I Contracted Myself

【Identification failed】

【Identification failed】

【Identification successful】

【Name: Zhang Shouzhong】

【Race: Human】

【Affiliation: Sweep Team】

【Potential: ???】

【Lifespan: 95】

【Rank: Advanced Awakener】

【Level: 28】

【Talent】

【Fat Technology: Can convert body fat into energy, forming various technological products that the user can comprehend. Once these products leave the body, they revert back to energy and return to the user, transforming back into fat.】

【Advanced Skills】

【Intermediate - Remote Deployment: The retrieval range for all fat-converted technological products extends to 100 meters.】

【Advanced - Enhanced Fat: Fat can store more energy, increasing maximum storage capacity by 333%.】

……

Converting fat into technological products?

Zhang Ping's eyes lit up slightly, but then he noticed the bicycle Zhang Shouzhong was riding and realized that the technological level in Mingzhu City wasn't high, especially in terms of weaponry, which was still in the cold weapon era.

In fact, products like bicycles had been invented in Mingzhu City long ago, but not many people used them. At most, they were used within the city, and almost no one used bicycles outside the city.

"What a pity."

Zhang Ping genuinely felt that Zhang Shouzhong's ability had great potential.

The problem was, he didn't understand those technological products either. Otherwise, he could have Zhang Shouzhong create drones, Barrett rifles, grenades, and other weapons to directly change the pace of battles.

Next, two more team members came over to join them.

"Are you very interested in Zhang Shouzhong?" Liu Sishan asked when she saw that Zhang Ping had only identified Zhang Shouzhong.

Zhang Ping responded, "His ability has great potential."

"But it also has significant flaws. If he can't comprehend it, he can't convert it. For special equipment, he has no way to convert it. Otherwise, his potential evaluation would be upgraded to Infinite Grade," Liu Sishan objectively commented.

Zhang Shouzhong's ability really tested a person's IQ. If you couldn't learn or understand certain things, there was nothing you could do.

"Does anyone truly understand the operational principles of special equipment?" Zhang Ping couldn't help but complain.

Although he had several pieces of special equipment and had even witnessed how they were made, he couldn't explain their specific operational principles even if his life depended on it.

In fact, he didn't even fully understand his own ability.

He had speculated before, such as the possibility of mutated genes in Awakeners, or that the world's spiritual energy had revived, or, thinking even more wildly, that gods had bestowed these abilities.

But when he asked Liu Tiefeng and Situ Shibai, the answers he got were all the same: they didn't know.

On a genetic level, Awakeners were no different from ordinary people. Before awakening their abilities, there were no signs or characteristics. Once they awakened, they could naturally use their abilities.

In the past, some people speculated that there was some kind of energy in the air that could trigger awakenings. Someone even created an 'Awakening Breathing Technique,' claiming it could increase the chances of awakening. Unfortunately, it was later proven to be a scam; there was no special energy in the air.

So what exactly were Awakeners? Perhaps only the earliest humans knew.

Half an hour later.

Liu Sishan and the others arrived near Wangzhu Peak. She looked at Lu Han and whispered, "Senior Lu Han, go scout over there. Be careful not to be discovered by the enemy."

"Alright."

Lu Han nodded and then quietly left.

She then looked at the girl wearing an iron mask and said, "Cheng Xuejie, you go over there."

"Wait, no need to send anyone. I hear the enemy's voices, in the direction where Senior Lu Han is," Zhang Ping said at this moment.

【Brother, do you think we can take Aunt's daughter with us?】

【We have to, whether we can or not. Let's go, stop talking so much.】

Zhang Ping squinted his eyes and said in a low voice, "There are two enemies, they should be brothers. They are here for... Chen Junting, probably relatives."

"Relatives?" Liu Sishan frowned slightly.

Situ Shibai's order was to ambush. There were no clear instructions on whether to kill or not. Based on the current information, it seemed they were primarily to intercept. If the situation became unavoidable, then killing was an option.

"Cheng Xuejie, wait. Everyone, move with me," Liu Sishan called back Cheng Xuejie and then said.

She quickly advanced in the direction Lu Han had gone. Zhang Shouzhong asked in a low voice, "Sishan, shouldn't we scout the surrounding environment?"

"No time, the enemy is approaching fast," Liu Sishan replied.

Ahead was a dense forest. Beyond the forest was a path leading to a cliff at the mountain's peak. Wangzhu Peak was very close to Mingzhu City, so adventurers often came here to hunt, forming several such paths over time.

Lu Han hid in the forest. Seeing Liu Sishan and the others approaching, he silently moved closer and asked, "Why did everyone come?"

"The target is over here. Prepare to ambush," Liu Sishan quickly said.

The last two members to arrive immediately began setting up around them. One of them had a storage space ability, quickly taking out camouflage tools to create a suitable ambush point.

Another was a barrier master, though their level seemed low, as they could only set up a barrier within a five-meter radius and needed to maintain it themselves. If they moved, the barrier would break.

However, with the cooperation of these two, an ambush point that outsiders couldn't detect was quickly set up. Everyone hid in the ambush point, waiting for the target to appear.

……

Meanwhile.

About 500 meters from the City Lord's mansion in Mingzhu City, there was a square.

This square used to be a place for executions. After the Zhu Family of Beast Tamers' rule was overthrown, the new rulers of Mingzhu City transformed the square into a memorial plaza.

In the center of the plaza stood a towering monument, engraved with the names of countless heroes who fought for Mingzhu City.

Situ Shibai stood in front of the monument, looking up at the eight-meter-tall structure. After a while, he sighed and said, "Come out, Li Aoxue!"

"Failure, you're still the same. Mingzhu City has its own future. Holding it tightly in your grasp will only stifle its growth," a white-haired woman slowly walked out from behind the monument, her crimson eyes carrying a hint of coldness as she looked at Situ Shibai.

Situ Shibai looked at the stubborn woman before him, closed his eyes in silence, and let out a deep sigh.

"You've become obsessed," he said painfully.

Li Aoxue gently caressed the monument, looked up at its peak, and smiled, "Humanity ultimately needs a king. Why can't that king be me?"

"But your theory might not be correct. What if you're wrong?" Situ Shibai clenched his fists.

Li Aoxue smiled, "I can't be wrong. Humanity must unite to produce a king. Otherwise, why hasn't a king appeared since the empire collapsed a thousand years ago?"

"......"

Situ Shibai had no answer because humanity indeed had no king, which was a weakness of the human race.

If a king could emerge among humans, he would have the confidence to persuade the stubborn woman before him. But there was no king in Mingzhu City, nor in other cities.

Humanity had not seen a king for a thousand years.