Chapter 130 Extra 1·09
Amidst the rocking sensation like a swaying boat, Ji Wang struggled to open his eyes.
What came into his eyes was a pitch-black night sky, followed by lightning tearing through the sky, and a huge thunderstorm exploded in the sky. The huge roar made Ji Wang's eardrums hurt.
A drop of water suddenly fell on his face.
In a trance, Ji Wang thought that he would experience the vulgar plot of "mistaking tears for rain", but he soon realized that what fell on his face was indeed rain.
"It's raining?" Ji Wang struggled to sit up from Amanda's back and was surprised to find that Amanda's fur had become much fluffier than before. "Did I mutate successfully?"
The Doomsday Survival System simply replied: "See for yourself."
Ji Wang raised his hand tentatively and suddenly realized that the pain in his body seemed to have disappeared, but other than that, he gained nothing.
He did not feel that his physical fitness had become stronger, nor did he feel that his mind had become smarter. It was as if, apart from being healed, no changes had occurred in him.
"What the hell?" Ji Wang couldn't help but curse after trying to mobilize forces through various channels and failing. "Even my Chinese bloodline can't save me?"
"...It's not that useless," the Doomsday Survival System said helplessly. "Take a closer look. Do you really not notice anything different?"
Ji Wang really didn't notice any other changes in himself, but when his eyes focused on Amanda under him, he suddenly found a slight difference.
Before the mutation, Amanda was an ordinary tabby cat. As a short-haired cat, its hair shouldn't be so fluffy, but at this moment it is like an inflated ball of hair, a little bigger than when its hair is blown up.
However, such fluffy and thick fur does not provide enough protection against the cold.
Amanda was much closer to Shi Ting and the Zombie King who were fighting than before at the city gate, so the temperature nearby began to drop. Ji Wang even saw that some of the cat's fur had begun to freeze. Amanda was shivering with cold, and even her running speed increased a lot.
Ji Wang himself, as a human being without long hair, did not feel cold. He was even much warmer than when he was at the city gate.
"So this is?" Ji Wang blurted out, "Cold-resistant?"
"Why can't the supernatural power save your IQ?" The Doomsday Survival System was full of complaints. "If that were the case, would people of Chinese descent like you still be fought over?"
“…seems to make sense?”
"That makes perfect sense!" the Doomsday Survival System said helplessly. "No matter what, the objective advantages of bloodline do exist. You should have noticed Amanda. In addition to the debuff of the Zombie King's ice ability, she's also been affected by the lightning ability as she's getting closer to the center of the battlefield..."
"So that's why Amanda's hair has become so fluffy." Ji Wang suddenly realized, "It's because of static electricity that causes the hair to frizz."
"That's right, but you're completely unharmed," the Doomsday Survival System said. "This is the greatest proof that your mutation was successful."
"After crunching the numbers, I can finally conclude that your ability is such that all other people's abilities within your range are reduced to one-tenth of their original value," the Doomsday Survival System explained word by word. "Furthermore, this completely disregards the ability range of the psychic themselves. In other words, the stronger the opponent, the greater your weakening. Even against the supreme Zombie King, you can reduce him to a mere minion."
"So strong?!" Ji Wang's surprise barely faded before he realized something was wrong. "Wait, doesn't that mean my ability only works when the opponent has one? And I don't seem to have the ability to attack actively, so I can only passively take the beating."
"Human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant. What else do you want with such a powerful superpower?" The Doomsday Survival System said disdainfully. "If you ask me, this is the superpower that suits you best. Some superpowers may seem powerful, but do you really think you can control them? For example, if you were given an offensive ability as strong as Shi Ting, do you think you could control such a powerful superpower with your previous physical fitness and tactical thinking?"
Ji Wang shook his head honestly.
"The mutation of superpowers is related to the personality and abilities of the psychic, as well as the most pressing issues they're currently experiencing. Therefore, this power directly abandons offensive capabilities and instead grants you the strongest defensive capabilities, which is actually a good thing for you. The mutation has greatly improved your physical fitness. Ordinary people cannot harm you, and psychics will be weakened, so sneak attacks and injuries are basically impossible to happen to you." Seeing that he had figured it out, the Doomsday Survival System said lazily, "And with this power, you will definitely become a magical weapon that everyone wants to fight for, just like a powerful auxiliary mage. There will definitely be people who will do everything they can to protect you. Just relax and relax - in short, congratulations on your successful mutation."
When he said the last sentence, the tone of the Doomsday Survival System softened a little, like an old father who was pleased to see his son grow up.
In fact, when Ji Wang mentioned the shortcomings of his superpowers before, he was just asking casually. Being able to successfully transform was already a great gain for him, and he didn't want to ask for anything else.
