Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 68

When they returned to the Special Affairs Division camp, Song Linwei hurried out of the office.

“Eh? Where’s Li Wanyun?” Song Linwei asked curiously.

Sheng An replied, “She has something to take care of, she’ll be back soon.”

She turned and instructed, “Hao Jingye, send a message to the research institute explaining the situation. Have them make a list and plan out Li Wanyun’s space.”

A massive, stationary preservation space should never be used solely for storing daily supplies!

Inside, it should hold humanity’s hope for the future.

As for supplies, more Space Ability users will appear after the apocalypse.

Hao Jingye nodded quickly, “I already reported it on the way here. The research institute is preparing.”

Sheng An nodded.

She looked at Song Linwei again, “Did you discover something?”

His reaction just now was quite unusual.

Upon hearing this, Song Linwei’s expression became serious. He said earnestly, “Wan Yuan sent me some information. I carefully screened it and actually found a suspected Deviant.”

Everyone immediately became attentive and looked at him.

Song Linwei organized his thoughts and explained the situation-

“This suspected Deviant information comes from the Third Hospital-yes, the psychiatric hospital. The Third Hospital often receives strange patients. If we hadn’t specifically requested it, they probably wouldn’t have reported this information.”

This was normal. What seemed odd to them was perfectly ordinary in the eyes of the Third Hospital.

The people they’ve seen there are truly-bizarre in every way.

“This patient had previously received treatment at the Third Hospital because his parents thought he was too quiet, a bit withdrawn, so they took him to see a doctor.

“I looked at his diagnostic report. Actually, he was perfectly normal before, with no mental illness, but his parents didn’t believe it and forced him to see doctors and take medication…”

This wasn’t considered a Deviant situation.

However, two days ago, this person went to the Third Hospital on his own, registered for treatment, stammered in front of the doctor for a long time without saying a word, then turned and ran off.

This kind of thing wasn’t the first time at the Third Hospital, so they casually included it in the reported information without any special notes.

Last night, Wan Yuan was responsible for searching through these reported individuals.

Of course, it wasn’t a person-by-person search.

The number of reports was enormous, so Wan Yuan created a screening system that automatically locked onto keywords based on the person’s “chat records,” and also based on their “search history” and “purchase records,” locking onto keywords and key information.

Song Linwei was responsible for checking the locked information, seeing what they talked about, what they searched for, and whether it was related to Deviants.

“This person was otherwise normal, but after registering, he searched for ‘What to do if you mutate,’ ‘Is there such a thing as mutation,’ ‘Abnormal physical mutation after adulthood’…”

Song Linwei handed Sheng An the printed search records. “He searched continuously, obviously very anxious. After failing to find any useful answers, he deleted his search history.”

-That was a bit suspicious.

Plus, he had registered with an expert at the Third Hospital.

It really looked like someone who had experienced a shocking change and was instinctively reacting.

Hao Jingye asked in confusion, “Mutation?”

Why would he use mutation to describe himself?

Was it awakening a superpower?

Sheng An lowered her eyes in thought, then asked, “What’s his name?”

“Wu Buyu.”

Yu Feng laughed, “His name is Buyu-doesn’t like to talk-and his parents thought he was withdrawn. Really fits his name. But with the surname Wu, is this guy actually quiet, or does he just love to talk?”

Hao Jingye shrugged.

Sheng An asked Long Tianyu, “Wu Buyu, do you know him?”

Long Tianyu thought for a moment, then shook his head firmly, “Never heard of that name. At least in my previous life, he wasn’t famous at all.”

Those who awakened as Superpower Users before the apocalypse, based on current patterns, were capable people in their previous lives as well.

Capable people-they would have heard of them.

But Long Tianyu truly hadn’t heard of Wu Buyu.

Hao Jingye took out his phone, “I’ll ask Yang Chuan and Jiang Yu if they know him.”

Yang Chuan, Group A’s Earth-type Superpower User, also a Reborn Person.

Jiang Yu replied quickly-she hadn’t heard of him.

Yang Chuan’s reply came a bit later, but he was cooperative-he hadn’t heard of the name either.

Hao Jingye’s brows furrowed instantly, puzzled:

“So what’s his deal? Is he a Superpower User who awakened early? Or a Reborn Person?”
Reborn people shouldn’t be searching for “Mutation.”

