I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

"Get back into good shape, and with your ability, you have a very good chance of making it into the top three in the individual competition! You absolutely have to make it!"

Based on current information, among the participants in the Civilization Cup, only Yan Ziming, Mu Mu, and Balor are known to be at the eighth rank. Considering all that, Balor's chances of getting into the top three are quite high.

Once he calmed down, Barol turned to look at the victor on the stage—Yan Ziming—his eyes filled with a chilling intent.

Regardless of whether she is Yan Zimo or not, one day he will crush this damn guy completely!

Yan Ziming was unaware of Barol's hatred towards him, and even if he had, he wouldn't have cared.

Her future was destined to be beyond Barol's reach; he could only follow her shadow for the rest of his life, and be left further and further behind until he could no longer see her.

Yan Ziming, the victor, was not happy; on the contrary, he was very depressed!

She finally had a chance to kill Barol, but it was stopped by her best friend, which made her extremely unwilling.

"Don't be upset. If it weren't for Sister Mo Sheng stopping you, you would have lost not only the doubles competition but also the individual competition!"

Mu Mu scolded, "If you lose your qualification, our bet will be considered a loss for you, okay?"

Yan Ziming waved his hand: "Alright, alright, I know Sister Mo Sheng is doing this for my own good, but it's not nice to watch an opportunity slip away!"

"Then let's try to kill him outside of the competition. We'll have to fight this organization one day."

Hearing Mu Mu's words, Yan Ziming's mood improved a little, but she didn't know if she would have the opportunity to participate in this battle.

After Yan Ziming's match ended, the second round of the draw began. It was Manchaluo's team facing off against a contestant from the British Empire. Both of them were at the seventh rank, and their strength was high and unpredictable.

The contestants from the British Empire were the same people Mo Xin had wanted to shred. They were dressed in silver armor, and now their elites, captains and vice-captains, were taking the stage. Some had also signed up for the individual competition, but the vice-captain had been eliminated early on.

The person who eliminated her was none other than Mo Xin, who had fallen into a deep sleep within her body.

When Mo Xin saw Yan Ziming being bullied by the people of this organization on the island, she was furious. This time, she used all her strength, not even holding back any energy to maintain her form, and poured it all into that attack. Otherwise, its power would not have been so great.

Chapter 81 Matter Transformation

The way Mandala's group defeated the British Empire was simple, yet equally awe-inspiring.

Those who participate in the doubles competition either have superpowers that complement each other, or they just randomly find someone to partner with in order to participate. These are basically the two situations.

Players like Barol and Druan are the real main force, with Barol being the only one who plays a supporting role. They belong to the latter category.

Mandala and her partner belong to the first type—complementing each other.

As we all know, Mandala's special ability is also known for its destructive power, which is lightning-based. Therefore, there are not many special abilities that can be used in conjunction with her, and elemental abilities are the best choice.

--wind.

What Huang Tao displayed in the Yongjing Military Administrative Region was an endless gale. Taking advantage of the weather, his combat power soared to the point that he was able to fight death head-on.

However, the gale alone was not enough for him to directly confront death. In addition to the gale, there was also lightning!

The rolling thunder, a masterpiece of nature!

The two are complementary elemental abilities: wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. The combined power of the two, like that of Yan Ziming and Mo Xin just now, is not something that can be simply summarized as one plus one equals two.

The already violent lightning becomes even more aggressive with the support of strong winds. The intense heat generated by the lightning causes a dramatic change in the temperature difference between warm and cold air. Warm air expands, becomes lighter, and rises, while cold air cools, becomes heavier, and falls. This creates a flow between warm and cold air, forming wind.

These two superpowers are a perfect match, making them a focus of global attention.

Furthermore, based on the previous matches, both of them possess seventh-tier combat power. The destructive power generated by two seventh-tier powerhouses complementing each other is self-evident and most viewers can understand it.

Therefore, the two knights from the British Empire were blown into the air by the gale and struck by lightning a thousand times.

The scene was beyond description; they had no choice but to admit defeat.

When Mandala stepped off the stage, she gave Yan Zimo a provocative look, as if declaring war. But Yan Zimo didn't care. Beautiful women always have privileges, especially for someone like Yan Zimo who is female but has a male heart.

Yan Ziming watched the next two battles with great concentration. The teams were mostly composed of seeded players from the individual competitions, which were worth her close attention.

Then, it was the turn of the group called "Zhiruo Youlan" to take the stage.

Their opponents were two people from the Japanese team, a man and a woman, both around twenty-eight years old. The man was at the seventh level, and the woman was at the peak of the sixth level. Both of their abilities were related to gas.

"Three, two, one, start!"

In battle, many superhumans do the very first thing they do at the start: instantly close or widen the distance with the enemy, using advance as a form of attack or retreat as a form of advance. From these two situations, one can judge where their superhuman tendencies lie.

The Japanese team was clearly focused on offense. Suddenly, a sonic boom came from behind the man, and he instantly broke the sound barrier, aiming at Zhiruo, who was standing in front of Youlan, like a cannonball.

According to intelligence, these two are only at the sixth level, and the huge gap in their levels led him to choose to crush them with absolute strength.

Of course, this also contained a hint of testing the waters, which would undoubtedly reduce many risks for him, the first seventh-tier to test the waters.

A cold wind howled in.

A chilling current, below zero degrees Celsius, emanated from behind Zhiruo, quickly rising to tens of degrees below zero. Gusts of cold wind cut into the man's body like bone-scraping knives, causing him to slow down slightly.

Furthermore, four ice prisms rose up in front of Zhiruo, surrounding her in a 360-degree circle to protect her.

"They're here!" A glint flashed in the man's eyes.

