Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 128

Chapter 128

“It’s not that easy,” Long Tianyu said, shaking his head.

Hao Jingye looked a bit dejected, his head drooping. “It seems I really am the only one without a Supernatural Ability.”

He touched his forehead. Hmm, it felt a little warm-36.7 degrees Celsius.

Feeling the coolness of the ice pack, he sighed. Good, that extra 0.2 degrees was about to recede.

How tragic.

The probability was high that he wouldn’t awaken an ability.

Sheng An comforted him. “You’re in the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department because of your brain. I value your capabilities. There are far too many Superpower Users who have combat power but no brains. Even if you don’t awaken a Supernatural Ability, you are still of great value.”

*Too many Superpower Users who have combat power but no brains…*

Li Xin, Long Tianyu, and the others: “…”

*She’s not talking about me, is she?*

Hao Jingye felt a bit disappointed, but being a rational and intelligent person, he shook his head and quickly recovered his composure. He continued the previous topic:

“So, our team basically has every type of Superpower User. If we added a Healing Type, it would be perfect.”

Song Linwei agreed. “Yeah. Currently, the only two Rules and Order Type users are in our group. It was a stroke of luck that Li Xin managed to snatch Qin Xuan and Zhuang Fan back then.”

Li Xin: “…”

With his eyes still red and swollen, he gritted his teeth. “So, I got beaten up for nothing?”

“You can hit them back,” Sheng An said coolly.

Li Xin looked at Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun, then at Gu Qiansheng and Wu Buyu. Finally, he fell into silence.

He really had been beaten for nothing.

He huffed. “Then you can’t make me babysit anymore.”

Hao Jingye rolled his eyes. “No one was making you do it anyway. Hasn’t Qin Xuan always been looked after by Old Man Qin?”

He looked toward Old Man Qin, who was coming out of the kitchen. The old fellow looked quite aged, but he was surprisingly strong. He had Qin Xuan tucked under one arm while the other hand held half a cucumber, which he was munching on.

Qin Xuan was munching on the other half. The two of them went “crunch, crunch” in perfect synchronization. It was quite a sight.

Gu Qiansheng was speechless. “He really is your biological grandson.”

Li Wanyun looked on with disgust. “You’re a bad influence on your grandson. He copies everything you do.”

Old Man Qin was thick-skinned and gave a toothy grin. “Hehehe.”

Qin Xuan echoed, “Hehehe.”

Both were still holding their cucumbers. Sheng An looked away.

Long Tianyu suddenly had a craving for watermelon. On such a hot day, nothing beat a cold watermelon. The logistics department had just delivered a bunch of supplies; besides fruits and vegetables, there had been a large watermelon.

Long Tianyu walked into the kitchen.

A moment later, he roared, “Old Man Qin! Did you eat the watermelon?! Heavens, where are the other fruits? Why are there only vegetables left?!”

It was the Apocalypse now. While they had plenty of hoarded goods, fresh produce was scarce. Zhang Kun and Li Wanyun had some in their Space Ability storage, but until Jiang Yu could grow more, they had to ration it.

Old Man Qin raised his hand, nearly swearing an oath. “It wasn’t me! I didn’t eat it! When I went into the kitchen just now, there was only one cucumber left. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be splitting one with Xuanxuan. It’s barely enough to get stuck in my teeth!”

Everyone: “…”

He was trying to prove his innocence by arguing that if he had been the thief, he wouldn’t have settled for sharing a single cucumber with Qin Xuan.

Everyone fell silent.

Long Tianyu sneered. “Keep acting. Who else could it be but you? All you know how to do is eat, eat, eat!”

He had found the old man annoying for a long time.

Old Man Qin huffed in anger. “You’re framing me! How hateful! You, a Superpower User, are actually bullying an old man and a child. There’s no justice! Team Leader Sheng, you have to stand up for us-”

He began to wail.

Sheng An remained expressionless. “Everyone, shut up.”

The entire room went quiet.

Li Wanyun silently pulled a watermelon out of her Space Ability storage and drew a watermelon knife. She handed a slice to everyone. As for the watermelon that had vanished from the kitchen, Long Tianyu and the others remained convinced that Old Man Qin was the culprit.
Because of this, Old Man Qin only received a very, very small piece of the watermelon.

