Chapter 166: Big Eater

"Superpower?"

Chen Mu put on a curious look, half genuine and half feigned, while quickly analyzing these people in his mind.

They seemed to have really entered this office from the very beginning and never left, and no one else came in, leading them to believe only they had gained the Special Ability.

However, it was apparent their abilities seemed rather ordinary, at least not very strong in combat; otherwise they wouldn't have stayed here waiting for rescue.

"Exactly, exactly."

Yu Yuan was both proud and excited, saying somewhat boastfully: "The first day we hid here, we discovered we had superpowers; otherwise we wouldn't be alive today."

"Oh?"

Chen Mu was genuinely curious this time and asked: "What kind of superpower?"

Yu Yuan clearly knew there was no one around, yet subconsciously glanced left and right, then lowered her voice: "I can eat a lot, a lot of things."

"Huh?" Chen Mu didn't react for a moment.

He Ying laughed: "You mean you have a big appetite?"

"Mm-hmm." Yu Yuan's chubby round face nodded vigorously, the flesh on her cheeks wobbling up and down.

"Does being able to eat count as a superpower?" He Ying asked cheerfully.

Yu Yuan seemed to have anticipated this reaction, not getting angry but rather more pleased, hehe laughing: "If it's just the kind of eating a big eater can do, it's certainly not a skill, but I can eat an entire soybean; do you think that counts as a superpower?"

He Ying was about to laugh out loud, but suddenly realized that if present-day humans could eat a single soybean, that would indeed be quite impressive.

Think about it: the dozen or so people of Qiming could eat only a grain of rice per day.

One soybean could easily equal a dozen or so grains of rice.

Calculating that way.

The appetite is indeed terrifying.

"You say you in your current state can eat an entire soybean? The kind used to make soy milk?" Chen Mu also found it unbelievable.

"Yes, that soybean, in terms of volume, is bigger than I am." Yu Yuan said proudly.

Chen Mu wasn't sure about the weight and density of soybeans, and after the apocalypse he hadn't seen any, but from imagination he knew this was unbelievable.

Such an appetite clearly exceeds that of a big eater; it should indeed be considered a Special Ability.

"Where did you get the soybeans?"

"It's Teacher Wan's." Yu Yuan said, her expression dropping a bit: "I used to come here often to play with Teacher Wan; he liked to fry soybeans as snacks and always gave them to us, but nobody else ate them, only I did, so he liked me the most."

"So you've survived until now by relying on those fried soybeans?" He Ying still found it unbelievable.

"Yes."

Yu Yuan laughed: "But Teacher Wan's fried soybeans are in the desk drawer, which we can't access; luckily we found one on the floor, probably dropped earlier by accident."

"The three of you have survived until now on just that one soybean?" Chen Mu still didn't quite believe it.

He knew that some older people like to eat fried soybeans as a snack with alcohol, because the frying removes moisture, allowing them to be stored for a relatively long time.

But two months seems rather too long.

"No, senior, you didn't understand my meaning; I ate that soybean on the first day."

"Then what after that?" He Ying asked, stunned.

"After that, we don't need to eat anymore." Yu Yuan said, full of pride, as if saying you didn't guess that.

Chen Mu suddenly realized: "So your superpower is that you can eat enough food at once, and then you don't need to eat for the following days?"

"Yes, and even more: once I've eaten enough, the people around me also don't need to eat."

"……"

This Special Ability can actually provide energy to those nearby?

Chen Mu thought for a while before roughly understanding what it meant.

These three people have actually survived until now relying on the soybean Yu Yuan ate at the beginning.

He wasn't clear on the exact details of this Special Ability, didn't know whether one soybean could sustain three people for two months, and also didn't know how he provides energy to others—whether it's like transmitting inner energy in martial arts novels, or simply by being near them.

Chen Mu didn't have time to ask in detail.

But for now, this ability is actually not bad.

Truly, one person eating enough means the whole family need not worry.

"What about water?" He Ying, interested in this chubby person, asked curiously.

"No need to drink water." Yu Yuan said.

"No need to drink water?" He Ying and Chen Mu exclaimed in unison, both somewhat stunned.

Thinking back to how we ourselves struggled and suffered to get water, only for their one Special Ability to solve everything.

"Yeah, anyway, since we came in we haven't drunk any water." Yu Yuan, apparently also puzzled, said: "At first we were anxious, planning to rest a bit then go look for water, but after a whole day we felt no thirst at all, and it's been like that until today."

He Ying pondered for a moment, then asked Chen Mu: "What do you think?"

"It seems like a Special Ability that digests, stores, and transfers the energy from food, but I'm not sure of the specifics; if possible, it'd be best to go back and let Tang Jing study it."

Chen Mu whispered a few words to He Ying, then turned back to Yu Yuan and said: "After the disaster, some of us gathered together and now we've established a camp in one place; life is still okay, your…… superpower would be quite helpful to us—would you like to join us?"

Strictly speaking, this counts as Chen Mu's first time actively recruiting someone, and he's a bit nervous inside.

Yu Yuan was so happy she almost jumped up: "Of course I'm willing! If you hadn't come, we might have had to go out looking for a way to survive; I don't know how long that soybean will last, but I can clearly feel my sense of fullness decreasing day by day; at this rate, we probably won't last more than a few days."

Chen Mu let out a sigh of relief.

He Ying laughed: "Welcome to join our Qiming."

Yu Yuan exclaimed dramatically: "Wow, your organization is called Qiming? What a great name! Ah, no—now it's our organization!"

For some reason, Chen Mu suddenly thought of Sun Yuan.

Yu Yuan suddenly felt uneasy and asked: "Can the other two of us join as well?"

He Ying was about to say "of course," but Chen Mu beat her to it, asking: "Do those two also have superpowers?"

Yes yes yes.

The two of them, like chicks pecking at grain, were terrified that nobody would want them.

Even if they were just ordinary people, Chen Mu would still pull them into the organization, but knowing more might also come in handy on the way back.

Moreover, Chen Mu didn't want people to think his organization would accept just anyone, which would look tacky—even though that's actually the case.