After a comfortable sleep and breakfast, Lin An followed Chen Chu to the headquarters again. Unlike yesterday, Lin An's smile never stopped from the moment she entered the headquarters gate, because she came to claim reimbursement today.
Yes, the headquarters has money. They reimbursed 20,000 energy stones just by asking for them to be reimbursed. It’s not like their Jinshi Group 6, where the total amount of energy stones in the entire warehouse is less than 5,000.
Chen Chu was infected by Lin's smile, and his mood also improved. He sent Lin to the warehouse of the headquarters and said, "Go back by yourself after you get the energy stones. I may be in the research institute for the next two days."
"Why are you going to the research institute? You are not a researcher." Lin Xi asked subconsciously.
"My ability has been upgraded, and the research institute wants to collect some data." Chen Chu explained.
Lin nodded, indicating that she understood, and then continued: "Then can you come out tomorrow? Tomorrow night, around five or six o'clock, just come out for half an hour."
Chen Chu was puzzled: "Is there something wrong?"
"I'm going to have a car accident tomorrow." Lin Ping said lightly, as if she was not going to have a car accident tomorrow but a date.
Another car accident, and the time was calculated so accurately?
Chen Chu frowned and calculated the time: "You have a car accident once every three days?"
From the car accident at Country Y Airport to tomorrow afternoon around five or six, it will be exactly three days.
Lin: "It wasn't originally, but it was mainly because I overdrew my supernatural powers too much during this trip to the Miao village, so the sequelae were a bit serious. Fortunately, there is a solution now, so it's not a big problem."
Chen Chu thought about the danger of this trip to the Miao village and Zhenzi's almost impossible ability to travel through time, and easily accepted Lin's explanation: "Okay, I'll come out when the time comes."
Lin Xi was immediately relieved.
Chen Chu waited for Lin to enter the warehouse before turning around and heading for the research institute at the back of the building. Yesterday in the conference room, Mr. Hua had hinted at him, and early this morning, Chen Chu received a call from the research institute, asking him to report to the institute after breakfast.
What did the institute want him to do? Thinking of what Mr. Hua said yesterday about wanting to give him some advice, Chen Chu guessed that he might have come into contact with the ultimate power of the government.
Here, Lin entered the warehouse and quickly completed the reimbursement. The warehouse manager had been notified and had prepared the energy stones early in the morning. When he saw Lin come in, he verified her identity and gave her the storage props containing the energy stones on the spot.
"There are 20,000 energy stones in it. Because a while ago, a wood-type mutant was promoted to A-level and exchanged a large number of wood-type energy stones from the headquarters, there are relatively few wood-type energy stones in it, only about 2,000. The number of energy stones of the other four types is equal." The person in charge explained the situation of the energy stones inside.
"It doesn't matter, as long as it's an energy stone." Zhenzi is not picky about food, as long as it's an energy stone, it's fine.
"Then you can just sign here and leave." The person in charge pointed to the receipt form on the table.
"Okay." Lin signed her name without even counting whether the energy stones in the box were enough for 20,000. It wasn't that she trusted the official and thought that the official wouldn't give her less energy stones, but she had already asked for twice as many energy stones. Even if the official gave her less, could it still be 10,000 less? So no matter what, she got a bargain this time.
When the person in charge saw Lin Yan finish signing, he kindly reminded her, "Do you need me to prepare a training room for you?"
Training room? Lin Xian was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that she had seen this thing in the official forum. The so-called training room is actually a room arranged with a formation. When the psychic absorbs energy stones for training, due to the relationship between the absorption speed and the conversion rate, part of the energy released by the energy stones will dissipate in the air. The formation in the training room is to prevent this kind of damage to the psychic. The formation will lock the energy that the psychic cannot absorb and leaks out in the training room, allowing the psychic to absorb it slowly, which greatly saves energy stones and creates a closed space full of energy for the psychic, and can also increase the probability of the psychic's promotion.
The construction of a training room is very complicated, and only researchers in the institute can set it up, so there are only a few places in China that have training rooms. And only people with certain merits can enter.
"Can I use the training room?" Lin Yan pointed at herself with a look of disbelief on her face.
"Of course, your contribution has reached A-level." said the person in charge.
She actually had an A-level achievement? Lin Yan was shocked.
"How about one?" It would be a waste if you don't use it.
