This was the first time Gu Chen had slept so peacefully, with no one coming up to disturb him. He didn't slowly open his eyes until 11 a.m.
Yesterday, Lin Anran gave him a cell phone and a tablet. Although they weren't very useful, they had plenty of single-player apps, novels, and TV series.
Seeing the time, Gu Chen hurriedly got out of bed to wash up and went downstairs to see Lin Anran and the others sitting on the sofa watching a movie on the projector.
Good morning!
Lin's father came out of the kitchen and saw Gu Chen standing on the stairs in a daze.
"Good morning, Uncle."
Lin's mother turned around. "Xiao Chen, get up! How did you sleep last night? Was the bed comfortable? Were you cold?"
Gu Chen blushed as she descended the steps. "It's not cold, Auntie. The bed is very comfortable."
"That's good, come down and eat!"
One dish after another followed, and he was almost used to it: spicy hot pot, pan-fried dumplings, pig's trotters, orange juice...
Gu Chen ate his meal quietly, feeling a warm glow in his heart as he watched the family laughing and chatting.
"Ding-dong—"
"Ding-dong—"
Everyone fell silent instantly. It was still pouring rain outside. Who would come knocking at this hour?
Lin Anran picked up the tablet on the table; the previously installed camera was now in use.
"Hmm? It's Su Xing?"
Lin Yu: "Why are you looking for us now, in this torrential rain?"
Lin Anran wiped her mouth. "Open the door for him and let him in."
Lin Yu opened the door, and a blast of cold air rushed into the room. "Hiss! It's so cold!"
He ran straight out, and luckily the front door wasn't far from the house door. After the two went inside, Lin Yu quickly closed the door.
Lin's mother took two towels out of the bathroom. "Quickly dry yourself off, don't catch a cold! Here! You dry yourself off too."
Su Xing: "Thank you!"
Lin Anran: "Is there something you need from us?"
"Hmm! It's been almost a week. The base needs you to decide now whether you want to join the team."
Everyone was stunned. In such heavy rain, the base's most important person would brave the downpour to come and ask whether or not they should join the team.
It seems that Su Xing is not very important to the base.
Lin Anran: "We've made up our minds! We won't join the base's team of superhumans; we're going to build our own team."
Su Xing was a little surprised. He knew there was a 50% chance they wouldn't join the base. The rumors these past few days had been that they were going to join the Wild Wolf Squad, but he hadn't expected them to want to build their own team.
Meeting Su Xing's surprised gaze, Lin Anran continued, "I have already looked into the requirements for creating a team, and we just meet them."
"Have you gathered enough people? The prerequisite for forming a team is that there must be at least five people with superpowers in the team. Do you have enough?"
He clearly remembered that when they came to investigate last time, there were only four superhumans among them, besides that man.
No, there's an extra man.
Lin Anran pursed her lips. "That's enough. This is my cousin, Gu Chen. He was in District F before. We only found him a couple of days ago. He's also an ability user."
Su Xing nodded, just as he had expected. "Okay, then fill out a form first, and register a team at the points redemption center if you have time in the next couple of days."
"good!"
Gu Chen took the survey form and honestly filled in "ice-type ability, peak level one ice-type ability" in the ability title column.
He handed over the form, a blush creeping across his face. His abilities were no match for the person in front of him.
Lin Anran noticed his embarrassment. "Xiao Chen, you're amazing. Luckily we have you, otherwise we wouldn't have enough people."
Lin's mother: "Yes! Xiao Chen, it's good that you came!"
Su Xing put away the survey form, feeling a mix of sadness and warmth; he hadn't felt this way in a long time.
Without lingering, he stood up and said, "You guys register as soon as possible, I'm leaving now!"
Lin's father got up and handed him an umbrella, saying, "Take this. It's raining heavily outside, so drive carefully."
Su Xing didn't refuse, "Thank you!"
After seeing Su Xing off, Lin Anran called a family meeting.
Since we're planning to form a team, our strength can't remain stagnant. And since we're already living together, let's be frank and open with each other.
Lin Anran was the first to demonstrate her special ability: a level six peak mutated wood-type ability.
Lin Yu's mutated lightning-type ability is at the mid-stage of level five.
Lin's father's power-type superpower is at the peak of level five.
Lin Ma's mutated ice-type superpower is at the early stage of level five.
Lin Anran held the blooming flowers in her hands, and the others smiled as they looked at Gu Chen, who was staring in disbelief.
"You guys are amazing!"
Gu Chen lowered his head and slumped his shoulders. His voice was soft and trembling, "I'm only at the peak of level one. I'll drag you down."
He's too weak; he doesn't deserve to be with them.
Lin Yu put his arm around Gu Chen's shoulder and said, "Oh, what's the big deal? We only have our current strength because we discovered our superpowers early on and cooperated with each other."
Now that you have us, we can help each other, and after a while, you'll be just as capable as us.
Gu Chen looked at everyone with hopeful eyes, "Really?"
Lin's mother: "That's right!"
Lin's father: "That's right!"
Lin Yu said confidently, "Of course! We're here for you."
Lin Anran nodded emphatically. "There's one more thing I need to tell you, but it's a secret among us all. If it gets out, it could be life-threatening."
Yesterday, Lin Anran had already discussed it with her parents. They believed that if they doubted someone, they shouldn't use them, and if they used someone, they shouldn't doubt them. Since they all lived under the same roof, they would eventually discover her spatial ability, so they didn't plan to hide it anymore.
Gu Chen nodded solemnly, "Yes, yes! Don't worry, I will absolutely not reveal a single word to anyone."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the living room disappeared.
Suddenly in a completely new environment, Gu Chen's mind went blank, and he looked shocked.
"Where...where am I?"
A thought lingered in his mind, but he dared not consider it.
"Welcome to my space."
Once his suspicions were confirmed, Gu Chen gasped.
"You, you have dual abilities, and it's a rare spatial ability."
"Binggo, that's right, my sister is amazing, isn't she!" Lin Yu's face beamed with a smile.
"Come on, I'll take you to see my older sister's villa. It's much better than where we live."
The two ran quite a distance, and Lin Anran, with one hand on her father's arm and the other on her mother's arm, flashed into the villa's living room. "Sigh, only an idiot wouldn't use teleportation."
Gu Chen was completely mesmerized by what he saw. He had learned too much today; would he be silenced?
Under a clear blue sky, amidst rushing rivers, towering mountains, and verdant grasslands, Gu Chen lay on the lawn, watching the plump little birds in the sky, and swallowed hard.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back on the sofa in the villa. It turned out that they had been in the space for five hours. He had fallen asleep on the lawn, and Lin's father easily lifted him onto the sofa.
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