Therefore, Ji Wang was in a good mood at this time and did not want to argue with the system about the tone. He just looked at his body that had completed the transformation in disbelief, clenched his palms, and then opened them.
In the process of repeatedly clenching his fists and exhaling, he finally felt a trace of strength surging from deep within his body, slowly flowing to his limbs and bones.
It was as if an idea came to his mind in an instant. No one reminded him, but Ji Wang subconsciously understood how to use the supernatural power.
He spread his palm and carefully placed the exposed skin against Amanda's.
Amanda shuddered all over, turned her head sharply to look at him, stopped, and suddenly shook her hair violently.
Ji Wang was nearly thrown out by the speed of the drum washing machine. He barely managed to hold the cat's neck and just barely hung upside down under Amanda's chin. He couldn't help but curse: "Fuck!"
The ice chips in the hair were like countless glass shards, shaking out from the thick layer of hair in an instant. At once, thousands of arrows were fired at once. Ji Wang couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that he didn't fall next to Amanda, otherwise he would probably be pierced into a sieve.
After a long time, he finally climbed up from under the cat's neck with difficulty. He was immediately surprised to find that Amanda's fur was much smoother than before, her body temperature had risen, and the whole cat seemed much more comfortable than before.
Amanda then turned around and licked Ji Wang gently, then continued on her way forward with a brisk pace.
Ji Wang was licked in a daze, looking at the big cat that had returned to normal.
"It seems you've mastered how to extend your supernatural power to others. That's right, it's physical contact, and the larger the contact area, the better the effect," the Doomsday Survival System praised. "Since you've just mutated, your energy is still too low. Your supernatural power only covers you, and it can't directly protect others. Only when your bare skin touches another person or object can you form a close-fitting protective shield for them. When your supernatural power evolves further and can cover the entire battlefield, you'll become a true 'Messenger of God,' able to protect your side like a god and ensure invincibility."
Ji Wang never thought that his title of God's messenger could come true. He looked at his arm that was hugging the cat's neck with a complicated expression.
"Perhaps you were truly concerned about Shi Ting's safety at the time, which is why you developed this ability." The Doomsday Survival System sighed, "This is almost a targeted suppression of the Zombie King."
Ji Wang didn't really want to answer this question, so he just pretended not to hear it.
With the debuff weakened, Amanda finally became energetic again and led Ji Wang forward. Soon, the man and the cat approached the core area of the battle.
The rumbling thunder seemed to have weakened somewhat, allowing Ji Wang to clearly hear the sounds of fighting in the distance. The smell of blood mixed with the stench of rain, like a snake's breath, choking Amanda, despite her keen sense of smell, and causing her to stumble backward. However, her feline hunting instinct quickly perked her up, her claws and back tensed instantly, her eyes sharper than usual, and she bravely continued forward.
And just as Amanda ran up and jumped high over the bushes, the first person Ji Wang saw was none other than the zombie king summoned by the disco on his grave.
It’s nothing, the Zombie King is just too tall.
It looked nothing like a former human being. It was tall and strong, with skin as pale as whitewash on the wall, hair hanging in a messy pattern, no black in its eyes, and corpse spots on its face that looked like tattoos. Its bony hands had long, jet-black nails, as if it could crush a human skull with one palm strike.
Compared to an average human, its movements were slightly slower, but considering its terrifying strength, size, and attack range, its speed on the battlefield couldn't even be considered slow. Furthermore, its innate ice ability could freeze those around it, reducing their movement speed. Therefore, even a lightning-fast being like Shi Ting was forced to slow down, leaving him vulnerable in its presence.
Besides the massive Zombie King and Shi Ting, who was confronting him head-on, Ji looked down and saw a large number of warriors engaged in a fierce battle with other zombies. Those zombies seemed to have been inspired by the Zombie King's awakening, crawling out of the ground overnight and spreading across the land like bone-eating maggots.
This is probably why Shi Ting's face changed drastically the moment he discovered the Zombie King. He must have anticipated the arrival of the zombie tide and was anxious to keep these invaders outside the city gate.
Ji Wang felt his heart tighten, and suddenly he felt indescribable sadness.
"I feel like this war started because of me." He whispered to the system.
"Not necessarily," the Doomsday Survival System said, keeping it a secret. "Although you're a troublemaker, you shouldn't put such a big accusation on yourself."
Before Ji Wang could figure out what the system meant, he was startled by a loud explosion and suddenly raised his head.
The zombie king might have been enraged by Shi Ting's extremely patient and brutal attacks. He let out a long roar, raised his hands above his head, clasped them together above his head, and slapped them hard. The terrifying freezing rain immediately fell on the crowd like small hailstones.
