Who says a sickly daughter can’t break through the weirdness?

"According to research on human social behavior, when one party makes a vague promise with an uncertain timeline for fulfillment, there is a high probability of 'empty promises' being made.

Master, you just said there will be opportunities in the future, but you didn't specify the timeframe. Does this fall into the category of 'empty promises'?"

"..."

It's really harsh.

Hugging a mechanical girl like this is completely different from hugging a human, but from an experience perspective, it's pretty good.

The warm time ended just like that.

It was not even seven o'clock yet, but everyone had already woken up and gathered in the living room of the villa.

Lin Qiutang received information from the command center through the communicator he carried with him. At present, the command center has conveyed matters related to the Kuroshio and evacuation arrangements in the urban area through radio broadcasts and evacuation notices dropped by drones.

Due to heavy rain overnight and waterlogging on the roads, it was difficult to deliver the message throughout the city even though the flyers were made of waterproof materials.

In addition, the signal fluctuates, and many places are far away from the signal source and cannot even receive radio broadcasts, so it goes without saying that the number of people who receive the message is very limited.

"Everyone, time is running out, so I'll keep it short."

Lin Qiutang clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention to himself.

She took out a city map she carried with her, which was densely covered with her work notes: "First of all, the command center has set the evacuation time for the morning of the day after tomorrow.

According to the soldier's last words, the Kuroshio Tide will spread to the entire province in four days at most.

But according to the information we obtained from the USB flash drive, at the speed of the Kuroshio Tide's spread, it will reach Yunlan City in three days at most from Jinchuan City.

Therefore, we actually have less than 72 hours to evacuate."

Zhou Yun couldn't help but ask, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be too late to withdraw the day after tomorrow morning?"

"There's no way, because there are so many things that need to be prepared, such as evacuation transportation. The main traffic routes out of the city are basically blocked by abandoned vehicles, and it is obviously impossible to rely on cars to go north.

So, we prepared a train, a train, a diesel engine, but it only had four carriages and could accommodate a maximum of about 800 people.

Currently, the authorities have organized internal personnel and a group of survivors to work overtime to maintain the railway, doing their utmost to ensure that the train can leave Yunlan City smoothly."

Chapter 77 Talent awakening, Tang Miao’s new ability!

"Can maintenance work proceed smoothly in this kind of weather?"

Hearing Lin Qiutang say that they would send people to maintain the railway, Tang Miao couldn't help but look worried, "There's still heavy rain outside, and the girl in the rain..."

"Don't worry about that. It's a blessing in disguise. The rainstorm only covers Yunlan City. The railway lines outside the city are all normal. It's just that the sun isn't out."

Lin Qiutang replied, "Fortunately, our previous experience still applies. The strange beasts and fog don't appear during the day. Otherwise, it would be a dead end."

Tang Miao finally breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good..."

"Disseminating evacuation information, maintaining the railway, and inspecting trains all take time."

Lin Qiutang paused for a moment, then continued, "What's more, we also need to consider the survivors who are still alive and give them enough time to rush to the evacuation point.

Therefore, the latest evacuation time can only be set at 6:00 am the day after tomorrow. Survivors who fail to make it can only wish for the best."

"..."

As if realizing that he had made a mistake, Lin Qiutang's eyes dimmed and he looked apologetic: "I'm sorry, as an official, I said such a thing.

We swore to protect the people and restore order, but now we have been reduced to abandoning so many survivors. What a irony."

"Isn't this something that can be done?"

Tang Miao gently consoled them, "As an ordinary citizen rescued by the investigation team, I understand your situation. You've done well enough. After all, without any contact with the outside world, the Black Tide came too suddenly."

"Yes, if we had known this intelligence in advance, we would have had more time to prepare countermeasures, but as an official, I cannot use this excuse to excuse myself.

We failed to make a plan to abandon Yunlan City, and we failed to make an evacuation plan in advance based on the worst-case scenario. This is all our fault..."

"Stop talking about this."

Shen Qiyin interrupted Lin Qiutang's self-pity and said, "Sister, since the matter has been settled, we can only do our best to do what we can do."

"Yeah, I know. Sorry for saying such depressing things."

Lin Qiutang smiled slightly and cheered up again.

"Now, I need to help Minister Chu develop a schedule for investigators at the evacuation point to ensure that all investigators can maximize their capabilities."

"Minister Chu?"

"He is the commander-in-chief of the Yunlan City Military Police Department and the highest-ranking leader in our official organization in Yunlan City."

Shen Qiyin is quite familiar with the administrative system of this world and this country. After all, many places are similar to those in her hometown.

The Military Police Department is an armed department independent of the public security system and an important component of the country's armed forces. It mainly carries out security tasks assigned by the state and provides armed support for local police.

This is very similar to the armed police.

In addition, the military and military police departments also have ideological instructors similar to political commissars, with the official title of "ideological and political commissar."

Zhou Yun couldn't help but ask, "With so many high-ranking leaders in Yunlan City, is Minister Chu the only one left?"

"Yeah, of course the others died or fled. In the apocalyptic environment, everyone wants to protect themselves. I don't need to explain this, but you should understand..."

Lin Qiutang's smile was a little awkward, with a hint of self-mockery and sarcasm in her eyes.

Zhou Yun didn't say anything about this. The world was already like this, and there was no point in holding those guys accountable.

"Right now, our official investigation team, plus the qualified civilians willing to cooperate with us, totals 23 people. Of course, I didn't count you, Qiyin."

"Just count it in, sister. My 'cooperation' with you is long-term, don't worry."

"...Thank you, Qiyin. If possible, I really don't want you to take any risks."

Lin Qiutang's smile seemed very bitter. If she was more capable, she might not need Shen Qinyin's help.

