Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 43

It was still before the Apocalypse, and Long Tianyu had no money in his pocket.

So, their meeting place was an old, drafty factory building. The three of them sat on the ground, with a supermarket shopping bag in front of them, filled with some beer and snacks.

-The “Chosen One” was still in his developmental stage, and a bit strapped for cash.

Of course, the other two didn’t mind.

Because they were just as broke.

Ke Jiaxue munched on potato chips and asked curiously, “Brother Long, what happened before you were reborn? Can you tell us?”

Zhang Kun reached into the bag of chips and grabbed a handful, his eyes equally expectant.

There was nothing to hide. Long Tianyu took a beer from the plastic bag, popped it open, took a big gulp, and then slowly began to recount his previous life.

In his previous life, he survived until the second year of the Apocalypse and awakened his Flash Step Ability in the first year.

However, the Flash Step Ability wasn’t very powerful at first.

The distance he could flash was very short, so he suffered a lot.

But later, as the flash distance increased, he became a perfect assassin, able to appear instantly beside anyone.

Catching people off guard, breaking through defenses, and succeeding in assassinations.

He also became a somewhat famous Superpower User and joined a strong team of Superpower Users.

But later, during a mission to seize meteorite fragments, they were killed by a group of hidden Aberrants.

Even though he exhausted his ability, he still died at the hands of the Aberrants.

The fear of death lingered over him, but soon, he lifted his chin and regained his fighting spirit.

Long Tianyu let out a breath.

Fortunately, everything was different now.

He had been reborn.

Relying on the memories from his previous life, he sought out many Superpower Users from before, but unfortunately, none of them had awakened-only Ke Jiaxue and Zhang Kun had.

Ke Jiaxue, the Water Ability User, was actually found by chance.

His real target was a Space Ability User.

But Space Ability Users were extremely rare. In his previous life, Long Tianyu had only met a few, and the strongest among them was a Space-type Superpower User named Li Wanyun.

But after his rebirth, he had never found Li Wanyun and had no idea where she was.

Perhaps she was just living a normal life somewhere before the Apocalypse.

He hadn’t found Li Wanyun, but he had found Zhang Kun.

Zhang Kun’s space was just an ordinary space, unlike Li Wanyun who could use space in combat, but that didn’t matter-he could fight himself.

-The value of a Space Ability User was just to help him stockpile supplies.

Thinking of combat, Long Tianyu’s breathing quickened.

Before he died in his previous life, the longest distance he could flash in one go was 100 meters, and after five consecutive long-distance flashes, his ability would be exhausted.

But after being reborn, he had become even stronger.

Now, not only could he flash up to 200 meters, but he could even do it ten times in a row.

What did that mean?

Within two kilometers, he was the undisputed king!

Not only had he been given a second chance, but he had also become even stronger-if that wasn’t the Chosen One, what was?

This was his most powerful Golden Finger!

However…

Long Tianyu was a bit puzzled: “I was reborn before the Apocalypse, and my ability became stronger. You two, Superpower Users who awakened before the Apocalypse, are also extremely powerful… several times stronger than those who had just awakened in my previous life. It’s really strange.”

“Could it be that those who awaken before the Apocalypse are different from those who awaken after?” Zhang Kun speculated.

“It’s possible.” Long Tianyu frowned. “But in my previous life, I never heard of any Superpower Users awakening before the Apocalypse. Back then, I only met Jiaxue to buy water, and her life was pretty tough-she couldn’t produce much water each day.”
But in this life, just after being reborn, he had already surpassed his previous one!

It was a strange phenomenon.

And it wasn’t just him-Zhang Kun and Ke Jiaxue were the same.

The three of them fell silent.

Soon, Ke Jiaxue offered an explanation: “It must be because of Brother Long’s butterfly effect!”

Zhang Kun’s eyes lit up: “Right, that’s very possible. Long Tianyu was reborn, and according to the rules of anime, he’s the protagonist. We’re part of the protagonist’s camp, so we get stronger too.”

He smiled shyly, his voice soft: “Brother Long, I’ll always stick with you. I’ll never betray you.”

Just kidding-betraying the protagonist, going against him, that’s what villains do.

Villains are destined to fail.

Hearing this, Long Tianyu smiled with satisfaction and nodded:

“Don’t worry. We’re a team. Even if our team grows in the future, I’ll always trust you the most. We’re the ones who started preparing before the Apocalypse.”

Thinking of the food they’d moved from the granary, Ke Jiaxue’s eyes sparkled, her voice excited:

“We learned about the coming Apocalypse ahead of time. While everyone else was clueless, we started stockpiling supplies and formed a Superpower User squad. Maybe the Apocalypse is our chance to shine…”

Long Tianyu nodded emphatically.

Before the Apocalypse, he was just an ordinary person who never got his chance. But this time, he had stockpiled supplies in advance, formed a Superpower User squad, and possessed a powerful ability… He was determined to become the King of the Apocalypse!

Ke Jiaxue said, “Let’s give our Superpower User squad a name!”

Long Tianyu didn’t hesitate: “Ghost Phantom Ability Team.”

“Ghost Phantom…” Zhang Kun murmured, “Coming and going without a trace-just like ghosts and phantoms. No one can figure us out or catch us.”

Ke Jiaxue laughed: “Then Brother Long is the Ghost King! Hahaha, that’s so cool.”

Ghost King!

Long Tianyu smiled. Yes, “Ghost King” fit his ability perfectly. This time, he would make the title of Ghost King famous.

He raised his can, eyes shining: “To celebrate our first successful operation, and the founding of the Ghost Phantom Ability Team.”

“Alright!” Ke Jiaxue and Zhang Kun immediately raised their cans and clinked them together.

The three of them happily drank a can of beer each.

Ke Jiaxue, tipsy, widened her eyes: “Brother Long, what do we do next?”

Long Tianyu was a little tipsy too.

Not just from excitement, but also… a bit drunk.

In his last life during the Apocalypse, everyone was poor-there was no alcohol to drink, so his tolerance was low.

Two cans of beer was about his limit.

Long Tianyu’s cheeks were slightly red, his gaze proud: “Of course, we keep stockpiling supplies. In my last life, Shi City was completely wiped out. Taking all the supplies from Shi City is only natural.”

They had no money, so they could only rely on getting items for free, scrounging government resources.

“We’ve got food, so next is…” Zhang Kun blinked.

Long Tianyu laughed: “You all said that following me means there’s meat to eat, so of course-the next step is to stockpile meat.”

*

Apocalypse Special Affairs Department camp.

“…So, the kid with the Flash Step Ability is this young man named Long Tianyu.” Hao Jingye gave a brief overview of Long Tianyu’s entire life.

From what age he started school, to what mistakes he made at school, others’ evaluations, the salaries and status of his various jobs…

There was even information filtered from his phone, including but not limited to contacts, chat records, search history, purchase history, and so on.

-You could say, the person had been stripped bare.

Sheng An flipped through the files calmly.