Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 194

Chapter 194

The aroma spread through the entire hall, and Jia Guangliang couldn’t stop salivating.

“Gurgle, gurgle-”

His stomach was rebelling too. The sound seemed to echo through the whole hall, embarrassing him so badly that even the tips of his ears turned red.

At first, he had thought the two meals on the table were for him. But he was a man with backbone. No matter how hungry he was, no matter if he was about to cry from craving, he would hold it in.

At the very least, he had to wait until they offered first.

After losing so much face earlier, how could he not claw a little dignity back?

The fantasy was beautiful, but those two portions were for Hao Jingye and Wan Yuan. There was no share for him.

Worse, they didn’t even say another word to him. They simply ignored him and kept eating.

Jia Guangliang plopped down on the floor, completely stunned.

Meanwhile, Hao Jingye continued, “The Southwest Miasma did indeed appear right at the start of the Apocalypse and killed many people. Before that, they had followed the Nation’s requirements and held their ground in the Southwest without casually going out. Later, when the Miasma worsened, they wanted to leave, only to discover that they couldn’t get out.”

Song Linwei looked up with a frown. “Do we have specifics?”

They had known this much for a long time. They just did not know the details.

Jia Guangliang raised his hand. “I know. I can explain, but-”

Hao Jingye said, “According to the Superpower Users in the Southwest, after they gained enough strength to protect themselves, Jia Guangliang organized a formal breakout attempt, intending to push through the Southwest fog. But they still failed. If they hadn’t had Healing Type Superpower Users with them, they might not have made it back at all. They would have been wiped out.”

The Southwest Mystery was fraught with danger.

Li Wanyun was puzzled. “When we came in, the Miasma was severe, but it wasn’t impossible to get through, was it?”

They had indeed taken down the Southwest Superpower Users the moment they met.

But that was also because the other side had no intention of resisting to the bitter end. Among the Southwest Superpower Users, quite a few were already 3-Star, and there were even a handful of 4-Star ones.

How could they possibly be unable to get through?

Hao Jingye shook his head. “No. Just as the concentration is different in the sky and on the ground, the Miasma encountered when coming in and when going out is not the same concentration either. Its toxicity is very high.

“Of course, with Healing Type Superpower Users, if they were willing to risk their lives, it wasn’t completely impossible to break through. But while they were crossing the Miasma, they also encountered something similar to a Ghost Wall. No matter how they walked, they couldn’t get out.”

There was no need to doubt that point. The Southwest’s Superpower Users were already very strong, but the Southwest Mystery was not something one could simply force through with brute strength.

Everyone’s hearts sank.

The Miasma on the way out was highly toxic, and there was also something similar to a Ghost Wall. They simply couldn’t leave. The longer they delayed, the more people would die. With no other choice, they could only return.

And attempts like that had happened many times before.

Every single time ended in sacrifice and failure.

Qi Lingwu suddenly spoke. “There is a Time discrepancy between the Southwest and the outside world. Walking out is equivalent to completing a leap across Time. If we can’t find the cause of the Time anomaly, we may never be able to get out.”

If they couldn’t find the root cause, how could they walk from Apocalypse Year Three into Apocalypse Month Three?

The Southwest and the outside world were not on the same Time dimension.

Jiang Yu asked in confusion, “Then how did we get in?”

Hao Jingye looked at her approvingly, as if to say-

Watson, you’ve found the blind spot.

Jiang Yu: “…”

Hao Jingye withdrew his gaze and sighed softly. “That is indeed a point of suspicion. Dr. Yan and I discussed it just now. Perhaps the Southwest can be entered but not exited. Or perhaps it’s because of Sister Sheng’s Supernatural Ability.”

Sheng An currently could not use her Supernatural Ability, but they should not forget that her Supernatural Ability was ultimately related to Time.

Perhaps they had been able to enter because of her?

However, Sheng An shook her head. “I don’t think our being able to enter has much to do with me.”

“Why?” Hao Jingye was surprised.

Sheng An said, “Intuition.”

Everyone: “…”

All right. Sister Sheng’s intuition could be treated as a conclusion.

Hao Jingye said, “Then I’ll synchronize this with Dr. Yan immediately. They’re in a meeting discussing it right now.”

Long Tianyu had already finished eating. He set down his bowl and chopsticks. “What about the Aberrants and Meteorite Fragments in the Southwest? Why are there no Aberrants in the Southwest? The intel says there are large numbers of Meteorite Fragments in the Southwest. Where are they?”

