The Living Talent

All the clock towers in Mao City have been destroyed, and now no one knows what time it is.

I could only look up at the setting moon and judge that it was probably around four in the morning.

Under the pale moonlight, the ice boat carrying four people carefully sailed on the water east of Mao City.

Perhaps because it is closer to Academy Island, the western part of Mao City has more high-ranking officials and nobles.

This indirectly resulted in the fact that, at this moment, there are more broken walls and ruins exposed above the water in the east of the city than in the west, which is still being deliberately targeted.

Therefore, this small boat, which was not moving very fast, managed to sail smoothly for quite some time.

The three people on the ship, apart from Zhou Zhou, all breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed their tense nerves.

Only Zhou Zhou frowned, a faint ache in his head giving him a bad feeling.

His gaze involuntarily fell upon the deep darkness outside the ship.

At the same time, beneath the dark sea, a flying fish, Shisui, rapidly approached from afar.

The ice ship that happened to be sailing directly in front of him immediately caught his attention.

No, in this situation, are there even any survivors?

What surprised Shisui the most was their level of attainment.

He could sense that there were four Human Race on the ship, the highest of whom was only at the Third Realm of the Profound Realm, and the lowest was only at the Ninth Realm of the Yellow Realm.

The perception ended, and then curiosity overflowed uncontrollably.

"Call out!"

A Steel Feathers shot out from the Ukaku disguised as a fish fin, slicing through the dark seawater and piercing directly through the ice ship.

The ice ship instantly disintegrated, and the four people that Radiant Feathers had deliberately avoided fell directly into the icy seawater.

"Pfft... cough cough..."

Suddenly falling into the water, Zhou Zhou had no time to be shocked. The next moment, his reaction was inexplicably slow, and he choked on the bitter salt water.

He immediately began to struggle to steady himself, using his Psychic Energy to support himself, and asked while coughing as he floated in the water.

"Cough cough... What happened? How did the ship break... it's broken."

"I don't know," said the man who created the ice ship, his face also filled with shock. "This is the first time I've ever encountered anything like it."

"Be careful, it might be an enemy attack."

"It shouldn't be, otherwise the moment we fell into the water would have been a perfect opportunity to press our advantage, but we weren't attacked by anyone."

Before the discussion could end, a huge, dark purple entity, resembling lotus petals, instantly swallowed them up.

The petals closed, Koukaku successfully captured four lucky individuals who had escaped.

"Hmm? What kind of talent is this?"

Ignoring the two unremarkable passersby and the "Clairvoyance" with only average talent.

Shisui looked directly at Zhou Zhou, whose Psychic Energy fluctuations were strange.

Under the Kakugan, the other party's talent—this strange ability to absorb, transform, and release the owner's Psychic Energy —was observed.

The released, transformed Psychic Energy appeared to be grayish-black in color.

It is distinctly different from the pure white Psychic Energy produced by the Snow Spirits nurtured in the Shisui Alternate Space.

Shisui the other three survivors like ants, turning them into Flesh Crystals.

Then, as if sensing something, Zhou Zhou's talent absorbed the gray-black Psychic Energy again.

Immediately afterwards, white Psychic Energy was released.

Only those with the Kakugan could perceive the golden light, which flickered faintly above the Psychic Energy.

Kagune bound Zhou Zhou, causing him to suffocate and fall into a coma.

Shisui opened the bud of the Koukaku Flower, first carefully collecting the Flesh Crystals, and then took out the [Fire Thief].

He was eager to know what this talent was.

Thus, with the help of the [Fire Thief], he extracted this talent.

The instant [Survival from the Survival in Desperate Situations] left his body, Zhou Zhou suddenly turned into a dried-up corpse, his life force drained by the talent.

Fueled by this life energy, [Survival in Desperate Situations] began to struggle frantically under the control of [Fire Thief].

But would Shisui just stand by and watch his prey escape?

A terrifying surge of Psychic Energy flowed into the [Fire Thief's ] innate talent vessel.

