Chapter 104
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Chapter 104: The Big Gift
【Bestow a Blessing has been activated
Follower Lucas has awakened
Current Level: Four
Current Path (Unique): 【Nature】
Manifested Abilities: 【Fog Appearance】, 【Wind Rising】, 【Rain Coming】, 【Lightning Surge】
Triggered feedback effect of 【Bestow a Blessing】, you have gained a new ability
Pathway: 【Nature】
Manifested Abilities: 【Fog Appearance】, 【Wind Rising】, 【Rain Coming】, 【Lightning Surge】, 【Ground Shatter】
【Fog Appearance: Consumes physical strength and mental strength to create fog within a certain range, with a maximum range of thirty meters and controllable visibility.】
【Wind Rising: Consumes physical strength and mental strength to control the flow of air around, with the range determined by the consumption speed, maximum wind speed currently is fifteen meters per second.】
【Rain Coming: Consumes physical strength and mental strength to cause rain within a certain range, with the range determined by the consumption speed; the maximum rainfall in a single instance is sixty millimeters.】
【Lightning Surge: Consumes physical strength and mental strength to create thunderstorms within a certain range, with the range determined by the consumption speed.】
【Ground Shatter: Consumes physical strength and mental strength to trigger earthquakes within a certain range, with the range determined by the consumption speed; current maximum earthquake magnitude: 6.】
Holy Shield Lucas’s body trembled violently, as if life and death were clashing at this moment.
Intense Death Energy and the Vitality of Life alternated on his face.
But in the end, the miracle still did not happen.
【Follower Lucas has died; the pathway 【Nature】 has entered a frozen state and will automatically unlock when the next blessed one of this pathway appears.】
Lines of semi-transparent subtitles appeared in Lin Qingliu’s vision.
At the same time, a powerful surge of Power of Authority emerged from the void, continuously drilling into his body and merging with him.
The abilities of this pathway instantly rose to a Fifth Level standard, which overwhelmed Lin Qingliu.
The entire room shook violently, with thick fog, raindrops, lightning, earthquakes, and strong winds ravaging everything around.
A few seconds later, Lin Qingliu, who activated other pathway abilities for harmonization, absorbed all the overflowing powers.
As he expected, Holy Shield, or rather Lucas, successfully awakened his abilities.
Although this did not save his life, at least it provided a glimmer of hope for thousands of Infected in the outer city.
Until this moment, nearly five months since Lin Qingliu crossed into this world, he finally managed to barely touch the threshold of the word “powerful” with one pathway’s abilities.
Lucas was like a leek fertilized with golden fertilizer, dramatically increasing Lin Qingliu’s strength in an extraordinary way.
Like an Easter egg monster dropping a big gift in a game from his past life.
But he did not feel happy about it.
Because this was built on the death of a powerful human who could have become an ally.
Even though, as the other person said, he would not have lived long without this situation, Lin Qingliu still understood in his heart that the other person died because of his own recklessness and mistakes.
If only his inquiries had been more cautious, if both sides had been more honest, if they had communicated in a safer manner…
Unfortunately, there are no “ifs.”
Lin Qingliu gazed at the man in the wheelchair, as dark purple veins spread wildly beneath his skin, quickly covering his entire face.
He would never awaken again.
Yet at this moment, he wore a lightly smile, as if he felt joy or release.
Lin Qingliu could imagine that at the end of his life, in the world of divine enlightenment, the other person must have witnessed such magnificent scenery.
Perhaps he had already understood how humanity could be saved.
But it was too late.
Lin Qingliu sighed faintly; Lucas’s body was clearly under some sort of restriction.
If he or those nearby triggered certain keywords, the system within him would activate on its own.
According to the hints, the keywords were classified by danger levels—some would allow him a minute to leave a last message, while others would kill him instantly.
Lin Qingliu couldn’t help but feel a twinge of guilt.
Though he had played this role for a long time, he was not a true deity; he was neither omniscient nor omnipotent.
Gently slapping his face, Lin Qingliu looked at his reflection in the window:
“You’re not a god; just fool others and don’t deceive yourself.”
He lowered his head to look at Lucas’s body:
“I will take care of everything, my friend. Trust me.”
In the narrow room, a strong wind suddenly surged.
Everything except for the small area around Lucas was swept up and tossed aside.
A storm brewed here.
“Bang!”
The floor-to-ceiling window in front of Lucas shattered instantly, the three layers of tempered glass breaking apart.
The shards were sucked into the room by a powerful force, scattering across the wooden floor.
Riding the invisible whirlwind, Lin Qingliu passed through the window and slowly flew to the rooftop.
He soon reached the highest point of the research institute, where the view encompassed the majority of the inner city and parts of the visible outer city.
“No matter what that consciousness in the mycelium is, this farce must end.”
He muttered to himself, using his right hand like a knife to slice open the artery in his left wrist.
A large amount of bright red blood surged out, but Lin Qingliu’s expression remained unchanged.
The blood did not fall under the influence of gravity as usual; instead, it formed a sphere held by an invisible wind.
It quietly hovered beside Lin Qingliu, growing larger as more blood joined it over time.
The life energy absorbed in the last incident was now fully utilized for blood creation.
The blood within him seemed endless, and the sphere before him gradually exceeded his own size.
As the blood sphere continued to expand, the originally clear sky began to darken.
In the azure sky, clouds appeared, rushing toward the very center of Hope City from an unknown source.
Those clouds, which only used to bring a slight coolness, visibly changed to a dark hue.
Thick black clouds covered the sky over the entire Hope City as the massive blood sphere rose, piercing through the clouds to the expansive space above.
The blood sphere began to split, spreading evenly and seeping into every strand of black storm cloud, tinting the gray with a hint of red.
“Boom, boom, boom!!!”
The friction of the clouds brought intense thunderstorms; lightning heralded the arrival of heavy rain.
All evil, all conspiracies, all turmoil, faced judgment that fell from the sky.
—
“Damn it! It’s going to rain so soon! The weather forecast didn’t say anything about this!”
Fresnel cursed on the city wall on the southern side of the outer city.
As a superpowered individual whose strength depended heavily on the weather, Fresnel closely monitored the weather forecast for Hope City.
Every morning, he would faithfully wait by the radio, jotting down the day’s weather changes in his notebook.
A shift from sunny to cloudy or overcast meant he needed to expand the range of his powers to reflect more sunlight.
Neither his manipulation nor his stamina supported him doing this for long.
But there was some good news; the retreat of the Infected allowed Wang Xiao to return to the front lines and bring back a couple of carbon fiber sticks as weapons.
Although Fresnel wasn’t sure what damage two carbon fiber sticks could do to extraordinary beasts.
“Tick, tock.”
Sure enough, it started to rain.
Fresnel wiped his face with his hand and casually glanced over, his eyes catching a glimpse of bright red.