Based on previous intelligence, Youlan has demonstrated her special ability, which seems to be ice-based. This is a very powerful elemental ability, showing a tendency to rival lightning-based abilities. Not only is its destructive power outstanding, but it can also restrict the enemy's movements, making it a highly practical ability.

The number of ice-type ability users is not as small as that of lightning-type ability users, but it is not too many either, about three times that of lightning-type ability users. Apart from the person who attacked the Bei'an Military Administrative District last time, no other ice-type ability user has ever been heard of reaching the ninth level.

However, Youlan's strength was not enough to truly unleash the powerful control of ice-type abilities. He continued to move quickly through the cold wind, his right fist enveloped in a wave of energy, and blasted it towards the ice prism mirror.

With the raw power of a seventh-tier expert, a mere sixth-tier defensive technique should have been enough to succeed in one strike; that's how it should have been.

His fist struck the icicle, but it only caused spiderweb-like cracks and left a fist imprint; it did not achieve any further effect.

Weird!

The man tried to step back to observe the situation, but the ice prism quickly repaired itself, freezing his hand in an instant, and the freezing effect gradually spread to his entire body.

"Yamada-kun!" The female teammate, who had been observing the opponent from the same spot, shouted worriedly. With a wave of her hands, two white 'ribbons' flew through the air and wrapped around Yamada-kun's waist. She pulled hard, but they didn't budge.

"Hmph~~ Too late! Pay the price for underestimating my Youlan (Zhiruo)!"

Behind the ice prism, Youlan and Zhiruo spoke in unison. The ice prism instantly burst into flames, the intense heat distorting the air. Yet, the ice that had frozen Yamada's right hand did not melt at all, as if it were the permafrost of Siberia, impossible to burn away.

"what--!!!"

Yamada screamed in agony as the right half of his body was frozen solid. The flames had already burned his hand, and the pain had maximized his potential. Using the extreme cold as energy, he created a gas explosion inside his body, causing the ice enveloping his body to crack inch by inch and finally shatter, exploding into towering flames.

Once free, he retreated quickly, covering his slightly burned arm. His gaze towards Zhi Ruo You Lan changed from disdain to extreme fear!

This Youlan's strength is clearly inconsistent with the intelligence. What the hell is this sixth rank? This is clearly seventh rank!

If he wasn't at the seventh rank, how could his attack have failed?

Yes, Youlan is indeed at the seventh level. She had been relying on Zhiruo to fight, just to hide Youlan as much as possible and let her make her move at the crucial moment.

As for why she, as an ice-type ability user, could ignite fire on the ice, that was Zhi Ruo's doing.

Yan Ziming's investigation into them has yielded results, confirming that Zhi Ruo is indeed the 'third person' Bai He is searching for. After being reported through various levels, the national leadership immediately added her to their files.

Zhi Ruo, female, her superpower level is unknown, her superpower is classified as mystical, and her power is matter conversion.

The mysterious superpower that possesses this ability is incredible—matter conversion. If it could be used in the country's key scientific research projects, it could lead to phenomenal progress!

Zhi Ruo's existence has attracted great attention from the national leadership, who have even classified her as an individual at the same level of secrecy as Academician Jiang Lan.

Imagine that some conjectures that are not feasible at all or even only exist in theory could very likely become tangible realities if she uses her superpowers to test them out!

In that case, is China still far from the stars and the sea?

The country's special departments immediately prepared to use strong measures to supervise him, because ignoring such a person who could change the fate of the country would be a serious irresponsibility to national security!

Only after Yan Ziming strongly opposed it, and Bai He, who had been threatened by Yan Ziming, spoke out against such behavior, and Mu Mu and others also collectively stated their positions, did the special department staff quiet down. However, they still sent several specialists to secretly watch over Zhi Ruo and You Lan, and to protect their safety.

After all, it was he who dragged them into this quagmire, and Yan Ziming felt that he had to take some responsibility. Ensuring that their freedom was not violated too much was something Yan Ziming had to do.

Yan Ziming had never told Zhiruo and Youlan about this matter, and they were still living carefree lives. But secrets can't stay hidden forever, so Yan Ziming decided to find a time to have a proper talk with them.

Chapter 82 Ambush from Ten Sides

Just now, Zhiruo used her powers to convert the water molecules on the ice into a special substance that could burn violently when it came into contact with air, which almost caused Yamada to suffer a huge loss.

If he hadn't been focused entirely on defense, his attempt to forcefully break the ice would have crippled his entire hand!

"Ruo Ruo, it's getting late, let's finish this battle quickly."

Youlan nestled close behind her and said intimately. Zhiruo nodded, a mysterious white light flashing in her eyes.

Then a white ring appeared in front of them, with a special white membrane inside the ring connected like a bubble. Flowing on the white membrane was the special substance that Zhi Ruo had converted from the cold current.

Its function is... extreme cold amplification!

"what--"

Youlan Zhen leaned over Zhiruo's neck and gently breathed cool air onto the ring. The white membrane immediately bulged forward and then burst. Several wisps of blue air passed through the ring and quickly expanded, gradually turning into a storm that swept everything away.

The temperature inside the venue dropped by tens of degrees, and it is now more than 100 degrees below zero. Even the protective shield is covered with a thin layer of frost, which is rapidly accumulating and soon forming a thick layer.

At this temperature, an ordinary person would freeze into a popsicle in less than ten seconds.

Even in such low temperatures, Zhiruo had to snuggle in Youlan's arms to avoid being frozen, since her strength was insufficient to withstand this level of cold air.

Besides, in Youlan's arms, she felt incredibly warm... incredibly warm...

The Japanese team was shivering from the cold. The low temperature was clearly beyond the seventh level and had reached the eighth level. Without a solution, they wouldn't last long.

Their most prized gas control technology is completely useless at such extremely low temperatures.