In the study.
Two and a half hours had passed.
Lin Lang was still munching away! He gradually realized that the feeling of being full was just an illusion.
The Superpower Fruit was more like a crystallized form of energy rather than a real fruit.
Once it entered a person's body, it would transform into a mass of energy, which the body would digest and absorb.
The reason for the bloated feeling was simply that the digestion speed couldn't keep up!
He was eating while digesting.
As he continued to eat, only a dozen of the 300 fruits remained in the space.
But the gains were substantial.
Lin Lang first observed himself— the light points within him had grown as large as apples, and their brightness was so high that they were almost materialized! They shone like luminous pearls in the night! He then pulled up the information: [Superpower: Intuition (Level 9)]
His Intuition had reached level nine! He decided to call this sensing ability "Psychic Power"! The range covered by Psychic Power would be referred to as the "Psychic Field"! Now, his Psychic Field had expanded to encompass every corner of the entire building, which had over thirty floors and more than a hundred units!
This meant he could clearly "see" every room in the building.
He could "see" what everyone in those rooms was doing! Even!
If he concentrated, he could hear the voices of people talking!
This meant!
He could grasp the movements of everyone in the building without stepping outside! No matter what actions they took, Lin Lang would know immediately!
Moreover!
He could also clearly sense how many monsters were in the building.
Those monsters also had light points within them.
Lin Lang speculated that the size and brightness of those light points determined the combat strength of the beasts.
Currently, most of the monsters in the hallway were quite weak, with light points about the size of mung beans!
Occasionally, there were a few powerful ones, with light points the size of eggs, but they were all active on the lower floors.
It was worth mentioning that all non-human entities in the building, whether pets or insects, had light points! "Why can those monsters gain power directly, while humans have to eat Superpower Fruit? That's not fair."
He couldn't help but complain.
One more thing.
Psychic Power could easily penetrate walls, doors, and windows, almost ignoring them!
But penetrating the Red Mist was extremely difficult!
If Lin Lang's Psychic Field were fully expanded within the Red Mist, it might only cover about ten meters!
At this point, it was getting late.
Lin Lang walked out of the study and casually tossed five Superpower Fruits to Gu Fei:
"Eat a bit more; your awakened Superpower can still be strengthened."
Lin Lang gave her the Superpower Fruits partly to have her help him stock up a bit more.
On the other hand, he hoped she could grow quickly, at least to the point of being able to protect herself.
That way, she could take care of herself, and if any trouble arose in the future, it would save Lin Lang some worry.
But Gu Fei helplessly said, "I can't eat anymore; I just barely finished digesting the one I ate earlier."
Lin Lang pondered and said:
"It's fine, take your time to digest."
This meant that the speed of digesting Superpower Fruits varied from person to person! Lin Lang had a stronger constitution, so he digested them quickly.
However, Lin Lang had already digested nearly three hundred, while Gu Fei had only managed one.
The gap was quite large.
Ding—
At that moment.
Lin Lang heard the elevator bell ring outside!
"At this time, someone actually dares to visit?"
He immediately expanded his Psychic Field to cover the elevator—
Inside the elevator was a woman, sitting on the floor.
She was covered in blood!
Even the elevator floor was soaked! Why was she bleeding so much?
Could it be that a monster had entered the hallway?
Lin Lang's heart sank.
He continued to expand his Psychic Field.
Sure enough!
The stench of blood from the woman was so strong that it attracted a swarm of mutated insects, which were continuously gathering around her!
The insects were almost crawling all over the elevator shaft, gnawing away at random.
Finally.
The elevator broke down.
And it just happened to stop on the 22nd floor, Lin Lang's floor.
Lin Lang frowned.
Although he didn't know the identity of the person in the elevator, he could be sure that this person would die! But...
There was actually a light point within the woman! She was a Superpower user! But her light point was only the size of a cherry!
Larger than Gu Fei's, but much smaller compared to Lin Lang's!
Looking at her equipment— a gun, a dagger, a walkie-talkie...
Such high-quality gear definitely indicated she was not an ordinary person!
She must be an agent! Lin Lang suddenly recalled the transport personnel who parachuted today! Could it be them? They not only survived the beasts but also escaped into the building?