"Pay attention to protection!" Shi Ting shouted.
Although Amanda was still some distance away from Shi Ting, it successfully understood the command from afar, immediately stopped, and nimbly hid in the bushes nearby.
Despite this, not everyone possessed the dodging abilities of a cat. Some were still knocked to the ground by the hail. Some rolled over and luckily escaped, while others were vulnerable to the sturdy zombies, who were not afraid of the hail.
Amanda was still quite a distance away from the soldier and it was impossible for her to get there in a short time.
Ji Wang's heart suddenly sank.
Just as the zombie was roaring and swaying to give the warrior the final blow, Shi Ting forcibly escaped from the zombie king's attack range. The ice as hard as black iron exploded on the bare ground, sending up a cloud of flying dust.
Shi Ting appeared behind the zombie like a ghost, stretched out his hand, and forcibly broke its neck.
This zombie seemed to have the ability to corrode. Shi Ting's palm was almost peeled off, and blood dripped brightly onto the ground, so dazzling that it almost burned Ji Wang's eyes.
Amanda, who was hiding in the bushes, screamed sharply, jumped out of the natural shelter, and ran towards Shi Ting.
Ji Wang's heart almost jumped. He leaned on Amanda's back and felt his heart beating faster than Amanda's.
It seemed that Shi Ting himself was the only one who was completely unaware.
Shi Ting clenched his hand that was still dripping with blood. The air around him was distorted horribly to a degree visible to the naked eye. He teleported away from his original position again. The Zombie King's attack happened to arrive at this moment, hitting the place where he had stood. Shi Ting stepped on the ground where the Zombie King's defense was weakest, turned around and continued to fight with the Zombie King.
Amanda kept shuttling between hail and freezing rain. Ji Wang looked around in between his rapid movements. Gradually, he finally discovered the real reason why Shi Ting had been dealing with the Zombie King for so long.
The freezing rain that fell from time to time would not only cause injuries and frostbite to other soldiers, but also have extremely strong conductivity after the ice melted into water mixed with impurities such as sweat, mud, and blood. The extremely humid air would also cause Shi Ting's high voltage electricity to directly penetrate the air, causing harm and affecting other people. Therefore, Shi Ting not only did not get any help, but his ability to perform was also greatly restricted.
However, even under such unfavorable conditions, Shi Ting still fought for more than half an hour, and apart from a huge scratch on his chest and the injury on his palm, he had no obvious scars. He just looked like his supernatural powers were overdrawn, his face was slightly pale, and his lips were pursed into a straight line.
The Zombie King did not gain any benefits either. He was forced to stay in the tomb and could not move. He was covered with wounds and the places where he was attacked were charred. He was so angry that he howled to the sky, and the scale of his freezing rain was getting smaller and smaller.
It seems like the two sides are competing for the reserves of superpowers. Whoever runs out of superpowers first loses.
In a blink of an eye, Amanda had already run behind Shi Ting.
Ji Wang knew that with the noise on the battlefield at this moment and Shi Ting's concentration when facing the Zombie King, even though Amanda was so big, Shi Ting couldn't actually find the cat unless he looked back, so he couldn't order Amanda to stop and prevent him from joining the battlefield.
So he patted Amanda's ears gently, signaling her to pay attention to his gesture: "Amanda, tactical backflip."
Amanda didn't fully understand what was being said, but she knew Shi Ting would be angry if she disobeyed orders and brought Ji Wang here. She had no idea what had happened to Ji Wang, but her protective instinct made her rush over to protect Shi Ting. So, even this big cat learned to be cunning, standing on tiptoe, observing Shi Ting's figure, and quietly approaching from behind.
Cats have thick pads under their paws, allowing even a creature as large as Amanda to walk silently. Zombies tend to move clumsily, their footsteps heavy, so Shi Ting didn't notice the slight change in the noise behind him. The soldiers, accustomed to Amanda's presence, didn't warn her. In a flash, Amanda had already reached the center of the battlefield.
Just when Shi Ting was most focused on the Zombie King, Amanda jumped high under Ji Wang's guidance.
Because of the mutation, Ji Wang's physical fitness has been greatly improved compared to before. He rolled down from the cat's back and successfully airdropped in a not-so-gorgeous posture. As luck would have it, he landed on the head of the zombie king.
Shi Ting, on the contrary, dodged the big cat that landed from a high altitude with a perfect evasive posture. When he saw clearly what happened on the Zombie King's side, his face changed instantly.
