Transforming Into Kanna on Terra

The Great Mudfish is quite cunning. After I scared it off earlier, it hasn't reappeared, but I can still sense it's nearby. It must be waiting for an opportunity!" Kanna mused. It had been some time since she arrived on Terra, but this was the first time she'd encountered such a troublesome opponent. Unused to this situation, a sense of irritation welled up within her, causing her eyes to shift from their usual blue irises to vertical pupils.

Purple lightning flickered within her blue eyes, and an ancient aura, vast and boundless, emanated from Kanna's body.

Sensing this aura, the smaller mudfish trailing behind stopped as if hitting a wall. Only the giant form, after a tremor, continued to follow the convoy.

Suddenly, ACE, inside the vehicle, felt a chill run down his spine. Immense pressure descended from the heavens. He looked out the window, and for a moment, it felt as though a colossal eye, filled with cold and death, was peering into the vehicle from outside. The next second, the sound of pouring rain jolted him awake. Outside, the downpour was so heavy it made it almost impossible to see the road.

Without the protection of the smaller mudfish, the giant creature finally appeared within Kanna's sight.

Seeing the persistent pursuer, Kanna waved her hand, sending two Lightning Wedges to block its path from either side. Just as the mudfish instinctively twisted its body to dodge the incoming wedges, the wedge beside it suddenly transformed into Kanna. Before it could react, Kanna forcefully pushed off a nearby rock and slammed into the mudfish's head.

Kanna was now crackling with electricity. In the rain, the current spread rapidly, instantly engulfing the entire monster.

"Eat my Great Electrifier!" she shouted, grabbing the creature's head. Intense lightning formed around Kanna, and the surge of electricity within a radius of tens of meters instantly vaporized the cascading rain.

The thunderous roar of the lightning, even from hundreds of meters away and through the downpour, was clearly audible to everyone in the convoy.

At this point, ACE noticed that the Lightning Wedge he had placed inside the vehicle earlier had vanished.

The moment he couldn't find the Lightning Wedge, he felt a wave of dizziness and lost all strength.

Provence, in the front, noticed ACE's condition behind her. "What's wrong? You look unwell?"

"It's nothing, let's keep going!" Although he wanted to turn back and see what had happened, they were still in the midst of a Catastrophe. Any delay or hesitation would be irresponsible to the entire convoy.

After speaking, ACE picked up the communicator. "ACE calling Kanna, please respond. ACE calling Kanna, please respond. ACE calling Kanna, please respond..."

His continuous calls were met only with silence. Provence's face also turned pale, as she had guessed the reason for ACE's drastic change in complexion.

"We-"

"Keep going..." ACE interrupted, gritting his teeth before Provence could finish. He had never hated his own powerlessness so much.

If he had to choose again, he would have fought alongside Kanna in this situation, even if it meant death, rather than hiding in the vehicle like a coward.

Just as the atmosphere inside the vehicle fell into silence, the air almost freezing, a thudding knock suddenly came from outside.

ACE looked up and saw Kanna, drenched in rain, hanging outside and waiting for him to open the door.

In that moment, ACE felt as though he were seeing an angel. He hurriedly opened the car door and embraced Kanna, completely unconcerned by her soaked state.

"Whoa! Uncle ACE, you're hugging too tight..." Kanna was still puzzled by ACE's behavior. She was uncomfortable being so wet, yet he was hugging her so tightly. Could the usually honest and kind Uncle ACE actually be a lolicon?

"I'm just glad you're okay, so glad you're okay..." ACE, who usually maintained a calm and reserved demeanor, was uncharacteristically flustered, his voice tinged with a hint of tears.

"Wait, does Uncle think I can't even beat a Great Mudfish?!" Seeing Provence in front also covering her face with her hands and weeping, Kanna realized they thought she had perished.

Just before, after a round of lightning strikes, the Great Mudfish had been cooked to a six-layer doneness by Kanna. It was only breathing in, with no air left to expel, and looked like it wouldn't survive much longer even without further attacks.

Jumping to the side, Kanna rinsed off the burnt dead skin from her hands with rainwater and shook her head.

Actually, if the creature had stopped and not pursued, she wouldn't have attacked. After all, all living things have spirits, and anything that could grow this large was clearly not a normal occurrence. If it weren't for protecting the convoy, Kanna wouldn't have considered a lethal blow. Of course, the bigger reason was that it was too disgusting to look at, and Kanna wouldn't touch it if she didn't have to.

Perhaps, like Pompeii, this creature was a rare super mutant born from Originium.

Unfortunately, it had the wrong idea. If it had lived for a few more centuries, it might have developed intelligence, like the Great Beasts that once roamed Terra, leaving behind its own legend.

