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • E-Soul falls to rank No.3

   6 AC:

   The 3rd Heroes Tournament takes place.

   • E-Soul falls to rank No.6

   8 AC:

   The 4th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • The first female hero becomes X
   • E-Soul falls rank No. 8

   DOS is founded by Mickey.

   10 AC:

   The 5th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • E-Soul wins for his second time, after joining Mighty Glory this year

   Technology stagnates briefly due to an energy shortage, causing mass unemployment:

   • Effort began to shift towards the development of heroes instead

   12 AC:

   The 6th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • New unnamed hero from DOS beats E-Soul and becomes X

   13 AC:

   Little Johnny is born on August 8th

   Firm Man is born

   14 AC:

   The 7th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • Ah Sheng becomes X
   • E-Soul drops to rank No.10:

   Liu Yuwei is born on October 18th

   Yang Cheng is born on November 11th

   16 AC:

   The 8th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • Mighty Glory uses Ah Sheng as a tool to bring down Phobiaclone's Trust Value, allowing Vortex to become X
   • E-Soul Drops to rank No.15

   Nice is born on July 11th

   Glimmer Lab is founded and it's registered with the H.A.C.

   18 AC:

   Dragon Boy is born on February 14th

   Glimmer Lab detects an alien spaceship and, believing it to be hostile, shoots it down:

   • After no alien threat emerges, Glimmer Lab becomes a laughing stock
   • To restore its image, Glimmer Lab makes many secret technologies public, including portable holographic screens, massively boosting human advancement
   • Ah Sheng investigates the spaceship and secretly captures an alien, resulting in his son, Little Johnny, adopting it as his "son", Big Johnny
   • Public anxiety over the spaceship crash causes the Hero Affairs Commission to become aware of the existence of Fear, prompting them to secretly task Glimmer Lab with researching it

   Spaceship Wreckage:

   • Ah Sheng's wife, Ah Qiu, dies despite his efforts to save her, prompting him to retire as a hero and move to the countryside with Little Johnny and Big Johnny

   The 9th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • Phobiaclone becomes X

   19 AC:

   The social media platform FOMO is launched:

   • Yan Mo joins FOMO to search for candidates to become the new Zero
   • Ghostblade becomes one of its first top stars

   20 AC:

   The 10th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • Vortex defeats Phobiaclone and regains the "X" title

   Yang Cheng is saved by E-Soul after his parents are killed in a homicide, with the hero subduing the culprit

   Cyan is born on March 24th

   Lin Ling is born on May 22nd

   Ghostblade is recruited by Shang De to join Mighty Glory, becoming a hero and also working as an assassin.

   In one of his missions, Ghostblade meets Zhang Lan and saves her from being taken hostage by his target:

   • After this, they start dating
   • 176 days after their meeting, Ghostblade and Zhang Lang get married.
   • On August 22nd, Zhang Lang and Ghostblade learn she's pregnant.

   21 AC:

   Wang Nuonuo is born

   22 AC:

   Ghostblade kills Ah Sheng:

   • Upon discovering Ah Sheng's corpse, Big Johnny goes berserk and attacks a nearby village, named "Village Attack" on the news.
   • Vortex fights Big Johnny but is defeated.
   • Little Johnny calms Big Johnny down, skyrocketing his Trust Value.
   • The Johnnies get scouted by FOMO.

   The 11th Heroes Tournament takes place.

   • Phobiaclone regains the "X" title

   23 AC:

   Mighty Glory and DOS both attempt to have their top hero, Vortex and Phobiaclone, take out the other, resulting in both of their deaths:

   • A plane gets caught in the battle and crashes, killing 257 people
   • One child passenger, Cyan, receives the dying Trust Value of the victims, granting her supernatural luck and allowing her to survive the crash unharmed.
   • Focus News journalist Liu Zhen finds Cyan at the crash site and smuggles her to safety.
   • Liu Zhen quits after his editor refuses to publish his article criticizing the heroes' inaction during the plane crash.
   • Shang De salvages Phobiaclone's corpse.
   • Despite blaming the incident squarely on Vortex and Phobiaclone, Mighty Glory and DOS go into decline as people shift their faith to FOMO and other agencies

   After the "Planecrash" accident:

   • Liu Zhen leaves Cyan at an orphanage run by a friend
   • While living at the orphanage, Cyan gradually starts getting exploited for her supernatural luck
   • Disillusioned with Hero Affairs Commission's control over society, Liu Zhen forms the Spotlight Organization
   • Liu Zhen allies with DOS's CEO, Micky, to secure funding for the Spotlight Organization.
   • Liu Zhen coerces several Glimmer Lab scientists to join the Spotlight Organization, starting the group's experiments into Fear

   Luo Li is born on December 1st

   Zhang Lan separates from Ghostblade after he couldn't bring himself to quit being a hero and start a family with her:

   • Zhang Lan also takes custody of their daughter, Wang Nuonuo, lying to her that her father is deceased.

   24 AC:

   The 12th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • DJ Shindig becomes X, setting a record for obtaining the title the fastest after his debut.
   • Due to disappointment with this new generation of heroes, part of E-Soul's reputation is restored, and he rises back up to No.12
   • The Johnnies rise to rank No. 19
   • Ghostblade's rank drops to No. 20

   25 AC:

   Xin Ya is born

   26 AC:

   The 13th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • Ms Blazing Fire and Mr Matchstick become X

   A 12-year-old Liu Yuwei enters HAC University after acing the entrance exam in just 30 minutes

   28 AC:

   The 14th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • Mr Matchstick and Ms Blazing Fire break up after the former has an affair, causing them both to lose the X title

   Liu Yuwei graduates from HAC University as valedictorian at fourteen years old, having attended for only two years, and announces her intentions of attaining the "X" title:

   • Liu Yuwei's speech garners support for female heroes, prompting the public to name her "Queen"

   Queen's Speech:

   • The Dean starts a cult centered around Cyan's supernatural luck
   • Cyan meets a new boy in the orphanage, Luo, who has supernaturally bad luck.

