VAP - Chapter 34
Chapter 34: The Sleeping Beauty Whose Words Are Law (33)
The Shengjing City Military District was undoubtedly one of the best-developed bases during the chaotic period.
Of course, the current military district could no longer be called just that. It was now a series of small cities—safe settlements for humanity. Espers and firearms together formed a line of defense against mutated creatures, protecting the citizens who lived within.
Walking through the Shengjing Military District, Yue Du marveled at the adaptability of the human species.
Compared to the desolate and barren city proper, the settlement seemed bustling and full of life. It had only been a little over a year since the great outbreak of Esper abilities, yet people had already grown accustomed to this new world and were doing everything they could to survive.
They were like the seemingly fragile, unknown weeds in the cracks of paving stones, which could still blossom, bear seeds, and carry on their life even under the harshest conditions.
“I went on a mission to T-City last month. Their safe zone isn’t nearly as well-developed as our Shengjing!” the rescue squad leader said, his tone proud.
Yue Du played along. “Yes, it looks very lively.”
The squad leader remarked with feeling, “This is all thanks to General Lin. You have no idea how many miraculous decisions General Lin has made, how many people he’s protected.”
Oh, General Lin.
Yue Du, who had hacked into his confidential systems dozens of times in the past six months and watched several conference live streams for free, didn’t bat an eye. She nodded emphatically as if in admiration. “I’ve heard of General Lin before. I had no idea he was so amazing. I’m truly impressed.”
The squad leader puffed out his chest, sharing in the glory. “You bet!”
Qi Jiu, who had also watched the live streams, followed listlessly at the side. She would let out a soft yawn every few steps, the boredom in her eyes practically overflowing.
A beautiful woman always attracts attention. A greenhorn in the squad was the first to notice Qi Jiu’s listlessness and immediately asked with concern, “Miss, are you alright? Are you carsick? I have an orange here, it might help.”
Qi Jiu glanced at him, her eyes dark and deep, unsettling for no reason.
She said, “How old are you?”
The greenhorn was baffled but still answered eagerly, “Twenty-five!”
Qi Jiu said expressionlessly, “Oh. I’m twenty-two. So why are you calling me ‘sister’?”
The greenhorn: “…”
He opened his mouth in a futile attempt to speak, but the next second, he saw Qi Jiu let out a whimper, turn, and bury herself in Yue Du’s arms, looking like a frightened, pitiful creature.
Yue Du was even more bewildered than he was. Host, could you move a little? Your hair is tickling my skin, she thought. But out loud, she had to explain gently to the young man, “I’m sorry, Ah Jiu is very shy around strangers. She’s just embarrassed.”
Qi Jiu gave a small nod, rubbing her chin against Yue Du’s soft embrace.
…Even more ticklish.
Hearing this, the greenhorn could only say, bewildered and awkward, “I-Is that so? Hahaha.”
Before long, the vehicle arrived at the newcomer registration office.
Qi Jiu naturally registered under her own identity. For Yue Du, it wasn’t so simple. After all, she had previously been just a string of data; no record of such a person existed.
So, Yue Du fabricated a false identity for herself, directly importing the information into the household registration system, and then claimed she had lost her ID card.
Naturally, she aroused no suspicion. After getting a replacement ID card, the two became new members of the Shengjing Safe Zone and were to be assigned to the communal dormitories for ordinary espers.
An employee at the registration office made a point of explaining that if they were willing to join an esper squad and accept mission deployments, they could get dorms with better living conditions.
At this point, the rescue squad parted ways with them. Before leaving, the greenhorn, blushing, tried to ask for Qi Jiu’s contact information.
The “shy” Qi Jiu rejected him without batting an eye. The greenhorn was extremely disappointed and could only trudge away dejectedly with his teammates.
Watching the rescue squad leave, Yue Du suddenly grew a little curious: Was Qi Jiu bisexual, or did she only like women?
As she thought this, she recalled that the other party wasn’t human—and certainly not a system. By that logic, wouldn’t that make her a cross-species homosexual…
“What are you thinking about?” Qi Jiu suddenly asked in a low voice.
Yue Du feigned nonchalance, averting her gaze. “I was thinking about forming an esper squad.”
She couldn’t tell the truth. It was best to avoid matters of the heart to prevent more complications from arising.
Qi Jiu’s tone rose slightly, as if displeased. “When you mentioned this before, I don’t think ‘finding people to team up with’ was part of the plan.”
Yue Du said, “The two of us will form a team. It’ll be more convenient, and the living conditions will be better. You’ve probably never lived in a communal dorm before, have you?”
Indeed, she hadn’t. With her delicate temperament, how could the great Miss Qi possibly tolerate sharing a room with strangers?
Qi Jiu thought for a moment and said, “That’s not an issue. How much better can the dorms for esper squads be? We can just teleport home to sleep at night.”
Yue Du had a sudden realization. “Right, we can do that. I forgot.” Having a Jiu at home is like having a treasure.
The housing issue was solved, but Qi Jiu was still quite interested in forming a team. “But you have a point, teaming up would be more convenient. What should we call our team? ‘July’? ‘Poisoned Wine’? Or ‘September’s Lone Rider’?”
Yue Du vetoed them all. “None of them are good!”
And what the hell was that last one, ‘September’s Lone Rider’???
In any case, they still went to register and form an esper squad.
