Regarding the matter of awakening lightning abilities after transformation

An Zhishui, on the other side of the screen, was naturally unaware of the intricacies involved. She casually fiddled with her blonde hair a few times and asked Gu Cheng how her recovery was going.

Ah Cheng: "Thank you for your concern, I've fully recovered."

Mimicry Ghost: "That's good. Ling Yi and I were both very worried about you."

Taking a sip of her soda, An Zhishui stretched and added, "I missed you so much too~"

Jiang Xuewei has to work, and she and Ling Yi can only barely make ends meet by ordering takeout. The two little girls, one big and one small, rarely go out and live like left-behind children.

Waaah, she really misses Gu Cheng's cola chicken wings and sweet and sour pork.

"..."

Upon seeing the message, Gu Chengjiao's body trembled, her index finger froze in mid-air, and her gaze lingered briefly on Su Wanxi's pretty face, which was still damp from her recent shower.

"She didn't mean anything by it."

Before he could finish speaking, An Zhishui sent several more messages.

Mimicry Ghost: "Sister Orange has been gone for so long, my life is finally coming to an end. *groundhog screams.jpg*"

The message included two pictures at the bottom, probably taken in bed with relatively dim lighting. One showed a half-empty bottle of soda, and the other showed a freshly torn bag of cucumber-flavored potato chips.

Mimicry Ghost: "Waaah, I need a hug! Little Vivi doesn't come back to stay during the day, I'm so bored."

As expected of you, you always manage to stir up trouble on the verge of getting jealous. Gu Chengren was completely dumbfounded and looked at Su Wanxi with a complicated expression.

No, I didn't, she's just making things up.

Su Wanxi took a deep breath, vigorously rubbed his fiancée's smooth little face, and said in a muffled voice, "It seems that Miss Ekaterina has been having a very leisurely time lately."

It's one thing to disturb their rest, but to speak so ambiguously—how did Jiang Xuewei teach her?

Seeing that her lover was about to challenge her online, Gu Cheng quickly said a few words of comfort and sent a message to An Zhishui that Su Wanxi was lying next to her.

Mimicry Ghost: "Hmm? Su Wanxi is here too. I won't disturb your bedtime activities, will I?"

Gu Cheng replied with a series of ellipses, thinking to herself that this child seemed to have never experienced the harsh realities of society.

Fortunately, the person's subsequent remarks were relatively normal, so Su Wanxi didn't dwell on these details too much. After all, she had known An Zhishui for much longer than Gu Cheng, and she knew An Zhishui's personality very well.

Mimicry Ghost: "To avoid disturbing your rest, I'll keep it short."

"Sister Cheng, there's been a new development in your previous request to investigate Huanfeng, a B-level Awakened from the Hermit Bureau. He was found dead in a tanker truck in Qiguan."

"The man died a gruesome death with his whole body swollen and large areas of external injury on his chest and back. According to a professional forensic examination, his cause of death was skull deformation, suspected to be caused by blunt force trauma, which ultimately led to brain death."

Gu Cheng read quickly and realized that the following content was inappropriate for children, so she immediately raised her hand to cover Su Wanxi's eyes.

"Stop looking at it, you're not feeling well."

Her delicate, curled eyelashes fluttered gently, tickling her palms. Just as Gu Cheng was about to put down her phone, she heard Su Wanxi say that she was fine.

"Orange, I'm not a little baby anymore. It's normal to feel a little uncomfortable."

"Besides, these are just photos and text at most, and the effect is not much different from the uncut movies we usually watch."

That seemed to make sense. After hesitating for a moment, Gu Cheng pursed her lips and put her hand down again.

"Don't force yourself if you're not feeling well," Su Wanxi agreed to each suggestion.

Mimic Ghost: "Although we don't know who the mastermind behind this murder is, Huanfeng is indeed dead, and the DNA samples they extracted from the scene are consistent with the data provided by the Hermit Bureau's database."

"All your enemies are taken care of, congratulations Orange Sister, you're finally getting it for free!"

It took Gu Cheng a few seconds to understand that An Zhishui meant freedom when she said "free". Gu Cheng felt nothing, and even felt a deep emptiness.

Am I really... free...?

Lin Shusheng's attack was not accidental, but an organized and premeditated terrorist act, and the shadow of the Jackdaws can never be separated from it.

