Marcus saw a car stopped by, the car had been damaged but worked fine.
"Yo! Where are you going, it seems the transport system is out of service around here due to the beast inbreak, and it will take a while for them to start operating, care if we give you a ride?"
'Such a good guy, you are worthy to be taken advantage of by me' Marcus gave Chen Hao a long smirk, the guy with unruly and spiky red hair and a scar on his face broadly smiled back cluelessly, it goes without saying that since the mutation event, many appearances of mostly awakened youth like the hair, eyebrow, and eyes color had changed like characters out of a fantasy world, although in Marcus' case, he still had his natural black hair and sea blue eyes.
In his mind, Marcus reasoned that if he was the only one walking, no doubt, these people wouldn't have stopped, and it would have taken quite some time to reach the hospital on foot, as no transport system was operating anywhere near the location because of the beast inbreak, in fact, it seemed neighboring streets have been evacuated due to the threat.
"Really? Thanks so much, we are going to MaxWell General Hospital, Marcus, they are good guys, try to get along"
Mei Ling noticed Marcus' permanent smirk, giving him a serious scowl.
'Huh? Holy cow! I know she awakened some sense of smell ability, but can she smell out my thoughts?
Impossible!' Marcus shook his head.
"Stop dawdling and enter, or else we will leave you behind"
Mei Ling snapped him out of his thoughts, prompting him to enter while the damaged car zoomed off.
Wei Long was the one driving while Chen Hao sat beside him, and for Marcus and Mei Ling, both of them sat at the back.
Marcus' gaze was fixed on the hole that gaped in the car's frame, the handwork of the beast cockroach's leg that pierced the car.
"But, they managed to remove the car from the building top, I guess carrying this much weight isn't really a problem for B-rank Awakened that excels in strength'
A sudden thought flashed across Marcus' mind 'Yet, they might have other aces, there have been many cases of Awakened with more than one ability, and even cases of an Awakened undergoing another awakening, however, the second one is different, and these are abilities of people that make up the five percent that scientist have yet to figure out'
"What joy would it be if I could clear a numbered area"
Chen Hao was the first to break the long moment of silence, using his hand to ruffle his unruly hair.
"You are right, Every awakened wish is to clear an area, to seal their name in the record"
Marcus looked at Wei Long who was driving. 'It seemed both brothers share the same dream, How beautiful'
Then he spoke out: "Haven't you just cleared an area?"
"This one hasn't become a numbered area, once a colony of mutant beasts have been formed in a location and the strongest becomes the area boss, the place becomes a numbered area, only then can it be cleared if the area boss is defeated"
Wei Long sounded modest, Marcus never thought he would speak up throughout the ride, especially when Marcus was the one sitting beside Mei Ling.
"I see"
"If managed, my lifelong dream would come true, I will be able to join Awakened Special Ops!"
Chen Hao made a loud laugh, Marcus saw nothing bad in what he said but in order to be able to clear an area, one must be A-rank, which means they would have to increase their rank, after all, A-rank and S-rank Awakened are the ones chosen as leaders to chose and lead a strike squad to clear numbered areas, even if a B-rank Awakened does most of the work or save the day, the glory is given to the leader at the end of the day since they were the one that chose competent strike squad which made the mission to be successful, and if it is otherwise, the leader is also blamed.
"Another way to get into an awakened special Ops is to take the test, an Awakened in the Awakened league that wishes to join Awakened Special Ops would need to take a test which only about 0.01 percent pass, there are five Awakened Special Ops in government Awakened league, and they are almost independent, with only areas that are threatening or have many casualties they are implored to raid"
"Don't sweat it, brother, they are just some lucky ass with great privilege from government, S ranks, A ranks, the rarest of the rare, that was why there are only five in our country's Awakened league"
"Huh? Don't you wish to be part of those lucky ass?"
Wei Long's voice rose, and both of them looked full of energy over the matter, making Marcus wonder about the deal of Awakened Special Ops.
'What is the deal of this elite squad that every country with Awakened league has?"
Black Tortoise Ops.
Silversword Awakened Ops.
Awakened Black Ops.
Dragonslayer Ops.
Black Knight Ops.
These are the five Awakened Special Ops in Yangdao, an almost independent association in government Awakened league, other Awakened in government Awakened league joined soldiers to perform reconnaissance around the country, raid areas, prevent beast inbreak, guard and protect prominent political leaders and other military duties.
"Wait, brother, why would you have to call that a lifelong dream, it hasn't even been up to a year since this mutation event happened"
Wei Long busts into a long laughter.
"Stop being a nitpicker, it goes without saying that it is your cherished dream"
"Is the examination that hard?"
Mei Ling wore a puzzled expression, then turned, making some gesture to Marcus as if to say 'Didn't I tell you, they are good guys with noble dreams'
"Yes, the Awakened special Ops exam is so difficult that only 0.01 percent of Awakened in the Awakened league have been able to pass, except..."
Wei Long evaded the head of the dog mutant beast on the road as they passed through a neighborhood with dilapidated buildings, the opened mouth of the dog's head had broken fang that glinted with a metallic luster.
Perhaps it is a recently cleared area or area where beast inbreak was prevented, judging from the corpses of small beasts that hung out of broken windows of dilapidated buildings, littered the road, and smashed cars, it seemed it hadn't been long since the raid happened.
"Except what?"
Mei Ling was quite curious.
"The supreme generations"
Marcus turned his gaze to Wei Long, something nudged him about his grave tone.
"The generation being recruited by Awakened special Ops recently without any exam, their powers are the ones that make up the five percent unexplained Awakened abilities"
"Supreme generation?!!"
This information was baffling enough to make Marcus and Mei Ling speak out at the same time.
"The supreme generations are Awakened that have awakened their magical genes or mystic genes, just a postulate tho.
At least some with electric and lightning power are said to have evolved like electric eels, gaining electrocyte cells that they used to generate charges from their body, but there are still many mysteries surrounding those that can generate combustion and firepower, ice, laser eyes or heat vision and others, unlike charge power users whose abilities could still be based on a biological basis.
However, those with electric and lightning power tend to be more powerful than others, or more correctly, they are versatile with their powers.
Scientists said it is because the human brain is home of charge, so the supreme generations with charge-like powers adapted quickly to the power and can even evolve it"
There was a moment of silence in the car after Wei Long's long explanation.
'Well, is that really the case?, why did I feel like the earth is becoming more like a fantasy world, however, I will survive, that goes without saying, and anyone that comes my way wouldn't go unscathed'
[Ding!]
[New Quest!]
[Defeat one Area Boss]
"Huh?!!!"