Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 40 Restlessness

Huo Xuan had everyone line up, ignoring the two empty seats in the sixth row. He first led the students in stretching their muscles, and then had them stand at attention to train their patience.

According to their base's instructor, it's something like obedience and activating the body's energy.

Huo Xuan couldn't remember everything, so he reenacted the scene of being treated like a grandson when he first entered the base.

Over there, Chu Deng noticed that Huo Xuan had started training, and Jin Xiaoyue was too exhausted to run anymore. To be honest, she hadn't expected Jin Xiaoyue to be able to keep going for so long. At this moment, she was so tired that she couldn't even speak.

Chu Deng carried Jin Xiaoyue on his back, ignoring the astonished expressions of the other students who had started running, and slowly ran the last two laps.

Their instructor, Ms. Huo, doesn't follow the usual path. While other classes do field training first and then run, they do run first and then field training. I wonder which is more tiring.

"Dengdeng, I've dragged you down," Jin Xiaoyue said apologetically.

"I'd be happy if you dragged me along," Chu Deng said calmly.

Otherwise, having been through the apocalypse, she would have long since drifted off to who-knows-where, instead of following the expected path of high school, college, and a bright future.

Jin Xiaoyue then snuggled close to Chu Deng, feeling relieved, and couldn't help but smile, "Just like Mom."

She had long forgotten what her mother looked like; she only remembered how warm it felt when her mother held her.

Jin Xiaoyue has always been an emotionally sensitive person. She can sense people's true emotions, so whether it is a hypocritical nanny or a classmate with ill intentions, she can always sense their thoughts when they first meet and talk.

But Chu Deng was different. Staying by Chu Deng's side made Jin Xiaoyue, the stray cat, feel safe and secure. It was like a giant holding up an umbrella in the rain, which made Jin Xiaoyue, the stray cat, unable to resist approaching and seeking her protection.

Chu Deng, whose seniority had doubled, blinked, unsure of what to say.

Although she was surrounded by love for many years, this lone wolf was never good at expressing herself.

She used to be good at killing; now, she's only good at being loved.

So Chu Deng awkwardly touched Jin Xiaoyue's sweat-dampened hair, put her down, and the two of them linked arms and returned to the ranks, standing at attention with everyone else.

When asked to stand at attention, Huo Xuan made them stand until nine o'clock before giving them a ten-minute break.

Chu Deng let Jin Xiaoyue rest for five minutes and massaged her legs. Jin Xiaoyue also grabbed Chu Deng and massaged her back. The two of them looked like kittens grooming their fur, which made Meng Qiuhe's teeth ache.

"What are you doing?" Pei Hanxing looked at Meng Qiuhe, who was grabbing his leg, with a face full of questions.

"Let me massage your legs," Meng Qiuhe said in a muffled voice.

Pei Hanxing pulled her leg back, feeling a chill run down her spine. She refused her suddenly agitated best friend, saying, "No need."

"Oh." Meng Qiuhe then squatted down to the side, out of sight, out of mind, and began to pull weeds, muttering to herself as she did so, "...I'm not envious, really, not at all. Why would I be envious? How strange..."

Envied by the others, Jin Xiaoyue and Chu Deng stood up and stretched their stiff bodies. Chu Deng even had Jin Xiaoyue practice a few less-than-perfect movements of the awakened physical techniques, taking every opportunity to improve her friend.

Chu Deng wondered when the cafeteria would start serving mutated animal meat again, hoping it would speed up Xiaoyue's awakening. He thought to himself, "If only there were exotic plants and beasts in the school too."

They had been notified in advance that the training camp would consist of three exams, with only half a day off on the afternoon of the exam day. This drew a lot of complaints and even some reports, but they were all suppressed.

Chu Deng thought it was probably related to the fire on Xiong Yi Avenue, so the students were confined to the school to avoid getting in the way.

Shanghai No. 1 High School isn't exactly small, and according to Chu Deng's guess, there's bound to be one or two low-level alien plants that would appear. If all else fails, she'll have to sneak out in the middle of the night to look for related items on the black market.

We can't just run around the city aimlessly; that would be too inefficient.

