Regarding the matter of awakening lightning abilities after transformation

The campfire crackled and hissed, a few sparks falling from the glowing firewood to the ground. Gu Cheng lowered her head, closed her eyes to rest, and obediently rested her chin on her knees.

After being transformed by Jormungandr, she no longer needed much sleep; an hour of rest each day was enough.

Of course, due to the habits cultivated over the years, and also in order to maintain normal human cognition, Gu Cheng would still urge Su Wanxi to go to bed early and hold her as she fell asleep.

Opening her eyes, the crimson flames leaped into her pupils. The girl reached out and pinched her calves, got up to add firewood, and then opened a bag of compressed biscuits to eat with water.

At 1:33 a.m., there was no new news from the observation deck of the Beijing Radio and Television Tower.

After eating two compressed biscuits, a warm feeling returned to her body. Gu Cheng found a piece of old wooden board from somewhere and started writing on it with her own pen.

If anyone sees this, please wait here for a moment; I will return to the campfire in forty minutes.

After nailing the wooden plank to the most conspicuous position closest to the light source, Gu Cheng threw a few more pieces of firewood into the fire to ensure that the flames would not go out in a short time, and then slowly left the rooftop.

She needed to look around; perhaps other Awakened Ones were being besieged by monsters and couldn't get close, needing support.

Walking diagonally back and forth maximizes the coverage of the bio-electric radar. Gu Cheng gently stroked the blade, her breathing long and silent.

“If there were other members nearby, they would have signaled to you long ago. Blindly searching is like looking for a needle in a haystack,” the woman said calmly, her tone cold yet tinged with barely perceptible concern.

Upon hearing this, Gu Cheng paused slightly, and after a moment, her jade-like fingers slowly gripped the hilt of the knife.

"Moreover, creatures are particularly active in dark environments, so who would venture out in the dark in the middle of the night?" Ms. Gu added.

The monsters in the world-destroying rifts are far stronger and denser than those in regular rifts. You can find more than a dozen different types of mutated creatures in an ordinary commercial street. Unless absolutely necessary, Awakened Ones will choose to camp in secluded locations to avoid the peak of the attacks.

“What you said makes a lot of sense.” With a swift stroke, she cut through the shadowy figure, hot blood splattering across the ground. Gu Cheng frowned and jumped over the blood pool, her voice clear and crisp.

However, there is also a Chinese proverb...

"What?" Gu Chengyan asked her.

The girl steadied herself, her pink lips parting slightly: "Hitting a child on a rainy day..."

I'm just idling around anyway.

Since she has the ability, she should clear out more monsters, just to pave the way for other awakened ones.

After a long while, a new round of radar feedback came into her mind. Gu Cheng trembled slightly, and her brows gradually relaxed.

"What did someone just say?"

An active bioelectric signal feedback came from half a kilometer away, which, judging from its scale and frequency, should be from a female who had awakened from light sleep.

While quickening her pace, Gu Cheng used bio-electric radar to accurately locate the target. In less than a minute, she successfully arrived at the target location.

This is a dark storefront with a faded and illegible signboard. The first floor is for customers to shop, and the second floor is a food court. The Awakener's signal comes from the basement.

The basement? Gu Cheng raised an eyebrow, her expression puzzled.

Spending the night underground is indeed a relatively safe practice, but... you don't pay any attention to outside signals at all...?

As she stepped onto the stairs, Gu Cheng raised her hand and rhythmically knocked on the door a few times.

Inside the basement, Wang Yuxin opened her eyes in a panic upon hearing the noise. She hurriedly took out a pistol from her weapon belt and aimed it tremblingly at the door.

Am I going to die here too?

Glancing at the lifeless corpse of the man to her left, Wang Yuxin tried her best to steady her heartbeat, but her throat unconsciously swallowed.

Just as she hesitated, a gentle female voice came from outside the door again.

Is anyone inside?

That familiar voice... It seems to be Captain Gu... Realizing the identity of the visitor, Wang Yuxin instantly breathed a sigh of relief, a hint of joy rising to her face. After a moment, she seemed to think of something, and her eyes gradually dimmed.

Calming her breathing, the woman replied softly, "Captain Gu, it's me, Wang Yuxin." If she was also an enemy, I had no chance of resisting.

Wang Yuxin had witnessed Gu Cheng's abilities. This cramped basement simply couldn't withstand the overwhelming thunderstorm attack. On the contrary, her every move might have already been exposed to the other party's bio-electric radar.

The door opened from the inside, and with the help of the electric light swirling around the blade, Gu Cheng saw a face covered in blood.

"Please come in, Captain Gu." Wang Yuxin turned to the side, and a strong smell of blood hit her.

What happened inside?

Gu Cheng stood up straight, not daring to venture further, and looked at Wang Yuxin with an emotionless gaze.

After Ouyang Tuo left his post, Gu Cheng took over as the captain of Special Operations Team C. After working together for a long time, she had a good impression of Wang Yuxin.

Although the other party is weak, they know when to do what and will not disobey orders or act on their own.

The woman looked haggard, clutching a black pistol in her hand. Her combat uniform was badly damaged, as if it had been torn apart by wolves.

Someone died.

"...Who died?"

"a lot of."

......

Military identification was found on the body. The man was 34 years old, from a northern city, and had a C- level ability.

"Is there a mole among the first batch of awakened ones?" Gu Cheng found some cloths to cover the man's face and sat down diagonally opposite Wang Yuxin.