Ji Wang had no time to pay attention to Shi Ting's wonderful facial expression. He spread his palm as wide as possible so that it could be completely pressed against the Zombie King's head.
The Zombie King obviously felt uncomfortable, and he shook his hair frantically. He then slid off the Zombie King's hair, and amid the exclamations from all around, he landed safely on the other's shoulder.
"The skin contact area is not large enough!" The doomsday survival system shouted in Ji Wang's mind.
Ji Wang gritted his teeth, took off his shirt, threw it aside, and clasped it on the Zombie King's cold body like an octopus.
At the moment when the area of body contact reached the largest, Ji Wang felt a strange heat energy erupting from deep within his body. The temperature around him rose a lot, and even the hail that had fallen on the ground gradually melted.
The Zombie King realized that his superpowers had suddenly weakened, and finally understood the intention of the person who landed on him. He howled wildly and tried to shake Ji Wang off, but Ji Wang refused to let go, like the most stubborn piece of dog-skin plaster, sticking tightly to his body.
"What are you still standing there for? Get moving!" Ji Wang saw that Shi Ting hadn't reacted yet, and thought that he was stunned by his motionless behavior like a turtle. While struggling to deal with the Zombie King's attack, he shouted, "I'm really dizzy—"
He felt like he was caught by the Zombie King in an instant, and before he could finish his sentence, the tail end of his words was torn away and dissipated in the wind.
The big pendulum in the amusement park is really not fun. This was the last thought that came to Ji Wang’s mind.
The next second, Shi Ting moved.
"Back off!" Shi Ting roared.
Although the others on the battlefield didn't understand why, it was obvious that obeying Shi Ting's orders had become their instinct. Everyone immediately lined up in tacit understanding and retreated from the center of the battlefield quickly and orderly.
Then, a sharp and long cry like an eagle's cry broke through the air.
Ji Wang was dizzy and was being carried around by the Zombie King. At first he thought it was the sound of some extremely fast-firing weapon, but he soon realized that something was wrong.
This is the sonic boom produced when Shi Ting suddenly exerts force.
What surprised Ji Wang was that Shi Ting did not use his lightning ability. He seemed to concentrate all his strength on his fist. He jumped high, created a huge shock wave, and smashed down heavily.
The ground cracked, and the zombie king's legs sank more than half a foot into the mud. He roared and shook off the human in his hand.
Ji Wang: “???”
"No way?!" he screamed to the system, "You're just going to throw me away just like that?"
However, the expected crushing did not happen. Ji Wang felt himself falling into a strong arm. A strong force came from his waist, pulling him so hard that he almost thought his ribs were going to be broken.
The next second, he found himself teleported out of the Zombie King's attack range.
Turning around again, Shi Ting had one arm around his waist and the other hand was holding the scruff of Amanda's neck as she charged forward. The huge cat seemed to have not felt the sensation of being held by the scruff of the neck by a human being for a long time, and had an extremely confused expression on his face.
"This is so cool!" Ji Wang was shocked. "Why does Shi Ting seem to have Flash?"
However, he soon discovered something was wrong.
Shi Ting still had the familiar fresh scent on his body, and was not suppressed by the smell of blood, which meant that he had not suffered any serious external injuries. However, Ji Wang keenly noticed that Shi Ting's fingers were trembling slightly, as if he was preparing to accumulate the next attack, but the electric light only formed a tiny arc, jumped at his fingertips for a moment, and then disappeared.
After all, Shi Ting does not have a true speed-related ability, and his energy is completely exhausted in the frequent outbursts.
Ji Wang's heart sank suddenly.
He almost subconsciously stretched out an arm to block Shi Ting.
Shi Ting looked at him silently without stopping his actions, not knowing what he was thinking.
Fortunately, Shi Ting's full-strength attack just now suppressed the Zombie King back into the ground, and he could not launch an effective attack on the two of them at this time. Ji Wang originally just wanted to lean over to see the other party's situation, but was pulled back. He looked down and found that Shi Ting's arm had been on his waist, restraining him and unable to move.
"Let's go." Shi Ting spoke in his ear. His voice was very low, but the volume was not very small. Ji Wang once again felt the resonance and buzzing of his eardrums, just like the thunder in the sky at the beginning.
"This..." Ji Wang asked in a low voice, pointing to the dense swarm of zombies around him, "Can we really get away?"
"Yes." Shi Ting took a long breath, loosened the arms around his waist, and opened his tightly clenched hands to him. He looked very cautious, like a child who saw a shell for the first time, showing off the treasure he had collected for an afternoon to his playmate.
Ji Wang took a closer look and stood there in shock.
In Shi Ting's hand lay a translucent white crystal, emitting a faint cold light.
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