Regarding the matter of awakening lightning abilities after transformation

Gu Cheng exchanged a glance with them and politely said, "Nice to meet you. I am Gu Cheng. Have you seen the notice I wrote?"

The short man nodded, his voice high-pitched: "Yes, we thought of rushing over as soon as we saw the signal flare, but there were too many creatures on the way, which delayed us a bit."

The reason was decent, but there was no explanation for why a confirmation signal wasn't sent. Gu Cheng smiled and didn't press the matter, pulling Wang Yuxin toward the campfire.

As the woman turned around, the short man quickly glanced at his teammate.

With the ability to manipulate lightning, its strength is very likely to exceed that of an A-level superpower, and Gu Cheng himself is an unstable factor personally designated by the Archbishop.

The burly man narrowed his eyes, his fingers resting on the gun holster and gently stroking it.

Don't be impatient.

Half a minute later, the group sat around the fire discussing their experiences. The thin man mentioned that he was also among the second batch of awakened individuals to enter. He avoided danger along the way and encountered another awakened individual when passing through the city center. The two immediately decided to head to the signal flare launch point.

"Since we'll be fighting together later, why don't we exchange our abilities first?"

Upon hearing the pointed-cheeked man make the request, Wang Yuxin subconsciously looked at Gu Cheng, whose expression remained unchanged, her pink lips opening and closing.

"My ability is lightning manipulation, and she can extract water directly from wet objects."

As if it were a matter of course, Gu Cheng's answer was completely genuine. Wang Yuxin swallowed and glanced at the captain with some worry.

Is this really okay?

The man with the pointed chin realized that Gu Cheng was the backbone of the team, so he didn't dwell on Wang Yuxin and instead explained their abilities: limb hardening and foam dissolving.

"Dissolve the foam?"

Seeing Gu Cheng's puzzled expression, the man with the pointed chin waved his hand and secreted milky white foam from his fingertips. This liquid made a sizzling sound the moment it touched the cement, and soon corroded a large hole.

Seeing this, Gu Cheng said calmly, "A very impressive ability." As for whether the other party was holding back, she had no way of knowing.

"He's nowhere near as good as me."

In her mind, the proud and arrogant Miss Gu whispered.

After chatting for a few minutes, it was time to arrange a rest. There were two men and two women in the team. Gu Cheng had been on guard for the first half of the night, so the second half was naturally left to the two men.

Wang Yuxin followed Gu Cheng to the wall, to a spot where the campfire could be faintly seen.

“They’re not the group that attacked the camp,” Wang Yuxin whispered to the captain as she spread out her sleeping mat. “However, I can’t guarantee they’re harmless.”

Gu Cheng nodded and relaxed, resting the Tang sword on her lap.

Although the two new teammates seemed harmless and were even willing to reveal their abilities to gain trust, Gu Cheng did not let her guard down.

Having survived so many life-or-death crises, she certainly wouldn't let herself fall into a ditch.

She could sense the emotions the other person was deliberately hiding during the conversation—a cold, malevolent, and murderous aura.

"...Don't sleep too deeply."

Gu Cheng spoke slowly and deliberately, lowering her voice.

P.S. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Chapter 402, Section 410: Haven't you made enough trouble yet?

Sensing the seriousness and earnestness in the captain's words, Wang Yuxin trembled slightly, and the chill she had just suppressed involuntarily surged into her brain.

She turned her head to try and discern Gu Cheng's facial expression by the firelight, but the latter merely curled her lips and calmly closed her eyes.

They definitely have a problem.

Wang Yuxin swallowed hard, then moved her hand down to her waist, gently stroking the Type 92 pistol that had been warmed by her body heat. She could immediately raise her gun and fire back if the other party made the slightest move.

At 2:21 a.m., as the evening breeze subsided, Wang Yuxin listened to the crackling of burning firewood not far away, and was wide awake.

Just as she was feeling anxious and unable to fall asleep, Gu Cheng turned to her side, her breathing becoming longer and more even. Her fair and delicate face showed no sign of panic. Wang Yuxin stared at her for a long time, her brows gradually relaxing.

Although Captain Gu is several years younger than her, his combat and command performance is usually quite outstanding. Since the other party was able to act so relaxed after being warned, it means that a backup plan had been prepared in advance.

Why is she worrying about something so trivial?

With her jade-like fingers gently tugging at the cotton cloth, Wang Yuxin turned her back to the fire and closed her eyes to rest.

Seeing this, the man with the pointed chin glanced at his teammate, who nodded and placed the pre-written sign in a conspicuous place.

At the same time, a kilometer away, a young man in combat uniform put down his binoculars and slapped his neck with his right hand, making a crisp cracking sound.

“It really is her…” The man chuckled softly, glancing thoughtfully at his watch.

The Ravens sent them into the rift to eliminate all the special operations team members and help Nidhogg be born successfully. Gu Cheng was the most noteworthy one in the path of elimination.

He took parts out of his backpack and assembled a black sniper rifle in less than half a minute. The man leaned against the stock, choosing not to aim the muzzle directly at the target.

All awakened beings possess a mystical sense of danger, let alone a high-level ability user like Gu Cheng. Even in an unconscious state, as soon as her body is selected by a sniper scope, she will immediately realize that she has been targeted.

The man popped a piece of chewing gum into his mouth and checked again to make sure he was more than a kilometer away from his target.

Three weeks ago, Gu Cheng completed the ability test to advance to level A. In the bioelectric radar scanning test, she gave the longest detection distance as a straight line of 400 meters.

