Chapter 266 The First Wish Soul 5200

"Taking leave is no problem, but what do you want to do?"

Su Zhou was a master of strength, not a capitalist. He wasn't the kind of person who felt like he was losing out on some huge benefit by approving his subordinate's leave. So, he naturally approved Tang Yuan's reasonable request directly.

He signed the application form in large, bold strokes, granting it. Su Zhou watched Tang Yuan with interest, or rather, the power of wishes on Tang Yuan. That fixed gaze made the other man feel a little creeped out. "That look...it's almost the same as Captain Su Zhou's when he's eating in the cafeteria..."

Slightly calming himself, Tang Yuan explained, "A kid I know has a parent-teacher conference today because kindergarten is letting out for summer vacation. She… doesn't have parents, and her grandma isn't feeling well, so I was planning to go and support her so the other kids don't make fun of her."

"That's a good thing! Where is it? Will you make it in time? Do you want me to apply for a teleportation array?"

Su Zhou naturally supported this kind of thing wholeheartedly. He took out his phone, checked the time, and then frowned. "June 6, 2016, 12:34 PM… Summer vacation starts this early?"

Speaking of this, Su Zhou also remembered that Tang Yuan seemed to be from the Tang family of Hengcheng. He had been released from prison just over a year ago after being falsely accused of murder. As for why it was a false accusation, Su Zhou's supernatural powers weren't just for show. The resentment on Tang Yuan was so faint it was almost nonexistent. What little there was probably existed only because he bore the Tang surname.

In any case, it seemed he hadn't had time to meet anyone else? At most, he was somewhat familiar with Jin Qiong, Shao Qiming, and others in Su Zhou's squad. When did he meet a little girl?

"I'll make it, I'll make it. It's the affiliated kindergarten of the Tiandu Security Bureau's hospital, in the northern part of Tiandu." Faced with Su Zhou's enthusiasm, Tang Yuan was naturally very grateful. The young man, with a face as pale as a ghost, revealed a rare smile, "As for summer vacation being so early, it's probably because the 'Heart Demon Sickness' has started to spread again… Those lunatics are spreading these things everywhere. Even though Tiandu hasn't shown any symptoms of infection yet because of its tight defenses, you still have to be careful."

"That's right, those mysterious organizations have been especially active lately…"

Hearing this, Su Zhou clicked his tongue. Since the opening of the spacetime gate, the various mysterious organizations that had been dormant, and even some small-scale illegal superhumans, had become active, trying to find opportunities to go to other realms.

To this end, they were creating riots all over the world, trying to throw the major organizations controlling the spacetime gate into disarray to give themselves an opportunity.

"When I can free up some time, I'll wipe them all out."

Making up his mind, Su Zhou turned his head and said directly to Tang Yuan, "Then I'll go with you."

"Huh?"

Having his leader personally accompany him after asking for leave was a privilege not everyone could have. Tang Yuan's expression naturally stiffened. "That's not good, Captain Su. Aren't you still preparing to officially break through to the Commander level…"

"I just broke through. It's fine. I'm mainly interested in the power of wishes on you. I want to observe your daily life."

Su Zhou had always been straightforward and didn't bother lying. Besides, he never cared if others could understand him or not. "If you really need it, I can approve a little more leave."

Although he didn't understand what the power of wishes was, Tang Yuan understood ‘approve a little more leave.’ Immediately, he had no other objections.

The two then set off from the Security Bureau together.

The Tiandu Security Bureau headquarters had three ways to enter and exit. One was through the teleportation array, which was generally used for transmitting confidential documents, transporting valuable items, and for high-level personnel like Su Zhou who needed to keep their movements secret. The second was to be led by a special superhuman, using escape techniques to enter.

The third was through a hidden underground subway, entering and exiting at several specific locations within Tiandu City. This time, Su Zhou and Tang Yuan used this method.

After the two passed through a series of complex inspection procedures, they arrived at a Security Bureau exit in northern Tiandu after a thirty-minute subway ride.

