Chapter 27
Guo Ying's special ability is to soothe other people's emotions, especially those who are angry or agitated. Once she has calmed them down, they can quickly become calm.
In Guo Ying's view, such a superpower is a useless thing.
Most of the time, she can only use her superpowers to appease ordinary people, most superpowered police officers, and those infected or criminals who haven't completely lost their minds.
Her special ability can only soothe people, but it can't be used on cockroach monsters.
Like Chen Nan and Captain An, whom everyone just mentioned, when they encounter danger, they can directly activate their superpowers and directly fight back and attack others.
But when it comes to her, all she can do is calm down the agitated people. If real danger arises, she might become the one people instinctively abandon or instinctively protect.
"Chen Nan—"
Chen Nan and her sister Guo Jiao entered the headquarters of the Institute of Superpowers on the same day, and they also underwent their true transformation and mutation on the same day.
That day, she unexpectedly learned from the food delivery worker that a successful conversion had occurred over there. Because the building, entry time, and even the age and gender matched, she assumed that the person who had successfully converted was her sister.
Guo Ying, who entered the headquarters of the Supernatural Abilities Institute a few days after her sister, experienced great joy that day. But just two days later, after learning the other person's name, she also experienced great sorrow.
What made her feel even worse was that the person who took her out of the isolation room eventually became her mentor and guide.
Guo Ying was eating in a daze when Xie Minghang, who had just talked about the current situation of the superpower institute, subconsciously looked at her next to him.
Thinking of Guo Ying's vague hatred for him, he felt a sense of unease.
Just as everyone had been chatting for a long time and were almost finished with their meal, Chen Nan and Tang Ke, who were half an hour late, finally arrived.
"Hi, sorry I'm late, is there any food left for us?"
Guo Ying was slender, with black hair and a white dress, giving off a cool and quiet vibe. Chen Nan, on the other hand, had her hair tied in a high ponytail, wore a white T-shirt and black pants, and looked healthy and fit. After entering through the small restaurant, she walked ahead of Tang Ke and was the first to smile and speak.
Upon seeing her, Guo Ying immediately thought of words like cheerful, capable, resourceful, and shrewd.
"Yes, yes, I already asked Old Wang to save some for you!"
As soon as he saw them enter, Director Chen, who had almost finished eating, immediately stood up.
"Hurry up, or you'll really miss out on meeting new friends."
He Dui and Xiao Yu, who were closest to them, also subconsciously turned their bodies around.
"Brother Tang, Nan Nan, you've finally arrived!"
"Brother Tang, Nan Nan, you two hurry up!"
"Team Leader Tang, Nan Nan, are there a lot of cars outside today?"
"..."
In reality, very few people who get into this system are truly stupid.
Most importantly, the surname Tang is somewhat sensitive, and the lack of information about Tang Ke only fuels speculation. Add to that Tang Ke's overly calm and low-key personality.
For various reasons, many of these seasoned veterans had a pretty good idea of Tang Ke's identity.
So when they saw them arrive, almost everyone stood up and started to greet the two who were late.
When people greeted them, Chen Nan and Tang Ke responded politely.
They talked about how congested it was outside and how difficult it was for them to get here.
When they finally reached Director Chen's table, Tang Ke and Xie Minghang, who had known each other for a long time, first shook hands politely, then simultaneously bumped fists like good brothers meeting. As for their two new apprentices, Chen Nan and Guo Ying, they nodded and politely greeted them.
"Captain Xie, hello there too, and this beautiful lady, welcome! With you all here, things will be much easier for us from now on. Right, Captain He?"
"You! Yes, yes, yes, hurry up and sit down."
"Yes, please have a seat!"
After exchanging greetings, Tang Ke went to the back food window to get the meals that the head chef had reserved for them.
Chen Nan, on the other hand, was speaking fluently with everyone.
Everyone at the table had known her for a while and was clearly more familiar with her than Xie Minghang and Guo Ying, who had just arrived today.
It's fair to say that once Chen Nan and Tang Ke arrived, the atmosphere at the table became even more lively.
Everyone was talking to Chen Nan and Tang Ke about things at the institute. Director Chen and Team Leader He then gave Chen Nan and Tang Ke a rundown of the specific work arrangements for Xie Minghang and Guo Ying after their arrival.
While everyone was talking, Chen Nan, who had taken the bowl, chopsticks and plates from Tang Ke, actually said more than Tang Ke.
Just like at the headquarters of the Superpower Institute, Tang Ke's reactions were always somewhat cold and restrained.
He wasn't particularly good at livening up the atmosphere; he mostly just said things like "uh-huh" and "yes." Even when he did speak, he gave off a particularly cold, reserved, and serious vibe.
