217: That look in his eyes was pure worship.

Luo Sen shook his head, "Rely on the power of The Authorities? They'd rather rely on my power. Barrier City has just suffered heavy losses and is in complete chaos, already overwhelmed with its own problems."

"Besides, even if we rely on them temporarily, we can't rely on them forever. We still have to depend on ourselves. Alright, go quickly and gather everyone. I have something important to do."

"Right away." Gu Jie didn't know what Luo Sen was planning, but he was sure it was to protect our Residential Area. He immediately made a call to have people summoned.

After that, the two of them went to the recreation room. Inside, several youths were doing morning exercises. Luo Sen then began, having the youths line up one by one to inject them with crystal core power, then waiting for the rest.

The youths didn't understand, "Brother Sen, what are you doing?"

Gu Jie roughly guessed, "Brother Sen, are you checking if everyone can awaken a Supernatural Ability?"

So he had a chance too?

Luo Sen was injecting crystal core power into one person who had just entered when suddenly there was movement behind him. One of the youths was awakening a Strength Ability ability. Most Supernatural Ability awakenings were Strength Ability; rare and extremely valuable ones like Jian Bing's Fire-type, Song Yuan's Water-type, and Ma Bufan's Earth-dodge were uncommon.

In this aspect, humans were inferior to Zombie Beasts. Zombie Beasts that turned into zombies first gained astonishing strength, and their other abilities instantly rose to incredible levels.

But weak humans had an extremely small chance of awakening, and even if they awakened, they couldn't become very strong in a short time. Without continuously absorbing crystal core power, they wouldn't advance; without advancing, they wouldn't become powerful. It was too difficult.

But they were lucky. Yunshu Mountain Villa had four different Supernatural Ability awakeners. If the Residential Area could awaken two or three more, it would be stable. Now there was already one Strength Ability; hopefully, one or two more could awaken among the remaining people.

"Zhou Zhi has awakened, hahaha, that's great."

"That's wonderful, so magical. I feel like I have endless strength in my whole body." Zhou Zhi was incomparably excited.

"Ah Zhi, congratulations." The other children were extremely envious.

"Thank you, thank you. With this power, I can better protect the Residential Area and everyone in the future." Zhou Zhi was beaming with joy, patting his chest and making a firm promise.

"Ahhh, I want to awaken too. Heaven bless me, I must awaken. Ancestors, quickly show your power." The youths were all envious.

Luo Sen: "---"

Seeing everyone else surrounding Zhou Zhi with envy and various pleas, he had to do some ideological work first, "Everyone, keep a normal mindset. Awakening is lucky; not awakening is normal. Don't lose heart; you should train even harder in martial arts."

"Yes, Brother Sen!" With that said, everyone felt less burdened. As long as Sister Nan and Brother Sen didn't look down on them, it was fine.

They were originally ordinary people, and this was a mortal world, not a cultivation world from novels. Brother Sen was absolutely right—not awakening was normal.

But whether they could awaken or not, improving their skills was the key!

The excited atmosphere in the room finally calmed down. The remaining people lined up one by one to receive the injection of crystal core power. Many hadn't seen a crystal core before. Gu Jie explained to everyone on the side. He himself couldn't believe it, looking at the large bag of crystal-clear, sparkling green crystal cores in front of Luo Sen.

This quantity, this quality, this size—God, how many zombies and Zombie Beasts had Brother Sen killed?

Gu Jie and his five subordinates looked at Luo Sen in awe, their eyes filled with pure admiration, hotter than when looking at a woman they liked.

On the side, the awakened Zhou Zhi was even more thrilled, so excited he didn't know where to put his hands. Even now, he couldn't believe it—an ordinary person like him had actually awakened a Supernatural Ability.

Suddenly, he burst into tears with a "Waaah," "If my parents and younger brother were still alive, how happy they'd be to see me awaken a Supernatural Ability—waaah—"

"So noisy, shut up!" Luo Sen was annoyed by his noise.

"Then I'll go outside to cry." The little fellow really ran outside and cried loudly.

Everyone: "---"

He was that excited, but if they could awaken too, they'd probably act the same way.

Soon, everyone had been injected with crystal core power. The last one was Gu Jie. He looked excitedly at his hands, his emotions surging. Having lived over forty years and seen many big scenes, he now instantly turned into an excited young man.

For many years, his mood hadn't fluctuated so violently like stormy waves. Never!

He prayed to heaven to bless him with awakening a Supernatural Ability—anything was fine, as long as it was a Supernatural Ability. That way, he could have stronger power to protect himself and his two children—looking up, he saw Luo Sen staring straight at him, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Luo Sen glanced at the others, "Why didn't your two daughters come? Anyone could awaken a Supernatural Ability."

"But they're 13 and 11 years old. Can they awaken at such a young age?" Gu Jie asked.

Luo Sen kicked him, "Go call them quickly."

"Hahaha, alright." Gu Jie was actually happy, bringing his two daughters at the fastest speed.

Without a word, Luo Sen crushed two crystal cores and injected them into the two children from a distance. Finished, he glanced at the dozen or so people who showed no movement after half an hour, then turned his gaze to Gu Jie's five subordinates.

He had just walked up to the five when a force from behind almost knocked him flying. Turning around in surprise, he saw it was the oldest, Gu Jie, who had awakened the second Strength Ability ability.

Having achieved his wish, Gu Jie, a man in his forties, cried on the spot from excitement, "That's great."

"Don't move, stabilize your power first." Luo Sen quickly walked over to teach Gu Jie how to control his power.

The five subordinates were so envious, "Woo-hoo, boss has awakened, boss has awakened, hahaha~"

Luo Sen raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

At that moment, a wave of heat suddenly appeared in the area. Luo Sen turned around in surprise, "Fire-type Supernatural Ability!"

Another youth in the crowd, Wang Zhan, had awakened a Fire-type Supernatural Ability, awkwardly waving his flaming hands. Luo Sen was overjoyed, "Calm down, follow me and do this—"

"I'll handle this." Jian Bing arrived, taking over from Luo Sen to teach Wang Zhan how to control and use the Fire-type Supernatural Ability.

"Yeah, our Residential Area has awakened three, three!" Those who hadn't awakened cheered along.

"Hmm, worth celebrating." Luo Sen hadn't expected it either.

"Ahhh, Brother Sen, quickly check, is this a Supernatural Ability?" In the midst of the joy, Luo Sen was suddenly called by Mao Xin, whose palms started heating up, his body feeling warm, as if something was about to burst out.

Luo Sen looked and quickly pulled Mao Xin away from the crowd, placing him in a corner of the room, "It's Strength Ability."

Mao Xin himself was quite calm, laughing heartily, "Who would have thought, at my age, I could awaken too."

"Say that again, kid?" Gu Jie provocatively glanced at Mao Xin with an expression that said, "I'll beat you to death."

Mao Xin laughed, "Hahaha, sorry Brother Gu, I wasn't talking about you, just myself."

Gu Jie: "Get lost!"

"Hahaha—" Everyone else laughed along.

"What did I miss?" A slender figure appeared at the door.