Ability Extraction: The Importance of Having Underlings

The crisis was over for Li Dan.

But for Jessie and the others, there were still two Mutated Ogres hiding in the shadows. The most important thing was to run and call the police.

The four chose to stick together and flee.

Li Dan fell behind midway. He had to go back and check. Otherwise, if that Ogre Boss really died and couldn't be contained, it would be too wasteful.

In this world where murderers could appear at any moment, it was impossible to feel safe without containing a few more monsters.

Following the location given by the second Mutated Ogre.

Li Dan found the location of two Deformed Persons in a forest. The boss was pinned to a tree by the second, unable to move, and kept roaring.

Li Dan didn't understand and didn't want to understand. With a thought, a Plum Blossom 2 appeared in his hand.

"Detected containable object - Mutated Ogre."

"Contain? Yes/No."

"Contain."

Plum Blossom 2 automatically flew out and inserted itself into the Ogre Boss's chest, instantly absorbing the entire person into the card before flying back.

Li Dan caught Plum Blossom 2. It showed the appearance of the Mutated Ogre, but it was different from the one he had contained the first time.

This one was stronger and taller.

This meant this one was the most severely polluted, having drunk more chemical waste than the others.

He then looked at the second Deformed Person beside him.

Even in the dark forest, he felt safe. This was the importance of having subordinates.

Li Dan hadn't forgotten that these Ghost Cards had another function, which was...

"Draw."

Each card could draw one ability from a contained creature. This ability might only be half of the original, or even ten percent, depending on luck.

Of course, if he drew an unsatisfactory ability, he could choose to give it up.

This function was truly ingenious.

What if he drew Chemical Mutation and couldn't give it up, ultimately fusing and becoming a Deformed Person? That would be terrible.

Li Dan was quite satisfied with his current appearance and had no strange ideas about transforming for now.

Besides, if he really wanted to change, it wasn't like he couldn't choose to fuse.

"Contained Creature: Ogre Boss"

"Drawable Abilities: Chemical Mutation, Strength Enhancement, Endurance Enhancement, Intelligence Weakening, Pain Deprivation."

There were quite a few abilities, but only two were useful.

Three of them were useless. Not to mention Chemical Mutation and Intelligence Weakening.

With Pain Deprivation, he might not even know if he was being slit in the throat while sleeping.

Li Dan looked at the second one's abilities.

"Contained Creature: Mutated Ogre Second"

"Drawable Abilities: Chemical Mutation, Strength Enhancement, Vision Enhancement, Endurance Enhancement, Intelligence Weakening, Pain Deprivation."

It had one more than the boss – Vision Enhancement. No wonder it was an archer.

Li Dan chose to draw from both simultaneously. Soon, the two cards began to change rapidly, spinning through the list of abilities before stopping at...

"Fusable Abilities: Chemical Mutation, Vision Enhancement."

His luck was decent, considering it was a two out of five chance. Li Dan abandoned Chemical Mutation and chose Vision Enhancement. Although it was a bit of a chicken rib, it was still somewhat useful.

"Fuse."

The next second, Li Dan closed his eyes, feeling a cool sensation in his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, the dark forest had become clear. He could at least see the path, similar to wearing night vision goggles but with a slightly worse effect.

It was only fifty percent effective, which was already quite good. Deformed Persons were just mutated beings, not particularly strong monsters in American Horror Story.

Now, Li Dan was wondering where the remaining Mutated Ogre had run off to.

In his opinion, a family should be complete, all together.

Running away alone was not something a good Mutated Ogre should do.

On the highway.

Chris looked like he had narrowly escaped death. He was an ordinary person who was preparing to go to Raleigh for a job and decided to take a shortcut, only to encounter a Mutated Ogre.

His job was definitely gone now. His boss wouldn't believe any excuses about ogres.

Just as Chris was about to continue on his way, Jessie and Carly's argument erupted.

The reason was that Li Dan had disappeared midway.

Jessie thought they shouldn't leave Li Dan alone inside and should go back to find him, but Carly, who had just reunited with her boyfriend, absolutely refused to go back to that place.

Scott wanted to go back and save him; Li Dan had saved his life.

Chris, upon hearing this, told himself rationally that he should first run to a safe place and call the police, but his emotions told him he shouldn't just abandon Li Dan like this.

Li Dan listened to their argument from within the woods.

He had just arrived, and the deformed person, Old Third, had disappeared somewhere, so he planned to return and rendezvous with Chris and the others.

Although Chris and the others were a bit foolish, they had good hearts.

Li Dan collected the two deformed people into Heart and Club, then walked out on his own.

The initial commotion startled them.

Upon seeing it was Li Dan, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Jessie rushed forward and hugged him, excitedly saying things like "God bless you."

"Alright Jessie, I don't believe in God. Let's just leave here first."

Li Dan couldn't quite handle Jessie's enthusiasm. What's more, dressed so thinly in this season, the feeling of their embrace made his mind wander, and Jessie clung to him as if she wanted to hang on.

Fortunately, the others' reason prevailed. After a brief reunion, they began walking along the road.

As they neared the main road, their phones finally got a signal.

They decisively chose to call the police. Watching the vehicles come and go, they felt a sliver of security.

Li Dan, as if by magic, produced two cards in his hand, which then disappeared again. The American Police couldn't give him a sense of security, but the mutated ogres could.

When the police arrived at the scene.

Chris explained the situation to the officers, but they didn't believe anything about mutated ogres and said they would investigate.

Jessie and the others felt like cursing.

Finally, the group was taken to the police station for questioning.

The main reason was the death of a young couple, the very couple who had initially refused to call for help and instead stayed behind to guard their belongings.

Arriving at the police station, Chris finally felt at ease. Those monsters couldn't possibly come to the police station to kill people, could they?

After giving their statements, Li Dan and the others found a hotel in the small town and checked in.

It was too late today; they needed a day to rest.

Chris had his own room.

Scott and Carly, being a couple, shared a room, which was normal.

As for Jessie, after witnessing Li Dan's power, she insisted on staying with him, saying that here, both men and women admired strength.

If Jessie had only been interested in Li Dan at first, her feelings had transformed into longing after he proved himself capable and powerful.

"Jessie Tu."

However, Li Dan wasn't very interested in Jessie. It wasn't that he was impotent, but Jessie simply didn't meet his standards for a girlfriend.

She was neither an exceptionally beautiful but useless vase nor did she possess any other special abilities. Jessie fell short on both counts, though Li Dan would have been open to a one-night stand.

The second floor of the hotel.

Jessie was showering in the bathroom, while Li Dan, using a temporarily rented computer, began searching online for information on mutated ogres or ghosts and malevolent spirits.

When he first transmigrated, Li Dan thought it was just an ordinary world. After encountering the ghost nun, he decided to leave Yuanha Town first and lie low.

Now that he had time, he naturally decided to search online.

It was better not to search. The more Li Dan searched, the more he found a frightening number of cases online, and the more he researched, the more familiar and terrified he became.

Because he discovered there was even a TV show dedicated to confirming the existence of ghosts.

The more he watched this show, the more it seemed like