Regarding the matter of awakening lightning abilities after transformation

"It's delicious!"

I took another big sip. The soup was rich but not greasy. I could taste the mellow flavor of the chicken and also feel the unique fragrance of the red dates.

With a few sips of her chopsticks, Su Wanxi sipped the soup, the hen simmering until it was tender and falling apart at the slightest touch. She sipped the soup with elegant manners, occasionally picking up a few pieces of chicken and chewing them slowly.

“Orange, I’m increasingly realizing how wise it was to leave you at the villa back then.”

"If I gain weight, you are fully responsible."

Answer to Chapter 322, Section 328

"I'm willing to take responsibility."

Gu Cheng rested her hands on her chin, her two snow-white arms as tender as lotus roots. Su Wanxi glanced at her with slight surprise, seemingly wondering where the little kitten who usually blushed so easily had run away.

Feeling embarrassed by her lover's direct gaze, Gu Cheng lowered her head, her slightly slanted short brown bangs obscuring her starry brown eyes.

"Eat your food, why are you looking at me..."

Did she think she was the type to say such things? Gu Cheng bit her lower lip, her pretty face burning, but she still chose to look up and meet Su Wanxi's gaze.

Why do you have to hold back when you're so shy?

Su Wanxi blinked, her thin lips parted slightly, and her voice was deep and magnetic, making her exceptionally alluring in the vast night.

"Because you look so cute when you blush~" As soon as she finished speaking, her pink and smooth tongue gently scraped her lips, and Su Wanxi's expression was extremely charming, like a bewitching fox spirit.

"Besides, oranges look more appetizing than dinner."

Fresh from her bath, the girl's fair skin glowed with a thin layer of moisture, and her shy expression was captivating. Su Wanxi's words were more than just teasing.

Gu Cheng's cheeks visibly turned red, and she turned her head away, kicking Su Wanxi under the table.

Why does her Wanwan like to tease people so much?

After finishing their meal, the two took the used dishes and chopsticks to the sink to wash them. Gu Cheng glanced at the clock and saw that it was already nine. Eating so late was actually not good for their health.

This time is an exception; next time, no matter how comfortable the soak is, I must eat first.

He snuggled into bed, cuddling with his fiancée, their bodies reeking of fragrant shower gel. They would tacitly put down their phones before going to bed, either chatting while cuddling or watching a movie or TV show they both enjoyed.

Gu Cheng didn't know how other couples interacted, but she never found it cloying. On the contrary, she loved holding Su Wanxi like this and listening to her say some incredibly sweet nothings.

After kissing for a while, Su Wanxi took the initiative to ask Gu Cheng about her experience in the rift today. The latter softly recounted the process, from entering the rift and meeting Wang Yuxin, to reuniting with Ouyang Tuo, and finally facing the strangely shaped gargoyle sculpture together.

Gu Cheng's voice was very soft, but Su Wanxi could sense a slight hint in her words that she was asking for praise.

Am I amazing? Wanwan, praise me! Gu Cheng would only speak to Su Wanxi like this; she definitely wouldn't have used this tone with anyone else.

"Look how proud you are."

Su Wanxi affectionately stroked the bridge of her nose, her breath sweet as orchids.

"But Orange did a really good job. I might not have been able to handle it so easily."

Different abilities require different fighting styles, and Su Wanxi's words made a lot of sense. Gu Chengxin nuzzled the woman's neck contentedly, like a child who had just received candy from a teacher.

"Also, Su Wanwan, I always feel that Miss Wang seems a little afraid of me." She followed behind me trembling with fear; she's not some monster.

Su Wanxi pursed her lips slightly upon hearing this. She had been so focused on finding Gu Cheng that she had very limited impression of Wang Yuxin.

"Perhaps it's the environment that makes it harder to open up." She had lived in Beidu for some time and had heard a bit about the operating styles of these special operations teams. Apart from Team B, which was composed of the original members of the Hermit Bureau, the relationships between the members of the other teams were not close. Rather than friends, they were colleagues who had to work together because of their Awakened status.