   Ahu is born on May 4th

   30 AC:

   The 15th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • Smile becomes X

   Magic Shadow enters the public eye

   32 AC:

   The 16th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • Bowa attains the "X" title, becoming the second woman to hold it in history

   Queen enters the top ten heroes at the age of eighteen, setting a record as the youngest person to do so

   Ghostblade reaches rank 10

   Xin Ya watches Ahu at a circus

   33 AC:

   Yang Cheng's governmental financial support ceases upon university admission:

   • To pay for his tuition, he gets a job as an E-Soul actor at a children's theatre under Yan Mo

   34 AC:

   The 17th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • Bowa defends her position as the "X" title holder
   • Queen becomes the third-ranked hero

   Cyan escapes from the orphanage with Luo's help, though the latter gets left behind:

   • With her Trust Value and luck gone due to her rejecting her identity as a cult figure, Cyan becomes a street performer to make a living

   Dragon Boy becomes a hero under Mighty Glory

   Shang De leaves Mighty Glory and founds TREEMAN:

   • A firefighter saves a child in a burning building and becomes the hero Firm Man
   • Nice becomes a hero under TREEMAN

   Yan Mo moves his shares from FOMO to Mighty Glory and assumes control of the agency

   35 AC:

   Cyan gets scouted by DOS, signing up with them in return for their help in rescuing Luo:

   • Cyan becomes a famous singer and hero under the name "Lucky Cyan"
   • Spiteful over losing custody of Cyan, The Dean lies that Luo is dead while actually keeping the boy imprisoned at the orphanage

   36 AC:

   Firm Man accidentally defeats Magic Shadow:

   • Firm Man becomes the 10th ranked hero
   • The statue of Firm Man is unveiled

   The 18th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • An unidentified hero attains the "X" title after defeating both Bowa and later Queen, with the public naming him "Hero X"
   • Some time after the tournament, Bowa falls out of the top 10 in the hero rankings
   • Ghostblade rises to rank No.5

   Yang Cheng is hired by his classmate, Xia Qing, to be a friend for her younger brother, Pomelo:

   • Yang Cheng loses an E-Soul actor competition, held for E-Soul's 34th anniversary
   • Yang Cheng saves Pomelo during an attempted kidnapping by Da Hu and Er Hu, who were hired by Yan Mo, while dressed in his E-Soul actor uniform, resulting in him awakening the real hero's powers when footage of it goes viral and his Trust Value drastically increases; in truth, this was Yan Mo's plan all along
   • Shang Chao convinces Yang Cheng to adopt the E-Soul name and become a hero, with him as his manager.
   • E-Soul's hero agency attempts to slander Yang Cheng by accusing him of orchestrating Pomelo's kidnapping, but is forced to drop all charges when Enlighter proves his innocence.

   Yan Mo bails Da Hu and Er Hu out of prison and orders the former to assassinate Yang Cheng by taking the latter hostage, only for him to accidentally kill Shang Chao instead; in truth, this was Yan Mo's plan all along:

   • Yan Mo kills Da Hu and Er Hu to hide evidence of his involvement.
   • Shang Chao's father, Shang De, deduces that Yan Mo was involved in his son's murder and vows revenge

   Following Shang Chao's death, a vengeful Yang Cheng mistakenly concludes that the murder was another attempt by E-Soul's hero agency to sabotage him, prompting him to challenge the hero to a duel:

   • E-Soul is convinced by his hero agency to accept.
   • Yang Cheng and E-Soul duel, resulting in the former killing the latter.
   • Yang Cheng officially takes the "E-Soul" name and becomes the ninth-ranked hero

   Lucky Cyan begins performing large-scale concerts:

   • Lucky Cyan's past as the sole survivor of the 23 AC Planecrash gets exposed, causing a scandal when people start believing that her luck comes at others' expense.

   37 AC:

   Public anxiety about Lucky Cyan causes several incidents at her old orphanage, culminating in the inhabitants getting overtaken by Fear:

   • To clear her name, Cyan returns to the orphanage and recovers the plane's flight recorder, rescuing Luo and defeating the Fear-consumed inhabitants in the process.

   In the aftermath of the incident at the orphanage:

   • The contents of the plane's black box are made public, and Lucky Cyan's name is cleared.
   • Lucky Cyan becomes the seventh-ranked hero at seventeen years old, breaking Queen's record as the youngest to enter the top ten
   • The orphanage resumes operations once the Fear is cleared away
   • No longer able to conceal the existence of Fear, the Hero Affairs Commission unveils it to the public.
   • Shang De begins researching Fear, using it to produce villains for the TREEMAN Corporation's heroes to fight.
   • The Spotlight Organization begins turning civilians into villains by distributing devices that harness Fear.

   38 AC:

   The night before the 19th Heroes Tournament, Queen is attacked by Bowa, who has been overtaken by Fear:

   • Queen defeats Bowa but is seriously injured and unable to compete in the tournament
   • Queen's rank drops to ninth place

   The 19th Heroes Tournament takes place:

   • Hero X wins, defending his position as the "X" title holder.
   • E-Soul's rank rises to third place

   Nice saves Xiao Yueqing, and they start dating with the blessings of their fans; in truth, their relationship is a fabrication

   Glimmer Lab begins the Research Project Zero

   Lin Ling begins an internship at an advertising company

   FOMO terminates their contract with DJ Shindig, whose popularity has gradually declined since gaining the "X" title in 24 AC

   • DJ Shindig joins the Spotlight Organization

   39 AC:

   Luo Li builds a robotic suit to become a hero, naming herself "Loli":

   • Loli defends Glimmer Lab employee Wang Nuonuo from a supposed stalker
   • Loli accepts an internship at Glimmer Lab under her father, Luo Tong
   • Loli and Wang Nuonuo work together to improve the former's suit utilizing metal from the lab that, unbeknownst to them, originates from the spaceship that got shot down in 18 AC

   Under The Spotlight Organization's orders, DJ Shindig raids Glimmer Lab, but gets into a fight with Loli that results in him getting corrupted by Fear:

   • A response force led by Ghostblade contains the released Fear, but DJ Shindig escapes
   • Luo Tong discovers that alien metal is resistant to Trust and Fear

   Glimmer Lab Raid:

   • Glimmer Lab receives permission from the Hero Affairs Commission to excavate the spaceship wreckage; the party members include Luo Tong, Loli, Wang Nuonuo, Ghostblade, Little Johnny, and Big Johnny
   • The Spotlight Organization sends a Fear-consumed DJ Shindig to intercept the team en route, resulting in him being killed by Ghostblade; Ghostblade absorbs some residual Fear particles.

