Doomsday Special Affairs Office

Jiang Yu was utterly bewildered and stared blankly at Sheng An.

Sheng An said, "Your time is precious, but mine is even more precious. You've already wasted twelve minutes."

She felt a little exasperated.

Didn't this girl know the apocalypse was only twenty-one days away?

Why was she still wasting time trading insults?

Was watching a scumbag make a spectacle of himself really that entertaining?

Jiang Yu was still bewildered.

Sheng An asked, "What? Not satisfied? Want to get rid of him outright?"

She thought about it, then nodded. "Decisive. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. That works too. Then let's-"

Jiang Yu hurriedly interrupted her. "Wait!"

She shook her head. "No, we can't let him die just like that. He has to live for another twenty-one days."

In her previous life, everyone had said dying before the apocalypse was a blessing.

She refused to let Yu Litian and Chen Jiaojiao die so easily!

Otherwise, whenever she woke from dreams in the dead of night and remembered how they had tortured her without her returning the favor, she would be sick with frustration.

Sheng An's face said: she didn't understand, but she respected it.

She waved a hand. "Suit yourself. As long as you cooperate with the state, you can do what you like with harmless little matters like this."

Her tone was downright indulgent.

Yu Litian was baffled by what he heard, but only when two plainclothes officers cuffed him did he suddenly realize-

These people were no ordinary people!

Especially the woman who had ordered his arrest.

Yu Litian struggled. "Wait, what are you doing? What right do you have to arrest me?!"

Sheng An didn't bother wasting words. She waved a hand, and the two plainclothes officers dragged him out like a dead dog.

Outside, a woman's startled cries rang out:

"Litian! What's wrong? Why are you arresting Litian?!"

Jiang Yu gritted her teeth. "Chen Jiaojiao!"

As soon as she spoke, a woman rushed over and threw herself at Yu Litian in the doorway.

She turned her head. "Jiang Yu! Why did you have Litian arrested? You-"

Sheng An interrupted her. "Oh, there's another one."

Her expression remained calm, her tone devoid of emotion. "Yu Litian, did Chen Jiaojiao tell you to steal the bracelet?"

Yu Litian had only just opened his mouth when Sheng An stepped up to him and viciously bent his hand back.

"Aah-"

"Did she?"

"It hurts-ah, yes, yes, yes! Jiaojiao told me to-"

Sheng An released his hand, her face still expressionless. "An accomplice. Take her too."

At her words, another plainclothes officer restrained Chen Jiaojiao.

The three officers dragged the pair out.

Soon, their cries grew more and more distant.

A siren sounded, and the police car drove away. Yu Litian and Chen Jiaojiao could no longer be heard.

Jiang Yu was utterly bewildered.

What just happened?

Less than a minute had passed between Chen Jiaojiao's arrival and her being dragged away...

"Resolve the problem sensibly within the law. It's that simple. Did calling the police never occur to you?" Sheng An glanced at her.

Jiang Yu fell silent.

It really hadn't.

Jiang Yu looked conflicted. "But the apocalypse is almost here. Putting them in jail won't do any good..."

Sheng An sighed. "Silly girl, the apocalypse is almost here, so the state will tell people to stock up. How are they supposed to stock up in a detention center? Twenty-one days from now, won't they fall right into your hands, without money or food?"

She was thoroughly exasperated.

With Jiang Yu's temperament, even being reborn and possessing a storage space wouldn't help her accomplish much beyond taking revenge on Yu Litian...

So was that why "Shi Xiao" ended up retiring into seclusion with the male lead to live happily ever after?

Sheng An tried to understand.

Jiang Yu's eyes instantly lit up.

Hao Jingye nodded in agreement. "If you want revenge, don't give them twenty-one carefree days. Don't worry about the detention center. I'll put in a word and have them properly 'looked after.'"

Sheng An tried to understand, and then-

She still couldn't understand.

She spread her hands. "I think getting rid of them outright would save trouble, but if you insist on keeping them alive, I'll respect that."

Her face still said: she didn't understand, but she respected it.

Jiang Yu fell silent.

Didn't she just say we had to stay within the law?

This really was the best possible outcome for now.

Jiang Yu had always wanted to wait until the apocalypse to torture them, but letting them run around freely for the twenty-one days before it arrived was sickening too.

Sending them to suffer in a detention center first, where she wouldn't have to see them, couldn't have been better.

She could spend these twenty-one days stocking up in peace.

At that thought, Jiang Yu looked at Sheng An with sparkling eyes.

Sheng An patted her head as if petting a cat-

"Good girl. Now that you've joined the state, Sister Sheng will have your back, and the state will protect you. Just serve your country properly and don't tax that little brain of yours too much."

Mostly because she didn't seem particularly bright.

Jiang Yu nodded firmly and answered loudly, "Yes, Sister Sheng!"

She had complete faith in Sheng An now.

Even if Sheng An wasn't necessarily older than her, the sisterly respect in her voice was entirely sincere.

Sheng An's lips curved into a smile. "Come on. Let's get you checked in at the Special Affairs Office."