After observing for a while and confirming the creature was dead, Kanna left. Shortly after her departure, the smaller mudfish that had fallen behind swarmed over and quickly devoured the massive corpse.

On the way, Kanna had intended to use a Lightning Wedge to teleport to the convoy. However, she discovered that she had used all her Lightning Wedges during the fight. The last one, which she had transformed into at the moment of battle, was in the air and not on the vehicle, so it hadn't been carried along.

She tried to use her communicator to inform ACE of the dangerous contact, only to find that her communicator, likely unable to withstand the immense power of her previous attack, was completely non-functional, with only its external appearance remaining.

With no other choice, she had to trot along with her short legs to catch up with the convoy.

Fortunately, the convoy's speed was not fast in the heavy rain. After chasing for just over a kilometer, she successfully caught up.

These off-road vehicles were designed with the possibility of being stolen by scavengers in mind, so the doors could only be opened from the inside while driving. Since she couldn't open the door from the outside, she had to knock and have ACE let her in, which led to the scene that had just unfolded.

After listening to Kanna's explanation, ACE gently stroked her head. "Don't be so reckless in the future."

Kanna nodded.

"I know, but there were so many mudfish back then. If we had stopped, it would have been easy to suffer losses. And I had my Lightning Wedges, right? I figured if I couldn't win, I could at least run. It was much better than a group of people waiting to die in this Catastrophe. Besides, that Great Mudfish couldn't beat me. It was just hiding behind the smaller ones, so I couldn't see it. But the moment it appeared, I dealt with it."

As Kanna spoke with her hands on her hips, ACE noticed something different about her. When he looked at her eyes, the feeling that had sent chills down his spine not long ago surged back.

"Kanna, your eyes..."

"My eyes? What's wrong with my eyes?" Kanna touched her head, looking confused.

She turned to look at the car window, using the dark weather outside as a mirror, and noticed the condition of her eyes.

"Ah! How could this happen? My eyes, they won't look good like this!" Upon noticing her vertical pupils, which resembled those of a snake, Kanna covered her face.

"Perhaps Kanna should rest for a while. From what I know, some races on Terra experience 'ancestral awakening' mutations when stimulated, but for most, these mutations gradually disappear once they calm down," Provence suggested from the front.

"Okay! Kanna will sleep now. I hope my eyes will be back to normal when I wake up tomorrow." Kanna hurriedly closed her eyes upon hearing this. Despite being soaked, she closed her eyes and prepared to sleep.

However, in such a thoroughly wet state, it was clearly impossible to fall asleep. Moreover, the interior space of the vehicle was not large, and she couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't harm those next to her by using her electricity to generate heat and evaporate the moisture in this environment.

Fortunately, no other incidents occurred on the rest of the journey, and the convoy soon drove out of the Catastrophe zone.

After leaving the rain-soaked area, Kanna darted out with ACE's nod.

In front of everyone, there was a crackling sound, and Kanna returned, clean and refreshed.

Just as the convoy was about to leave, two heads popped out from not far away.

Seeing the two Casters suddenly appear nearby, the Operators responsible for defense in the convoy immediately tensed up.

Fortunately, Provence noticed them and walked over, bringing the two into the convoy.

"Phew! It's a good thing neither of you went in. It was really too dangerous in there. If something had happened to you, I would have committed a great sin." Provence seemed very happy upon seeing the two, and brought them over to ACE.

"Let me introduce you. This is Mr. ACE, a rescue expert I invited from Rhodes Island, and his team. These are Reinhardt, a fellow Catastrophe Messenger, and his partner Ayers. I mentioned before that I told other Catastrophe Messengers about this before coming to Rhodes Island, and that's who I was talking about."

The two sides shook hands briefly. Reinhardt surveyed the convoy and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it contained not only young people but also many women and children, old and young.

"After you told me the news, I rushed over here with Ayers. But the rain was too terrifying, and we couldn't break through after several attempts. Ayers saw your convoy pass by earlier and guessed that if you had picked up people, you would definitely return the same way, which is why we waited here." Although both of them looked young, the blond Reinhardt was clearly the leader. He calmly explained their previous actions to Provence.

"Yeah! This downpour is too terrifying. Without professional equipment, it's impossible to walk in there, and there are other lives in the Catastrophe."

"What? There are other lives in the Catastrophe! That's a big subject. Did you see them with your own eyes? What did they look like?" Although Reinhardt's research focused on mining and explosives engineering, he was very interested in everything within the Catastrophe, especially creatures that could survive and even move freely under such conditions. His ears perked up immediately.

"Uh! To be honest, the visibility was too poor, and we were in a hurry to break out. I didn't see them clearly. The only one I saw clearly and even interacted with was that little kid..." Provence said sheepishly when she heard Reinhardt.

