Chapter 54: Into a Post-Apocalyptic Superpower Novel, Day 6

Chapter 54: The Sixth Day of Transmigrating into a Post-Apocalyptic Supernatural Novel

After registering, An Yi didn't rush to find Ji Zishi. He knew deep down that in the apocalypse, your own strength was what mattered most.

Joining an elite team could quickly provide resources and experience, but it also meant higher exposure and stricter team observation.

He needed time to familiarize himself with this body's dual abilities, especially the space ability with immense potential, which required a relatively private environment.

After thinking it over, on the second day, An Yi chose to join a temporary scavenger team.

Such teams were typically composed of low-level ability users from the base and brave ordinary people. Their targets were usually resource points in relatively safe areas outside the base—previously abandoned supermarkets, pharmacies, hardware stores—or hunting down isolated mutated plants and animals.

Now, the only thing left was to hunt some mutated plants and animals that were easy to handle; resources had long since been picked clean.

If they were lucky, they might find some resources.

However, the risk was manageable, and the freedom was high.

It was very suitable for him at the moment.

The temporary leader was an earth-type ability user named Old Zhang, whose ability was limited to hardening a small patch of ground or raising some earth spikes. But he was experienced and fair.

The team also had two strength-type ability users, not as strong as Weng Daixuan, but decent in a fight.

There was also a speed-type ability user, along with several ordinary people wielding weapons and looking fierce.

An Yi demonstrated his ability to create a small ice crystal and was accepted. His water and ice abilities were really useful in the wild for survival and setting traps.

A few days later, the team headed to a ruined industrial area to kill mutated organisms, with the possibility of searching for metals and any remaining medicine.

The mission went fairly smoothly. After clearing out a few slow-moving low-level zombies and a mutated rat about the size of a cat, they found some useful bearing parts and a few boxes of well-sealed canned goods in a half-collapsed warehouse.

During the noon break, team members scattered to relatively safe corners to gnaw on dry rations.

An Yi excused himself to go to the bathroom to quietly slip away from the group's line of sight and head deeper into a blind spot blocked by big chunks of concrete.

Old Zhang: "Be careful, don't go too far."

An Yi smiled and nodded: "Okay."

After walking some distance and confirming no one was around, An Yi took a deep breath and concentrated his mind.

He spread his palm, targeting a half-person-tall concrete block covered in cracks ahead.

His mind, like the sharpest invisible blade, struck instantly!

There was no sound, no visual effects.

The massive concrete block seemed to be split open by an invisible force, the cut surface as smooth as if cut by the most precise laser! The upper half silently slid off and hit the ground with a dull thud.

An Yi's heart jumped, and he felt a surge of excitement.

This ability was way stronger than he'd imagined!

The precision and power of the cut seemed limited only by his mental focus and the clarity of his "lock" on the target.

He tried cutting smaller targets: a rusty rebar, a withered leaf, and even a single strand of hair.

Every time his mind touched them, the targets split apart instantly, with smooth fractures.

He also tested his storage space.

With a thought, the scattered gravel, the twisted rebar, and even the cut concrete block instantly disappeared, entering his seemingly boundless internal space.

He felt those items quietly floating in some corner of the space, like stars dotting the void.

With another thought, the items reappeared exactly in their original positions.

He practiced the cutting and retrieval several times until he felt a slight mental fatigue before stopping.

He estimated that his current spatial cutting limit could probably instantly cut an object the size of a room, or perform multiple finer cuts within a smaller range.

As for storage space... it was unfathomable; at least he currently felt no boundaries.

"This ability..." An Yi rubbed his fingertips, feeling the slight consumption of mental energy: "Do other awakened space users have spaces this big?"

After testing, he quickly erased the obvious cut marks, brushed away his footprints, and confirmed no special ability traces were left before nonchalantly heading back to the rest spot.

The afternoon search was uneventful.

The team, with a decent harvest, began their return journey.

The setting sun cast a bloody, yellow glow over the ruins.

Just as they were crossing a street filled with abandoned vehicles, all hell broke loose!

"Roar—!"

A roar full of fury came from the ruins of a tall building ahead. Following the sound of shattering glass and collapsing walls, a huge black shadow came crashing down onto the street, blocking their path.

It was a giant mutated lizard.

Over five meters long, covered in rock-like gray-brown horned scales, its limbs as thick as pillars, a spiked tail sweeping wildly, sending crushed cars flying like toys.

Its open mouth showed rows of sharp fangs, dripping corrosive saliva, and its vertical pupils locked onto the team, giving off a cold, bloodthirsty gleam.

"It's a mutant lizard!" Old Zhang's face went pale as he yelled, slamming his hands on the ground at the same time. Earth spikes shot up under the giant lizard in an attempt to block it.

But the earth spikes were useless against the lizard. Its huge body just smashed through them!

"Boom!" The spikes shattered on contact!

"Attack!" The two strength users roared and charged in, swinging metal rods at the lizard's knees.

The speed user darted around the lizard like a ghost, trying to stab poisoned daggers into the gaps in its scales.

"Clang! Clang!" The metal rods left only shallow white scratches on the scales, instead just numbed their arms.

The speed user's dagger hit, but only went in a little, not doing real damage, just making the lizard angrier.

"Roar!" The lizard snapped its head around, and its thick tail swung with a whistling sound, smashing toward one of the strength users.

"Look out!" An Yi's eyes narrowed, and he didn't hesitate. He thrust both hands forward!

Craaack—!

A thick, crystal-clear ice wall half a meter thick shot up from the ground, blocking the team member's path at the last possible moment!

Boom!!!

The giant lizard's tail whipped into the ice wall! Ice shards flew everywhere, the wall shook violently, and it instantly sprouted a web of cracks, but it didn't shatter, barely withstanding the terrifying blow!

The team member was knocked back by the shockwave, landing dazed and bruised, but alive.

"Th...thank you!" he called out, still shaken.

An Yi, however, had no time to respond. His expression serious, An Yi fixed his gaze on the giant lizard.