Regarding the matter of awakening lightning abilities after transformation

The two people are not on the same level in terms of experience and understanding.

As she pondered, the pent-up flames poured out from the firelight, and Su Wanxi once again broke free from the gravity blockade, her military boots lightly touching the ground as she leaped out of the danger zone.

You can't escape.

More flames turned in the air, rushing straight towards Su Wanxi. Just as she was about to release the Gravity Tide, the space suddenly twisted irregularly, and the flames were trapped inside, churning back and forth.

Su Wanxi paused, glancing toward the source of the supernatural fluctuations. Qin Kexin was standing behind a young woman, tiptoeing slightly.

The woman nodded to Su Wanxi, signaling her not to let her guard down.

"Sister Xi, she is also an A-level Awakener."

Qin Kexin's words reassured Su Wanxi, who visibly breathed a sigh of relief and gently swung her arm, releasing a thousand times the force of gravity to crush Wu Shaoqiu.

It seems that the opponent is not as strong as she imagined. Extreme speed, gaseous defense, active flames, and gravity control are all combat abilities that require Wu Shaoqiu to be constantly distracted, and the effect of the lullaby is constantly weakening.

As long as there are enough A-level Awakened individuals on the field, they can pose a threat to Wu Shaoqiu.

"Miss Su, you still underestimate the power of an S-rank Awakened..."

Ability Strength A, Mind Reading, able to understand what the target is thinking.

Wu Shaoqiu squinted, abandoning his previous nonchalant attitude, and began to devote all his mental energy to the battle.

Meanwhile, the remaining Jackdaw Cult members intensified their hunting, and lives were quietly slipping away.

Gravitational tides.

The moment Su Wanxi had this thought, Wu Shaoqiu immediately vanished from his spot. His mental manipulation combined with his lightning-fast movement allowed him to react evasively the instant he detected the woman's intentions.

He slashed his palm downwards, using gravity to restrain all awakened individuals except Su Wanxi, while flames spewed out.

The vulture that had been perched on the man's shoulder spread its wings and swooped down with tremendous force, its sharp beak aimed precisely at Su Wanxi's right chest.

"It's true that my experience and understanding are insufficient."

“However…” Wu Shaoqiu smiled, his pupils, enhanced by his inner thoughts, slowly swept across the ground.

"...Su Wanxi, you seem to have overlooked the potential of ability fusion."

As the smoke cleared, the entire survivor camp looked as if it had been tilled by a farm machine. Just as Wu Shaoqiu was about to activate his spiritual vision, he was propelled into the sky by a tremendous force from beneath his feet.

Chapter 409, Section 417: A Fleeting Miracle

Compared to other awakened individuals with mediocre talent, Su Wanxi's experience can be described as smooth sailing. It only took her a year and a half to go from awakening her abilities to advancing to A-level, to the point that she never thought that anyone could surpass her in the supernatural field.

Over time, Su Wanxi became accustomed to an overwhelming advantage and even began to feel unfamiliar with how to win when at a disadvantage.

Now, reality has dealt Su Wanxi a heavy blow. She collapsed weakly in the ruins of the camp, enduring excruciating pain in her right shoulder.

The gray-black vulture, carrying the same power as her, broke through the gravity field at such a speed that Su Wanxi had no way to avoid it.

"hiss..."

With her left hand covering her shoulder, warm liquid smeared her palm. Su Wanxi glanced down at the wound, a faint sadness rising in her watery eyes.

A gaping hole was pecked into the dark black combat suit by a bird's beak, revealing the smooth, rounded shoulders beneath. Above that, fine snow stained with blood trickled down the skin, the perfect blend of red and white adding a touch of cruel beauty.

Su Wanxi tried to move her arm, and in addition to the pain, more blood gushed from the wound.

Such severe injuries essentially sealed the fate of defeat.

Gu Cheng... The woman swallowed hard a few times, switching her focus to the communication channel.

