Chapter 199
Su Jing sat in the supernatural ability training room on the second floor of the villa, ten silver-red heat-resistant fragments neatly stacked on the metal table in front of her—
Each fragment is about the size of a fist, with fine golden patterns covering its surface. It is a high-level resource that was dismantled from the ruins of the advanced laboratory in the abandoned city three days ago. Robot No. 1's detection shows that the fragment contains "third-level heat resistance factor".
It can directly fuse with the energy within a superhuman's body, enhancing their heat resistance; this is a key enhancement resource she deliberately left behind.
The real-time temperature outside the glass enclosure had stabilized at 65℃. Through the transparent enclosure, the shell of an abandoned car in the distance could be seen gleaming with a scorching white light. The heat wave in the air distorted the view, but the constant temperature system inside the cultivation room kept the temperature at 25℃. Little Jin lay beside the metal platform, its little paws occasionally touching the fragments before quickly retracting them: "Su Jing, these fragments are so hot! They're even hotter than the manganese crystals from before. Will it hurt when you fuse them?"
Su Jing reached out and picked up a fragment. As soon as the fragment touched her palm, she felt a gentle warmth instead of a burning pain—this was a characteristic of high-level heat-resistant factors, which only released heat-resistant energy without causing high-temperature damage.
She activated her mineral powers, and a pale blue energy halo spread from her palm, slowly enveloping the fragment: "First, activate the heat-resistant factors in the fragment, then use your powers to guide the energy along the meridians. It won't hurt, just be careful not to let the energy become disordered."
As soon as he finished speaking, the golden patterns on the surface of the fragment suddenly lit up, and pale red energy overflowed from inside the fragment, intertwining with Su Jing's pale blue superpower to form a pink and blue energy membrane.
She closed her eyes and guided the mixed energy from the meridians in her palms to her limbs. At first, the energy was somewhat sluggish, like water flowing through a narrow pipe. Su Jing adjusted her breathing and lowered the frequency of her superpower output to 1.2Hz, which matched the heat resistance factor. The energy instantly became smooth, flowing along the meridians to her fingertips and toes, and finally converging at her dantian.
"Su Jing! The light around you has changed color!"
Xiao Jin suddenly shouted, and Su Jing's energy aura changed from pure blue to light pink, and her skin was even covered with a very thin transparent film, like a natural heat-resistant barrier.
Su Jing opened her eyes and looked at her palm—a light pink energy was flowing in her palm. The icy feeling when she fused with the manganese crystal had disappeared, replaced by a warm and gentle sensation. Even breathing felt less irritating due to the heat in the air.
She got up and walked to the window of the meditation room, pushing open the small observation door under the glass cover—
A rush of scalding hot air rushed in instantly, 40 degrees Celsius hotter than the room temperature. Xiao Jin quickly stepped back, but Su Jing felt no discomfort at all. When her bare wrist touched the metal door frame (which was 58 degrees Celsius), she didn't feel the usual burning sensation. Instead, it felt like touching warm water, with only a slight warmth.
"It's really not hot anymore!" Su Jing's eyes lit up. She pushed open the solid glass door, stepped out of the villa's glass enclosure, and stood in the open space in the yard—
With the 65℃ heat scorching on my body, even my hair felt slightly hot, but my skin remained warm and moist to the touch. The high temperature that I previously needed to wear heat-resistant clothing to withstand was now easily handled by the fusion energy within my body.
She walked to the abandoned car shell in the corner of the yard. It had been dragged in during the cleanup of the rubble. The shell was now 62°C. When she touched it, she could clearly feel the heat of the metal with her fingertips, but there were no burn marks. She could even clearly feel the acid rust patterns on the shell.
"Su Jing, you should try that!" Xiao Jin pointed to the manganese crystal bracket not far away. The heat-resistant coating on the surface of the bracket had failed under the sun and the temperature was higher than that of a car shell.
