"Got it! We made contact."
Su Qiangwei's voice rang out in Ma Ran's mind. "The fact that you can send your voice over means you're still alive and conscious, right?"
"I haven't really studied the telepathic ability lately. I've been training in flight."
"Hmph... You're a tiny bit stronger than me now, but you can't fly, can you?"
"Ah, I'm getting off topic. Sorry."
"Let's get straight to the point!"
"We don't know what's happening in Area A3 right now. For the time being, we can only rely on one-way superpower communication to send information."
"Ma Ran, Ma Ran, are you listening?"
"Ugh... The telepathic ability can only transmit messages one way. I can't have a direct conversation with you. This is so frustrating..."
At this point, Su Qiangwei seemed to have received some kind of warning, and her tone suddenly turned serious. "From now on, stay as quiet as possible and listen to me."
"It's been four and a half hours since we lost contact with Area A3."
"The entire Area A3 has been covered by electromagnetic waves similar to Type A Radiation. All electronic equipment has completely failed. Even near-orbit satellites can't capture anything happening in the area."
"The situation is extremely serious. We have no idea what happened inside, and intelligence is severely limited."
"Since you lost contact..."
"Nanyang, Shiyan, Suizhou, and Jingmen each sent an elite support team, for a total of seventy-four people."
Hearing this, Ma Ran knitted his brows tightly.
None of those people coming to provide support would be weak.
After being infected by the Nightmare Spore Parasitism, the Nightmare Mother's strength would rise by another level.
After pondering for a moment, Ma Ran's brows relaxed, and he regained his composure.
The rescue force was slightly larger than he had expected.
But...
It was only seventy-four people. It wasn't a major problem. The situation was still under control.
As long as he didn't make any stupid mistakes, he could save the vast majority of the people in Area A3!
"After entering Area A3, they all lost contact."
A hint of worry and anxiety showed in Su Qiangwei's voice. "Not only did they fail to send out any information, but not one of them has safely left Area A3."
"The president said that your top priority right now is to ensure your own safety!"
"Go 150 meters northeast from the armory, lift the manhole cover, and follow the sewer for 500 meters. You'll reach a nuclear-grade shelter."
"If you haven't lost your Supernatural Phenomenon Researcher Certificate, just swipe it to get in."
"If you happened to lose it, the password is SJHP79234781FRCS."
"I'll repeat that: the password is SJHP79234781FRCS!"
"Actually, given your intelligence, I don't think there was any need to repeat it. Old Huang kept nagging me from the side."
"I hope I haven't wasted too much of your precious time."
"..."
After a moment of silence, Su Qiangwei's voice rang out again.
"Ma Ran."
"If it were you, you probably wouldn't go to the shelter, would you?"
"The help we can provide wouldn't mean much to you."
The girl was utterly certain. In a tone that stated an objective fact, she said, "You attention-seeking idiot would definitely find a way to save everyone."
"I know you too well."
"Anyway, I've delivered the message."
"Whatever you do is your freedom."
"If it were you, you should be capable of making the right decision."
"So..."
"Absolutely..."
"Don't let down my trust in you!"
"Stay alive, damn it!"
At this point, Su Qiangwei abruptly changed the subject.
She continued on her own. "You'd only been in Area A3 for a few days when the place completely lost contact."
"How could there be such a coincidence in the world?"
"So..."
"It's Limited Precognition, right?"
Su Qiangwei transformed into a great detective. A melody of wisdom seemed to drift through her pleasant voice. "You saw the disaster coming in advance, but because of certain factors, decided to act alone."
"Judging from the current situation, the sudden incident in Area A3 really isn't something that can be solved with numbers."
"We're simply too weak right now. We can't help much."
"So I don't blame you."
"But..."
"I'll catch up with you soon."
"When that happens, you can peacefully work as a full-time prophet!"
"Oh my god... I'm exhausted!"
"The telepathic ability consumes way too much energy!"
"I'll contact you again later!"
The mental link ended there!
After hearing what Su Qiangwei had said, Ma Ran had only one thought.
This Myriad Transformations thing...
Was it really a superpower?
Where exactly were its limitations?
Did it really not have to obey the laws of superpowers?
Su Qiangwei's existence made the law of "every gain must come with a loss" sound like a joke!
Could it really be as she had said? Had she lost all her worries at the same time as gaining Myriad Transformations?
Sister Die hadn't beaten Su Qiangwei to death on the spot. Her temper really was quite good during this period...
In his previous life, by the time Ma Ran became a guardian of civilization, Su Qiangwei had already died on the battlefield and turned into a dried corpse.
As a result, Ma Ran's understanding of her ability had always been limited to the descriptions in the files.
Only after experiencing it firsthand did Ma Ran realize just how absurd Myriad Transformations was!
Proper superpowered individuals were like Sister Die and Brother He.
During the initial awakening stage, using telepathy to say a couple of sentences over a long distance or flying a few hundred meters with flight would exhaust their mental energy, making them begin to pay the "price."
Yet Su Qiangwei could use copied abilities to chatter furiously inside Ma Ran's mind without stopping, rambling like a teenage girl discussing her idol's adolescence with her best friend.
If ordinary superpowered individuals were people who had been blessed with a talent by Old Heaven,
then people like Su Qiangwei were practically being chased by Old Heaven and force-fed rice!
Her entire style was completely different from everyone else's!
Thinking about it carefully, there were actually quite a few Earth prodigies whose potential was comparable to Su Qiangwei's.
Unfortunately...
Until the moment Earth was destroyed, not one of them had managed to fully mature.
They either died in battle early on, or betrayed their home planet under the so-called "great tide," underwent genetic modification, and threw themselves into the embrace of extraterrestrial civilizations, changing their planetary citizenship.
Ma Ran shook his head, suppressing his chaotic thoughts.
He took paper and a pen from the general store, wrote down the password, and handed it to Song Chu.
"You should know how to get to the armory."
"Starting from the armory, go 150 meters northeast, lift the manhole cover, and follow the sewer for 500 meters. There's a shelter there."
"This is the access password."
Hearing this, Song Chu, who had been about to take the note, suddenly froze.
He slowly withdrew his right hand, his eyes filled with annoyance and his expression aggrieved. "What kind of person do you take me for?"
"In your eyes, am I a coward who's afraid to die?"
"Hiding in a safe place like a rat."
"Then, after you've solved every problem, shamelessly jumping out and telling everyone else that I fought alongside you and went through all this with you?"
Ma Ran stared blankly for a moment before a smile suddenly bloomed across his face.
He reached out and patted Song Chu on the shoulder. "You're overthinking it."
"I meant for you to go be the bait."
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Song Chu: You went to all this trouble just to make me the bait?
Ma Ran: 1.
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