113 Chapter 113
Chapter 113
After hearing what Captain Dai said, the man felt a little conflicted.
Captain Dai and others saw that he couldn't give an answer for a long time, and thought that the other party was unable to do it, so they didn't intend to force him.
"If not, forget it. We can handle it for now. We just need to hold on until we get back."
After saying this, Captain Dai turned around and checked the scattered resources picked up by the team members.
"No...no, I don't know if I can do it. I haven't tried it before."
Seeing that Captain Dai and the others were not going to continue talking to him, the man panicked, fearing that Captain Dai and the others would not take him away because of this. In his anxiety, he even stuttered when he spoke.
"Never tried it?"
Hearing the man's words, Captain Dai turned around, with a look of doubt still on his face.
Normally, if a person wants to improve his ability, he absolutely needs to practice constantly and constantly absorb external spiritual energy to replenish consumption. Only under such a flushing can he achieve a slow improvement in his ability.
But what had he just heard? The man in front of him had barely used his abilities.
How strong must his talent be to be able to reach his current position through the use of his abilities without much practice?
"Well, I didn't go out much before, and I went out this time because I had something to do."
Faced with the surprise of Captain Dai and others, the man lowered his head even lower and spoke in a soft voice. If they continued to ask like this, he probably wouldn't even have the strength to speak.
"Then can you try it on me first?"
Looking at the other person's current appearance, Captain Dai realized that the person might not be so socially anxious simply because of his personality, so he did not make things difficult for him and put him within the sight of his group.
He turned and gestured to the team members watching their conversation. "Go check if the cage holding the mutant has enough energy. If not, we'll have to replace it later."
As soon as he finished speaking, Captain Dai had already walked to a place not far from the man. Seeing that the other party was nervous if he went any further, he stopped and kept a distance from the other party.
"From where you are now, can you use your abilities on me?"
Seeing that the other party looked a little nervous, Captain Dai didn't waste any words and asked directly if he had anything to say. If he could, he could go ahead, and if he couldn't, he could move forward. He didn't intend to continue arguing with the other party.
"Okay, you can step back a little further."
Captain Dai's words caused the other party to quickly look up at him, carefully comparing the distance between Captain Dai and him, and speaking very quickly.
"Okay!" Captain Dai obediently took two steps back and saw that the other party's shoulders, which were originally hunched up, slightly lowered with his movement. Knowing that this meant that the other party relaxed a little, Captain Dai's spirit also relaxed.
"alright."
The other party's voice was still soft, but he used his abilities very quickly.
Less than two minutes after Captain Dai stopped and stood back, he felt a subtle fluctuation of power that did not belong to him. Before long, the strange power had left him.
"Now you can, you're amazing!"
Although the specific effect is unclear, the speed at which the other party uses his abilities is worthy of praise from anyone who sees it.
Although he knew that Captain Dai was exaggerating, his tone still made the other party's lips curl up.
Before this trip, he hadn't been out for a long time. After awakening his ability, unlike his neighbors who had also awakened their abilities and were looking for new opportunities everywhere, he did not take any action. He was still the same as before. Except for going out to purchase daily necessities, he would not have any contact with people.
This time he went out because he heard some things about his brother from the family of his brother's former comrade-in-arms, and he wanted to find his brother.
Because he wanted to see his brother, he even overcame his social anxiety and bravely stepped out of the house.
But the final result was somewhat unsatisfactory. Although he overcame his social anxiety and walked out of the house, he failed to overcome his directionality. After leaving the house, he kept going in circles and couldn't even figure out the navigation.
Every time the navigation system led him to the right path, he would soon be able to lose himself.
There was no other way. In this world where the roads were completely destroyed or covered by the rampant proliferation of animals and plants after the mutation, even with a map navigation, a normal person might get lost and have to try several times to find the right place, not to mention him who already had a serious problem with directions.
After a few times, he realized that it was probably impossible for him to reach Daxi Village in a short period of time on his own. He was lucky that he didn't get lost, and he couldn't expect any more.
Feeling frustrated, he had been thinking about how to get to Daxi Village. Unexpectedly, his luck was very good. He calmed down and soon ran into Captain Dai and his team members setting up camp. The gossip he overheard was about Daxi Village.
Knowing that Captain Dai and others had some connection with Daxi Village, he knew that even if he didn't go to Daxi Village now, he would definitely go back to Daxi Village after finishing the work at hand. Only then did he muster up the courage to follow Captain Dai and others.
"My abilities are also psychic, and I have the ability to create illusions. When I first followed you, I was almost discovered by you, but I used illusions to conceal it."
The man felt a little guilty when he said this. He raised his head slightly to observe the expression between Captain Dai's eyebrows, trying to guess the other party's current mood.
Unfortunately, Captain Dai and others have all received professional training. When they are alert, they control their facial expressions so precisely that the other party cannot tell anything wrong.
