Regarding the matter of awakening lightning abilities after transformation

Su Wanxi glanced at the surrounding stone walls, her gaze slowly settling on the several colorful oil paintings. They depicted a group of simply dressed ancient people, with a giant, ring-shaped snake resembling a flying dragon at the top.

Their faith is in the Ouroboros... the Tail-Eating Serpent, Jormungandr...

Following his fiancée's footsteps, the only sound inside the tower was the clattering of his leather boots against the steps.

As she climbed higher, Gu Cheng's heart sank. She noticed that the bamboo slips, porcelain, crowns, and books that had been placed on the shelves had all disappeared without a trace.

I lightly wiped my fingertips; a thin layer of dust covered my fingertips, indicating that the item had been taken some time ago.

If Ying Qiuhuai had already been here... Gu Cheng bit her pink lips and ran towards the top floor in two quick steps.

“...Cheng?” Su Wanxi called her softly.

At the same time, Gu Cheng pushed open the door, her delicate body freezing in place.

The beam of the flashlight swept across the room, revealing that the dilapidated throne in the center of the room was completely empty.

Chapter 389, Section 397: A Letter

She lit the candlesticks, and several flames lit up the room. Su Wanxi walked slowly behind Gu Cheng and gently placed her slender, white hand on his back.

"orange...."

The girl turned to look at her, her bright eyes revealing a hint of disappointment.

"We're too late."

Ying Qiuhuai took everything that was supposed to be taken, and now the tower is completely empty.

Su Wanxi hugged her from behind and comforted her gently, "Don't be discouraged. Perhaps Miss Ying left some other clues."

Smelling the faint, cool fragrance emanating from the woman's hair, Gu Cheng pursed her lips and finally sighed helplessly.

"Yes, Wanwan, you're right."

Try anything, even if it seems hopeless.

Gu Cheng released Su Wanxi's soft hand from around her waist and walked straight toward the throne. The latter blinked and turned to examine the stone bookshelf on her right.

Like the previous floors, the shelves here were covered in dust, with darker edges and lighter centers, clearly indicating that things had been placed there.

Calmly and carefully searching, Su Wanxi crouched down, her eyes scanning every possible hidden mechanism or secret box.

Soon, Gu Cheng noticed that there seemed to be a layer of white gauze on the cabinet next to the stone bed. She casually wiped away the dust, and her tea-colored pupils suddenly reflected a dark yellow letter.

"Su Wanwan, look at this." Gu Cheng gently blew on it and immediately beckoned Su Wanxi over.

To Miss Gu Cheng

The signature in the upper left corner was neat and upright, subtly revealing a delicate beauty. Gu Cheng was extremely skilled in regular script, but she couldn't help but admire Miss Ying's beautiful handwriting.

"...For you?"

"Unless there is another person named Gu Cheng here."

Upon opening the envelope, a faint scent of ink wafted out.

......

By the time Miss Gu sees this message, I should have been away from China for several days.

My home is far away, and guests have gone to great lengths to come. As the host, I should host a banquet to entertain them. However, due to the turbulent times, I cannot stay here for long.

While I shouldn't presume to speculate, considering the perilous journey Miss Gu will face, and the many doubts she must have about this trip, I leave this letter to offer my answers.

My name is Jormungandr, the serpent that encircles Midgard. Miss Gu may also call me Ying Qiuhuai.

As the end of this world approaches, the World Tree, which connects the two planes, is about to be devoured. A black dragon named Nidhogg awakens from the seabed, flapping its sharp wings and spreading calamity and destruction across the scorched battlefield.

Meanwhile, Fenrir's magnificent body will fill the Black Sea, devour the Caucasus Mountains, and Hela, the goddess of death, will command Garm, the hellhound, to roam the African Rift Valley and reap all the dead souls.

The giant Ymir led his people to trample the city wantonly, and Surtur's flames continued to scorch the sky. When the fire was extinguished, the sun would never rise again, and darkness and cold would envelop all living beings.

The Northern Capital is a place where the torch of civilization is passed down; its fall means that the entire world will be plunged into eternal darkness.

Although I am not very talented, I have a rudimentary understanding of divination and know that Nidhogg will be born at dawn on the winter solstice, at a location east of the Northern Capital, where the two seas meet.

At that time, a world-destroying rift will form on the sea surface, from which the Black Dragon of Despair will be born.

When Nidhogg successfully hatches and spreads its wings again, reality and illusion will overlap irreversibly.

The only way to stop the apocalypse is to completely kill Nidhogg, the source of the disaster, in the rift. This is one of the reasons why Miss Gu was chosen.

The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine, and man escapes one. I see in you that one in a hundred million variable, or to put it more aptly.

hope.

Therefore I bestow upon you a near-immortal body, eternally vigorous vitality, and a destiny that no one can spy on or alter.

Everything has been handed over; now it's up to Miss Gu to make her decision.

I haven't written in a long time, so I'm a bit rusty and my handwriting is messy. Please forgive me.

The story ends here. Gu Cheng gently moved her jade-like finger, revealing a neat signature in the lower right corner.

Ying Qiuhuai left at 3:00 AM on September 6th.