Jiang Yu's eyes lit up, and she nodded emphatically.

Once she checked in, would they fill her storage space with supplies?

Jiang Yu rubbed her hands together eagerly.

Sheng An was very satisfied with her cooperation.

Jiang Yu, a "chosen heroine" whose head was far too full of romance, had officially joined them.

On the drive back, Hao Jingye told Jiang Yu everything he was allowed to share.

Jiang Yu had long known the apocalypse was coming, but she was still shocked by the turbulence beneath the calm surface.

Thinking of the other four "Aberrants"...

Jiang Yu marveled, "I thought I was the most special one. I never imagined there were other people who'd been reborn, or Superpower People. The apocalypse hasn't even arrived, yet Superpower People already exist."

That had definitely never happened in her previous life.

Sheng An tapped her fingers against the steering wheel, her gaze deep as she murmured, "Yes. So many people reborn, so many Superpower People appearing..."

One could have been a coincidence.

This many definitely wasn't.

And she didn't believe in coincidences.

Hao Jingye felt a weight in his heart. "It keeps making me uneasy. One chosen one would be normal enough, but this many... Superpower People can still be explained, since the meteorites are approaching. But rebirth?"

Jiang Yu shook her head. She couldn't understand it.

Still, she felt a little disappointed.

She had thought she was the chosen one. Now, it seemed she was merely one of many.

Oh, and a chosen one who had to answer to someone, at that.

Jiang Yu stole a glance at Sheng An.

As though something had occurred to her, she asked curiously, "By the way, are the other four Aberrants under your command too?"

Hao Jingye shook his head. "No."

"The Doomsday Special Affairs Office is divided into two groups. Sister Sheng heads Group B, while the other group is led by a Superpower Person... Qiu Yu. The remaining three Aberrants are all under Qiu Yu. The two groups must cooperate to fight the apocalypse together, but they operate separately without interfering with each other."

"Qiu Yu?" Jiang Yu asked curiously.

Hao Jingye glanced at Sheng An. Seeing no reaction from her, he knew he could tell Jiang Yu about this.

"Qiu Yu is one of the Aberrants. She was also originally in charge of the Doomsday Special Affairs Office, but both she and her direct superior, Elder Li, are rather radical. The higher-ups didn't dare put the entire department under their control, fearing the Aberrants might get out of hand. So they put Sister Sheng in charge of Group B, hoping she could keep Group A in check."

After a pause, Hao Jingye added, "Of course, Group A also wants to keep Group B in check."

Jiang Yu felt a headache coming on.

She was more concerned about something else. "What's Qiu Yu's ability?"

Hao Jingye took a deep breath and said slowly, "Puppet. An ability that lets her control other people."

Jiang Yu sucked in a sharp breath.

Her voice rose almost instinctively. "With such a special ability, can Sister Sheng keep her in check?"

Hao Jingye huffed. "You don't know this, but Sister Sheng and Qiu Yu both came from Team 0. Before their falling-out, Sister Sheng always had the upper hand over Qiu Yu. Even after they fell out, Qiu Yu never once beat Sister Sheng on a mission."

"Besides, Qiu Yu merely awakened her ability early. Do you really think someone like Sister Sheng won't have an ability after the apocalypse?"

Hao Jingye rubbed his chin and said eagerly, "I'm pretty curious whether I'll get an ability, and what it'll be."

Jiang Yu asked curiously, "A falling-out? Were they close before?"

Hao Jingye thought for a moment before answering uncertainly, "I think so. They both came from Team 0, and Team 0 has always worked in perfect sync. Every member could entrust their life to the others."

Sheng An said nothing. She was thinking of the past.

Her memories instantly carried her back several years.

Both she and Qiu Yu had been raised by the state and put through special training from a very young age. They were also the only two women to become members of Team 0.

Unlike Sheng An, who was always rational and restrained, Qiu Yu had been outwardly cold but warmhearted since childhood.

For years, she had washed and mended Sheng An's clothes, secretly made her late-night meals, and saved any good food she found outside to bring back for her, like a devoted little wife...

Of course, that was all in the past.

Jiang Yu looked eager for gossip. "Don't tell me you fell for the same man? Betrayal, tangled love and hate?"

Sheng An glanced at her in the rearview mirror, speechless. "Could you put something other than romance in that head of yours?"

Her expression remained calm as she spoke flatly under Hao Jingye's equally inquisitive gaze:

"It was because of a mission."

With that, Sheng An stopped talking.

Hao Jingye withdrew his curious gaze. Sister Sheng's expression made it clear she didn't want to say any more.

Jiang Yu wanted to ask more, but for some reason, looking at Sheng An's profile, she didn't dare speak.

Instead, she asked Hao Jingye, "Didn't they want Sister Sheng to keep Qiu Yu in check? Why did they assign all the other Aberrants to Qiu Yu? Was it because of her ability?"

Jiang Yu was a little unhappy.

Hao Jingye, however, smiled and pushed up his glasses. "Are you kidding? Would Sister Sheng concede like that? Naturally, there's another reason."

Jiang Yu leaned forward, curious. "What is it?"