Chapter 80

Chapter 80

Though they could feel the warm flow of energy, their psychic powers hadn’t awakened yet.

The first special forces member, Xu Sai, turned to Kitty Snowball and asked, “Hey Kitty Snowball, what kind of psychic power do I have? And how do I awaken it?”

The other three also turned to Qi Mo with hopeful eyes.

No choice—it wasn’t like they could understand cat language. Only the kitty’s dad could translate for them.

Hearing this, Qi Mo glanced at the lazy second-born, who hadn’t budged, just slowly swishing his little tail. He braced himself and asked, “Qiu Qiu, do you know how to awaken psychic power?”

“Meow, meow…” came Snowball’s voice from behind.

He couldn’t awaken psychic power in others—that was a divine blessing, something only a divine envoy could do.

His big brother had already mastered the rules and become the lowest-ranked minor deity, capable of appointing divine envoys, but he refused to let Qiu Qiu be one.

Snowball knew his brother wanted him to master the rules on his own, but was that something an ordinary person could pull off?

He died before ever succeeding.

Still, he did know how to trigger a psychic blessing.

After hearing Snowball, Qi Mo glanced at the sleepy second-born, who was half-asleep with his eyes squinted shut.

He cleared his throat and said, “The little one says we should all beat him up. If once doesn’t cut it, try twice. If that still doesn’t work, go for three. Keep at it, and he’ll definitely awaken.”

Right away, Huang Ming and the other two special forces members who hadn’t received the blessing clenched their fists, grinning.

“Let’s drag him out and beat him up!” Huang Ming laughed loudly.

If they got a water-type psychic, he’d be thrilled. Even though the town had some water reserves, it was just a drop in the bucket. The government was struggling—forget about helping the villagers.

Xu Sai got dragged into the yard first.

With the sun blazing down, Qi Mo stood by the door watching how things would unfold.

The chubby baby hung onto his dad’s neck, curiously watching the crowd in his home—it looked like they were about to fight.

Qi Mo grabbed a jug of water and said, “Drink up. Don’t pass out from the heat.”

Huang Ming laughed. “Good call! Drink first, then beat him.”

The six of them drained the jug fast.

The chubby baby, clutching his milk bottle, couldn’t resist joining in.

Once they finished drinking, Huang Ming turned to the others and said, “Alright, today we can beat Xu Sai up openly!”

At that, all five charged at Xu Sai.

They really fought—no holding back.

Every hit connected hard…

Qi Mo shot a worried glance at the little Snowball perched on his shoulder—Qiu Qiu, that lazy sleepyhead, had run off again.

Little Snowball meowed in response to Daddy’s words.

No worries, the kid can heal. With all the beatings he takes, if he hadn’t picked up some healing skills, he’d be a wreck by now—wait, no—the kid’s not even born yet, so crippling’s off the table.

Hearing Snowball chatter on like that, Qi Mo relaxed quite a bit.

Just don’t let anyone die in his house, and we’re good.

“Uh, you guys can hit harder. If anyone gets hurt, the kid says he can heal,” Qi Mo called out.

Upon hearing this, Xu Sai mentally screamed—Are you *trying* to kill me?!

Two guys? He was toast. Three? Pure punching bag. Five? Forget fighting back—he was just a human piñata…

While dodging, Xu Sai tripped, and instantly everyone rushed over to kick him. Qi Mo *did* say they could heal, so why hold back?

One of the guys got a little too into it and without thinking, went full-on for a crotch kick.

Seeing how fast and brutal the kick was, Xu Sai couldn't help but think this guy had it out for him—the girl he liked was all over Xu Sai instead of him.

In that split second, as danger loomed, something inside Xu Sai just *clicked*. Dirt *exploded* around him, burying him in an instant.

The group ganging up on him stared wide-eyed. “It worked! It worked! It’s real—dirt powers! Hell yeah!”

“No way! It actually worked!” Huang Ming shouted, practically bouncing with excitement before barking at the others, “You two—get your act together! I need one of you to pull water powers already!”

Sure, dirt was great for defense, but right now they were *dying* for water.

Snowball the cat watched as the guy *literally* buried himself while the others just stood there cheering, yowling in alarm.

Hearing that, Qi Mo snapped into action. “Stop standing around celebrating! Xu Sai buried himself—if you don’t dig him out now, he’s gonna suffocate!”

Huang Ming and the others finally came to their senses. “Why doesn’t he just climb out?”

“He’s still figuring it out,” Qi Mo replied.

In seconds, everyone scrambled to grab branches and start digging.

Qi Mo ran back inside, made a show of hesitating for a moment, then came out holding a shovel and a hoe.

With proper tools, they quickly dug out Xu Sai, who was turning beet-red from lack of oxygen.

“You gotta practice more. Leave a breathing hole next time—unless you’re into suffocation,” Qi Mo told the gasping man.

Xu Sai nodded. “Thanks, I’ll remember.”

The next guy had *zero* luck. After ten minutes of getting his butt kicked, nothing happened.

Huang Ming called a stop. “Let’s try again later.”

Then came the third. After five solid minutes of getting pummeled, there was a sudden *BOOM*—okay, not *actually*, but everyone mentally added the sound.

Fire—flames *whooshed* to life around him—

Huang Ming and the rest jumped back in shock.

