Chapter 546
Shen Mochen's superpower is even stronger than before.
After sending Shen Mochen off, General Yan felt a quiet shock.
Generally speaking, within the first year of obtaining superpowers, there is a period of enhancement, which is not surprising. But Shen Mochen's superpower is too powerful; experiencing firsthand a strength even greater than before left General Yan astounded.
One of Shen Mochen's superpowers is similar to an amplifier, capable of significantly enhancing an individual's power for a short period. But this amplified strength is terrifying, as the best amplifiers nowadays can only temporarily restore her strength to a C-level or D-level, which is hardly useful to ordinary completers.
Previously, Shen Mochen only needed a gentle kiss to elevate her strength to an extraordinary stage, far above A-level, and even restore an extraordinary state.
But the last amplification was limited to that. This time, however, General Yan could clearly feel her strength restored to its peak period, even slightly stronger than what seemed to be her strongest moment. And this, was not Shen Mochen's final limit.
If his superpower is at its fullest, how terrifying would it be.
Shen Mochen must not fall into the hands of other countries, but his opinions cannot simply be ignored, and forcibly controlling him isn't realistic.
"This really gives me quite a headache..." General Yan sighed and was forced to prematurely activate the original plan.
It's indeed troublesome. She is merely the highest official of the Buque Branch in Gaotang State, while Yupi Country has eighteen states, and above all is the Buque headquarters, yet they've made her responsible for Shen Mochen.
This is understandable, after all, she is the highest-ranked officer at the Buque branch in Gaotang State, and the fewer people who know Shen Mochen's secret, the better.
However, handling Shen Mochen is quite tricky, as Shen Mochen obviously knows his value.
Pah, they actually want me to seduce a kid, how absurd is that? Thinking of this, General Yan spat. Exposed, it would be a laughing stock!
The higher-ups assessed Shen Mochen as a flirtatious young man, possibly lacking maternal love, suggesting General Yan use motherly affection and emotions to bind him. Hearing of this task, General Yan cursed internally. Nonsense, motherly love and seducing him? What a bizarre thing!
Of course, despite the curses in her heart, General Yan has recently obediently followed orders from above, seeking advice from a guru specializing in younger partners, and started learning what it means to be a motherly girlfriend.
Poor me, I've never been in love all these years, and now they want me to tackle such a high difficulty... Heard Commander Feng at headquarters is retiring, I've made such contributions to Buque, it would be unreasonable not to let me rise to a higher position!
General Yan is the youngest among the state officials, and initially had no expectations of immediate promotion. But with this incident... now it's not impossible?
General Yan took out a mirror from her pocket, still in her thirties, but with good maintenance, the guru said many young pups favor my kind of mature style... General Yan pondered.
On the other side, Shen Mochen left the Buque headquarters in Gaotang State, wore his mask, and took a taxi.
Actually, this kind of thing could be discussed over the phone, but knowing its significance, he wanted to speak face-to-face to clearly express it, and to ensure General Yan better understands his determination.
As for the claims of him being a young master of the Shen Family wandering outside... He read similar stories as a child, and he is skeptical.
Buque has ample motive to fabricate this, but it's blatantly fake, which paradoxically makes it suspicious again. Shen Mochen currently doesn't wish to probe the truth because whether true or false, it's advantageous to him.
Moreover, the most important thing is, since the other party has said this, even if it's false, Shen Mochen believes they won't let him gather any evidence. The power of an entire country can almost change any result, and even if Shen Mochen took a Shen family's dog for DNA testing, the conclusion would still be they have a blood relationship.
Sitting in the taxi, Shen Mochen looked out of the window, though wearing a mask, he was still recognized by the driver. Upon getting off, he politely signed an autograph for the driver and walked into the hospital.
He was originally an actor, now a national idol, maintaining his image cautiously while out and about.
The feeling of being adored isn't bad.
As usual, he visited Yin Caiyu, told her what had happened recently, and indicated that he would be going to Roman for a while, but promised to return.
Leaving the hospital, it was already dark. Shen Mochen didn't go home since no one was waiting for him there; he went straight back to the Buque dormitory, having accumulated quite a few vacation days.
Generally, most completers take vacations as scheduled due to the high casualty rate of the job, being ever-prepared for monsters and ready for the mental construction of dying in battle; no telling which day someone might be gone. Thus, completers carry heavy mental stress, with vacationing at free therapy hotels, amusement parks, aquariums being free, they take vacation whenever possible.
But Shen Mochen is clearly not in this category. First, the nodal monsters pose absolutely no pressure to him, especially since Catherine came along, slashing through 0819 monsters seemed easy as pie. The poor monsters are decapitated by a light sword from the sky just as they appeared.
Secondly, to Shen Mochen, dormitory life at Buque is simply paradise; no feelings of depression, living comfortably, so other than collaborating with Buque on public promotion, he wouldn't go out if he didn't have to, even volunteering to stay and work during the separation month.
Returning to the dormitory, Catherine had already moved to Han Muxue's room, without making significant changes, kept most of the setup, just replacing bed coverings.
"Is the Shen Family very powerful?" Shen Mochen knocked on the door and entered Liu Chaoyan's bedroom.
"Yes, it's a nearly thousand-year-old family, with incredibly powerful heritage, an unparalleled entity in all of Yupi Country." Liu Chaoyan took a small bite of a donut, then leisurely sipping tea, "If you were the legitimate young master of Shen Family, even if wanting me, Zhao Yuji wouldn't dare say anything."
She smiled faintly as she studied Shen Mochen, seemingly seeing through everything. Her gaze seemed to carry a hint of playful encouragement.
"So powerful... When I was in school, I felt the Zhao Family was already unreachable."
"Compared to a true elite family, what does the Zhao Family or Liu Family count for? Besides, our Liu Family has fallen significantly, now only a reputation, forming an alliance with the Zhao Family is considered climbing up." Liu Chaoyan chuckled lightly.
Shen Mochen didn't engage with Liu Chaoyan's remarks; he couldn't tell which of her words were sincere, perhaps merely teasing him. He couldn't discern any affection or disapproval or resistance towards alliances from her.
At least, Liu Chaoyan's kiss never aided him in unlocking the Star Map.
"How does it compare to the Alexandrov Family?" Shen Mochen asked again.
"The Alexandrov Family is one of the ten marquis families in Romany, naturally not as prominent as the Shen Family in Yupi Country, but Roman is one of the only two superpowers, so in terms of wealth and power slightly surpasses Shen Family; both can be considered on the same tier. If the legitimate son of the Shen Family proposed, they wouldn't agree, but wouldn't make things difficult. After all, the two families have good relations and many collaborations."
"That's really impressive..."
"Yes, so, when do you plan on going to the Shen Family to recognize your roots?" Liu Chaoyan placed down her teacup.