He grumbled incessantly, “This is a total injustice. I really didn’t do it. To be blamed for something I didn’t even get to eat… there’s no justice in this world.”

After finishing her watermelon, Sheng An stood up and issued her orders. “Hao Jingye, stay behind. Song Linwei, integrate the newly assigned Superpower Users. Everyone else, come with me.”

All awakened Superpower Users were required to join the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department.

The higher-ups had split them directly into two groups, placing them under the leadership of Sheng An and Qiu Yu respectively.

However, there was a distinction.

The original members were the core. The newly joined Superpower Users simply weren’t strong enough yet; if they were to follow the core members on missions recklessly, they would only put the veterans at risk and would be of little help.

Therefore, whether it was Sheng An or Qiu Yu, they mostly led their original members during operations.

The new Superpower Users were coordinated and deployed according to the state’s arrangements.

*

Night had fallen. During the day, temperatures continued to soar and UV radiation was intense, making it difficult to operate. The first thing everyone needed to adapt to after the disaster was a nocturnal lifestyle-sleeping by day and working by night.

The military had been dispatched for rescue missions and to extinguish wildfires, taking most of the Fire-type, Water Ability, and Wind Ability Users with them.

No one else could afford to idle. After three days, the free rations provided to the people would only be enough to keep them from starving. To eat their fill or eat well, they had to find a job.

Jing City was to build the Jing City Base, centered around the Core Shelter. This required a massive amount of labor. The state provided meals for everyone involved in the construction and paid wages in the form of points based on the workload.

Meanwhile, the three point-exchange counters in the shelter officially opened, selling all sorts of goods.

This sense of order and regulation gave everyone a focal point. Once darkness fell, they emerged from the shelter one after another to join the construction of the base.

Thus, a strange scene unfolded.

Excavators worked alongside Earth Ability Users, welders assisted Metal Element Superpower Users, and a single Strength Ability User did the work of three. Large trucks came and went amidst a dense crowd of countless hardworking people.

Sheng An and her team didn’t have to perform manual labor, but their mission was no less taxing than anyone else’s.

They had to protect everyone working outside while also staying on high alert for Aberrants or other crises. Their nerves were constantly taut.

Once the night passed, everyone returned to the underground shelter to rest before the sun rose.

Having spent the entire night on edge and handling several emergencies, Sheng An and her team collapsed and fell asleep the moment they returned to the villa.

It was simply too hot.

They spread bamboo mats in the living room, placed a small ice mountain in the center, and slept haphazardly across the floor.

As they slept, Sheng An suddenly snapped her eyes open.

Qi Lingwu, who was lying right next to her, sat up with a slight frown.

As High-Level Superpower Users, the others were alerted by their movement. They all opened their eyes and sat up, looking at Sheng An and Qi Lingwu in confusion.

The only ones still sleeping like dead weight were Li Xin, Old Man Qin, and Qin Xuan.

“What’s wrong?” Gu Qiansheng asked, bewildered.

He wiped his face and found his forehead drenched in sweat, clearly from the heat.

Sheng An and Qi Lingwu simultaneously looked toward the basin in the middle of the hall. The others followed their gaze, and then their pupils shrank.

-Holy crap, where was the small ice mountain?

“Did it melt? That fast?” Li Wanyun asked blankly.

She looked into the basin and realized there wasn’t much water in it either.

Long Tianyu scratched his head, puzzled. “Don’t tell me Xiang Hanshuang came by and got rid of it because she doesn’t like us?”

Song Linwei: “…She probably isn’t that bored.”

Sheng An said, “Check the kitchen.”

Qi Lingwu had already stood up and walked into the kitchen to investigate.

When he came out, he shook his head. “The fruits and dried meat that were delivered are gone.”

Subconsciously, everyone looked at Old Man Qin and Qin Xuan. The two were huddled together, sleeping soundly without a care in the world. Then, everyone sucked in a cold breath.

-Holy crap, did they actually get robbed?

What kind of thief would have the guts to steal from them?