Regarding the matter of awakening lightning abilities after transformation

As an A-level Awakened, Su Wanxi was confident she could escape unscathed, but Qin Kexin and Gu Cheng might not be so lucky...

"Don't worry, I'll be as careful as possible." Gu Cheng loaded the Magnum bullets into the cylinder one by one, her eyes sharp.

Su Wanxi stared into her eyes for a long time, then turned around and looked around.

"Is everything ready?" This was the final step before entering the crevice, checking the team members' condition.

"Yes." The three of them said in unison.

"Then... let's begin." Su Wanxi took Gu Cheng's right hand and slowly walked towards the crack.

It's that oppressive feeling of falling into the deep sea again...

Her whole body felt as if it were submerged in mud, every muscle being pulled and stuck together by an invisible force. When Gu Cheng opened her eyes again, all she saw was darkness.

"Su...Wanxi?"

"Drip, drip..." The sound of water droplets falling echoed in the deep, dark environment, and apart from that, only the girl's panting could be heard.

When a crack exceeds the weak range, its interior can no longer be judged by common sense. Even if they held hands before entering the crack, they could not avoid being separated from each other.

"Tsk, the straight-line distance is over a hundred meters..." Gu Cheng couldn't help but spit out the Colt Python from his waist.

One hundred meters is the widest range that "mental communication" can influence. Gu Cheng had once accepted Qin Kexin's communication request. Qin Kexin could use this to capture something like a communication account. As long as Gu Cheng entered the range, she could directly activate her ability to connect Gu Cheng to the public channel.

"It's a bit far, so I can only search by myself for now..." Strictly speaking, this is Gu Cheng's first time acting alone. With fewer familiar faces around, it's understandable that she, as a newbie, is a little nervous.

"Hehe, scared? I can help you..." Gu Chengyan's voice echoed in her mind, and Gu Cheng almost fired a shot.

"Just don't scare me, that's enough..." The girl said, but she felt much more at ease.

Even if I die here, I'll have this weirdo with me, so it's barely acceptable.

...What do you mean by dying? It's bad luck.

Turn on the flashlight, and a beam of light suddenly appears in the darkness.

Raising the beam of light, it barely extended two meters before reaching the bottom. This is... a sewer?

The ceiling featured a semi-elliptical pipe design, and the right wall constantly emitted moisture. Gu Cheng bent over slightly, close to the ground.

She quickly found the source of the dripping sound: water droplets were falling continuously down the left railing, and below was dirty water that smelled foul.

This was definitely not the area where they entered the rift; Gu Cheng remembered it should have been a secluded alley. Activating her spiritual vision, the black mist made the already dim environment even more blurred.

"It seems I have to find a way to get up..." This kind of place is impossible to get information from by relying on the black fog; she must go to a more open or brighter place.

The sneakers crunched on the mud, and a strong, foul stench filled the air.

The air in sewers is usually accompanied by large amounts of hydrogen sulfide and methane. These toxic gases are very harmful to the human body and can easily cause suffocation. To be on the safe side, Gu Cheng took out a gas mask from her travel bag.

Cover your mouth and nose, place the headband on top of your head, and fasten the buckle.

Long hair does have some inconveniences. A few strands of hair fell into the gap between the skin and the mask, and Gu Cheng had to adjust it several times to make sure that no air leaked in.

"Finally done." Wearing a military mask, Gu Cheng's voice was somewhat muffled as she slowed her pace and moved forward along the tunnel.

Not far behind, the once calm water surface rippled, and dark figures emerged from the water, their scarlet eyes fixed on the spot where the girl had left.

......

About two kilometers away from Gu Cheng, Su Wanxi leaned against a peculiar building.

The building's top pierces the clouds, probably several hundred meters high, and it stands silent and dilapidated.

It was still midday in the crack, and the rows of glass windows dazzled in the sunlight. The end closest to the clouds was cut into a smooth slope, like a section of arrow bamboo with its tip cut off.

Su Wanxi took a few more glances and barely recognized its identity.

The Lanjiang City Center Building, also the tallest building in Lanjiang, stood alone in front of Su Wanxi. The city's buildings that should have surrounded it were now just a barren wasteland.

"They've scattered..." Su Wanxi moved her wrists, the warm, smooth touch of her intertwined fingers still lingering in her palms.

There are still at least two hours until the monster is born—the surrounding environment is vastly different from the real world, which usually means the birth process is still in its early stages. As time passes, everything in the rift will become more and more like reality.

Just as Su Wanxi was about to activate her spiritual vision, a chilling sense of danger washed over her.

Something was watching her... She looked around; there was almost nowhere to hide.

"Inside the building, or..." A spherical gravity field with a radius of ten meters unfolded around Su Wanxi, who slowly drew out her silver-white Beretta 92F.

Two thousand meters above Su Wanxi's head, a falcon circled back and forth. Its upper body was slate gray with white horizontal stripes. Its underwing coverts, sharp beak, and claws gleamed with a cold, steely light.

Wind direction, speed... it searches for an opportunity to kill its prey with a single blow.

Su Wanxi tensed up, paying close attention to any movement around her.

The falcon continued to circle, its brown-striped wings gleaming with an unusual beauty in the sunlight. It was still waiting, its thirst for killing growing stronger.

Su Wanxi wiped the fine sweat from her forehead and slowly moved closer to the wall.

"Whoosh!" Just as the prey turned around, the giant falcon, accompanied by a gust of wind, swooped down at an unstoppable speed.

Su Wanxi's sense of danger reached its peak instantly; she could even feel the faint killing intent permeating the air. Turning her gun around, she instinctively aimed behind her, and saw a dark shadow rapidly enlarging in her field of vision.

