Lin Xian was dumbfounded as he stepped forward and grabbed Ding Junyi’s shoulders, exclaiming in disbelief: "Not much help? What a joke, Director Ding, do you realize how defiant your superpower is?!"
At this moment, Lin Xian felt like he was exploding, and he shouted: "The plant growth superpower, on a superficial level, it’s a creative attribute combining survival and support, but now it’s the apocalypse, darkness has descended leading to the global extinction of plants. In a future poised to become wasteland, having such a superpower, to put it on a higher level, is not an overstatement to say it’s the Mother of Life!!"
For the Dragon Country people, whose farming genes are deeply imprinted in their blood, how could such a superpower be only of ’a little’ help?
Ding Junyi didn’t expect Lin Xian to be so agitated, and being held so fiercely, she was momentarily unable to react.
Upon hearing Lin Xian’s words, she started to come to her senses, opened her mouth and said a bit incoherently, she who was always calm, said: "This... seems, theoretically speaking... hmm, I think it is."
Lin Xian’s face was full of excitement as he looked at Ding Junyi and said: "Director Ding, you must fully explore your superpower; this Carriage No. 4 can completely serve as your practice base or experimental field for your superpower. I think your superpower definitely has an immense potential waiting to be tapped into!"
Ding Junyi’s chest heaved as she adjusted her breathing, then she quickly calmed down, nodded at Lin Xian, and said: "You are right, I should not draw conclusions too soon, there might be many other traits waiting for me to discover."
Lin Xian was overjoyed, with plant growth, he could already envision countless development paths. With Blue Star’s billions of plants and their myriad traits, viewing from a survival perspective, it represents almost infinite food supply, and most importantly,
Just for this alone, Director Ding could probably serve as the global head of the Food Supply Department at the Phoenix Society with no problem; yet she barely considers it a big deal with such a formidable power?
A precious talent, found a gem.
"By the way," Lin Xian suddenly adopted a serious tone: "Director Ding, from now on, you better use your superpower only on the train and not display it outside."
His mechanical manufacturing superpower drew attention from organizations like the foundation after it was showcased at the airport, he dared not imagine how much attention Director Ding’s power would draw if others found out.
Currently, Lin Xian has not fully cooperated with the Phoenix Society, global survivors have different standing factions, so Lin Xian didn’t want to expose Ding Junyi’s abilities too early, potentially leading the Infinity into unnecessary troubles.
Ding Junyi looked down at Lin Xian’s hands clasping tighter on her shoulders, glanced up at him with a somewhat subtle expression.
Lin Xian frowned, instantly catching on to the look, which said:
’Grip tighter, I really like it.’
He released his hand immediately, or else Lin Xian felt this masochistic look from the scientific community diva looking at him was about to get sticky.
"Keep it up, Director Ding, I have high hopes for you." Lin Xian gazed at her with clear eyes, then nodded to Ding Junyi, picked up the metal case, and left directly.
As Ding Junyi watched Lin Xian’s departing figure, a rare gentle smile akin to a spring breeze appeared on her slightly flushed face.
Lin Xian traversed through, arriving at Carriage No. 12, where he found an empty fuel rod storage box, put the metal case inside, with dual security, the heavy suspension liquid’s suppressive effects on capabilities finally got fully isolated.
Chen Sixuan saw Lin Xian come in and said to him, "What happened to you, you were fine just now, why do you look so fatigued again?"
"I just used the mechanical superpower." Lin Xian did not hide it from Chen Sixuan, directly saying: "But it’s alright, no major effect."
Chen Sixuan looked at him with slight concern and then said, "You should also take care of your health, last night you were gone all night, and everyone was worried about your safety."
Lin Xian went over and held Chen Sixuan’s hand, saying: "I’ll try not to take such risks in the future."
"KIKI’s superpower is very powerful, you should take her with you." Chen Sixuan looked at him and said: "We’ve gone through so much life and death together; skipping one night of rest isn’t that big a deal."
"You forgot, she has a Level 3 mark, given the circumstances, taking her around to face dangers is impossible."
Hearing this, Chen Sixuan’s expression dimmed: "True, I almost forgot about that, sigh... this mark treats us humans like playthings."
After saying this, she lifted her eyes and looked at Lin Xian with shining determination: "You... you could also take me, I think I can protect you too."
"Alright." Lin Xian smiled warmly, holding Chen Sixuan in his arms without saying much more.
Just by holding her , Lin Xian felt a considerable part of his fatigue dissipate.
"We’re about to enter the city."
Upon hearing the sound of the train changing tracks, Chen Sixuan quickly escaped from Lin Xian’s embrace, looking ahead and saying, "The crossing isn’t very common, we fought fiercely last night."
Lin Xian looked towards the track, seeing heaps of black carapace beetles and crushed zombie bodies, while the iron mesh and protective walls on either side of the track were riddled with bullet holes and splattered with green beetle juice and zombie blood plasma, flies swarmed all over, the scene was extremely grim.
The Infinity slowed down a bit, and before long, they could see the previously stopped Hengshan Pass Station from a distance, the steel roof of the station had already mostly collapsed, and as the train slowly approached, even grimmer scenes came into view.