Zhou Ziwei had already discussed it with his old superior on the phone yesterday. Today, the old superior would send another elite special forces team to protect the safety of Yang's parents. This team would also become the unit where Zhou Ziwei, under his current identity, would serve.
Zhou Ziwei made up a story to fool his parents, saying that he was born with memories of his previous life and received special training from the country shortly after his birth because of his special behavior. He said that he had already graduated from military academy and joined a special forces team to carry out missions. The team that his old commander sent this time was specifically to cover up Zhou Ziwei's lie. Before coming here, the team was given special instructions, and each member was to get to know Zhou Ziwei, this special teammate.
A six-year-old Boy Scout, a rare superhuman.
The idea of a five- or six-year-old child joining a special forces unit sounds utterly absurd, so Zhou Ziwei had to first reveal some of his special abilities to his parents and the special forces soldiers who were cooperating with him.
X-ray vision... This was something the old leader already knew, so Zhou Ziwei naturally didn't mind revealing it completely. As for hypnosis... This seems to many people to have nothing to do with special abilities.
And most of the so-called hypnosis performed on television are almost without exception just deceptive tricks.
Furthermore... Zhou Ziwei used this hypnosis technique to hypnotize a skilled bodyguard of the second young master of the Hong family in Beijing. As a result, when the second young master of the Hong family returned home with his bodyguard, the bodyguard, who had long been silently subdued by Zhou Ziwei's hypnosis, suddenly shot and killed the second young master of the Hong family.
This matter had already spread throughout the capital. Although there was no strong evidence to prove that Zhou Ziwei was the one who secretly did it, it was obvious to everyone that Zhou Ziwei was behind it.
That's why Hong Gang later went to great lengths to send people to try and capture Zhou Ziwei and bring him to him.
After that incident, the fact that Zhou Ziwei was a master hypnosis master would naturally not be kept secret from those who were interested, so... it was no longer a secret, and it didn't matter if it was exposed within a small circle.
With the ability to see through things and the skill of hypnosis, it's easy to explain how a six-year-old could join the special forces!
Actually, these are not major problems. With the old leader's abilities, arranging such things, or even directly helping Zhou to forge a resume, would be a piece of cake.
Moreover... the old leader represents the country and the government, so the resumes and various identity documents processed at the old leader's beneficiaries are absolutely genuine, even more genuine than the real thing.
However, it took Zhou Ziwei a lot of effort to explain to the old leader how he had suddenly turned into a five or six-year-old child.
To be honest, although the old leader was quite old, his mind was not rigid, and his ability to accept new things was quite extraordinary. However, when he heard Zhou Ziwei say that his body was shrinking rapidly due to some special reasons and he had turned into the appearance of a child, the old leader was so shocked that he didn't react for a long time.
If the old leader hadn't given Zhou Ziwei a dedicated line just for him, and if no one else knew the encrypted phone number except Zhou Ziwei, the old leader would have suspected that the guy he was talking to now might be a fraudster.
Fortunately, due to the importance of Zhongdu, the military communications company stationed there also had a high-end synchronous video phone. Zhou Ziwei sat in front of this video phone and was questioned by the old commander for a full five or six minutes. He almost asked him all sorts of questions, such as whether Zhou Ziwei wore underwear to bed when he was a child, before finally confirming Zhou Ziwei's identity.
The old commander seemed completely uninterested in why Zhou Ziwei needed someone to cooperate with him in acting, not asking a single question. Instead, he was extremely curious about why Zhou Ziwei, who was about 1.8 meters tall, had suddenly shrunk into a five or six-year-old child.
Zhou Ziwei knew that if he didn't satisfy the old man's curiosity, he probably wouldn't help him so easily. So after hesitating for a moment, he looked up at the old commander in the video who was staring at him like an over-aged, curious child, and said, "Do you know what a magical ability geckos have?"
The old leader nodded quickly and said, "Of course I know... The amazing thing about geckos is that they can climb walls!"
"Uh..." Zhou Ziwei nearly choked on his words, coughing several times before saying with a wry smile, "There are plenty of animals in the world that can climb walls. While geckos are quite adept at climbing, it's not exactly amazing. Their most powerful and amazing ability is actually their incredible regeneration of limbs. Old Chief... if I said... I also possess a similar ability to regenerate limbs, would you believe me?"
“I believe…” The old commander was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, “If someone else had said this, I would have had him dragged out and shot immediately. But you said it yourself… so there’s nothing to doubt. I know your true strength is not as simple as you appear. You must have been hiding a lot from this old man.”
So… this limb regeneration thing does sound a bit shocking, but if you say you possess that ability, then… I can totally believe you. I trust you won't exaggerate in this regard. If you say you can eat ten steamed buns in one go, then I'll guess you just ate twenty, and I'll never doubt you can't eat ten… So, kid, am I right?”