It's inevitable that people have different temperaments, and she can understand that.

"I guess Miss Wang is hesitant to ask to befriend our Chengzi because she's so amazing." Su Wanxi said as she tickled Gu Cheng's waist. Gu Cheng trembled and quickly covered her waist to stop Su Wanxi from touching her.

Is that so...?

But there's no need to be so scared. We're all comrades on the same front. How could I possibly bully her? Gu Cheng thought about it and felt increasingly confused. Finally, she sighed softly.

"I feel like it's much worse than it was back in the Hermit Bureau."

Previously, there was an induction ceremony where new and old team members would gather for dinner. Mr. Song would take the initiative to help her integrate into the team, and Qin Kexin, who was very outgoing, would liven up the atmosphere. Now, all that's left are superficial pleasantries, Mr. Ouyang and Ms. Wang.

Sensing his fiancée's slight disappointment, Su Wanxi leaned down and kissed her forehead, whispering, "Take it slow. My Chengzi is beautiful and has a great personality; who wouldn't like her?"

Life has many other beautiful things besides love. Love is one thing, but too much of it can be a burden. Su Wanxi also hopes that Gu Cheng can make more friends instead of just staying at home alone, staring blankly at the TV and phone after she leaves.

If she were even more selfish, Su Wanxi would have preferred Gu Cheng to just go through the motions with them and have no other interaction with her.

Especially that guy surnamed Ouyang, he doesn't look like a good person.

Hearing his fiancée constantly comforting him, Gu Cheng smiled faintly, a slight upturn to her lips.

"Okay, I know~" At the end of her sentence, she looked up as if she had thought of something and pecked her lips.

It was rare for the girl to take the initiative, so Su Wanxi only increased the pressure slightly. After their lips and teeth parted, she said something thoughtfully.

Thank you for comforting me.

Gu Cheng blushed upon hearing this, wrapped her legs around Su Wanxi's waist, and said coquettishly, "Don't mimic me."

"You were trying to say this, weren't you?" Otherwise, why would you suddenly kiss her?

"I didn't do it, I didn't."

Gu Cheng patted the woman's shapely buttocks to express her dissatisfaction, but unexpectedly Su Wanxi propped herself up on her arms, turned over, and pressed herself against her.

We were having a nice chat, how did it suddenly start like this?

Gu Cheng took a deep breath, her waist subtly tensing. Seeing this, Su Wanxi's gaze deepened, her hand gripping Gu Cheng's wrist as she gently sank into the blankets.

Shouldn't this part start with a kiss...? About half a minute later, Gu Cheng opened her eyes and found that Su Wanxi was just sitting on top of her, quietly watching her.

"Wanwan..."

"..."

Su Wanxi didn't speak, but her eyes held a hint of pity. After a long while, she asked softly, "Chengzi, why did you join the military?"

So that's what I was curious about... Gu Cheng swallowed hard, looked up at Su Wanxi, whose dark pupils now only held her own image.

“I was very worried about you, especially tonight in the car.” Su Wanxi paused, her voice strained. “Your face was pale and bloodless, and you were sweating a lot. I even thought you were about to become dehydrated.”

It was a kind of pain she could not comprehend.

Gu Cheng struggled a few times with her wrists, but Su Wanxi hadn't intended to restrain her anyway, and the girl automatically loosened her grip as soon as she moved.

"Su Wanwan, do you still remember that day when Ying Qiuhuai came to see me?" The girl placed her fingertips against Su Wanxi's lips, her eyes like water.

She asked me, "Do I like it here?"

I want to give her a clear answer.

P.S. 320 hasn't been approved yet, what a pain.

Chapter 323 Night Talk (Section 329)

“Su Wanwan, during the time you leave each afternoon, I often think about some of the things Miss Ying said, why she chose me, and what her detailed motives were for doing these things.”

Gu Cheng parted her smooth, fair legs, allowing Su Wanxi to lie directly on top of her without having to support herself on the sheets with her arms.