It's too fast; even a gravitational field might not be able to stop such immense kinetic energy.

The giant falcon's diving posture made Su Wanxi abandon the idea of ​​increasing gravity, as doing so would only increase the speed at which the falcon approached her.

To reduce her own weight, she lightly pushed off the ground, freeing her body from gravity and sticking close to the corner of the building.

The next second, the asphalt ground shattered into pieces like tofu under those giant claws.

P.S. I've been busy moving lately, so updates will be less frequent. Sorry, I'll be back soon QAQ

Section 70, Chapter Sixty-Nine: Robbing

Gu Cheng walked alone in the sewer, with only the sound of water droplets falling in her ears.

How much further... This tunnel seems endless; the flashlight can't reach the bottom at all.

"Clean up the area, clean up the area..." Gu Cheng muttered to herself. Almost twenty minutes had passed, and she hadn't even found a single ladder to climb.

"Don't fire in the sewers, and don't trigger lightning. If you want to die, don't drag me down with you." A sinister reminder echoed in her mind. Gu Cheng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what it meant.

The sewer pipes were filled with a large amount of methane, the main component of which is flammable methane. Forget about firing a gun; even a simple electrical spark could trigger an explosion.

"Tsk..." Gu Cheng had no choice but to put the Colt python back in his bag and take out a multi-functional military knife that had been blued.

She had to leave quickly; guns and electricity were unusable here, and her combat capabilities had been reduced by more than half.

Thinking this, Gu Cheng quickened her pace.

"Splash!" A discordant note broke the rhythmic dripping sound, as if something was poking its head out from the bottom of the water.

Gu Cheng frowned, leaned against the tunnel wall, and slowed her breathing.

"Thump thump..." The only sound nearby seemed to be the girl's heartbeat. She raised her flashlight and slowly scanned the water below the railing.

Plastic bags, crushed aluminum cans, and greasy melon rinds and fruit pits...

Awakened beings have far superior perception than ordinary people, and Gu Cheng did not believe that she had misheard.

"You heard it too?"

"Um..."

Gripping his military knife, Gu Cheng adjusted the flashlight's operating mode, illuminating the entire surrounding area.

Creatures that can live in the dark environment of sewers either have excellent night vision or rely on no vision at all. In either case, the lack of light is not a good thing for them.

Suppressing her nervousness, Gu Cheng took out a few bullets from her bag and placed them upright in the middle of the road. She made this mark three or four times along the way so that anyone who could see it could determine her approximate location.

"Sizzle..." Just then, a chilling sound came from behind. Gu Cheng turned around abruptly, her forehead covered in cold sweat.

At the nearest corner, two sharp bone claws gripped the wall, their heads half-exposed.

Gu Cheng's pupils contracted slightly, and she unconsciously took a few steps back.

It was about five or six years old, with its body crouching on the ground in a cone shape. Its entire body was covered in glossy, sharp black fur, with well-developed incisors and a mad look in its scarlet eyes.

The giant rat stared at Gu Cheng while making chewing noises, as if she were a delicious delicacy.

"Not bad luck." The girl could only laugh self-deprecatingly as she steadily retreated, avoiding battle if possible, as her current situation was far from good.

"Squeak..." Sensing its prey's fear, the giant rat sizing her up even more brazenly. To make matters worse, two or three more equally enormous black shadows appeared behind it.

How come there are still some? What sins have I committed... Gu Cheng licked her dry lips, facing them from a distance.

As long as no sparks are produced... An electric current flows silently through the girl's body, stimulating her muscles.

Finally, the closest leader could no longer contain itself and shot towards Gu Cheng, only half of its afterimage visible to the naked eye.

Quickly, but Gu Cheng's reaction was equally swift. He flipped his wrist and slashed the blade at the head of the dark figure.

"Bah!"

The tip of the blade pierced the giant rat's flesh, and a tremendous force traveled from the blade to Gu Cheng's arm. Ignoring the pain, the giant rat continued forward, its long, flat incisors snapping violently, trying to bite through the tender white skin before it.

Gu Cheng hissed softly as she pressed her general's sword down against the ground, drawing a long, thin gash along her skin. Dark blood gushed out, splattering onto the girl's pale arms and chest.

Before the one on the ground was completely dead, the remaining giant rats rushed over at the same time.

A flash of lightning crossed Gu Cheng's pupils as she deftly pulled a military knife from the corpse and threw it at the giant rat.

"Squeak..." A dark shadow was hit directly, the blade piercing its internal organs and pinning it to the ground. Its limbs limply dug at the mud, and it let out a series of mournful howls.

“A few left…” Gu Cheng pulled out two spare knives from her waist, slightly shifted her body to dodge the attack of one of the giant rats, and grabbed the neck of the other giant rat with her hand.

The giant rat twisted its body, trying to break free, its scarlet eyes blazing with murderous intent, while blood seeped continuously from between its teeth.

With a swift movement, the knife pierced the patient's mouth and severed their spine, killing them instantly.

"One is missing..." Gu Chengyan reminded him in a low voice.

Before the girl could catch her breath, her shoulder suddenly felt heavy.

The giant rat, which had missed its target earlier, climbed to the top of the tunnel and jumped down before Gu Cheng could react.

There was no intense pain as expected. The giant rat fell to the ground from the shoulder, its fur, bones, and even its sharp incisors all disappearing—leaving only half of its head, the cut surface as smooth as a work of art.

“If it were me, I definitely wouldn’t be in such a sorry state,” Gu Chengyan said.