Chapter 9: A historic press conference, the appearance of the superpowers, and heavy snow in July
On the TV screen.

Gongsun Minghe spent more than ten minutes briefly introducing the important provisions of the Emergency Act.

These provisions involve all aspects of ordinary people's lives, and social order will inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes.

such as:

The life of all online shopping platforms has officially entered the countdown.

Because the national supply platform "Shangtong" will replace other online shopping platforms, people can shop on this platform according to quotas.

Another example:
Programmers, once considered a high-paying profession, have been greatly affected.

Online shopping platforms have been greatly reduced, travel platforms have closed down one after another, the gaming industry has shrunk, and many programmers have lost their jobs.

At its core, the rationing system suppressed consumption, and the virtual economy was subsequently hit.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that all programmers will be eliminated, but the demand will inevitably drop significantly.

Yang Fan couldn't help but sigh: "A speck of dust from the times is like a mountain on a person's head."

Also.

The content of the "Emergency Law" truly demonstrates the country's unprecedented determination to "protect all citizens."

Gongsun Minghe clearly mentioned that an extremely large immigration project will be launched in the next ten years.

That is - relocate 220 million civilians from remote areas, select suitable areas to establish thirteen urban agglomerations, and settle the immigrants in these urban agglomerations.

Think globally.

Only such a country can accomplish this feat.

The main task of the engineering corps is precisely this super immigration project.

Yang Fan watched the press conference and felt his heart beating fast.

He held a pickled pepper chicken claw and gestured to the screen: "Cheers!"

Wait until the bill is introduced.

The press conference reached the 28th minute.

Gongsun Minghe changed the subject: "Fellow citizens, although natural disasters have brought unprecedented challenges, they have also brought unprecedented new opportunities."

Yang Fan immediately sat up straight: "Are the top management planning to arrange for a superpower to appear?"

Ever since he dreamed of Huangmao releasing his superpowers, he has guessed that Huangmao cannot be the only one with superpowers on Canglan Star, and there must be a group of people who have awakened their superpowers.

Therefore, it is only a matter of time before people with special abilities step onto the historical stage and make their public debut in front of the public.

His guess was immediately confirmed.

Gongsun Minghe said in a loud voice: "In order to meet this historic opportunity, a special army will be established - the Jiuzhou Army."

A senior official served as the master of ceremonies for the press conference: "Now, please invite the first commander of the Jiuzhou Army to come on stage and accept the flag from His Excellency Gongsun Minghe!"

"Boom! Boom!"

The dull drumbeat suddenly sounded.

An extremely burly soldier, definitely more than two meters tall, strode onto the podium and saluted Gongsun Minghe.

Yang Fan stared at the soldier who was as strong as a bear and muttered, "Did he awaken his physical ability?"

The MC continued: "You may not know that the first commander, Wu Dingtian, was only 1.8 meters tall a month ago.

"Please look at the big screen behind the rostrum and you will see the difference. The picture on the left shows what Commander Wu looked like a month ago..."

In the living room upstairs.

The family of three listened to the broadcast on the mobile phone radio and looked at each other again.

The middle-aged man couldn't help but shout, "What picture? We can't see it!"

The young son cursed in a low voice: "Damn it! Yuewan Community has been without electricity for so long and it's still not back on. I can't even watch TV!"

The middle-aged woman scolded: "Don't say bad words!"

The emcee's voice did not stop: "Next, Chief Wu will demonstrate his special abilities. Please pay attention and watch!"

The son quickly took out his phone and said, "I'll search for pictures online."

The middle-aged man urged: "Search quickly!"

The son opened the app on his phone and found that the network was extremely slow: "No, there are too many people surfing the Internet now, it's too slow."

The whole family felt as if they were being scratched by a cat and felt uncomfortable all over.

downstairs.

On the TV screen.

Commander Wu assumed a boxing stance and threw a punch forward with force.

"Snapped!"

The air exploded.

The sound is comparable to firecrackers.

"boom!"

The right sleeve suddenly burst off.

Commander Wu's right arm was revealed.

I saw that his arm had swelled up, his skin was black and gray, and the surface was quite rough, looking like rock.

Yang Fan nodded gently: "It is indeed a physical ability!"

Gongsun Minghe walked towards Chief Wu with a smile on his face.

An officer holding a flag followed Gongsun Minghe closely.

Commander Wu retracted his fist, his right arm shrank visibly, his skin color returned to normal, and then he saluted Gongsun Minghe.

The flag-raising ceremony has begun.

The MC announced loudly, "As you can see, Commander Wu is the first person with special abilities discovered by the country. He possesses extraordinary strength."

Yang Fan secretly evaluated: "Chief Wu's strength is indeed much stronger than ordinary people, but not particularly strong. At least I can kill Chief Wu using the Thunder Branch."