"Please follow me." The person in charge took Lin to the training room next to the warehouse. Because many meritorious psychics would come to the warehouse to collect supplies before training, the headquarters simply built a training room near the warehouse, and today the training room happened to be vacant.
Sitting in the training room, looking at the mysterious runes on the walls, Lin Yan poured out all the energy stones in the storage items. There were 20,000 energy stones, almost piled up into a small mountain in the middle of the room, and the colorful luster was almost blinding.
Lin found a suitable spot on the hill and lay down. Then she took out her cell phone, turned on the beauty function and took a bunch of selfies.
"Send it out to show off." Lin Xi quickly sent all the photos she took to six groups without caring whether it would irritate others.
After sending the photo, Lin's phone rang "ding ding ding", but Lin did not check it immediately. Instead, she took out "Zhenzi's Long Hair" from her inventory first.
Zhenzi's long gray hair was dull and lifeless, and she no longer had the vitality she once had. Lin looked at her with a distressed look on her face: "Zhenzi, these energy stones... Oh my!"
Lin Xi was about to say that all these energy stones were hers, and she could eat them at will, but when she looked down, she saw that the energy stones that were as big as a hill were already missing a corner. Someone, no, a certain hairy girl, had already happily swallowed them without her asking, and at this speed, she would be able to finish swallowing all the energy stones in half an hour.
Fortunately, I took the photo in advance, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to show off my wealth.
Lin Xi simply ignored Zhenzi's long hair and threw it on the mountain of energy stones, letting it eat as much as it wanted. Lin Xi did not collect the extra 10,000 energy stones. She had figured it out that she could not use the energy stones if she kept them, so it would be better to let Zhenzi eat them all. The stronger Zhenzi was, the better her escape skills would be.
There were no chairs in the training room, so Lin Yan sat cross-legged on the floor, opened WeChat and admired the results of her display of wealth.
After she posted the photo, everyone in the group showed a series of shocked and speechless expressions before they started talking.
Aquaman: [Damn, with so many energy stones, have you cleared out the Miao village?]
King of Dirty: [With your luck, you still dare to show off your wealth? Be careful or it will be gone in a while.]
Lin Xi: “!!” Good guy, I’m touched.
Qingkong: [This background, are you in the training room?]
Assistant Tan: [Is this the legendary training room? @Qingkong, have you been there?]
Qingkong: [Based on some information collected online, combined with the scene in the photo and the fact that Lin was at the headquarters, this is a reasonable guess.]
Aquaman: [It is said that the success rate of leveling up in the training room is very high. @Assistant Tan, you have been in seclusion for three times and you are still at level C. Why don’t you try the training room?]
Assistant Tan: [If I could use the training room, I wouldn't need you to remind me.]
Qingkong: [The training room requires A-level merit to use, or half the energy stones required to upgrade, but the latter requires waiting in line for at least half a year.]
Aquaman: [Oh my god, Lin Nan achieved a level A merit?]
Qingkong: [Transferring the geography map and saving millions of lives, an A-level achievement is reasonable.]
Aquaman: [@Assistant Tan, quickly curry favor with Lin, and ask her to give you the chance to use her.]
Assistant Tan: [Shut up!]
Dirty King: [@海王, what a stupid idea! What if Assistant Tan still can't advance to the next level after going to the training room? How can he find an excuse?]
Aquaman: [I see!]
Qingkong: [I didn’t even think of this.]
Assistant Tan: [Your bonuses for this month have all been deducted.]
Aquaman: [Do we have any bonuses?]
Dirty King: [I can’t find my salary card anymore.]
Qingkong: [The bonus is 500 per month.]
Aquaman: [It’s so little, not even enough for me to treat my girl to a meal.]
Lin Yan read them one by one, and was very happy. However, Hai Wang and his team didn't care about the 500 yuan, but she did. In order to prevent Assistant Tan from getting angry and really deducting the bonus, Lin Yan hurriedly said: [@Hai Wang, what are you talking about? Assistant Tan is my leader, and I should flatter him. @Assistant Tan, I will take care of this matter when I get out.]
Aquaman: [This lackey, tsk tsk!]
Dirt King: [Tsk tsk!]
Qingkong: [Tsk tsk!]
