“How are they doing? Have they all woken up?” Bai Yang followed Liu Yukun to the other side of the sixth floor, which was where the first group of soldiers who had fallen into a coma were gathered. As soon as they arrived, there was a lively buzz in almost every room. For the past three days, this was the first time everyone had been so carefree and happy.
“Boss Bai.” He Li, who was talking to Li Ran, stood up as soon as he saw Bai Yang come in.
Unlike Liu Yukun, who was still rejoicing, He Li was informed of the current situation within the team by Li Ran as soon as he woke up. As Bai Yang’s staff, he needed to know everything in order to plan and act accordingly in the future.
Seeing He Li’s serious expression, Bai Yang waved his hand. “At least for now, it’s a happy time. Let’s not think too much.”
He Li nodded, but the sorrow in his eyes did not diminish.
“Have they all woken up?” Bai Yang asked again.
Li Ran shook his head. “Two soldiers in the third company…”
Before Li Ran could finish speaking, two people walked into the room.
“Captain Bai, Staff Li, Staff He.” The two soldiers saluted.
“You woke up?” Li Ran looked at the two who had just come in and turned to explain to Bai Yang, “They were the last to wake up. When I went to check on them earlier, they were still in a coma, but they’ve woken up now.”
Bai Yang nodded and looked at the two of them thoughtfully. After a moment of contemplation, he said, “You two go out first. Liu Yukun, you go and count the number of people and see what abilities they have. You two wait outside the door for now.”
After Bai Yang finished speaking, Liu Yukun and the two who had just woken up saluted the three before walking out and closing the door.
“Captain Bai, what about the situation in the regiment?” He Li asked as soon as the door closed. Li Ran had only given him a general idea of the situation so far, and he was eager to know more.
“Let’s not talk about that for now. The two who just came in, they’re from the third battalion?” Bai Yang interrupted He Li and asked Li Ran. Although both He Li and Li Ran were his staff members, their responsibilities were slightly different. Li Ran was more focused on internal arrangements while He Li was more focused on external responses.
Li Ran nodded. “They are both soldiers under Shao Kai. One is Shao Kai’s bodyguard, and the other is a machine gunner from the third battalion’s heavy weapons platoon.”
“Just now, when I was with Bai Yun, I noticed that these two had been unconscious for a longer time than others, including Xiao Yun. I suspect they have psychic abilities,” Bai Yang said, thinking about his own daughter’s situation. He decided to discuss this with Li Ran first before involving He Li.
“Psychic abilities?” Li Ran and He Li both didn’t know what was unusual about psychic abilities.
“When we went to X city, Han Ya and their team mentioned that they also had a psychic ability user,” Li Ran immediately thought back to the scene where Han Ya had informed them in the car that the zombies were all inside the building.
“Yes, they also have a psychic ability user. Has this information been leaked?” Bai Yang asked worriedly, as he did not yet understand the special nature of psychic abilities. If other teams also awakened psychic abilities and found out that there was a psychic ability user on Xiao Wen’s team, they would definitely start thinking about space-related matters. It would not be as simple as just trying to recruit people anymore.
Feeling Bai Yang’s nervousness, Li Ran explained, “Because those people were with Bai Yun at the time, so He Li issued a gag order to our team, prohibiting us from disclosing anything related to them to other teams.”
Bai Yang was relieved and began to explain, “Just now, Wen Shao told me that the person who woke up slightly later than others is likely to have awakened a psychic ability, and psychic ability users have a derivative ability called ‘space.'”
“Space?” He Li and Li Ran widened their eyes in surprise.
“Could this space be what they imagined?!”
The two of them looked at each other and saw the shock and excitement in each other’s eyes.
In this world, even the dead can turn into monsters and magic has appeared, so accepting the idea of space is not that far-fetched. Moreover, the allure of space to humans is too strong!
“Yes, it’s space. Xiao Yun has just been confirmed as a psychic by Wen Shao.”
With Bai Yang’s words, Li Ran and He Li suppressed their impulses and focused on the current issue.
“Bai Yun has been confirmed… which means Wen Le can distinguish other people’s abilities?” He Li guessed along with Bai Yang’s words.
Bai Yang hesitated, “Not sure, but we can ask later.”
“Bai boss, what do you mean…” Li Ran asked, but he had already guessed Bai Yang’s idea.
“What I mean is to try not to let others know that these two woke up later than everyone else. We’ll confirm with Wen Shao and see if they really are psychic abilities. I don’t want anyone else to know,” Bai Yang said hesitantly.
The relationships between the various units were complex. Although Bai Yang was sure that their superiors had no ulterior motives, he couldn’t guarantee that the other two units wouldn’t come and snatch their people. Moreover, the relationship between the other two units and the higher-ups was much closer, and he had to consider his own army more.
As things stood, Li Ran and He Li both thought it was reasonable for Bai Yang to think this way. In fact, if it were up to them, they would be even more selfish. Before the apocalypse, never mind, but since then, those two units had oppressed them a lot.
“If we confirm that these two are psychic abilities, I suggest putting the heavy machine gunner with Han Ya. I heard from Li Ran that our regiment has lost many people in the past few days. Even if we have one less person, nobody will notice. Putting him with Han Ya will allow him to stay out of sight and provide us with a retreat route,” He Li pondered for a moment and said.
