Could it be that he was going to die here? Cheng Ming thought.
Just as he felt his spine was about to be crushed, something hard suddenly grew beneath his skin. It rapidly pierced outward through Cheng Ming's flesh, then stabbed into G09's palm.
In that instant, Cheng Ming felt G09's grip suddenly weaken. A distinctly human-like fear even appeared in those scarlet eyes.
Only then did Cheng Ming see that what had grown beneath his skin were red spikes.
Just like the Anomaly Cactus Ball that had once sat on his desk.
Cheng Ming's eyes widened involuntarily—if the accelerated reactions and enhanced body from before were abilities given to him by the mysterious girl, then these red spikes... could this be his own Meme ability?
But why had he never been able to use it before?
"Of course this is your ability," the mysterious girl's voice sounded beside his ear. "It's just that you might never have been able to use it in your entire life."
"Why?" Cheng Ming asked in his mind.
"Your Meme is too stable. So stable that even if your human lifespan ran out, the infection process would never advance this far... so I helped you add a little 'catalyst'..."
"So the cost of using this ability is worsening the infection process?" Although he had already prepared himself not to return before setting out, hearing her say that still made Cheng Ming feel somewhat uneasy.
He did not want to become an Anomaly corpse, did not want to become an Anomaly, and did not want to die... If his mother found out, she would be heartbroken, wouldn't she?
"Don't worry. I only activated the abilities contained within the Meme ahead of time. Your infection process hasn't changed at all." As soon as the mysterious girl