The esper squad registration office was right across from the newcomer registration office. Seeing the two girls leave and come right back, the old man guarding the door even rubbed his eyes.
“Are you sure you want to form a squad with just two people?” the young man at the registration desk asked incredulously.
Yue Du replied, “We’re sure. There aren’t any regulations about the minimum number of members for an esper squad, are there?”
“There aren’t, but this is no game. Don’t think you can just sneak in because the benefits for esper squads are good. Even with only two people, you can’t refuse mandatory missions, and they’re very dangerous.”
Yue Du said in a gentle voice, “Thank you for the warning, but please don’t worry.”
It seemed he couldn’t dissuade them. The young man sighed regretfully and began the registration process.
To register an esper squad, they first had to designate a captain and a vice-captain. Thus, Yue Du was honorably made the captain in charge of one person, and Qi Jiu was honorably made the vice-captain in charge of no one.
At the same time, their Esper abilities would also be recorded in detail—
Qi Jiu: A weak-ass teleportation esper with a range of less than fifty meters, unable to carry others, and requiring a five-second cast time to activate her ability.
Yue Du: A weak-ass fire-type esper who could only conjure a few fingernail-sized fireballs at a time and had to concentrate fully when activating her ability, or else the fireballs would fizzle out with a poof.
Looking at these two pretty girls, the young man’s expression was no longer one of regret, but of grief.
“Team name?”
“Two-Person Rotation Squad,” Yue Du said calmly.
The young man paused, then muttered, “That’s… quite fitting.”
Qi Jiu shot her a resentful look from the side, but Captain Yue pretended not to see it.
Half a month later.
The Two-Person Rotation Squad became the most famous team in the Shengjing Safe Zone with the speed of a thunderclap, famous for two things: one, their incredible luck, and two, their members being complete weirdos.
The Two-Person Rotation Squad had only been established for half a month.
The squad had only two members, both of them seemingly delicate young women. Their Esper abilities were so ordinary they could even be called useless, so no one could have imagined that these two could form their own team, let alone make a name for themselves throughout the entire safe zone.
That’s right, it was just that shocking.
On the very day the Two-Person Rotation Squad was formed, the higher-ups assigned them a mandatory mission, requiring them to act alongside several other equally weak-ass teams to kill a mutated snake that had taken over the city zoo.
However, before anyone could even make a move, Vice-Captain Qi’s knife “accidentally” flew out and struck the snake’s vital spot!
Before anyone could react, Captain Yue, “startled,” let her hand tremble and tossed the small fireball she had conjured right into the wound—
The mutated snake died with its eyes wide open.
The Two-Person Rotation Squad received a verbal commendation and the largest share of the mutated snake meat.
But that wasn’t all!
The next day, a mutated golden eagle was passing over the safe zone. The eagle had no intention of attacking humans, but whether due to terrible luck or something else, it was struck down by a bolt of lightning and just so happened to fall right in front of the duo.
Vice-Captain Qi delivered the finishing blow.
The mutated golden eagle perished.
Another day, a villain from the Chaos Faction infiltrated the safe zone, attempting to take half a street of ordinary people down with him in a suicide attack. However, Captain Yue just happened to be passing by and “accidentally” burned all the villain’s hair off.
The villain, whose Esper ability was to cut his hair and turn it into puppet soldiers: “…”
And another day, a mutated, running Boston ivy appeared…
And yet another day, Major General Yuan was in danger…
And on the day after that, the Chaos Faction planted a bomb outside the city walls…
…
The Two-Person Rotation Squad became completely famous.
They had eliminated several dangerous mutated creatures, thwarted several plots by the Chaos Faction, and saved the lives of a few higher-ups!
One of them had to be a dual-ability esper, and her hidden ability was called ‘Invincible God of Luck’!
And now, half a month later, this legendary squad was once again leaving the safe zone for a mission.
“Captain Yue, take us sisters along today!” called the captain of the Overlord Flower Squad next door. “God of Luck, carry me to victory!”
Yue Du returned her smile. “Not today, maybe next time.”
The Overlord Flower captain said, “You’re being so secretive. Are you trying to test the limits of your good luck? Do you need a witness?”
Just as Yue Du was about to say something, she felt a weight on her right shoulder.
Qi Jiu rested her long, fair hand on her shoulder and chuckled. “Interrupting someone’s private time for two is asking for retribution, you know.”
The Overlord Flower captain understood, a knowing, mysterious smile spreading across her face. “Then I won’t disturb your ‘two-person rotation.’ Go for it, brave girls! I’ll be waiting for you to create a new miracle!”
Yue Du: “…”
During that half-month, the only two members of the Two-Person Rotation Squad were always inseparable, and outsiders all thought they were sisters.
After this rumor was debunked by an employee from the household registration office, everyone then assumed they were sworn sisters.
Only the Overlord Flower captain next door said, “Aren’t they a couple?” She was completely sincere when she said it, but her squad members all laughed at her, saying, “How can you tell they’re a couple? They couldn’t look any straighter!”
Qi Jiu quite appreciated her point of view.
Yue Du… Yue Du did not dare to agree.
This time, however, the Overlord Flower captain had hit the nail on the head. They really were going to create a new miracle today.
That’s right. After pretending to be lucky stars for half a month, they were finally planning to head to Xin Licheng’s secret base and complete the Main System’s mission.
Besides, Xin Licheng’s base was so easy to find. With their ‘God of Luck Incarnate’ skills, what was impossible?
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