After school at noon.
Yu Xian and Zhang Shou left school and arrived next to the Security Bureau in the South City.
The two walked into Jin Sheng's temporary office, where Jin Sheng was hunched over his desk eating fast food. Seeing them, he quickly took two more bites, then covered his lunchbox.
Wiping his mouth, he said, "Sit down, I have something to tell you."
After both of them were seated, he looked at them and said, "I have to return to the capital tonight to report for duty. I have a mission to assign to the two of you."
Then he slowly explained the mission.
During this time, Silver City's nights had actually been restless.
There were various supernatural animals lurking, and some evil cultists were stirring up trouble, taking advantage of the chaos.
However, after Jin Sheng's ruthless suppression during the previous period, most of the high-level supernatural animals and evil cultists had already been dealt with, leaving only small fry at the Ant Level or Chong Class.
These small fry were not strong, but there were a lot of them, and they were still very dangerous for ordinary people.
Yu Xian and Zhang Shou's mission was to patrol at night during Jin Sheng's absence and eliminate all these small fry.
In fact, such missions were previously the responsibility of the Security Bureau; Battle Cops on night duty would patrol the entire city at night. However, there were casualties among the Battle Cops during this Alienated Insect cleanup, and now there is a shortage of personnel, so Yu Xian and Zhang Shou will join the operation as reinforcements.
"I like this mission! As the Prince of All-Nighters, I can finally stay up late legitimately," Zhang Shou said excitedly.
Yu Xian smiled without speaking. Since becoming a Vampire, he had only slept once. He didn't mind this mission at all; he was just idle at night anyway.
"This mission also counts for merit points. Killing an unranked supernatural animal counts for 1 merit point, killing a Chong Class supernatural animal for 5 merit points, and killing an Ant Level supernatural animal for 10 merit points.
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Take it easy, don't overexert yourselves for the sake of merit points," Jin Sheng said with a smile, seeing that both had accepted the mission.
Yu Xian and Zhang Shou nodded. Zhang Shou patted his chest and said, "Captain, don't worry, Xian Yu and I definitely won't mess up."
"Oh, right, this return to the capital signifies that the Silver City incident has come to an end for now. The headquarters will definitely award merit points, but it's also possible to exchange them for other things. Do you have any desired rewards? You can tell me now, and I'll try to get them for you then," Jin Sheng asked.
Zhang Shou asked in surprise, "Captain, I get some too?"
"All students who participated in the rescue will receive rewards, but they will likely be prize money, honors, and extra points for the college entrance exam. You and Xian Yu are our own people, so your rewards will definitely be converted into merit points," Jin Sheng explained.
Zhang Shou quickly said, "I want a storage ring, Captain, can it be exchanged for a storage ring?"
He had seen the price of storage equipment in the exchange shop; even a storage bag with only one cubic meter of space cost about 50,000 merit points. He didn't think headquarters would reward that many merit points.
So, if he could exchange the awarded merit points for storage equipment, he would profit.
"I'll ask, it should be fine," Jin Sheng nodded.
After speaking, he looked at Yu Xian.
Yu Xian was silent for a moment, then said, "Storage equipment, silver, Pangu Blood, can I have all of them?"
"You're dreaming," Jin Sheng scoffed.
He had accumulated merit points for five years after joining Qilin, and borrowed a lot from Jin Dajun, finally exchanging them for Pangu Blood. Now he was still repaying Jin Dajun's 'loan' and didn't even have any storage equipment.
"Captain, don't refuse so quickly. It doesn't hurt to ask. If it's really not possible, I can do without silver. If it's still not possible, I can do without storage equipment," Yu Xian said with a smile.
Jin Sheng said helplessly, "Alright, I'll ask, but I estimate Pangu Blood won't be a problem; the other two are a bit uncertain."
Then he sent them a document on his phone, which contained a list of student names.
He looked at them and said, "Oh, right, these are all Superpower Academy students. Keep an eye on them occasionally at school, but don't let them find out."
"Do they have any problems?" Yu Xian asked while looking at the list.
Jin Sheng looked at the list on his phone and replied, "They themselves might not have problems, but their parents are all superpowered individuals, and many of them operate in gray areas. I'm worried they might cause trouble during the chaos."
Simply put, the parents of these individuals were superpowered people who operated in a gray area.
Previously, when Silver City's order was good, they might not have had the courage, but now that everything was being rebuilt, it was uncertain.
Yu Xian and Zhang Shou finished reading the information in the office, then got up and returned to school.
"Xian Yu, do you think it's better for us to patrol by car or act alone?" Zhang Shou asked excitedly on the way.
Yu Xian looked at Zhang Shou and asked, "Don't you have a driver's license? My dad's car hasn't been sold yet, we'll go solo!"
He had been taking care of his father, who suffered from ALS, all these years, so he didn't have time to get a driver's license. Zhang Shou, on the other hand, got his driver's license after receiving his ID card at sixteen.
Many laws now are different from ancient times, and the age for obtaining a driver's license is one of them.
The two returned to school, with half an hour left before class.
They simply stood in the corridor, observing the students downstairs. The Superpower Academy's uniform was different from that of ordinary schools, so it was easy to distinguish which students belonged to the Superpower Academy.
Blue uniforms and black uniforms now occupied separate sides, with clear boundaries between them, like a chasm.
"That student with horns, do you think he's from the Dragon race or has the bloodline of a deer demon?" Zhang Shou asked Yu Xian in a low voice, looking at a student walking below.
Yu Xian said calmly, "Most of the Dragon race are along the coast, what do you think?"
He looked at the two distinct groups of students below, as if seeing a microcosm of society.
In fact, superpowered individuals and ordinary people had always been in a state of mutual non-interference.
Most superpowered individuals lived in the east of the city, while most ordinary people lived in the south of the city. Because there was no interaction between them, the Alienated Insects were able to invade Silver City without a sound, and had not been detected until before Yu Xian.
Of course, the Alienated Insects also learned from their failed experience in Rong City last time.
This time, they were very careful.
Their actions avoided areas where superpowered individuals were active, and they even selectively avoided the homes of ordinary nannies working for superpowered families.
This was also why the Superpower Academy was completely unaffected by this Alienated Insect invasion.
"Look, Yu Meiren," Zhang Shou whispered at this moment.
Yu Meiren was a superpower user. When she was young, she dreamed of the Baize divine beast, thus awakening her 'Verbal Beast Control' ability. Many supernatural animals in the school were actually her controlled beasts.
As the two watched Yu Meiren, she looked up at them, then smiled slightly and nodded in greeting, before walking into the teaching building.
"It is said that President Yu monitors the entire school; it seems that it might not be groundless," Chen Ling said faintly, standing behind them at this moment.
Zhang Shou was startled, moved half his body away, and exclaimed, "Chen Ling, are you a human or a ghost? You walk without a sound!"
At this moment, Yu Xian noticed a gloomy-looking girl. She was wearing a scarf even in the hot weather, with most of her face covered by it, revealing only a pair of lifeless eyes.
Yu Xian's eyes fell on the book in her hand. The book emitted a bloody scent, the smell of human blood.