Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 220

Chapter 220

Qi Lingwu stared intently at her.

As if sensing something, he reached out, took her hand, and laced his fingers through hers.

Warmth flowed from his palm into her icy hand.

Sheng An squeezed his hand in return.

When the Time Hand had wrestled against Time, the other side had stopped her from pulling Time back. But in that brief instant when she did manage to drag it backward, she had seen the Time Aberrant.

In that instant, her expression had changed drastically.

And the Shadow had no longer tried to stop her from glimpsing its appearance through Time. The Time Aberrant, who had previously been trying to force a “draw” and withdraw, instead said: Sheng An, you can’t kill me. But I… will kill you.

Back then, the Time Aberrant’s obstruction had not merely been to stop Time from being reversed and prevent Qi Lingwu from getting a chance to make a move.

It had also been to stop her from seeing what the Time Aberrant looked like.

But she had seen it anyway.

Sheng An’s voice was very soft, as if it might scatter into the wind-

“On the Time Aberrant’s face, I saw my own face. Very quickly, that face changed into Zhang Jialiang’s. That was also when the Time Aberrant gained the Immortal Body Supernatural Ability…”

The face beneath the hood had shifted between “Sheng An” and “Zhang Jialiang.”

Qi Lingwu’s expression changed.

Sheng An spoke again. “After gaining control of the Time Ability, I only then faintly sensed that something was wrong with the Time Aberrant. Is it really a Time Aberrant? Or is it… a puppet with the Time Ability?”

The last two words were barely audible.

After a long silence, Qi Lingwu finally said, “The Time Ability, Immortal Body, and Puppet Ability. At least three familiar yet rare Supernatural Abilities may have appeared in the Southwest.”

Aside from the Time Aberrant, the only current Time Ability Superpower User was Sheng An.

The only one with Immortal Body was Zhang Jialiang.

The only Puppet Ability Superpower User was Qiu Yu.

-Each was unique enough to be the only one.

Yet in the Southwest, it seemed they had seen them all again.

Sheng An added, “If we also regard the Poisonous Miasma as a kind of Supernatural Ability, doesn’t it resemble a High-Level Poison Ability?”

The Poison Ability User they had executed at B11 Shelter.

Qi Lingwu drew in a sharp breath, his grip tightening around Sheng An’s hand.

Sheng An murmured, “We really should return to Jing City Base as soon as possible. We have to integrate all the information we have. As for M, who is hidden behind this entire series of Supernatural Abilities… it’s time we looked for them too…”

Qi Lingwu nodded and stood silently beside Sheng An.

The Southwest Mystery mission was complete. It was time to go back.
Cheng Bairuo, Liu Miao, and the others looked at Jia Guangliang, then looked away.

Then they looked again, and looked away again.

Over and over, they kept sneaking glances at him.

Jia Guangliang sat on the ground. His plump body was like a round ball, not all that intimidating, and with his childish face, he instead looked a little… cute.

Expressionless, he said, “How much longer are you going to stare?”

Cheng Bairuo leaned closer. “You really led us in surviving for more than two years? Your Supernatural Ability is that strong? Strong enough that I’d willingly be your underling?”

He was questioning the truth of it.

It was hard to believe that he would ever attach himself to the person in front of him.

Jia Guangliang remained expressionless. “Not only were you my underling, you were extremely loyal to me.”

Cheng Bairuo rubbed his nose. “Hey, chubster, are you sure you’re not messing with me? It’d make more sense if you were my underling. I’m so awesome, how could I possibly be yours? And calling you Divine Lord every other sentence? Don’t tell me you brainwashed me.”

Jia Guangliang: “.”

Liu Miao snapped, “Cheng Bairuo! Don’t talk like that. Brother Jia supported us through more than two years of the Apocalypse. Although none of us remember after the Time Reversal, everything Brother Jia did for the Southwest deserves our respect!”

Another former underling of the “God of Light” said weakly, “I do respect him. Now we’ve all joined the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department, but Brother Jia is a core member of Group B. Even before the reversal, I respected him…”

After a pause, he added, “Brother Jia, you’re the hero of our Southwest. Once you get to the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department, don’t relapse into that chunibyo act again. Things like God of Light sound like you walked out of a psychiatric hospital, so don’t bring it up anymore.

“From what I can tell, Long Tianyu and the others aren’t easy to deal with. Be careful not to piss them off and get yourself beaten up.”

Jia Guangliang: “..”

Liu Miao nodded. “I agree with that. Brother Jia, after you go to Jing City, do your best to follow the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department’s lead. We’ll stay behind in the Southwest, and we’ll definitely protect the Southwest’s safety, so don’t worry. From now on, keep a low profile. Don’t get kicked back here, and don’t get beaten up because you were too high-profile.”

