Dude, something's really wrong with your abilities.

Chapter 4 Is this machine broken again?

The testing ground of the Administration Bureau was unusually lively. Chen Shi, who had been anxious all night, found that there were a lot of people here today.

Apart from Zhuang Wen and others from Group Five and the Technical Department, whom he knew, he had never met the rest of them.

In fact, it's normal for very few people to be interested in a newcomer's test. But at this moment, there were at least dozens of people standing in the venue, and some even brought their own folding chairs.

"What's going on?" Chen Shi asked Pang Daqiang beside him, looking completely bewildered.

"You've become famous, you know?" Pang Daqiang's nostrils twitched again. "Wei Sheng, whom six professional interrogators couldn't pry open, was taken down by you in just a few words. So everyone is very curious about what kind of genius you are."

"real?"

Pang Daqiang turned his head away and nodded with the back of his head. Then he turned back and said awkwardly, "I just mentioned to Brother Liu from Group Four next door that your special ability is telling jokes."

"and then?"

"Then Brother Liu and Sister Zhou from the administration department are card-playing buddies. You might not know this, but Sister Zhou has a large group chat with 500 people."

Chen Shi understood. Although everyone present looked different, they all had the same expression on their faces.

"Watching a play."

Of course, not everyone was there to laugh at Chen Shi. For example, there was the stern-faced Sun Tiemei and Chang Biao, who was holding a support sign.

Chang Biao put a lot of effort into his support sign. It not only read "Chen Shi, keep going!" but also had a hand-drawn heart next to it. The most outrageous thing was that the words could also flash.

It's so embarrassing.

Pang Daqiang whispered, "10000 meters is 25 laps. Just hang in there for now. If you really can't manage, I'll think of something else for you."

"What method?"

"I don't know, I'll think about it later."

Chen Shi: "............."

Having known each other for over 20 years, Pang Daqiang has never disappointed Chen Shi when it comes to being unreliable.

As the starting gun fired, Chen Shi ran off. His first lap was decent, but when he passed Chang Biao, he was waving the sign in his hand very enthusiastically.

He couldn't keep up from the second lap onwards, and at the 500-meter mark, he suddenly stopped on the track.

Pang Daqiang ran over from the inside of the track: "Why did you stop running?"

"Brother Qiang, why do you think people run?"

"Because you are undergoing a physical fitness test." Pang Daqiang was speechless.

"That's not right." Chen Shi's face showed the expression of a wise man. "We have more convenient means of transportation. There are airplanes in the sky, cars and trains on the ground, and even shared bicycles. So why should we use such a primitive method as running?"

Pang Daqiang's lips twitched: "What nonsense are you talking about? Keep running."

"I can't run anymore."

"But you only ran 500 meters."

But Chen Shi had already started to give up, neither speaking nor moving.

The audience on the sidelines was in an uproar.

"Xiao Liu told me to come and watch the show, but I thought it was just a polite remark."

"Come on, everyone who bet on him finishing the race, hand over your money."

"Old Wang, come to the test field, yes, yes, I'll show you something fun."

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As Chen Shi was pondering philosophical questions, he suddenly felt a chill behind him and immediately straightened his back.

"Even the old man guarding the gate at the bureau walks faster than you."

"That old man is in really good physical condition," this was Chen Shi's honest opinion.

"If you don't run, then you'll have to train every day after get off work, and I'll personally supervise you. If you can't finish the run, you'll have to go clean the toilets."

Chen Shi did the math in his mind and decided that it was more worthwhile to run to death now.

Seeing that Chen Shi still wanted to continue, Pang Daqiang said in a low voice, "Let's stop now, your health is more important."

Chen Shi felt that this was the most sincere thing Pang Daqiang had said today.

But he still started running. Saying he was running wasn't quite accurate, nor was saying he was walking; it was a superposition of running and walking, making it indescribable.

The crowd of onlookers gradually thinned out. The excitement was over, the sunflower seeds were gone, and everyone had to go to work. Before leaving, they kindly expressed their wish to Chen Shi to "come again next time."

Chen Shi really wanted to finish the race, but his body mocked his brain, and he got dizzy on the eighth lap.

When I woke up it was already 2 p.m. Because the person being assessed had inexplicably fallen into a coma, the reaction test and the practical simulation were naturally impossible to complete.

