Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

"The gate is locked, I can't deliver it upstairs."

"Sorry, I forgot to open the door. I'll be right down."

Chen Xi responded in a normal tone and immediately went downstairs.

The door creaked open.

"I'm sorry, it was my oversight."

Chen Xi smiled slightly and said politely, her gaze instinctively turning to the other person.

The moonlight and the overhead light at the front door illuminated each other's faces.

Standing in front of him was a man around 35 years old, wearing a mask that only revealed his eyes and a small section of his not-so-high nose.

Her jawline is so rounded that it's almost nonexistent, and there's a relatively large black mole a little below her right eyebrow.

Although I didn't see the whole picture, I can already be sure that I'm out of luck with handsome guys.

As for clothing, since he's a delivery guy who grabs orders through WeChat groups, he naturally doesn't wear a professional rider uniform.

There was also a two-wheeled vehicle nearby; judging from the color of the license plate, it was definitely an oil-consuming vehicle.

"Wow, that was fast! I saw on the navigation that it would take an hour and a half to get here from the county, but you delivered it in just over an hour."

Chen Xi took the takeout from the other person and said with a surprised look.

"The navigation only points to the main roads, but there's a small road that leads to Jiangcun. I'm already considered slow. If it weren't for the fact that it's the middle of the night, I could have been even faster."

Faced with the deliveryman's explanation, Chen Xi nodded, her gaze unconsciously falling on the man's clothes.

"Wait, wasn't it raining just now?"

"Hey buddy, why are your clothes dry?"

Facing Chen Xi's curious gaze, the deliveryman seemed to have been prepared:

"The terrain on the last stretch of the road made it quite windy."

"Look, I'm like clothes in a washing machine; I just come in and get spun dry."

"Plus, it's summer, so even if there's still some rainwater left on your body, it will naturally evaporate."

"Indeed, it's quite windy here."

Chen Xi answered without further discussion, and instead took a few steps forward, turning her gaze to the yellow motorcycle:

"It seems the path is quite clean. I thought it would be a muddy path, but there isn't a drop of wet mud inside your mudguard."

"Also, this fuel gauge is a bit strange, how come... it's full?"

"The fuel gauge is broken."

"Handsome, I have to go back now. The price is higher at night and my time is precious. I still have a family to support, so I can't keep you company any longer."

The deliveryman gave the customer a "leave the room" order, his voice slightly colder than before.

Chen Xi smiled and didn't care. She walked straight to the front of the deliveryman's motorcycle and blocked his way.

The moonlight cast their shadows long:

"One last question."

"You said it earlier."

"I'm already considered slow. If it weren't for the fact that it's the middle of the night, I could be even faster."

"Then I'd like to know, how fast is 'faster'? Does it mean it will be delivered in half an hour?"

"And it's... the kind that goes straight through the locked front door and delivers you to the bedroom door?"

Quack... Quack...

The scene fell silent instantly. The two looked at each other and stood there listening to the chorus of frogs.

"Who are you."

The deliveryman asked first.

"I should be... one of your kind."

Chen Xi didn't keep them in suspense.

"similar?"

Chen Xi nodded. The mysterious ball did not react, ruling out the possibility of it being a fake human.

The time of the other party's arrival, their personal belongings, and the condition of their vehicle are not accurate.

Then the answer is obvious: the other party must have come using extraordinary abilities.

And this time can definitely be shortened to less than 30 minutes. Today's time is just to conform to common sense.

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

"I'm just an ordinary delivery guy."

"If there's nothing else, please move aside, I'm leaving."

Amidst the roar of motorcycles, Chen Xi did not retreat an inch:

"If I'm not mistaken, you probably acquired an identity sometime last February, or even earlier, in a moment of impulse, because of something, right?"

"And this identity is most likely related to delivery, which is what you are doing now. At the same time, you have also gained a delivery-related ability."

"This capability is far more advanced than delivery; it's the ability to move things along with them."

"It can teleport people and objects over long distances, even extremely long distances!"

"A clean and almost full motorcycle is evidence, and also a tool for you to cover your tracks."

Seeing the other person's expression gradually freeze, Chen Xi knew she had guessed correctly:

"Not only that, I also know that you must have a close relative in real life who has disappeared."

"The whole world has forgotten him, except you!"

The process of ordinary person - awakened state - awakening is inevitable.

The Black Tower Stone is just one of the methods for transitioning from the awakened state to full awakening. It is the most stable way of awakening that the superhumans have derived over time, but it is not the only way.

For example, Yang Wei didn't take that path, but instead used his own unique method to achieve a perfect shot.

But in the process of going from an ordinary person to an awakened state, there will inevitably be someone you have a good relationship with who will disappear from the world.

Yang Wei was the same way, but he was too oblivious and didn't realize it until he met Chen Xi.

The person who disappeared was his childhood friend.

At the time, Yang Wei had just started working in sales. His childhood friend was on a business trip and stopped by Yancheng to visit him. During lunch, Yang Wei received a client's request to view a property, said goodbye, and left.

My childhood friend was going to the restroom at the time, and that's how we parted ways.

As for men, even if they don't contact some close friends for months or even years, they won't feel like strangers when they meet again.

Yang Wei and his childhood friend are like that; they rarely exchange messages, each busy with their own careers.

During the last leg of the high-speed train journey that day, Chen Xi pointed out this information, and Yang Wei only found out after verifying it with countless friends and groups.

His childhood friend is gone!

Chen Xi had been observing the other person. When the deliveryman heard the line, "The whole world has forgotten him, except for you!", his expression clearly changed.

"It's May now, but the post I saw online described a time in February of last year, which means you've been awakened for at least 15 months."

"In this situation, where anyone could easily be upgraded to a higher level, the fact that you're still delivering food means you're still at Stage I."

"I don't know how much of what I just said you understood or absorbed."

"But I've already gone this far, are you sure you don't want to talk to me?"

......

"That's right, I am the ghost mentioned in that post."

The delivery guy gave me a look that said, "I'm coming clean."

"From what you've said, I can roughly guess."

"There must be a very small number of people in this world who have awakened so-called superpowers, right?"

"So, someone like me, you probably are too, right?"

"So, what do you want to talk about?"

"I'm warning you, if the conversation doesn't go well, I might just disappear from your sight at any time."

Faced with the deliveryman's somewhat provocative tone, Chen Xi smiled calmly:

"No need."

"Just say you're unhappy."

His tone was full of confidence.