Silently feeling his body gradually strengthening due to his awakening, Zhang Cheng lowered his head and glanced at the body of his "old classmate" on the ground.
The exterior of the corpse gradually melted, changing from a human appearance to a blood-red body, as if there was no skin and the flesh and blood were directly exposed to the air, a strange appearance pieced together with an alien head and the body of a skinless ape.
But Zhang Cheng remained unmoved and just watched as its body gradually turned into a thick black mist.
He did not leave, because as usual, the officially organized awakeners would come here soon to deal with the problem, and he just had to wait quietly.
After awakening, he also needs someone to guide him. It would be better if he could tell him some about the situation in the abyss world.
Sure enough, in less than three minutes, the siren outside the cafe flashed red and blue.
A group of police officers quickly cordoned off the cafe and pulled up barriers while four men and women in casual clothes entered the cafe.
Zhang Cheng looked up and saw that two of them were acquaintances.
"Sister? Brother-in-law? Why are you here?"
The neat and heroic woman in the front is his sister Zhang Yue, and standing next to him is his brother-in-law Gu Feng who is smiling wryly. They are college classmates and got married after graduation, but they have not had children yet.
Behind them were a young man and a woman. The boy had a cold and handsome face, while the girl had thick bangs and lowered her head to hide her face in the shadows. She seemed a bit introverted.
"A Cheng?" Zhang Yue was startled and hurriedly came over to pull Zhang Cheng and began to examine his body without even looking at the gradually dissolving and transparent corpse on the ground.
After a while, she was relieved when she saw that there was nothing wrong with Zhang Cheng, and then raised her eyebrows, "How dare you go out alone?! How many times have I told you that you are in danger now, don't go out alone!"
Gu Feng ordered the two young colleagues to take out plastic bags to collect the blood left after the monster corpses on the ground dissipated, and then came over to smooth things over, "A Cheng didn't want to stay at home all the time, so he wanted to go out and relax. His college classmate had just It's normal for him to be anxious if something goes wrong.
"Besides, this pseudo-demon pretends to be his classmate, so it's really hard for ordinary people to tell them apart. But remember, Cheng, the pseudo-demon doesn't actually have the ability to think. After they kill humans and seize each other's identities, they just follow the memory of them. Fragments to 'imitate' human behavior.
"That means all the emotions they show are false, and you don't have to feel bad."
Zhang Cheng glanced at his brother-in-law, and Gu Feng responded with a slightly forced and flattering smile.
how to say......
People who have triggered but not yet completed the "Wedge of Awakening" will attract the attention of monsters in the abyss world.
People like Zhang Cheng, who triggered the "Wedge of Awakening" four years ago but never completed it, are even more important.
So after her sister awakened, she let him live in her home to protect him.
Brother-in-law...of course he will have objections to him.
But as time went by, he got used to it. Otherwise, what would he do? How could he leave?
"You have to talk too much!" Zhang Yue turned around and glared at her husband, then scolded Zhang Cheng, "We are all doing this for your own good! If something happens to you, what do you want your parents to do? What do you want me to do?"
Zhang Cheng could only nod his head, "I won't do it anymore."
Seeing that he didn't talk back, Zhang Yue's tone became much softer, "A Cheng, don't blame my sister for talking too much. The higher the difficulty of 'Awakening Wedge', the stronger the initial ability and subsequent growth will be after awakening. You are Our family’s hope.”
Of course, she actually told her parents about this in a family meeting. They didn't actually hope that Zhang Cheng would really wake up, or they didn't think that he would wake up.
After all, Zhang Cheng's "Wedge of Awakening" is not unusually difficult. To kill ten abyssal monsters with the strength of an ordinary person alone without the help of others... This is almost impossible. .
But they were worried about Zhang Cheng's self-esteem, so they never dared to say it openly.
Besides, although exploring the abyss world has the opportunity to make a lot of money and even change your destiny, it is also very dangerous. There is only one daughter and one son in the family. The daughter has already awakened. What if the son also awakens and something happens later?
At this time, Gu Feng was smiling and smoothing things over, "A Cheng's awakening wedge is too harsh. In fact, it doesn't matter if you don't need to awaken. As long as your sister and I are here, you will definitely be indispensable in the future."
"Hey, wife, should we get down to business?"
Zhang Yue nodded and his expression turned serious, "A Cheng, do you know where the awakened one who killed this pseudo-demon went?"