The environment at the time was too oppressive. Even when they broke out of the encirclement and crushed the corpses of several loaches, no one had the mood to observe. Provence could only recall a general shape now.

Reinhardt followed the direction Provence was pointing and saw a little girl sleeping soundly on the back seat. "Her?"

Seeing Reinhardt's disbelieving expression, Provence nodded helplessly. "I don't want to admit it, but that little girl's strength is beyond my comprehension. Let me put it this way, she was the only one who could act outside the vehicle without any protective measures in that environment. I saw it with my own eyes, so there's no doubt."

Although Reinhardt and Ayers looked incredulous, that was the fact. Of course, if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes and someone else told her this, she would probably have the same expression.

Chapter 73 Chapter 68 Little Dragon Person? Lazy Person!

While the few were chatting, the rescued villagers also gradually got off the vehicles.

Looking at the dense Catastrophe behind them, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, thinking of their destroyed homes, many couldn't help but cry.

"I plan to transmit the situation here to the organization through the network. Rescuing an entire village counts as a perfect Crisis Contract, and that Kanna is a genius who can independently challenge high-difficulty Crisis Contracts, in my opinion." Looking around, the Catastrophe was slowly moving away. The most dangerous phase had passed. Next, they just needed to take the villagers to a nearby location or Rhodes Island for a physical examination, and the mission would be considered successfully completed.

In response, Provence found the villagers and asked them to elect a representative. After hearing Provence's introduction, the representative went back to discuss with the villagers.

Finally, one-third of the villagers decided to follow the convoy to Rhodes Island, while the remaining two-thirds, led by their representative, headed to the nearest town.

They were furious about the village chief's betrayal, so they intended to file a complaint with their superiors, accusing the village chief who abandoned his territory and people.

Neither the Catastrophe Messengers nor the Rhodes Island group intended to dissuade them, as their village chief had indeed performed very poorly. If they collectively filed a complaint, and the official had no significant backing, they would be in serious trouble.

This was because all the countries on Terra had extremely severe penalties for officials who abandoned their territory and people.

It was not easy to form a village and pass it down peacefully on this land. If all the lords fled alone whenever something happened, the prestige of the country would be completely lost, and everything that relied on these grassroots, such as soldiers, food, and taxes, would be destroyed by this distrust.

Therefore, they were not worried about the villagers filing a complaint against the village chief.

When ACE was receiving the remaining people, he discovered that most of them were elderly, children, or Infected. The former lacked the physical strength to keep up with the main group, and even if they wanted to, they couldn't.

The latter had likely learned from some Operators along the way that Rhodes Island was an organization primarily focused on treating the Infected. They thought that before, they might have been able to hide their condition due to their village connections, but after leaving the village, if they were discovered to be Infected, at best they would be refused entry into towns, and at worst they would be beaten to death or sent to do hard labor.

In this case, compared to the latter, going to Rhodes Island was practically a choice of paradise.

Of course, ACE had long anticipated this situation. After all, an organization that treated the Infected would naturally have many Infected people. Ordinary people who had been brainwashed by the relationship between the Infected and non-Infected would naturally be unwilling to go.

The ones who remained were those who had no other choice – the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled. Many of them would also choose to leave Rhodes Island once they were capable of surviving on their own.

This was the brutal reality of opposition on this land. It was only because these villagers had just been rescued by Rhodes Island that their relationship appeared relatively harmonious. In normal times, upon learning it was an organization of Infected, they might not even let Rhodes Island people enter the village.

Just as ACE and his group were preparing to leave, Reinhardt proposed to accompany them.

ACE was naturally overjoyed by the Catastrophe Messengers' offer to accompany them and arranged for them to sit in the back two vehicles. Provence also wanted to exchange information with Reinhardt, who was also a Catastrophe Messenger, so she went to the back as well.

Kanna, sitting in the front, slept soundly without anyone bothering her.

When she woke up, the convoy had been traveling for almost a day.

When she opened her eyes, she found herself lying in the arms of a medical staff member accompanying them.

Seeing Kanna wake up, the staff member also seemed very happy and took out a piece of dried meat she had prepared.

Kanna's nose twitched, and she smelled the aroma of the dried meat. Like a fish smelling bait, her body twitched, and she dangled from the staff member's arms like a fish on a hook.

"Ah!" The medical staff member had never encountered such a situation and was startled.

However, after reacting, she couldn't help but laugh upon seeing Kanna wriggling like a salted fish. Fortunately, the staff member had strong arms, and Kanna wasn't heavy, so she managed to hold on.

Kanna, now awake, shook her head, snatched the dried meat from the staff member's hand, and ate it in a few bites. Before she could look for more dried meat, she was placed back in her seat.

ACE, in the front, heard the commotion and turned around. Seeing Kanna's still-wanting expression, he couldn't help but smile.