This place wasn't far from Tang Yuan's destination, which was why he had only asked for half a day off. It was indeed convenient to go back and forth. During the journey, Su Zhou learned from Tang Yuan about the founding purpose of the Security Bureau's affiliated hospital kindergarten.

Humans are imperfect and extremely fragile beings. The vast majority of people are born with sound limbs, proper features, and no missing organs, but there is always a small portion of people who are born deformed or incomplete.

Even if they start out complete, a slight accident later in life can leave them with unavoidable, permanent disabilities.

In that kindergarten, all the children were like that – children who were born deformed or with physical disabilities.

"But my ability can temporarily restore all the children to a certain kind of completeness."

The streets were crowded, but very clean. This was a consequence of the indiscriminate release of universal cleansing spells some time ago. The street broadcast was playing soothing music to calm the mind. The music changed every hour. What was playing now was a pipa solo piece made by a musical master, which could clear the mind, maintain calmness, and relieve mental fatigue.

The revival of spiritual energy increased the individual martial strength and destructive power of humans, so the most important thing was to keep people calm. The mind-calming music that played almost twenty-four hours a day on major streets was one of the many countermeasures. At the very least, listening to this music reduced the chance of road rage.

Tang Yuan was obviously a little nervous before, but now, listening to this mind-calming pipa music, his expression gradually relaxed, and he became more talkative. "My spiritualization seems to be very special. Even children who are born disabled, who don't know what it feels like to have arms and legs, whose souls are incomplete, can share ‘my feelings’ through my touch."

"In other words, children who are spiritualized by me, even their souls, will temporarily become complete. Although their bodies will still be the same after the ability is released, at least those children who are born missing certain parts can know what it is like to ‘grab with their hands,’ ‘walk with their feet,’ and what it is to ‘see’ and what it is to ‘hear.’ And this means that their souls will be freed from this innate disability and gradually return to normal."

"By analyzing my ability, the hospital has developed a spell called ‘soul synesthesia,’ which can widely heal defects in the soul. They can even solidify certain spells, so that some blind and deaf children can regain their sight and hearing without expensive organ transplant surgery."

Whenever he talked about children, Tang Yuan's tone and eyes softened. Su Zhou could sense that this young investigator, who wasn't much older than himself, truly wanted to use his ability to bring happiness to those children.

Is this the origin of the power of wishes? Helping others, making others happy, feeling gratitude and thanks…

Hearing this, Su Zhou nodded. He understood why Tang Yuan had so much power of wishes on him.

But that wasn't enough. What Su Zhou wanted to see wasn't just the recipient of the power of wishes, but also the provider of the power of wishes. How exactly was the power of wishes transmitted between the two? Su Zhou wanted to know this.

At this time, they had arrived at the hospital's affiliated kindergarten.

Tang Yuan was obviously a regular. He could enter after registering his name at the entrance, but Su Zhou also needed to provide his identity information for registration. Only after the information was verified in the database and it was confirmed that he had no bad records could he get permission to enter.

He signaled Tang Yuan to go in first and not wait for him.

It must be said that Zheng country was indeed the country with the highest rate of digitalization in the world. Su Zhou only needed to scan the QR code on his phone to complete all the registration. The most time-consuming part wasn't the recording process, but the small talk with the kindergarten director and hospital leaders who rushed over. They thought Su Zhou was a leader sent by the Security Bureau to inspect the work and were startled by this sudden visit.

By the time Su Zhou reiterated that he was just walking around with his team member and had no other purpose, half an hour had passed.

Today, there were many family activities in the kindergarten, and most of the children here were disabled due to acquired reasons, with a small number being congenitally disabled.

"Dada, when your soul returns to normal, I can take you to get leg regeneration surgery!"

This was what a mother said to the little boy in the wheelchair as she pushed it.

"Come on, Xiao Xin, can you tell Daddy what number this is?" "It's four—Daddy's so dumb, he can't even count!" "Yes, yes, Daddy's dumb, that's why I need Xiao Xin to help me."