"I already have the ability you gave me. Let's see. If it works, I'll send you to Daxi Village after we complete the task at hand. Is that okay with you?"
Seeing that the other party had already demonstrated their capabilities, Captain Dai and others were going back to Daxi Village anyway, so protecting one person was not a problem. Captain Dai made the promise without any hesitation and said it directly.
"Really? Thank you! Thank you..."
After hearing Captain Dai's promise, the other party raised his head suddenly with joy, his eyes sparkling, and he kept expressing his gratitude.
After the excitement passed, he began to feel uncomfortable again when facing the gazes of Captain Dai and others, and his head slowly dropped to the ground.
Seeing that the other party was about to turn into a sunflower at night, unable to raise its head, Captain Dai turned around and signaled the team members to look away, do their own thing, and not look around.
Because of his keen sense of sight, after Captain Dai and his teammates withdrew their gaze, the man's newly aroused nervousness finally subsided, and he couldn't help but feel grateful.
"Ye Wenheng, my name is Ye Wenheng!"
Captain Dai and others wanted to ask Ye Wenheng's name from the beginning, but because of the abilities he demonstrated and his obvious social anxiety, Captain Dai, who wanted his help, temporarily put aside the unnecessary inquiries.
Unexpectedly, Captain Dai and others put aside their inquiries, but the other party took the initiative to speak.
"I went to Daxi Village to look for my brother."
The latter sentence was spoken exceptionally smoothly, and even social anxiety did not affect the unconsciously rising voice when speaking.
It can be seen that the other party must have repeated the latter sentence in his mind countless times before he could express it so smoothly.
"Don't worry, even if your ability can't offset the mark that mutant creature put on us, we will still take you to Daxi Village."
Captain Dai heard the uneasiness in the other party's somewhat raised voice, and turned to comfort Ye Wenheng.
"Thanks……"
After that emotion passed, Ye Wenheng returned to his socially anxious self who couldn't even lift his head, and even his words of thanks were so faint.
However, this subtle thank you was still caught by Captain Dai and others, and was not ignored because of its low voice.
"It doesn't matter."
Captain Dai responded with a smile, then turned around and began to arrange for Zhuang Dun to use his spatial ability to transfer the things that he and others could not carry with them.
"Captain, the cage is running out of energy. This damn thing is such a power hog."
Tang Ji had also finished checking the cage. Thinking of the energy that could be used to charge the cage once, Tang Ji even frowned when he came back.
"No, I'll go to the research institute later. If nothing works, at least we can recover some of the losses."
Captain Dai and others knew the value of a newly emerged mutant creature to the research institute.
But precisely because they know this, they are not sure whether they can get additional subsidies given that their remuneration is already fixed.
After all, they had already calculated the energy loss of the cage along the way, and there was no way to make up for it.
"There's nothing we can do. Water, come and water it. I'll have to change the cage right away."
After listening to Captain Dai's words, Tang Ji did not respond. After all, this was all they could calculate. Since there was no way, there was no need to discuss it.
As for the water that Tang Ji has been calling for, it was the inspiration that Xiao Shuer gave them.
It is known that the mutant creature will lose its ability to move if it is electrocuted by lightning when it is soaked. So it is normal for them to use electric shock to prevent the mutant creature from escaping, right?
As for why they didn't use electric shocks on the mutants throughout the entire journey back, looking at the current situation, electric shocks can only restrict the mutants' movements and cannot affect their lives. If they use electric shocks, they can save the process of changing cages and save the energy of the cages, right?
Captain Dai and others did have this idea at the beginning, but before they had gone very far, their energy was exhausted and they were unable to persist throughout the journey.
Now after hearing what Ye Wenheng said, that thing would not leave marks on them only if it was locked in a cage, so it was even more impossible to leave it in an unrestricted place.
"Cage, cage, why is your energy decreasing so quickly?"
Muttering to himself, Tang Ji had already cooperated with his teammates to change the cage of the mutant skin mouse.
"Let's go. If there are no more mutant animals or plants actively attacking us, we should be able to go back the day after tomorrow."
After watching the team members put the mutant skin mice back into the changed cages, he spoke and prepared to set off.
"Aren't you going to rest tonight?"
After hearing Captain Dai's words, the deputy captain asked softly.
"No one is getting enough rest outside anyway, so let's hurry up while we're still a little energetic and there are no mutant animals or plants around to attack us."
There was one more thing Captain Dai didn't say. He wanted to know whether Ye Wenheng's ability on him could offset the mark left on him by the mutant creature.
If possible, you can find a place to rest later.
Fortunately, the final result was very good.
Although Ye Wenheng did not use his ability in this area much due to his social phobia and was unable to completely offset the marks on Captain Dai and others, he was still able to suppress the danger that the marks might bring.
Without the disturbance of mutant animals and plants, Captain Dai and his team quickly returned to the official ability center with the leather mouse.
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