Awakener in the Industrial Zone

"Interesting."

After a brief moment of astonishment, the white-haired man revealed a cold sneer.

"That's strange. An Awakened taking a back route into the Capital City? I've been in this line of work for quite some time, and this is the first time I've encountered one."

"However, an Awakened might be a big shot in the countryside, but you should know..."

"This is the Capital City!"

As he spoke, the white-haired man began unbuttoning his shirt.

His chest was already rotten and decayed, the bones broken and caved inward. Only a thin layer of black skin stretched over his rib cage. Beneath that skin, something could vaguely be seen writhing slowly.

But it definitely wasn't a heart!

In this condition, even if an ordinary person didn't die, they should have been lying in an ICU waiting for death.

Yet the white-haired man was still alive.

Not only was he alive, but he looked full of energy, as though he hadn't been affected at all.

Because he was an Awakened.

An Awakened who had suffered deep Supernatural Erosion!

Because of the excessive Supernatural Erosion, his path forward had been severed, and he could no longer increase his strength. But because of that, he possessed extremely terrifying combat power among low-level Awakened.

Even some people with greater potential than him might not be his match.

"Do you think being an Awakened will let you escape your predicament?"

"Put away your self-importance."

The white-haired man said coldly, "In the Capital City, if you throw a brick into the street, you might hit several Awakened."

"Do you think people will hold you up on a pedestal here, just like they did in the countryside?"

The icy words and bizarre body were like a basin of cold water splashed over the intruders. They felt as