As the season changed in late May, the temperature rose sharply.
There was no delay in the rescue effort. Except for big problems like landslides, the national highways, and provincial roads have basically resumed smooth operations. Many cities had liberalized traffic control orders and restored order. Every day, trucks loaded with materials entered the city and traded in a market opened by the government. The price is set by the state, so anyone who tried to drive up the price are immediately arrested, then sent to the construction sites to work hard.
Reconstruction is also proceeding in an orderly manner.
The city was revitalized from the ruins. According to the principle of nearest allocation, after the completion of the new residential community, owners of the collapsed houses could directly move in. Now they lived in temporary partitioned buildings. The conditions arenât good, and since summer is coming soon, the government officials responsible for management are overwhelmed.
Most didnât believe it when the news pledging that âthe disaster has passed and all ability holders had disappeared.â Theyâre still scared, but some believed the rumors, while there are also people who preached directly in refugee settlements.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Non-religious public places cannot be preached, but itâs usually unreported since there is no one to manage these places. The situationâs different now because theyâre caught as soon as they appeared. They were warned the first time, fined the second time, then sent to the construction site the third time!
In fact, in an atheist country, engaging in health care products multi-level marketing and illegal fundraising is better than religious brainwashing. After all, everyone wanted to be healthy and dream of making a fortune compared to thinking about their suffering in this mundane world and going to heaven after death. Why? Isnât a good person already good, so why do they have to be good even after death?
The ability holders lost their power at the same time. They panicked, and some people even decided to hide it, afraid of the people theyâve previously bullied to come back for revenge. However, paper canât cover fire, and the fact that everyone has no ability will always spread.
This May, the days of the ability holders arenât good.
Those who followed the armyâs rescue teams are okay, while the others relied on their ability to make chaos. They occupied several sites, so the ability holders are the first ones to receive food and water. Now, they suffered mocking eyes, and some unlucky ones are directly covered with sacks.
Because of the void, A-class and S-class ability holders are unexpectedly sent on a trip, so Li Fei couldnât control Black Abyss in these late stages. Zhang Tao, an ambitious person who got the opportunity, won over numerous ability holders, and struggle for power behind the scenes. It also caused human lives, and his group became a force that couldnât be ignored.
Who would have thought that the organization theyâre proud of disappeared in the blink of an eye?
Most ability holders are ordinary people. Perhaps a few of them are technical talents or had good martial skills, but against the countryââthey have absolutely no chance of winning!
In the new arrest warrant issued by the country, Zhang Tao was among them. Their crime was killing ability holders in the Abandoned World.
A few other wanted warrants had also been canceled, mainly the criminal gang involved in the bombing of the Huaicheng Pearl Hotel. The culpritâs body had been found because the book transmigrator disappeared and itâs not appropriate to charge the âoriginal ownerâ with the crime.
The threat of the Abandoned World disappeared, and those troublemaking book transmigrators are gone. Everything is on the right track, but even the Red Dragon members part of the National Abilities Organization canât help but miss their own ability.
âWater ability is so convenient. The most important thing when traveling is water! With a water ability, I could go all the way up the mountain. How strong is that ability, and just how far can I go! Iâll be fine even if the transport plane just dropped corned beef!â
âFire ability is also good. You could use it during a rapid march, field training, or during missions......â
The talking Red Dragon member snapped his fingers, then regretfully looked at the palm of his hand. No more flames would come out of it again. Among other things, he canât make girls think heâs cool!
âItâs obviously only been half a year......â
They sighed in despair. After living for more than twenty years without any ability, they didnât feel anything. But now that theyâve lost their ability, they couldnât adapt. An ability holder with wind attribute habitually skipped the stairs to save time and almost broke his arm.
âPower is addictive.â
Even Zhang YaoJin issued such a sigh.
His A-class ability is a semi-combat type and had no particular advantage against other ability holders. But against hot weapons, or even aircraft and tanks, Zhang YaoJin could be worth an army.
