Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 496 - 491: Can You Hear Us Talking?

His exclamation drew the attention of the others.

The children did not dare to approach, and the four detectives tried to reach her, but an invisible energy wall seemed to envelop Ji Ning, preventing them from getting close.

They attempted to mobilize the superpowers in the air to shatter the energy wall, but it was as if the energy around them had been drained. They couldn’t sense any at all, and even the superpowers stored within their bodies were absorbed by the energy wall, like stones sinking into the sea.

"What’s going on?"

"I don’t know."

"Is it the space power?"

Upon saying this, everyone turned to look at him.

The detective who mentioned space power hesitated, thinking he had misspoken.

Another detective said, "Go on."

The detective was a bit stuck, reorganized his words, and said, "The noise outside sounds like the impact of thermal weapons attacking the island, but here it’s as serene as a utopia. I suspect that Leader Ji used her space abilities to isolate us in this small space."

"That’s possible."

"You stay here and look after Leader Ji and the children. We’re going to check elsewhere."

The four of them were not the type to sit still, quickly dividing tasks to explore outside.

Two minutes later, the other three returned, looking somewhat grim.

"I walked 10 meters towards the exit and was blocked by an energy wall."

"On the other side, it’s about the same, 10 meters away."

"The staircase going up has collapsed halfway, hanging in mid-air. It’s about five meters high. We are indeed isolated in a special space."

Everyone looked again at Ji Ning, lying on the cold ground outside the space, their feelings very complex.

They had always been skeptical about the legends of Ji Ning circulated in the bureau. Could a young woman truly be so powerful?

Could it be that the higher-ups intentionally spread rumors to prepare her for succession?

But now they were completely convinced.

Ji Ning, alone, had withstood dozens of attacks from thermal weapons, successfully saving so many of them.

If they managed to survive this time, they would cling to Ji Ning’s team, even shamelessly so.

From now on, in the Security Department, apart from Minister Li, they only acknowledged Ji Ning as the boss.

"Waaa... boohoohoo..."

Suddenly, the sound of children crying came from the dormitory.

The four of them immediately went to look and saw several thin children inside the room, crying with their faces covered.

The slightly older children were also timidly watching them, holding their stomachs and saying, "We’re hungry, is there anything to eat? Just a little bit..."

It was then that the four remembered the issue of food.

Their expressions instantly changed.

"Go search, see if there’s anything to eat nearby?"

The space that Ji Ning sealed off was limited, only about 30 square meters, easily visible at a glance.

The detectives sat dejectedly on the ground, looking up at the roof already deformed under pressure, feeling very disheartened.

"This time, we might really not escape death. Even if we’re not blasted to death, we’ll starve to death here."

"Hopefully someone will find us here and retrieve our bodies."

The sound of children crying continued, and the four had no way out. They couldn’t very well cut their own flesh, could they?

As they were thinking this, the detective closest to Ji Ning suddenly felt a weight on his thigh.

Looking up, he thought he was seeing things.

"Is this a bun on my leg?"

The other three looked over and rose from the ground in shock.

"It’s buns."

"Thank goodness, where did they come from?"

The detective had a large bag of fist-sized buns on his leg, about a hundred by the looks of it.

But the detective himself was unsure, "They just appeared suddenly, like a magic trick..."

At this, he immediately turned to look at Ji Ning not far away, hesitating, "Could it be Leader Ji?"

The detective who speculated that Ji Ning used space abilities suddenly got excited, stepped forward to pat the transparent energy wall, and shouted, "Leader Ji, Leader Ji, can you hear us?"

"Leader Ji—"

But the person on the ground still showed no reaction.

The three helplessly patted his shoulder, "She might not be able to move."

"Severe overexertion in controlling abilities, no matter how strong, can still lead to bodily collapse. She is bleeding from the seven orifices, indicating she has already collapsed."

"Can she survive this?"

Everyone fell silent.

No one dared to answer that question, nor did they want to.

The heavy atmosphere didn’t improve with the miraculous arrival of the buns.

The four detectives distributed the life-saving buns to the children who seemed hungry for a long time.

"Don’t grab, one at a time."

But most of these children were taken from the slums, and seeing food made them more ferocious than wolves spotting meat.

One of the detectives was almost pushed down by them.

Finally, it was only after the eldest detective got angry that these kids calmed down.

The food wasn’t much, the four counted the number of people, and based on one bun per person, they could only last two days.

What about after those two days?

The four were worried too, their superpowers held no advantage in this closed space.

Perhaps only when truly pushed to despair do you realize you are as powerless as a regular person, without any nobility.

The four were in despair, hoping that Ji Ning could survive.

Two days later, the food ran out, and as they rationed the last of the buns to the children, preparing to wait for death, another box of food appeared near Ji Ning. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

This time the food wasn’t ready-to-eat buns but raw ingredients, including meat, vegetables, eggs, and, crucially, a large box of bottled water.

A little girl suddenly ran over, and the detectives thought she was about to snatch food again, just about to scold her, but she suddenly knelt beside Ji Ning with a thud, and kowtowed vigorously.

She murmured, "Thank you, merciful Lord, for granting us food..."

Her behavior attracted a number of children to come and kowtow too, it almost looked as if they were Ji Ning’s filial children and grandchildren, keeping vigil over her.

A younger child, kowtowing, said, "Lord, I want candy..."

Right after he spoke, a large bag of milk candies appeared beside him.

The four detectives: ...

Soon they also joined in making wishes, though not as devoutly as the children with kneeling.

"Leader Ji, do you have a pot and bowls?"

"Leader Ji, a set of cooking utensils would be nice too."

"Leader Ji, some seasonings too."

Ji Ning, lying there unable to move: ...

To prevent the mountain from collapsing and stop the destruction caused by thermal weapons, she had exhausted almost all her spiritual power, tearing the space to create a special small space to protect everyone.

As a result, her body reached its limit, her meridians shattered, leading to temporary unconsciousness.

The cries of the children had awakened her consciousness, but her body could not move temporarily.

The energy from her earrings was mostly used to support the small space from collapsing, leaving only a small amount to repair her body.

At this rate, she would need to lie there for one or two years to recover.

The energy radiation from the thermal weapons outside was comparable to that of a pollution zone, hindering her body’s recovery.

She hoped her subordinates’ descendants would be competent enough to find their location.

Little did she know, the Smart Brain had announced her death, causing chaos within the Ji Family Army ranks.

With the three families at the forefront, the Huazhou Alliance initiated a frenzied crackdown on the Ji Family Army.

Even ordinary people’s lives were affected.

The Huazhou Smart Brain network was limited, and all safe zones activated the emergency backup network.

Many software programs were unable to log in, greatly inconveniencing public travel and life.

In top-tier cities like Beijing, classes were suspended, and students began remote learning.

However, the network environment was extremely unstable, often crashing during classes.

After getting some insider information from his family, Wu Muzhe headed straight for Mingfu Garden.

Along with him were other students participating in the competition this time.