The opportunity to use the training room is precious, but Lin Yan herself can't use it, so she might as well give it to someone else. She doesn't know many psychics, only the few people in the six groups, and Assistant Tan has been in seclusion three times and has not succeeded in advancing, which is really pitiful.
Assistant Tan: [No need!!!]
Assistant Tan was a person who wanted to save face. After being teased by the six groups, he could not agree even if he wanted to. The six groups also knew Assistant Tan's personality. No one continued the topic and tacitly let it go.
Aquaman: [Where is Chen Chu?]
Lin Yan: [I went to the research institute.]
King of Dirt: [Research Institute? What does he do in the research institute?]
Just as Lin was about to answer, Qingkong posted a message in the group: [Chen Chu has just been promoted to Super S-level. The research institute should be collecting data and re-evaluating his abilities.]
Qingkong is so smart, it seems like he knows everything.
Lin Xi deleted the words she had typed and replied with a yes.
Aquaman: [When will you return to Jin City?]
Lin: [Wait for Senior Chen Chu to join us.]
Qingkong: [Chen Chu may not be able to come back.]
Lin was stunned: [Why?]
Qingkong: [Just a guess.]
Aquaman: [What are you guessing about? What's your reason?]
Qingkong: [I guess the headquarters already has super S-level psychics. They have formed a secret force directly under the headquarters to carry out some special missions.]
Aquaman: [Is this true?]
Dirt King: [Really.]
Aquaman: [!!! Why do you know that too?]
Qingkong: [Have you forgotten the origin of the Dirty King? Even a super S-class esper would be injured.] And the Yun family is the most powerful family in wood-type esper.
Assistant Tan: [Can we please not discuss this here? We are just a small third-level superpower organization, and you are just a group of C-level superpowers.]
A group of C-class mutants?
Lin: [Aren’t you the only one in the group, Assistant Tan, and you are at level C?]
Assistant Tan: […your bonus is gone too.]
Lin: [!!!] What did she say wrong?
Aquaman: [So you think Chen Chu will join this super S-class unit and won't come back?]
Qingkong: [It should be.]
If Senior Chen Chu really doesn't go back, who will turn her into a puppet when the car accident penalty is triggered again? Otherwise, use the signature paper of the thief god to steal the puppet master's supernatural power?
Lin Xi had thought about using props to steal the puppeteer's power before, but she was afraid that she would be unlucky. If she stole the wrong power, it would be bad if she stole the space power. The space power was just a piece of chicken ribs to her, but it would be very useful to Chen Chu. If she stole the wrong power, she would not be able to return it.
But it doesn't matter. At most, I can just waste another "signature paper of the thief god" and let Senior Chen Chu steal it back. He is so lucky, he will definitely not steal the wrong thing.
Zhenzi absorbed the energy stones very quickly. In just over half an hour, she had absorbed more than 20,000 energy stones. Her hair turned back to a moist and smooth black color. Her hair fluttered again, lively and full of vitality. However, because she absorbed too many energy stones, it would take some time for them to settle. Lin Yan put Zhenzi's long hair into her inventory and let it settle on its own.
In the afternoon, Lin Yan strolled around the capital and ate some local snacks. The next day, she got up early and visited the Forbidden City. Then, she returned to the headquarters in the last half hour before the seal expired.
In the institute, Chen Chu came out of the training room on time. His face was pale, sweaty, and his breathing was unstable, causing the energy detection equipment in the institute to sound an alarm.
"Your supernatural power is still not stable?" Elder Hua looked at Chen Chu with a serious expression.
"No." Chen Chu panted and shook his head. "After my superpowers were upgraded, the energy in my body increased too much. It's hard to control it."
"What about elementalization?" asked Elder Hua.
"I can transform into an element, but I'm not sure if I can recover." Chen Chu said.
"That shouldn't be the case. With your talent combined with the training method I gave you, it shouldn't be a problem for you to master the operation of your supernatural powers." Elder Hua was puzzled.
Qingkong guessed correctly that the reason why Mr. Hua asked Chen Chu to go to the research institute was to help Chen Chu master SS-level superpowers and then join Kunlun. Kunlun is the most powerful team in China, and everyone in it is a super S-level genius.
Chen Chu lowered his head with a look of disappointment on his face.
Elder Hua couldn't bear it and said, "It may be related to the way you broke through. You broke through too quickly and too suddenly, which consumed some of your body's potential. Go back and rest first, and I will think of a solution."