"You're awake. We should be back at Rhodes Island around noon tomorrow. Didn't you say you wanted to watch a baseball game? As far as I know, the game is the day after tomorrow. You can rest happily for a day after you get home, and then go watch the game the next day. But speaking of which, which team do you support?"

"Kanna doesn't understand baseball, but Kanna promised Shelter she would watch her game. Kanna can't break her promise." Kanna was completely clueless about baseball, but that didn't stop her from watching the game. Even though she couldn't tell what a home run was, or what the purpose of first, second, and third base were, it didn't stop her from enjoying the spectacle.

Besides, if she didn't watch it just because she didn't understand, wouldn't she never understand? Even if she didn't understand the game, couldn't she watch the people? For the sake of Turtle Turtle being so cute, even if she had no interest in baseball at all, it wouldn't stop Kanna from watching a game.

"That's true. Rhodes Island has quite a few competitions, mostly organized by various Operators. For example, I've consecutively won third place in the Sliding Chair Competition." ACE said proudly.

"I know about that. Logos is the champion. Back then, your competition used up many of the B-block corridors, and I heard Kal'tsit fined you for it."

Rhodes Island's Sliding Chair Competition was renowned. While other competitions awarded prizes, the top three in this competition were always fined by Kal'tsit – the reason being obstruction of traffic.

Yet, the Operators had an unimaginable passion for this sport. Even if they were fined, they would insist on holding it. Of course, all official activities at Rhodes Island required approval, and the Sliding Chair Competition clearly wouldn't pass Kal'tsit's scrutiny. It was always Little Donkey who secretly approved it for them.

Kal'tsit knew about this but turned a blind eye. After all, whether on external missions or internally, Operators accumulated stress in their daily work. If these sports could help release that stress, it would be the best outcome. It also brought in some revenue, so why not?

Chapter 74: Chapter 69: AOE is a Necessary Part of Output

When Kanna mentioned that the champion was someone else, Ace was displeased. His face turned red as he mumbled about "Logos cheating..." and "my state wasn't good that day..." and "the stool I chose was of poor quality, its base was too rough and wouldn't slide well..." This caused everyone to burst into laughter. The air inside and outside the vehicles was filled with merriment.

During a break for the convoy, Reinhardt specifically came over. Although he found the experiences Provence described regarding the Catastrophe sounded rather fantastical, as a fellow Catastrophe messenger, he believed her. After all, the protagonist of those experiences was right here. Even if she spun a wild tale, a little probing would reveal the truth.

Kanna didn't mind Reinhardt's visit, seeing his actions as a lack of trust in her.

Visually, she indeed didn't look like a "great hero" capable of saving an entire fully armed convoy.

For this reason, she didn't mind showing off a little.

After Ace agreed, the group watched as Kanna casually threw a Lightning Wedge to her left and right. In the next second, Kanna appeared at the location of the left Lightning Wedge and threw another one towards the right. Just as the two Lightning Wedges were about to collide, Kanna suddenly swapped positions with the newly thrown Lightning Wedge, appearing on the right.

The Lightning Wedge that appeared on the left passed through the convoy and flew to the right again. (To avoid colliding with the one in the middle that had been moved during the position swap, she thoughtfully recalled it.) It then collided with the new Lightning Wedge Kanna held in her hand.

In an instant, a massive lightning storm descended from the sky, shaking the entire convoy. The villagers and children, unaware of what was happening, were terrified and hid inside their vehicles, not daring to come out.

Reinhardt and Ayers, as Casters, felt it even more "profoundly." With their acute hearing, they almost thought they had gone deaf at that moment. It took quite a while for the two of them to recover from the shock of the lightning storm.

At this point, their view of the little dragon-person squatting by the campfire, drooling over the roasted whole lamb, was no longer one of casual indifference.

After all, if she had seemed like a cute little Vayvan girl just moments ago, she now appeared as a Vayvan girl holding an Originium bomb.

A voice seemed to echo in their ears, a young girl's voice: "Selling Originium bombs! Fresh Originium bombs..."

The two exchanged glances, seemingly seeing the same vision in each other's eyes. They couldn't help but shiver and then obediently retreated to the back.

As for Kanna, although Ace outwardly criticized her, saying her display was too grand and could attract the attention of interested parties nearby, he was inwardly quite pleased.

With that single lightning strike, he was confident that even if anyone in the convoy harbored other intentions, they would obediently suppress them. As for the surroundings, let alone the desolate wilderness, even if someone had witnessed the spectacle, they would absolutely not dare to approach.

Kanna was also very happy at this moment because her eyes had returned to normal. While her previous vertical pupils looked very cool, they also instilled a sense of fear, which didn't quite fit Kanna's preference for slacking off.