Zhou Ziwei really didn't expect that the old commander, with whom he had only met a few times so far, could understand his personality so accurately and come to such a conclusion.
This gave Zhou Ziwei a completely new understanding of this powerful figure in the military.
Faced with the old commander's pitiful and questioning gaze, Zhou Ziwei had to explain further: "I do indeed possess this powerful ability to regenerate severed limbs, and even... it can go even further. Even if all the bones and flesh in my body are crushed into dust, I have a way to make my limbs regenerate and grow, and stand up again."
As Zhou Ziwei was speaking, he suddenly stood up, raised one of his fingers, waved it at the camera, and then, as if by magic, produced a pistol from nowhere—a new type of highly lethal firearm newly developed by the special forces.
This gun has a very novel design and uses extremely dangerous micro-explosive bullets.
In other words... after this bullet hits its target, it will cause a small explosion effect, which will immediately increase the damage to the target to a level that cannot be ignored.
With a "bang," under the old commander's remote gaze, Zhou Ziwei pulled the trigger. Although the pistol was equipped with a silencer, its sound-dampening effect was rather underwhelming.
As the slightly piercing gunshot rang out, the old commander watched in disbelief as Zhou Ziwei's shot actually struck the very finger he had just raised.
With another soft "boom," the incoming bullet exploded upon contact with Zhou Ziwei's finger, instantly turning it into a cloud of blood mist that splattered everywhere. It was as if even the bones had been shattered by this single shot.
The old commander was stunned by the scene. He couldn't understand why Zhou Ziwei would suddenly harm himself at this time. Could it be that... he wanted me to believe that he had the ability to regenerate limbs and then... he personally demonstrated it? This... this brat really doesn't take his body seriously enough!
Seeing his finger blown off with a single shot, Zhou Ziwei showed neither regret nor panic, nor the slightest tension. Suddenly, he lightly waved his hand, which was missing a finger. Instantly, all the blood, flesh, bone fragments, and other debris that had been scattered into the air by the bullet—everything that originally belonged to that finger—fleshed back to him automatically. Then, as if held by an invisible hand, they instantly reassembled, forming the shape of a new finger.
This was because Zhou Ziwei used wind energy to create an invisible energy shield around himself, blocking every bit of the flesh and blood shattered by the spear within this invisible energy shield.
It was precisely because of the protection of this invisible energy shield that Zhou Ziwei dared to blow off one of his own fingers with a single shot in order to prove it to his old commander.
It should be noted that although Zhou Ziwei's soul power is so strong as to be almost abnormal, if he wants to quickly repair and restore a severely damaged part, he needs to consume a large amount of soul power so that the damaged body can emit a strong and powerful infinite vitality.
Secondly, it is necessary to provide sufficient nutrients to the surviving cells as they rapidly divide and grow.
The reason Zhou Ziwei had to use wind energy to collect the blood spots and bits of flesh from his finger, which had been blasted into countless pieces, was to gather the original cells of flesh and bone from the finger so that the newly grown healthy cells could devour them.
Otherwise, it's like a skilled cook trying to cook without rice; no matter how strong or resilient these newly generated cells are, they will eventually age due to the depletion of their vitality.
To demonstrate the powerful effect of limb regeneration, Zhou Ziwei specially injected a wisp of liquid soul power into the severed finger. Instantly, the vitality in that area soared to an astonishing level, and the cells devoured the original cells and blood residue at an exceptionally fast speed.
So Zhou Ziwei's finger, which had just been blown to a bald spot, quickly grew back under the cover of the flesh and blood he had forcibly reclaimed. In the blink of an eye, all the flesh and blood was consumed, and Zhou Ziwei's finger was once again completely intact.
Zhou Ziwei gently wiggled his intact finger, then shrugged at the person on the video call and said, "See? This is what I meant by... limb regeneration. The truth is... yesterday I was trapped deep underground while saving a few people, and my body was subjected to immense pressure and compression from the earth's core, causing it to be crushed countless times. Fortunately, I have this ability to regenerate limbs, so I repaired my body on the spot, and finally... perhaps because the underground pressure was too great, only a body like this could withstand that pressure, so... that's how I ended up like this."
Zhou Ziwei told the truth, and there was not a single lie in what he said. However, Zhou Ziwei also knew that after saying these words, he would probably never have a peaceful day again.
However, otherwise he really couldn't explain how he had become a child again.
Compared to the secret of Zhou Ziwei's reincarnation, this... doesn't seem like such a big secret.
Shortly after Zhou Ziwei went to bed, he received an encrypted text message from his old superior, which detailed information about the special forces unit that had come to cooperate with him.