Furthermore, with Su Wanxi's involvement, the blame for assassinating Lin Shusheng cannot fall solely on Gu Cheng. Even if the other party doesn't actively cause trouble, the Su family will try their best to eliminate this cancer hidden within the government, and the two are bound to clash.

I am not free; the shackles are just looser and stronger than before.

"Did you enjoy your stay?"

That afternoon, Ying Qiuhuai's words kept swirling in Gu Cheng's mind. She felt as if she had vaguely grasped something, but upon careful recall, it was all a blurry and indistinct mess.

Mimicry Ghost: "There's one more thing to note: Lin Shusheng's body has been stolen."

Ah Cheng: "Can a dead person be brought back to life?"

If Ying Qiuhuai told her that he could be reincarnated, Gu Cheng wouldn't be surprised at all.

Mimicry Ghost: "It's not that bad... I just feel..."

"They might want to take something from Lin Shusheng."

Something...could it be...?

Gu Cheng stared at her phone in silence until the screen went out naturally, but An Zhishui didn't send any new messages.

Su Wanxi hugged Gu Cheng with some concern, her arms gently encircling her waist. The latter pursed her lips and obediently snuggled into her arms.

"Su Wanwan..."

The woman answered that she was there, and gently touched her forehead with her lips.

"I want to join the Awakened Ones organization under military control."

Chapter 314, Section 320: Special Operations Group

After that night, Su Wanxi continued to cooperate with the doctor's treatment as usual. Apart from taking care of his fiancée's daily life, Gu Cheng spent the rest of his time at the shooting range practicing target shooting, and occasionally he would verify some conjectures related to supernatural abilities.

Physical strength can be enhanced a second time through weak electric current, and in terms of reconnaissance, there is bioelectric radar as a backup. Iron sand combined with electromagnetic defense is also extremely effective. In comparison, Gu Cheng's means of attack are very limited.

The stun gun is extremely lethal, but it consumes a lot of mental energy, and it takes a certain amount of time to accumulate current before it can be fired, making it impossible to react in time to emergencies.

Plasma bombs have moderate destructive power and moderate consumption. Their disadvantages are that they are limited by the carrier and require materials to be prepared in advance. The aftershocks generated when they explode can also easily injure teammates.

Paralyzing bullets and electric current attaching to the blade are Gu Cheng's two favorite and most frequently used moves. They consume very little mental energy and have a simple and brutal effect, making them almost perfect except for their low lethality.

Following this line of thought, Gu Cheng began to consider simplifying the stun gun, striving to make it a small auxiliary means of attack, rather than just a powerful killing move.

Su Wanxi's gravity-based crushing force can easily suppress the target, but Gu Cheng's electric current needs to be constantly guided to prevent it from running rampant.

Precision and orientation are currently the biggest challenges.

On the other hand, it took about two weeks from Gu Cheng's application to the signing of the contract. Because she had work experience in the Hermit Bureau, and because the Su family had many connections in the military, the materials provided by the other party were much more lenient than those provided by Qin Kexin, including, but not limited to, flexible leave time and a monthly attendance rate of only half of the normal level.

Gu Cheng was a little confused after reading the contract. She had heard Qin Kexin complain many times about how strict the military was and how lenient the Hermit Bureau was, but it seemed that there was no difference when it came to her.

Upon closer examination, the contract might even offer a slightly greater degree of freedom than the one during the Hermit Bureau period, and Su Wanxi has another explanation for this.

"There is certainly a difference between enlisting voluntarily and being enlisted voluntarily; the state will provide some preferential treatment to the former."

"In addition, you are a veteran who was discharged due to injury or illness, which meets the relevant policies, so it is only right to take extra care of you."

Su Wanwan is good in every way, except for this one thing: she's not honest enough. She's not some old-fashioned, conservative person. She can't just make a scene because her fiancé is being kind and say she doesn't want to be treated differently because of connections, and demand a different contract or she won't sign.

Imagining this dramatic scene, the girl unconsciously curved her lips into a smile, humming a little tune as she chopped vegetables.

Tonight's main dish for dinner is chicken soup with red dates. The doctor said that in addition to maintaining a good mood, patients should not neglect nutrition.

