Lin Xuan Qi and the rest got to a building that was heavily guarded.
They had to get through many security checks before they could get into the main building.
Shao Guo Yong was already waiting for them with Dr Wang by his side at the lift lobby.
"Welcome and don't get too anxious, we just need to get your statements again."
Lin Xuan Qi saw Dr Wang and he started to ponder.
They might be hiding something from him.
But he wasn't too worried about it.
No one will suspect a thing about his phone, he thought.
Shao Guo Yong led them to the lift, and they got to the basement.
When the lift opened, they saw that the basement was bustling with activity.
Many officers were looking at monitors that had live feeds of what was going on in Lan Province.
Men and women in uniform also rushed about with documents in their hands.
"Captain Shao, here's the report you've asked for."
"Sir, the general came back with his reply."
"Captain Shao, please sign this document."
Some of them came up to Shao Guo Yong when they met him.
He quickly dealt with those and led Lin Xuan Qi and the others to an office.
Lin Xuan Qi noticed how they interacted with him, and Shao Guo Yong seemed to be very respected.
The office looked normal except for a huge glass panel on one of the walls and a high tech looking machine by the side with antennas sticking out of it.
Shao Guo Yong smiled at Zhang Xi and Lin Xuan Qi and said, "Please let us know what happened on that day."
Lin Xuan Qi figured someone must be watching behind the glass panel.
After watching so many movies he wasn't going to fall for it.
He calmly and slowly regurgitated what he said the other day, repeating it word for word.
Zhang Xi also did the same and when she got to the part about Lin Xuan Qi carrying her, she blushed and lowered her head as she spoke.
Shao Guo Yong listened calmly as he wrote down their statements.
"Sorry, let me go and have a smoke first, hope you don't mind." He took out his packet of cigarettes and said.
Glancing over to Shao Xue Cong, he gave a smirk.
She crossed her arms and sulked as she couldn't call out his excuse.
"No problem." Lin Xuan Qi replied and gave a fake smile.
Shao Guo Yong must be going into the back of the glass panel to check with some psychologist to see if he was lying or something, Lin Xuan Qi thought.
He was half right as Shao Guo Yong indeed got into the next room.
Inside the room there were monitors and several officers looking at some statistics.
The machine in the room with antennas had gathered information about Lin Xuan Qi and Zhang Xi all this while.
This was where Lin Xuan Qi got it wrong.
They weren't interested in whether he was lying or not.
Shao Guo Yong was more interested to know if they were awakened and wanted to recruit them.
"How is it?" He asked, expecting Zhang Xi and Lin Xuan Qi to be awakened.
"There's erm... I don't know.... This is the first time I'm seeing this."
One of the officers held a tablet in his hand and he shook his head looking at the screen.
"What do you mean?"
"Both are awakened, but..." The officer said and handed the tablet over to Shao Guo Yong.
He frowned as he looked at the screen.
[Zhang Xi]
[Status: Awakened]
[Awakened Ability: Fire Wielder]
[S Class]
He nodded and gave out a smile.
This was his lucky day.
Having an S class awakened ability was rare and one out of a thousand.
And there weren't many that were awakened out of the general population.
No one knew the conditions for it to happen and funding was directed to research on it in an arms race between the nations.
He looked up at the officer and said, "This is good news. What were you going on about?"
"He... He..." The officer pointed at the screen for Shao Guo Yong to continue scrolling down.
"Tsk." He shook his head and scrolled down.
[Lin Xuan Qi]
[Status: Awakened]
[Awakened Ability: ???]
[??? Class]
Shao Guo Yong frowned at what he saw.
What does it mean to have an awakened ability of ???
And the classification of ???
Was it better than SSS class or worse than the lowest E class?
He thought he really needed a smoke after looking at the result.
"Have you checked the awakened detection device before using it?" Shao Guo Yong asked all the officers.
"Yes sir, we did everything according to the standing order. It is working as intended. We've documented the checks and results."
"Hmm..."
After confirming with the officers inside the room, he didn't have any idea.
He might have to seek help from the headquarters.
But first he had to take care of the situation at hand...
Shao Guo Yong glanced over to the officers, stretched out his hand, and one of them passed him two bracelets that were made of a shiny metal.
He got out of the room and entered back into the room where Lin Xuan Qi and the others were.
Lin Xuan Qi frowned when he saw the bracelets.
"Thank you for your cooperation. Now, I need to bring your attention to another matter."
He sat down and placed the bracelets on the table.
"Zhang Xi, I believe you mentioned something happened to you before you passed out."
Zhang Xi nodded her head.
"That's when you awakened." Shao Guo Yong said.
"Awakened? What does it mean?" Zhang Xi asked anxiously.
"Calm down and don't worry. All of us here are awakened." He said and his shadow moved on its own, creeping up onto the table.
Dr Wang raised her hands, and they glowed with an amber glow.
With an iron bar in her hand, Shao Xue Cong's body glowed and she bent it like a piece of paper with ease.
Lin Xuan Qi frowned when he realized Shao Guo Yong said all of them in the room were awakened.