After saying goodbye to Shang Yan, Zhou Ping stood at a distance, gazing at Shang Yan's departing figure in a daze. Only after Shang Yan's figure could no longer be seen did he turn his gaze away and walk towards the school.
That evening, when Shang Yan returned to his dormitory, he saw his roommate sitting in front of the computer playing video games.
Ji Shaowei has a full range of electronic devices. He is extremely serious when playing games, a true e-sports fan.
After returning, Shang Yan washed up and sat cross-legged on the bed.
Sitting opposite him, 019 looked at him with its arms crossed and a serious expression.
[Shang Yan, are you ready?]
Shang Yan drew the bed curtains, then gagged himself with a strip of cloth. [Ready? Come on!]
After responding, 019 began generating electricity.
That's right, you read that correctly, it's generating electricity.
A crackling sound of electricity rang out, and the current pounded through his limbs and bones, sending waves of pain through him. Shang Yan bit down hard on the strip of cloth stuffed in his mouth, not even letting out a muffled groan.
019 waved her arms beside Shang Yan, cheering her on, "Yan Yan, you can do it! Our Yan Yan is the best!"
The electric shock would last for twenty minutes, and 019 kept a close eye on Shang Yan's condition.
When 019 was locked on the balcony by Zhou Ping, 019 angrily complained the next day.
As it turned out, Shang Yan didn't care about it at all, which infuriated 019.
019 originally just wanted to give Shang Yan an electric shock to show him how powerful it was.
It would have been fine if there hadn't been any electricity, but the electricity caused an accident.
Shang Yan wouldn't let it stop!
I was so scared by 019 back then, I thought Shang Yan might have some hidden masochistic tendencies.
Twenty minutes passed quietly, and Shang Yan's clothes were already soaked.
"I was right," Shang Yan said, lying on the bed, feeling somewhat exhausted. His wet, tousled hair fell across his forehead, but his eyes shone brightly.
A surge of green light appeared in his eyes, and his aura changed. He had advanced. In less than half a year since being electrocuted by 019, his strength had broken through from the Pool Realm to the peak of the River Realm.
Just a little bit more... just a little bit more to break through the River Realm and reach the Sea Realm.
"It's really strange. I've never seen anyone like you... who advances by being electrocuted." 019 was genuinely surprised, but it was more worried. The little white ball pounced on Shang Yan's face and touched his somewhat pale face.
Are you alright?
"Absolutely wonderful." Shang Yan swept his sweat-dampened hair back, revealing his full forehead.
After resting for a while, he recovered. "My ability to revive all things has leveled up, and... I've awakened another ability."
019 thoughtfully brought up the system panel for Shangyan's convenience.
[Restoration: Libra: Can draw an equal amount of life energy from the surrounding area as an exchange to heal wounds, restoring the target's life energy. (The person whose life energy is drawn will fall into weakness, the duration of which depends on the amount of life energy drawn.)]
2. Passive: When the body falls into a weakened state, the Resurrection Passive is triggered, passively drawing energy from surrounding living beings until the body returns to normal. (Depending on the host's wishes)
3. Rejuvenation: Within a 10-meter radius of you, your wounds heal at 300%, your mental energy recovers at 200%, and your vitality is in a vigorous upward state. (Can be applied to a designated teammate; currently limited to 3 players)
4. Life Control: All living plants within a 100-meter radius can be used by you, and there is a 50% chance that living creatures will choose to befriend you.
Ember: Burn everything in the world, annihilate (Currently usable once per day)
This skill has requirements regarding the host's cultivation level. The higher the cultivation level, the stronger the power. Even gods can use this skill, but if the cultivation level is low, it can still cause irreversible damage.
Upon seeing his second skill, a ghostly green flame appeared out of thin air in Shang Yan's hand, its core white and barely warm.
"Is this your new skill?" 019 asked curiously, reaching out to touch it.
"Don't touch it." Shang Yan closed his hands, and the flame went out.
The flames were dangerous; he was afraid they would harm 019.
"This is really strange. At this rate, won't you have to rely on me to shock you every time you level up?" 019 sighed. "But I don't have much energy left. Even if I charge it with solar power every day, it won't last."
Every time it uses electricity, it consumes a lot of its energy, and 019 feels like it's starving to death.
When Shang Yan heard him say this, his eyes went blank, clearly lost in thought.
The little ball took out a handkerchief from its spatial storage and wiped the fine beads of sweat from Shang Yan's forehead.
"You've stayed at Zhou Ping's house very few times in the past six months; you usually just stay home and get electrocuted..." 019 looked at his pale face and felt a pang of heartache.
This is the little one it raised like a son, and it even had to personally generate electricity for him.
It felt a tightness in its chest, but there was nothing it could do.
[Anyway, I'm out of power and feel like I'm starving to death. Let's take a break. Reaching the peak of Sichuan in half a year is already pretty good.] 019 is tired. 019 is not only mentally tired, but also physically tired. Tired and hungry.
Shang Yan, who had been staring blankly into space, suddenly sat up in bed. He boldly asked, "Tell me, if I were struck by lightning, would the effect be the same?"
019, [? ? ? ]
"The key is that you didn't do anything wrong, so how could you possibly be struck by lightning?" 019 asked sincerely.
"Does one have to do bad things to get struck by lightning?" Shang Yan asked seriously.
019 replied affirmatively, "Of course, that's how it's portrayed in the stories."
Shang Yan lowered his eyes, seemingly lost in thought.
He suddenly asked, "What realm is Zhou Ping at now?"
"Klein," 019 remarked, "His strength is still increasing. Zhou Ping is already so powerful, why are you still going to get struck by lightning?"
[Zhou Ping will definitely be able to protect you.] 019 thinks that Zhou Ping is now really protecting Shang Yan like the apple of his eye.
Shang Yan frowned when he heard 019 say that, and put his hand on his face.
[019, you're wrong to think that way. This world is full of dangers. Zhou Ping has to protect not only me, but also many, many other people.]
Similarly, so am I.
[I think I'm standing beside him as a comrade-in-arms, not someone who needs to be protected.] Shang Yan felt that 019 was caring about him more and more, and had even forgotten about his side quests.
[The plan to get struck by lightning is urgent, I need to think about it...] Shang Yan scratched his head, thinking that the most likely time to be struck by lightning was on a rainy day.
"But can't I just touch the electric shock with my bare hand?" he thought, getting up to unplug the device and try it out.
"A tonic!" 019 was terrified.
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The way to advance is by being struck by lightning. Has everyone guessed Shang Yan's identity? If you guessed it, there will be an extra chapter.
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