Jia Guangliang raised his hand for the second time. “I know. I can explain, but-”

Hao Jingye looked up, pushed up his glasses, and spoke while eating:
“I already got that much out of a Southwest Superpower User. It counts as a secret-only a very small handful of people know about it, like that Non-mainstream kid.

“The Aberrants in the Southwest really have disappeared, and most likely, they’re all dead. But at the same time, what vanished from the Southwest was the Meteorite Fragment!”

Everyone froze.

Sheng An’s brows instantly drew tight.

“How do we know the Aberrants are dead?” Li Wanyun asked.

Jia Guangliang raised his hand for the third time. “I know. I can tell you, but-”

Hao Jingye answered, “Two reasons. First, Old Chu has Yin-Yang Eyes, and he didn’t see any Aberrants in the Southwest. Second, ever since the Aberrants disappeared, none of the people in the Southwest have died because of Aberrants.”

Everyone knew Aberrants delighted in killing and craved blood. If there were Aberrants in the Southwest, how could they possibly hold back from killing people?

Even if some Aberrants could restrain themselves, could all of them?

Sheng An lowered her eyes slightly, sinking into thought.

Gu Qiansheng asked again, “Then what do you mean the Fragments disappeared?”

“Disappeared, literally. The Fragments are gone.” Hao Jingye’s expression was equally grave as he explained, “At the beginning, because there were so many Fragments in the Southwest, there were also a lot of Aberrants. But later, when the Aberrants disappeared, the Fragments disappeared with them. After that, fewer and fewer people turned into Aberrants.”

After a pause, he added, “This also proves one thing from the side: the appearance of Aberrants really is related to the Fragments.”

Once the Fragments in the Southwest disappeared, even newly appearing Aberrants became rare.

Only, where had those Fragments gone?

As if knowing what they were wondering, Hao Jingye shook his head. “No one knows where the Fragments went. The entire Southwest is full of secrets.”

First, the flow of Time in the Southwest was different from the outside world.

Second, people could enter but could not leave.

Third, the Aberrants disappeared, and the Meteorite Fragment disappeared as well.

Only by figuring all of this out might they be able to completely unravel the Southwest Mystery.

But they still knew too little. They didn’t have enough information.

Beside them, Jia Guangliang gave a cold laugh. “Hmph.”

Everyone looked at him.

At that very moment, it was practically written all over his face-I still know something.

He had tried to speak twice just now, only to be cut off both times.

Those damned people had spilled everything clean. What he wanted to say had already been said for him, so he could no longer use it as a bargaining chip.

But there was also information that only he knew!

That was his greatest trump card.

Sheng An said, “You know?”

Jia Guangliang lifted his chin and gave a cold smile, completely fearless.

So what if the others had spilled everything?

He had exclusive information. Didn’t these people still have to rely on him?

So what if they had interrupted him three times?

This time, once he opened his mouth, who would dare cut him off? Unless they didn’t want to know his exclusive information.

The first time he raised his hand, he’d wanted to put forward conditions and regain some dignity.

The second time he raised his hand, he’d changed it to trading for two meals, trying to salvage some face.

The third time he raised his hand, he’d decided to ask for just one meal. Filling his stomach would be enough.

But now-

The initiative was in his hands. That meant he would be the one setting the terms!

Jia Guangliang said, “I know. I can tell you, but-”

Wu Buyu, who had somehow crept over to his side and crouched there for a while, spoke up, interrupting him yet again:

“He really does know something unusual. No one knows where the uncollected Meteorite Fragment went, but the Fragments gathered by humans were either stolen by Aberrants or vanished into thin air. He saw it with his own eyes!”

Vanished into thin air!

Those four words alone were enough to make one’s hair stand on end.

Jiang Yu rubbed her arms, her face full of panic. “How could they just vanish into thin air?”

Wu Buyu shook his head. “Jia Guangliang doesn’t know either, but he saw it himself. The Fragments that had originally been placed somewhere suddenly disappeared. Vanished into thin air.”

Jia Guangliang: “!!”

Jia Guangliang: “??”

-Fuck, he’d forgotten they had someone who could read minds.

After being interrupted for the fourth time, every last secret he knew had been exposed. Not only had he failed to win back even a shred of face, he hadn’t even gotten a single grain of rice in exchange.

Only then did Wu Buyu stand up. He couldn’t help sighing. “This kid really is useless. He spent more than two years in the Southwest, and he still didn’t manage to get his hands on much useful information…”