Enhancement Card, Black Lightning (Thanks to "Night Counting Stars" for the Alliance Leader Reward)

At dusk, beneath a blood-red sky, a sudden gale swept up Ke Mingqing's bangs and clothes.

A brilliant searchlight illuminated the long-silent platform.

Then, a train that seemed to stretch endlessly into the distance entered his field of vision.

One brightly lit carriage after another emerged from the tunnel. Firelight cast strange shadows against the carriage windows, and then the train turned and burrowed into another bottomless tunnel.

The engine's roar faded away, and the platform gradually fell silent. Only then did Ke Mingqing come back to his senses.

An information panel slowly popped up before his eyes.

[The dungeon "Legend of the Ghost Train Conductor" is open daily from 17:30 to 23:00. You may invite other players in the same city to enter the dungeon with you.]

[Death within the dungeon will not result in a player's actual death. However, if all players die in the dungeon, the dungeon will be judged as failed; in that case, the dungeon will temporarily be sealed and will not reopen for challenges until the following day.]

"There's actually a dungeon hidden in this train station... It refreshes at midnight on Sunday, so there's still one day left. I'll bring Hitomi Kuroki tomorrow and clear it." Ke Mingqing thought, I have other things to do tonight.

He sat down on a public wooden bench on the platform, opened his inventory, and took out the low-tier Skill Enhancement Card he had obtained a few days ago.

[Notice: The low-tier Skill Enhancement Card can be used on D-rank and E-rank skills. Skills currently meeting the requirements are "Shift and Swap" (E-rank skill) and "I Am Lightning" (D-rank skill).]

Naturally, he used it on "I Am Lightning." After all, Ke Mingqing still intended to make a name for himself in Dawn Capital with his lightning abilities.

He raised a finger and pressed the confirm button.

[An Enhancement Card has been used on "I Am Lightning." The following changes have occurred to the skill's effects:

1. A new type of lightning has been added: "Black Lightning." Compared to blue lightning, this current is more violent and more destructive, while also possessing a small amount of "element-devouring" properties.

However, as a price, Black Lightning can easily injure its user and is unsuitable for stimulating the user's cellular activity.

2. The player's use of lightning is no longer limited to five minutes. The player may now activate and deactivate the "I Am Lightning" form at any time.

However, as a price, the stamina consumed per second while the skill is active will increase.]

"Eh, what would happen if I fused blue lightning and Black Lightning together?" Ke Mingqing muttered. "Emo lightning?"

Looking at the second change, he thought, So it's a skill I can turn on and off whenever I want now. That means I won't have to worry about being exposed. Otherwise, whenever people mention the superhero Blue Dove, they'll say he's a man who can only last five minutes.

Ke Mingqing let out a breath, took his phone from his coat pocket, and set it beside him. Then he lifted his fingertip, and the activation command for "I Am Lightning" flashed through his mind.

Pitch-black electricity leaped from his fingertip, forming a tiny black orb of light that illuminated his pupils.

"It looks vicious."

Ke Mingqing lowered his gaze to the flickering current and sighed before rising to his feet and walking toward a moss-covered pillar on the platform.

He slowly extended his fingertip. The instant the black current touched the pillar, it corroded a deep crater into its surface.

In an instant, the black current at his fingertip suddenly swelled and splattered in every direction. It grazed Ke Mingqing's cheek, carving a bloody wound across it.

Ke Mingqing froze for a second before the sudden, piercing pain brought him back to his senses.

He immediately deactivated "I Am Lightning," and the electricity at his fingertip vanished at once.

Yet black arcs still danced in the air, flickering in and out of view, expanding and shrinking.

Like a black snake struggling in its death throes.

Amid the silence, blood streamed from the cut like water from a spring, staining Ke Mingqing's cheek red.

The platform was utterly silent. Ke Mingqing remained quiet for a long, long time before raising a hand to touch his cheek. His fingertips came away crimson.

"So hard to control?" he thought. Does it go out of control if I keep it out even a little too long? Then this Black Lightning can only be used as an instant attack.

Ke Mingqing sighed softly, walked back to the wooden bench, and took out some tissues and bandages from his backpack.

He first wiped the blood off his cheek with a tissue, then put a bandage over the wound.

He was a Super-species now, after all. His healing ability was much stronger than an ordinary person's, so a wound of this level did not need careful treatment.

Ke Mingqing sat down. While manipulating blue electricity with his fingertip, he picked up his phone and opened WeChat.

"Can lightning be turned into chains? Or could I make lightning balls like Pikachu?"

As he thought about it, the blue current on his fingertip suddenly gathered into a chain, then at other times turned into a blue sphere.

Since "I Am Lightning" was now a skill he could activate and deactivate at will, Ke Mingqing no longer had to worry about cooldowns. He could practice anytime and anywhere, improving the precision of his lightning control.

"It really works. That makes it much more versatile."

While changing the shape of the current at his fingertip, Ke Mingqing sent Xia Wenna a WeChat message, telling her he would be home late for dinner tonight.

Just as he was about to close the chat window, the words "typing..." quickly appeared beside Xia Wenna's WeChat name. She typed very slowly, just as slowly as she spoke.

Before long, her message finally appeared on the screen.

[Xia Wenna: Is Mom's cooking really that disgusting? (Sticker: crying panda)]

Ke Mingqing shrugged. Did you learn that weird sentence-breaking on another planet? Do you not know how to type, or do you not know how to use punctuation?

[Ke Mingqing: No, Mom. I promised my girlfriend I'd eat out with her. I can't just stand her up, right?]

[Xia Wenna: Do you have enough spending money? (Sticker: penguin tilting its head)]

[Ke Mingqing: Don't worry. She's a rich Japanese young lady. Her family has plenty of money, so she's paying.]

[Xia Wenna: No. Boys should have ambition. (Sticker: kangaroo bouncing and clenching its fist)]

[Transfer Notice—You have received a 200-yuan red packet from "Xia Wenna."]

Ke Mingqing rolled his eyes, accepted the red packet, and sent "Thanks, Mom" in the chat before deciding not to keep bickering with this alien.

He rose from the wooden bench and returned to the lockers. From locker number seven, he took out the folded combat suit, then grabbed the helmet with the blue bird beak.

"Time to change, then I'll find some unlucky criminal to use as a stepping stone. Oh... let's call this unlucky guy White Jack."

With that thought, Ke Mingqing stuffed his entire backpack into the locker.