Even assuming the opponent has a hidden weapon, this range is more than enough; his weapon has an effective range of nearly two thousand meters.

He licked his index finger, leaned against the outside of the railing, and after a moment, the sniper's lips curled up slightly.

With a suitable wind direction and a slow, steady wind speed, combined with previous observations that the smoke from the TV tower bonfire rose in a straight line, there was no need to change locations; this was an excellent sniping spot.

"A fate that even the archbishop with S-rank precognitive abilities couldn't foresee is about to be ended by me..."

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"...They're really cautious, even doubting the team members who have accompanied you on so many missions."

Gu Cheng spoke calmly, as if chatting casually with Gu Cheng.

“Wang Yuxin’s answer is reasonable, but the situation is special at this time. I can only trust no more than ten people in the rift.”

"Can? Perhaps you should rephrase it as, 'dare'."

Gu Cheng did not rush to deny it, but continued to speak according to what was in her mind: "Wang Yuxin's account is only one side of the story. I cannot guarantee whether she has embellished it or even made up a lie just to deceive me."

Her intuition told her that Wang Yuxin was more than 90% credible, but her rationality kept reminding her not to let her guard down.

"Su Wanxi and I made a promise that we would live no matter what."

Therefore, she must keep a clear head.

"Giggle."

A slight, dull thud startled the girl's thoughts. Gu Cheng maintained her breathing rate and remained remarkably indifferent.

Right in her and Wang Yuxin's blind spot, the man with the pointed chin had silently drawn his dagger, while another burly man gripped his rifle, his finger resting quietly on the trigger.

Without needing to say a word, the two, who had been planning for a long time, understood each other and acted at the same time. Just as the bullet left the barrel, the Tang sword that was originally placed beside Gu Cheng's leg suddenly shot up, and a deep blue light pierced the sky.

The man with the pointed chin suddenly felt a heat on his wrist. He looked down and found that his dagger and his entire hand had vanished. His black combat uniform was now covered in bright red blood. On the other side, the burly man's rifle had been cut in half, and the steel-like skin that had been piled up inch by inch showed signs of cracking.

Unlike her delicate and charming appearance, once Gu Cheng decides to make a move, her actions are never gentle, and she at least requires that the enemy be incapacitated.

Although the man with the pointed jaw had severed his wrist, the pain had not yet reached his brain. While he could still concentrate, he immediately activated the dissolving foam that had been buried at the bottom of the building.

Gu Cheng quickly got up, took the flying Tang sword, and carried Wang Yuxin towards the high platform. In just two or three seconds, the place where they had been sleeping was now an empty space, and countless building fragments fell to the ground along the gaps.

"You... dare to lay a hand on me?"

Gu Cheng put Wang Yuxin down, her brown eyes blazing with blue light. In an instant, blue and white electricity surged around the girl, and the metal shards on the ground were attracted by the magnetic force to form an incredibly terrifying steel storm, which then suddenly pounced on the burly man.

Before the man with the pointed cheeks could even worry about his companion, he saw a cold glint pierce through the black mist and stab straight toward his chest.

It was too fast; so fast that there wasn't even a chance for dissolving foam to form.

The man staggered and squatted down. The explosive lightning carried by the gale seemed to pierce through eardrums. Gu Cheng did not stop after missing her attack. She then prepared to use the surrounding current to give the other party an electric shock therapy.

"Bang." Another bullet was fired.

The burly man hardened his entire body, leaving only his soft finger joints to pull the trigger. His clothes were torn apart by the steel storm, with only a few strips of cloth remaining attached to the steel plates hanging from his chest.

Taking advantage of Gu Cheng's distraction, the man with the pointed chin aimed at her with his other hand, spraying large amounts of dissolving foam at the girl like raindrops.

Gu Cheng did not dodge at all, and went straight for the foam with her knife, seemingly not worried at all that the metal would be corroded by the foam.

Is she crazy?

The words were stuck in his throat, and the pointed-cheeked man was surprised to find that he could no longer make a sound.

"Keeping one prisoner is enough."

Blood gushed from the man's neck and splashed onto the ground. Gu Cheng shook her hand and turned to support Wang Yuxin. Just then, an uninvited guest shot towards the girl's vital point at supersonic speed.

When a sniper pulls the trigger, he has only one thought in his mind.

Target cleared.

But the reality was far from as easy as he had imagined. When the bullet was less than ten meters away from Gu Cheng, its metal shell bloomed and fell off like a flower bud, revealing the silvery-white core inside. Then, it dissolved into the space without leaving a trace.

What's going on... her abilities...?

Through the sniper scope, the man noticed Gu Cheng turning her head to look at him, her luscious lips opening and closing.

"Got you."

Chapter 403, Section 411: Showing No Mercy

Even from a kilometer away, through the scope, the man could still detect a hint of danger in that unbelievably beautiful face.

Having eliminated the fatal attack, Gu Cheng stood still, letting the blood-scented evening breeze caress her skin, her delicate, long eyelashes slightly curled up in the firelight.

She had already guessed that someone was watching her from afar, and not long after she lay down, her right eyelid started twitching incessantly.

"You've made enough noise, it's my turn now."

The girl curved her lips into a smile, raised her jade-like finger to aim at the firing port, and a faint, firefly-like blue light suddenly ignited at her fingertip. Immediately afterward, stream-like electric light climbed and converged along her lotus-like arm towards the end of her palm.

She wanted to attack me from so far away?

The sniper raised his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he felt as if the hairs on his body stood on end at the same time. The next second, his pupils suddenly dilated.