Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 81

Chapter 81

Doomsday countdown: 9 days.

Hao Jingye held a folder, his expression solemn and businesslike.

“Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun have identified a total of three Deviants: Liu Yue, Ji Yani, and Gu Qiansheng.”

“Liu Yue. Abnormal behavior was detected three days ago. Long Tianyu knew him in his past life and confirmed he is a high-level Superpower User, Fire-type. This is his file and the background check from the last few days. This is Long Tianyu’s recollection of Liu Yue’s personality, behavior, and combat strength from the previous life…”

“Ji Yani, a Speed-type Superpower User. She was friends with Li Wanyun in their past life. During the screening process, Li Wanyun identified her at a glance. This is her…”

“Gu Qiansheng. His ability is very unique and is known as ‘Silence.’ Within a certain range, he can silence Superpower Users weaker than himself, rendering them temporarily unable to use their Supernatural Ability. If used on an ordinary person, it causes them to freeze and become unable to move.

“Gu Qiansheng is a high-level Superpower User identified based on the memories of Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun. The Investigation Department has no evidence to determine if he has already awakened his Supernatural Ability.

“However, starting three days ago, his behavior became guarded. His daily internet usage jumped from two hours to eighteen hours. It is speculated that he is searching for information and has likely awakened…”

Sheng An nodded, her eyes locked onto the three names.

Fire-type, Speed-type, and Silence. As expected, those who could awaken before the Apocalypse were incredibly powerful, both in terms of their Supernatural Ability and their raw strength.

She carefully flipped through all the information and murmured, “One by one. Let’s finish this quickly.”

*

Meanwhile.

Liu Yue sat on the sofa, facing his parents.

His father looked worried. “Son, what’s wrong?”

His mother was equally concerned, her wrinkled face etched with anxiety.

Liu Yue knew what his parents were thinking.

They were the most ordinary of migrant workers. His father worked at construction sites, and his mother was an hourly worker who cleaned houses.

He had been able to grow up only because his parents worked themselves to the bone to earn money.

But that came at a price.

Years of exposure to the elements had turned his father’s skin into something resembling shriveled tree bark. His mother’s back was so strained she could no longer stand up straight; even when not working, she remained hunched.

They bore the deep scars of hardship and survival.

Just seeing them sitting there made Liu Yue’s heart ache.

And he was incompetent. After graduating from university and looking for work, he hadn’t been able to get into a good company. The money he earned at his current job made it difficult to even establish a home here, let alone allow his parents to enjoy their golden years.

Yesterday, he had quit his job. He had used his own life as a threat to force his parents not to go to work today.

He understood their current worry completely.

Blinking his stinging eyes, Liu Yue spoke slowly. “Mom, Dad… I can finally let you live a good life.”

The couple exchanged a glance, looking bewildered.

Liu Yue looked at them. “Please don’t be afraid. I’ve simply awakened a superpower.”

As the words left his mouth, he opened his hand. A large ball of fire suddenly appeared in his palm.

His parents jumped in fright.

“Ah!” his mother cried out.

Liu Yue quickly pulled the fire back. He gently comforted his parents.

“Mom, Dad, this is like the superpowers in novels. I’ve really changed. From now on, you can enjoy your lives.”

Just like the protagonist of a novel, no one who obtained a Golden Finger would continue to live a life of hardship!

It took a full hour.

His parents finally confirmed that their son wasn’t performing a magic trick; he had truly awakened a special ability. Although it was hard for them to comprehend, the truth was right before their eyes.

His mother asked nervously, “Son, will this hurt your body?”

His father was a bit calmer. He pursed his dry, cracked lips, the permanent furrow between his brows deepening as he asked softly, “Should we report this to the government?”

“No!” Liu Yue immediately shook his head. “The tall tree catches the wind. My Golden Finger is unique. What if someone takes me away for research?”

It didn’t matter if he died, but what would happen to his parents?

He had to stay alive and well so that his parents, who had toiled their entire lives, could finally rest.

“Then… what can this ability do?” his father asked cautiously.

Liu Yue paused.

Indeed, what could this ability do?

In novels, once the protagonist got a Golden Finger, they started dominating everything. What could he do?

Go outside and set things on fire?
But that wouldn’t get him anything.

