Night Patrol

After school at noon.

Yu Xian and Zhang Shou left the school and went next door to the South City Public Security Bureau.

The two entered Jin Sheng's temporary office. Jin Sheng was bent over his desk eating takeout. When he saw them arrive, he quickly shoveled in two more bites before closing the lunchbox.

After wiping his mouth, he said, "Sit. There's something I need to tell you."

Once they were seated, he looked at them and said, "I have to return to the capital tonight to report for duty. I have a mission for the two of you."

He then explained the mission in detail.

For some time now, Silver City's nights had actually been far from peaceful.

All kinds of extraordinary animals had been waiting for opportunities to make a move, while some crooked cultivators had also been taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble.

However, after Jin Sheng's ruthless crackdown some time ago, the vast majority of high-ranking extraordinary animals and crooked cultivators had been dealt with. Only Ant Rank and Insect Rank small fry remained.

These small fry were not very strong, but there were a huge number of them, and they were still extremely dangerous to ordinary people.

Yu Xian and Zhang Shou's mission was to patrol at night while Jin Sheng was away and eliminate all of those small fry.

In fact, such missions had previously been handled by the Public Security Bureau. The combat police assigned to the night shift would patrol the entire city, but during this purge of the Aberrant Insects, the combat police had also suffered casualties. They were now short-handed, so Yu Xian and Zhang Shou would join the operation as supplementary forces.

"I like this mission. As the little prince of staying up late, I can finally stay up late openly and legitimately," Zhang Shou said excitedly.

Yu Xian merely smiled without speaking. Ever since becoming a vampire, he had only slept once. He did not mind this mission at all; he had nothing better to do at night anyway.

"This mission also earns merit. Killing an unranked extraordinary animal earns 1 merit point, killing an Insect Rank extraordinary animal earns 5 merit points, and killing an Ant Rank extraordinary animal earns 10 merit points.

Take it easy. Don't risk your lives too much just for merit points," Jin Sheng said with a smile when he saw that both had accepted the mission.

Yu Xian and Zhang Shou nodded. Zhang Shou patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Captain. Salty Fish and I definitely won't screw this up."

"Oh, right. Since I'm returning to the capital this time, the Silver City incident can be considered concluded. Headquarters will definitely award merit points, but they can also be exchanged for other things. Is there any reward you want? Tell me now, and I'll try to get it for you," Jin Sheng asked.

"Captain, I get one too?" Zhang Shou asked in surprise.

"Every student who took part in the rescue gets one, but they will probably receive cash bonuses, honors, and bonus points for the college entrance exam. You and Salty Fish are our own people, so your rewards will definitely be converted into merit points," Jin Sheng explained.

Zhang Shou quickly said, "I want a storage ring. Captain, can I exchange it for a storage ring?"

He had seen the prices of storage equipment in the exchange store. Even a storage pouch with only one cubic meter of space cost around 50,000 merit points. He did not think headquarters would reward them with 50,000 merit points no matter how generous they were.

So if he could exchange his merit reward for storage equipment, he would come out ahead.

"I'll ask. It shouldn't be a problem," Jin Sheng said with a nod.

After saying that, he looked at Yu Xian.

Yu Xian was silent for a moment, then said, "Storage equipment, silver, and Pangu's Blood. Can I have all of them?"

"Keep dreaming," Jin Sheng mocked.

He had joined the Qilin and saved merit points for five years, then borrowed quite a few more from Jin Dajun, before finally exchanging them for Pangu's Blood. He was still repaying Jin Dajun's "loan" now and did not even own a piece of storage equipment.

"Captain, don't reject it so quickly. It doesn't hurt to ask. If it really won't work, I can give up the silver. If that still doesn't work, I can give up the storage equipment," Yu Xian said with a smile.

Jin Sheng said helplessly, "Fine, I'll ask. But I estimate that Pangu's Blood won't be a problem. The other two might be a long shot."

He then sent both of them a document on his phone. It was filled with students' names.

Looking at them, he said, "Oh, right. These are all students from Superpower Academy. Keep an eye on them at school from time to time, but don't let them notice."

"Is there something wrong with them?" Yu Xian asked as he read through the list.

Jin Sheng looked at the list on his phone and answered, "There might not be anything wrong with them personally, but their parents are all extraordinary beings. Quite a few of them operate in the gray zone. I'm worried they'll take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble."

Simply put, these people's parents were extraordinary beings who operated in the gray areas.

Silver City had been orderly in the past, so they might not have had the nerve. But now that everything was waiting to be rebuilt, that might no longer be the case.

After Yu Xian and Zhang Shou finished reading the information in the office, they got up and returned to school.

Yu Xian looked at Zhang Shou and asked, "Don't you have a driver's license? My dad's car hasn't been sold yet, so let's work independently!"

He had spent the past several years caring for his father, who had ALS, so he had not had time to get a driver's license. Zhang Shou, on the other hand, had taken the test after receiving his ID card at sixteen.

Many laws were now different from those in ancient times, and the age for getting a driver's license was one of them.

When they returned to school, there was still half an hour before class began.

They simply stood in the hallway and watched the students downstairs. Superpower Academy uniforms were different from those of ordinary schools, so it was easy to tell which students belonged to Superpower Academy.

Blue uniforms and black uniforms now occupied opposite sides, with a clear boundary between them, as though separated by an impassable gulf.

"That student with horns, do you think he's from the dragon clan or has deer demon blood?" Zhang Shou asked Yu Xian quietly as he watched a student walking below.

"Most dragon clans live along the coast. What do you think?" Yu Xian replied calmly.

As he watched the two clearly divided groups of students below, he seemed to see a microcosm of society.

In fact, extraordinary beings and ordinary people had always stayed out of each other's affairs.

Most extraordinary beings lived in the east of the city, while most ordinary people lived in the south. Since there had been little contact between them, the Aberrant Insects had been able to infiltrate Silver City without a sound and remain undiscovered until Yu Xian's time.

Of course, the Aberrant Insects had also learned from their previous failure in Rongcheng.

This time, they had been extremely cautious.

They had avoided areas where extraordinary beings were active in all their operations. Even the homes of ordinary maids employed by extraordinary beings were selectively avoided.

That was also why Superpower Academy had been completely unaffected by this Aberrant Insect invasion.

"Look, Yu Meiren," Zhang Shou whispered at that moment.

Yu Meiren was an ability user. When she was young, she had dreamed of the divine beast Bai Ze and thereby awakened the ability Name Command Beast Taming. Many of the extraordinary animals at the school were actually her tamed beasts.

As the two watched Yu Meiren, she looked up at them, then smiled faintly and nodded in greeting before entering the teaching building.

"They say President Yu monitors the entire school. It seems that might not be just a rumor," Chen Ling said faintly from behind them.

Zhang Shou jumped in fright, shifting half a step away as he cried, "Chen Ling, are you a person or a ghost? Can't you make any sound when you walk?"

At that moment, Yu Xian noticed a gloomy-looking girl. Even in the sweltering heat, she wore a scarf wrapped around her face. It covered most of her face, leaving only a pair of lifeless eyes exposed.

Yu Xian's gaze fell on the book in her hand. It gave off a bloody scent—the smell of human blood.