[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak":3,"chapter-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-80":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Global Psychic Powers: Starting Off with the Awakening of Purple Heaven Divine Thunder",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2358581,4613,"Chapter 80: Break Through the Rat Tide! Return!","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-80",80,"\u003Cp>In the jungle, swarms of iron-chewing rats surged like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, Xu Jingming and Jiang Chu were a Rank Two Upper and a Rank Two Middle, respectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their sprinting speed far exceeded these barely Rank One iron-chewing rats; they shouldn’t have to worry much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet upon spotting the rat tide, Xu Jingming’s face turned pale, and he immediately grabbed Jiang Chu and began running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, iron-chewing rats are small, highly enduring, and can maintain full speed for five to six hours without stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming’s peak burst speed is around 63 meters per second, but he can sustain it for no more than ten minutes before dropping to 45 meters per second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The longer he runs, the slower his speed becomes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After two or three hours of continuous sprinting, his speed might drop to 36 meters per second—or even lower!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the iron-chewing rats’ sprinting speed remains a steady 30 meters per second; the longer the chase, the more likely he’ll be caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Xu Jingming didn’t know the full scale of this rat tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the city ruins were also overrun by rats, moving too slowly could trap him—and he’d be doomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming dared not gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he had to flee the wilderness at his maximum speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The beast materials and Dark Cloud Wind Spear are too heavy—I must discard them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While sprinting, Xu Jingming’s gaze hardened, ready to drop his tactical backpack and spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Chu, who was being dragged along, quickly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior, my space ring is big enough—I’ll hold them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She extended her jade hand, lightly touched the items, and they vanished into thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, Xu Jingming felt significantly lighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Carrying you while running is too slow—I’ll just carry you on my back instead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without waiting for Jiang Chu’s reply, Xu Jingming acted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a soft cry, he hoisted her onto his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chu’s physique was indeed exceptional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment her slender body pressed against him, he felt two firm, full pressures against his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this wasn’t the time to savor such sensations; Xu Jingming took a deep breath and said sternly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Junior, hold tight—I’m accelerating!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chu, still slightly embarrassed, realized this was a matter of life and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wrapped her arms tightly around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming then surged forward, moving like a phantom through the jungle, racing toward the town ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jiang Chu’s mere 60-kilogram weight imposed no burden on him at all...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, in the wilderness, he’d have to carefully avoid the territories of high-rank beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, both beasts and psychics were fleeing for their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, in just over half an hour, Xu Jingming sprinted clear of the mountain forest zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, he encountered numerous beast squads and psychics already swallowed by the rat tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Squeak-squeak-squeak—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Squeak-squeak-squeak—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant he burst out of the forest, Xu Jingming saw that the city ruins were also overrun by iron-chewing rats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their numbers were far fewer than in the forest, but stretching as far as the eye could see, there were at least tens of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though named “iron-chewing rats,” as beasts, they preferred flesh above all else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only chewed metal out of sheer desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they devoured nearly all living things except plants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when Xu Jingming, carrying Jiang Chu, appeared in their line of sight,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the iron-chewing rats, their eyes glowing crimson, charged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The worst-case scenario has happened—the town ruins are also overrun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where in the world did all these rats come from?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming took a deep breath, and to avoid being surrounded, he shouted: “Thunder Extreme State!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He once again transformed into his two-meter-tall enhanced form!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With lightning swirling around him, his speed surged again, skyrocketing to a terrifying 80 meters per second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If viewed from above, one would see:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming moved like a bolt of lightning, carving a path straight through the dense rat horde!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever he passed, the iron-chewing rats collapsed, their bodies charred black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slain one Rank One Lower iron-chewing rat. Psychic points +2.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slain one Rank One Middle iron-chewing rat. Psychic points +3.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A continuous stream of system alerts rang in his mind, darkening his expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron-chewing rats were pathetically weak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The psychic points gained from killing them were less than those from ordinary Peak Non-Rank beasts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Need to speed up more—Thunder Flash!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the endless waves of charging rats, Xu Jingming had no time to complain about their pitiful strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of electricity beneath his feet propelled him dozens of meters forward in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, maintaining Thunder Extreme State and occasionally using “Thunder Flash,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming sprinted toward the supply base, Jiang Chu still on his back...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All units, form squads of 100 and defend outward!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All psychic squads—prepare for battle!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This rat tide is unprecedented—we must hold the line!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Supply Base had been monitoring beast movements in the wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the moment the rat tide erupted in the wilderness,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the military stationed beside the Supply Base immediately mobilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rows of fully armed soldiers, wielding submachine guns, stood in disciplined formation before the base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, psychic squads also stood ready, prepared to act at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The iron-chewing rats seemed to sense the human stronghold was too dangerous; they only roamed within the wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when small waves surged toward the base, psychic squads swiftly eliminated them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This rat tide is enormous—surely over three hundred thousand iron-chewing rats?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the base’s main building, Chief Supervisor Wang Chuang was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In past years, rat tides had occurred, but never more than fifty to sixty thousand rats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the number had nearly quintupled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as the eye could see, the entire Source Water Wilderness was filled with iron-chewing rats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This will plunge the Source Water Wilderness into a months-long slump.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chief Supervisor Wang Chuang sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a rat tide, at least 70% of the wilderness beasts would be wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>given the beasts’ terrifying reproduction rate, their density would recover within two or three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But during those two or three months, the number of psychics coming to train in the Source Water Wilderness would plummet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The base’s profits for this year would drop significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a pity for those psychics who ventured deep into the wilderness—they’ll likely be devoured.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Chuang shook his head, then remembered Xu Jingming, who had entered the wilderness not long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope he didn’t go too deep—if he did, only his teacher Yang Zhentian could save him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he thought this, the stationed soldiers and psychic squads ahead suddenly erupted in shouts:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look over there—what is that?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such terrifying lightning! Is it a lightning beast?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prepare for battle! Don’t let it reach the base city!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within sight, amid the dense rat tide, a blue-purple spherical lightning bolt\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>radiated terrifying energy, electrocuting every iron-chewing rat in its path into charred husks as it surged toward the base at incredible speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the soldiers and psychics assumed it was a powerful lightning beast,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they noticed a faint human silhouette inside—and froze momentarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that instant, the spherical lightning shattered through the rat tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leapt up, covering over twenty meters in a single bound, crashing down onto the square of the supply base!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a deafening roar, the spherical lightning struck the square, before the eyes of the stunned psychics surrounding it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground trembled slightly, leaving a deep crater where it had landed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue-violet lightning gradually faded, revealing the figure within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a young man over two meters tall, his bulging muscles crackling with arcs of thunder, like a towering iron pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes differed from ordinary humans—they were reptilian pupils, filled entirely with lightning, devoid of any emotion whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his broad back, he carried a relatively petite, breathtakingly beautiful girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fierce, savage aura swirling around the young man caused every psychic on the square to hold their breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man was Xu Jingming, who had raced back here with Jiang Chu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the familiar square of the supply base, surrounded by stunned onlookers, Xu Jingming let out a long breath:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phew… we’re finally back.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1360,"2026-06-21T05:33:57.936Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6d1573de13a47731ac6d4f4ab2c88ba4a0f5e111ccc448bd55176fb90aa5cca9","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-81","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-79",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-cover.jpg"]