super future

Chapter 124 124-Strange Village

The border area of ​​Xia Kingdom's Kunyun Province and the border area with Gongbang Kingdom and Laowo Kingdom is full of steep mountains, high mountains and dense forests, complex terrain, and inaccessible places.

Large expanses of pristine natural scenery make this a good place for Xia people to travel by car on the border during peacetime.

The people who live here are all ethnic minorities and retain their own unique ethnic characteristics. People who come here to travel can experience the magnificent natural scenery while also experiencing the unique ethnic customs.

However, with the outbreak of superpowers, the more natural and primitive the area, the more likely it is that wild animals will mutate into dangerous populations, which greatly increases their danger.

Nowadays, except for some powerful private travel bloggers with superpowers, ordinary people rarely travel here. Especially after several cases of mutated animals attacking self-driving tourists, this type of tourism has been People have given up, and even travel agencies have canceled some routes that are not safe enough.

The tourism industry is also an unlucky child. It has been hit one after another in the past few years. First, there was a three-year epidemic. After finally seeing a little light, super powers broke out.

Due to the rapid deterioration of the security environment in most parts of the world, overseas travel that has just started to improve has to cancel basically all overseas travel projects, and domestic travel - in today's popularization of navigation and cars, except for the elderly, who still needs domestic travel? Travel agency.

The tourism industry is probably the first industry that cannot come out of the cold winter. What stands out is that blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come singly.

Thanks to Xia's excellent infrastructure capabilities, even in this sparsely populated mountainous area, the road network and power grid are connected to every town and village in this vast area.

Between the mountains and ridges, a highway shuttles like a long dragon, with bridges across streams and tunnels passing through the mountains, perfectly integrating human architectural art into the mountain nature. Wilderness and civilization dance together, and development and environmental protection go hand in hand.

There is very little traffic on the road, mostly medium and large trucks.

A black SUV roared past. Occasionally, it would overtake a truck and move forward quickly.

This is an official car with a white license plate. The number starts with the abbreviation of Kunyun Province and ends with the word "super". It is the unified field vehicle of Xia Guo's super management department.

There were only two people in the car, a man and a woman. The man was driving, while the woman was sitting in the passenger seat scrolling through her mobile phone and chatting with her companions.

They were wearing dark blue supervision department uniforms, but because they were in the car, neither of them wore masks, so it could be seen from their faces that they were all young, about in their twenties.

Most of the lucky ones who awakened in the first wave of superpowers were aged between 16 and 22 years old. In fact, if you study the age more deeply, you will find that the largest proportion is around the age of .

Where do young people of this age group mainly live? The answer is three.

The first is university, the second is the military, and the third is mainly working in cities, with only a small number remaining in their hometowns in counties or towns and villages.

Needless to say, the military's superpowers, except for some who are assigned to super management departments in various places, the rest are used for their own use. After all, if the military does not have its own superpower team, then their status in the new era will be A sharp decline. As long as the senior management is not stupid, they will definitely not allow this to happen.

The main source of combat power for supervising departments in various places is to recruit superpowers from universities and civilians. There are fewer superpowers recruited from high school students. The main reason is that they are still too young and rebellious in high school. For now, they are still allowed to Focus on learning and growth.

Relatively speaking, the resistance of college students and civilian superpowers to joining the officialdom is not very strong.

What is the purpose of graduating from college? Find a good job, preferably a stable, high-paying, and low-stress job.

Why do you come out to work? You can make money and get ahead.

Well, come join the official team and get your dream career in one step.

perfect!

In the SUV driving on the road, the two superpowers were alumni of the same university. They were now working partners and were affiliated with the Supermarket Management Bureau of Erpu City, Kunyun Province.

The young man's name is Lu Zichao, and the young woman's name is Zhang Yuan. Neither of them are natives of Erpu City. One of them is from Chuncheng, the capital of Kunyun Province, and the other is from other provinces. When the super power broke out, both of them were in a university in the provincial capital. students, awakened together, and then joined the Kunyun Provincial Supervision Bureau together.

After receiving basic training, the two were assigned to the Erpu City Supervision Bureau. Recently, they happened to be rotated to one of the following counties. Based on the principle of avoidance of fellow residents, some local superpowers in Erpu City will be sent out. City garrison.

Unlike the mainland, which is relatively stable and safe, there are only two superpowers stationed in a county, and at most a team of four. This was the case in Lingzi County in Chengchuan Province.

Kunyun Province is a border province with several South Asian countries bordering it. The security situation is very complicated. It is also located in the southwest region with dense mountains and forests and a pristine environment. Therefore, there are up to twelve superpowers stationed in one county, which is directly three battles. group.

Today, the two of them received a mission from the city bureau and went to a border village to perform an investigation mission.

