Does Being Able to Eat a Lot Count as a Superpower? (Asking for Recommendation Tickets! Monthly Tickets)

Shen Jin placed the Combustion Generator on the ground.

It was entirely bright white, exuding a crisp metallic aura, perfectly suiting Shen Jin's aesthetic as a low-voltage engineer.

Of course, its shape was still a perfect cube.

The opening at the front revealed some internal structures. The lower half was for fuel, and the small space above was a container, likely a small battery for power reserve.

[Combustion Generator]

[Charging Slot: Empty]

[Energy Buffer: 0/400 kW·h]

[Fuel: Empty]

The entire Combustion Generator appeared very miniature. Shen Jin tossed in a piece of [coal].

"Clink~"

The Combustion Generator immediately ignited. The [coal] burned below, and the energy buffer gradually increased.

The surrounding temperature also rose significantly.

The burning speed was fast, and the internal energy buffer steadily climbed.

While it was burning, Shen Jin prepared to craft an [Energy Storage Unit].

Without an Energy Storage Unit, the buffer energy in the Combustion Generator would fill up very quickly.

[Energy Storage Unit: Rechargeable Battery * 3, Insulated Tin Wire * 1, Wood Board * 5]

Shen Jin operated frantically once more.

The Energy Storage Unit was completed.

Placing it on the ground, a large wooden box emerged, the exact same color as the wood boards he used.

There was an output port at the front, and the other areas were sealed, with no visible internal structure.

[Energy Storage Unit]

[Charging Slot: Empty]

[Equipment Charging Slots: Empty, Empty, Empty, Empty]

[Energy Storage: 0/4000 kW·h]

[Battery Storage: Empty]

This Energy Storage Unit could be charged by [Rechargeable Batteries], and conversely, it could charge unpowered batteries.

As for equipment charging, Shen Jin didn't have any equipment that could be charged yet.

"You're saying this little thing can store 4000 kilowatt-hours of electricity???"

Shen Jin looked at the one-cubic-meter Energy Storage Unit with disbelief, finally sighing:

"The system is awesome!"

With the Energy Storage Unit, the electrical energy produced by the Combustion Generator now had a place to be stored. Once full, even without fuel, he would have 4000 kilowatt-hours of emergency power.

Shen Jin used 3 iron ingots to craft a [Wrench].

Now he wouldn't have to worry about appliances being violently disassembled by a pickaxe.

After dismantling these two machines, Shen Jin removed his diesel generator and replaced it with the more energy-rich Combustion Generator, placing an Energy Storage Unit next to it.

"I need to make two more Energy Storage Units. When I go out later, I can bring a fully charged one and have power everywhere I go."

Nice!

To avoid constantly adding fuel, Shen Jin directly put in an entire [Coal Block].

One cubic meter of pure coal weighed a full 1.8 tons. Shen Jin was curious to see how much electricity it would generate!

The Combustion Generator was connected to three Energy Storage Units, and all the electricity would be stored.

"Three Energy Storage Units, 12,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity. That'll last me a long time."

After all, a typical household only used four to five hundred kilowatt-hours of electricity per month for heating in winter.

"Don't we have plenty of coal?"

To celebrate the resolution of his power issues, Shen Jin waved his hand and flipped the breaker for the basement.

In the evening, Li Moxiao and Shang Qian, who were bored, saw the lights in the room turn on, their eyes lighting up!

"Wow! It's so bright! I'm going blind!"

Shang Qian closed her eyes, savoring the long-lost light, tears welling up in her eyes:

"Survived the apocalypse, finally seeing the light."

Shen Jin walked over from behind: "Li Moxiao, look at her vocabulary! Then look at you, you're just uncultured."

Li Moxiao, chewing on a Snickers, looked unconvinced:

"Hmph! I knew you liked girls with bigger chests!"

Shen Jin looked utterly bewildered. "Hey! We were just talking about cultural literacy."

"So, having big breasts means you have cultural literacy?"

"It's about how the word sounds, it evokes a feeling. Don't you resonate with that?"

Li Moxiao was silent for a moment. "I understand."

Shen Jin nodded with satisfaction.

Li Moxiao immediately followed up, "As expected. An old flame can never compare to a new flame, you scumbag!"

"..."

