After leaving the Administration Bureau, Qin Siyang took a detour to the warehouse where Qian Wendao's nephew was being held.
He opened the door and breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of the skinny young man, still securely bound.
He had been a little worried that the man might die in the warehouse, leaving him unable to explain it to Qian Wendao.
"Mmph?!"
The skinny young man was blindfolded and had no idea that Qin Siyang had arrived. A rag stuffed in his mouth kept him from shouting.
Qin Siyang walked over, removed his blindfold, and pulled the rag out of his mouth.
"Your uncle's on the phone."
With that, he held the phone to the skinny young man's ear.
"Uncle! Uncle! It's me!"
The skinny young man had gone hungry for two days, but when he heard Qian Wendao's voice, his cries for help still rang out loud and strong.
Qin Siyang marveled inwardly. Sequence Ability Users really were far tougher than ordinary people.
"Uncle, what did you say?! Give him the phone? And everything in my backpack, too? My Sequence Potion is in there! Uncle, you... yes, yes, I understand."
The skinny young man, who had been so agitated a moment ago, suddenly wilted like a frostbitten plant, all the fight draining out of him.
Meanwhile, Qian Wendao's furious scolding came through from the other end of the line.
After silently listening to Qian Wendao berate him for several minutes, he told Qin Siyang, "My uncle wants to talk to you."
"Hello, Section Chief Qian."
"All right. He's fine. Just let him go."
"No problem. See you around, Section Chief Qian."
"Mm."
Qin Siyang hung up and cut the ropes binding the skinny young man.
Seeing the skinny young man's fingers twitch, Qin Siyang gave him a friendly warning. "You'd better not use [Steal] to take anything from my pockets. Your uncle should have told you not to cause any more trouble."
"If you stir up anything else, sorting it out will cost extra. Understand?"
At Qin Siyang's words, the skinny young man clenched his teeth and lowered his head without a word.
Once Qin Siyang confirmed that the skinny young man could move freely, he turned and left.
Qin Siyang offered him no parting pleasantries. Even another glance at an idiot like that felt like bad luck. Out of sight, out of mind was best.
Qin Siyang headed home, only remembering when he reached his door that his house had burned down. His status was now [Homeless].
With no other choice, he went back to the warehouse beside the Wang Defa Internet Café.
This time, Wang Defa sat behind the counter and did not even come out. He merely gave Qin Siyang a resigned nod, then watched him slip into his warehouse.
Wang Defa pursed his lips and muttered, "That's my warehouse!"
After entering the warehouse, Qin Siyang immediately opened [Godslayer Camp], logged into his account, and changed his password.
Then he entered the [Sequence Ability User Information] section and browsed the information there.
"Zhou Xing, director of the education division in Area No. 14121. This must be Zhou Yang's uncle. His awakened sequence is... [Soft Body]?!"
Qin Siyang was puzzled. "What kind of sequence is that? How come I've never heard of it?"
He looked it up.
"The skill [Soften] allows the user to make their body soft for five minutes."
"What a garbage sequence... no wonder Zhou Yang barely gets any special treatment from the Education Bureau even though his uncle awakened a sequence. Turns out he's a useless Sequence Ability User."
People who awakened sequence abilities on the outskirts of the safe zone often had useless sequences like Zhou Xing's.
Still, the physical enhancement granted by his sequence ability made Zhou Xing far stronger than ordinary people, so he did receive some preferential treatment.
Qin Siyang looked up the other people he knew.
"Roylena, second-class officer at the Police Bureau. Sequence: [Scent Seeker]. Sure enough, it's the sequence she fabricated."
"Qian Wendao, section chief at the Administration Bureau in Area No. 14121. Sequence: [Mimicry]. Skill: [Liquefy]. Allows the user to dissolve their body into water for ten minutes."
"This [Water Source] sequence seems pretty interesting. Shame the information panel here only shows skills at sequence level one. I searched the forum, too, but couldn't find any skills for the other sequence levels of [Mimicry]. Pretty mysterious."
Qian Wendao's sequence was relatively rare, and Qin Siyang had been unable to find many posts about it. That sequence was probably a major factor in his appointment as section chief.
Even if Administration Bureau officials did not need to hunt gods outside the safe zone, a section chief with the [Mimicry] sequence certainly sounded more respectable than one with the [Soft Body] sequence.
Qin Siyang looked up Olof's sequence next.
"Olof, first-class detective at the Police Bureau in Area No. 14121, transferred out six months ago. Sequence... [Libra]. Skills classified."
This was also Qin Siyang's first time encountering the [Libra] sequence.
He spent ages searching [Godslayer Camp] again, but found no information at all.
All he could find were a few exclusive Qiuqiu chat groups posted by [Libra] Sequence Ability Users.
Qin Siyang immediately registered a Qiuqiu account, planning to infiltrate a [Libra] group and see what he could learn. At the very least, he wanted to find out what Olof's skills actually were.
However, when he searched for the group number, its name immediately put him off.
[Long East Safe Zone Administration Bureau, Police Bureau, and Court Staff Discussion Group]
Then Qin Siyang reconsidered. The network login address of the computer he was using was completely hidden, so what was there to worry about? He could join, look through the relevant materials in the group, and leave. No one would know who he was!
He clicked the button to join the group, and another dialog box popped up:
[Verification question: What is your Administration Bureau, Police Bureau, or Court ID number?]
Qin Siyang shook his head and had no choice but to give up.
"Looks like this [Libra] sequence is exclusive to public officials."
The matter of Olof hung over Qin Siyang's head like a dark cloud, weighing heavily on him.
But oppressive as it was, if he wanted to attend university and receive the education reserved for Sequence Users, he had to register his sequence identity with the Administration Bureau within six months. He would probably have to face Olof sooner or later.
"Let's leave it at that. Today isn't even over yet. No need to worry too much about tomorrow."
He deleted his browsing history, opened a few adult websites, and fast-forwarded through them for a while. Only after leaving dozens of entries in his browsing history did he lie down on the floor again, ready to sleep.
"I haven't showered in two days. Tomorrow, I'll go to school and rinse off in the restroom when no one's around."
"But if a teacher making the rounds catches me, I'll probably get another earful about not studying properly and sneaking off to shower during class."
Lying on the floor, Qin Siyang stared at the dusty warehouse ceiling and continued thinking through his plans for tomorrow.
"From what I saw on [Godslayer Camp], when a student awakens a sequence ability, the Administration Bureau notifies their school so they won't miss the sequence ability assessment after the Gaokao."
"So my dear principal should already know that I've awakened a sequence."
"If that's the case, it looks like tomorrow I can do whatever I want?"
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