In the black SUV, Zhang Yuan put away his work phone and sighed: "Oh, my dream of five days and eight hours of work. It's a big Sunday. We still have to travel so far to explore. If I had known better, I wouldn't have joined the official team. Now, I can still get paid while staying at home, how cool it is.”

Lu Zichao smiled and said: "Come on, when you have nothing to do, you are basically idle. Why don't you tell me when you are fishing? Without the current salary and high bonuses for attendance tasks, just staying at home and relying on official subsidies, then Is there enough money for you to spend?"

"That's true, but it's so tiring to go on a mission."

"Is this tiring? How many people want to be tired but don't know how to do it. Just be content, Mariko. If we can awaken as superpowers, in the eyes of others, we are already super invincible lucky bastards."

At this time, Zhang Yuan moved closer to the driver's seat and said with a smile: "Brother Chao, are you satisfied? I am a loyal reader of male online novels. If you look at the world outside, do you think it's becoming more and more like some... Is it like what is described in the novel? You are also a person with super powers, so you haven’t thought about going over there and building a big palace?"

Lu Zichao's expression was a bit dumbfounded: "I have fantasized about it, but I just thought about it. I don't think I am the protagonist. If I really run out, I might be killed one day. The most important thing is that I don't have super powers. With eight extra kidneys, why do you need so many women?”

"Aren't you men very possessive?"

"Possessiveness doesn't differentiate between men and women, okay. If you're not possessive, why would you buy so many precious metal jewelry and designer bags?"

"I like it. The government gives out so much money. Why don't you keep it? Who knows if the money will be useful in the future." Zhang Yuan retorted matter-of-factly. He earned this money and can spend it however he likes. . Then she added: "It's quite chaotic abroad, but you don't have to run out."

Lu Zichao glanced at her: "If you want to die, don't hold me back. Our country is protected by that great god. Who dares to move? Look at the master in the north of Gongbang. He wants to win the wind in his own territory." It's raining because they reached out to us, but they died and couldn't even find their ashes.

The giant beast in Manjiang Province has almost grown into the size of the Nine Lamas, and it hasn't been chopped off by someone. So, Yuanzi, I advise you not to think about it, life is pretty good now. "

"That's right. What do you think that great god thinks? If I have his strength, then I will definitely turn the world into my own amusement park, and then create a group of handsome male pets, hehe!"

"We can't understand the idea of ​​​​the master, but if you want to be in a male pet group, you don't need to be so strong. I can sign up now."

"roll!"

Time passed slowly as the two laughed and laughed. Soon, they got off the highway at an intersection. Not far from the exit, there was a town.

The two refueled at a gas station in the town. When they got out of the car, they put away their joking expressions in the car, put on their masks, and glanced back and forth at the gas station staff and pedestrians on the road.

After filling up the tank, he didn't take off his mask when he got back to the car. Instead, he drove slowly through the town, his eyes still looking at the pedestrians passing by on both sides of the road.

It wasn't until they drove away from the town that the two stopped looking at each other. Lu Zichao focused on driving, while Zhang Yuan picked up an instrument and looked at it.

"The ultra-sensitive detector has no response, everything is normal."

Lu Zichao nodded: "Well, that's good. The superpowers recorded in the town have either joined the officialdom or are still in the school. The school is so far away. It is normal for the detector not to respond. The behavior of pedestrians on the road is also Nothing unusual, it seems there is no problem here, let's go to the village the reporter mentioned." After leaving the town, the vehicle quickly got off the provincial road at an intersection and entered a single-lane rural road.

The road is winding and winding, with highs and lows, and the road conditions are very complicated. It is also difficult for the official infrastructure project. In such places, cement roads are also laid to various villages scattered in the mountains.

I don’t know how long the two of them drove. When they came to a fork in the road, it was almost noon.

The SUV turned left and went straight to the fork in the road. The road was on the mountainside. The hills near here were not high. From the top down, you could see a village at the end of the road.

When he was about to approach, Lu Zichao found a wider area to turn around and park his car, so that if there was any problem, he could leave quickly.

After the two got off the car, Lu Zichao looked up at the sky. It was cloudy, but it shouldn't rain. The weather forecast didn't say it would rain today.

I lowered my head and took out my work phone and checked the time. It was around 11:30.

There is a signal for mobile phones. Although there are communication towers on the hills nearby, they don't need them. The working mobile phones of the Supervision Bureau are satellite mobile phones.

Personal mobile phones that require support from signal towers are not allowed to be carried on missions.

After getting ready, the two approached the village on foot.

This village is located in a mountain nest. It is quite large and is inhabited by ethnic minorities. Although the buildings are concentrated, they are all scattered in this area. There are no houses next to each other, so it does not look dense.

The strange thing is that at this time, there is no smoke rising from the village.