On the screen, Gongsun Minghe handed the flag to Chief Wu.

Chief Wu raised the flag high and waved it vigorously several times.

The MC made an advertisement by the way: "The country has a strong Kyushu Army and is confident to cope with any challenges brought by natural disasters!
"All the superpowers are welcome to join the Jiuzhou Legion. The country will provide them with very generous treatment."

Yang Fan was thoughtful: "The purpose of the official operation must be to firmly pin the title of 'first' on Chief Wu."

Because "The First Psychic on Canglan Star" is a historic honorary title, it seems that the country wants to compete for it.

He shook his head again: "It's not certain who will be number one!"

The ability to dream is a superpower, and a very remarkable one.

More than a year ago, he awakened his dream power.

Chief Wu only awakened his superpowers a month ago, so the gap is extremely huge.

However, Yang Fan does not intend to compete for the false title of "first", nor does he intend to work for the official.

After all, he has too many secrets.

If you stand under the spotlight, you will definitely be studied under a magnifying glass, and if you are not careful you may reveal your flaws.

Yang Fan muttered again: "Joining the Jiuzhou Army will inevitably lead to some highly dangerous missions. I haven't lived enough, it's better to be free."

*
the next day.

Yang Fan got up and opened the curtains, he couldn't believe his eyes.

It's snowing heavily!

The whole city was covered in silver. The houses, ground, and trees were all covered with a layer of snow, and the heavy snow was still floating in the sky.

Linjiang City in July used to be a famous furnace city, but the scene before us is clearly a cold winter.

Is this summer or winter?

It’s really off the mark!

Yang Fan cursed: "Fuck! No wonder it was a bit cold to sleep in the second half of the night. Many places in Linjiang City have not yet had electricity. Many people are going to be freezing again."

Yang Fan thought of another thing and his face changed: "I'm afraid the harvest in Sanjiang Plain is also ruined."

Hedong Province, to which Linjiang City belongs, is located in the central part of the country. The Sanjiang Plain is located in Hedong Province, covering an area of ​​more than 60,000 square kilometers. It is also one of the main grain producing areas.

Fortunately, the country implemented the emergency law in a timely manner, otherwise if various grain-producing areas had encountered natural disasters one after another, there would have been a real chaos in the country.

Yang Fan looked at the snow scene for a while and thought of his crow companions: "Oh, with such heavy snow, they probably have nowhere to find food."

He poured a bowl of rice and opened the sliding door to the balcony.

The cold air blowing in his face made him shiver uncontrollably.

Yang Fan was a little worried: "The temperature is at least minus five degrees Celsius, the crow will not be frozen to death?"

He decisively activated his spiritual language ability and checked their situation through mental connection.

He breathed a sigh of relief: "You guys are pretty smart to have found an abandoned attic to avoid the cold."

At this time.

The crows sensed their master's will and immediately expressed their needs through the link:
cold!
hungry!
Yang Fan called out without hesitation: "Come back!"

"Quack! Quack!"

The crows responded with joy.

Yang Fan entered the utility room and found an old dog kennel.

He used to have a dog at home, but the dog later passed away. The doghouse was of good quality, so it was kept in the utility room.

He also found a large heated mouse pad, placed it in the doghouse, and covered it with some old clothes.

Place the doghouse in the corner of the balcony and put a porcelain bowl filled with rice into the doghouse.

Finally, take out the Thunder Branch, connect the wire across the balcony, and power the mouse pad.

A "bird house" with built-in "floor heating" function has been officially completed.

soon.

A quack sound came from the balcony.

The crows are coming.

Yang Fan greeted his younger brothers through the sliding door.

The crows went into the warm birdhouse and enjoyed their breakfast happily.

Feedback came through the mental link and the crows were very satisfied.

Yang Fan smiled, took out an electric heater, connected it to the power source, and sat next to the heater to eat breakfast.

For breakfast, I bought some steamed buns yesterday. They were still steaming when I took them out of the Space Pearl, just like they had just come out of the oven.

Anyway, it was freezing outside and he was too lazy to go out, so he planned to stay at home all day playing games and watching movies.

This is the wonderful use of strange objects.

Others were freezing at home and had to shiver to keep warm.

But he was sitting at home, leaning against the fire, browsing his phone comfortably.

however.

After a while.

Yang Fan gave up his plan to stay at home.

When he trained his spiritual language ability and communicated with his six crow companions, he accidentally saw some interesting images from their memories:

A wild dog with red eyes ran a few meters and then jumped up, crossing a river more than ten meters wide and dashing into a forest on the opposite bank.

Yang Fan took just one look and immediately couldn't sit still anymore.

What the hell!

Has this wild dog ever practiced long jump?

(End of this chapter)