Chapter 7 Team Building
The news of Wen Le's ability to activate in a critical moment spread like wildfire throughout the safe zone, and soon the superiors sent people to carry Wen Le away. As a psychic, unless Wen Le's ability was so useless that it was completely useless, otherwise, no matter how weak his ability was, he would be treated like a star in this place.
If this happened in a larger city, even a civilian area, Wen Le's sudden awakening wouldn't cause much of a stir. At most, people would sigh at his good fortune for awakening his powers. But here, in the slums of the Forsaken Planet, the living conditions were so harsh that many people didn't even have a tent to hide in, often struggling to find food. The sudden appearance of someone with supernatural powers in such a place was truly inspiring.
What's more, Wen Le's ability could very well be a very practical healing ability. Even if Wen Le's mental strength was too low and he could only heal one injury a day, he was still worthy of their respect. Those managers were most afraid of death, and Wen Le's presence was like a life-saving barrier. Who could have too many such a life-saving talent?
As a result, Wen Le, who had always been a relatively unknown figure, received unprecedented attention from the slum managers. Even his salary suddenly increased by several levels. Before he even woke up, the higher-ups had already allocated him a large tent. The tent was made of a whole piece of sable skin and was personally sewn by the wife of one of the managers.
The manager's wife possessed a life-related ability, sewing. However, since her level was only level one, the tent she sewed lacked the added features of those crafted by advanced seamstresses. However, there was a benefit: the entire tent was airtight, increasing its safety by a level.
Of course, Wen Le doesn’t know all this yet. He only knows that when he woke up, he saw a group of people surrounding him, which scared him half to death. He thought he was exposed and these people wanted to send him to the laboratory for biopsy and research.
In fact, Wen Le was really overthinking it. In this era, almost one percent of people have superpowers, the difference is the level and practicality.
Generally, when these people activate their super powers, they are secretly protected by super powers masters such as school teachers or elders at home to ensure the safety of the people who activate their super powers.
Of course, up to now, there are still only a few people with special abilities who can stand at the top. Most of them just go to mercenary groups under the jurisdiction of various forces to make a living. There are also some people with special abilities who are content with a dull life and have no ambitions and do some non-dangerous jobs to make a living.
So, aside from being envious and calling him lucky, there really wasn't anything worth noting about Wen Le's situation. However, Wen Le was clearly very lucky, as he was able to activate his healing powers even after the detector revealed he had no superpowers.
However, the detector is a machine after all, and errors are inevitable. There are some types of superpowers that the detector cannot detect, and that is a hidden superpower. Generally, this type of superpower is called a latent superpower. Those who carry this hidden attribute may never activate their hidden superpowers in their lifetime, but there are exceptions, such as Wen Le, who suddenly activates his superpower in a life-threatening situation.
After understanding the situation, Wen Le finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the golden finger was not opened too wide and did not make him stand out. Otherwise, with his current small body, it would be hard to say whether he could successfully save his life from these people, let alone escape.
Wen Le activated his supernatural powers, and the managers' attitudes towards him took a 180-degree turn. They were as warm as spring breeze in his presence. Wen Le knew it was because of the system.
He wasn't ungrateful. While there was an element of exploitation in the sudden kindness, it was undeniable that he had benefited. Wen Le also understood that abilities were rewarded with corresponding rewards. He'd previously been looked down upon as a worthless person, after all, in the slums, children were considered the most useless. If you didn't have that kind of ability, why would anyone take special care of you?
So Wen Le didn't get hysterical and instead accepted it all calmly. However, even though he accepted it, he was still not used to being watched by so many people like a rare animal.
But now wasn't the time to chase anyone away, so Wen Le honestly answered the healer's questions. The healer had been hired by the administrators from the ghetto psychic association. If Wen Le hadn't successfully activated his psychic powers, he wouldn't have been able to find a healer. Even though he was only a second-level healer, he still looked down on people from the ghetto.
The healer examined Wen Le and found him to be fine, his abilities relatively stable. He then used his computer to register his information with the Healer Association's database. This allowed Wen Le to settle down in the civilian areas as soon as he accumulated enough credits to move there. This was also the preferential treatment that Abandoned Star granted healers, and no one could stop him.
It’s not that the managers of the slums don’t want to keep it secret, but every interstellar citizen will be implanted with a personal chip at birth, and the information of anyone who successfully activates superpowers will be recorded in the main brain file, so it will be impossible to conceal it.
The people on the Abandoned Star don't have this privilege, being effectively undocumented. If Wen Le had been born on the Abandoned Star, he wouldn't have been so lucky. Let alone leaving, it's hard to say if he could even gain relative freedom.
Afterward, the healer had someone escort him back to the civilian area, not wanting to stay any longer. After all, this was the worst living environment on the entire Abandoned Planet. A single misstep could cost a life, and healers cherished their lives. Furthermore, even a single night in the slums was, in his opinion, an insult.
After sending away the healer, the biggest manager of the slum, a third-level fire-type mutant, Ovi began to ask about his abilities.
Wen Le also answered honestly: "My ability is indeed healing, but because my mental strength is relatively low, I can only heal twice at a time. After that, I must recover my mental strength before I can continue to heal."
Of course, if there were medicine to supplement mental strength, then he could continue the treatment without becoming overly tired. Wen Le didn't say this. It was fine as it was now. As the saying goes, too much is as bad as too little. Who knows how these people will treat him?
Even so, Ovi's eyes lit up, and his smile became even more sincere when he looked at Wen Le. "Since you've successfully activated your superpowers, after your injuries have completely healed in a few days, I'll take you to the Superpower Association in the civilian area to register and take a level test. This way, you can receive a minimum living allowance of 1,000 credit points per month."
Wen Le was a little confused when he heard his words: "Didn't I already register my information just now?" Why do I need to register again?
Ao Wei smiled and explained, "After registering your information, you need to go to the association to test your level and register your identity. Only then can you become an officially recognized therapist."
After saying that, Ovi seemed to have thought of something and quickly winked at the person next to him. The person understood and went out for a while. When he came back, he was holding the struggling little thing in his arms. When the little thing saw Wen Le, it immediately meowed and struggled to jump into Wen Le's arms.
Ovi took the little thing out of the man's arms and placed it in Wen Le's arms, saying with a smile, "Giving this little thing back to you now is like returning it to its original owner."
Wen Le held the little thing in his arms, and his heart finally settled down. It seemed that his healing ability was highly valued by these managers. Otherwise, even if he was a person with special abilities, it would be difficult for him to get the little thing back in his current condition.
However, Wen Le still has one thing to do right now, which is to form a team. Although the system stipulates a one-month time limit, he can sleep well if he completes the task earlier.
So Wen Le thought for a moment and said, "Well, I have another request, which is to ask the adults to allow me to join the hunting team. If I do nothing, I will always feel uneasy, and I think the application of supernatural powers is trained through actual combat."
Although Ovi didn't show anything on his face, there was clearly a hint of appreciation in his eyes when he looked at Wen Le. If Wen Le relied on his own supernatural powers to sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor without showing up, then there would be no need to make close friends with him, because such a person was destined to achieve nothing great.
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