   The Glimmer Lab research team reaches the spaceship wreckage:

   • Ghostblade and The Johnnies are attacked by E-Soul, who was ordered by Yan Mo to kill both heroes and retrieve Big Johnny
   • Fearing that the discovery of a Trust Value and Fear-suppressing material could render heroes obsolete, Shang De orders Nice and a group of Phobiaclone clones to kill the resreach team, causing the hero to come to blows with Loli while the clones knock Wang Nuonuo into a coma and kill remaining research team members
   • E-Soul defeats Ghostblade and Little Johnny, causing Big Johnny to transform into his berserk form and go on a rampage, destroying the spaceship wreckage in the process

   Ruins Incident:

   • Micky sends Queen to the spaceship crash site under the guise of a vacation
   • Queen invites Lucky Cyan to come along
   • During their supposed vacation, Queen and Cyan witness Big Johnny's rampage at the spaceship, causing them to discover the battle happening there
   • Arriving on the scene, Queen single-handedly subdues the remaining combatants while Cyan saves Little Johnny and Ghostblade from the wreckage

   Aftermath of the "Ruins Incident":

   • Loli signs up with FOMO and quickly becomes the sixth-ranked hero, breaking Lucky Cyan's record as the youngest person to break into the top ten
   • Ghostblade's hero rank rises to fourth place, but he ends his contract with Mighty Glory
   • The comatose Wang Nuonuo is hospitalized.
   • Big Johnny's identity as an alien gets exposed, causing Little Johnny to become the fifth-ranked hero, and they both transfer to DOS to train with Queen and Lucky Cyan
   • The TREEMAN Corporation covers up Nice's involvement while having him take credit for Loli's heroics, causing him to become the fifteenth-ranked hero
   • Queen becomes the second-ranked hero.
   • Lucky Cyan retains her position as the seventh-ranked hero.
   • E-Soul loses popularity, causing him to fall to ninth place in the hero rankings.

   40 AC:

   Due to the "Ruins Incident", the Hero Affairs Commission cancels the 20th Heroes Tournament:

   • Hero X retains the "X" title by default, becoming the first person to hold the position for three terms
   • To restore public faith in the hero system, the Commission decides to hold the 21st Heroes Tournament next year, in Year 41 AC, rather than waiting the usual two years
   • Fearing that Hero X's Trust Value is getting too high, the Commission puts out an execution order on him

   To get Dragon Boy into the top ten heroes, Yan Mo orders him to take out Smile:

   • Deducing Yan Mo's intent, Shang De orders Nice to hide out during the battle and inject the victor with a vial of Fear, allowing him to get into the top ten himself by defeating the corrupted hero
   • Dragon Boy confronts Smile and goads the latter into attacking him.
   • Unwilling to attack Smile (Nice's idol), Nice intervenes in the battle and injects Dragon Boy with Fear, only for the latter to regurgitate it back onto Smile, transforming him into a monster that attacks both heroes
   • As onlookers take notice of the fight, they put their faith in Dragon Boy, allowing him to unlock a more powerful form and kill Smile
   • Enraged by Smile's death, Nice fights Dragon Boy until Hero X intervenes and ends the battle by instantly defeating the latter

   41 AC:

   Ahu is returned to the vet after he lashes out from mistreatment and bites a child:

   • One of Ahu's fans, Xin Ya, adopts the dog
   • Xin Ya unsuccessfully tries to make Ahu a Hero to fight off the TREEMAN Corporation, which is trying to seize her community's land
   • Ahu drives off TREEMAN's thugs after they anger him, causing Xin Ya's community to start opening up to the dog
   • TREEMAN makes Nice use his popularity to con Xin Ya's community into handing him the land's deed
   • Ahu and Xin Ya infiltrate TREEMAN's hideout and steal back the deed, but get caught by their henchmen whilst escaping; though most are defeated by Hero X when he passes by the scene
   • Inspired by Xin Ya and Hero X, Ahu defeats the last remaining henchman himself while Nice has a nervous breakdown and flees after some Fear Particles spill onto him

   In the aftermath of the TREEMAN Corporation's failed land grab:

   • Ahu takes credit for Hero X defeating the "Black-Clad Organization" and becomes the eighth-ranked hero under FOMO; his skyrocketed Trust Value also grants him human speech
   • Xin Ya recovers in the hospital from injuries she sustained during the escape
   • Nice seeks out Shang De for Fear treatment, only for the CEO to reprimand him for his recent failures

   Cheng Yaojin fires Lin Ling from his advertising job for the TREEMAN Corporation:

   • Jobless and homeless, Lin Ling contemplates jumping off a building when Nice walks by and seemingly commits suicide himself
   • Arriving on the scene and learning what happened, Nice's manager, Miss J, abducts Lin Ling to prevent news from spreading before forcing him to assume the hero's identity upon noticing their resemblance
   • Lin Ling successfully impersonates Nice in front of the latter's fans, causing him to inherit the hero's Trust Value and powers
   • So no one wonders about Lin Ling's whereabouts, Miss J produces a news article claiming the former was the one who committed suicide rather than Nice

   While attending a talk show hosted by Enlighter, the former attempts to slander "Nice" by framing him for "Lin Ling"'s supposed suicide:

   • Enlighter brings out Cheng Yaojin, who became a villain, in hopes he will blame "Nice" for "Lin Ling"'s supposed death, only for him to go on a rampage demanding the TREEMAN Corporation pay him for his services
   • Cheng Yaojin is arrested after Lin Ling defeats him while Enlighter's show gets shut down, plummeting the latter's Trust Value
   • Afterward, Enlighter deduces that Lin Ling is impersonating Nice and subsequently becomes the villain "God Eye" upon being gifted the Power of Fear by the The Spotlight Organization.

   Lin Ling and Xiao Yueqing agree to hold a fake wedding to fake Moon's death publicly:

   • They plan a fake battle with Nice's best friend and supposed nemesis, Wreck, but are forced to fight him for real when the latter goes on a rampage upon learning of Nice's death
   • Lin Ling defeats Wreck, who falls to his death, while Xiao Yueqing successfully fakes her death, after which she uses her powers to teleport herself to a deserted island, leaving the teleportation device behind because she doesn't have Trust Value anymore.
10. #10TREEMAN CORPORATION:

    Keys: TREEMAN Corporation, Shang De'S Company · Secondary: "W" shaped logo with a tree space under, Hero Agencies

    TREEMAN CORPORATION:

    LOGO:

    Circular-limited "W" shape with a tree shaped space in the under space of the "W".

    CEO:

    Shang De

    TOP HEROES:

    The Commoner

    DEBUT:

    Year 34 AC

    Created by the son of Mighty Glory upper management:

    • They're familiar with marketing and social trends like the back of their hands
    • They excel at creating an image with all sorts of marketing tactics for their heroes.

    OFFICIAL AGENCY DESCRIPTION:

    The "TREEMAN Corporation" (or just "TREEMAN") is a conglomerate that acts as a hero agency, real estate corporation, and media company.

    In secret, they create Fear-empowered villains for their heroes to fight and to strong-arm civilians into surrendering their property to their real estate division.

