Chapter 82 Is Lei Yan's awakened superpower something you can just acquire whenever you want...?
[Holy crap!!! He really awakened his superpowers!]
[She actually got lucky—one in ten chance? I'm so jealous, her luck is just too good!]
[Hahaha! My sister is awesome! Today's gift is for her!]
[It's a pity she didn't awaken strong attack types like Ice, Fire, or Thunder; otherwise, my sister could have easily joined a hunting party and made a name for herself.]
[Water-based abilities are great too. It's the hottest season where the streamer is, and water is scarce everywhere. With water-based abilities, at least they won't have to worry about running out of water.]
Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow and said, "Who said water-based attacks aren't strong?"
[No one needs to say it, water-based abilities are logistics-type abilities, that's universally acknowledged by the Star Alliance.]
Although the wood element doesn't have combat power, it's indispensable for producing natural food, while the water element is somewhat useless.
[There are machines available for watering plants, so water systems aren't necessary. The only planets that would truly welcome them are probably those with unique environments and relatively underdeveloped technology, places lacking water resources.]
[Is the streamer implying that water-type attacks can conjure water arrows or use water balls? But ice-type attacks have much greater destructive power and can even freeze enemies, something water-type attacks can't do. Earth-type attacks are even stronger than water-type attacks.]
Lu Xuan said, "Naive."
During the apocalypse, the water-type ability users in his base were most skilled at using water balloons to cover the enemy's head and drown them. Even more powerful ones could drain the water from the body and turn the person into a dried-up corpse.
Based on these two methods alone, no one would dare to say that water-based ability users are weak in combat.
However, since revealing the two techniques would inevitably seem rather ruthless, Lu Xuan kept them to himself.
"Is this magic?" Lu Qing looked at the water ball in her palm, her eyes shining with excitement.
Lu Chen almost pounced on her to examine the water balloon closely.
Lu Xuan nodded and said, "Water-based magic is quite good. It can be used for drinking water and watering the fields. If you can condense a water arrow, it can also have a certain attack power."
As soon as he finished speaking, a row of water arrows, each half a meter long, materialized behind him.
Lu Xuan took out a pile of wooden planks from his spatial storage and casually threw them into the air. Water arrows shot out immediately afterward, piercing through all the planks instantly.
Lu Qing became even more excited. "I want to learn this! With this, I can hunt too! And I won't be afraid of encountering danger anymore."
Lu Xuan reminded him, "When you first awaken, you won't have enough power. You can only condense ten water arrows at most before running out of energy. If you really encounter danger, it's more effective to use a tranquilizer gun."
After hearing this, Lu Qing calmed down a bit and said, "That makes sense."
She's having so much trouble even condensing a water sphere, so it's hard to say when she'll be able to condense a water arrow. She should be more down-to-earth and take it one step at a time.
Thinking of Lei Yan, who was still unconscious, Lu Qing asked expectantly, "I wonder if your brother-in-law can obtain immortal techniques."
Lu Xuan offered no guarantees, only saying, "Let's see how his luck is."
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Two days later, Lei Yan woke up successfully and, to everyone's surprise, awakened his lightning-type superpower.
The live stream audience went completely wild.
[It's awakened again! And it's the strongest lightning-type ability among the conventional types! This is impossible!!!]
[What happened to the supposed one in ten chance? How did it skyrocket to 100% in the streamer's house?! There's something fishy going on!]
Is it because Lei Yan's surname is Lei that he awakened the Lei element?! Is it too late for me to change my surname now?
[Has the person upstairs gone mad? How could that possibly work? It's just a coincidence.]
I wish I could have that kind of coincidence too!
[Water conducts electricity, and the couple's special abilities can perfectly complement each other, achieving a 1+1>2 effect. It's quite a coincidence; even awakening their special abilities feels like being fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).]
Not only were the people in the live stream excited, but the villagers were even more thrilled when they learned that the couple had obtained the magic spell.
"How did you acquire immortal techniques?"
"Did you also see immortals? What do immortals look like?"
"Show us quickly! What kind of magical technique did you acquire? Do you have any life-enhancing techniques?"
Lu Qing and Lei Yan were quite proud of their newly acquired abilities, and they took the opportunity to demonstrate them in front of everyone.
One person conjured a water ball and threw it on the ground, wetting the area. The other person took out a piece of wood and flicked a thin bolt of lightning from their fingertip, leaving a fist-sized charred mark on the wood.
The villagers gaped in astonishment; it was truly magical!
Water-based magic, and... was that lightning?
The ancients always held a deep reverence for lightning, and when they discovered that Lei Yan could control lightning, the villagers looked at him with awe.
Among them, Xiong Mao, who was most obsessed with becoming stronger, had such a burning gaze that he seemed to want to devour Lei Yan.
He couldn't wait to ask Lu Xuan, "Did you speak well of them to the immortals? Could you also put in a good word for me so I can get immortal techniques too?"
Xiong Mao's words exploded in the villagers' minds like a thunderclap, waking them all up.
yes!
They previously thought that immortal techniques were exclusive to Lu Xuan, but now that Lu Qing and Lei Yan can obtain them, why can't they try to get them too?
If they possessed abilities like Lu Xuan, wouldn't they also receive many additional material benefits?
Many people's minds inevitably began to wander.
Lu Xuan didn't rule out the possibility entirely, saying, "It's not possible right now, but perhaps there will be an opportunity in the future."
The villagers perked up immediately when they heard that they hadn't been directly refused.
As long as Lu Xuan doesn't explicitly say it's impossible, there's still hope!
Young people who aspire to improve their strength are filled with anticipation for the future, and some even begin to dream about what kind of superpowers they want.