You should know that although the state advocates the use of gas stoves for cooking, the requirements are not strict for the vast rural areas, and most people use gas and firewood together.

Don’t people here need to eat?

The two of them quickly arrived at a house at the entrance of the village along the descending road. The door of the house was open. Lu Zichao shouted from outside, and someone inside responded briefly.

Zhang Yuan couldn't understand what the two parties said. She was from another province and didn't know the Shaomin dialect here.

Lu Zichao knows how to do it. He is from Kunyun Province. Although he does not belong to this clan, he has studied at a relative's house before. This is why he was sent to lead the investigation.

Then the two of them entered the host's house. Lu Zichao politely revealed his identity and started chatting with the host.

Since Zhang Yuan didn't understand, he started to look around.

This is a typical minority home with ethnic characteristics and various modern home appliances.

There are only three people in the family, a middle-aged and elderly couple with a boy about ten years old. I think the young man must be working in other places.

At this time, the family was watching TV in the bedroom. The family did not cook at noon, but watched TV together. Zhang Yuan was not familiar with their living habits and could not comment on them, but she just found it strange.

Soon, Lu Zichao ended the conversation and left with Zhang Yuan under the eyes of the three people in the family in unison.

"How's it going, Brother Chao, did you find anything?"

Lu Zichao glanced back at this family, and then turned to look at the other families below. His eyes were a little lost, but he still replied: "No, they spoke normally and clearly. The three of them have distinct personalities. It doesn't look like they were being surpassed." I asked them why they didn’t cook yet. They said that the living habits here are different from those outside. They eat lunch late and it’s still early. They also said that it’s winter and they have nothing to do, so they just watch TV at home. ,really weird."

"Don't you notice that they are a little weird?"

"Yes, that's why I said it was strange. Let's go and visit other people's houses."

Then they selected a few houses at some distance to visit, and the results they saw were the same as the first house.

This is simply abnormal. If you were in the north, they would still believe you had nothing to do when the roads were blocked by ice and snow in the winter. But here is the south, close to South Asia, and the winter is not low. How could you have nothing to do?

It’s almost the Chinese New Year, how can there be nothing to do? Don’t you need to prepare New Year’s goods? There are some ethnic groups in the Xia Kingdom that have traditional New Year traditions, but they are not included here. Lu Zichao, who is half a local, understands this.

Even if one family is like this, the problem is that the several families they visited are like this, and it seems that the remaining villagers are similar.

"There is a problem here, but obviously with our ability we can't find out where the problem is. Let's go and check out the next village."

"Ok."

Both of them were level two superpowers with amazing physical fitness. They quickly returned to the car and prepared to drive to the next village.

After all, there were three abnormal villages mentioned by the reporter, all in this area.

The two people who reported the case had known each other before they came. He was registered in the Super Management Department’s system. He was a senior cyclist. His family’s financial situation was very good and he had no worries about food and drink. After graduating from college, he had no work pressure, so he just started playing. I went on a nationwide cycling tour and became an Internet celebrity with super powers.

Since awakening his superpower, he suddenly became more interested in cycling. Sufficient physical strength made him not feel tired, and enough force allowed him to protect himself, so he was more cautious about the choice of cycling routes than before. Be bold.

This time, he discovered something unusual in the village and quietly reported it to the Supervision Bureau.

After Lu Zichao and Zhang Yuan started the vehicle, they quickly returned to the intersection and continued towards the next village.

The villages here are quite far apart from each other, and the roads are winding. It took the two of them more than an hour to reach their next destination.

After their simple investigation, they found that the situation was no different from before, or even more serious.

The villagers here felt a greater sense of incongruity than in the previous village. There was no smoke coming out, but basically everyone was having lunch.

After the two of them looked at it, they found that it was a normal meal, but it seemed to be cold. It seemed that it was prepared and left there. When they were hungry, they took it out to eat, and they didn't know how to heat it up.

The people of Xia are quite hospitable. It's already dinner time, and no one invites them to stay for dinner. They can communicate normally, but it feels more like they are communicating for the sake of communication, and they don't show the deep mountains at all. Residents were surprised and curious to see someone in uniform, especially wearing a mask.

The two returned to the car again, but Zhang Yuan felt a little cold behind his back.

The temperature in the south of Kunyun Province is also very high in winter. Even if it is cloudy today and the sun cannot be seen, it is still nearly 20 degrees Celsius.

"Let's go, Brother Chao, it's so scary here. I feel like I watched a ghost movie when I was a kid. Isn't the explosion of superpowers in our world? I didn't hear it said it was a supernatural resurrection."

Lu Zichao tapped his fingers unconsciously on the steering wheel, and asked an unexpected question: "Yuanzi, we are in big trouble. Please report the situation to the system immediately. Let's continue to the next village."

(End of this chapter)