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Chapter 93: Chapter 93: Unknown Ability
Han Yi suddenly said at this moment, "Jiaojiao is a Superpower User."
Whether someone had an Ability or not, Han Yi could tell with just a detection with his spiritual power. After Yan Xiao uttered those words, Han Yi had used his spiritual power.
"Brother, do I really have an Ability now?" Han Jiaojiao felt it was so unreal, how could she possibly have an Ability? This... it’s impossible...
Han Yi nodded, looking at Yan Xiao, "The sudden crack in the glass cup, what kind of Ability could that be?"
His spiritual power could distinguish between ordinary people and Superpower Users, but it could not discern the characteristics of the Abilities.
"It should be the Water Ability." Yan Xiao pulled out a few tissues, wiped his face, and said, "Last time at the security check, after Jiaojiao got angry, the ground nearby was soaked, as if groundwater had surfaced. And the water from her laundry last time... I thought I was mistaken..."
"But I don’t know how to manipulate water," Han Jiaojiao said confusedly. "A Water Ability user can condense the moisture in the air. I’ve seen Su Xue do it, like opening a tap in the air, the water gushing out."
"The types of Abilities are originally bizarre and lack any pattern, even if it is the same Water Ability, it may not be the same," Lu Changyuan had another perspective and talked about it confidently.
"For example, Kerry’s Invisibility; actually, I’ve seen other Invisibility Ability users at the base. One type of Invisibility Ability allows one to disappear into thin air, and it’s really because the body breaks down into a vapor, untouchable and unseen, allows passing through walls, achieving true invisibility without detection. However, with such an Ability, one can’t take any substantive action during invisibility, like sneaking in somewhere to fetch a document, because the body has already vaporized, so it’s impossible to touch anything. You see, though both are Invisibility, they have substantive differences. I believe Jiaojiao’s Ability doesn’t need to be hastily categorized as a Water Ability. It’s just that, although she may not be able to create a column of water, at least her Ability should be related to water."
Although this matter seemed peculiar, everyone was happy for her; having one more Superpower User meant one more helping hand.
Han Jiaojiao was very unsure inside, feeling like she hadn’t done anything at all, why did everyone seem to be certain that she had an Ability... Could it be that the water cup in Yan Xiao’s hand was really broken by her? She didn’t feel it at all...
"I’ve never had a fever..." she still found it somewhat hard to accept that she was a Superpower User.
Han Yi wrapped his arm around her shoulder, gently stroking her back, and said, "Do you still remember that time you fainted in Wusu Province?"
Han Jiaojiao didn’t react for a moment.
Lu Changyuan looked up, a realization dawning upon him, "That’s it, Jiaojiao fainted for an entire night, indeed running a slight fever, but because the fever subsided quickly, none of us thought she was awakening an Ability."
Han Jiaojiao carefully recalled, it did seem to be the case... It seemed that ever since that day, she had been feeling restless, as if there was an energy inside her body that wanted to be released, but couldn’t be, which was very uncomfortable. Could it be... she really did have an Ability?
She definitely did not have one in her previous life...
—Ah!
—Could it be that thing?!
Han Jiaojiao remembered the huge Space-Time Beast—could it be that it granted her an Ability she never had in her previous life?
If the Space-Time Beast could control those spores from extraterrestrial microorganisms, then indeed, it was not an impossible thing.
"So what should I, I do?" Han Jiaojiao looked at everyone excitedly, "How do you use your Abilities?"
"This... it feels very hard to describe in words," Yan Xiao was at a loss, and seeing his clothes still wet, he tried to tease her with a smile, "Why don’t you try to see if you can get rid of the coke on my clothes?"
Han Jiaojiao glared at him.
Han Yi caught Han Jiaojiao’s hand, looking at the gauze on it, and said, "No rush, let’s wait for the injuries on your hand to heal before trying your Ability."
Han Jiaojiao pursed her lips, "It’s almost completely healed." It was just a scrape off the top layer of skin...
Han Yi’s face darkened slightly, seemingly displeased.
Han Jiaojiao immediately corrected herself, "But it still hurts a bit, could you help me apply some medicine later, brother?"
The corners of Han Yi’s mouth imperceptibly curled up a little.
Seeing that Han Yi was no longer angry, Han Jiaojiao, with her hands wrapped in white bandages, contentedly made her way upstairs.
The others, observing this scene, twitched their eyelids twice, feeling utterly beyond exasperation at the siblings’ way of interacting, only lamenting in their hearts again and again: a perfect match in roles!
—— Han Yi and the others had settled down steadily within the base. After making a name for themselves by completing three high-profile missions on their first outing, they did not take on any high-scoring missions and instead began regularly participating in resource-gathering tasks. Their outings were very well-regulated, setting off the day after the military departures, either in groups of three or five, the trips never too long, sometimes a day, sometimes two, bringing back some supplies to hand over to the base.
Time passed quickly, and before long, it was December. The weather remained scorching hot, showing no signs of winter’s approach.
In the span of these two weeks, they had absorbed a large number of Crystal Cores. Although there had been no device to measure their progress, each person clearly felt their Abilities growing rapidly.
Since Han Jiaojiao had unexpectedly awakened to her Ability, everyone set aside a small portion of the gathered Crystal Cores each time, saving them for her use once she became familiar with her powers.
Han Jiaojiao herself had tried a few times; she could make the water in a cup splash out, or, when emotional, cause the water and the container to burst open together. It seemed she could also control the water in the ground’s soil, but... what good was any of that? What use were they indeed?
If the Space-Time Beast granted her this body the Ability, it shouldn’t be such a useless power! Could there be some other function she hadn’t experimented with yet?
As it was now, her Ability was neither offensive nor defensive, and most frustratingly, if there was no water nearby, it was utterly useless, for she was not like Su Xue, able to condense water molecules straight from the air...
Finally having an Ability, only to find it offered no help in the apocalyptic world, Han Jiaojiao felt dejected...
But there were also joys. Xiaogua, Xiaodou, and Cotton Candy were growing robustly. They had grown quickly in just over two weeks, nearly spilling out of their bowls, a much faster rate than when in the Gobi, which Han Jiaojiao attributed to more abundant water.
So, did the Space-Time Beast mother worry about her offspring lacking water, and hence bestowed her this power? Perhaps she was overthinking...
Xiaogua and Xiaodou resembled their past life exactly, one with rounded leaves, the other with elongated leaves, twelve tender vines curling gently as if wearing long, fluffy grass skirts. Cotton Candy, meanwhile, wore a thick fur skirt, its white fluff denser than before. Parting the fluffy white layer, the green stalk beneath could be spotted.
The remaining egg, which had yet to show any signs of life, most likely belonged to Pepper.
Han Jiaojiao wasn’t worried; she believed that Pepper would successfully hatch. In her previous life, even in the harshest environments, it had managed to hatch, and in this life, with her careful attention, she always believed that Pepper was special.
It had inherited its mother’s purple color; it surely was no ordinary creature—Han Jiaojiao thought thus.
Space-Time Beast, oh Space-Time Beast, was it you who brought me back to this apocalyptic world?
——In that moment before death, when I fired the gun, what exactly happened?
...Pepper, was it you who brought me back here? If so, where in space and time are you right now?
Lost in thought, Han Jiaojiao couldn’t help but shed tears. Pepper saw her as its mother, yet she had abandoned it... But what could she have done? At that time, she truly had no will to continue living...
I’m sorry, Pepper. This life, I will treat you well.