Zhou Ziwei was dumbfounded after reading the document.
He discovered that this special forces team was unbelievably strong, and besides him, a newly recruited imposter, there were actually several other minors under the age of sixteen in the team…
The youngest is just eight years old this year, and she is a blind little girl.
The information indicates that this little girl's nickname is "Blind Child" because she was born deaf, which makes her hearing many times more sensitive than that of ordinary people. After five years of intensive training at a special personnel base, she was just assigned to Zhou Ziwei's special unit, so she's considered a newcomer. Her special ability is hearing... According to the information, this little girl can actually hear the whispers of people several kilometers away.
Could it be the legendary all-hearing ear?
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 493: Dragon Group
If Zhou Ziwei were to enhance his hearing to its maximum, he could hear sounds several kilometers away clearly. However… that would require him to fully infuse his auditory system with liquid soul power. As a result, countless sounds amplified many times over would constantly assault his mind through his hearing. That feeling was truly… somewhat comparable to the Ten Great Tortures of the Qing Dynasty.
The little blind girl can easily hear any faint sound from several kilometers away by instinct, which is quite terrifying.
Because blind children can distinguish any subtle sound, they can even deduce what you were doing from these subtle sounds. This ability is probably similar to the ultrasonic scanning function of bats! However, bats can only perform directional, short-range scanning and cannot pass through too many obstacles to perform X-ray scanning.
Blind children, on the other hand, possess the ability to reconstruct facts entirely through sound. If they live within a few kilometers of their target and pay a little attention, they can clearly know how many times the target goes to the toilet each night, whether they wet their trousers when urinating, whether they snore while sleeping, and whether they masturbate while watching porn...
In short, having such a terrifying little girl watching you would definitely be a chilling experience.
However, this little girl simply had exceptional hearing; she wasn't like some powerful assassins who could subtly unleash a chilling killing intent that others could sense.
Therefore, once someone is being monitored by this blind child, it is very difficult for anyone to notice any clues.
Besides the youngest blind child, there is also a little boy who is only eleven years old this year.
The little boy's nickname was "Ball." At eleven years old, he weighed over 120 kilograms, a rather frighteningly chubby boy. Despite his impressive physique, Ball showed no intention of losing weight. He spent at least fourteen hours a day sleeping and eight hours eating, making him the busiest person in the entire group. He only had two hours a day for work, study, or miscellaneous tasks, often so busy he was practically running around like a headless chicken, frequently lamenting how short life was and how time waits for no one…
Pinball also has its own special skills. He feels that his greatest special skills are eating and sleeping, but the official special skill is computer technology.
In other words... this chubby boy is a rather rare computer genius. Although he is only eleven years old, his computer skills have already reached a rather bizarre level.
However... he is still too young, and his knowledge accumulation will never surpass that of real computer experts. Therefore, Pinball's computer skills mainly focus on hacking. His strengths lie in offense and destruction, but he is least skilled at construction and natural maintenance.
However, this is the only way to make sense and feel reasonable. Otherwise, it would be truly unacceptable for an eleven-year-old kid who spends most of his time eating and sleeping to possess computer skills surpassing most of the top computer experts in China and the world.
Nicknamed Spider, age twelve, female, special skill... communicating with spiders.
This is a little girl who always gives people a cold feeling. Unlike the blind child and the pinball, she is quiet and doesn't like to communicate with anyone. She is used to staying alone in a dark corner and mingling with countless poisonous spiders.
She doesn't have the superhuman abilities of Spider-Man from American blockbusters. She can't shoot webs, and she doesn't have suction cups on her hands, so she can't climb walls or swing between skyscrapers like a monkey.
However, she can control many different kinds of spiders, and poisoning, assassinating, and stealing confidential documents are some of the spiders' specialties.
Aside from the fact that these three are relatively young, each of the eight members of the team naturally possesses outstanding and amazing talents. However, the remaining members are all around twenty years old, so even if their ages are unusual, it doesn't feel too abrupt.
The squad leader was also a woman, nicknamed "Bullet." She didn't have any special abilities, except that she was an exceptionally good marksman.
However, the information states that her marksmanship has transcended the scope of normal marksmanship, and has reached an artistic pinnacle.
Given such an exaggerated evaluation from the data, Zhou Ziwei knew that this woman's marksmanship must be truly exceptional; otherwise, it would be impossible for her to receive such a high evaluation from rigorous data.
However, when Zhou Ziwei saw the photo of the female captain, he was slightly taken aback, because the female captain named Bullet was actually a cripple sitting in a wheelchair.
Moreover, she was crippled because both her legs were amputated at the knees, and she had no ability to stand up on her own. She could only handle all her daily affairs while sitting in a wheelchair.
