Gu Yan hurriedly turned around. Only after seeing that the soldiers showed no abnormalities did he let out a sigh of relief.
It seemed that activating Plunder did not affect the target. Instead, it worked through a method resembling copying. Thankfully, thankfully. If he had directly snatched the other party's abilities, those soldiers would probably have already opened fire on him.
There were more than a dozen tanks within Gu Yan's field of vision alone. If those people mistook him for that Herrscher's accomplice, he could only pray for another transmigration.
Strength: Increases Constitution by 10%.
Swift Steps: Increases running speed by 10%.
"Why isn't it a permanent enhancement, yet it has neither a cooldown nor a cost?" Gu Yan had played plenty of games, so he understood skills quite well. The most important things were nothing more than effects, costs, and cooldowns.
But in the skill information provided by the system, the duration, cost, and cooldown were all unknown.
Not only that, but the panel had been displaying 50% the entire time.
He was somewhat curious about what would happen to the system once this loading progress reached 100%.
Ding! The enhancements obtained by the host through Plunder require no cost, have no cooldown, and can remain active permanently. They can be switched on or off at will.
Note: The host can apply enhancements to others through Bestowal. The duration and enhancement effects can be adjusted.
Plunder only takes effect on attributes in which the target exceeds or surpasses the host. The same type of individual can only be affected once. Current Plunder range: 50 meters
His footsteps gradually slowed as he thought. Realization flashed through Gu Yan's eyes. His ability might be to "copy" the special strengths others possessed that he lacked, or the parts in which they were stronger than him. After turning them into enhancements, he could switch them on and off at will. He could even bestow the enhancements on others, though they would not be permanent and he could adjust their duration.
Got it. I can fight and support!
Her name was Ji. It was a codename given to her by an organization that illegally cultivated Ability Users. As for that organization, every member of it had died twenty minutes ago.
Live experiments. Filthy. Bloody.
She did not want to recall her experiences, nor was she willing to admit them. Although she was only twenty years old, she understood what kind of existence she now was. She had once been powerless and weak, but since God had acknowledged her, that was enough.
God had found her.
God was silent, but she felt incredibly warm. She was God's child. Even if God said nothing, she knew what God wanted to express.
I grant you insight,
I grant you power,
I bring destruction,
As--
The First Herrscher, the Herrscher of Reason.
Looking at the helicopter flying closer and the army gathered beneath her feet, Ji found it laughable. People feared her, just as she had once feared people.
And yet these pieces of junk think they can stop me?
She gently raised one hand--
A bunch of ants!
"The target is moving! All units, stay alert! Prepare to fire!"
"Fire!"
Boom!
Countless shells surged into the sky from the ground with terrifying force, but exploded twenty meters from Ji, blocked by an unknown energy. Even the shock waves could not penetrate it.
Several carrier-based missiles also struck the shield, but still had no effect.
Ji lightly waved her hand, and hundreds of identical carrier-based missiles were constructed before raining down from the sky.
"Fools courting death!"
For a time, explosions and screams rang throughout Jinshan City.
However, she had no intention of showing favoritism.
She clenched her right hand, and a spear appeared. Unknown energy covered its surface. With Ji's throw, the spear transformed into a streak of light and shot forth.
Boom!
A helicopter was struck and exploded.
"Oops, my aim's pretty good. Next~"
Another spear was constructed and struck its target again, resulting in an explosion.
With the helicopters' defenses and speed, there was no way they could evade them. Ji merely attacked by throwing spears, an amused smile at the corners of her mouth. She did not mind the low efficiency of this method at all.
"Bastard, this is nothing but slaughter! Where's the Seagull Team? Why haven't they done anything yet?"
"The Seagull Team was wiped out instantly! Even their ability-based defenses couldn't stop it!"
Boom!
Even from far away, the explosions from the city center could be heard. Gu Yan turned around and happened to see helicopters being destroyed one after another.
"Gu Yan? What are you looking back at? Hurry up!"
