Before they knew it, a faint warmth arose within their bodies. The key to awakening a superpower lay in this one chance, the first in their lives.
If they failed to awaken a power under the influence of this warmth the first time, they would never be able to awaken one. No amount of crab meat would help.
Faced with this turning point in their destinies, the two gradually stopped talking and focused entirely on sensing the warmth within them.
About fifteen minutes later, the faint warmth vanished completely.
Lu Tuyu wiped the sweat from his forehead and gave a bitter laugh. "Looks like I failed. I really can't escape a life at the bottom after all. There's no point applying for a spot in the Mysterious Zone anymore. That's that."
"What about you? Did you succeed?"
Wang Fumin was drenched in sweat too. He sensed an indistinct voice in his mind, as though he had gained some special instinct.
But perhaps out of consideration for his friend's feelings, or perhaps from an instinctive desire to keep a low profile, he answered without thinking, "No..."
"That's normal. Only one person in ten awakens an ability, after all." Lu Tuyu sighed and gave a bitter laugh. "Come on. Let's go buy some seeds."
The militia's logistics units were managed more loosely than the regular forces.
After finishing their work, many people gathered in the mess hall, chatting and shooting the breeze in small groups. After a full day's labor, they had to be given a chance to rest.
Lu Tuyu found an older man who worked in the mess hall and handed him a cigarette.
"Seeds... You want to send them home for farming? Not the high-yield ones anymore?"
"I want the kind you can save seeds from. Not hybrids."
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