Even if a disabled person is incredibly skilled with a gun, what remarkable abilities could they possibly possess? She has no legs and relies solely on a wheelchair to move around, which deprives a gunman of all flexibility, and the consequences of that are quite fatal.
Therefore, in Zhou Ziwei's mind, the captain's ability was immediately given a failing grade.
Fortunately, Zhou Ziwei was just a fleeting member of this team, at most only needing them to cooperate in a little act to fool his parents. Therefore, Zhou Ziwei naturally didn't care how capable the team leader was.
Upon seeing this information, Zhou Ziwei secretly praised his old commander. He hadn't expected his commander to be so meticulous. To ensure that a child who looked only five or six years old wouldn't stand out too much in a special forces unit, he had found such a unique special forces team, which also included three underage children as members. In this way, even though Zhou Ziwei was the youngest, he wouldn't seem so conspicuous in comparison.
This team also has a very cool name: the Dragon Group.
Zhou Ziwei was genuinely shocked by the name of the team, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. Although the abilities of the team members seemed to be quite peculiar, apart from the blind child's hearing being somewhat abnormal, the others' abilities seemed to be within the range of normal people, so they didn't give Zhou Ziwei any strange feeling.
Two hours later, Zhou Ziwei finally welcomed the arrival of this special forces unit, or... according to the script arranged by his old commander, it meant that Zhou Ziwei was about to rejoin the team.
The members of the Dragon Group all had an arrogant demeanor, but when they interacted with Zhou Ziwei, most of them were extremely friendly, as if they were comrades-in-arms who had fought countless life-and-death battles together.
Every member of the group acted as if they were extremely familiar with Zhou Ziwei, and even "inadvertently" exposed some of Zhou Ziwei's bad habits in life, such as... not washing his hands before meals.
These people truly lived up to their special forces status; their acting skills were truly remarkable. They simply made a brief appearance in front of Mr. and Mrs. Yang, and immediately dispelled all of Mr. and Mrs. Yang's original doubts.
The two elders had heard Zhou Ziwei's description that he was recruited into a training class organized by the Supreme Military Commission when he was less than two years old because of his special characteristics. He had now graduated from that training class and joined some kind of special forces.
Although their son, who had lived two lives, showed some unusual traits, the two elders still found it hard to understand how a five or six-year-old could possibly join a special forces unit. Wasn't the legal age for military service eighteen? And how old was this kid? He should still be in kindergarten every day, begging for candy from his pretty female teacher.
However, when Yang's parents saw that the other underage children in the Dragon Group were also special forces soldiers, their doubts were dispelled. Since eight-year-old and ten-year-old children could be special forces soldiers, their six-year-old son could certainly do it too. Although Zhou Ziwei was the youngest, that only proved that their son was the most outstanding.
Moreover, in order to completely dispel his parents' suspicions, Zhou Ziwei even demonstrated his special ability... X-ray vision, letting them know that this little brat wasn't just there to freeload or be a bystander in the special forces.
What frustrated Zhou Ziwei was that... after these "teammates" who acted very familiarly and enthusiastically dealt with Yang's parents and Yu Xiaoru, they took Zhou Ziwei to a training room in the military compound.
Then, Captain Bullet solemnly produced a written document, which turned out to be a document personally signed by the old leader, appointing Zhou Ziwei as the temporary deputy leader of the Dragon Group and asking him to assist Bullet in leading the Dragon Group to carry out a top-secret SS-level mission.
When Zhou Ziwei saw the order, he was so angry that he almost jumped up and cursed. When he saw the information about the Dragon Group that the old leader had sent him, he felt something was strange. He couldn't understand why the old man would need to bring out this mysterious force that the country had specially discovered and secretly trained to cooperate with him, just to play a role in Zhou Ziwei's performance.
However, when Zhou Ziwei saw that there were three underage children in the team, he thought that the old commander had arranged it this way so that it wouldn't seem so abrupt for him, a preschool child, to join the special forces. But now it seems that the old man had planned this all along and wanted to use this incident to make him risk his life for the country.
In fact, Zhou Ziwei didn't have any psychological aversion to making contributions to the country. After all, he was also Chinese and had some patriotic feelings. Being able to do something good for the country and its people was a good thing.
However, Zhou Ziwei was in no mood to deal with these things right now, because he was in the middle of a fierce battle with the black market assassin network. The two sides were fighting to the death, and he didn't have time to pay attention to anything else. In addition, he also needed to take precautions and protect all the people he cared about.
However, just as Zhou Ziwei was about to disobey orders, Zidan coldly handed him a cell phone, which turned out to be a special call from the old commander to Zhou Ziwei.
Zhou Ziwei took the phone, listened for a moment, and could only helplessly give in.