Chapter 26
"No, I just have ordinary healing abilities, which are mental!"
When the other person mentioned Chen Nan, Guo Ying was taken aback and then looked at the other person properly.
"Healing abilities are pretty good too. For people like you, no matter what kind of ability you have, just being able to survive and having an ability is already a blessing."
Having served in the police force for over twenty years, Chief Chen, who had given up on superpowers and become indifferent to them, immediately chimed in.
"Yeah, isn't Captain Tang's ability just a simple spatial ability? But he's still very powerful outside because of that ability, isn't he?"
He Jun couldn't help but speak up as well. Then he remembered that since Tang Ke came to their group, she had never actually displayed her abilities in front of outsiders. Her information on the freshman forum had always been kept confidential, so he shouldn't have seen it. For a moment, He Jun, who had been so outspoken, felt a little embarrassed.
"Yes, Captain Tang performed exceptionally well at the headquarters of the Institute of Supernatural Abilities. Although he always had a partner over there, his partner was actually just an ordinary person who mostly just drove. Most of the time, Old Chen didn't have to do anything, and he took care of everything."
Seeing the other person's embarrassment, Xie Minghang, who had been a captain for many years and was always considerate of his subordinates, immediately brought up Tang Ke's situation at the headquarters of the Institute of Supernatural Abilities.
"Captain Chen, can you tell us about the headquarters of the Institute of Supernatural Abilities?"
This is a small welcome party for new members of the Ping'an Police Station, not a party for the Ping'an Traffic Police or the Ping'an Fire Police. So, in this scene, only Xie Minghang and Guo Ying, who are sitting here, and Tang Ke and Chen Nan, who are still outside and haven't arrived yet, are actually superhumans; everyone else is just an ordinary police officer.
Although they were ordinary police officers, almost none of the people present had ever actually been inside the headquarters of the Superpower Institute, nor did they have the right to know much about the superpowered individuals.
However, being naturally curious, and seeing that Xie Minghang had a good personality, a young policewoman sitting at the table next to him directly asked him about him.
"The headquarters of the Superpower Institute? That place is where most of us superpowered individuals are born, where our dreams begin. It's also where most of us choose to return when we can't take it anymore outside. Although there are many infected people there, and although we see death every day, the numbers are actually insignificant compared to outside. Here, because of the country, everyone, and our great president, everything is under control. Here we can see flowers, eat ordinary snacks, and occasionally, if we're feeling bold, we can go out for some outdoor training."
At headquarters, our biggest headache was receiving mission text messages every time. But every time we went out, while we were anxious, we also held onto hope. Because almost everyone there, every time they went to pick up someone, harbored a hope that the infected person they were bringing in would survive. It was because of this that we could see hope again.
If you haven't become superhumans, haven't truly experienced life outside, haven't spent time at the headquarters of the Superhuman Ability Institute, you might never understand our feelings. But what I want to say is that that place is indeed full of both hope and despair. Now that you've unfortunately gone in, I hope you all come out alive. Of course, if possible, I also hope you never have to go in.
Looking at the usually taciturn Xie Minghang, he suddenly said a lot.
The crowd was moved and touched by his words, and they immediately started talking about the two superpowered police officers who had an accident in their station before, as well as the ordinary police officer who had been infected and sent to the headquarters of the superpowered institute.
The two superpowered police officers in their station were actually master and apprentice; the master brought the apprentice here for a short training session.
However, in the end, the young apprentice was unexpectedly killed by the robber. Although the robber possessed supernatural abilities, the strength of these abilities varies. The use of those abilities also depends on the user's personality and courage.
Like that young superhuman, when dealing with infected and cockroach monsters, he can immediately take action without any hesitation, which makes him seem to have particularly strong abilities.
But when faced with an ordinary robber, he became timid and hesitant, and was easily stabbed in the heart by an ordinary person.
"And then what?"
Xie Minghang wasn't very clear about the situation here.
When a person with superpowers returns to the Superpower Institute, it's not like you'll be able to meet a convert every year. Many people are lucky enough to encounter a convert within a year or two, gaining temporary salvation and relaxation. But some are unlucky and wait for several years without finding a convert at the Superpower Institute.
This was actually Xie Minghang's second time serving as a mentor at the headquarters of the Institute of Supernatural Abilities. However, during their one-year safety period, supernatural children also have the right to choose their mentors, and even whether or not to have someone else as their mentor. Just like his previous apprentice, he only mentored him for a short time before the apprentice chose to go out with someone else at the headquarters of the Institute of Supernatural Abilities, which meant he abandoned him midway.
Because that was when Xie Minghang had just returned to the headquarters of the Institute of Supernatural Abilities, he didn't pay much attention to those things. In other words, he was completely unaware at that time that the success rate of converting supernatural abilities into supernatural beings was now completely different from what it had been back then.
Anyway, he had only been at the Special Abilities Institute for a short time, and somehow managed to let his first apprentice go. Even if the other person was a man, he could have actually become friends with him while training him. Then, he could have taken the opportunity to relax outside while training him.
But he made a mistake and suddenly let his apprentice go.
After three years at headquarters, Tang Ke finally met Guo Ying. After glancing at Guo Ying beside him, Tang Ke looked seriously at the other colleagues who were talking about the two superhumans.
"You can imagine how the other party felt seeing his apprentice killed by an ordinary person right in front of him. He stopped chasing the others and went straight up to grab the petty robber by the neck. He was a fire-type ability user, and the man instantly turned into a fireball in his hand."