Shen Qiyin roughly guessed what the other person was thinking. After a moment of thought, she suddenly revealed a mysterious smile: "Sister, don't be discouraged. Maybe we can have another powerful assistant."

"A powerful assistant?" Lin Qiutang looked puzzled. "Who are you referring to?"

"Well, of course it's her."

Shen Qinyin nodded at Tang Miao, and everyone's eyes fell on the latter.

"Ah I?"

Tang Miao pointed at himself, his head full of question marks.

"Sister, after a qualified person dies, they will drop a 'fear core' similar to an entity, you know?"

"Of course, this is basic common sense. If a person with talent can absorb the power of other people with talent, they themselves will become stronger."

After a pause, Lin Qiutang unconsciously clenched his fists, "This is also one of the main reasons why those beasts from the Order Gang hunted down official investigators."

"In other words, those with the aptitude can comprehend forbidden knowledge from the fragments dropped by those with the aptitude for death, thereby awakening their own abilities."

Shen Qiyin stared at Tang Miao and asked, "Tang Miao, where is the crystal I gave you?"

"Uh, I put it in the bedroom cabinet. I don't dare carry something so important with me." Tang Miao stood up and said, "I'll get it right away."

A moment later, Tang Miao hurriedly ran back to the living room with the crystal in hand, her face filled with astonishment, fear, disbelief, and a hint of excitement:

"Qi, Qi, Qi...Qiyin! When I touched this thing just now, I heard a strange sound! It was like someone was calling me!!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Qiutang stood up and said quickly, "Quick! This is forbidden knowledge contacting you. Concentrate! Open your mind and accept it!"

"Ah? Yes, how do we do it?"

"Just follow your instincts and don't overthink it!"

"Okay, okay!"

Tang Miao held the puppet crystal tightly, closed his eyes, and carefully felt the contents that existed in the most secretive crevices of the world, those untouchable contents that were like the moon in the water and the flowers in the mirror.

She felt as if her consciousness was being pulled by an invisible giant hand, slowly sinking into the abyss. Countless strange lights and shadows flickered and jumped, and some blurry images flashed through her mind like a kaleidoscope.

Incomprehensible mumblings, whispers that blaspheme reason, madness staring into the abyss...

All the taboos were opened to her at this moment!

When she opened her eyes again, her normally brown eyes now strangely shone with a hint of blood.

“Hu, ha, hu, ha…”

She was gasping for breath, as if she had just experienced a life-and-death catastrophe.

But judging from her extremely excited expression, Tang Miao had undoubtedly undergone a transformation.

"This is the feeling of a qualified person...!"

Tang Miao raised her hands, and a soft white light visible to the naked eye emerged according to her thoughts.

"I felt a powerful force!"

While speaking, Tang Miao clapped his hands lightly.

Almost instantly, a wonderful and uplifting feeling flowed through everyone's body like an electric current.

Shen Qiyin felt that her mental strength had increased significantly. As soon as the question of "what happened" emerged in her mind, the notebook automatically showed her the answer:

[Gain the "Blessing (Lv. 1)" bonus, increasing mental resistance, physical fitness, and special ability strength by 30%]

Chapter 78 Final preparations

Blessing...

So, this is the power Tang Miao gained after awakening?

Didn't I give her the Puppet Crystal? According to the notebook, after absorbing it, she should gain the same ability to manipulate corpses as Zhao Feng!

Tang Miao looked at Shen Qinyin and Lin Qiutang with great interest, and waited patiently for a long time.

However, half a minute passed and nothing happened.

"Uh, why is there no movement?"

Tang Miao's expression was somewhat dull. Apart from a faint "holy light" lingering around her hands, making her look like a priest being touched by a skill, there seemed to be no other changes.

"It's not that there's no movement..."

Shen Qinyin stretched out her hand and used her telekinesis towards the solid wood round table in the dining area.

She lifted the solid wood round table weighing 400 kilograms with ease.

"I feel like my telekinesis is much stronger than before."

Tang Miao stared blankly at the solid wooden round table that floated up and down, a complex emotion stirring in her heart like paste.

"So..." She looked at Shen Qiyin, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes, "I, I'm just a wet nurse?"

"Let me correct you. In the narrow sense, a nurse can only provide healing services. You are talking about a higher level nurse, a priest, who can provide bonuses to the team."

"..."

Tang Miao bit her lip, her face full of grievance.

For a moment, all kinds of emotions such as loss, sadness, anger and helplessness appeared in her eyes.

"How could this happen? How could I be a wet nurse?!"

"Isn't it good?" Zhou Yun's eyes were full of envy, "You are now a genuine qualified person!"

"Of course not!"

Tang Miao clenched his fists and said unwillingly, "I, I want combat ability! The kind of abnormal combat power that can blow up a building with one punch and can cause an earthquake with a stomp of the foot!

I should be a giant guy wearing golden armor, with fans all over the universe, who can scare all entities to death with just a glare!

I annihilated the monsters with ease, and my teammates all looked at me with admiration. After defeating the entity, Qiyin would hug my thighs and say "Saska Tang Miao!"

"Are you still asleep?"

Shen Qinyin had the urge to smash the cup on the table onto this idiot's head.

She looked at Lin Qiutang and asked, "Sister, based on the current information on qualified people, will absorbing the crystals of other deceased qualified people gain their abilities?"

"There are such cases, but they are very rare." Lin Qiutang replied, "According to our data, those with aptitude will have one or two abilities after awakening.

For example, one of my abilities is telepathy, and the other is 'dead person synaesthesia', which allows me to 'see' what happened to the deceased before his death through his body or belongings."

Shen Qiyin looked thoughtful. Chen Jie, whom she killed yesterday, had two abilities, one was mental amplification, and the other was concealment.