Zhuang Wen led him to the technical testing room. Sun Tiemei and Pang Daqiang were there, but Chang Biao was not. It was thought that Chen Shi, as he ran past Chang Biao for the last time, said to him, "Brother Biao, you've been lifting heavy objects all morning, take a break. Don't keep me company this afternoon."

Zhuang Wen pointed to a huge machine and said to Chen Shi, "This is the latest model of supernatural ability testing instrument allocated by the General Administration. Its sensitivity is three times that of the original."

Chen Shi didn't think that much about it; he was just wondering if he could be blamed if this machine broke down too.

"Just stand normally." Zhuang Wen told Chen Shi to stand in the testing area and then started the testing program.

A burst of blue light swept across Chen Shi's entire body, and then points of light slowly moved across him, from his feet to the top of his head.

The screen started flickering, and the list of superpower types displayed the words "Start Analysis," followed by a bunch of gibberish, and then "Analyzing" popped up again. I felt like I wanted to say something but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

The progress bar at the bottom of the screen kept slowly increasing. When the progress bar reached 80, the data on the screen started jumping around randomly, and then the progress bar got stuck.

After a long while, a line of small text appeared on the screen: "Sample anomaly index test abnormal, manual review recommended."

Chen Shi walked out of the testing area. He wasn't concerned about his special abilities, but rather a more practical question: "Can I still stay in the bureau?"

"You're already in Group Five." Sun Tiemei behind him seemed to see through his worries.

Zhuang Wen's attention was entirely focused on the instrument at that moment, and he suggested that Chen Shi try again.

The same process, the same garbled text, and the same wildly fluctuating data.

But this time the final conclusion was slightly different.

"The ability mode of the detected target cannot be defined..."

After the cursor blinked many times, a line of small text popped up.

"Should we mark the test data as a new type of superpower and archive it?"

Then, a few seconds later, the text disappeared on its own.

Zhuang Wen felt a chill run down his spine, because this was the first time he had ever seen an instrument use a language other than the preset one.

Chen Shi walked over from the testing area with a nervous expression, then whispered to Zhuang Wen, "Is the machine broken again?"

"It's not broken, but it's causing confusion."

The confusion indicates that the machine did perform the detection, but it cannot analyze it.

"Teacher Zhuang, so what exactly is my special ability?"

Zhuang Wen also couldn't answer. After thinking for a long time, he replied, "I don't know at the moment. I may need to look up more cases of supernatural abilities, but I don't have the authority."

"I'll apply for the permissions for you," Sun Tiemei said, then turned to Chen Shi. "Go back and rest today, and finish the remaining 17 laps tomorrow."

Chen Shi's heart, which had just been at ease, was raised again.

At a late-night snack stall, Chen Shi downed the wine in his glass in one gulp.

"Brother Qiang, do you think I'm pretty useless?"

"It is true that it's a matter of physical fitness." Pang Daqiang thought for a moment, then continued, "But it's not a big deal. Like you said, so what if I can't run? Does riding a shared bike mean I can't arrest someone?"

Chen Shi smiled.

Just then, Chen Shi's phone rang.

"Hello, team leader."

"The technical department's collective discussion has reached a conclusion: your special ability currently doesn't have a defined name, but it is indeed a kind of energy that can interfere with other people's emotions. Once activated, the ability can create an emotional field, within which the target's psychological and defense coefficients will decrease; it is a passive skill."

"Team leader, are you sure my ability isn't offensive?"

"No, it's a support type."

"So, when we're sparring with someone, I need to tell a couple of jokes to warm up?"

Sun Tiemei's lips twitched again on the other end of the phone. "You could say that. In actual combat, if you can break the opponent's will, that's valuable, more useful than running."

"Team leader, does that mean I don't have to run errands tomorrow?"

Sun Tiemei hung up the phone.

Zhuang Wen was still researching in the laboratory. Although he had a preliminary understanding of Chen Shi's special ability, he found that there were even more things he didn't understand.

He searched for "emotional superpowers" in the case database, but only found one result - number 0723, which was archived.

He clicked on the details, which was a field operation record. Fifteen years ago, Yan Guang, the captain of the first team of the Administration Bureau, carried out an arrest of an A-level superhuman on his own. Forty minutes later, the superhuman came out on his own, with a smile on his face, and took the initiative to confess the crime.

Zhuang Wen's eyes narrowed; this was too similar to Wei Sheng's situation.

Then he searched for Yan Guang's information and found that his file had been destroyed, with only a note in the remarks column.

"Disappeared without cause".