"We were all terrified. That was the first time I'd ever actually seen you superhumans kill someone in real life. The man's body, face, and neck were all on fire, and he struggled until he turned into a fireball. But Captain An just wouldn't let go, and the flames didn't hurt him. The man struggled and screamed, but he turned into charred ash in Captain An's hands. It caused quite a stir at the time, and many people filmed it. But our country protects superhumans, and almost every piece of information about it online was immediately blocked. We don't know where Captain An went after that."
"Yes, we even used all our connections to look for him, but we couldn't find him."
"The family of that petty robber even came to our police station and caused a scene, but they were immediately arrested by the special police."
Everyone was clearly very interested in the two superhumans from long ago, and they all spontaneously talked a lot.
"Alright, let's not talk about them anymore. No matter what, the country can't give up a good policeman for an ordinary person, especially since the other party is a powerful policeman with superpowers."
When everyone started talking about sensitive information, the old director, who had been eating with his head down, immediately looked up and gave a reminder.
"Indeed, our country has been incredibly kind to us."
"The director is right. The country will definitely make proper arrangements for a police officer with superpowers like Captain An."
That's just how things are in an empire. Perhaps in peacetime, if the police kill an ordinary prisoner, the public might protest, and the higher-ups might investigate thoroughly.
But in foreign countries, the police are above all else.
Superpowered soldiers and police officers are more important than most ordinary police officers.
Only one in a thousand infected individuals will become a convert.
In recent years, due to national stability, the number of infected individuals has actually decreased dramatically. With fewer infected individuals, the conversion rate naturally decreases significantly.
However, it is impossible for the country to allow people to be deliberately infected in order to obtain more superhuman soldiers. That would be completely unrealistic and inhumane.
To date, the entire empire has nearly two million active-duty military personnel.
However, the number of people with superpowers among them is actually less than 200,000.
This is the key reason why, regardless of whether you are a criminal, an ordinary citizen, or the child of a cadre, once you become a superhuman, you must be forced to become a superhuman soldier.
Because the government has made its superpowered officers readily visible to the public—traffic police on main city streets are superpowered, police officers handling cases at local police stations are superpowered, national leaders are superpowered, firefighters have superpowered officers, and even small police stations have superpowered officers—and the armed police and special police appear to be superpowered police in droves, even outside the borders, giving the impression that the Empire has an exceptionally large number of superpowered police.
But what people didn't know was that the reality was similar to what happened at the Ping An Police Station. One of their two superpowered police officers died in an accident, and the other was taken away for state protection. For a long time, they couldn't find a single superpowered police officer to work there. In the end, they had no choice but to send ordinary police officers out on calls while wearing protective suits. As a result, He Jun's former teammate was directly infected and died shortly after in the isolation ward at the headquarters of the Institute of Superpowers.
In any case, superpowered police officers are extremely rare and precious in foreign countries.
This is the inherent characteristic that the entire country, whether it is the government or the people, naturally favors and pays attention to them.
This also means that they are destined to need protection and preferential treatment.
However, at the same time, they did this in order to live up to the preferential treatment and protection, or in order to live up to their identity.
Almost all of them, as people with superpowers, rushed to the most dangerous places in the country.
When fighting outside, they must be at the forefront.
When cockroach monsters and infected people appear outside, while others are hiding, they must be going against the flow.
When faced with danger, they not only have to protect ordinary citizens, but also the ordinary police officers and colleagues around them.
Because of their scarcity, they basically keep working as long as they are actually working.
Perhaps their work was indeed relatively easy in the first year. But after a year of adjustment, their work was no longer as easy and pleasant as before.
At that time, they will have to constantly follow orders and carry out tasks.
They will face real death and danger, be forced to take on many responsibilities, and work continuously.
Of course, if you really can't hold on any longer, the government will arrange a leave for you, and you are also allowed to apply for rest on your own.
The so-called vacation and rest is actually just going back to the place where you transformed your superpowers, doing some simple work at the headquarters of the superpower institute, and then waiting for a new superpowered person to be transformed.
If you're lucky enough to get a new convert there, you can take her with you and go through the so-called newbie protection period together.
At that time, the newcomers were slowly exploring and adapting to their identity as superpowered police officers, and gradually improving their superpowers.
The superhuman, acting as the master, can enjoy a brief period of true relaxation. If you're lucky, you might even use this time to find your life partner or a lifelong friend.
I have never seen a harmless superhuman who is cruel outside, and I have a superhuman master who has no natural aversion to cubs.
This is an opportunity given by God to every superhuman. Most of the superhumans made their wives, husbands, friends, and close confidants during that time.
In this era, almost every person with superpowers cherishes this opportunity.
Whether it's close friends, spouses, or partners, everyone desires a brief period of happiness and peace. Because after this time, due to work, or because of genetic factors causing rejection, it's difficult to find that special moment again when you can fully accept and trust others completely.
In the small canteen of Ping'an Police Station, everyone was talking about what they knew about people with superpowers. They discussed the country's protection of police and people with superpowers, as well as the country's increasingly poor conversion rate of people with superpowers in recent years. Some people even talked about the various accidents and strange things that had happened to Chen Nan recently.
Hearing everyone talking about Chen Nan, Guo Ying, who was very interested in Chen Nan, subconsciously pricked up her ears and listened attentively.
I heard everyone talking about how Chen Nan used her lightning powers to punish a domestic abuser and how she protected several little girls on a bus.
Guo Ying, who only possessed ordinary psychic abilities, subconsciously revealed an expression of extreme joy and envy.
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