Chapter 7: Continue Working Hard, and Reward Skills

Officer Li saw Zhao Lingyu turn his gaze toward him, and his heart instantly panicked.

After witnessing Zhao Lingyu threaten and interrogate Zhang San just moments ago, Officer Li had more or less figured some things out; he felt that this guy probably wouldn't slaughter him, after all, although Zhao Lingyu had kicked Zhang San unconscious after the interrogation, he hadn't directly finished him off.

Setting aside the threats and interrogation, simply put, in a situation where he hadn't intended to kill, saving him—a police officer about to be killed by Zhang San—and crippling Zhang San was actually a good deed, so there should be no need to silence him.

After all, if he were truly a major criminal or a wanted fugitive who didn't want anyone to know about him, wouldn't it have been easier to just wait for Zhang San to kill him before coming out to interrogate Zhang San? That way, he wouldn't even have to personally silence anyone, avoiding other accidents and future troubles; why jump out to save him before Zhang San made his move?

... Although saving him might have been incidental, and the main purpose might have been to obtain information about abilities from Zhang San, it could still be seen that this person was likely not some heinous villain; perhaps, like Zhang San, he had his own secrets, didn't want to deal with government departments, and couldn't bear to watch him, a police officer, be harmed in front of him.

Although he had figured this out, he was still a bit panicked; what if this person intended to kick him unconscious just like Zhang San before leaving? That... Officer Li had seen that kick to Zhang San clearly, and if things went wrong, Zhang San might just sleep forever.

Just as Officer Li was letting his imagination run wild, Zhao Lingyu spoke up.

"Are you carrying a phone?"

"Ah? Pho... phone, I have it, what... what do you want to do... do you need to use the phone?"

Zhao Lingyu said helplessly: "Call for backup yourself. If possible, for the sake of me saving your life, don't mention me to others. I'm leaving."

After saying this, Zhao Lingyu climbed over the wall and retreated, just as he had arrived.

Only then did Officer Li come back to his senses. Watching Zhao Lingyu easily climb over the three-meter-high wall and leave, he became even more certain of his previous guess, then hurriedly took out his phone to call the station chief.

"Hello, Chief, come support me quickly. I ran into Zhang San. He took me down, froze one of my arms and one of my legs, and then he was taken down by a tough guy passing by. Ah? I'm not joking, hurry up and come support me. I'm in the alley between the alleyway of District A and District B, you'll know once you get here."

Although he had been saved by Zhao Lingyu, not mentioning him to others? How could that be possible? If he didn't mention him, how could he explain this situation to his superiors? And since abilities had appeared, it was estimated that some mysterious department like the Dragon Group would have to come forward to investigate. After all, if a guy like Zhang San could awaken an ability, wouldn't the country have such capable people? Would they not know about such things? Just thinking about it, it was impossible. Wouldn't failing to report what he knew be asking for trouble for himself?

Setting aside Officer Li's situation, after climbing over the wall, Zhao Lingyu hid and snuck near the residential buildings, then... stole a few pieces of clothing hanging outside a window. Afterward, he climbed out over another wall, wandered through some alleys without surveillance for a while, changed into clean clothes, wiped the mud off his face, and then walked onto the main road to return to the residential area.

Although Zhao Lingyu knew that if they really checked the surveillance carefully, he probably wouldn't be able to hide these actions from those who were looking, doing it was still more reassuring than not doing it. After all, he didn't intend to show his face yet, especially after experiencing this incident.

After returning home, Zhao Lingyu sat in front of the computer for the first time in a while and began searching for abnormal events again. He hadn't had time to check these things when he started working before, but now that he had this incident with Zhang San, Zhao Lingyu intended to search and look them up again.

To see if this world was starting to have anomalies or if it was some other situation. Since an ability user had appeared in front of him, it meant that it couldn't be an isolated case; there were definitely others. If he still couldn't find anything like before, it meant that the control in this world was too strict and things were hidden too deep.

