Luocheng City, Jianshui District, cafe.
The woman in a long skirt sat by the floor-to-ceiling window, holding her chin with her left hand and looking sideways at the sunset outside the window. She unconsciously stirred the spoon in the cappuccino in front of her with her right hand.
The wind chimes hanging on the glass door jingled, and slight footsteps stopped in front of her.
The woman raised her eyes, and the handsome man wearing a long linen trench coat in front of her stared directly at her face.
She picked up the coffee and took a sip, then looked a little sad, "Brother Cheng, Al Fang left last night..."
Zhang Cheng nodded lightly, "I know."
This woman was his college classmate. Pan Zifang, his dorm roommate, had been chasing her for four years, but they had always been inseparable. Unexpectedly, they actually got together after graduation.
Originally, the wedding of the two was scheduled for three days, but they didn't expect such a thing to happen.
Zhang Cheng put his left hand into his windbreaker pocket and rubbed something, "He sent me a message last night. After that, no one answered when I called him. I looked for him but couldn't find him. I didn't expect that he had already gone.
"So what are you asking me for? Aren't you supposed to be helping to deal with his funeral affairs at this time?"
The woman looked sad, "There are uncles and aunts taking care of the funeral affairs. They said it would only make me sadder if I went."
"Condolences."
The woman shook her head, then stirred the coffee in the cup and looked around.
Today is not a weekend, but because we are in a business district, there are not many people in the cafe.
"Brother Cheng, I have something to ask you. Let's talk in a place with fewer people."
Zhang Cheng continued to rub his fingers in his pocket, "Just tell me what you want to ask here."
"Then I'll ask." The woman's eyes flashed with inexplicable meaning, "Brother Cheng, what message did Al Fang send you last night?"
"He only said one sentence." Zhang Cheng clenched the things in his pocket, "Be careful of my girlfriend, she is not a human being..."
He raised his head, his eyes dim, "'Old classmate,' I'm here to kill you."
The woman raised her head suddenly, but all she saw was a cold light.
A fruit knife had been inserted into her neck from the side, and only the brown handle was exposed outside the fair and slender neck.
"Ho...ho..."
The woman fell to the ground clutching her neck, which was overflowing with purple blood. Screams rang out continuously in the cafe. Customers and clerks rushed out of the door to escape. Soon, only Zhang Cheng and the woman who fell on the ground were left in the cafe.
But this woman didn't die for a while.
"Why...why, after I devoured her, I had her memory. I am already her. I just want to live as her..."
Zhang Cheng slowly lowered his head and looked down at her, or rather, "Once you are a monster, you will be a monster all your life. You monsters must die."
"Can..." Her pupils gradually dilated, "Can we reconcile?"
Zhang Cheng raised his eyebrows, "At this moment? Are you kidding me?"
The woman's beautiful face suddenly became distorted, "In the end, you are just a selfish guy! You are so righteous and awe-inspiring, but you are not trying to achieve the conditions for awakening! Hypocrisy!"
"I'm too lazy to reason with you. You don't deserve to listen."
Zhang Cheng broke her cervical vertebrae with one foot.
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[Conditions for Abyss Lurker ability awakening: kill 10 abyss beasts alone]
[Awakening successfully, gaining innate abilities—overdraft and repayment]
[Note: Sometimes I always feel that everything now is both an overdraft for the future and a repayment for the past. 】
............
"After five years, I finally woke up..."
Feeling the surge of strength and energy, Zhang Cheng's tense body relaxed.
He caught up with the Earth OL update version 2.0 the moment he stepped into the university five years ago.
To be precise, the entire world except him has traveled through time.
The relationship between parents, sister, relatives and friends has remained the same, but my father’s hair has changed from thick to Mediterranean, which makes him more pessimistic about his future hairline.
If there is any difference between this world and the world he originally lived in, it is that there is an underground hollow world called "The Abyss".
There are all kinds of magical creatures there, as well as various valuable "abyss relics" with special abilities, and even technological creations that surpass human civilization.
Countless people are flocking to the "Abyss World", because as long as the "Abyss Relics" and technological artifacts can be brought out, countless people, including the government, will buy them at high prices.
Moreover, there are more people who want to explore the secrets of the abyss, and the government also wants to understand the reasons why the alien beasts of the abyss have frequently invaded reality.
Zhang Cheng couldn't help but pursed his lips as he recalled the scene in his mind of the senior who was greeting him with a smile just after stepping into the school gate five years ago, but was cut in half by a two-meter-tall mantis monster that suddenly appeared.
From that moment on, he decided that he would become an "Awakened One" in the future.
The Awakened Ones are products that appeared with the Abyss World eight years ago. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s contaminated by the aura of the Abyss World. Maybe it’s the planet’s self-protection against the Abyss World. In short, various kinds of people have begun to appear among human beings. All kinds of people who have awakened their innate abilities.
An awakened person will trigger an "Awakening Wedge" in his heart before awakening. Only by completing the "Awakening Wedge" can he awaken his unique innate abilities, and his physical fitness will also be greatly improved.
Only the awakened are qualified to enter the abyss world for exploration through strictly controlled passages.
Whether it is to live a better life or to have a sense of security, Zhang Cheng must become an awakener.
Fortunately, he was lucky and triggered his "Wedge of Awakening" four years ago, but it was still a bit difficult for him to kill ten abyssal beasts alone.
But he never gave up, not only for the sense of security and getting ahead and changing his life, but also to protect his family.
More importantly, his sister, who is also an awakener, once told him that the higher the difficulty of the "Wedge of Awakening", the stronger the innate ability will be after awakening!
His sister had been frail and sickly since she was a child, but her "wedge of awakening" was a fever of 40 degrees for fifteen consecutive days.
After almost losing everything at home to help her survive the ICU, she successfully awakened her natural abilities. In the next two years, she also made a lot of money by exploring the abyss world, which improved her family's living conditions.
And Zhang Cheng's "Wedge of Awakening" is countless times more difficult than hers!
He has also experienced several narrow escapes in the past four years. Fortunately, he successfully completed the "Wedge of Awakening" today and awakened his abilities.
Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng hurriedly checked through his inner calling to see what his awakened innate ability was.
Lines of translucent text with a blue glow appeared in his sight.
[Name: Zhang Cheng]
【Age: 23】
[Level: 0]
[Innate ability: overdraft and repayment]
[Ability effect: It can increase the strength of a non-self unit by up to 50%, and the ability can be withdrawn at any time. 】
[When the target's emotions reach their peak, the ability to recover can be used to read their natural abilities and physical fitness to permanently add to themselves. 】
[Note: Sometimes I always feel that everything now is both an overdraft for the future and a repayment for the past. 】
Zhang Cheng clenched his fists and pursed his lips.
This ability... feels a bit perverted.
You must know that every awakened person has only one innate ability. This is an unchanging fact.
But his natural ability of "overdraft and repayment"...if it is true, doesn't it mean that his ability itself has dual effects?
It's almost like building a wall in Berlin - killing two birds with one stone.
First of all, this ability can add strength to others, which is equivalent to a powerful high-level assistant.
At the same time, if you take it back after reaching certain conditions... not only the opponent's physical fitness, but also the opponent's natural ability can be copied and used for your own use?
At this moment, even he could hear the heartbeat in Zhang Cheng's chest clearly.