With his metal control on the micro level, Zhang YaoJin could twist a gun like twisting dough, but this takes too much energy. He has a better way, such as destroying the internal structure of the gun.
There are too many precision constructed things in modern civilization. Needless to say, this included weapons, cars, and computers.
Zhang YaoJin is a professional soldier, so heâs familiar with things like guns and weapons. He could even disassemble and assemble some models with his eyes closed since he is very familiar with the structure of the parts. Zhang YaoJin couldnât drive a tank, nor a fighter jet, but he is a Lieutenant Colonel, so he still knew the theory, but his general knowledge regarding weapons are yet to be tested.
This, in terms of his professional field, is an excellent ability, so he was most distressed after losing it.
Gun glitches donât need to be repaired at all, Major Zhang just had to touch it, and itâd be fine. Then thereâs the incident of rioters taking hostages. If Major Zhang wore a bulletproof vest and interfered with the mobâs weapons at a distance, whether itâs a gun or a knife, he could quickly disarm the other party......how much manpower and resources could be saved during the rescue operation?
âEverything has its pros and cons, but compared with the threat of the Abandoned World, everybodyâs ability is nothing.â Zhang YaoJin thought as he gave work to the Red Dragon members.
Everyone knew the severity of the problem, so they issued a few more sighs. If the abilities would really come back, Abandoned Worldâs monsters would also come back to destroy the world. By then, absolutely no one would be happy.
âThe world is back to normal, this is worth celebrating!â Some Red Dragon members argued noisily.
Guan Ling laughed with everyone, just a little bit reluctantly.
Zhang YaoJin noticed her reaction.
Half an hour later, Guan Ling and more than a dozen others who are originally ordinary people, meaning, the ability holders who only joined Red Dragon last year, was called into Zhang YaoJinâs office.
Guan Ling is still relatively calm, but some are restless, nervously waiting for Major Zhang to speak.
ââthey lost their abilities. Itâs like mucking up a job, so how long could they stay in the Red Dragon base?
Zhang YaoJin let them all sit down, then looked around the crowd, âI think youâve all thought about your future. Red Dragon belongs to a secret organization of the State, always performing dangerous tasks, so we select and recruit new members from the army, and the requirements had always been stringent.â
These people became even more nervous. According to the physical fitness test of the Red Dragon, not many people are qualified.
Their original job is gone. Even if they want to find another one, they canât with the situation outside and with the economy still recovering. Being a customer service personnel is no problem, but white-collar jobs are a bit difficult to find.
âSome of you have submitted your resignation reports directly to me!â Zhang YaoJin pulled out a document. He smiled, âThis is the first resignation application I received before I even signed the demobilization documents.â
Guan Ling squirmed then awkwardly tried to avert her eyes.
Fortunately, Zhang YaoJin didnât say who submitted the application.
âIn fact, things are not so bad. Red Dragon has many logistical positions, so if you have the skills, you could stay as long as you pass the assessment within three months. Even if you canât, and really want to leave......I will, to the best of my abilities and following special regulations, find a civil servant job for you. Of course, everything youâve seen and heard in Red Dragon is confidential, so youâre required to sign a special confidentiality agreement. Youâre absolutely not allowed to leak anything to the outside world.â
That one sentence made everyoneâs heart settle down.
Life is a real adventure, and poverty is the villain that needs to be defeated.
âYouâre also ones whoâve been to the battlefield with me. Colonel Lu asked me to convey these words from headquarters, âTo the people who sacrificed for their country, the country will remember them.â In other words, you wonât be unemployed when you leave Red Dragon Base, and this crisis ushered in peace from the past, so all of you should be happy.â
Major Zhang patted everyoneâs shoulder.
When itâs Guan Lingâs turn, she held out her hand and held Zhang YaoJinâs right hand.