Jia Guangliang: “…”
Cheng Bairuo patted him on the shoulder. “Brother Liang, hang in there. You’re the fattest.”

Jia Guangliang couldn’t take it anymore. “Get lost! All of you, get the hell out-”

Not far away, Hao Jingye called out, “We’re getting ready to leave!”

Jia Guangliang stood and strode away.

Behind him, the Southwest Superpower Users shouted, “Brother Jia, you have to come back someday!”

Jia Guangliang didn’t even look back.

-Damn it. He never wanted to come back in this lifetime.

Back then, being the “God of Light” had been so impressive. Everyone respected him and saluted him whenever they saw him.

So why, after the Time Reversal, when those recorded videos had been played in the major Shelters, had it all become so awkward? So humiliating?

Those videos had practically turned into his dark history.

Jia Guangliang hugged himself in pain.
Beside the Convoy that was about to set out.

Jiang Yu was discussing Mutant Plants with Academician Zhou.

Jiang Yu said, “Are you really not going to put it back into the Space Ability? I felt like it was really excited in there. The moment it rooted itself in the soil, its whole plant swelled up, and its roots grew like crazy.”

“It wasn’t eating well outside. Once it entered the black land and put down roots, it was like it had a feast. A huge tonic.”

Academician Zhou shook his head firmly. “But what’s precious about it is that it can survive in the wasteland. If we keep letting it enter the black land, I’m worried it won’t adapt better to the outside. From now on, we shouldn’t put it into the Space Ability anymore…”

The moment he finished speaking, Academician Zhou felt something whip him.

“Ow… Who hit me?” Academician Zhou turned around.

And yet, there was nothing there.

Puzzled, Academician Zhou rubbed his backside, turned back, and continued speaking to Jiang Yu. “Your Space Ability should continue planting crops while we conduct a control experiment. As for the Mutant Houttuynia, we’ll carry out a cultivation trial on the Scorched Earth outside-Ow! Who the hell is hitting me?!”

His eyes widened.

But there was still nothing behind him.

He looked at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu raised both hands and stared back. “It has nothing to do with me. Why would I hit you for no reason?”

Academician Zhou grew even more suspicious.

His gaze shifted to the Mutant Houttuynia planted in the Scorched Earth nearby. Its body had gotten a little bigger, but it still had only a single leaf. It was rooted in the ground, motionless.

Academician Zhou rubbed his backside and went on, “We need to cultivate Houttuynia as soon as possible. Even if we have to plant the entire world full of Houttuynia, that’s still-”

Jiang Yu howled, “Nooo! Who would want the whole world filled with Houttuynia? That would be a disaster-Ow!”

Jiang Yu had been hit too. She turned around in disbelief.

And this time, Academician Zhou finally saw who had hit them.

-From the dirt underground, the long roots of the Houttuynia suddenly shot out. After whipping Jiang Yu hard, they swiftly retracted back beneath the soil, as if nothing had happened.

Academician Zhou’s eyes went wide. “It really can understand human speech, and it even gets angry because of it. My heavens, this is incredible!”

Academician Zhou was very excited.

Jiang Yu, however, was very angry.

Vines lashed out from her hand toward the Mutant Houttuynia as she gritted her teeth. “You actually dared to hit me? What did I ever do to you? Let me tell you-”

The Mutant Houttuynia pulled up its roots, turned, and ran.

Jiang Yu cursed at the top of her lungs. “You bastard! If you’ve got the guts, don’t run! This is outrageous! I’ve never seen crops in the field bullying the farmer before!”

The Mutant Houttuynia skidded to a stop. Its leaf twisted back and stood upright toward Jiang Yu, forming a straight line.

-The provocation was unmistakable.

Jiang Yu’s temper flared. As she chased it, she roared, “Just you wait! I’m throwing you in the pot later! Cold salad!!”

The Mutant Houttuynia shook the single leaf on its head, utterly arrogant.

Neither of these two was a good person. So what if it hit them?

One of them had only let it eat one “feast” before dragging it back out to gnaw on “dry rations,” and even said that from now on, it would only get dry rations. Absolutely despicable.

The other one looked down on it. Equally despicable.

The Mutant Houttuynia bounced up and down, swaying its leaf as it toyed with Jiang Yu.

No matter what she did, she couldn’t hit it or catch up to it. She was so angry she kept cursing.

The Mutant Houttuynia was pleased with itself.

Just then, someone grabbed its leaf and lifted it whole into the air. Part of its roots were still underground, while the rest flailed wildly in midair, struggling.

Who dared touch its one and only leaf?!

The Houttuynia was furious.

Sheng An smiled faintly. “Feeling bold, are we? Don’t want your last leaf anymore?”

She gave that leaf a gentle shake.