"Qin Kexin...how many ability users have you awakened...?"

Sensing that Captain Su's voice sounded hoarse, Qin Kexin panicked immediately: "Sister Xi? What's wrong?"

Su Wanxi moved her fingers and grabbed the Beretta 92F at her waist, letting out a muffled groan from her pink lips.

"I have enough mental energy left to hold off Wu Shaoqiu for about half a minute. Ask them if they can still organize a counterattack."

Hearing the other party's words, which sounded like he was making his last arrangements, Qin Ke hurriedly grabbed the arm of the person next to her, pointed to the deep pit not far away and said something, while also encouraging Su Wanxi on the communication channel.

"Sister Xi, I have a healing-type Awakened here, hang in there."

Before she could finish speaking, Su Wanxi felt a tingling sensation like ants crawling on her shoulder. A few fluorescent lights fell into the wound, and the skin that had been scratched by the sharp beak was regenerating at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Overdraft treatment, as the name suggests, is a rapid treatment that comes at the cost of depleting the patient's life force. Su Wanxi's shoulder injury was within the body's self-repair range. Although the life force paid off was not enough to shorten her lifespan, she would still need to stay in bed for two or three days afterward.

In mid-air, Wu Shaoqiu's gaze swept over, and Su Wanxi, relying on her instinct to manipulate gravity, instantly unleashed a massive amount of mental energy that sent him flying.

The man barely managed to steady himself when he caught a glimpse of a sharp rock spike rising from the ground and heading straight for him.

The voice in his heart issued an urgent warning: the space behind him had been artificially distorted. Wu Shaoqiu could only dodge to the side, and the rock spikes almost grazed his hair as they passed through.

"Is this never going to end...?"

Applying a gravity field to the point of energy fluctuation, Wu Shaoqiu unleashed another burst of flames from behind. However, this time, all the flames were intercepted in mid-air, with transparent, glass-like air prisms insulating the heat and enveloping the entire camp.

"Good...they're all awake..."

Instead of getting angry, Wu Shaoqiu smiled and lightly tapped his finger to stop all copying abilities except for gravity manipulation, and the flames that were scorching the sky gradually died down.

Next, he focused most of his mental energy into his mind.

"A spiritual plague."

In an instant, endless whispers flooded their minds, and all the ability users, including the Raven Cultists, froze at the same time.

If a lullaby is a soothing, slow death, then a mental plague is definitely a sudden, violent death. Su Wanxi felt as if two pieces of foam had appeared in her brain, tightly connected and rubbing back and forth, making a maddening, sharp sound.

In a daze, Su Wanxi heard the muffled thuds of military boots hitting the ground. Turning her head, she saw a familiar figure with his back to her, being lifted high above someone's chest.

Wu Shaoqiu grabbed Qin Kexin's neck with one hand and took out a thin, transparent syringe from his bag.

"A B+ level mental communication can actually suppress mental plague to some extent..." The man tore open Qin Kexin's military uniform on her right hand, revealing the girl's smooth and fair arm. He frowned, as if searching for a suitable place to inject.

"Their willpower is quite strong."

Unfortunately, its capabilities are limited, making complete shielding impossible.

Having found the right spot, the man was about to insert the needle when the sedative he was holding suddenly felt incredibly heavy and fell from his hand, shattering into pieces.

Wu Shaoqiu turned his head and met a pair of cold, dark eyes. Su Wanxi straightened up and pointed the silver-white gun at him.

"Put her down."

"..."

The man glanced at Su Wanxi indifferently, his tone calm: "You can try firing the gun."

An S-level Awakened's mental energy reserves are far superior to those of an A+ level; he still retains more mental energy than Su Wanxi did at her peak.

With a "bang," the bullet embedded itself in the ground. Wu Shaoqiu ignored the gunshot and simply looked down at Qin Kexin.

