In the name of supernatural powers

Chapter 2 The Fathers
boom!
The bullet pierced the barrel, carrying flames and smoke, and flew into the grass in a strange arc.

The dark figure fell to the ground, and the restless bushes instantly quieted down.

His supernatural powers cannot kill people directly, but they are highly dangerous if there is a gun. He can control a flying bullet with just a little force.

Lu Zhao can hit the bullseye every time within 800 meters, and make the bullets spin within 500 meters.

"do you died?"

"Not sure yet."

Lu Zhao raised his aim and fired another shot. He walked closer, parted the grass, and saw a monster the size of a wild boar, about the size of a black cat, with horns on its head and golden pupils.

It was still panting.

Raise the gun and pull the trigger.

boom!
The bullet pierced the skull, and the cat-beast died instantly.

Only then did Lu Zhao dare to approach further and bend down to examine the monster.

Liu Qiang, hiding behind, asked, "Brother Lu, is this a monster? It seems so weak, it fell down with just one shot."

He had only been there for less than six months, and this was the first time he had seen Lu Zhao kill a demon beast up close. He felt it was too effortless.

"Can you take a bullet?"

Lu Zhao asked in return, and Liu Qiang smiled awkwardly and shook his head in denial.

"There are monsters in the world that can withstand bullets. If they appeared here, the guards of this Ant Ridge wouldn't be just a small border policeman like me, but an entire legion."

"Brother Lu, you graduated from Imperial University, why are you staying here to guard the mountain?"

Liu Qiang finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him for a long time.

At the border station, Lu Zhao was a legendary figure, said to be one of only a few thousand spiritual superhumans in the entire country.

Even if he were the worst among thousands, Lu Zhao would still be a one-in-a-million expert.

His uncle held him in high esteem, saying, "Those who graduate from the capital will at least become officers; Lu Zhao is one of only thirty outstanding graduates each year."

But now he's a lowly platoon leader here, with a rank lower than his uncle's.

“Before I came, at least ten people died from monsters every year in the three counties and eight townships. After I came, no one died in the last three years. I grew up eating rice from my hometown, so it's not bad for me to guard the mountains for my hometown.”

Lu Zhao did not answer directly. He put the safety back on the rifle and took out a knife to bleed the cat beast.

"Hold it for me."

After handing the body over to Liu Qiang, the two walked down the mountain one after the other. Just as they left the mountain, it started raining heavily again.

They had no choice but to take refuge in the local temple at the foot of the mountain. The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and Lu Zhao's temples were throbbing.

His insomnia was not an illness, but rather a result of supernatural powers.

Those with spiritual extraordinary abilities can explore the spiritual world. Because Lu Zhao has lived two lives, his spiritual power is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Once he falls asleep, his spirit will uncontrollably explore the spiritual world.

It was a completely dark world filled with strange, mumbling noises.

Over time, Lu Zhao became 'allergic' to excessive noise. Liu Qiang kept asking questions, so to distract him, Lu Zhao had no choice but to reveal some things.

It's not a big deal.

"That year I passed the imperial examination and went to Beijing. The mayor came to see me off, and the whole village celebrated with gongs and drums. From the village to the town and then to the city, everyone could hear about me."

Liu Qiang said with longing, "That's so impressive! It's a pity I don't have Brother Lu's abilities. I only got into a junior college and got into the border station through connections."

"I was lucky to be born at a good time; I got extra points."

Lu Zhao took off his rain boots. His feet were covered in calluses from walking on mountain roads, and the thick calluses had been soaked and rotted by the rain.

A feeling of admiration welled up in Liu Qiang's heart.

Although the villagers all called him Tiger Lu, they were truly grateful to him. If it weren't for Lu Zhao's tireless inspections, the village would have had to hold several more feasts.

"In the year 3230, a great catastrophe occurred, during which one hundred countries in the world lost contact on the same day, and the western route of the South China Sea encountered the largest monster tide in history."

“I was only fourteen years old at the time. My father and three uncles were called to the armed forces and never came back. Then my brother and five adult cousins ​​also did not come back.”

"In the end, my mom and aunts went too. They didn't have to go to the front lines and were able to come back alive. Do you know how many points are added for ten lives?"

Liu Qiang shook his head; he was very young at that time and had no recollection of it.

"One hundred points, ten points for a life."

Liu Qiang couldn't answer, and was also afraid of saying the wrong thing.

“At that time, the entire West South China Sea was destroyed, and the school naturally could not be expected to be restored immediately. As a family member of a martyr, I was selected as a sponsored student and sent to Cangwu City in East South China Sea to study, and I also witnessed the largest human migration in history since the great disaster.”

"At that time, the Federation, as the suzerain state, chose to accept everyone. From the Luzon Islands to Japan, from the Siamese plains to the Baiyue region, hundreds of millions of people migrated. Siamese, South Asians, Japanese, Kunlun slaves, and Westerners."

"Yellow, black, white, you name it, we have it all."

Lu Zhao suddenly had a craving for a cigarette, so he took out a pack of "Jia Tian Xia" cigarettes and lit them with the flame of his lighter in the heavy rain and cold wind.

He took a deep drag, just like the last cigarette his father smoked at the door before leaving years ago.

The village committee's broadcasting station played the announcement over and over again, the static mingling with the sound of rain. The men smoked, drank, and ate, while the women wiped away tears, and the children looked on in bewilderment.

[Federal Radio One is urgently contacting you from the South China Sea West Region to report that the region is experiencing the largest animal tide in its history. The South China Sea Navy is unable to resist. Residents of all cities, counties, towns, and villages in the South China Sea are requested to report to the Armed Forces Department in an orderly manner after hearing this broadcast...]

That year, the South China Sea West Circuit, as a permanent war zone, accumulated a million recruits.

In the end, only one male member of the Lu family remained. His father, uncles, maternal uncles, elder brother, and cousins ​​never returned, and the old home became desolate.

As the cigarette burned out, Lu Zhao came back to his senses.

He stubbed out his cigarette and suddenly felt a strong urge to answer Liu Qiang's question again.

He felt aggrieved at being relegated to this remote and impoverished place because he had offended someone, but he never believed that what he had done was meaningless.

Wherever it shines and contributes, consider it a brick; move it wherever it's needed.

Because this land was protected by his fathers with their lives.

(End of this chapter)