    MEMBERS:

    Heroes:

    • Lin Ling (The Commoner)

    Staff:

    • Miss J
    • Jam

    Former:

    • Nice (Deceased, for now)
    • Wreck (Former villain+Deceased)
    • Moon (Deceased)
    • Firm Man (Retired)
    • Blankster (Defeated)
    • Phobiaclone (Deceased)

    HISTORY:

    34 AC:

    • The TREEMAN Corporation was founded by Shang De, with Firm Man as one of its first heroes after his trust value skyrocketed following an incident
    • Nice and Wreck form a contract with TREEMAN in 34 AC, the latter presented to the public as the former's nemesis to boost his trust value

    36 AC:

    • Firm Man becomes the No.10 Hero after accidentally killing Old E-Soul's nemesis, Magic Shadow
    • Shang De begins investigating his son's death and uncovers Yan Mo's involvement
    • With no incriminating evidence, Shang De becomes obsessed with taking revenge on Yan Mo by bringing down Mighty Glory
    • Shang De starts experimenting with Fear, developing Fear Syringes and using them to create villains for TREEMAN's heroes to fight, rapidly increasing their Trust Value
    • Shang De uses fear to experiment with Phobiaclone's corpse which he had salvaged years ago in the Planecrash.

    38 AC:

    • Moon and Nice begin dating with their fans' approval, further boosting each other's trust value

    39 AC:

    • Shang De sends Nice and the resurrected Phobiaclone to sabotage Glimmer Lab's research team, halting its study on Trust and Fear values
    • TREEMAN covers up Nice's involvement after Queen intervenes to resolve the situation and has him take credit for defeating Phobiaclone
    • Nice becomes the No.15 Hero.

    41 AC:

    • TREEMAN begins intimidating Xin Ya's elderly community to force them into selling their land to the agency
    • Nice exploits the community's faith in heroes to trick them into handing over their home deeds
    • Hero X defeats most of Phobiaclone's clones, and Xin Ya and Ahu manage to recover the deeds
    • Ahu defeats the last clone and becomes the No.8 Hero (Hero X let Ahí have the credit)
    • Soon after, Nice commits suicide with Lin Ling as his only witness
    • Lin Ling's forced to impersonate Nice and continue his legacy
    • Lin Ling and Moon agree to a fake wedding; in reality, Moon plans to fake her death to terminate her contract and further increase Lin Ling's trust value
    • Wreck crashes the wedding, learns of Nice's death, loses control, and attempts to kill Lin Ling
    • Lin Ling defeats Wreck and publicly plays the part of a grieving groom (he wasn't actually acting, he genuinely didn't wanted to be separated from her, but in the end, he let her be free)
    • Later, following a terrorist incident involving Firm Man and Wolf Girl, Lin Ling replaces Firm Man as the No.10 Hero
    • Enlighter becomes God Eye after affiliating with the Spotlight Organization to expose Nice. Using his newfound power, he creates a public broadcast where he appears to hold Moon hostage, though she's only a decoy
    • Shang De sends Blankster first, but God Eye exposes his crimes (using metal in the fist while boxing and other bad deeds more) and defeats him
    • Lin Ling abandons his "Nice" persona, losing all his trust value, and faces God Eye
    • As the public begins to believe in him again, Lin Ling regains his trust value, defeats God Eye, and becomes his own hero known as "The Commoner" while retaining his rank
    • Moon's killed by New E-Soul as Lin Ling visits her during her vacation.

    RELATED COMPANIES:

    Mighty Glory

    DOS

    FOMO

    EXTRA INFO:

    Alongside DOS, TREEMAN is actively dabbling in Fear Value research and it's using it to create villains for their heroes to fight and defeat in staged battles to gain public support:

    • Albeit, unlike DOS, who created The Spotlight Organization to research fear, TREEMAN’s fear research is seemingly spearheaded and performed solely by its CEO without any help.
11. #11FOMO:

    Keys: FOMO, Zac's Company, Hero Agencies · Secondary: Biggest App on the world to create heroes, "F" shape logo

    FOMO:

    LOGO:

    "F" shape logo:

    • Inverted L shape layer with the upper (inner) part purple and the under (outer) thick part pink
    • Cyan rectangle behind the pink part, completing the "F" letter.

    CEO:

    Zac

    TOP HEROES:

    Loli and Ahu

    DEBUT:

    Year 19 AC

    The name comes from "Fear of missing out"

    The founder wishes that all commoners could have a voice too, so they invented an algorithm and created the FOMO social media platform:

    • Anyone can upload content here to gain Trust Values
    • Even a commoner can become famous through this platform

    DESCRIPTION:

    FOMO is a social media platform and hero agency

    Having revolutionized the hero industry through their algorithm, utilizing their app is generally seen as a "Cheat Code" to quickly gather Trust Value:

    • However, they are also criticized for not properly self-regulating the heroes they produce

    MEMBERS:

    Heroes:

    • Loli
    • Ahu
    • Crash
    • Ruby Master and Sapphire Master
    • Dreamy Granny

    STAFF:

    • Liu Ge
    • Hero X (unknown fact)

    Former:

    • Yan Mo (Created his own company)
    • DJ Shindig (Deceased)
    • Ms Blazing Fire and Mr Matchstick (Team of girlfriend and boyfriend got disbanded, losing the X position and their hero dreams+Mr Matchstick cheated on Ms Blazing)
    • Little Johnny and Big Johnny (went to DOS)

    RELATED COMPANIES:

    Mighty Glory:

    • In the year 24 AC, with DJ Shindig winning the 12th Heroes Tournament, FOMO became the top hero agency for a short time, knocking Mighty Glory out of the top, but this balanced out over time, and the agencies returned to good terms
    • In the year 34 AC, FOMO employee Yan Mo left and took over Mighty Glory
    • Zac and Yan Mo have a history of disagreeing about hero management, but there is no formal competition between the agencies.

    DOS:

    • In the year 24 AC, with DJ Shindig winning the 12th Heroes Tournament, FOMO became the top hero agency for a short time, knocking DOS out of the top, but this balanced out over time, and the agencies returned to good terms.

    TREEMAN:

    • As a rather new agency, TREEMAN doesn't have much of a relationship with FOMO

    EXTRA INFO:

    • All three of the known "Hero Duos" originate from FOMO, those being: Mr Matchstick and Ms Blazing Fire, The Ruby-Sapphire Masters, and The Johnnies
    • Ghostblade used FOMO to become a hero, but never signed with them.
12. #12DOS:

    Keys: DOS, DOS Hero United Group, Micky's Company, Hero Agencies · Secondary: Enlonged "S"-like form with a "D" on the middle logo, Golden and purple logo, Secretly "The Spotlight Organization"'s Ally

    DOS Hero United Group:

    LOGO:

    "S" (left) "5" (right) with a "D" (with a horizontal line in the middle) in the between them, covering half of them:

    • Golden, usually on a purple background during digital display.