At this moment, Chen Nan's obviously carefree attitude gave people a very comfortable feeling.
"Nannan, have some of this, it's delicious."
As Chen Nan was smiling and talking to everyone, Guo Ying, who was sitting one seat away from her, slightly stood up and picked up a piece of cold-dressed houttuynia cordata for Chen Nan.
"Okay, thank you!"
When the other person extended their chopsticks, Chen Nan immediately smiled and extended her small bowl in return.
For the rest of the time, Guo Ying, who had been very quiet, kept subconsciously watching Chen Nan, who had just picked up some food.
She also noticed that when she picked up the item, Chen Nan only subconsciously moved it twice, without actually touching it at all.
*
This rare welcome party ended quickly, and soon everyone went home or back to their dormitories.
Chen Nan preferred a slightly higher location, so she and Tang Ke were assigned to live on the fourth floor of the police station's dormitory building.
Xie Minghang and Guo Ying did not make any specific requests, so they were eventually assigned to a slightly lower room on the second floor.
When we got back that evening, everyone politely said goodbye in the hallway.
After walking into her new dormitory alone, Guo Ying, who had been silent the whole time, took out her phone and posted a message on an anonymous forum she frequented: "Chen Nan is ultimately not my sister. She won't eat a single bite of the food I put on her plate. Cold-dressed houttuynia cordata is clearly my sister's favorite dish. Every time I put it on her plate, my sister would happily say thank you, sister, and then eat it all. But with that woman, although she said thank you too, she didn't actually touch a single bite."
My younger sister, Jiaojiao, is honest and kind. When she says she likes someone, she really means it; there's no pretense. But that woman is somewhat hypocritical and mercenary. I heard she used to be a pornographic livestreamer. Why did God allow someone like that to successfully transform? Why was it her who succeeded that day, and not my Jiaojiao? I miss my Jiaojiao. If she were still alive, if she could become a lightning-powered ability user like that woman, how wonderful that would be.
Even if she can't be transformed, even if she truly becomes a monster, I'd still be willing to raise her indefinitely. But our country just can't accept any failure or anomaly. Is it really our fault that we accidentally got infected? Is being unlucky and mutating truly unforgivable? Must we always kill her? Is it possible that those things that turn into monsters are actually still human?
All the cockroach monsters originally came from Sunflower Planet. The biggest difference between the people of Sunflower Planet and us is that the people there all have their own animal forms. Is it possible that if we continue to support those unfortunate infected people, one day they too can become like the people on Sunflower Planet? Could they, on that day, suddenly transform from cockroach monsters back into humans?
The forum where Guo Ying posted her messages was a private forum with many extreme opinions. It was the kind of relatively secure private forum where you could post messages and choose whether to make them public.
After posting her thoughts, she habitually set the message to be visible only to herself. She then put down her phone and, feeling somewhat down, went to tidy up and check out her new place.
As she slowly tidied the house, her message, which was meant to be visible only to herself, was quickly viewed by the forum administrator and forwarded to their superior. The administrator then carefully analyzed the message, which was encrypted, and it eventually ended up on a young man's phone. The message clearly stated that they could try contacting and converting her, and it also included all of Guo Ying's personal information.
Just as Guo Ying's personal information was casually opened by that person.
Back in her room, Chen Nan began to carefully recall and examine all her reactions and behaviors that evening, as well as the behavior of the female lead and the male lead.
Thinking back to that evening, Xie Minghang observed Tang Ke's behavior almost entirely without making a sound. Chen Nan felt that Xie Minghang's reason for coming here was probably only for Tang Ke.
As for the female lead, I remember how she served her food tonight and smiled at her.
Feeling that the other party was still treating her as a substitute for her younger sister, just like in the original story, Chen Nan, lying on the bed, let out a long sigh.
Perhaps the original owner's ending in the novel was too horrifying and tragic.
Whenever Chen Nan saw the female lead, the image of that living person she had seen before being dropped into a pile of rats and eaten by countless rats until only bones remained would automatically appear in her mind.
Feeling terrified and scared, Chen Nan had no desire to have any contact with the other person.
Thinking about her performance tonight, and the so-called exciting plot points in the original novel, Chen Nan's current focus is on staying away from the female and male leads at work. She'll observe them discreetly, and if she's lucky enough to discover who the so-called spy prince from the neighboring planet is, she'll find a way to report them.
There was no other way; no matter how absurd and bizarre this world was, Chen Nan wanted to continue living peacefully and quietly like she was now.
Therefore, she subconsciously wanted to destroy anything that might disrupt this peace and tranquility, to destroy it all.
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