“Get water! Save the house! And *him*!” Huang Ming roared, sprinting toward the water storage. Qi Mo’s shade net went up in flames instantly.

Qi Mo was startled: "It's on fire, it's on fire!"

"I'll go upstairs to untie it." Qi Mo started running toward the stairs when Kitty Snowball let out a meow and conjured a small dark cloud with her tiny paws.

The little pitch-black cloud was pushed outward by Snowball.

Originally no bigger than a baby’s palm, the dark cloud instantly expanded as it moved…

Growing from the size of a baby’s palm to about one square meter.

The black cloud quickly floated above the burning shade net, then a drizzle began to fall.

Soon, the fire on the shade net was extinguished by the raindrops.

The flames caused by the awakened psychic power were also put out, though the burnt clothes couldn’t be restored—now full of holes, looking rather comical. The person was covered in soot but seemed unharmed.

"It's raining, it's raining! My god, this is amazing!" Huang Ming shouted excitedly, the others equally thrilled.

Only Qi Mo thought, *My little one can make rain too.*

Is this water-based psychic power?

Wait—psychic power is psychic power, but this is a rain cloud. Does that count as psychic power?

Seeing how overjoyed everyone looked, Qi Mo brought them back to reality: "It’s only raining right here, in this one spot."

At his words, Huang Ming and the others finally noticed.

Outside the shade net, the sun blazed high, and only above the burnt section of the net hovered a small black cloud—the source of the rain.

Huang Ming stared at the little black cloud, itching to take it back to headquarters immediately.

The rain wasn’t heavy, but it was continuous!

"Qi Mo, can we get one of these clouds?" Huang Ming asked.

"Qi Mo, I like this little cloud too," someone added.

Looking at Kitty Snowball, Qi Mo asked, "Can Snowball make another cloud?"

With a meow, Kitty Snowball told her owner that this cloud would last only a day before dissipating.

Qi Mo repeated, "It’ll disappear in a day."

Huang Ming replied, "Even one day is great! No complaints here."

Nobody’s complaining about rain these days!

Qi Mo sighed helplessly. "Alright then, you can have this one."

Huang Ming grinned.

"I’ll bring Snowball candy tomorrow," he promised as a reward.

With that settled, they turned to the last unawakened member.

Beaten bruised and battered, this guy suddenly retaliated—he summoned icicles in a flash and fired them in every direction.

The icicles stopped mid-air the moment they were about to hit anyone.

The five were drenched in cold sweat, nearly dying. Huang Ming stared at the icicle less than three centimeters from his eyes—awakening psychic abilities really was risky!

Qi Mo looked at the immobilized icicles and immediately brightened.

He ran home and came back with a bucket.

"Hurry, help gather the ice into the bucket!" Qi Mo called out.

Immediately, everyone began collecting the frozen icicles one by one until the bucket was full to the brim.

They carried the ice into Qi Mo’s house.

Huang Ming and the others grabbed an icicle and stuck it in their mouths—it was icy cold, just like old-fashioned popsicles, delicious.

"Qi Mo, we’ll head back now. I’ll bring more people tomorrow," Huang Ming said.

Qi Mo nodded. "Mm, stay safe."

At first, Huang Ming didn’t feel anything strange, but as soon as he and his group walked out of Qi Mo's house, they were quickly surrounded—because there was a small dark cloud above their heads raining down.

Huang Ming explained that it was his awakened psychic ability. The villagers happily collected the water with buckets, but he needed to return to the police station now.

Qi Mo closed the door, watching the small dark cloud fade away, somewhat reluctantly.

It wasn't about the water—the small cloud was indeed cute. It had no physical form, visible yet untouchable.

Poking his chubby baby’s plump little bottom, Qi Mo looked at the kitty, who turned around with wide eyes: "Snowball, can you make another tiny cloud?"

The usually motionless golden cat finally moved after Qi Huai acted, shifting its little rear and creating three new psychic followers.

This pleased Huo Liangzhou, who returned to find a hole torn in the shade net—at least things were finally moving forward.

Bai Bin and Chou Yun finished writing Qi Huai’s investigation report along with Huo Liangzhou’s notes and sent them to the capital.

Afterward, Bai Bin and Chou Yun decided to go to Yuncheng—they also needed to meet the godling or divine child Huo Liangzhou mentioned.

If it were true, then they wouldn’t have to worry too much about Qi Huai undermining Daxia.

Chen Xia heard sounds of fighting from the neighboring yard today, though it seemed more like sparring. Sometimes Qi Mo would even shout “good!”—so everything was probably fine.

But soon she heard loud raindrops. Chen Xia rushed to the window, but saw nothing—only bright sunshine.

Not long after, her son came running, shouting about a little dark cloud and rain...

Kitty Snowball couldn’t resist his daddy’s hopeful gaze. In Daddy’s eyes, the baby was adorably cute—and in the baby’s eyes, Daddy was super-duper adorable.

Extending a tiny paw, Snowball created an even tinier cloud, about the size of a teacup opening.

Then, a light drizzle began to fall.

Qi Mo floated the tiny cloud above the table, then took a small fish from his storage and placed it into a fishbowl beneath the cloud. Raindrops dripped into the bowl as the fish swam happily inside.

Qi Mo and Chubby Baby watched closely, completely captivated…