"What's wrong?" After introducing herself, she saw Chen Xuan staring into space and stopped to ask.
Chen Xuan had realized there was a problem: how could he prove—or rather, get her to believe—that she was the real Lin Qing?
Proving it to himself would be easy. Lin Qing had left behind DNA evidence, and more importantly, she was still a VIP
guest. A change of housing would establish whether she was who she claimed to be. Twin or clone, neither could fool the Ability Store.
But to Swift, Lin Qing was a complete stranger.
She had never lived through Lin Qing's future or become a Resistance Army fighter. Naturally, the identity meant nothing to her.
If he forced Lin Qing's memories on her, it would probably backfire.
So he couldn't tell her anything about Lin Qing. At least until she trusted him, he had to treat her like an ordinary person.
"No—nothing." Chen Xuan pulled his wandering thoughts together, shook his head, and pressed the scan button on his glasses.
"Wilderness Survival" LV2, white.
"You chew leaves and identify mushrooms. You can always find a way to survive, and your body and will are adapting to the hardship."
Her ability was completely different from Lin Qing's, too.
By the agency's standards, she did not even qualify as an ability user.
"Let me introduce you to our core band members." Swift—or the woman who might be Lin Qing—called to the people gathering in the camp. "Come on, everyone, show your faces! I've recruited someone who shares our goals!"
Chen Xuan looked at the group.
Sure enough, every one of them wore protective gear, though they had added plenty of personal touches: a red cape, an umbrella hat, a skull dangling from a belt. Together, they looked like a gang of wasteland