Seeing that Zhang Cheng didn't respond, she continued to explain, "Don't worry, he is your savior, we won't do anything to him, there is no need to worry.
“As long as an abyssal monster comes out of the abyss crack that has never been discovered before, the alarm will be triggered, and the person responsible for patrolling every day will be able to arrive as soon as possible.
"But this time I can confirm that we are the first and only awakened ones nearby, so the awakened person who killed this pseudo-demon has not yet registered his identity information. We must find him."
Zhang Cheng rubbed his chin, "Sister, do you think there is a possibility... In fact, I killed this pseudo-demon."
Gu Feng immediately became happy, "Haha~ This is impossible. Without the innate body strengthened by the Awakened, ordinary people cannot deal with the abyss monsters, even monsters like pseudo-monsters that are not very strong."
Zhang Yue said nothing and obviously agreed with her husband's words.
She still felt that Zhang Cheng had concealed information about her savior.
So she tried to persuade her: "A-Cheng, I know you have concerns, but our relationship is different. I should have told you this before."
The Human Awakening Alliance is fully called the "Human Awakening Alliance".
It is an abyss world exploration and defense organization led by several major powers in the United Nations and commanded by the Awakened.
In order to unite and avoid the occurrence of "awakened crimes", all awakened people must register their identity information in the Human Awakening Alliance.
Of course, joining is purely voluntary, but registration is mandatory.
Zhang Cheng nodded, "I know, but is it possible that I have already awakened?"
"How can that be..."
Before Gu Feng could say the word "neng", he was interrupted by Zhang Yue raising his hand.
She looked seriously, staring straight at Zhang Cheng, and then quickly raised her hand to touch Zhang Cheng's forehead.
At that moment, her hand was so fast that it turned into an afterimage that was completely unclear.
But her hand did not touch Zhang Cheng's forehead after all. Instead, it was blocked by Zhang Cheng's raised hand one centimeter in front of his head.
Zhang Yue suddenly opened her eyes wide.
The two young men and women who were squatting on the ground collecting the remaining blood of the pseudo-demon subconsciously looked up at Zhang Cheng.
And Gu Feng was also stunned on the spot at this moment.
It took him a while before he came back to his senses, "Is your 'Wedge of Awakening' completed?!"
Killing ten abyss monsters alone without anyone's help, this almost impossible Awakening Wedge has actually been completed?
Zhang Cheng nodded, then pointed to the pool of purple blood on the ground, "It took four years of hard work to do it, and this is the last one."
He turned to look at Zhang Yue, but he didn't see the relief or pride on his sister's face.
On the contrary, my sister only had anger and fear in her eyes.
She grabbed Zhang Cheng's collar, gritted her silver teeth and stared at his face, "Are you crazy?! Zhang Cheng! Who do you think I am working so hard for?! Why are you doing this? At least let me I know!"
Zhang Cheng wanted to defend himself, but when he saw his sister's red eyes and the trembling of her voice and hands, he could no longer say what he had originally said.
Sighing, he explained helplessly, "Sister, you should understand that before the Awakening Wedge was completed, it was actually contaminated with the aura of the abyss. The abyss monsters would attack me continuously. I could escape five or ten times. Could it be that Can you still escape for the rest of your life?
"Before our family moved, an entire building was killed. If the awakened ones hadn't arrived in time, my parents and I would have died long ago. And on the first day I enrolled in college, I saw a classmate standing next to me. I was cut in half by an abyss monster that suddenly appeared in front of me..."
"If I die, it will be over. Anyway, it's you and your parents who are sad. But if my parents are because of me... what do you think I should do?"
Zhang Cheng's expression was extremely sincere, "If I choose to complete the Wedge of Awakening now, I may regret it in the future. But if I choose to escape and retreat, I will definitely regret it in the future. Instead of expecting others to be in time to save me and my parents every time, I would rather Take your destiny into your own hands.”
Zhang Yue fell silent, and even the hand holding Zhang Cheng's collar slowly loosened its strength.
After a while, she gritted her teeth. After all, she didn't get angry. She just stood up calmly and grabbed Zhang Cheng's arm, "Follow me."
Zhang Cheng was confused, "Where to go?"
Zhang Yue turned around and glared at him coldly, "Don't you want to die? I will take you to the abyss world."