ââcovered with calluses, very rough and dry, but itâs a little warm.
At first, they would always be a bit awkward when meeting each other.
BecauseãOutcastãmentioned one thing, Major Zhang YaoJin of Chinaâs Red Dragon, within the ten years of the Abandoned World, married the B-class spatial ability holder Guan Ling.
The Red Dragon members saw this information from the Penguin chat group and couldnât wait to gossip. After Guan Ling entered Red Dragon, many people looked at her with wide eyes.
Guan Ling has experienced being under societyâs eyes, and Zhang YaoJin was a veteran of the army. They are not impulsive young people. For this âfatedâ arrangement, their level of disgust is not as deep. Without hearing it, there wouldnât be any explosions nor anger toward each other, because itâll be too childish and immature.
Theyâre not lovers, but the book said theyâll get married, is it really certain that theyâll get married just from that? However, itâs not their own business, right? If itâs on the level of wanting to destroy the world and rule the earth, even if they donât do it, theyâd still be bothered!
Zhang YaoJin is very calm, so Guan Ling is affected and also became very calm.
What the gossipers say in public is not their business, so no pink bubbles formed. After that, Red Dragon didnât talk about it in private, because they felt that these two people arenât fun anymore.
Guan Ling is very fond of Zhang YaoJin, but itâs only goodwill. They didnât have the time to get along, and they canât talk about unrelated things. Not every woman has a love brain, and goodwill is one thing while love is another matter. Although there arenât many good men to grab in the world, itâs not like they canât live if they donât have one.
âI guess you wonât stay in Red Dragon.â Zhang YaoJin looked at Guan Ling.
âI donât want to go back to work as an office girl so if you have a job like an assistant police officer, Iâd like that very much.â Guan Ling has been drifting in the north for many years, so there arenât that many savings. Now that even her rented house is gone, life would indeed be difficult.
âWould you mind a similar job like a bodyguard? You need to train for a while, then be hired to personally protect some female......public figures.â Zhang YaoJin coughed drily.
Guan Ling is a bit confused.
âStar Entertainment Media is relatively lacking in female bodyguards who are engaged in this kind of work.â
Rich pay and very little exposure outside. Guan Ling had good martial skills, but assistant police officers are generally not established. If she tested for other civil servant positions, her qualifications are not enough.
Guan Ling belatedly remembered that Zhang YaoJin has familiar relationship with Star Entertainment Mediaâs CEO, she laughed, âSounds good.â
Seeing everyone leave the room one after another, Zhang YaoJin couldnât help but whisper, âI have a better idea.â
â......â
âDo you mind a boyfriend or a future husband whoâs not home all year round?â
âI mind very much.â Guan Ling blurted out.
Zhang YaoJin did not respond and actually continued to follow the original script, âMilitary people donât have much private time, but as long as there is, he is with the other half. And so......ah, I mean, it doesnât matter, youâre not at home.â
The two looked at each other. Guan Ling canât help it, turning her head and trembling suspiciously.
Finding that things are not the same as what he thought, Zhang YaoJin could only say dryly, âOr letâs fall in love first.â
âNo time to meet up then, so it may take ten years to have results.â Guan Ling was very practical.
âWe can talk about it for a lifetime.â
Zhang YaoJin has no pressure in saying those words, not at all aware that âintimate interactions without the premise of marriage is the act of a rogue.â
âAlthough our world is a ridiculous book, there are things in the book that are always right.â
Major Zhang had met only a few likable women, and Guan Ling is one of them. How is it related to fate? He just happened to meet such a person and liked her not because of her looks or her intelligence.
âFor example......â Major Zhangâs love IQ is not high, so he couldnât say any nice words. When he needed an example, he canât think of anything, so he just casually said, âFor example, the Devourer had an extraordinary trusting relationship with the Fire Demon.â
Guan Ling: ......
Those two guys are always in contact with each other, you still need to use such high-sounding words!!