    CEO:

    Micky

    Top heroes:

    Queen, The Johnnies and Lucky Cyan

    Debut:

    Year 8 AC

    DESCRIPTION:

    DOS is the current top hero agency:

    • Through buying out small hero companies, DOS was merged, a "hero's league" company.
    • It pursues high efficiency, maximizing output with minimum input.

    Secret Deals:

    • While promoting themselves as a "family of heroes" that push each other to do better, they are secretly in league with the Spotlight Organization, which creates villains for their heroes to fight.

    OTHER EMPLOYEES:

    Other Heroes:

    • Graffiti King
    • Sparkling

    Staff:

    • Ken
    • Liu Zhen

    Former Heroes:

    • Bowa (traitor of Society)
    • Phobiaclone (Deceased)

    RELATED COMPANIES (PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP):

    Mighty Glory

    FOMO

    TREEMAN

    RELATED ORGANIZATIONS (SECRETLY):

    Spotlight Organization

    EXTRA INFO:

    Alongside TREEMAN, DOS is one of the two top hero agencies actively researching Fear Value to benefit their company:

    • Having founded a subsidiary organization, "Spotlight Organization", to research and develop fear technology to create villains for their heroes to defeat and gain public support and Trust.
13. #13Mighty Glory:

    Keys: MG, Yan Mo's Company, Mighty Glory, Hero Agencies · Secondary: the Company of the man hated by all the other CEOs, Old E-Soul's Employer, Shang De's former company before selling it to Yan Mo, Fist-like logo

    MIGHTY GLORY:

    LOGO:

    Red, and resembling a fist, it has a "m" in the upper part, and a "G" facing upward.

    Aliases:

    M.G.

    Manner Group

    Founder(s):

    Shang Shi

    CEO Yan Mo

    TOP HEROES:

    Dragon Boy, E-Soul and Ghostblade (formerly)

    DEBUT:

    Year 1 PC (Foundation year), released on Year 1 AC

    Mighty Glory, also referred to as M.G., is a hero agency

    Founded in Year 1 AC by Shang De's father, Shang Shi, they focus on nostalgia and gender divide to market their heroes

    In Year 34 AC, they were acquired by Yan Mo, who now runs the agency with an iron fist while using their resources on his own personal goals

    MEMBERS:

    Heroes:

    • Dragon Boy
    • Yang Cheng (E-Soul)
    • Bug
    • The Constructor

    Former:

    • Shang De
    • Ghostblade
    • Shang Chao (Deceased)
    • "Old" E-Soul (Deceased)
    • Ah Sheng (Deceased)
    • Vortex (Deceased).

    HISTORY:

    Mighty Glory is founded in 1 PC by Shang Shi, Shang De's father.

    Shang De worked briefly at Mighty Glory before leaving and founding TREEMAN in 34 AC.

    At some point, Yan Mo left FOMO and became the CEO of Mighty Glory.

    RELATED COMPANIES:

    DOS:

    • As two of the oldest hero agencies, DOS and Mighty Glory have a long lasting feud
    • It began in the year 12 AC when a brand new DOS hero knocked "Old" E-Soul of out the number one spot during the 6th Heroes Tournament
    • In 23 AC, the feud escalated to the point of Phobiaclone and Vortex being sent to save a plane together, but their hatred for each other caused the death of both of them and caused the Planecrash
    • While DOS pushed for more women in the hero business, Mighty Glory saw an opportunity to push further towards marketing towards men, with their tough image.

    FOMO:

    • The CEO of Mighty Glory, Yan Mo, was a former shareholder at FOMO before leaving it and buying Mighty Glory.

    TREEMAN:

    • Shang De holds a grudge against Yan Mo as he has deduced Yan Mo's involvement with his son's murder.
14. #14Trust Value:

    Keys: Trust Value, Value, Numbers, Measurements · Secondary: Hero Rankings bases on Trust Value, Requirement for others to see you as trustworthy with something, What does Trust Value do?, Trust of others on you, Societal necessity to have more than 0 Trust Value, Requirement to work

    Trust Value:

    DEFINITION:

    The public's trust directly influences a hero's abilities and strength. As a result, heroes are ranked based on their trust value

    Every two years, top heroes participate in the Heroes Tournament to determine new trust values and rankings.

    DESCRIPTION:

    Trust Value determines a holder's abilities and strength, directly gained through the public's trust

    The number of trust value points a character has is displayed on their wrist on cyan numbers

    Trust Value is also treated as a social status indicator, so individuals with no trust points are often looked down on:

    • The gap between having no trust value and having even one point is considered extremely large

    EFFECTS:

    Depending on public perception of an individual, how the public views them, and how many people share that belief, a person can develop superpowers:

    • Individuals with high levels of public trust and fame usually gain such powers more easily
    • Those who gain superpowers are often celebrities, internet personalities, or attractive individuals who draw public attention
    • Hero Agencies typically choose these individuals to become heroes because they already possess high public trust and exposure
    • Once a person accumulates a high enough Trust Value from the public, it influences their abilities and determines what kind of superpowers they develop, reason why companies shape their heroes in a certain persona, so the public's view on that hero continues being the usual and there doesn't appear any inconveniences
    • Everyone can see their Trust Value in real time as a holographic cyan number displayed on their wrist
    • Regardless of what unique abilities are created by public perception (and self capability), individuals with high Trust Value appear to share a basic level of superhuman physical attributes, including enhanced strength, endurance, speed, stamina and agility.

    Unusual or extreme public expectations can create negative side effects in high ranking heroes:

    Some of these effects come from how the public defines and interprets the hero:

    • When Lin Ling was accepted by the public as Nice, he explains to Moon that his OCD became more severe because the public believed Nice to be a "perfect" hero. The original Nice also suffered from the same condition due to his Trust Value, which may have contributed to his psychological problems.
    • Moon gained the ability to teleport by opening portals to travel freely anywhere before becoming Nice's girlfriend, as she was a travel blogger. However, after they got together (fake dating), she lost her freedom because fans believed she should always remain by Nice's side. As a result, she became only able to create portals directly to Nice s location.