"According to Mr. Song, usually only one person out of hundreds of thousands of people awakens the ability. It sounds like a very low probability, but China has a large population base. It is not difficult to find a few awakened people in a large prefecture-level city."

"I may indeed be one in a million, but compared to other Awakened Ones, what makes me special?"

Su Wanxi relaxed her body, her beautiful face only ten centimeters away from Gu Cheng's. She could feel the slight rise and fall of the other's chest and the warm breath on her nose.

"A dual-ability user...or, the creature that modified you that time..."

The woman murmured softly, her long, curled eyelashes glistening with a layer of silvery moonlight.

Gu Cheng hummed in agreement, her soft hand wrapping around Su Wanxi's thigh and resting on her waist. She gently encircled Su Wanxi with her arm, the pure white silk nightgown feeling exceptionally comfortable to the touch.

“A part of my body was once a degenerate, and Miss Ying tried to revitalize it, but failed.” Gu Cheng did not reveal to Su Wanxi what would happen if it succeeded, after all, it was just an unrealistic hypothesis.

“I commissioned An Zhishui to review the entire Hermit Bureau database. From the founding of China to the present, I am the first awakened individual to remain rational after being modified by a descendant, and I am also a unique dual-ability user.”

Professor Hoffman Beyer believes that the key to the Awakened's control ability lies in the soul rather than the body. Gu Cheng not only has a special body, but more importantly, she has two souls with similar experiences within her.

With the ability to control lightning and erase concepts, Gu Cheng possesses two completely different abilities that grant her an upper limit of improvement far exceeding that of other awakened individuals. Even Su Wanxi would not be able to defeat her in a life-or-death struggle.

"The ouroboros symbolizes endless cycles and self-destruction. Miss Ying's abilities are indeed related to life and death. Her choice of you may be due to the fact that you share a certain degree of commonality at the level of descending beings. From a mystical perspective, two souls can also be seen as the head and tail of a whole connected together, which fits the concept of swallowing the tail."

As soon as Su Wanxi finished speaking, Gu Cheng stuck out her tongue at her, her voice slightly playful: "As expected of Su Wanwan, you understood what I meant in just a few words."

He not only understood it, but in some aspects he even thought about it more deeply than she did.

"But why would Ying Qiuhuai do this?"

Su Wanxi frowned slightly, her tone filled with doubt. Gu Cheng placed her hands behind her back, running them through the woman's silky hair, and said in a soft voice, "I was also very curious about Miss Ying's motives. Until that day, when I shook hands with her, an indescribable sense of sadness swept over me."

“A part of me comes from the crack, which tried to keep me there.” Gu Cheng paused, her fingertips gently playing with the strands of Su Wanxi’s hair that hung down to her waist.

“I think I understand where Ying Qiuhuai’s sadness comes from. She came into reality in a distant era, and the long years are enough to wear down many things, but she always remembers her hometown.”

The distant tolling of bells, the winding, coiling python—Ying Qiuhuai once asked her about the sounds of her hometown.

"Does she want to turn you into one of her kind?" Su Wanxi asked her.

Gu Cheng shook her head: "At first I thought so too, but then I realized it wasn't. Miss Ying said that the end of the world is approaching, and the hometown she longs for will soon overlap with reality."

"But I didn't sense any excitement from her at all. On the contrary, Miss Ying's tone always carried a faint melancholy."

Melancholy? Su Wanxi silently pondered these two words in her heart, her brows furrowing even deeper.

"Orange, are you saying that Ying Qiuhuai might not want the end of the world to come?"

Gu Cheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Yes, she is a very contradictory person, or rather, a very contradictory snake."

Lifting her skirt with her palms, Su Wanxi felt her skin, which was smoother than usual after the bath, being gently stroked by two hands on her back, with occasional fingertips tracing patterns.

"But what direct connection does that have with your current desperate efforts?"

As soon as Su Wanxi finished speaking, Gu Cheng was stunned for a moment. After a while, she pursed her lips and forced a bitter smile.