"Two hours..."
It's quite a long time, but the game is upgrading, yet it seems her two spirit pets are unaffected?
"I wonder what changes there will be after the upgrade."
Since there's nothing to do at the moment, she decided to go upstairs to fulfill her promise to Shen Jinwen.
When Xu Zhi came to knock on the door, Shen Jinwen was worried about the power outage.
The backup power supply has also run out, and from today on, we'll have to endure days without electricity, gas, and even water.
Upon hearing this dire news, Xu Zhi felt relatively unfazed, as she no longer had the same need for food and water as Shen Jinwen. The real inconvenience was the power issue. With the entire city shrouded in a dark fog, even during the day, light was scarce. Once evening fell, reading would be out of the question.
Fortunately, the game console doesn't need to be charged, or Xu Zhi would probably not be able to smile right now.
Shen Jinwen offered her a glass of mineral water in a paper cup as usual. She still looked far from well, having tended to her wounds herself, but the injuries were not trivial, and even walking seemed difficult for her.
"Are you okay?"
Out of humanism, even though it's just a transaction, Xu Zhi feels that they have developed some sort of friendship now, and she should show her concern.
Shen Jinwen was taken aback by her sudden show of concern, but the sentiment sounded dry and lacking in sincerity. She assumed Xu Zhi was just being polite, so she nodded and said, "I'm fine, it's not a big deal."
She had deliberately been stockpiling supplies, and now she had enough to last her through her recovery period.
Due to Xu Zhi's sudden display of concern, the previously comfortable atmosphere became somewhat awkward. However, the young girl who had always been socially awkward failed to notice this subtle shift and instead thought of herself as a considerate partner. Having shown her concern, it was natural for her to move on to the content of their transaction.
She first honestly informed Shen Jinwen of the content she wanted to know, but did not elaborate on the parts that Shen Jinwen had not actively inquired about.
For example, she mentioned that after consuming the core, one might fall into an illusionary realm, and in such a case, it was important to "maintain one's sanity." However, Xu Zhi did not tell Shen Jinwen what the illusionary realm would look like, only that realms of different attributes would likely differ from each other.
And based on her experience of being woken up by her dog, Xu Zhi reminded Shen Jinwen that if she was unsure of her own willpower when consuming the core, it would be best to have someone watching over her.
Where could Shen Jinwen find anyone else? For the time being, the only person she can call on is me, isn't it?
Xu Zhi was fully aware of this, and if she stayed by Shen Jinwen's side, Shen Jinwen would owe her another favor.
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Although Xu Zhi had no intention of building a team, besides spirit pets, she did need some human companions. For now, Shen Jinwen seemed to be a good choice.
Although Shen Jinwen's strength was somewhat lacking, she was capable of doing things that the spirit pets couldn't. Moreover, the two of them had established a basic level of trust and understanding. Based on observations over these days, there were only her and Shen Jinwen here, so there was no need to worry about someone suddenly appearing to take Shen Jinwen away.
Just like that Xu Zhi wasn't quite at ease, she asked again tentatively, "Maybe there's a real survivor gathering place somewhere else or something, do you want to go there?"
Shen Jinwen didn't know what Xu Zhi was thinking, she just thought about it slightly before shaking her head, "Like I said, I don't want to leave here."
Great, Xu Zhi has no plans to leave here at the moment either.
"So can you tell me how you got your transcendental powers and what exactly they are?"
Xu Zhi looked at her curiously, she wanted to ask before, but at that time the two were not familiar with each other, asking such a question is a bit out of bounds, now it should be almost considered a friend ...... right?
Shen Jinwen didn't equivocate this time, but spoke clearly, "I suddenly gained transcendent abilities sometime around a week or so after sealing the city."
"It was just after 5 a.m. and I had just woken up from a strange dream."
Shen Jinwen's expression took on a thoughtful tone when he said this, as if he was trying to recall the contents of his dream.
"Now I can only vaguely remember that in the dream it seemed to snow suddenly, and I didn't know where, like a plain, and it was snowing so hard that snow fell on my head and shoulders, as if even I myself had been transformed into a snowflake fluttering in the sky and wandering aimlessly on the plain."
"Then I woke up and knew naturally that I had become a Transcendent."
"I do have a weak ability though, and it's a passive one, and if I had to have a name for it, I'd probably call it, Sharpness, that's what my subconscious is telling me."
"The effect is probably a slight increase in the sharpness and toughness of the knives when I use them."
Shen Jinwen didn't hide anything at all, and Xu Zhi also heard many familiar things from her description.
"Sharp ah ......"
That's really familiar.
Both of her spirit pets possessed the passive ability called "Sharpness," but the sharp parts of their bodies were their teeth or claws, whereas Shen Jinwen utilized sharp tools such as knives.
It seems that the supernatural abilities between humans and mutated animals are indeed different.
The dream that Shen Jinwen described reminded Xu Zhi of the illusionary realms she had experienced after consuming the core.
It seems this is another commonality.
She thought for a moment and suggested to Shen Jinwen, "Your attribute is Winter, and the dream of awakening your supernatural ability was related to your attribute. It's possible that the illusions you experienced after consuming the core are also connected to it. Of course, this is just my guess, but you can take it into consideration."
Shen Jinwen nodded, and then suddenly seemed to remember something and added, "I've been feeling recently that my supernatural ability might be about to upgrade."
"Hmm?" Xu Zhi responded with a puzzled expression, signaling Shen Jinwen to continue.
"Perhaps there are still some conditions that need to be met, but I can feel that since my supernatural ability awakened, the supernatural energy within me has been increasing every moment. This upgrade has happened once before."
"Now that feeling has returned, and it's possible that my ability will upgrade again within the next few days."
"However, this upgrade seems to be slower than the previous one."
Xu Zhi's eyes widened slightly. Why didn't she feel this way?
Since obtaining the 【Eye of Insight,】 she could indeed always feel the presence of supernatural energy within her body, but she had never perceived it as constantly increasing!
What was the difference between her and Shen Jinwen?
Did she naturally awaken her supernatural ability, whereas she herself had to struggle to awaken it by consuming the core?
Or could it be something else?
Like a game system?
Although Xu Zhi was puzzled, she didn't have any negative emotions. After all, what she had gained now was far more than the daily increase in energy that Shen Jinwen experienced.
However, she still needed to figure out where the problem lay.