This was what a father said as he squatted on the ground and showed his fingers to his child. The little girl, without eyes, glanced at it and easily gave the answer.

There were many similar scenes. This kindergarten, which should have been filled with a somber atmosphere, was full of hope because of the turning point brought about by superhuman power.

"I like this atmosphere."

Muttering softly to himself, Su Zhou, with the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised, looked around. After sensing the target, he directly saw Tang Yuan sitting on the ground in the activity area not far away, smiling as he watched a little girl in a pale white dress circle around him.

"Oh, Tang Yuan-gege, you're losing hair again!"

The little girl's figure was a little thin. It could be seen that her body wasn't good before, but now she was gradually recovering under conditioning. After running for a while, she squatted on the ground, panting slightly. She could see, her eyes were dull, but there was a certain spiritual light flickering, replacing her vision, allowing her to see this world.

At this time, she seemed to have discovered something, and then she seriously took a gray hair from Tang Yuan's shoulder.

Cultivation was also a hard work. Although successful cultivation could rejuvenate, return to youth, and turn white hair black, there was still natural physical wear and tear during the cultivation process. Tang Yuan's talent could only be said to be not bad. Although his cultivation couldn't be said to be full of dangers, it couldn't be said to be smooth sailing either. Occasionally losing a few hairs was a common occurrence.

But Su Zhou found that this little girl solemnly collected the hair that Tang Yuan had shed and put it into a small pocket. He could see that there were already a lot of hairs in it.

Even Tang Yuan was a little confused at this time. Su Zhou could hear him reaching out curiously and rubbing the little girl's face. "Xiaxia, what are you collecting my hair for… This hair is useless, it's dirty!"

"Gege's hair isn't dirty! And I know that when men grow up, they will become bald like the director!"

The girl named Xiaxia said righteously. She seemed to like the feeling of Tang Yuan rubbing her face and even closed her eyes to enjoy it.

Su Zhou, who had just met the director of this kindergarten, couldn't help but nod. The middle-aged man was indeed a balding man with a receding hairline.

The little girl's childish voice was still clear, "So, I want to save Gege's hair first, so that Gege won't become the kind of person who has no hair to lose in the future!"

"Sigh, you little rascal…" Tang Yuan said helplessly, but the voice sounded very cheerful. He didn't continue to stop Xiaxia from collecting his hair.

Su Zhou didn't go over to disturb them.

He just stood silently to the side, concealing his aura, and activated the Gluttony Demon Overlord's supernatural power to watch all this.

Then, he saw strands of wish power emanating from this kindergarten as the source, flowing towards the hospital next to it and towards Tang Yuan.

Whether it was the researchers who developed the technology or the medical staff, they, like Tang Yuan who provided the ability, were the focal points of this wish power.

As for the process of wish power condensing…

"So that's it, I understand. Wish power is an existence that is one with spiritual energy… It is spiritual power. Even if you don't know who the target is, as long as there is a cause and effect existing in the spiritual energy, wish power can follow the trajectory and condense on the person that the provider is thinking of."

"To isolate wish power, you need to completely isolate spiritual energy – the same is true for curses. But in this universe filled with spiritual energy, who can completely isolate spiritual energy at all times?"

Su Zhou nodded thoughtfully. The powerful inspiration brought by the Tree of Wisdom allowed him to grasp every detail of this process.

He could see the tiny but pure wish power on Xiaxia, and the wish power of all those families, parents, and children who had regained their sight because of Tang Yuan, were all gathering little by little on the soul of this smiling, pale young man.

Even without special methods to utilize it, this layer of wish power was enough to act as a defense, causing any curse, any resentment, any hidden means to lose part of their effectiveness.

With wish power on your body, all laws will not invade – although this was just an exaggeration, at least ordinary mental, soul, charm, and hypnotic attacks would be weakened against Tang Yuan.

And Su Zhou, through actually watching the initiation and condensation of wish power, had a glimmer of understanding in his heart. He had a deeper understanding of the countless methods of utilizing and using wish power in various books.

