Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 131

Chapter 131

Wan Yuan was choked into Silence, looking completely dejected.

In a small room underground, he pathetically hugged himself, a lonely bachelor.

Sheng An gave a faint smile. “So, don’t go around showing off just because you’ve awakened a Supernatural Ability. Hurry to the Research Institute to register. Your ability is very useful; develop it well.”

A Sound Ability, specifically Secret Sound Transmission.

This ability lacked combat power and was a support-type ability. It could be categorized into the fourth tier of rarity. With just a quick thought, Sheng An could already come up with three or four uses for it.

Moreover, this ability suited him perfectly.

Before the Apocalypse, Wan Yuan was a top-tier hacker. In Team 0, he was responsible for communications. The Supernatural Ability he awakened after the Apocalypse was also suited for communication, which was essentially his old trade.

The Research Institute had previously analyzed that the type of Supernatural Ability one awakened was related to their own strengths and attributes. They would either be highly compatible or completely opposite-for example, the Rules and Order Type.

“Oh…” Wan Yuan responded, his voice weak and listless.

“By the way, ask Qi Dui-”

She trailed off.

Wan Yuan: “Hmm?” Was she going to say something else unsuitable for children?

Sheng An: “Has he noticed anything unusual about the villa? Any sign of the Thief?”

Fine, back to business.

Wan Yuan felt like he was being led in circles again, but he dutifully relayed the message for them.

Qi Lingwu replied quickly: “There has been no one inside the villa, nor any other living creatures. My ability mainly covers living things, so I’m not sure if the other party has a very strong ability and is hiding well, or if they left the villa long ago.”

Sheng An nodded to show she understood.

Wan Yuan emerged from underground, scratching his head. “An’an, if you have something to say, say it quickly. I just awakened my ability and was messing around with others earlier. I can only transmit two more sentences at most.”

After all, he had just awakened. Wan Yuan felt that being able to transmit this many messages already made his ability quite impressive.

He couldn’t help but look smug.

Sheng An said nothing.

She pulled out her communicator and connected to Qi Lingwu’s channel right in front of Wan Yuan. The two of them began discussing the Thief back and forth.

They said as many sentences as they wanted, for as long as they wanted, without any restrictions.

Wan Yuan: “???”

-Damn it, this is mockery! Absolute mockery!!

*

Sheng An entered the villa.

Qi Lingwu hadn’t discovered anything. Logically speaking, if a Thief really existed, they might have already left the villa to hide among the crowd or simply left the Core Shelter altogether.

But Qi Lingwu was not a conceited man.

The Apocalypse had arrived, and the awakened Supernatural Abilities were strange and varied. It wasn’t impossible for there to be something he couldn’t detect, or even someone stronger than him. Anything was possible regarding what the Thief was or where they were.

Qi Lingwu reminded Sheng An to be careful.

From the moment Sheng An entered the villa, he kept the area covered with his ability.

Sheng An wasn’t conceited either.

She had a very strange feeling. Her intuition told her-

The Thief was still inside the villa.

Furthermore, the Thief likely wouldn’t hurt anyone.

Sheng An entered the villa. It was quiet inside with nothing out of place. During the time they were gone, neither the surveillance nor Qi Lingwu had found anything.

Her gaze naturally shifted to the large basin.

Anything Ruan Zifeng found unusual had to be examined carefully.

The basin was still where they had left it. Since solar panels hadn’t been installed yet, they needed ice to cool down, so the basin had been kept there without being moved.

There was still melted ice water in the basin.

Sheng An paused slightly.

She crouched down. The water in the basin… seemed a bit too much. Logically, in this hellish weather, the water in the basin should have evaporated long ago after they left. But now, there was still quite a lot of water inside.

Just as she was about to reach out, she suddenly noticed some water stains on the floor outside the basin. Sheng An moved her foot; there were stains under her feet as well, very faint. If she didn’t have such sharp eyes, she might have overlooked them.