I wonder if the black market for people with superpowers has developed yet. Chu Deng wondered.

After the break, Huo Xuan taught them a set of military boxing. First, he taught them in a group, then let them practice on their own for twenty minutes. Finally, Huo Xuan led them in stretching for ten minutes. At ten o'clock, Instructor Huo left without saying a word.

During their independent practice, Chu Deng took Jin Xiaoyue swimming with her. She only taught her one move and then left it at that. She made Jin Xiaoyue practice the Awakening Body Technique several times out of order. After 10 o'clock, she chatted with Jin Xiaoyue while strolling around the campus. On the surface, it was a relaxation trip for the two of them, but in reality, Chu Deng was taking the opportunity to look for any alien plants.

Chu Deng alone was simply too conspicuous.

Because the lights were turned off at 10:30, and they were short on time in the evening, Chu Deng only walked around the playground once before returning to the dormitory with Jin Xiaoyue. After washing up, she lay down in the dormitory to sleep.

The other three in the dormitory were exhausted on the first day of training and slept soundly.

Chu Deng couldn't sleep. The training camp was just a warm-up for her, but it stirred up her deep-seated bloodlust, making her restless.

After thinking it over, she decided to hold back for the time being and not act rashly, because she heard that the instructors were also resting in the dormitory.

Chu Deng had observed that there were twenty people in total at Haishi No. 1 High School, including the head instructor, and all of them were superhumans. Without fighting them, she couldn't determine their levels. If the head instructor was level five, he would definitely be able to detect her abnormality.

If Captain Qin Chuanfeng, who was suspected of being a Level 5 expert, knew Chu Deng's thoughts, he would be extremely grateful to Chu Deng for giving him such a boost.

Unfortunately, Qin Chuanfeng was unaware that the school had a level four peak fire elementalist. At that moment, he was chatting with his old friend in his dormitory.

Since his friend was unable to speak, he shamelessly dragged Huo Xuan along to his house to freeload.

In the midst of the revelry, Qin Chuanfeng couldn't help but sigh, "Old Wang, you're completely oblivious to what's going on outside. You have no idea how chaotic things are in the world these days!"

Huo Xuan paused for a moment while picking up the braised beef, then continued eating without stopping.

I never expected that Lao Qin could find such a fire-type chef who is so good at cooking mutated meat. He should eat more.

Huo Xuan still remembers the first time he ate mutated meat. Captain Yang Guizhou grabbed him by the neck and forced it down his throat. He will never forget that nightmarish taste.

Master chef Wang Shun took a sip of wine and raised his glass to signal Qin Chuanfeng to continue.

Qin Chuanfeng clinked glasses with him, took another sip of wine, and, taking advantage of his drunkenness, poured out his grievances, "Xiao Hua, do you remember? The child we watched grow up is still lying in the hospital. If it weren't for Old Chen's intervention, he would probably be crippled by now."

Huo Xuan dared not utter a sound. The fact that Hua Zhongli was seriously injured by the Fire Butterfly was somewhat related to him because of his teammate Zhao Zhongyi.

Although everyone knows that fire-type ability users would be easy targets even if they were all present, the fire-type ability users were in the wrong because they violated the base's orders. In addition, the fire butterfly was an unspeakable scar for fire-type ability users. One plus one is far greater than two. The 3.11 fire on Xiong Yi Avenue added another charge against the fire-type ability users, and fire-type ability users across the country could not hold their heads up.

Wang Shun was also a fire-type ability user. The Fire Butterfly was his unspeakable scar. His throat was burned by the Fire Butterfly himself sticking that butterfly cane into his throat back then. Hearing this, he became even angrier.

Qin Chuanfeng sighed again, "There's nothing we can do. The Fire Butterfly is already at level four. Unless a level five or a space-type character intervenes, it will be very difficult to catch it." He patted Wang Shun, who seemed to be deep in thought, "I'm telling you this so you can seize the opportunity. Unlike me, you're still young and can still advance. After all these years, you should have made it through by now."

Wang Shun opened his personal terminal and typed in a message: "A new Level 5 is coming soon."

This news stunned Qin Chuanfeng and Huo Xuan instantly!