Li Ran nodded in agreement, but hesitated, “I don’t know if Han Ya and his team will accept it. I’ve had a lot of contact with Han Ya these past few days, and he’s much smarter than us. I’m worried he’ll think we’re trying to plant our people with him.”
Bai Yang waved his hand at Li Ran’s concern. He had more contact with Xiao Wen and his group, and Han Ya was a shrewd person. It would be difficult to fool him, but he understood Li Ran’s concerns, so arranging the person in wasn’t a problem.
“Is it settled then?” He Li looked at White Yang.
Bai Yang nodded and stood up. “I’ll take them over. He Li, you come too. Li Ran, you go to Liu Yikun’s place.”
Li Ran and the others followed Bai Yang and left the room.
Meanwhile, Bai Yun was practicing her spatial abilities, following the instructions given by Wen Le. She picked up a cup she usually drank from and tried to imagine it being stored in a space dimension.
Wen Le had said that the feeling of space was very mysterious, but once one found the feeling, collecting objects would become very easy.
“Brother Bai?” Mo Yan sat by the door, talking with his father. He looked up and saw Bai Yang returning after only a short while.
Bai Yang nodded at Mo Gang and Mo Yan, then turned to look at Wen Le who was sitting across from Bai Yun. “Wen, I have a favor to ask you.”
Wen Le was startled, but still got up and walked out. Han Ya noticed Bai Yang’s companion, He Li, behind him and followed suit.
Xiao Wen and Han Ya both came out and followed Wen Le as the four of them walked to the window in the corridor with Bai Yang.
“Wen, can you help me check if these two are psychics?” Bai Yang pointed to the two people who had followed them.
Wen Le nodded. His psychic ability was used to spreading out around him, and he usually didn’t retract it, so when Bai Yang and his group entered his psychic range, he was already aware of them.
“They’re both psychics?” Bai Yang asked, unsure because Wen Le nodded so quickly.
“Yes, both of them,” Wen Le confirmed.
Bai Yang and He Li exchanged a pleased look.
“Is it settled then?” He Li looked at Bai Yang.
Bai Yang nodded and stood up. “I’ll take them over. He Li, you come too. Li Ran, you go to Liu Yikun’s place.”
Li Ran and the others followed Bai Yang as they left the room.
“Let me be straightforward. I want to put one of them in your group. You understand the situation with the army, so I don’t need to say much. My purpose is simple,” Bai Yang went straight to the point once they had confirmed.
Wen Le did not directly respond but looked at Xiao Wen and Han Ya. The meaning was clear: he could help confirm the people, but Xiao Wen and Han Ya would be responsible for the matter.
As expected, Han Ya didn’t hesitate to accept. “No problem.”
During the time they spent at the relief station, he and Xiao Wen had been trying to find ways to get closer to Bai Yang’s team. Now that they had taken the initiative to approach them, he had no reason to let this opportunity slip away.
“Since we’re putting someone into their team, it shows that the relationships between the units have deteriorated to a certain extent. It seems that Bai Yang also has the intention of leaving a way out for his team,” the translation reads.
“Wei Ming, step forward,” Bai Yang turned around and said to the two soldiers behind him after Han Ya agreed. They had only asked for their names on the way here, with more than 3,000 people in the 108th Division, Bai Yang couldn’t remember every single one of them.
One of them took a step forward, stood up straight, and saluted Bai Yang.
“Wei Ming, from now on, you’ll be operating with them, try to avoid being seen by others, and I’ll report your name to the death list,” Bai Yang said.
“Understood, Captain,” Wei Ming nodded, then walked behind Han Ya.
After resolving the matter, Bai Yang intended to return to Li Ran’s side to check on the situation. However, He Li didn’t leave immediately but instead turned to Wen Le.
“Hello, Mr. Wen. I am Bai Boss’s staff member, He Li,” He Li introduced himself since he hadn’t interacted with Wen Le before.
Wen Le responded with a somewhat improper military salute, trying to mimic He Li’s actions. “Hello, you can call me Wen Le.”
“Alright then, I’ll address you as Mr. Wen along with Bai Boss. Mr. Wen, may I ask if you can distinguish the types of abilities of all the ability users?” He Li asked.
Wen Le was momentarily stunned before nodding and looking towards the other psychic ability user who had come with them alongside Wei Ming.
“Speaking of which, not only can I distinguish, but all psychic ability users can do so as well,” Wen Le replied.
Upon hearing this, He Li and even Bai Yang furrowed their brows.
“So you’re saying that if someone else also has psychic abilities, they can also detect that you’re a psychic?” He Li asked.
“Yes, all psychic abilities can leave the body and spread out in a certain range around the user, but the size of the range depends on the strength of the psychic ability,” replied Wen Le.
He Li thought for a moment before asking, “May I ask, how strong is your psychic ability, Wen Shao?”
Wen Le smiled, “At least it’s difficult to find someone with a stronger psychic ability than me.”
Wen Le was very confident in this regard. Whether before or after his rebirth, he had encountered many ability users, especially those with psychic abilities. In his memory, no one had a stronger psychic ability than him.
After his rebirth, his psychic ability had become even stronger, and the coma he had experienced in X City had caused a qualitative leap in his psychic ability. Currently, his psychic ability was stronger than that of a second-level ability user, even though he hadn’t undergone a second awakening yet.
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