Shang Qian, caught in the crossfire for no reason, couldn't help but laugh and cry. She continued busy with her dinner.

Tonight was the first attempt to conquer Shen Jin's stomach!

Shang Qian had thought it through clearly. She wanted to use her skilled hands to warm Shen Jin's stomach.

As long as she could stay here and play pitiful, surviving this period, once the government people arrived, it would be "the sea is wide enough for fish to leap, the sky is high enough for birds to fly"!

"The apocalypse won't last forever, I believe it!"

Shen Jin scratched his foot. "Believe what? The sound of cooking is too loud, I can't hear you!"

"N-nothing!"

After a harmonious dinner, the group naturally gathered around the radio, listening to the evening's broadcast.

"Sizzle sizzle~"

"Dear listeners, welcome to China's official government channel for the nightly news program."

"..."

"Finally, we invite Director Hu Shou of the Heaven and Earth Net Bureau to share the latest survival knowledge."

"Ahem, I am Hu Shou. Today, we will continue discussing 'Transcendent'."

"Besides unlocking the gene lock, transcendent power also has another manifestation: abilities."

"Other professors may have touched upon it slightly before, but not comprehensively. Abilities are a form of transcendent power, where humans master certain powers that defy common sense. It could be ice, fire, or even flatulence."

"Please don't laugh yet. What if flatulence could be poisonous? Colorless and odorless, you could be taken down suddenly just by being near someone. If used well, it can be a very powerful ability."

"Therefore, our Heaven and Earth Net defines abilities as: a special power that surpasses human limits. Those who obtain this power are called 'ability users'."

"The government and the Heaven and Earth Net have very little research on abilities. If there are any Chinese citizens who have awakened abilities, we hope you will assist the government in some research. Please call our satellite phone: 033*******. The government will do its utmost to ensure your safety."

"If, one day, we can find a stable method to unlock abilities, national liberation will be within reach!"

"Sizzle sizzle~"

"Unlock abilities?"

Shen Jin took out the blood crystal Sun Can had given him and looked at it again.

A satellite phone resembling a brick phone appeared in his hand, and he directly dialed the Heaven and Earth Net's number.

"Beep beep beep~"

"This is Hu Shou."

A deep, solid middle-aged male voice came through. Even without meeting him, Shen Jin could feel the immense pressure emanating from him.

He had somehow directly reached Hu Shou's personal line.

"Director Hu, regarding abilities, I have a lead that you might want to research."

"Mm, Luo Min, turn on the recording."

Shen Jin felt no discomfort with his important call being recorded. Instead, he felt Hu Shou was being forthright.

"Mutated zombies have crimson crystal cores in their heads. I assume you know about this?"

"Yes, we've found some," Hu Shou replied, writing in his notebook: Not over 30 years old, suspected ability user, capable of killing mutated zombies.

"I suspect this blood crystal might have the function of guiding humans to awaken abilities, but one cannot simply consume it, as the energy would be too much and cause them to explode."

Shen Jin remembered how Sun Can's body, already awakened to an ability, had almost couldn't withstand the backlash of power when absorbing a blood crystal. An ordinary person would almost certainly die.

"Someone has already tried and sacrificed themselves. Did you awaken after consuming it? What ability do you have?"

Hu Shou's expression remained unchanged. He glanced at the technician operating the satellite positioning.

He wrote in his notebook: Q City, awakened by absorbing blood crystal.

"I haven't awakened. I've seen others awaken. This is what he told me..."

A friend? Heh. Hu Shou didn't change what he had recorded in his notebook. He needed a lot of data to enrich the newly emerging field of transcendent studies.

"Then, what's your... friend's name?"

Shen Jin pondered for a moment. "Lu Qiang."

Having relayed all the information Sun Can had shared, Shen Jin asked the question that concerned him the most: "Director Hu, how far has the government's rescue efforts progressed?"

"That's a military secret, and I cannot disclose it at this time."

Shen Jin sighed, having a rough idea of what was going on. "Then, my last question: does being able to eat a lot count as awakening an ability?"

Hu Shou was taken aback. "How much can you eat? Like... consuming everything?"

"Uh, like eating four to five pounds of steak in one meal, Director Hu? Hello? Hello? Hello!?"

"Beep beep beep"

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