This was a bit unbelievable for ordinary people.
But for a Superpower user, it made much more sense.
Since she was an agent, should he save her? She looked severely injured, and Lin Lang had no medicine here, so it would be difficult to save her.
...
Inside the elevator.
Ning Shuangyu was engulfed in darkness, overwhelmed by deep despair.
Was she about to die?
Unexpectedly.
As the Deputy Captain of the Vermilion Bird Squad of the Mingyue City Special Operations Bureau.
After going through layers of selection, she had finally eaten a Superpower Fruit and become a Superpower user, shouldering the great task of saving humanity! Yet on her first mission, she was about to die at the hands of a monster.
If she had known this, she might as well have left that precious Superpower Fruit for someone else.
It was such a waste for her to eat it!
She felt she had let the organization down!
Hearing a rustling sound from above the elevator.
Some long, thin tentacles stretched out from the gap, constantly writhing.
She felt she was at the end of her strength.
But her strong will to survive still made her stand up, straining to pry open the elevator door, then collapsing onto the ground.
She crawled out of the elevator, continuing to drag herself forward, leaving a gruesome trail of blood on the floor.
She crawled to the door of a unit and knocked, weakly calling out:
"Is anyone there?"
Inside that apartment lived a middle-aged couple.
Hearing the sound, the man rushed to the door first, leaning against it to look through the peephole.
"Oh my god! There's a person at the door! Covered in blood!"
The woman hurriedly said, "Don't open the door! It's terrifying!"
Rustle, rustle, rustle...
Ning Shuangyu turned back and saw several shadows of insects crawling out from the elevator shaft.
She trembled as she spoke, "I am an agent, please help me..."
But she heard the man scream, "Oh my god! A big bug! Get away! Don't bring the bugs to my doorstep! I can't save you!"
"Get lost! Get lost!"
"Aren't you an agent? You can't harm us ordinary people! Go die far away!"
...
Ning Shuangyu felt despair.
She wanted to crawl away to die, but she had completely run out of strength.
She turned back, and those hideous insects were now exposed in the light, staring at her with blood-red eyes, inching closer.
"I... I don't want to die..."
She closed her eyes, but tears streamed from the corners.
She had already foreseen her fate.
Being gnawed by these insects, torn into pieces, and thrown into dark corners to rot slowly...
At that moment.
A door opened not far away.
She vaguely saw a young man standing at the door, holding a glinting kitchen knife.
Then, the man muttered, "What the hell!"
[Ning Shuangyu]
[Appearance: 9 points]
[Charges: 0 times]
[Loyalty: 5%]
[Return Multiplier: 100]
Lin Lang was also bewildered.
He had originally just wanted to do a good deed and accumulate some good karma for himself.
He didn't expect to receive such a surprise!
Another goddess with a score of 9!
At this moment, her face and body were covered in blood, making it hard to see her original appearance.
But Lin Lang trusted the system's judgment!
So he strode over and effortlessly hoisted her onto his shoulder.
At that moment.
A spider crawled out from the gap in the elevator shaft, rushing towards Lin Lang with its fangs bared!
"Behind... bugs..."
Ning Shuangyu weakly said.
Lin Lang, upon hearing this, turned back to look.
The light point within that bug was about the same size as Gu Fei's.
Just a small fry! So he scoffed.
But the spider foolishly jumped over.
Lin Lang grabbed the kitchen knife and swung it!
The spider was instantly sliced in half, falling to the ground with a splat.
Green slime splattered everywhere.
The other insects were frightened, realizing they were no match for Lin Lang, and quickly retreated back into the elevator shaft.
"Disgusting."
Lin Lang glanced at the kitchen knife smeared with slime; he definitely wouldn't keep it.
So he exerted force.
One swing struck the wall of unit 2201.
The blade sank halfway in! Ning Shuangyu, in her dazed state, was utterly astonished by this scene—
Is this the power a human can possess? In the second before she lost consciousness, she was still wondering—
Where would this unfamiliar man carry her?
But.
His shoulder felt so sturdy, so warm, so reassuring...
She wished it could stay like this forever.
(End of Chapter)