"Bang--"
Officer Huang instantly fired three shots, but because the frequency was too fast, Gao Yang only heard one shot.
The moment the gunshot rang out, three sputtering sparks appeared in the air two meters away from Officer Huang as he knocked down the three daggers that had sneaked up on him.
However, the daggers were just feints.
Officer Huang was startled when a black shadow had swooped down from his left side to his eye level at some point.
"Brush-" A sharp white blade light whipped by.
Officer Huang took out his pistol to fend it off within the limit of time, but the pistol was like playdough, instantly sliced into two halves, at the same time, two of his fingers were sliced off like scallions.
Half a second later, Officer Huang's head was about to move.
But this scene did not happen.
The narrow and sharp Tang knife rested against the knot of Officer Huang's throat and did not cut down. Soon, the skin at the man's throat knot cracked and spilled tiny amounts of blood, which had been injured by the powerful blade qi.
Qing Ling retrieved the knife and took two steps back, "You're not an angry beast."
Officer Huang covered his bleeding fingertips, the pain made his face pale, but he didn't panic or get scared, "How do you know that?"
"If you were the Anger Beast, you would have chosen to use both your arms to fend off my attack at the last second." Qing Ling gently ran her fingers across the bloodless blade, and the Tang Blade folded and disappeared in her hands.
"They are confident in their bodies, it's an instinctive reaction. Humans are different, humans will choose to defend themselves against my slashes with something they think is sturdy."
"That's right, I'm an Awakened too." Officer Wong smiled, "Thank you for not killing me."
...
2am. Mountain Green District, Third Hospital Emergency Building.
Officer Huang's fingertips had been connected and bandaged, and Gao Yang was waiting in the lobby with Qing Ling.
Officer Huang walked out of the hospital with a smile on his face, "I'll write a report tomorrow, the two of you were robbed by street punks and I stepped in to help and was inadvertently injured."
Gao Yang and Qing Ling looked at each other without saying anything.
Officer Huang added, "Are you hungry? Let's go, go get something to eat."
...
The three of them went to a spicy hot pot night snack stand near the hospital. The inconspicuous alleyway entrance was set up with a small blue tent, under which was a handcart with a spicy pot and a small liquefied gas tank, dim lights, fragrant food, sort of a cozy corner of the cold city.
The boss is a sixty-something year old man, hale and hearty, speaking in the middle of the air.
"Officer Huang is here! Yo, what happened to your hand!"
"Work injury."
"You this line can be really difficult yo, that today can not drink well."
"Yes, the rest is the same as before."
"OK." The grandfather opened up, and then looked at Gao Yang and Qing Ling: "What do you want to eat?"
Qing Ling looked at the menu expressionlessly and finished thinking quickly, "1 bunch of mushrooms, 1 bunch of winter melon, 1 bunch of potatoes, 1 bunch of cabbage, 1 bunch of fishballs, 1 bunch of crab sticks, 1 bunch of oily gluten, 1 bunch of tomatoes, 1 portion of sweet potato noodles. Add spice."
Gao Yang was shocked, it's really nonchalant.
Then I am also respectful.
"I'm the same as her."
The three of them sat side by side by the cart, burying their heads in the fragrant spicy hot pot. Officer Huang had a face of enjoyment, "Well, it feels awesome to come back from the dead, thought I'd never be able to eat it again."
Qing Ling didn't say anything and focused on biting into the potatoes.
Gao Yang was cautious, "Officer Huang, let's not talk about these things in public."
Officer Huang looked up, glancing at the oldest man who was shabu-shabuing, "It's fine, Master Liu is a lost person. For what he doesn't want to hear, he will automatically ignore it, isn't that right moncler outlet online Liu?"
Grandpa Liu looked up, "What?"
"I said today's pig lungs are very crispy, one more."
"Okay." The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.
Gao Yang finally put down his heart, "Are you deliberately testing me and Qing Ling today?"
Officer Huang's smile was a bit helpless, "I already knew that you are an awakened person, I just didn't think that your girlfriend is also."
"Not girlfriend." Qing Ling finished her potato chips and started eating fishballs.
"Remember the mental patient I killed that day?" Officer Huang asked.
"Remember." How could I forget, if it wasn't for him, there wouldn't be all this bad stuff going on right now.
"He was also an Awakened." Officer Huang's eyes regretted, "But he was completely exposed, there is no hope, instead of letting him be tortured to death or eaten by the rancor beasts, it's better to give him a ride."
Gao Yang didn't say anything.
"That brother's talent is [sense of smell], serial number 175. he can distinguish the beast's odor, so he lived in fear the whole day and eventually had a mental breakdown."
Officer Huang stared at the steaming hot spicy pot, reverently waiting for the pig lungs that were about to come out of the oven, "The first thing he smelled was that you were a human before he told you to run, if I didn't shoot him at that time, I was afraid that I would only drag you down with me."
"... Thanks." Gao Yang's voice tightened.
"It should be, everyone is in the same boat."
"You talked about talent before," Gao Yang licked his lips, "Is every Awakened's talent different?"
"Of course." Officer Huang said, "My talent is [God of Guns], serial number 41, proficient in firearms, a hundred shots, and extremely fast firing speed."
"Then what is my talent?" Gao Yang deliberately asked.
"You've always been deeply hidden, and I don't have a talent for detection, how would I know?" Officer Huang laughed.
"Oh."
"Your girlfriend's talent should be [Metal], serial number 20, and can control any metal element."
"Not girlfriend." Qing Ling finished the fishballs and started eating the shiitake mushrooms.
Officer Huang looked at Qing Ling without envy, "On top of that, she should also have the talent [Blade God], sequence number 32, just her skill and destructive power with a blade, it's never something an ordinary person can do."
"Can there be several more types of talents?" Gao Yang asked.
"Once a human is awakened, they will immediately possess a talent. It can be comprehended again the day after, but the methods and laws of comprehension, I still haven't figured out."
"Talent these, how do you know in such detail?" Gao Yang was puzzled: could it be that Officer Huang also had a system? It shouldn't be.
"I've lived longer than you guys, and I'm a police officer, so I have more access to information." Officer Huang smiled, "As a matter of fact, I have seen the complete Talent Sequence List before, and after synthesizing my experience so far, I think that the information on that Sequence List is true and believable."
"How many talents are there in total?" Qing Yang finished the fishballs and started eating the cabbage.
"There are a total of 199 serial numbers, and theoretically, the smaller the number, the stronger the talent." Officer Huang looked at Qing Ling without envy: "You're very strong."
Gao Yang's heart was broken: my serial number 199, bottom of the list, no wonder I have no existence. Still "lucky", lucky you immortal board.
Qing Ling put down the chopsticks that were holding the cabbage, "Give me the sequence list."
"There is no entity." Officer Huang pointed to his head, "It's all memorized here."
"Then tell me too."
"Tell you," Officer Huang smiled faintly, "It's not impossible."
"You have conditions?" Gao Yang guessed.
"Of course, there's no such thing as a free lunch." Officer Huang smiled meaningfully, "Except for this spicy hot meal."