My game, Orange Flavor, is great!

As soon as she stepped out of the elevator, an enticing aroma wafted from the registration room on the first floor, prompting her to take a few more sniffs.

By the way, when registering their Spirit Race identity, each awakened Spirit Race member must demonstrate their abilities so that the machine can determine their level and potential.

The original owner of this body in my memory also made this thing, and almost burned a hole in the newly established Bureau of Spirits, which was not fully prepared.

However, since then, the defense level inside the registration room has been maxed out, allowing her to burn for at least half an hour.

So, Xiaojuan is cooking inside right now?

Although he knew that the Spirit Race would awaken all sorts of strange skills, a small part of which were combat-related, Lu Zhao still found it hard to imagine the scene in the registration room now.

Speaking of which, she was a little hungry and wondered if she could get some food for free.

She hurried to the registration room door, intending to peek inside, but the door opened directly, and Liu Qingluo's subordinate came out with Xiao Juan.

"How was it?" she asked casually, as if she had just passed by.

The other party smiled and said, "Your ability is rated D, and your future potential is assessed as C+."

Lu Zhao immediately bent down, smiled, and gave Xiao Juan a thumbs up: "Not bad! You can become a chef who makes delicious food in the future!"

"Yes, I will work hard to practice cooking so that everyone will like the food I make!" Xiao Juan nodded confidently.

Just as she was about to encourage her to keep up with the record, her subordinate pulled her aside and whispered, "By the way, Captain Lu, in addition to ability and potential, we also detected the cost of Xiao Juan using her ability."

Lu Zhao quickly perked up her ears, only to hear the other person whisper a few words in her ear, causing the smile on her face to freeze instantly.

Luo Juan, seven years old, has the ability to cook, but the price she pays is the loss of her sense of taste.

Chapter 83 Jack and Rose

In life, there are gains and losses.

For the Eldar, gaining extraordinary abilities comes at the cost of something else. Scientists have been researching why this phenomenon occurs for years, but the only conclusion they have reached is the word "natural law".

However, this natural law still made Lu Zhao want to give the middle finger to the sky and then curse.

Even though she knew that Xiaojuan would only experience a slight loss of taste when cooking and that it wouldn't affect her daily life, she still wanted to curse the heavens.

The concept of "cost of ability" was something she would almost forget existed if no one brought it up, because although most of the people around her were spirits, they all tacitly avoided discussing the topic.

Furthermore, since she hasn't felt any sense of cost regarding her abilities so far, she's temporarily forgotten about the issue.

But even if it's forgotten, it doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist.

The most typical example around her is Xia Zhifei, a rising star in the music industry. Because he awakened as a Spirit Clan member, his musical sense dropped to zero, and he could no longer hum a tuned song.

As for the others... she estimated that the cost of Messiah's ability was that it was not very stable, and that his mind was easily backfired when he was spying on time.

But she had no idea what cost Chi Ying, Song Lingge, Li Manqiu, and Liu Qingluo had paid for their abilities.

It was only at this moment that she realized she was quite envious of Lin Yu. Although he was an ordinary person, at least his body didn't have those inexplicable defects.

Goodbye, sister!

"Okay, goodbye." Lu Zhao waved to Xiao Juan and watched her being led away from the Spirit Management Bureau. He sighed softly, then turned around, intending to take advantage of the early hour to go back upstairs and finish the proposal.

But before the elevator had even reached the second floor and opened its doors, she heard a series of gunshots coming from inside.

Is anyone training?

She instinctively wanted to back away, but as soon as the elevator doors opened, she saw a lithe and agile figure fighting a combat robot. Upon closer inspection, she realized that the person was Song Lingge.

Hearing the voices behind her, Song Lingge remained calm. She jumped up straight, bent her left arm slightly, and fired three shots at the humanoid combat robot that was a head taller than her.

Three loud bangs rang out. From Lu Zhao's perspective, the three bullets, which should have been pointing straight ahead, instead drew strange arcs in the air, flying rapidly towards the combat robot's forehead, temple, and back of the head, respectively.

Is this Song Lingge's ability?

Is it some kind of incredible gun-fu? Or some bizarre technique that alters the direction of objects in mid-air?

The bullet struck the robot successfully, making three soft popping sounds. The robot's eyes flashed red, then quickly switched to green light, and its body stopped attacking. It turned around and walked down the stairs.

Hmm... If I'm not mistaken, those three bullets must have hit the robot's mode switch, causing it to switch from defensive mode to safe mode?

Based on his previous experience playing online games, Lu Zhao secretly speculated that his attention had just shifted to the robot when he saw Song Lingge standing there, looking at him with great curiosity.

"Captain, you don't even remember Jack?"

She panicked for a moment. Jack? What Jack?

Song Lingge saw through her little scheme at a glance, sighed, and then put on a denim jacket, covering most of the beautiful curves under the tight combat suit. "Jack, that's the robot from earlier. It's our team's exclusive sparring partner."

Goodness, is there another robot named Meatball?

Lu Zhao shrank back, not daring to voice his complaints, but then Song Lingge continued, "The robot on the second team is a female-looking robot named Rousi."

Ah this...

This is absolutely malicious on the part of the production team, absolutely!

She suppressed a laugh, feigning surprise as she covered her mouth, "It seems... there is such a thing."

“Your amnesia symptoms are becoming more and more obvious.” Song Lingge looked at her with worry in her eyes. “Does Xiao Fei know about this?”

"Not yet. She only knows that some of my memories are starting to fade, but it hasn't reached the point of amnesia yet. Don't tell her, otherwise she'll make a big deal out of it." Lu Zhao quickly stepped forward, pulled her aside, and whispered his advice.