Sure enough, after searching and digging around, there were quite a few more abnormal events on the internet in the past few days, especially on the more open foreign websites. They were all sorts of things: fire-breathing, water-spraying, flying, and earth-tunneling. Some looked like they were made up, while others looked plausible. As for how much was true and how much was false, Zhao Lingyu couldn't distinguish for the moment.

Posts and videos about these abnormal events had started to increase a few days ago, with the earliest ones appearing five or six days ago.

"It looks like this world is really starting to undergo changes, returning to the main theme of urban ability novels. If this kid Zhang San could achieve what he did just a few days after obtaining an ability, then his ability improvement speed is still very fast. I don't know if he's a special case or if everyone who awakens will improve this quickly, or perhaps they are very powerful as soon as they awaken, but they can't fully utilize it at first and will master it quickly later. I hope it's the latter, otherwise it's too cheap, even more exaggerated than his progress speed, which relies on a system cheat."

"After all, I've only met this guy Zhang San so far, there's no one else to compare with, and I don't know to what extent he would have continued to improve or master if he hadn't met me. Freezing space? Freezing time? Probably not... otherwise that would be too exaggerated."

"Don't think about it so much, just work hard to improve yourself first. As long as I am strong enough, I don't need to fear any monsters or demons. Now that the changes have happened, I'll add another set of training every day from now on. Let's do it!"

After thinking this, Zhao Lingyu began to exercise. After finishing a set of physical training and sitting in meditation to recover his strength, he intended to take a shower and rest. At this moment, the system, which hadn't had much presence for these past few chapters, suddenly came out to find some presence.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for raising all attributes to 10 points. Rewarding a beginner skill pack as encouragement. Hope the host will continue to work hard."

"Hm? This Zhang San incident was a distraction and I almost forgot. After finishing my workout today, all my attributes reached 10 points. A skill pack, huh? Let me see what good things are in there. System, open the pack."

"Ding, the pack has been opened. Congratulations to the host for obtaining 'Full-Power Critical Strike', 'Beginner Flight Technique', and 'Lightning Summoning Technique'."

"Uh-huh? Full-Power Critical Strike should be a physical attack skill. Flight Technique? Lightning Summoning Technique? These two skills... does this mean I can fly in the future? And I can also guest-star as a lightning mage? The blue bar from 10 points of Intelligence should come in handy. System, show skill details."

"Ding, the attribute panel has been opened. The host can view skill details in the attribute panel. The host's attribute details are as follows:"

Physique: 10

Speed: 10

Intelligence: 10

Cultivation Method: Physical Training Method, Mental Training Method.

Skills: Full-Power Critical Strike (Concentrates all physical strength into one point to erupt, triggering a critical strike effect, causing twice the attack power of the host's full-power attack. Using it too many times in a short period will cause a certain impact on the host's body.)

Beginner Flight Technique (Consumes mental energy to make the body levitate and fly, with a maximum flight speed of twice the Speed attribute. Flight time depends on the host's Intelligence attribute value and flight speed. If flying at full speed, the recommended maximum flight time is 2 hours. If too much mental energy is consumed, the host will be affected to a certain extent.)

Lightning Summoning Technique (After locking onto an enemy with mental energy, consumes mental energy to summon a bolt of lightning to attack the enemy. If activated during a thunderstorm, mental energy consumption is reduced, and lightning attack power is increased. The power of the summoned lightning depends on how much mental energy the host consumes. If used at the minimum power consumption limit, the system recommends a current maximum of 20 uses, and a current maximum of 30 uses during a thunderstorm. If mental energy is over-consumed, the host will be affected to a certain extent.)

"Not bad, this basically doubles my combat power right away. Full-Power Critical Strike is just an active 100% critical hit. Using it too frequently will have an impact, which is probably muscle strain or something, since it's an overload burst, so it doesn't count as a flaw. Flight Technique allows me to fly at twice my Speed attribute value, which is also a huge improvement, equivalent to doubling my mobility at critical moments. As for the last one, Lightning Summoning Technique, not to mention the damage intensity of the lightning itself, I can pretend to be a mage and then wait for the enemy to get close... hehehe... didn't expect that, did you? What I pull out is bigger than yours. Not bad, really not bad."