Chapter 923 - 270: Two Abilities

After a little while, Su Changxing’s entire body began to heat up, his eyes were bloodshot, but that scarlet color was restrained, and the strength in his body visibly increased.

As this Extraordinary Crystal was consumed, the process of becoming Extraordinary accelerated once again.

The abilities brought by the Extraordinary seem random, and zombies are probably similar. Su Changxing just hopes he won’t develop any strange abilities, like growing abnormally large in size.

Although increasing in size indeed greatly enhances combat power, it also makes one cumbersome and more likely to fall into dangerous situations.

In his view, a speed-type zombie like the previous one was very good, faster speed at least ensures escape during emergencies, winning fights isn’t important as long as one can run away.

As an Extraordinary Creature like a zombie, as long as it survives long enough, getting stronger is just a matter of time.

So rather than thinking about how to become stronger, one should consider how to ensure one’s survival more securely.

Moreover, if this zombie clone dies, it becomes very troublesome, firstly, the main body will lose its Immortal ability, putting it in danger.

Secondly, he hasn’t figured out how to rebind a zombie clone, and he estimates even if he can, it might not exist in this world.

Right now, this situation is the best, with the clone and main body in different worlds, too close a distance may instead become dangerous.

Some strong existences have the ability to perceive such connections and then can extinguish both his main body and clone, thus completely killing him.

Gradually, the joints in his hands changed once again, becoming even more flexible and harder, more solid than before.

Su Changxing sensed the change in his body, slowing down again, he took out the last Extraordinary Crystal from his backpack and fed it to himself, estimating that consuming this crystal would surely make him achieve Extraordinary.

This Extraordinary Crystal tasted different, bitter with a slight sweet aftertaste.

He himself has no taste perception; it’s an ability to perceive Extraordinary Power, as the nature of power from differing Extraordinary Crystals varies from creature to creature.

Su Changxing felt his neck was perhaps secure, at least it wouldn’t break off due to movement, although the injury wasn’t healed, his head was still crooked.

This result reassured him a lot. It still affected his combat ability to some extent, but not too significantly.

At this moment.

His body entered a critical state; halos appeared on his skin visible to the naked eye, flashing like radiant light before extinguishing.

Su Changxing’s bloodshot eyes completely vanished, leaving blue, clear pupils much like a human’s.

"A very special ability."

He looked down at the floor, able to see through it a gray figure crouched on the level below.

That was a zombie, ordinary zombies appear as gray figures.

He likely acquired two abilities, this being one of them—similar to infrared rays, it allows him to see creatures outside his field of vision, but not through heat, rather through some inherent energy of the creature.

If the target is human, it would likely be clearer.

The other ability is combat-related, letting him accumulate strength in his hands over a period and then explode with exceptional speed for a brief time.

Su Changxing attempted this ability, with his hands unmoving, feeling a cool sensation spread between his palms, reaching an extreme within roughly ten seconds.

Swish, swish～

His hands swiftly danced in the air, creating residual images and a sharp wind sound.

Crack~

A half-meter mark was scratched on the wall by his nails.

Su Changxing was slightly surprised; this speed was too fast, and it also carried a certain degree of power augmentation.

Simply speaking, this is somewhat imbalanced for Tier Nine.

"Rather straightforward and brutal, a perception ability paired with amazing speed and power outburst, it’s at least comparable to an Upper Rank position or Extreme Rank?"

He felt he was much stronger than that Extraordinary Zombie, not even on the same level.

Now, even if he were just an ordinary zombie and faced that Extraordinary Zombie in battle, he would achieve a crushing victory.

This outburst, while brief, is often sufficient to determine a battle’s outcome in an instant.

Su Changxing estimated it wasn’t a coincidence he found a potential-packed ordinary zombie, likely the main body’s influence heightened this zombie’s potential and limits.

This is probably why it took three Extraordinary Crystals for him to become an Extraordinary Zombie, the energy consumed is clearly more than ordinary zombies.

Having become an Extraordinary Zombie, Su Changxing felt much more at ease, at least not easily killed by just any guy casually.

Now, being an Extraordinary Zombie himself, even if he makes odd movements, it wouldn’t overly startle anyone.

Even in this chaotic, dark world, there are inherent rules; things should be done in accordance with their ranks, or else one would fall into danger.

Ordinary zombies should be mindless, randomly roaring, aimlessly wandering streets, and any abnormal behavior will draw attention.

He focused on the Black Crystal in his backpack, noticing just a faint Extraordinary Energy seeping from it.

This is entirely different from an Extraordinary Crystal, appearing ordinary from its surface.

Yet he was certain it was not simple; otherwise, the man wouldn’t have killed his ally for it, surely it holds greater value than an Extraordinary Crystal.

"Should I consume this thing?"

Su Changxing slapped himself, shook his drooping head, feeling his mindset perhaps influenced by the zombie, thinking of eating at first sight of anything, previously he wouldn’t consider eating such a hard thing.

While fiddling with the black crystal, his view revealed a red figure.

"Hmm?"

He turned to look, discovering on the nearby street there seemed to be a human, an Extraordinary, with gray figures around them falling one after another.

Su Changxing showed caution, for two Extraordinary Creatures, this distance was still a bit close; if he could notice them, they might notice him too.

He stayed still, observing them, waiting to see their actions; unless necessary, he wouldn’t actively hunt humans.

That person indeed didn’t notice him, passing by on the street, looking quite urgent, only clearing zombies when densely packed, otherwise slipping past them directly.

This is a risky move; being surrounded by numerous zombies, even Extraordinary individuals can fall into peril.

Once that person walked away, Su Changxing descended the building, not for any other reason but a craving for meat kicking in, needing to find some meat food.

These places were too clean; he searched upstairs thoroughly and found no meat food, nor any food.

The whole city fell into a food scarcity and water scarcity environment; zombies are relatively okay, as they don’t require much food to survive.

For humans wanting to survive, they must frequently go to the Mysterious Shop to exchange for supplies.

Low-tier Extraordinary individuals also need food to supplement body Energy, or they will gradually weaken until death, although enduring much longer than Ordinary People.

He walked along the left side of the street for a while and saw a convenience store, entering to check casually, finding nothing left, as if licked clean by a tongue.

Upon exiting, two pale red figures appeared on the street not far away, and upon seeing him, they turned and ran as if they had seen a ghost, running so recklessly their crowbar dropped to the ground.

"Am I that frightening?"

Su Changxing watched their escaping figures, blinked, noticing they ran into a building where a black figure was hiding.

It turned out to be an Extraordinary Zombie, hiding somewhere between the floors.

He thought those two people were really unlucky, running into him only to escape into a hiding spot of an Extraordinary Zombie.

...

"That was terrifying just now; what was that thing?"

"A decapitated zombie? I saw it carrying a backpack."

The two walked upstairs along the corridor, discussing softly.

A slightly tall, thin young man in a light green sweatshirt looked upward, then said:

"There don’t seem to be zombies here, it’s been cleared out. Let’s go up and check, might be someone here."

His companion holding a crowbar warned, "If there are people, let’s leave; don’t get into fights again, I don’t want to kill more people."

"Got it, got it. Last time was an accident, I just wanted some food, who knew that woman would react so strongly." The young man in the green sweatshirt replied impatiently.

Last time, similarly, they ran upstairs, encountering a woman, saw she had quite a bit of food, and they were too hungry, so they requested food from her······

Oddly, they checked a few floors and found no zombies, nor zombie corpses, nor traces of human activity.