Since the last mission at the cotton spinning factory, among the individuals with supernatural abilities who participated in that mission, some have advanced to Level 2. Some upgraded after returning, while others upgraded during the mission after waiting for the snow to stop.
The remaining teams learned of this situation and concluded that these teams must have received some information from the military to enable their successful upgrades. It seems that supernatural abilities are indeed something that can be upgraded, just as described in those novels from before.
Therefore, in the situation of heavy snow blocking the gates and making it difficult for people to go outside, many dared to venture out. This team is one such case. After they finally made it outside and killed the mutated animal, they discovered the secret within the beast’s brain. However, their companions… died as a result.
In the military and among other factions, more or less everyone received a strange pouch containing something extracted from the brains of mutated animals. Now, everyone is eager to find out what this thing is, why it appears in the brains of these creatures, and whether it has any benefits for supernatural beings.
Three days later, Mo Tiancheng and Mo Tianyou indeed leveled up.
The two children happily researched their own supernatural abilities. Mo Tiancheng can now control a greater number of combat plants, and the range of his ripening and growth abilities has doubled. He also awakened a new ability—healing, but only for damaged plants.
This ability can repair damaged plants during combat and extend their combat time.
In addition, it seems that his perception range has also increased significantly. However, there are now very few mutated plants in the base, and the specific range is hard to determine.
Mo Tiancheng himself doesn’t appear to have undergone significant changes, but Abu and the others feel a closer connection to him. Moreover, Mo Tiancheng seems to possess a healing ability for animals as well, but it can only be used on animals.
This ability somewhat overlaps with Xiao Shu’s energy, but having an extra little doctor isn’t a bad thing. However, they can’t conduct experiments right now, as no one would be cruel enough to cut Abu and the others to test the effectiveness of the healing ability.
Similarly, Mo Tiancheng’s perception range for detecting other humans and mutated beasts with supernatural abilities has also expanded, making it easier to sense their strength and distinguish their approximate level.
Xu Song’s enhanced perception ability hasn’t had any negative effects. Among the family members, Yue Zheng never put up any defenses against him and didn’t harbor any negative feelings. Although Mo Tiancheng occasionally misbehaves, the little guys are very straightforward and don’t have any hidden motives. Even if Mo Tiancheng senses their thoughts, they would openly express them on their faces—what’s the difference between sensing and feeling? There’s no need to worry about it.
As for Mother Xu…
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This… renders his ability almost useless!
Therefore, while Xu Song couldn’t stand his mother’s scattered thinking, he finally found a way to control his own ability. Now, he only activates that ability when he wants to sense the emotions of certain individuals and isn’t compelled to receive them. This is a great thing, as he has little interest in sensing the emotions of others unless there are special circumstances.
“Elder Wu, this is the latest research result on the ability pouch,” a middle-aged man in a white lab coat excitedly pointed at a test tube in the laboratory.
“We’ve finally found a liquid that can dissolve the outer membrane of the ability pouch and retain the substances inside for a short time. Unfortunately, the time is too short… but it provides us with an experimental window. The evidence suggests that the ability pouch is indeed composed of a substantial amount of energy. It should be formed gradually in the brains of mutated beasts after they obtain their abilities.”
With a hint of enthusiasm in his eyes he continued. “I wonder if the brains of individuals with abilities also contain this kind of substance.”
Elder Wu furrowed his brow and said, “I’ve said it before, doing CT scans and drawing blood is one thing, but human experiments are out of the question.”
“Yes, I know,” the researcher quickly nodded. “We’re planning to conduct experiments on mice first to see how they react when they ingest it. We also need you to arrange for a few volunteers to scan their heads,” he said, once again looking at Elder Wu with enthusiasm.
“If their heads also form this energy conglomerate, it could mean that this substance might be used directly on humans! It could be the path to evolving abilities, and perhaps even regular people could have abilities!”
Elder Wu nodded, somewhat with a headache. “It’s a good suggestion, but we must ensure its safety before proceeding with the experiments. We have at least one more winter to prepare; there’s no need to rush.”
The snow outside has sealed off the mountains, which is a bad thing, but it’s also a good thing in another way.
In a short period, almost all the animals have gained abilities, and among humans, regular people still make up at least seventy percent of the population. What does this imply? It suggests that once the snow melts and the animals consider the human base as a source of food, survivors might be faced with a disaster!