They were traces left behind after water had splashed out and evaporated.
Was it a splash from when the Little Iceberg melted earlier?

Did the Thief accidentally drip it while stealing it?

Or…

Sheng An’s eyes flickered slightly as she calmly withdrew her hand.

Then, she stood up and placed a call to logistics.

“For the next few days, do not send us any food other than Chinese cabbage.”

*

As the horizon paled with the coming dawn, groups of people who had worked through the night began returning to their respective Shelters.

They chatted as they walked.

“Are you guys going straight back to sleep?”

“Yeah, I’m exhausted. Plus, I just ate my fill, so it’s the perfect time to head back and get some comfortable sleep. I’m still not quite used to this new schedule.”

“What’s there to get used to? Isn’t it just the same? First meal at 7:00, second at 12:00, third at 6:00, and then sleep? Haha.”

…

“You guys go on ahead. I’m going to the exchange center to buy some snacks for my two kids.”

“I need to save up some points. When the Base is finished and they open up rentals, I want to rent a nice place.”

“Didn’t they say the low-rent housing would be assigned by a lottery?”

“Well, I still want to buy more things for the home. Even though it’s the Apocalypse, our Nation is still fairly stable. Points can be saved. Besides, my family is different from yours; we don’t have a Superpower User, so our point income isn’t as high.”

…

How much despair had there been when they first learned of the end of the world?

Even with the Nation’s various efforts to reassure them, many people still chose escapism, while many others were filled with hesitation and hopelessness.

Then the Meteorite arrived. Such a terrifying disaster left people without a shred of fighting spirit, leaving only hearts full of fear and unease.

But later-

The Apocalypse Special Affairs Department intercepted the Meteorite, killed the Aberrants, and the Nation handled the disasters in a timely manner… All of these actions told them one thing: hope.

After surviving the initial onset of the Apocalypse, their mindset changed.

If they could survive a disaster as terrifying as the Meteorite, they might just survive whatever came next!

Surviving turned into confidence and hope.

Add to that the fact that they had started working for daily points. At their core, the people of this country sought stability and peace. When the pace of life became grounded and secure, their hearts followed suit.

Last night, the Solar Constant Temperature System had been installed in the Shelter. As soon as they stepped underground, they felt a wave of physical relief, and their steps grew lighter.

They were adapting to a life that was different from before.

Meanwhile.

Qi Lingwu returned with a completely exhausted Li Wanyun and the others.

The villa was cool. Long Tianyu and Li Xin collapsed directly onto the sofa, too tired to move. Facing the ceiling, they let out long, heavy sighs.

Long Tianyu groaned, “So tired.”

Li Xin didn’t even want to speak. Who could be more tired than him? He had been non-stop installing solar power panels-and it wasn’t just a simple installation. Since the upcoming Acid Rain would be corrosive, they required a Metal Element Superpower User to modify them.

He was so exhausted that he couldn’t squeeze out a single drop of Supernatural Ability.

None of the newly awakened Metal Element Superpower Users could be relied upon yet; they were still following the “Metal Ability Usage Method” he had summarized, learning how to manipulate metal.

In a daze, Li Xin remembered his teachers saying back in school that if he didn’t study hard, he would end up doing manual labor in the sweltering heat-or if he was lucky, he might become a technician…

He had studied hard after that.

Over a dozen experts had surrounded him alone. Even now, the Lecturer Group frequently sent him materials-content he had to memorize, study, and master.

He had become a “top student,” the one at the very forefront of learning, the one summarizing study materials for others.

-But it seemed he was still doing manual labor in the sweltering heat as a technician?

Li Wanyun didn’t collapse like the men. She went to her room first to change clothes.

A moment later, she came out holding a towel, muttering to herself, “Why do I feel like someone’s been stealing my snacks? Didn’t I just open that bag of beef jerky? How is it almost gone already?”

She paused, looking at the towel in her hand.

-It was wet?