Who Else Could Be the Lord of Lightning?

Wang Zhen was just charging in recklessly!

In fact, Wang Zhen had plenty of ways to deal with these Royal Guard Xenomorphs transforming into creatures resembling Zerg Hydralisks and Lurkers from StarCraft II. But he was excited again!

As mentioned earlier, Wang Zhen hated variables more than anything. He was a killer, raised by an organization from infancy and sent out on his first missions to kill at the age of ten. A killer raised by an organization like that had no say in his own fate. If he failed a mission, he might not be killed, but he would inevitably face brutal punishment. Even perverts who enjoyed BDSM wouldn't enjoy the organization's punishments. Variables meant more difficult missions and greater risks, which naturally raised the odds of failure. That was why Wang Zhen hated them.

But people always wanted what they lacked.

Because Wang Zhen didn't want to be punished, he hated variables. But as a child assassin whose nature had been suppressed since childhood, he also had plenty of crises thanks to his stagnant cheat. For example, there were the drugs that ravaged his body. And the cheat's existence had given him hope, keeping him from becoming psychologically warped and falling into complete darkness.

In reality, Wang Zhen loved excitement. So, in a way, he also loved variables, because only variables could make things feel fresh and thrilling!

Just like now. He had plenty of ways to deal with these Xenomorphs, but he'd chosen to control the Ice Transmutation Circle like this and ram straight into them!

As for whether he'd crash and burn?

Wang Zhen thought that was underestimating him!

He was someone who had activated his cheat by using twelve Dayun Trucks, and had blundered his way into Infinite Space. He didn't think he'd crash and burn at all!

When the bullet train, formed from crystal-clear ice, slammed into the Xenomorph that had been transformed from a Royal Guard and resembled sashimi, the section of ice train expanded in an instant. In the blink of an eye, it became a giant pitcher plant, swallowing the Xenomorph, which had nowhere to dodge. The entire flower then turned into a cold, hard ice bud.

The clear ice made the frozen Xenomorph look lifelike, every detail plainly visible, like an insect trapped in amber. Once the huge, hideous Xenomorph was sealed in ice, its cruel and savage horror seemed frozen along with it. It was impossible to sense anymore, and instead gained an eerie, Lovecraftian beauty.

But Wang Zhen didn't stop!

He knew that, though the Xenomorph had been frozen, the ice he'd created wasn't cold enough to kill it outright. It could only put the creature into hibernation. Once the ice melted, this terrifying creature, created by the Engineer race in imitation of a god, would awaken from its slumber.

So Wang Zhen activated another Transmutation Circle!

This Transmutation Circle was extremely difficult. He'd spent ages analyzing and studying it, and still wasn't very confident. But Wang Zhen was now so excited that he no longer cared about the thirty percent chance of failure. He used it on the frozen Xenomorph without hesitation!

"Lightning Transmutation Circle... activate!"

The moment he placed both hands against the ice bud encasing the Xenomorph, fine strands of lightning appeared. They quickly spread across Wang Zhen's body, even making his hair stand on end. But he didn't stop there, because this wasn't enough!

Following the idea he'd once come up with, Wang Zhen began dramatically enhancing the Transmutation Circle!

As the Transmutation Circle grew stronger, the lightning on Wang Zhen's body visibly thickened. Blazing white bolts slithered around him like electric snakes, then traveled along his arms and flowed into the ice bud. As the electric snakes entered, the frozen Xenomorph seemed to encounter its natural enemy. It actually began forcing itself awake from the ice.

But the Xenomorph couldn't wake up nearly as fast as the electric snakes could move. The moment it began to stir, several snakes formed from countless converging lightning bolts bit into it. The nearly 30,000-degree plasma turned this incredibly resilient Xenomorph, capable of surviving all kinds of harsh environments, into a lump of charred remains with every last drop of moisture evaporated.

Wang Zhen was delighted that he'd successfully used the Lightning Transmutation Circle—and even killed a Royal Guard Xenomorph transformed to resemble a Hydralisk with it!

"Variables... This is what variables are! Full of unknowns and endless possibilities! It's so exciting! Look, now I can be the Lord of Lightning! What's there to fear? Forget a thirty percent chance of failure—even if the chance of success were only thirty percent, it'd still be worth trying! After all, how could you know whether it would work if you didn't try?" Wang Zhen happily babbled to himself.

Wang Zhen didn't stop. After killing the frozen Xenomorph, he clapped his hands together, then pointed them at the other Hydralisk Xenomorph nearby. It had just turned around and opened its mouth, ready to spit at him...

"Zzzzt... Zzzzt... Zzzzt..."

But spit could never be faster than lightning!

Wang Zhen had adopted this rather classic pose from the Legend mage's Flash Lightning spell to show off, and, sure enough, the most powerful and hardest-to-control Lightning Transmutation Circle had worked on the first try.

Several blazing white electric snakes, formed from countless converging lightning bolts, crossed the distance in an instant and pounced on the Hydralisk Xenomorph. The 30,000-degree plasma needed only the blink of an eye to roast the Xenomorph that had tried to ambush Wang Zhen into a shriveled, charred corpse.

Since he'd been controlling the Lightning Transmutation Circle repeatedly—and this was his first time using it—Wang Zhen had to focus several times harder than usual, which took a heavy toll on his mental strength. Even after controlling it only twice, he was already feeling a little tired. He'd never felt like this before.

But Wang Zhen knew he absolutely couldn't stop now!

There was still a Royal Guard Xenomorph nearby that had transformed into a Lurker!

So he couldn't stop taking his medicine...

Wrong!

He couldn't stop attacking!

Wang Zhen clapped his little hands again, then spread them out in LeBron James's iconic gesture. Obviously, he was using another iconic pose to show off!

Thankfully, he succeeded again!

This time he had no specific target in mind. So when Wang Zhen spread his little hands, he released lightning in every direction, with himself at the center. In an instant, he turned the area within ten meters into a lightning hell!

Countless bolts of lightning danced wildly around him. The high-temperature plasma scorched the air until it gave off a faint, unpleasant smell and instantly turned the white, glue-like substance on the ground into a layer of black ash. Among the ash, a bizarre creature shaped like a stonefish—the Lurker Xenomorph—had been turned into an actual charred stone...

Only then did Wang Zhen have time to clutch his obliques and take several rapid, deep breaths, easing his exhaustion and the ache in his muscles.