After reading it word by word several times, the girl turned around and found Su Wanxi standing silently behind her, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

"Wanwan, what do you think of this letter?" Gu Cheng asked her softly, her fingertips holding the envelope turning slightly white.

The woman lowered her gaze and said in a low voice, "Now that things have come to this, Miss Ying has no reason or need to deceive us."

All the information they obtained about the apocalypse came from Ying Qiuhuai; the frequent appearance of cracks and the increasingly audacious actions of the crows were all valid evidence.

"Orange, according to the letter, we need to kill Nidhogg before it hatches."

Apocalyptic rifts only exist in data fiction. The energy they contain should be more than a hundred times that of strong rifts. It would take the combined efforts of the entire nation to possibly destroy them. They alone cannot do anything about it.

“A near-immortal body refers to powerful regenerative abilities, and eternally vigorous vitality likely refers to my mental strength and endurance far exceeding that of ordinary people.” Gu Cheng paused, her tone puzzled. “Then… what does ‘a destiny unseen and unaltered by anyone’ mean…?”

Ying Qiuhuai did not provide a detailed answer, just like the large blank spaces left on the letter.

Su Wanxi touched her lips with one hand, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck her.

"Orange...do you still remember that day at the Evergreen Mansion?"

"Yes, I remember." Gu Cheng nodded.

That was her first time meeting her parents, so of course she would remember it vividly.

"The long-haired girl who bumped into us is named Liu Zilou, and she possesses a supernatural ability similar to precognition."

Liu Zilou had a strange reaction the moment he met Gu Cheng's gaze, which might be related to the fate that Ying Qiuhuai mentioned.

We need to find an opportunity to ask Liu Zilou and find out exactly what happened back then.

After putting the envelope away, the two searched the room for a while longer to make sure they hadn't missed any clues, and then prepared to return the way they came.

"At least, this trip wasn't a complete waste."

Ying Qiuhuai answered the most important question, while the other minor doubts were harmless.

As she stepped out of the doorway, the air grew increasingly humid. Su Wanxi suddenly felt a tremor in the sole of her boots, and immediately frowned.

"what happened?"

Gu Cheng clearly sensed it too and immediately took out his pistol.

"It seems so..." Su Wanxi had only spoken halfway when a huge rock fell straight down from above.

Gravity reversed the impact, and the falling rocks, which already had initial velocity, disintegrated in mid-air with a loud crash. Immediately afterwards, the earth trembled violently, and countless rocks collapsed and fell.

"earthquake."

With the gravitational field fully activated, all the rubble in their field of vision floated in the air. The two lightly pushed off the ground and walked towards the pier, stepping on the fallen rocks.

A continuous roaring sound came from the side, and the violent tremors caused the ruins to collapse to varying degrees.

The golden veil before my eyes gradually rippled, and in an instant the ground stopped shaking, and everything returned to normal.

"I'll rest for a while," a clear female voice echoed in my mind.

Gu Cheng was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what was going on.

She... stopped trembling...

Chapter 390, Section 398: Fairies Fighting

Upon returning to the ground, the first notification they received on their phones was that a 4.7-magnitude earthquake had struck Beijing, with no casualties reported so far.

Listening to Su Wanxi's explanation along the way, Gu Cheng roughly understood the situation. Beijing is located at the junction of two continental blocks, and the city's underground is full of geological fault zones, making it extremely prone to earthquakes.

After greeting the staff, Gu Cheng took her briefcase and sat in the passenger seat, while Su Wanxi turned the key and started the car.

"Gu Chengyan still hasn't responded." The girl's pink lips were tightly pressed together, her delicate fingers resting lightly on her side, her expression a mixture of conflict and worry. "However, I can still sense her presence..."

The ability to erase the concept of earthquakes is the power that an S-class Awakened should possess.

"Could it be... that his mental energy is overdrawn?" Su Wanxi guessed softly.

Gu Cheng nodded, her tone unusually complicated: "It's not impossible. She seems very tired to me right now."

Gu Chengyan's fall into a deep sleep means that Gu Cheng will only be able to use lightning to control things for the foreseeable future, and her combat power will drop significantly.

Surrounded by wolves, in order to ensure his fiancée's safety, Su Wanxi decided to temporarily give up going out and stay at home without leaving her side.

“With Su Wanwan around, she wouldn’t need to go to such lengths.” Gu Cheng touched her hair, her starry eyes lowered.

The two of them only needed to wait until the earthquake ended before returning to the exit. Gravity manipulation could ensure that they would not be injured or buried by falling rocks, while concept erasure could open up a new path with a clear direction.

In other words, she and Su Wanxi had a million ways to escape, but Gu Chengyan chose the most difficult one.

“According to the gravitational field feedback, the epicenter is quite close to us.” Su Wanxi lightly pressed the accelerator, her slender white hands gripping the steering wheel tightly. “She probably wanted to minimize the property damage and casualties caused by the earthquake.”

The vibration data obtained by the testing department was level 4.7. If Gu Chengyan had not used his abilities, the actual level would definitely have been much higher.

After much thought, this is the only explanation I can come up with.

Gu Cheng rested her snowy cheek on her hand, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, and after a moment, she lightly stomped her boot heel twice on the car seat.