Chen Chu showed gratitude: "Thank you, Mr. Hua."
After coming out of the research institute, Chen Chu walked out quickly. When he walked out of the gate, he saw Lin Nan standing at the door waiting for him. Chen Chu's aura was restrained, and the supernatural power that had been restless just now calmed down instantly, becoming gentle and harmonious.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Chen Chu asked.
"No, I just got here." Seeing that Chen Chu looked unhappy, Lin asked, "Senior, why do you look so bad?"
"My supernatural powers are a little overdrawn." In order to cooperate with the training, Chen Chu's supernatural powers were greatly depleted.
"Then do you want to take a break and absorb some energy stones first?" Lin Nan asked.
"No need. Turning you into a puppet won't consume much of my supernatural power." Chen Chu said.
"Although it's the truth, why does it sound like I'm useless?" Lin Xi pouted.
"That's not what I meant." Chen Chu hurriedly explained.
"I know, I was just kidding you." Lin looked at the countdown in the system, "There are still ten minutes left. Let's go to the mall over there. After we are done getting hit by cars, we can go have dinner."
When we went out to eat after the car accident, there was no one else there except her.
Chen Chu naturally had no objection. He followed Lin Nan to the mall and listened to what she had done in the past two days. Finally, ten minutes were almost up, and the two found a blind spot for surveillance, and Chen Chu quickly turned Lin Nan into a puppet.
"You wait here, I'll be back soon." The palm-sized puppet said, then it ran into the bushes with its short legs, ran to the curb, and then bravely rushed towards the road.
“Bang, crack!”
The palm-sized puppet could no longer cause a traffic accident. The car crushed the puppet under its wheels and drove away almost without any feeling.
At the same time, Chen Chu, who was standing in the bushes and had been paying attention to Lin Yan's movements, was suddenly hit by a huge force. He flew backwards and hit the wall behind him heavily.
Intense pain came from all over his body, as if his body was run over by one car after another. Chen Chu opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Normally, this injury wouldn't cause him to vomit blood, but after two days of training, Chen Chu's supernatural powers were completely consumed, and he was at his weakest. Chen Chu looked pale and raised his head towards the road.
Was it a car accident? Did Lin's car accident transfer to me? Was it the sequelae of the puppet's supernatural power?
He didn't know how many cars had run over him before the pain finally subsided. Chen Chu knew that Lin Nan must have walked out of the traffic. He quickly stood up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his black sleeve, and walked back to where he was before.
"Senior." After a moment, the puppet Lin Nan came out from the bushes and happily jumped in front of Chen Chu. "It's done. Change me back quickly."
Chen Chu smiled and removed the puppet's special powers, allowing Lin Xi to return to her original form.
"Senior, let me tell you, I was scared to death just now." Lin Xi yelled exaggeratedly as soon as she came back to life.
"What's wrong? Does it still hurt?" Chen Chu asked.
"It didn't hurt, but because I was too small, the car didn't stop after hitting me, and then one car after another ran over me. It was so crazy, I was afraid I would be crushed." Unlike before, when the car stopped immediately after hitting her, "Next time I have to choose a place with fewer cars, otherwise I will be run over again."
"Yeah." Chen Chu nodded.
"By the way, senior, when we get back to the hotel, can I steal the puppeteer's power from you?" Lin Xi discussed.
"Why?" Chen Chu was stunned.
"I get into car accidents once every three days, which is quite frequent. It's not good to trouble you every time, so I thought I'd steal it back to make things more convenient." Lin Xi expressed her thoughts.
Chen Chu: "Can you leave the Puppet Master's power to me? This power is very useful to me. I promise to use it on you once every three days. I won't let you get hit by a car and I can also exchange it for other props. Besides, your own power is only F-level. Even if you steal the power, you may not be able to use it."
Lin Yan was stunned for a moment, and felt that what Chen Chu said made a lot of sense: "Okay...Okay, no need to exchange props, if you want it, just keep it."
The puppet master's ability was useless to her, and she wanted to come back mainly because she didn't want to trouble Chen Chu too much. As for herself, it was actually quite convenient. Zhenzi would automatically locate Chen Chu, and she could just crawl over when she needed to use her ability.
Chen Chu smiled: "Thank you."