So, he stepped forward without hesitation.

Tang Yuan can't use the wish power on his body, but I can help him do it.

Thinking like this, Su Zhou came to Tang Yuan's side. He stopped the other party from trying to stand up, and under the puzzled and curious gaze of the little girl named Xiaxia, he calmly bent down, stretched out a hand, and pressed it on the other's shoulder, and said, "Imagine."

The young man said this. His tone wasn't an order, but it carried a power that made Tang Yuan subconsciously imagine along with the words. "Imagine that there is light gathering in your hand."

"There is an invisible power lingering around it. You caused it to be born, and it protects you, but now you want to gather this power, gather it in the palm of your hand."

The hand pressing on Tang Yuan's shoulder, the Gluttony Demon Overlord's supernatural power was activating. Su Zhou used his power to guide Tang Yuan's soul, condensing the wish power that he couldn't control, condensing it into a faint, pure white fluorescent light in his hand.

That was, like a tiny lamplight, a pure and bright fluorescent light.

[Wish Soul of the Restorer]

[Transformed from the power of countless children with physical disabilities and the prayers and wishes in the hearts of their parents, a sincere wish soul]

[A blessing soul shining with the child-like sincere light]

[Direct consumption increases the regeneration speed of the body and soul in all aspects by a small amount, and increases the resistance to all aspects of the soul]

[Wanting to see, wanting to hear, wanting to walk, wanting to touch – such simple wishes of young children are always impossible to achieve… Perhaps this is the true meaning of sorrow]

[Oh, you who end sorrow and fulfill this simple wish, please accept this sincere blessing]

In addition to the original soul resistance, the ability provided by the power of wishes also had an increase in self-regeneration ability – although the amount was very small, the wish power condensed on Tang Yuan wasn't much.

This was the power of the Gluttony Demon Overlord.

"This, what is this?!" Tang Yuan subconsciously exclaimed, "This firelight…"

"Eat it, Tang Yuan, this is your destiny."

Without giving Tang Yuan time to think, just as this pale youth was staring in astonishment at the fluorescent flame in his hand, and then raised his head to ask Su Zhou, the young man had already withdrawn his hand. He put his hands behind his back, the corners of his mouth raised, "Don't let down their good intentions."

"..."

Tang Yuan wasn't the kind of person who would randomly eat unknown things. Things like wish souls, which obviously looked like they were related to superhuman power, were even more so.

But, if it was Su Zhou, if it was that Captain Su Zhou who had been upright and straightforward from beginning to end, if it was his recommendation and request.

Tang Yuan felt that he could believe the other party.

So, he swallowed this ball of light, which no one could see except for himself and Su Zhou, into his stomach, under the gaze of the little girl next to him who tilted her head, puzzled, and muttered to herself, ‘Gege’s behavior is so strange.’

Waves of heat transformed from wish power ran through his body. Tang Yuan felt like something had changed, but it also felt like nothing had changed.

By the time he reacted and wanted to find Su Zhou to ask what exactly this was, Su Zhou had already disappeared.

——Do a good deed every day, I am willing to do it.

"Yala, everyone is the protagonist of their own story."

On the streets of Tiandu, Su Zhou was humming a song, walking with light steps, "In places we don't know, there must be more people working hard for the beauty of the world."

"Of course not." The snake spirit, transformed into a hat, slightly raised its brim. It originally wanted to argue ‘there are also more people working hard to drag the world into the abyss.’ But obviously, there was no need to ruin the youth's good mood at this time.

Therefore, the merciful and kind snake spirit said with a double meaning, "That's why the stories of intelligent life are always endlessly fascinating."

June 6, 2016, 1:49 PM.

Su Zhou completely mastered his evolved Gluttony Demon Overlord's supernatural power, knocking down the most solid cornerstone of his Commander rank.

June 12, 2016, 8:24 AM.

The multinational joint Beast God Realm Life Master Tree reconnaissance operation officially begins in the Kunlun Secret Realm.

See if I can write a second update… I'm asking for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets first~