Sheng An lowered her eyes, falling into thought.

*

Meanwhile,

A restaurant in Jing City displayed a banner: “Warmly celebrating Wu Xuan’s 80th birthday-may his happiness be as vast as the Eastern Sea, and his life as long as the Southern Mountain!”

The guests began to leave after the banquet.

Wu Buyu followed behind Wu’s Father and Wu’s Mother to see the guests off.

He kept his head down, his two-dimensional hairstyle covering his brows and eyes. “Non-mainstream” looks weren’t popular anymore, and this style only made him seem less likable…

The relatives glanced at Wu Buyu and advised Wu’s Father and Wu’s Mother:

“You really need to discipline Buyu. He’s just getting worse: graduated for years, doesn’t go to work, doesn’t date, never goes out. What’s the point of staying at home all day?”

“Exactly! He was so clever as a kid-how did he turn out like this…”

“Big brother, sister-in-law, you two are so capable. How did your son end up like this?”

“Honestly, it’s the name. Why call him Buyu (No Words)? Even Duoyu (Many Words) would be better-now he barely says a word!”

“What does his name have to do with it? His name is Buyu, and his surname is Wu!”

…

Wu’s Father and Wu’s Mother could only nod stiffly, embarrassed.

Wu’s Mother shot Wu Buyu a covert glare.

Wu’s Father pulled his seven-year-old younger son over and boasted, “Buyu may be hopeless, but Shanyu is different! This boy is clever, talks a lot-he says everything his brother doesn’t! Hahaha, and he even got first place this year!”

Wu Shanyu greeted the guests sweetly.

Praise immediately filled the room.

At the back, the taciturn Wu Buyu stood with his head down, silent.

Whenever the relatives looked at him, they shook their heads in disappointment.

No wonder his parents favored the younger son like keeping an alt account, while the main account-the elder son-was basically abandoned…

After the relatives had left,

Wu’s Mother got into the car holding the younger son. Wu’s Father complained, “We shouldn’t have brought you today. People talked to you, and you acted like you didn’t hear, didn’t even look up. You really embarrass your old man!”

Wu Buyu kept his head down, saying nothing.

Wu’s Mother took a deep breath, ignored him, and went to coax the younger son.

Wu’s Father continued, “I’ve made something of myself all these years, but you, my useless son, just disgrace me. Tomorrow, go out and get a job! From today on, I won’t give you a single cent! You even tried to secretly enroll in a media school back then-if I hadn’t switched you to computer science, you wouldn’t even be able to find work now. Seriously…”

Wu’s Father’s scolding was endless.

Wu Buyu looked out the window. Beneath the messy bangs covering half his face, his eyes were bright.

He stared outside; his eyes seemed full of stars.

After a while, Wu’s Father shouted again, “Say something! Are you mute?”

Wu Buyu pulled his gaze back, lowered his head, and after a long moment finally mumbled,

“Dad, your zipper is open.”

Wu’s Father froze.

A moment later, he asked, embarrassed and angry, “When did you notice?!”

Wu Buyu kept his head down, still mumbling, “When you and Aunt Xiaomei came out of the restroom.”

Wu’s Father: “?”

Wu’s Mother: “??”

Suddenly, Wu’s Mother shrieked, “Ahhh! Wu Hai, you bastard! How could you betray me? What did you do with that woman-”

A fight broke out up front.

Wu Buyu finally enjoyed some quiet and looked out the window again. Under his hair, his eyes held a scatter of starlight.

*

Special Affairs Division.

Li Wanyun had returned.

She knew Sheng An and the others had plenty of questions for her.

But she hadn’t expected Sheng An’s first question to be-

“Did you know Wu Buyu in your previous life?”

Li Wanyun paused, a bit bewildered.

Then, as if recalling something, her eyes widened and her voice rose: “Wu Buyu-it’s him!”

“You know him?” Hao Jingye was surprised.

Long Tianyu was also shocked: “You actually know him? How come I’ve never heard of him?”

Li Wanyun glanced at him in disdain. “It’s not just me-you know him too. No-in the Apocalypse, anyone who survived more than a year couldn’t possibly not know him.”

“Huh?” Long Tianyu was stunned.