Regarding the matter of awakening lightning abilities after transformation

"No... I'm just a little thirsty..." Actually, Gu Chengyan was upset after seeing Qi Bei's training, so Gu Cheng specially brought her out for a glass of lemon water and to cheer her up.

Su Wanxi smiled and then handed the gift box on the table to the other person.

"Look~" Gu Cheng kept glancing at the box since she sat down. Although she did it very discreetly, Su Wanxi still noticed.

"What?" Even as the situation became urgent, the girl still pretended not to care.

"Let me show you." The orange juice wasn't even sour, so why was there such a strong smell of vinegar in the air... If this continued, Su Wanxi really thought Gu Cheng should try changing her name.

Gu Ningmeng, that sounds good.

"This was given to you by your brother, why should I look at it..." Gu Cheng turned her head away, but her fingers were lightly rubbing the corner of her pants.

Are you sure you don't want to watch?

"..." Seeing that the other party remained silent, Su Wanxi quietly left her seat and came behind the girl, wrapping her slender arms around her neck, the two almost touching.

"It's a book~" She placed the gift box in front of Gu Cheng, her cherry-pink lips pressed against her earlobe as she murmured. Her fingers turned and untied the ribbon, revealing a thick, gold-embossed book lying quietly inside.

It was a book called Jean-Christophe.

"Su..." The girl turned around abruptly, bumping right into Su Wanxi's two soft, white breasts.

Su Wanxi was also stunned, a rare hint of panic flashing in her eyes.

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After Su Wanxi and Gu Cheng left, a waiter in a uniform squinted and stared at their backs for a long time, his hands clenching quietly.

He walked into a secluded little hotel under the shade of the trees until the milk tea shop closed.

Pushing open the door, the man sat on the sofa for a while before quietly walking to the mirror.

"I wonder how long Su Wanshan plans to stay in Lanjiang... Su Wanxi... Gu Cheng, I hope Li Wenhai's backup plan will be useful." The man chuckled softly as his rough palm pressed against the mirror. The skin beneath his work clothes began to writhe, countless buds of flesh rolled and overlapped, eventually transforming into a completely new person.

P.S. The daily life in Volume 2 should end here. The next dozen or so chapters should mark the end of the volume.

Confessions and such can be shown at the end of the volume or starting from volume three.

Chapter 122, Section 124: Man-Made Clouds

Lanjiang is located in eastern China and has a typical subtropical monsoon climate, with high summer temperatures and unusually cold winters.

Gu Cheng strolled alone on the street, wearing a loose polyester tracksuit with jeans, her slender feet in light-colored low-top shoes, her cute, rounded ankles cleverly wrapped in white cotton socks.

At the end of October, the Lanjiang River is refreshing and pleasant, with layers of ginkgo leaves falling in the wind, covering the asphalt ground with a golden layer.

"Autumn is here..." she murmured softly, her hands clasped together and pressed to her lips. Just then, a gust of wind swept through, swirling up countless withered butterflies, and a fallen leaf landed right on the girl's head.

Brushing her soft, long brown hair, Gu Cheng sat down on the nanmu bench and quietly admired the fallen leaves.

Su Wanxi rejected her job application again... More than a month has passed since the start of the frequent crack events, and Gu Cheng hasn't participated in any crack events during this time...

The oval-shaped ginkgo leaves gleam with a golden hue, and when touched lightly with fingertips, their fine yet distinct forked veins are revealed.

Su Wanshan only stayed in Lanjiang for a few days before returning to Beidu. On the day of her departure, Su Wanxi took an afternoon off and dragged Gu Cheng along to see her off.

The girl didn't want to disturb the siblings' farewell, but she couldn't resist Su Wanxi's warm invitation.

Su Wanshan was somewhat surprised to see Gu Cheng, but only for a moment. The next second, she was holding the hand of a beautiful office lady next to her and boarding the plane. Su Wanxi told her that the woman's name was Song Yuling, and that she was her future sister-in-law...

"Gu Chengyan...would you like some cotton candy?" Gu Cheng got up and gently placed the fallen leaves at the base of the tree. Suddenly, she noticed a cotton candy vendor on the street corner and couldn't help but ask softly.

The master craftsman's skills were very proficient. He put the bamboo skewer into the machine and stirred it, and the white cotton candy stuck to it steadily.

"It's too sweet, only kids would eat that." Gu Chengyan didn't refuse directly, but thought the food was too childish. After spending more time together, Gu Cheng knew that he still wanted to eat it, so she took the initiative to buy one.

Bring your pink lips close to the mist, take a bite, and your mouth will be filled with sweetness.

"So sweet, Su Wanxi should really like this..." Gu Cheng thought to herself as she took small bites of the cotton candy.

"Master...do you make candy here every day?"

"Yes, I have to pick up my child from school on Sunday, so I can't come." The old man wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and busied himself with the next customer.

"Is that so? Thank you, Master~" The girl slightly raised the corners of her lips as she stuffed the bamboo skewer into a nearby trash can.

Whether it's ginkgo leaves or cotton candy... these interesting things always remind Gu Cheng of Su Wanxi, and she wants to share them with her.

Gu Chengyan teased her about her girlish infatuation, but Gu Cheng just smiled and didn't say anything more.

What do you want to eat tonight?

"Whatever you want." This has almost become a fixed conversation between the two of them. Whenever Gu Cheng doesn't know what to have for dinner, she will simply pass the buck to Gu Chengyan.

Gu Chengyan also suffers from partial decision-making phobia, and most of the time he will just pass the buck back to the source.

"...Then let's have a fruit salad." After chatting all the way home, Gu Cheng finally settled on dinner.

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In the western part of the city, far from the city center, Li Wenhai and Zhan Tai also lived in a remote house.

