Cheng Ming really wanted to try out his "newly acquired" ability, but considering that this was a hospital room and that two nurses were caring for him "up close," he ultimately gave up on the idea.
Cheng Ming lowered his head and looked at his hands, recalling the sensation of those red spikes bursting out of his body during his battle with G09—he could vaguely sense several streams of heat moving beneath his skin. When he focused on one of them, its speed slowed, and it gradually condensed into a needle-like solid form.
Cheng Ming instantly dispersed his focus. At the same time, the spike that had not yet fully formed turned back into a stream of heat and swam to another part of his body like a little fish that had escaped a net.
Unless he deliberately paid attention to them, these tiny streams of heat were almost negligible. Aside from a slight burning sensation when they condensed, they caused Cheng Ming no discomfort.
Was this the ability one could gain after their Anomaly Meme infection entered its "late stage"? Cheng Ming could not help thinking.
Under normal circumstances, gaining this ability would have meant that his life had begun its countdown. But with the help of that mysterious girl, he had acquired it early in a "safe(?)" manner.
The red spikes finally gave Cheng Ming a meme ability he could use to attack, but he also knew very well that this ability alone did not make him a qualified combat-oriented hunter.
He had watched combat footage of many top hunters. Some could raise a hand and unleash flames that covered an entire football field; some could turn into a pool of liquid and silently appear behind their prey... or even inside their prey; others could instantly vacuum out