Song Lingge frowned, "But if this continues, your symptoms will get worse and worse, and you'll be exposed sooner or later."

“So I still need you and Messiah to help me cover this up,” Lu Zhao said, taking out a prescription from his pocket and showing it to her. “Minister Liu has already prescribed new medicine for me, I need to try it first.”

She gripped the prescription and examined it carefully, then looked at Lu Zhao with some surprise, "Captain, you..."

"What?" Lu Zhao looked puzzled. "Can you read the words on this? What medicine did she prescribe for me?"

Song Lingge hesitated for a moment, then shook her head. "It's nothing, it's just medication for temporary amnesia. Captain, remember to take it every night before bed, don't forget."

Sigh, they really treat her like a patient.

She knows her own situation perfectly well. She didn't suffer from amnesia at all; it's just that the signal was bad after she transmigrated, and she didn't receive all of the original owner's memories.

"Okay, okay," she nodded perfunctorily, "I'll definitely eat it."

As she spoke, she peered inside again for a while. "The entire second team is out again today? And what about Messiah? Where did she go?"

"Captain, you approved her leave for a week. She only came here on her own initiative a few days ago. She should be resting at home today," Song Lingge reminded her helplessly.

Oh, she really forgot about that.

Lu Zhao scratched his head sheepishly, then, remembering what had happened earlier, he said somewhat awkwardly, "Well... for a while, you were the only one holding the team together. You worked so hard."

"It's nothing. We're all members of Team One, and we all hope that Team One can do well," Song Lingge said with a smile, gently pushing her towards the conference room. "I saw the proposal you put in the drawer. Go and write it. Xiaoyue's matter is also very important."

eh?

She hesitated and glanced back at the other person, "Then you..."

"I also completed a daily task today. Captain, do you want me to work overtime with you?" Song Lingge asked casually.

"Oh, no need, no need! Just leave work on time. You've worked hard these past few days, you need to rest more!" Lu Zhao quickly declined, and before she could say anything, he hurriedly locked himself in the conference room.

Chapter 84 An Unprecedented Lineup

The next day.

Sunlight streamed through the blinds, falling on the conference room table and creating several golden spots of light.

Lu Zhao groggily got up from the table, glanced at the time on his phone, and saw that it was 7:30 in the morning.

They actually spent the night here.

She stretched, got up to loosen her stiff back, then sat down again. She tidied up the scattered proposals on the table, put them in a file bag and placed it in a drawer, before finally stepping out of the meeting room with peace of mind.

Although it was a rushed night, the proposal was finally completed. She would then have Li Manqiu accompany her to the fourth department meeting in the afternoon, and that would be half the battle won.

Feeling his stomach start to rumble, Lu Zhao went to the bathroom to wash his face with cold water, and then happily went downstairs to eat breakfast.

That's right, their Department of Spirits and Necropolis actually provides three meals a day.

Last time, I had to go to Lin Yu's house for a meal because it was past mealtime. But normally, I can have three meals a day. If necessary, I can work overtime here for a week or two and stay in the first-floor lounge without any problem.

With room and board provided and good benefits, and the ability to take a two-week leave whenever he wanted, Lu Zhao had to admit that if he were in his other world, he definitely wouldn't be able to find such a good job, except for the somewhat torturous KPIs.

As I walked into the cafeteria, yawning, I caught a glimpse of a familiar figure sitting at a table.

Lu Zhao quickly shut his mouth and walked over with some surprise. "Captain Li, what are you doing here? Didn't you go home last night?"

If Li Manqiu didn't go back, then wasn't Xiaoyue home alone yesterday?

“I was working on a case yesterday and didn’t get back until midnight, so I just stayed here for the night.” Li Manqiu slowly picked up a piece of crystal cake and put it into her bowl. She slightly lifted her eyelids and swept her gaze across the room, making Lu Zhao sit down opposite her.

"Captain Li," Lu Zhao said, his brows furrowed as he devoured a bowl of shumai, his words muffled, "What about my Xiaoyue...?"

"Don't worry," Li Manqiu chuckled, "That child is very well-behaved. I had Xin Xia go and check on her; she was already asleep at the time."

"And her breakfast..."

"Xin Xia will help deliver it to her."

Well, you really do have the potential to be a babysitter.

Lu Zhao silently took a sip of the thick porridge, sighed contentedly, and then picked up a piece of water chestnut cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

I heard that one of the big shots in the general planning department is from Guangzhou, so breakfast is arranged one day a week according to the standards of Guangzhou morning tea. I never expected that I would win such a big prize just because I slept in for one night.

"And you," Li Manqiu asked, her manner completely different from her gluttonous eating. She took a leisurely sip of tea before asking, "Why are you staying here today? Didn't you go and see your young lady?"

Hmm... why does this person's way of addressing Xia Zhifei sound so awkward?

After swallowing what was in his mouth, Lu Zhao shrugged and said, "Ugh, I was busy working on the proposal, and I ended up falling asleep while I was working on it. Luckily, I'm healthy, otherwise I would have caught a cold if I had slept there all night."

"You really went to great lengths for Duan Yue."

"Oh, it's only right!"

Li Manqiu didn't say anything more. Although she looked elegant, she was quick and efficient. In no time, she and Lu Zhao finished off the food on the table.

It's fortunate that they all have huge daily energy expenditures; otherwise, with this kind of diet, their waistlines would have gotten bigger in less than a month.

"Then I'll go back to work now, Captain Lu."

She wiped her mouth, greeted Lu Zhao, and prepared to leave, but after taking only a few steps, both of their phones simultaneously went off with an alarm.

An emergency mission has been launched!