Several plastic food containers sat on the worn-out old-fashioned coffee table, with leftover food sauce dripping down the plastic edges to the corners of the table.

Two heavy smokers sat back-to-back on the sofa, smoking one cigarette after another, filling the small room, which was no more than ten square meters, with a smoky atmosphere.

"Why hasn't Mr. Liao sent any news yet?"

"Don't worry... He sent his location ten minutes ago..." Li Wenhai stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and slowly took out his phone.

With the help of the dim light, Zhan Tai also saw that the location information was in the city center of Lanjiang.

"Activate your spiritual vision later, and keep a close eye on the dosage. It can't be too much or too little, otherwise it'll be difficult to explain to Mr. Liao..."

After rubbing the lighter a few times, the man lit another cigarette, took a deep drag, and was about to say something when he heard intermittent cries for help coming from outside the door.

"Damn it, even date rape drugs have counterfeit products these days," Li Wenhai cursed, rudely pushing open the door.

There were more than a dozen burlap sacks in the room, each more than a meter long. One of them was rolling around and making a muffled whimpering sound.

"Can you please not wake up the others?" He kicked the sack twice with his hard leather shoes, and the person inside struggled even more violently, the sack opening even seemed to be tearing.

"What a waste... to make things so awkward for both sides..." Li Wenhai muttered to himself as he took a bag of syringes from the drawer next to him.

The man loaded the prepared anesthetic into the syringe, a sinister smile playing on his lips: "You're a very important person... take a nap for now."

With one knee pressed down on the sack, Li Wenhai used his superhuman strength as an Awakened to restrain the person inside, while simultaneously inserting a needle into their flesh through the plastic. As the clear liquid was gradually injected, the person inside the sack finally stopped struggling. After confirming that the person was completely unconscious, Li Wenhai carefully put away the syringe.

"Troublesome..." The man kicked it again, then brushed the dust off his hands. Activating his spiritual vision, he saw that each sack was emitting a thick black mist.

"Luckily, you didn't cocoon... otherwise you would have passed away first..." Just then, Li Wenhai's phone, which was on the coffee table, rang.

"What news?" the man asked, turning to Zhan Taiyi, who was sitting on the sofa.

“It was a text message from Mr. Liao… ‘The plan has begun, and Mu Taofang and Xu Bai are in position.’”

"Oh? I should have known better than to use the sleeping pills." Li Wenhai smiled slightly.

“Come and give me a hand…” The two men woke up the sleeping people in the sacks one by one; these were the “sources” they had discovered over the past month.

"I know you're wondering why you're here... Take a look at this..."

When a video clip is played from a phone, some people who have just woken up and are still in a daze dilate their pupils the moment they see the screen.

“So cute...right?” Li Wenhai revealed a devilish smile.

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Gu Cheng stood in the kitchen, slowly and methodically chopping lettuce, when suddenly a wave of palpitations washed over her.

This feeling was exactly the same as the chill in the alley that night... The girl frowned slightly, and a thin golden veil appeared before her eyes. She strained to see into the distance, only to see thick black mist rising from where the setting sun had set.

"Attention all members of the Hermit Bureau: This is a strong neutral rift. Attention, this is a strong neutral rift..."

The girl quickly untied her apron and put the fruit knife aside.

The phone screen lit up again, this time with a message from Su Wanxi.

"Stay put and wait for orders."

Chapter 123, Section 125: This is an order

With her fine hairs obscuring her eyelashes, Su Wanxi frowned deeply, her dark eyes flashing with a cold light.

Strong neutral rift... Last time I faced her, she was just a novice with a C+ level ability strength, but now she has become a capable team leader.

She loosened her teeth, a little blood seeping from her tightly clenched cherry lips. Su Wanxi turned the car key, her fair and snow-white face devoid of any smile.

This time she won't let her teammates stay in the rift... absolutely not...

As soon as Su Wanxi opened the car door after parking it in front of the office building, she saw Qin Kexin and Zhou Li standing on the steps near the glass door.

"Sister Xi..." Qin Kexin knew how dangerous this crack was, so she even gave up her favorite uniform skirt and stockings and changed into a cardigan sweatshirt and sneakers that were more suitable for activities, with a military weapon belt hanging around her waist.

"Qin Kexin, remember what Uncle Zhou said." Su Wanxi nodded calmly, then turned to look at the man.

"...Please."

Zhou Li held a Tang sword wrapped in gauze, his expression solemn: "I know."

As the only two survivors from that time, Su Wanxi and Zhou Li both experienced the baptism of the strong neutral rift, and even they found it difficult to escape unscathed.

Once Qi Bei and the other three support members arrived at the office building, all the personnel tasked with the crack operation were finally in place.

"Miss Gu isn't participating?" Zhang Yizhe asked, supporting himself with one hand on the brim of his hat and flicking his bangs to one side with his index finger.

Gu Cheng was assigned to Group A, which was led by Su Wanxi, at the beginning of the frequent outbreaks. The other group members were unaware of their specific handling methods, and Xu Bai and Mu Taofang, who were standing next to her, also looked puzzled.

Su Wanxi glanced at him and explained in a calm tone, "Miss Gu is experiencing some health issues and cannot participate in this operation."

Having distanced himself from the crack repair work, Gu Cheng's spirits have improved significantly, and he now sends her video messages every day at the appointed time.

Su Wanxi worried that the girl's sudden participation in high-intensity crack repair work would cause a secondary shock, causing her to fall into a coma again. If that were to happen, it would be detrimental both professionally and personally.

"Go to the logistics department to get the weapons first... I'll explain the details in the car." Just as Su Wanxi turned around to press the button, Xu Bai and Mu Taofang, who were standing at the corner of the elevator, exchanged a glance.

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