    After her staged death, Lin Ling asked the public to wish for her freedom to travel wherever she wanted, which allowed Moon to regain her ability to teleport anywhere

    • Firm Man lost the ability to kneel or bend his legs because the public wished for him to remain "ever standing", which caused difficulties in performing even simple tasks (sleeping, going to the toilet, picking up a fallen soap, etc).
    • Due to the wishes of the plane crash victims, Cyan survived as the only survivor with extraordinary luck
    • Cyan was saved by Liu Zhen, having lost all her trust value due to the deaths of the victims. However, Liu Zhen gave her his first trust, surprised by how lucky she was to have survived
    • Due to the public's stereotypical views of heroes and petite attractive girls, Loli struggled heavily to gain stable superpowers and was constantly affected by public perception. Because of her beautiful face, pink hair, and small frame, people generally viewed her as a "delicate-cute girl" and not someone who fit the image of a hero. As a result, Loli repeatedly lost any superhuman abilities she developed and could not maintain permanent powers. This was demonstrated when she was training in the gym, where she first displayed strong muscles and impressive physical strength, surprising the other gym members. However, once they noticed her face and were stunned by her beauty, her muscles and enhanced physique disappeared immediately, likely due to the common stereotype that beautiful girls are physically weak
    • Ghostblade became unable to speak at all because the public viewed him as a cool-headed and handsome silent killer
    • Little Johnny gained the ability to communicate with and control animals because the public saw him as someone capable of calming and subduing beasts, based on how he constantly manages Big Johnny
    • Smile's Trust Value made him unable, or at least extremely unable, to stop smiling, because the public viewed him as a hero who delivers justice with a smile. His powers rely on maintaining that smile, requiring him to keep his signature grin at all times to stay at full power. As noted by Dragon Boy, when Smile loses his smile during combat, his strength drops to half. Dragon Boy specifically exploited this weakness by provoking him emotionally so he would become too angry or upset to smile during their fight
    • Ahu was a performing dog trained by a circus since birth. When he amazed audiences, especially children, with his acts, they began to believe he was exceptionally intelligent. Their trust and admiration gradually granted Ahu actual human-level intelligence, enhancing his cognitive abilities over time until he developed awareness and emotional capacity comparable to a human. After becoming a Hero, his intelligence and sapience increased even further, allowing him not only to think on a high level but also to speak

    TRUST VALUE ALSO DETERMINES THE OUTCOME OF THE HERO TOURNAMENTS:

    Because a hero's strength is based on the trust of the public, gaining or losing even a single trust point can greatly influence the direction of a fight and can decide the final result

    HERO PERSONAS:

    Because the abilities and superpowers of Heroes come from public perception and belief, Hero Agencies work to shape and control how the public views their heroes:

    • Their goal's to ensure that each hero develops abilities that are useful or desirable for the agency brand
    • This can be seen in how Hero Agencies actively manage their heroes publicity and activities, building a public image that the masses will accept and believe in
    • Through this image, a hero gains a specific set of powers that aligns with how the public perceives them.

    TYPES

    • Nice's hero persona was constructed by Miss J, Shang De and TREEMAN to present him as the "perfect hero" who embodies beauty, elegance and power. His appearance and hobbies (such as ballet), were selected to reinforce this image. To further raise his Trust Value, TREEMAN also arranged for him to have a staged nemesis, Wreck, who would regularly fight him in planned battles to increase his popularity and public support
    • Blankster's hero persona was intentionally developed by Shang De and TREEMAN to draw from his background as a former boxer, which led to him developing the ability to erase memories with his punches. This directly references how repeated blows to the head in boxing can cause memory loss, effectively using his former career to shape his powers
    • Firm Man's hero persona was designed by Shang De (TREEMAN) and Mighty Glory by capitalizing on his former occupation as a heroic fireman and the well-known incident where he saved a little girl from a collapsing building. This shaped a public image of reliability and unshakable strength. The imagery was reinforced further with a massive statue of him holding the planet on his shoulders displayed in front of the Hero Affairs Commission building. As a result, he developed extremely powerful abilities centered on immovability and invulnerability
    • Yang Cheng's hero persona was modeled to imitate the original E-Soul by both Shang Chao and Yan Mo, which caused him to develop abilities identical to the original
    • Lucky Cyan's hero persona was built upon her already existing supernatural luck, which she gained from the prayers of the passengers of the plane crash she survived. Micky and DOS then capitalized on her talent and passion for music to craft the image of an energetic battle angel who brings fortune through her songs, pursuing her dreams with courage. This public image allowed Cyan to refine her luck-based powers and gain additional abilities suitable for combat
    • Queen's hero persona was modeled around her widely circulated graduation speech, where she expressed her determination to change the world. Micky and DOS built upon her confidence, charisma and commanding presence to develop a ruler-like image for her. As a result, Queen developed the ability to create boundaries and enforce her rules on others
    • Little Johnny and Big Johnny were not marketed by FOMO as combat-focused heroes. Instead, FOMO emphasized their cuteness and used them as mascots to generate revenue, placing them in fan events, meet-and-greets and TV programs. Because of this, Little Johnny didn't develop powers suited for combat. Little Johnny later admitted that this public image was also partly due to his own lack of motivation after Vortex's death, which caused him to stop pursuing hero work seriously. He left his development almost entirely to his agency and manager, who were mainly focused on profit
    • Ghostblade was noted to have laid the groundwork for his own hero persona when FOMO became accessible to the public. Using his natural good looks and his job as a butcher, he crafted the online persona of a "silent and cool assassin" through social media posts, which quickly went viral. When he later joined Mighty Glory, the agency reinforced and expanded this image, shaping him into an assassin-type hero
    • Ahu was shown to have been given multiple hero personas by his owner Xin Ya, who began posting about them on FOMO to increase his trust value. When Ahu was portrayed as having fought off the "Dark Hat organization" on his own, his trust value rose dramatically. As a result, he gained a wide range of superpowers and the ability to take on multiple different forms, due to the various hero personas created for him by Xin Ya and by fans who continued to invent new personas for him.

    USURPATION:

    Since heroes derive their powers from public belief and perception, it's possible for someone to steal or inherit a hero's abilities if the public accepts them as the successor to that hero persons:

    • Lin Ling inherited Nice's powers by assuming his identity. Due to their similar physical appearance, Lin Ling was able to convince the public that he was Nice by wearing his costume, dyeing his hair, using colored contacts and imitating his personality. As a result, he not only inherited all of Nice's abilities, but his physical traits also began to change to match the original. His hair turned naturally white and his eyes became blue
    • Yang Cheng began his hero career as an imitation of the original E-Soul, which caused him to develop powers identical to the original. At first, his abilities came from people who believed he was simply a copy of E-Soul. However, as his managers promoted him as a younger and more relatable E-Soul, many of the original hero's supporters shifted their trust to Yang Cheng. This caused the original E-Soul's Trust Value to gradually transfer to him. After Yang Cheng eventually killed the original E-Soul, both trust values combined into a single "E-Soul", Yang Cheng. As a result of inheriting the original's trust, he began to display the same mannerisms and personality traits as the original

    SCANDALS:

    Since Trust Value is entirely dependent on public perception and the belief of the masses, scandals can cause a Hero's Trust Value to drop instantly in real time

    When this happens, a hero will lose the superhuman attributes or powers they gained

    Such scandals can also lead to negative side effects on their abilities and can cause Fear to spread:

    • When God Eye revealed Blankster's past as a boxer, including his cheating, and released this information to the media, Blankster's Trust Value immediately began to fall. Within only a few minutes of the truth being exposed, he had already lost nearly all of his powers and superhuman attributes
    • The scandal involving Mr Matchstick and Ms Blazing Fire caused strong public backlash, leading to a rapid and severe drop in their Trust Value. Their power levels fell so much that they could no longer maintain the strength required to hold the X title. As a result, the Hero Affairs Commission was able to remove the title from them even though they had not been defeated in a Hero Tournament
    • When Lucky Cyan's past (including being the sole survivor of the airplane crash in the year 23 AC) was revealed to the public, it triggered a massive negative chain reaction. Fear began spreading rapidly, with people blaming her for the tragedies and misfortunes happening in their lives. This resulted in widespread Fear, affecting large numbers of people, including those at the orphanage.
    • As implied when Vortex was recovering from his beating by Big Johnny, being publicly defeated near death by the behemoth and overshadowed by Little Johnny (who was only nine years old at the time and stopped the rampage) dealt severe damage to his public image. The entire event was recorded and broadcasted, shaking the public's faith in his power as X and causing his Trust Value to gradually decline. This event weakened the belief people had in him, which in turn weakened his strength

    CIVILIANS:

    Trust Value affects everyone, not only Heroes, even ordinary civilians can gain abilities if enough people believe in them:

    • Scientists: As explained in Hero Lessons, scientists who receive public support and recognition for their technological innovations that improve daily life can have their intelligence enhanced through public trust. This allows their minds to approach superhuman levels of problem-solving and creativity.
    • Animals: As seen with Ahu, animals can also be affected by Trust if they have enough believers. Ahu began as a trained circus dog who amazed audiences with his performances. People noted his intelligence and spread the belief that he was exceptionally smart for an animal. This belief caused Ahu's actual intelligence to increase until it matched human-level intelligence, allowing him to perform more complex acts and reinforcing the belief further. After becoming a hero and gaining public acclaim, Ahu eventually developed the ability to speak and later gained superpowers.

    Godhood:

    The "Dawnfall" incident years ago (of the first superhero Zero) showed the possibility for a human being to attain godhood by using Trust Value:

    • If an individual gains the trust of a massive number of people who believe they're a god, and if this belief spreads widely enough that it becomes accepted as truth by the majority, that hero can obtain power levels that approach near-omnipotence

    So far, there has only been one individual who successfully reached godhood through Trust Value:

    • Zero: Zero was the world's first superhero and the first to use Trust Value to obtain superpowers. Before the creation of the Hero Affairs Commission and the regulation of Trust, Zero's followers developed such deep devotion and faith in him that they began to worship him as a living god. This intense belief eventually triggered his rise to Godhood, granting him immense and godlike power. Even decades after his death, many people continue to believe in and secretly worship him, forming a cult-like following

    After the events of Dawnfall and Zero's death, the Hero Affairs Commission was established to regulate and control Trust Value in order to prevent another hero from reaching godhood.

    However, in recent times, despite the efforts of the Hero Affairs Commission, the public has once again begun to believe in and worship a Hero as another "god":

    • Hero X: Hero X gained a massive following during his rapid rise to the top position as X in the 18th Hero Tournament, where he appeared as an unknown contender and claimed the title by effortlessly defeating the other top heroes in seconds. From that point onward, his popularity continued to grow as people were fascinated by his mysterious identity and overwhelming strength. His fame further increased when he became the first X title holder to maintain the position for more than three terms, completely dominating all other heroes. Due to the lack of information about him and the unclear nature of his powers, many began to believe that his abilities were limitless or omnipotent. After he broke up the confrontation between Dragon Boy and Nice, public worship of Hero X intensified, with some people openly believing he was an actual god. As a result, the Hero Affairs Commission became concerned that his Trust Value was reaching the same level as Zero's and feared that if he retained the X title for a fourth time, he would reach godhood

    COMMON BELIEF:

    As stated by the Hero Affairs Commission, Yan Mo and Shang De, if something or someone is consistently believed in by the masses over a long period of time, this eventually became a constant idea and a common belief in the minds of the people, which is brought forth into reality by Trust Value:

    • Smile, having retained a position in the top 10 rankings of the Heroes for more than a decade, it eventually became common knowledge and belief amongst the masses for him to always be one of the top 10. Resulting in a near constant amount of trust to flow into Smile and allow him to consistently maintain a position in the Top 10. This belief having become so entrenched in the minds of the public that a regular scandal, no matter how big, can no longer shake Smile's position in the Top 10

    Post Mortem:

    Phobiaclone's the resurrected proof that, even if a person who gained superpowers through high Trust Value dies, the changes and enhancements created by Trust Values still remain in their body:

    • Shang De was able to stimulate Phobiaclone's cloning ability using his corpse and reactivate the power to produce obedient subordinate clones through the use of Fear Value.
15. #15Fear Value:

    Keys: Fear Value, contrary to Trust Value, curse born from human negative emotions, Negative energy · Secondary: Fear Particles generated from Negativity, Recently new Value, dangerous energy

    FEAR VALUE (NEGATIVE ENERGY):

    DESCRIPTION:

    Fear Value is a system of belief opposite to Trust Value:

    • Based on people's fear, their emotions can create negative energy towards a target
    • The greater the fear, the stronger the energy
    • The quantitative measure of negative energy is called Fear Value
    • Human bodies instinctively expel Fear, similar to the immune system
    • The Negative Energy will be expelled as "Fear Particles" that float around a human
    • The human body has a limit to how much Negative Energy they can expel, and once the limit is reached, the negative energy will start to affect their mind and body, as it happened in District 70
    • It seems as if Fear Value encompasses both fear and hatred as negative energy, where fear affects a target, and hatred affects one's self
    • Fear is being researched by Luo Tong at Glimmer Lab, as directed by the Hero Affairs Commission
    • Fear Particles latch on to the nearest person, as long as there is nothing that can obstruct it in its way

    EXCEPTION (REJECTS THE ENTRY TO ANY PARTICLE):

    • The only known material that can obstruct the path of Fear is a special metal alloy from the crash site of an alien spaceship
    • By containers made with this extraterrestrial metal, Fear Particles can be stored for research at Glimmer Lab

    RESEARCHERS:

    • Micky's having Fear Value researched using his collaboration with Liu Zhen and The Spotlight Organization, using it to increase his and DOS’s influence and power
    • Shang De's also researching Fear Value and manufacturing villains using it for Heroes to fight, implying that he was also using fear to increase TREEMAN’s influence

    EFFECTS:

    When normal civilians are affected by fear:

    • Has the tendency of transforming them into monster-like entities and granting them various powers
    • Robs them of their conscious minds, making them go on uncontrollable rampages

    When Heroes are afflicted by Fear:

    • More conscious than regular civilians, but are compelled to go on a rampage, typically by attacking who they believe's the source of their negative emotions
    • Even if the Trust Value goes to 0, the holder can still physically dominate the fight as the Fear Value greatly increased the strength
    • The power and physical strength given by Fear Value actually grows during the fight; this depending on how much Negative emotions they had absorbed and how much inherited negative thoughts the holder already had; with more fear, more boost
    • Since Fear Energy makes you have constant Fear/Hatred, it's a snowball growing and growing in size in the holder's head, making the Fear be boosted during the fight

    When unmalicious heroes/civilians are afflicted by fear:

    • Usually happens on accident, since particles have to find a holder right away
    • Instead of his powers being enhanced, the Fear Value seemingly instead cripples the holder.
    • Inflicts agonizing pain across the body, giving a deep sense of negative emotions directed to no one, which affects themselves at not having a certain goal to direct all the Fear Value to.
    • If, by chance, they get cured; the heroes get a crappy power less powerful than the one given by Trust Value, and civilians get an ugly scar on the neck were the Fear Value took root.

    When directed to non-human:

    • When Shang De was experimenting on Fear Value, he discovered it's possible for animals to also be affected by fear and causing them to transform into a Beast-like Monster if a large amount of fear value particles was injected into them
    • Fear Value can even affect corpses if directly applied to them, and if the corpse in question was from that of a person who gained superpower from Trust Value, the effects of Trust Value may be reactivated by the Fear Value
    • Shang De was able to activate Phobiaclone’s cloning powers by injecting a large amount of Fear Value into his corpse, allowing Shang to create mass produce Phobiaclones to do his bidding

    FEAR VALUE AMPLIFIERS:

    The Spotlight Organization specializes in manufacturing "Fear Value Amplifiers":

    • Machines that can increase the powers provided by fear value, while simultaneously lessening the negative effects on the holder's mind and body
    • Being able to harness Fear Value, it allows Villains to use Fear Value safely and effectively.

    FEAR VALUE SYRINGES:

    Because of Shang De's experiments, he can take small samples of Fear Value and contain them within syringes, to inject fear by force in anyone:

    • He gave Nice a syringe with the mission of injecting fear in the body of either Dragon Boy or Smile so he could defeat and use one of them as a stepping stone to get into the top ten ranked heroes.
16. #16The Spotlight Organization:

    Keys: unknown Fear Organization, The Spotlight Organization, public knows little about Spotlight, "Spotlight" · Secondary: Fear Value manipulation, rogue scientist, Dangerous, troublesome, speculated experimentation on human beings

    THE SPOTLIGHT ORGANIZATION:

    ALIASES:

    Spotlight

    PURPOSE:

    Creating fear-empowered villains

    Allow true heroes to shine while exposing frauds

    LOGO:

    Black+cicle with three equilateral spikes, and on the under part, it makes an arc+over the circle, there's an upsidedown triangle with a black filled-triangle on the middle+the point of the triangle goes under the arc.

    CURRENT LEADER:

    Liu Zhen

    DEBUT:

    23 AC

    DESCRIPTION:

    Terrorist group composed of rogue Glimmer Lab scientists, and secretly funded by DOS. They turn civilians into Fear-empowered villains with the goal of allowing true heroes to shine while exposing so-called frauds.

    BUILDING:

    Hidden in the middle of nowhere, in the dept of a cave huge enough to make possible build this laboratory, there lies the hideout of this organization.

    The building's well-kept, with metallic build and green-tinted mirror glass for the exterior not be able to look inside.

    It has a big metallic platform to elevate the building from the rocky uneven floor.

    It has the main T-shaped building:

    • Has a dome on each end of the T, and a longer dome thru the length of the longer part of the T
    • The dones have triangular-shaped lines where ether green-tinted glass is
    • The windows are chinese-themed designed, but metallic and with green-tinted glass
    • Has a light in the front, to see the surroundings (if it turns down, it would be overly dark outside the building)

    The construction behind the horizontal line of the T:

    • Made just for vigilance or for overly private talks
    • It has weapons, to defend in case of intruders [image]

    MEMBERS:

    Staff:

    • DJ Shindig (Deceased)

    Affiliates:

    • Rogue Glimmer Lab scientists

    Victims:

    • Enlighter (imprisoned)
    • Cheng Yaojin (imprisoned)

    RELATED COMPANY (FOUNDER):

    DOS

17. #17Glimmer Lab:

    Keys: unluckily lab organization, former biggest research company, Glimmer Lab · Secondary: Has suffered great lost of scientist recently, blue squared logo, scientists, a killed team on a seduction to an abandoned Alien Spaceship that landed on Earth

    Glimmer Lab:

    LOGO:

    Blue with cyan horizontal lines with sparkles+round-edged square cut in the middle and a 4-point star in the middle.

    DEBUT:

    Year 16 AC

    DESCRIPTION:

    Glimmer Lab is the largest research lab associated with the Hero Affairs Commission

    This lab seems to specialize in mechanical engineering

    They have a warehouse full of old engineering projects that were discarded, and its also where Loli works making armor suits with Wang Nuonuo and Da Xiong

    Despite being a research facility known for making progress in science, they're not very progressive when it comes to gender equality.

    BACKSTORY:

    Year 16 AC:

    • Glimmer laboratory is founded
    • Luo Tong joined as an authority figure in robotics research

    Year 18 AC:

    • The lab requested funding in order to build weapons to shoot down an alien spaceship that they detected, and deemed hostile
    • Only after it had crash-landed, did they realize that it was not hostile, and the world lost faith in them. As a way of reconciling with the public, they released many of their secret projects, which accelerated human advancement

    Year 23 AC:

    • A civil defense siren is shown passing out flyers with his personal speculations about how the Glimmer Laboratory may be connected to fear, and possibly related to the currently unexplained plane crash that killed the parents of Cyan

    39 AC:

    • After reinspecting the crash site of the Alien Spacecraft, Luo Tong found a metal alloy never before made on earth, that had the ability to cancel out the affects of Trust and Fear, and it was immediately reported to the H.A.C.
    • Using this technology, Luo Tong hopes to isolate Trust Value to use in future technology
    • Soon after, DJ Shindig was ordered by The Spotlight Organization to steal/destroy the laboratory's research on Fear Value.

    MEMBERS:

    Staff:

    • Loli (Intern)

    Former:

    • Luo Tong (Deceased)
    • Da Xiong (Deceased)
    • Wang Nuonuo (Coma)
    • Shang Chao (Deceased)

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