Gu Yan heard someone call his name—and in Huaguo language, no less—so he was somewhat surprised. His gaze swept across the surroundings.
"Hey, I'm over here!" Zhao Qi patted Gu Yan on the shoulder from behind. That guy was always like this, patting people on the shoulder from behind before appearing on the other side.
Gu Yan was speechless. How could he still be in the mood to joke at a time like this?
"Zhao Qi, why are you still strolling around? Hurry up and find somewhere to hide. There might be a battle going on over there." He tilted his head backward slightly as he gestured.
"What are you afraid of? Aren't you here too?" Zhao Qi secretly leaned his head closer and whispered, "Do you think our country has launched an attack? Should we hitch a ride home?"
The original owner and Zhao Qi were both from Huaguo. They had come to Jinshan University to study abroad and had also been high school classmates, so they were very close.
Gu Yan pushed away Zhao Qi's face as it came closer, then pointed at his own tattered clothes. With a half-smile, he said, "I don't want to stay here either, but my leg was crushed. How about you carry me?"
"I thought you were role-playing as a zombie!"
"Get on. I'll carry you. My family was poor when I was little. Once, the pig we raised got sick while the adults were away. I carried it more than halfway across the village to get an injection. That pig wasn't very big, but it still weighed over a hundred pounds. Probably about the same as you. Come on, I'll carry you."
As he spoke, Zhao Qi squatted down and kept gesturing for Gu Yan to hurry up.
So why are you comparing me to a pig? Gu Yan was covered in black lines. He suddenly raised his right leg, aimed it at Zhao Qi's head, and then...
Stepped over him.
"Damn it, Gu Yan, that's not very nice!" Zhao Qi shouted in surprise, quickly standing up and hopping three times.
"Hahaha, see? I'm perfectly fine. I don't need you to carry me. Let's hurry up. If the fighting reaches us, we won't be able to run."
It would take about ten more minutes to reach the air-raid shelter. At that moment, the city's streets were filled only with citizens fleeing in haste, making the two of them look conspicuously relaxed.
Seeing that Gu Yan did not seem injured, Zhao Qi did not insist. He jogged a few steps to catch up, then said mysteriously, "Actually, with me around, ordinary conflicts can't hurt us. Hehe."
"Is that so?"
Gu Yan said nothing. He merely glanced at him and thought it over briefly.
He had only just arrived in this world. It was always good to pay more attention.
However, Plunder had remained active the whole time without taking effect. That meant Zhao Qi's Constitution was probably lower than his own. As for the rest, he could not be sure.
They've all died, right? This is so boring.
Disappointment swept through Ji's eyes. She felt no sorrow at the disappearance of these lives, only boredom.
How could they be so fragile?
She was deeply puzzled. Why were the weapons she had once considered powerful unable to move even a strand of her hair?
Her once-frail body now hovered high above the city like a heavenly god, trampling human civilization beneath her feet.
"God, why did you choose me?"
Her Authority activated, and a nuclear bomb was gradually constructed before her. Watching the image in her mind become reality and feeling the endless power surging through her body, Ji chuckled softly.
"I'm not that playful."
More reinforcements arrived in the distance. Several warships appeared on the sea, while fighter jets tore through the clouds. The sights of countless strategic-level weapons were trained on this place.
"The target has suddenly begun ascending at high speed. Two thousand meters... nine thousand meters... Her speed has already reached seven thousand meters per second and is still increasing!"
"What the hell is that monster? She's almost breaking the first cosmic velocity. What is she trying to do? Fly to the moon?"
"Something's falling!"
At the same time, Gu Yan and Zhao Qi arrived at the entrance to the air-raid shelter.
Just as Gu Yan was about to enter, a powerful sense of danger surged in his heart. He turned around and saw a black dot falling from high in the sky.
A nuclear weapon!
The words flashed through Gu Yan's mind. His expression changed drastically as he grabbed Zhao Qi and sprinted deeper into the air-raid shelter.
The nuclear bomb plummeted at high speed and was about to make contact with the ground in the blink of an eye--
"I am destruction!"
Boom!
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