Gu Cheng specially bought some red dates at noon, washed the chicken, chopped the scallions and ginger, simmered it over medium heat and then simmered it over low heat. She started cooking it around 4 p.m., and it was ready to be cooked when Su Wanxi came home at 6 p.m.

After removing the seeds from the green peppers and placing them on a plate, Gu Cheng turned around to cut the meat. In addition to the main dish, she also prepared two side dishes: stir-fried green peppers with meat and sugar-coated tomatoes, which Su Wanxi liked. The former required stir-frying, while the latter was very simple to make: slice the peppers, sprinkle with sugar, and mix well.

After a while of busy work, Gu Cheng put the shredded meat into the pot, lifted the small clay lid used for stewing chicken, and the rich aroma went straight into her nose. Gu Cheng poked the chicken breast with her chopsticks and found that the meat was quite firm. It would take at least another half hour of stewing to make it tender.

Gu Cheng thought to herself, "Let's cut the tomatoes first."

It was late spring, early summer, and the sun was still high in the sky at five o'clock in the afternoon. The dappled sunlight pierced through the glass and fell on the girl's sky-blue bear apron. Her long, flaxen hair was casually draped over her shoulders, like willow catkins plated with gold, making her pretty face even more delicate and soft.

"Ding Ding~"

A sharp cell phone ringtone drowned out the sizzling sound of soup simmering, shattering the hard-won tranquility of the afternoon.

A neutral crack has been detected, with the specific coordinates as follows...

"..."

Just as she wished, Gu Cheng wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, replied with "received," turned off the stove, and switched her phone to her chat with Su Wanxi.

Orange: "The military notified me that a new rift has formed. I'm going to check it out. My phone might not have a signal. The food is ready. You can eat as soon as you get back."

After saying that, Gu Cheng took off her apron, put on a long trench coat, walked to the entrance, and was about to change her shoes when she seemed to remember something and turned back to take out paper and pen from the drawer under the coffee table.

I made chicken soup in a clay pot. Remember to drink it. If it gets cold, simmer it for a while before eating.

Afraid that Su Wanxi would forget, Gu Cheng placed the note on the dining table closest to the bowls and chopsticks, and added a heart to the far right of the note.

The cutest Su Wanwan in the world: "Okay, then be careful."

Orange: "Okay, I understand."

Joining the military has some advantages, such as providing all special operations team members with vehicles so that they can get to the scene at any time.

After confirming that the weapons were carried correctly, Gu Cheng turned on the car's GPS navigation and proceeded along the indicated route.

After about twenty minutes of driving, she saw several familiar yellow roadblocks in front of her, with signs in black indicating that construction was underway and passage was prohibited.

The roads in Beidu are notoriously congested. Fortunately, the incident did not occur on a main road, but in a relatively spacious residential area. Several plainclothes police officers were watching pedestrians and vehicles with serious expressions, as if afraid that some unauthorized persons might wander into the area.

Due to political reasons, the supernatural forces guarding the capital are far more powerful than those in Lanjiang. After the military consolidated the remaining assets of the Hermit Bureau, they divided all the awakened individuals within the jurisdiction of the capital into four special operations teams that could take turns on duty.

Considering the significant advantages of coordinated operations, the military divides teams primarily based on two aspects: capability strength and capability type, aiming to ensure that each team has the ability to handle cracks of neutral strength or lower.

Qin Kexin was assigned to Group A, which lacked team communication. Jiang Xuewei had special abilities and was assigned to Group D after much discussion. Gu Cheng had an ability strength of B+, belonging to a high-level awakened one, and also possessed the destructive and lethal Thunderstorm ability, so she was rightfully assigned to Group C, which lacked a main attacker.

Upon arriving at the scene, besides Gu Cheng, there were one man and two women. Their team consisted of six members in total, with the other two on their way.

Good evening, Miss Gu.

The seemingly gentle and refined young man took the initiative to greet her. Gu Cheng recognized him. The man's surname was Ouyang, and his given name was Tuo. He was the captain of this squad and his ability was B-level telekinesis.

Good evening, Mr. Ouyang.

Gu Cheng politely agreed, then turned to look at the other two team members, her attitude equally gentle.

Good evening~

About three or four minutes later, the remaining two members finally arrived at the scene.