binnovel Chapter 101 Being a Proctor
Chapter 101 Being a Proctor
After having sixty enhanced rifles delivered to the army's logistics department that evening, Li Chenglong felt somewhat exhausted. Although he possessed many supernatural abilities, he couldn't withstand such a drain. He washed his face and went to the small conference room on the fourth floor of the Dawn Building. Soon after, the battalion commanders and a deputy battalion commander from each battalion arrived, along with Yun Qian, Shen Menghua, Qin Fangyu, and Ma Tiancheng.
Looking at the time, Li Chenglong decided to keep it brief: "I've invited everyone here today for two main reasons. The first is about firearms. I've found a way to upgrade the firearms, giving them enough power to fire crystal bullets. However, I can only produce about sixty or seventy a day so far. The sixty bullets for today have already been delivered to the army's logistics department. You can pick them up when you get back; twelve bullets per battalion." Wu Gang excitedly said, "That's great! With firearms that can fire crystal bullets, our losses in future battles will be much less. And although we only produce sixty a day now, we don't actually need everyone to be equipped with these rifles, since we still don't have that many crystal bullets."
After finishing the first matter, Li Chenglong continued, "There are now 220 psionic persimmons and 8 psionic apples. I plan to distribute 160 to the army and the remaining 60 to those who have made high contributions and performed exceptionally well in various departments of Dawn City. Of the 160 psionic persimmons allocated to the army, 20 will be for logistics, and the remaining 140 will be evenly distributed among your five battalions. You can distribute them yourselves after you take them back today. I believe you can handle the distribution well, and the next production will be higher, so we'll give you more then. As for the distribution of psionic apples, each of your six battalions, including the military and logistics departments, will receive one. You can decide how to distribute them yourselves after you return. The apple production will also be higher next time. Moreover, the research department is currently studying the data obtained from Alice, and I feel that we will definitely give everyone the opportunity to evolve in the future. As for the other two psionic apples, I'll take the liberty of giving one each to Deputy City Lord Ma Tiancheng and Production Minister Shen Menghua. They have made very significant contributions since joining Dawn City, and they deserve it."
Zheng Aiguo scratched his head: "The psionic persimmons are manageable. Each of the five combat battalions can get 28, but these apples, one per battalion, is really difficult. There are just too many good soldiers right now. Looks like I'll have to play the bad guy again." Li Chenglong laughed and said, "Please make a decision as soon as you get back, because these apples can't be stored for too long like ordinary apples. It would be best to decide tomorrow." Zheng Yong, Hao Dahai, and Qi Guoan looked at the psionic apples in front of them and said, "We'll start working on this after we get back and have dinner."
Ma Tiancheng and Shen Menghua were somewhat excited. To be honest, there were relatively few non-superpowered individuals among the higher-ups, while the middle ranks were mostly ordinary people selected through a process. Seeing others possess various superpowers every day, they felt a pang of envy, even though they hadn't said it aloud. Ma Tiancheng, in particular, felt a pang of envy because when Shen Menghua was still at the Dawn Base, Li Chenglong had told her that he would give her one when the psychic apples ripened.
After the distribution was complete, Li Chenglong said with a smile, "Then let's adjourn the meeting. It's 7 PM now. Those who want to eat in the canteen on the third floor can do so, or those who want to go back to eat are free to do so as well. I'm off; I've been using psionic energy to enhance my weapons all day, and I'm a bit tired. Goodbye!" With that, Li Chenglong dashed out of the meeting room. Yun Qian's side was better off. They had received fewer persimmons to begin with, only 60 in total. After discussing it with Ma Tiancheng and Shen Menghua, they decided to distribute them to the people in each department according to their current contribution points in Dawn City, and not to give out those they had received before.
Wu Gang and Wang Yousheng looked at the huge psionic persimmons in front of them. Wu Gang said, "How are we going to carry this? Each persimmon is this big." Wang Yousheng laughed and said, "Besides, we can't put them in a bag to take back. These persimmons are so juicy and have such thin skins that they'll break easily." After thinking for a moment, Wu Gang contacted his battalion headquarters and had someone come and take the persimmons away safely. The other battalion commanders also contacted their own people.
Li Chenglong got his food from the cafeteria and went back to his room to set it on the table. Han Xiaoling was excitedly telling Yunlan and Li Xue about her exams that day. Seeing Li Chenglong return, she immediately ran over and said, "Brother, I finished my academic exams today, hehe." Li Chenglong patted Han Xiaoling and smiled, "So, how do you think you did? You haven't been to school for so long, your grades won't have dropped, will they?" Han Xiaoling snorted, "Of course not! I'm 80% confident I'll be first in my academic subjects. As for tomorrow's superpower exam, by the way, brother, our school principal said we could ask you to be a proctor tomorrow. That way, we can see the current abilities of the young superpowered individuals and also boost everyone's enthusiasm." Li Chenglong didn't even hesitate, "Of course! I'll go with you tomorrow." "Yay!" Han Xiaoling said with a smile.
The four sat down around the table to eat. Yunlan said, "Isn't that a bit unfair? This time, all the battalions and units in Dawn City received psionic persimmons, but our special forces didn't get a single one." Li Chenglong smiled and said, "Now everyone in our special forces is either a psionic user or an awakened one. Eating a psionic persimmon only adds two points to all attributes, which isn't a huge improvement. But for ordinary people working in government offices, two points to all attributes is a qualitative leap. As for the military camps, I've already said that persimmons will be given to ordinary soldiers who perform exceptionally well. Moreover, a major criterion for distributing persimmons is contribution points, so there's no possibility of them ending up in the hands of those who slack off."
Yunlan nodded, "I see, okay, I understand. By the way, when I came up here, I heard that Sister Shen became a Level 9 Wood-type Ability User, and Ma Tiancheng became a Level 6 Fire-type Ability User." Li Chenglong said confidently, "Sister Shen is good. In terms of support abilities alone, Wood-type is much stronger than many Water-type Ability Users. Uncle Ma is also alright; at least he's an elemental Ability User." Li Xue said, "Brother, have you noticed that among those who have eaten the Spirit Apple, the probability of being an elemental user is relatively high? So far, out of the nine people who have eaten the Spirit Apple, six are elemental users. You know, actually, among Ability Users, Strength and Speed types account for 60 to 70%."
Li Chenglong carefully counted: "Wang Bing is a speed type, Cao Yuechan is a lightning type, Wang Yousheng is a water-type speed type dual ability, Dong Tianfang and Yang Hu are speed and strength types respectively, Zheng Yong is a metal-type strength type dual ability, Qin Fangyu is a wind type, and with one wood type and one fire type today, the probability of elemental types is indeed much higher." He then smiled and said, "I'll ask Alice tomorrow if this psionic apple can be cultivated, and it would be best to plant a dozen or so more."
While eating, he said, "By the way, Alice told me today that the energy of Awakened should actually be called psychic energy, while the energy of Superpowered individuals should be called superpowers. Psychic energy is a little more advanced than superpowers, whether it's the power of the skills released, the ease of control, or the recovery speed. Psychic energy is better." Yun Lan also smiled and said, "There are five Awakened in Dawn City, and four of them are in our family." Li Chenglong said that with great power comes great responsibility, and he should work hard in the future.