Su Jing walked over and grasped the support frame with both hands—the frame was about 65°C, the highest temperature in the current environment, but when her palms touched it, apart from the heat, she felt no discomfort. The light pink energy in her body even flowed slightly, insulating the excess heat to the outside.
She released her hand, and there was no red mark on her palm; it was no different from touching metal at room temperature.
"That's amazing! You won't need to wear heat-resistant clothing to go out anymore!" Little Jin jumped out of the backpack, landed on Su Jing's shoulder, and touched Su Jing's neck with its little paws.
"Your skin isn't hot, it's the same as usual!" Su Jing smiled and nodded, taking out her communicator—
A message from the official base popped up on the screen, saying that Lin Xi, a water-elemental user, was depleting her abilities too quickly due to the high temperature and urgently needed heat-resistant fragments. In addition, many refugees were suffering from heatstroke in the sunshade, and heat-resistant medicine was running out.
She was about to reply to the official base, offering to provide a small amount of heat-resistant fragments, when she suddenly sensed an unusual energy fluctuation coming from the distant sky—
It wasn't the heat from high temperatures, but rather the scorching energy of a demonic beast.
Su Jing looked up at the eastern sky and saw a fiery red shadow flashing through the clouds in the distance. It was moving very fast and was accompanied by wisps of black smoke, like a moving flame.
"What's that?" Little Jin saw it too, its little paws gripping Su Jing's collar tightly.
"Such powerful fire energy! Much stronger than the previous Green Armored Water-Eating Beast!"
Su Jing quickly activated the monster detection function on the communicator, and a red notification popped up on the screen: [Detected a third-tier monster energy reaction: containing high-temperature flame factors, suspected to be "Flamewing Beast", currently 10 kilometers away, moving northwest (migrant settlement area)].
Her heart tightened, and she immediately turned and walked into the glass enclosure—the fusion of heat-resistant abilities was just enough to cope with the high temperatures of the Flamewing Beasts, but the refugees and official bases might not be able to withstand it.
Su Jing quickly returned to the training room, put the remaining heat-resistant fragments into her space, and activated Robot No. 1: "Immediately organize the data on the third-tier demon beast Flamewing Beast, highlighting its fire weakness. Also prepare 10 bottles of high-level heat-resistant potions and put them on the system store, prioritizing supply to official bases and refugee settlements."
"Received! Flamewing Beast data retrieved: Tier 3 demon beast, wingspan 3 meters, can spew 800℃ flames, wings and abdomen are weak points, heat resistance factor can reduce its flame damage."
No sooner had Number 1 finished speaking than Su Jing received an urgent private message from Chen Yang's base on her communicator: "@I am the God of Wealth There is a fiery red bird flying across the eastern sky, and the fire it breathes can burn through the sunshade! Is it a new monster? Our heat-resistant supplies are almost gone!"
Su Jing quickly replied: "It's a Tier 3 Flamewing Beast. You can resist the flames with heat-resistant fragments or high-level heat-resistant potions. The potions are already available in the store, and we've reserved 5 bottles for you first."
She put down the communicator, walked to the glass dome, and looked at the eastern sky again—the fiery red shadow was getting closer and closer, and she could vaguely see sparks flying on its outstretched wings. The high temperature of the polar day was already unbearable, and with the addition of a fire-breathing monster, the crisis ahead was even more severe than the acid rain and acid ants before.
Su Jing took a deep breath, and the light pink energy in her body slowly circulated. After fusing with the heat-resistant fragments, she could not only withstand a high temperature of 65°C, but also initially absorb external heat and convert it into supernatural energy, which was just right to deal with the flames of the Flamewing Beast.
She patted Little Gold on her shoulder: "We might have to go out to deal with monsters later. Stay in the glass enclosure and don't run around."
Little Jin nodded vigorously, its little paws gripping Su Jing's clothes tightly, but its eyes were fixed on the distant firelight, full of vigilance.
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