Currently, the ordinary citizens in the city only complain about their immediate predicament but haven’t realized that a more significant crisis looms behind it. Moreover, there might be enhanced mutated plants hiding under the snow… being a leader is not an easy task.
The best approach for now is the path of universal evolution; otherwise, everyone might be unable to escape the fate of destruction.
“Perhaps humanity is truly on the brink of catastrophe.”
Exiting the research facility, Elder Wu let out a long sigh and a white mist formed in front of him.
“How’s the progress at the Archaeological Research Institute?”
One of the secretaries among the group replied, “Because the documents are too scarce, we haven’t made much headway yet.”
Elder Wu smiled wryly and shook his head, “Even if they can discover something there, it’s probably not going to be very helpful for our current situation.”
The secretaries were taken aback, and one said, “Elder Wu…”
“I estimate that the most they can do up there is talk about the circumstances of ancient times, but finding a solution to the current situation might not be feasible. It’s even possible that those things on those tablets have little to do with our current situation…”
“We can’t be too pessimistic,” the head secretary pushed up his glasses and consoled.
“True, but we also can’t be blindly optimistic, thinking that uncovering the text on the stone tablets will provide a solution to our current predicament. That’s a joke. From the looks of it, what’s depicted on those tablets seems more like a celebration or ceremony… Anyway, we should start from the basics to avoid taking the wrong path; otherwise, it might be too late,” Elder Wu concluded.
The aroma of roast duck wafted through the air, causing the people living nearby to turn green with envy. They couldn’t immediately locate the source of the fragrance but eagerly sought to find it and enjoy a satisfying meal.
On this day, the people who dared to leave the city and were able to do so were individuals from various supernatural teams. Ordinary people and regular teams, even if they were starving, mostly preferred to stay in the base, waiting for the free gruel served twice a day.
No matter how unfortunate life had become, at least someone was taking care of them, right? After all, nobody wanted to starve to death directly. If they were lucky, they might even snatch food from others.
The base’s management was grateful that they had discovered two individuals with the ability to control plants. Without these two people, the current year wouldn’t yield much harvest, even in greenhouses.
Although these two individuals were working hard and tiring themselves out, planting and cultivating plants as soon as they woke up and continuing after they rested, they couldn’t step outside the base or have any contact with the outside world. They had no personal freedom whatsoever. However, they at least had enough food to eat, which was much better than those who resorted to begging on the streets or venturing outside to make a living.
Unfortunately, they had only found these two plant-manipulating individuals, and the number was still too few. Even when the base offered a high price for recruiting plant-based supernatural individuals, no one applied. Either there were no such individuals in the base, or those who had these abilities didn’t want to come forward.
Naturally, with supernatural teams having these abilities, who would willingly join the recruitment? Would they prefer to feed an entire team or feed the entire base? Even a fool could figure that out.
“Woof!” Abu placed both his paws on the wall and roared at a person who had just thrown a metal object onto the wall. Startled by this, several people who had followed the aroma to its source fled in panic.
Mother Xu furrowed her brow and said, “They really have a death wish. How many times has this happened? Just because we roasted a duck?!”
Xu Song smiled helplessly and said, “It’s because your cooking is too good, Mom.”
Mother Xu raised her head proudly and said, “Of course!”
They were aware of the situation outside, and they knew what it was like. But, they were also aware that some precedents couldn’t be set. They indeed had quite a bit of food stored here, but once they gave people a taste, they would never be able to get rid of these tails.
Each supernatural team had to submit a certain amount of supplies every month, and after completing missions, they also had to contribute food based on the number of participants. What happened to the things they submitted? Most likely, the vast majority of it was consumed by the people in Zone A.
Those who worked in the base could earn some base currency, and the base’s cafeteria was open to all survivors. As long as you could find a job within the base, you could afford to buy food there. The taste might not be great, but at least it filled the stomach!
Why did these people insist on coming to steal or rob from others when there was a cafeteria available?
There was no need to ask, they didn’t dare to leave the base to hunt for themselves. They weren’t willing to find a job within the base to provide for their own sustenance. Instead, they preferred to steal and rob from others!
“They’re just a bunch of worthless individuals,” Mother Xu commented, expressing her frustration while also displaying a significant amount of personal sentiment. Xu Song found her description quite fitting.
Lol hahaha his empathic ability is useless against his mother!