Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 119 – Useless Leather Goods

The two had just finished breakfast when a tall, burly figure walked over.

It was Shi Ming.

At two and a half meters tall, he was like a moving wall, exuding an immense sense of pressure wherever he went.

The soldiers in the cafeteria who had been secretly sizing up Lin Fan immediately buried their heads deeper when they saw him approach, terrified of being caught slacking off from training by this notoriously strict captain.

“Miss Lei Li, Deputy Captain Sun.”

Shi Ming walked up to the table. His voice was deep and powerful, but his eyes held obvious respect.

This was especially true when he looked at Lin Fan.

“Captain Shi, is something the matter?”

Sun Jing wiped her mouth and stood up. In front of him, Sun Jing looked like a little girl.

“It’s an order from Commander Chu Chen.”

Shi Ming’s gaze shifted to Lin Fan.

“The commander would like to invite Miss Lei Li to observe the daily training of our Second Battalion.”

He paused, a somewhat unpracticed smile appearing on his face, and added, “If possible… we also hope Miss Lei Li could give us rough folks some guidance.”

Sun Jing’s eyes lit up at once.

She immediately linked her arm with Lin Fan’s, shaking it excitedly.

“Yes, yes! Lei Jie, you should go take a look!”

“The warriors of our Second Battalion are the elites of the elite!”

Her tone was filled with pride, like a child eager to show her parents an excellent report card.

Lin Fan looked at her, then at the expectant Shi Ming, a hint of a smile flashing in her rainbow-colored eyes.

She had been looking for an opportunity to gauge the true strength of this Magic City Defense Base.

Now, the opportunity had presented itself.

“Alright.”

Lin Fan stood up, her voice light.

“Then I’ll have to trouble Captain Shi to lead the way.”

“No trouble! No trouble at all!”

Shi Ming immediately waved his hands, the smile on his face becoming much more sincere.

Rеаd оո ΚatRеaⅾіոɡСafe

“This way, please, Miss Lei Li!”

…

The training ground of the Magic City Base was located on the lowest level of the base, a massive area converted from a space the size of several soccer fields.

At this moment, the field was abuzz with intense training.

Several thousand Evolved beings were divided into different zones.

Some were engaged in weighted cross-country running, wearing special load-bearing suits weighing several hundred kilograms, yet their speed was still astonishingly fast.

Others were engaged in live combat practice. Fists and feet met, energies collided, and booming sounds echoed through the air.

The most eye-catching feature was a huge metal cage in the center of the field.

Inside the cage were a dozen low-level demonic monsters captured alive from the Rifts.

A combat squad composed of level-three Evolved beings was engaged in a bloody battle with these monsters inside the cage.

Flashes of blades and swords, flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Every attack was aimed at a vital point, and every coordinated move was seamless.

Any single person here, if sent to Hang City or Jiang City, would be qualified to be the leader of a small survivor stronghold.

But here, they were just ordinary soldiers.

“Miss Lei Li, this is our daily training ground,” Shi Ming introduced from the side, a trace of pride in his tone.

Lin Fan nodded without speaking.

Her gaze, like the most precise radar, swept over every person on the field.

Their physical fitness, energy levels, combat skills… all the data was rapidly analyzed and archived in her mind.

They were indeed very strong.

Even stronger than she had anticipated.

Just then, an accident suddenly occurred in the central metal cage.

While dodging the claws of a mantis-like monster, a young warrior tripped over a monster’s corpse, his body instantly losing its balance.

“Watch out!” a teammate beside him cried out in alarm.

But it was too late.

The mantis-like monster’s other claw slashed through the air like a bolt of lightning.

Schlick!

Read oո KαtReaⅾiոgСafе

A sound of tearing flesh was heard.

A wound so deep the bone was visible was carved into the warrior’s left arm, and blood instantly gushed out.

He let out a muffled grunt, his face turning deathly pale.

“Xiao Jing!” Shi Ming shouted in a low voice.

Without needing his reminder, Sun Jing was already moving.

She quickly arrived at the side of the cage.

She didn’t go in, but simply extended her right hand toward the injured warrior.

A soft golden light shone from her palm.

A beam of golden light landed precisely on the warrior’s arm.