These days, starting a fire was so convenient-there wasn’t much for him to do. And if he accidentally set something on fire, he might end up facing a sky-high compensation claim…

Start a business?

This ability of his wouldn’t help much with that.

Become an assassin?

First, he had no connections. Second, even if he did, would he dare to leave his parents behind?

Same old point: if he died, fine. But if nobody took care of his parents, that was not fine.

Liu Yue suddenly felt gloomy.

He’d awakened a Supernatural Ability, but it seemed… kind of useless?

Become a firefighter?

Firefighting had entry requirements-how would he even get in? And even if he did, how would he use his Supernatural Ability once he was inside?

So frustrating.

Seeing him slump in an instant, Liu Yue’s mom smacked her husband hard and said loudly, “Our son’s Supernatural Ability is super useful! Think of how much we’ll save on gas!”

Liu Yue: “…” Thanks, Mom.

So he’d awakened a Supernatural Ability just to save the family thirty or fifty yuan a month on gas?

Liu Yue sank even further.

Liu Yue’s dad looked completely serious. “Son, it’s fine if you can’t use it. Your mom and I just want you to be safe and sound. Don’t quit your job-work steadily and keep your feet on the ground.”

Liu Yue: “…”

He’d awakened a Supernatural Ability and he was still supposed to go back to that crappy job?

Something about this felt wrong.

But how was he supposed to get rich with this Supernatural Ability?

So much to worry about.

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

“Knock knock-”

Liu Yue’s dad stood up, about to answer, but Liu Yue stepped past him. “Dad, sit. I’ll get it!”

He opened the door. “Who-”

His voice cut off.

A group of SWAT officers stood outside, guns holstered at their waists.

At the front was a young woman in a windbreaker, her hair in a ponytail. She raised her credentials and flashed him a bright smile.

“Hello. Apocalypse Special Affairs Department. Sheng An.”

“I’m here to see you-Liu Yue, Fire Ability User.”

Liu Yue went rigid.

How did they know?!

*

Ji Yani was worried sick.

Her body had changed-she seemed to have awakened something straight out of a novel: a Supernatural Ability.

And she wasn’t like everyone else.

Ji Yani had never thought she was any kind of protagonist. Even if she’d awakened a Supernatural Ability that let her run extremely fast, she still didn’t think she was the protagonist.

A sudden physical transformation, a Golden Finger dropping from the heavens?

If it were a system, she might’ve believed that.

But when it was just a change in her body, it made her even more uneasy.

In novels, if Superpower Users suddenly appeared in modern society, that meant the world had always contained things ordinary people couldn’t touch.

Now that she’d suddenly gained a Supernatural Ability, it was hard to guess what the people up top would think about it. She didn’t even know whether awakening a Supernatural Ability was good or bad-whether it might bring disaster.

Even putting that aside…

According to webnovel logic, awakening a Supernatural Ability often came with one thing-

the Apocalypse.

That was even scarier!

She didn’t feel at all that having a Supernatural Ability would make her special, or that if the Apocalypse came she’d be better off. On the contrary-no matter what you were, an Apocalypse was a disaster.

She had a cozy home and an easy life. If she wanted to eat something, she could order delivery and it would arrive in half an hour. She could save up a bit, and when she had time off she could even go traveling…

And in the Apocalypse?

Even if she did well, could life possibly be like that?

Ji Yani really didn’t want disaster to arrive.

Whether it was those existences ordinary people couldn’t reach, or the Apocalypse…

Ji Yani decided she’d keep treating herself like an ordinary person.

There’d be a way when she got there. She’d just take it one day at a time.

Ji Yani happily got dressed, grabbed her bag, and went out to eat-she was going to have something good. If disaster really did come, at least she wouldn’t feel cheated!

As for her Supernatural Ability, unless it was a life-or-death situation, she wouldn’t use it.

She’d just pretend she didn’t have a Supernatural Ability!

Thinking that, Ji Yani opened the door.

And then-

The moment it cracked open, she saw a group of SWAT officers standing outside her apartment.

Sheng An smiled slightly.

“Hello, Ji Yani. First, congratulations on awakening a speed ability.”

Ji Yani: “…”

She was already pretending she didn’t have a Supernatural Ability-so how did this woman know that precisely?!