Zhang Chengming and Li Jing shared the same opinion, both saying, "I want wood-based magic. With the ability to accelerate growth, we can accelerate the production of as much food as we want."
Li Tuo then said, "Then I want the wind element! It can grind pork into such fine pieces, it will definitely be especially powerful when encountering ferocious beasts."
"The most powerful is undoubtedly the lightning element. What ability can compare to lightning striking from the sky?" Xiong Mao said decisively. "With lightning-based immortal techniques, no jackal, tiger, or leopard can stand against me!"
Chen Rong chimed in, "I don't ask for much, I just hope my speed can become incredibly fast. I wonder if such a magic technique exists. If it does, I can be the first to run away no matter what danger I encounter in the future."
Wu Cheng and his son Wu Yang chose the water system quite tacitly.
In their view, the combined crossbow provided by Lu Xuan was powerful enough to deal with all kinds of wild beasts, and there was no need to increase their combat power.
The catastrophe will eventually pass, and once the situation stabilizes, it's hard to say whether those with strong aggression will be feared and persecuted by those in power.
It would be better to choose a water system that seems harmless but is actually indispensable to people.
The reason I didn't choose the most popular wood element is partly because it's similar to offensive magic and is easily mythologized, which might arouse fear. On the other hand, I also felt that wood magic is so powerful that ordinary people probably wouldn't be able to obtain it easily.
If water-based systems are unavailable, then earth-based systems are a good alternative.
When they get too old to hunt, earth-based abilities can help them till the land more easily.
Everyone's reasons for choosing their superpowers were reasonable, but the viewers in the live stream just rolled their eyes.
You're all so smug! Do you really think you can have superpowers just because you want them? And you're being picky.
Even if the streamer manages to obtain gene evolution fluid in the future, the quantity will never be large enough to supply the entire village, let alone enough to awaken one person after drinking it.
Leaving aside Lu Qing and Lei Yan, the fact that five people in the whole village could awaken their powers is, to use an ancient saying, an incredible stroke of luck.
The most outrageous one was Lu Chen, the younger brother, who said with a dreamy look, "My brother is so amazing, I want to have the same magical powers as him."
Goodness, they want it all!
As expected, the bolder you are, the more you achieve. No wonder he's the streamer's brother; he's more daring than others!
Of course, possessing 'immortal arts' is not always a good thing.
Lei Yan had been unconscious for two days and was starving. Lu Qing quickly brought him a large amount of rice and stewed pork ribs, braised pork belly, braised pork hock and other hearty dishes that she had prepared beforehand.
Then the surrounding villagers watched in bewilderment as Lei Yan inhaled the gusts of air.
A bowl of rice was gone in a few bites, a large plate of braised pork was gone in the blink of an eye, and the cleaned pork bones quickly piled up on the table.
Everyone stared in disbelief.
This person has such a huge appetite! Almost as much as Lu Xuan.
The men who were on good terms with Lei Yan couldn't help but ask, "Eat slowly, don't eat too much and hurt your stomach."
"Exactly, if you eat too fast, you won't even feel full. You'll feel uncomfortable once you catch your breath."
Lu Xuan said, "Let him eat. After mastering immortality, one's appetite will increase. Eating two or three catties of rice and five or six catties of meat in one meal is easy."
Lu Qing is the same in this respect.
She was strong and had a big appetite before, and now she's even bigger, not inferior to Lei Yan, a big man.
Everyone gasped, "So he'll have to eat this much every meal from now on?" Has the Lu family gained another glutton?
Lu Xuan said, "Today's meal was because I was starving after sleeping for two days. In the future, I should eat about a third to a quarter less."
Everyone: "..." That's a lot too.
Many people started counting on their fingers how much food the Lu family needed to consume in a day.
Lei Yan eats about ten catties of rice, vegetables and meat in one meal, and Lu Xuan and Lu Qing probably eat about the same. The three of them eat thirty catties in one meal, which is eighty or ninety catties a day.
Lu Chen is just a tiny kid and doesn't have any magical powers, so he can't eat much. Even if we round it up, it's only a hundred pounds in total.
If you calculate it this way, the Lu family, with only four members, consumes about three thousand catties of food a month!
hiss!
That's three thousand catties!
Even the Li family, the Zhang family, and other relatively wealthy families like Xiong Mao and Liu Daxi all changed their expressions upon receiving this data.
This much food is equivalent to their entire fortune!
They had previously fantasized that they too could have immortal arts like the Lu family.
Nowadays, it seems that having one person in a family who knows magic is enough; having more would be too much to afford.
If Lu Xuan hadn't been able to use his wood-based superpower to revive at any time, the tens of thousands of kilograms of grain he had stockpiled in the prefectural city might not have been enough to last until the end of the catastrophe.
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Because the village is very busy every day, everyone dispersed after watching the excitement at Lu's house for a while.
After filling his stomach, Lei Yan perked up when he learned that they were going to water the fields and asked his family, "How's our land? Have the seeds been planted?"
Energetic after gaining her new ability, Lu Qing laughed heartily: "The seedlings have already grown to the height of my calves, but the weeds are growing very fast too. These past two days, the village has been busy weeding and watering. As for gathering and hunting, they've all been moved to the mornings, and we come back to farm in the afternoons."
Balancing both tasks is naturally not as easy as before, but no one feels it's tough.
How can growing grain be considered hard work?
Isn't this how they've always lived?
The harder they work, the more at ease they feel, because all the busyness they put in now will eventually turn into food to fill their stomachs. Just thinking about it gives them boundless energy.
Upon hearing this, Lei Yan couldn't wait to go to the field with them.
Upon arriving at the location, before he could even marvel at the lush green seedlings, Lei Yan's gaze was first drawn to the scene of mist swirling around the field.
"What's this!?"
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