The woman nodded, her voice trembling noticeably: "They attacked suddenly, and most people didn't even have time to react."

Wang Yuxin mentioned that a group of awakened individuals had gathered on the outskirts of the city. Around midnight, the members on night watch collectively rebelled. They killed two of the most powerful awakened individuals in the group and quickly launched a massacre under the cover of darkness.

Blood stained the earth red, and the flickering flames were extinguished amidst the gunfire. Whether it was good luck or Wang Yuxin's threat was too small, the moles did not deal with her immediately, which gave the middle-aged man the opportunity to use his supernatural ability "visual deception" to rescue her.

"He was fatally wounded; I can't help him."

Wang Yuxin covered her face with her hands and muttered to herself. Liquid that was hard to tell if it was blood or tears seeped from between her fingers. Gu Cheng handed her a tissue with a solemn look in his eyes.

How many moles are there?

"There were a total of forty-four Awakened in the gathering place. The scene was too chaotic at the time, and I didn't see it clearly. The number of traitors was probably around eight."

"Didn't you set up a public channel?" Gu Cheng asked her in a hoarse voice.

Wang Yuxin wiped her face clean, oblivious to the difficulty in the other person's tone, her voice broken: "Captain Gu means... mental communication?"

The girl nodded, her pupils flashing with lightning.

“Miss Qin is not in the group,” Wang Yuxin replied.

"Miss Su, who often picks up Captain Gu to go home, is not here either."

Chapter 401 The Betrayer (Section 409)

Those who can be called high-level awakeners should at least have A-level ability strength, and currently, there are fewer than thirty high-level awakeners, including Gu Cheng, who have entered the Rift.

So when Gu Cheng heard Wang Yuxin describe how two high-ranking awakened individuals in their team had met with misfortune due to betrayal by an internal traitor, her heart inevitably ached.

On the one hand, they felt grief and anger over the deaths of their comrades, but on the other hand, they felt a sense of fear and unease, as if being gnawed at by a swarm of ants and prickled by cotton.

There's a one in ten chance that Su Wanxi is one of the two who died.

She tentatively inquired about mental communication with Wang Yuxin, both to find out if Qin Kexin was alright and to deduce any clues about Su Wanxi from the other party's answer.

Fortunately, Wang Yuxin spoke without hesitation, spilling the whole story like beans from a bamboo tube.

"Miss Su, who often picks up Captain Gu to go home, is not here either."

As the mental disorientation gradually subsided, Gu Cheng rubbed her temples, her brown eyes returning to calm.

"So, you actually saw the signal flare I fired?"

Wang Yuxin let out a soft hum, gently biting her lip with her pearly teeth; her face, which she had just wiped clean, was completely bloodless.

"The signal flare that was launched at that time should have been from the second exploration team. My ability is limited, and it is difficult for me to traverse the entire ruins of the capital. I can only place my hopes on you to pass on the news that there is a mole in the team."

That's why Wang Yuxin didn't dare to fire a signal flare in response to Gu Cheng. If her position was exposed, no one knew whether her teammates or the enemy would arrive first.

After quickly bandaging his comrade's wounds, Gu Cheng put away his identification documents, turned around, and manipulated the metal to bury the man's cold body in the rubble.

Since they lacked portable supernatural abilities, burial was the best outcome for them.

Blocking the basement door, Wang Yuxin clapped her hands to shake off the dust and asked Gu Cheng in a low voice if they wanted to go back to the TV tower.

“Of course.” The girl extinguished the lightning on her blade, her profile as white as snow. “I left a fire and a notice on the viewing platform, and I’ll go back every forty minutes.”

Finding Wang Yuxin was already a pleasant surprise; perhaps other awakened individuals had already climbed to the top of the tower while she was away.

"Captain Gu...aren't you worried about their identities?"

Wang Yuxin felt that Gu Cheng's signal flare had already been noticed by the traitors, but they were just lying in the shadows and did not make any rash moves.

"Don't worry." Gu Cheng turned to her with a smile, shook the exquisite Colt python in her palm, and gently placed her jade-like finger on the trigger.

"Rather than that, I want to catch them as soon as possible."

Unless a Class S Awakened joins the battle, Gu Cheng can single-handedly wipe out the traitors mentioned by Wang Yuxin.

"This Miss Wang is really lucky," Gu Chengyan chuckled.

This is the third time Gu Cheng has saved her.

The two walked side by side across the street, and in no time, a towering tower came into view. Beside the tower was a calm, deep blue lake, where several mutated crows circled back and forth, flying for a long time without landing.

Gu Cheng gently stroked the gun handle, a flash of blue light in his pupils, and the bio-electric radar followed him like a shadow.

"What's wrong?" Noticing that the captain had stopped, Wang Yuxin gripped her Type 95 assault rifle tightly and scanned her surroundings warily.

"There are two people at the top of the tower, both men."

Gu Cheng took the binoculars from Wang Yuxin and gazed into the distance.

There was no moon tonight, and the outdoor light was very low. The girl could only vaguely see two shadows moving in the distance.

"How to do?"

"Walk."

Since we've met, we should at least say hello, whether we're friends or foes.

Five minutes later, Gu Cheng pulled Wang Yuxin out of the elevator shaft, where they were met by two fully armed Awakened.

The leader was extremely rugged, with a scraggly beard and thick, dark lips. The other man was relatively short and thin, with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, looking like he had just escaped from the zoo.