Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 163

Chapter 163

The next day, as the first light of dawn touched the horizon, the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department prepared to depart from B11.

Liu Zhao and his men had tears in their eyes, filled with the sorrow of parting.

The Superpower Users also had tears in their eyes, but theirs were born of pure excitement.

-Finally, those devils are leaving!

-Get them out of here!

Liu Zhao wiped his eyes. “Team Leader Sheng, don’t worry. Now that we’ve established contact with the Jing City Shelter-no, it should be called the Jing City Base now-things here will definitely improve.”

Captain Tan raised his hand in a salute, his tone solemn. “You must stay safe. I wish you success in your mission and a safe return.”

Sheng An returned the salute.

Lowering her hand, she glanced at the group of Superpower Users nearby and arched an eyebrow. “Happy to see us go?”

Deng Lan immediately shook his head. “Of course not! We’re so sad to see you leave…”

His tone was incredibly exaggerated.

Hao Jingye pushed up his glasses and flashed a smile. “In that case, Sister Sheng, why don’t we stay for another day?”

Deng Lan: “?”

Sheng An let out a long sigh, her voice laced with concern. “I’m worried too. B11 has only just started building its Base, and this area has a high concentration of Special Substance. People could turn into Aberrants at any moment. It really is too unsafe. We could stay a while longer.”

Deng Lan: “??”

His lip twitched, but he quickly composed himself, looking firm and righteous. “Team Leader Sheng, please don’t worry. While B11 might be prone to Aberrants, it’s also a place where Superpower Users awaken easily. We have many Superpower Users here, and we will definitely work hard to build the Base and protect the people.

“So, please, you mustn’t worry about us.”

And definitely don’t stay for us! Just leave already!

Behind him, the other Superpower Users chimed in one after another:

“That’s right, we will definitely protect the citizens.”

“If an Aberrant appears, we’ll kill it immediately. We’ll be on the front lines.”

“We’ll help build the Base too. We’re not short on Supplies now, so everyone is full of energy.”

“Yeah, more work means more points and more Supplies!”

…

Sheng An hesitated. “Really?”

Deng Lan and the others nodded with absolute certainty.

-So please, leave in peace. Do not stay.

Sheng An looked satisfied. “I hope you’re men of your word. After all, we’ll be passing through here again on our way back…”

She drew out the last few words meaningfully.

A chill ran down the spines of Deng Lan and his cohort.

Was she saying she’d be back to check on them?

He gritted his teeth. “Don’t worry, we’ll do exactly as we said.”

Did they even dare to do otherwise?

These devils were terrifying-they were all slave drivers!

Only then did Sheng An lead her team away, satisfied.

Ji Yani asked curiously, “Sister Sheng, are we really coming back this way?”

Hao Jingye pushed up his glasses and answered, “Once we reach the Southwest Region and complete the mission, there’s a high probability we’ll just fly back.”

The group: “???”

Sheng An replied matter-of-factly, “Flying over them from the sky still counts as passing through.”

The group: “…”

Fine. That was very typical of Sister Sheng.

Jiang Yu looked a bit regretful, her vines twitching in the air. “It’s a pity I can’t supervise their work anymore. My vines are starting to feel itchy.”

She turned to look at the others, seemingly gauging if anyone else needed her supervision…

Everyone stared back at her, expressionless.

Jiang Yu immediately backed down.

She rubbed her nose, and the vines on her hands retracted, leaving only a tiny flower blooming atop her head. She swayed it innocently. “Aren’t we leaving?”

Li Wanyun let out a cold snort and looked away.

Song Linwei looked ahead and took a deep breath. “The temperature doesn’t seem to be soaring anymore, but the air is getting worse. It’s becoming uncomfortable just to breathe.”
Sheng An looked up at the sky, which was tinged with a faint, bloody red.

Ever since the Apocalypse began, the sky had taken on this crimson hue. Even though it was still morning, the red was already deep and ominous.

It seemed as if every day was worse than the last.

Li Xin remarked, “It’s only been this long and things are already like this. I really don’t know what it looked like for you all by the second year of the Apocalypse in your Previous Life…”

Li Wanyun’s expression grew heavy. “It was at a point where it was very difficult for ordinary people to survive.”

Long Tianyu was also staring at the sky, muttering, “It hasn’t even rained yet.”

Everyone felt a tightening in their chests.

In such scorching heat, with the ground itself cracking open, one would normally look forward to rain.

However-

Every person in the country would rather ration their water to the extreme than have it rain.

That was no longer rain.

Sheng An withdrew her gaze and started walking forward.

“Let’s move out. It’s time to head to the next Shelter.”
After leaving B11, the next Shelter they were scheduled to pass through was designated C9.

C9 had not lost contact. Since the Apocalypse began, it had maintained communication with the Jing City Base. Consequently, its situation wasn’t too dire, and it was even able to provide meager support to other surrounding Shelters.

Hao Jingye gave a methodical report:

“C9 has had decent luck. No Meteorite landed near the Shelter, and since it’s located on a plain, the wildfires haven’t been too bad. They are already constructing a Base, making it the best-off Shelter in the vicinity.

“However, the Aberrants that suddenly appeared after the Apocalypse caused quite a bit of trouble for C9, resulting in heavy casualties.

“Later, a unique Superpower User awakened in the C9 Shelter. Their power was designated as ‘Psychic Ability: Surveillance.’ They managed to screen out many Aberrants. At the same time, the Aberrants that were deeply hidden chose to leave C9 of their own accord and headed for Shi City.”

At the time it was confirmed that something had happened in Shi City and Zhang Kun’s group had gone missing, several Shelters had reported the phenomenon of Aberrants fleeing toward that area.

That batch of Aberrants had already been dealt with by them in Shi City.

Shelters that could still transmit messages to the Jing City Base were generally not in terrible shape.

Long Tianyu poked his head out, curious. “Surveillance Ability? What kind of power is that?”

Hao Jingye’s tablet contained all the information regarding the Surveillance Superpower User.

He scanned through it before explaining, “It’s a support-type Supernatural Ability with no combat power. However, much like actual surveillance, it allows for large-scale observation…”

Wu Buyu looked toward Qi Lingwu. “Isn’t this just a stripped-down version of Qi Dui?”

Hao Jingye replied, “You could say that. ‘Surveillance’ possesses a fraction of the capabilities of ‘King’s Anchor.’ It isn’t particularly strong, but it’s sufficient. At least it provides a channel for screening Aberrants.”

Li Wanyun stroked her chin, curious. “Can this Superpower User find all the Aberrants?”

Song Linwei shook his head. “Impossible. So far, no Supernatural Ability has been able to screen out every single Aberrant. There are always some that can hide very deeply.”

“Correct,” Hao Jingye agreed. “Theoretically, that is the case.”

He swiped across his tablet, his tone composed.

“The situation at C9 is relatively good, so we probably won’t stay long. We’ll just collect the Fragments and leave. Before we set out, I already contacted the person in charge of C9-the future Base Commander, Yue Ming. I instructed them to collect Fragments and simultaneously accept any Fragments sent from nearby Shelters.”

He opened a map and showed it to Sheng An. “The C7, C10, C5, and B6 Shelters have all collected nearby Fragments. I had Wan Yuan notify them the day before yesterday to send them to C9. When our Convoy arrives at C9, we can take them directly.”

He was like a precision computer, capable of handling everything with thorough consideration and proper execution.

Li Xin glanced at him once, then looked again.

Hao Jingye put down his tablet and smiled slightly. “What’s with that look?”