A miraculous scene unfolded.

Under the shroud of the golden light, the flesh and blood of the gash, so deep the bone was visible, began to squirm and grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The torn flesh quickly closed, and the severed blood vessels reconnected.

It took no more than five seconds.

The wound had completely healed, leaving only a faint pink mark.

The warrior moved his arm, as if the severe injury just moments ago had been a mere illusion.

He gave a grateful military salute in Sun Jing’s direction, then gripped his weapon again and charged toward the monster.

“What a powerful Healing ability.”

As Lin Fan watched this scene, a flicker of barely perceptible fervor flashed in her rainbow-colored eyes.

This level of instantaneous healing was of simply incalculable value on the battlefield.

If… she could turn her into a Skin…

The thought ignited in Lin Fan’s mind.

“Xiao Jing’s ability is the treasure of our entire base,” Shi Ming remarked with emotion, his eyes filled with relief.

“Without her, our casualty rate during every tidal wave of beasts would be at least thirty percent higher.”

Lin Fan was about to say something when she suddenly noticed a detail.

As Sun Jing withdrew her hand, her brow furrowed slightly.

Rеaⅾ οn КatRеaⅾinɡСαfe

On the back of her right hand, there was a tiny scratch.

It looked like she had accidentally scraped it against the cage’s metal mesh in her haste.

The wound was very shallow, with only a small bead of blood seeping out.

With the Healing ability she had just displayed, such a minor injury should have been something she could heal with a single thought.

But Sun Jing didn’t do that.

She simply took a band-aid out of her pocket and put it on herself.

Lin Fan’s gaze narrowed slightly.

A person with such a powerful Healing ability was actually using a band-aid?

It was illogical.

Unless…

A guess surfaced in Lin Fan’s mind.

She walked over nonchalantly and stood beside Sun Jing.

“You’re hurt,” Lin Fan’s voice was flat.

“Ah? Oh… it’s nothing, it’s nothing.”

Sun Jing smiled, a little embarrassed.

“I just scratched it by accident. It’s a small cut.”

Lin Fan’s gaze fell on the band-aid, a hint of pure curiosity in her rainbow-colored eyes.

“Your ability… can’t it heal yourself?”

This question made the smile on Sun Jing’s face freeze.

She scratched her head awkwardly.

“Lei Jie… how did you know?”

“A guess,” Lin Fan’s reply was simple and direct.

Sun Jing stuck out her tongue and explained in a low voice, “Um… yes, that’s the biggest flaw of my ability.”

“I can heal any injury on others, even severed limbs. As long as the person isn’t completely dead, I can reattach them.”

“But… I just can’t use it on myself.”

Her tone carried a hint of helplessness.

Rеаd on ΚatRеadіոɡCαfе

“It feels like… like trying to grab my right hand with my right hand. I can’t exert any force at all.”

Shi Ming also walked over and sighed.

“This is also Xiao Jing’s greatest weakness.”

“That’s why I have to stay by her side to protect her in every battle. I absolutely cannot let her get hurt in the slightest.”

So that’s how it is.

Lin Fan’s mind was filled with understanding.

That crazy idea, at this moment, was instantly extinguished as if doused by a basin of cold water.

Unable to heal herself.

This limitation might be an insignificant weakness to others.

But to Lin Fan, it was fatal.

Her ultimate goal in acquiring Skins and fusing abilities was all for self-strengthening, to allow herself to survive better.

An ability that couldn’t be used on herself, no matter how powerful it was for others, was meaningless to her.

It would even be a burden.

She looked at the sweet and naive deputy captain before her, who was currently looking down, feeling a little dejected about her “weakness.”

The last trace of killing intent in her heart quietly dissipated.

To turn her into a Skin and obtain an ability completely useless to herself.

And in doing so, lose a person with such a powerful support ability who had already begun to build trust and reliance on her.

That was a terrible trade.

A living Sun Jing who could be controlled by her.

Her value was far greater than a “Sun Jing” Skin.

Having figured this out, Lin Fan’s mood brightened considerably.

She reached out and gently patted Sun Jing’s shoulder.

“How is this a weakness?”

Her voice carried an unquestionable and powerful confidence.

“From now on, I’ll protect you.”