With the energy boost belonging to the Predator, [Survival in Desperate Situations] could not shake the "net" woven by Psychic Energy in the slightest.

Shisui learned the basic information about this talent through the new ability he gained after leveling up [Fire Thief].

Incidentally, this is because the possessor of this talent was at a much lower level than the current [Fire Thief].

Therefore, [Fire Thief] is able to extract the basic information for this talent.

"Survival in Desperate Situations?"

The wriggling, unusually active [Survival in Desperate Situations] struggled to escape, but was firmly held by [Fire Thief].

Shisui Sui's Owl Wings unfolded, and translucent crystalline Radiant Feathers fell off, quickly piecing together to form a small box.

He stuffed this newly acquired talent into the body of a Snow Spirit.

Then, like an exhibit, it was placed in the Radiant Feathers Box, completely blocking its escape route.

Looking at the still restless [Survival in Desperate Situations], Shisui was certain and convinced that this talent had its own consciousness.

Although it is very weak and not very intelligent, it is indeed "alive".

Therefore, it's more accurate to say that Zhou Zhou was parasitized by it rather than possessing it.

Therefore, the "Survival in Desperate Situations" it brings is not only not free, but simply giving Psychic Energy is not enough.

It operates on its own, influencing the ups and downs of the host's fortune in its daily life according to the so-called "equivalent exchange."

Thus, Zhou Zhou's past misfortunes accumulated into "good luck," allowing him and others to survive this crisis.

However, surviving the tsunami exhausted all the "good luck" he had accumulated.

Even if they didn't want the host to die, [Survival in Desperate Situations] wouldn't let Zhou Zhou get something for nothing.

So when he found the room with bread for a short rest, he started to "buy on credit".

Immediately afterwards, without "repaying the debt," he used his talent again to direct everyone to flee towards the east of the city.

At that moment, [Survival in Desperate Situations] set its sights on Zhou Zhou's life.

"That's ruthless. Even without the [Fire Thief], you could easily break free once the parasite dies, right?"

"Let me guess, you also want to take advantage of the situation and parasitize the person who killed your host, right?"

He shook the "[Survival in Desperate Situations]" in his hand, which had become docile after realizing there was no way to escape, and then said...

"I know you can understand, how about we make a deal?"

His Shisui voice carried a hint of seduction as Rc Cells surrounded the temporary vessel of this talent, deliberately leaking a trace of murderous intent.

"Actively accept my cells and work for me; in exchange, you can acquire more prey."

If you agree, skip to the next section.

If you disagree, then go die.

Even someone with a low IQ like [Survival in Desperate Situations] could sense Shisui's meaning from that terrifying killing intent.

That murderous aura reached its very core, which was like its soul, rendering it almost immobile.

However, the will to survive briefly triumphed over fear.

It bounced with all its might, making a faint sound that Zi Sui might not have noticed if he hadn't Shisui his Kakugan.

Shisui invaded the talent carrier with Rc Cells, and the ferocious Psychic Energy from [Predator] bound the trembling [Survival in Desperate Situations] like chains.

After doing all this, Shisui voluntarily withdrew his murderous aura and the Radiant Feathers Box.

Immediately afterwards, he took out a Flesh Crystals and handed it to the motionless [Survival in Desperate Situations], who was slumped in his hand.

The limp vessel of talent suddenly straightened up, crawling forward like a slime.

[Survival in Desperate Situations] It grabbed a crystal that was even bigger than itself and then devoured it in one go.

The newly made toy, which had visibly come to life, was placed in a separate, alternate Alternate Space, along with several smaller Flesh Crystals nearby.

As for why it's not grouped with other talents...

He was afraid Survival in Desperate Situations if he went in and ate the Snow Spirit he had raised, he would eat himself to death.

We need to keep going.

Thinking this, Shisui plunged into the sea, and once again transformed into a flying fish, he suddenly leaped out.

The target is the distant Tianpiao Ocean.