"I had five vials of anesthetic in my bag, and Miss Su broke one of them. What should I do?"

After saying this, he pulled out a pistol and slowly aimed it at Qin Kexin's thigh.

"That's the price."

The trigger was pulled, blood splattered everywhere, and scalding liquid landed on Su Wanxi's cheek.

Upon tasting the bitter, salty blood on her lips, the woman paused for a moment, the light in her dark eyes gradually fading away.

Seeing Su Wanxi's strong reaction, Wu Shaoqiu lowered his gaze and aimed the gun at the girl's slender wrist.

"Don't worry, Miss Qin is still useful. I just broke her limbs to prevent her from running around."

With his index finger on the trigger and a final push, another plum blossom bloomed, this time on the man's shoulder.

Wu Shaoqiu stared in astonishment at his palm. The black pistol had been twisted into a ball by immense force, and his fingers were stuck inside the lever.

After the overdraft treatment ended, Su Wanxi suddenly threw a dagger, the tip of which shot straight towards Wu Shaoqiu's left chest.

In a moment of haste, Wu Shaoqiu erected a gravity field, and the cold light instantly broke free from the constraints of gravity, slamming heavily onto the transparent panel without any pause. The air glass shattered under the force, and the dagger tip pierced through the chest.

The man's heart was completely ripped open, and a cold wind howled into his chest.

The next second, a bright green light appeared, and the copied overdraft treatment immediately took effect on the heart. Wu Shaoqiu repaired the valve with all his might, while simultaneously driving the flames toward Su Wanxi.

"Pfft..."

He spat out a mouthful of turbid blood. In the firelight, Wu Shaoqiu saw a snow-white, delicate hand, and five tightly clenched, slender, white fingers slowly opened.

Wu Shaoqiu felt as if something was rapidly expanding within his body, and with his last ounce of consciousness, he executed the mantra.

The essence of gravitational tides is never gravity, but rather the gravitational force that exists in all things.

"If we try to change the point of force application... we must seek a breakthrough at the root..."

Su Wanxi covered her head, the wet liquid staining her lips a seductive bright red. A burst of blood mist exploded, and Wu Shaoqiu vanished into thin air. In the instant before his death, he suddenly realized what he had died from.

That comes from within the body, from the immense repulsive force of every organ interacting with each other.

Chapter 410 Gravity (Section 418)

During her time alone in Beidu, Su Wanxi wondered more than once if none of what followed would have happened if she hadn't accepted Mr. Song's invitation to participate in the handover of important personnel, but instead chosen to stay by Gu Cheng's side.

Zhou Li could spend his days studying recipes at Zhou's Home-Style Kitchen, while Qin Kexin continued her university studies, going out for barbecue and shopping for clothes with friends after class, and occasionally going to restaurants for dinner to catch up on their relationship.

As for Gu Cheng, her left eye is still intact, and she has secretly prepared to accompany him to live in Beidu. As long as the two of them are willing to work together for the future, no matter how much Su Changqing tries to stop them, it will be to no avail.

In the end, Su Wanxi would laugh at herself, laughing at herself for knowing full well that time would not turn back for her and that what had happened could not be undone.

Now and the future—these are the things she should be considering next.

So Su Wanxi actively accepted psychological treatment and followed the doctor's advice to move to a suburban manor far from human habitation to live with Grandpa Su.

Even though the message she sent to Gu Cheng went unanswered, Su Wanxi clearly remembered that Gu Cheng had softly agreed to her request that night when they drank together under the moon.

No matter what happens, I will come to Beidu to find myself healthy and well.

That's enough. She doesn't need to worry too much; she just hopes the other person will return as scheduled.

......

Before her eyes was a gray-brown tent roof, with a few rays of light scattered across it, and tiny dust particles floating quietly within it. Su Wanxi blinked, her thoughts unable to return to their original state, her head feeling dizzy, mixed with a sharp, needle-like pain from severe mental exhaustion.