Su Zhan, who woke up leisurely, looked at Li Xiaolu, who was naked beside him, feeling a bit lost. He remembered... he seemed to have devoured the Sound Wave Man's Ability, and then was about to devour Li Xiaolu's Ability, and then... then he seemed to be attracted by her figure, which ignited a certain desire, and then uncontrollably...
"It seems I was too rough..."
Su Zhan glanced at the disheveled Li Xiaolu, feeling a little apologetic.
He had been out of control at the time, but now he seemed to have recovered somewhat, as if he had vented that negative emotion, though the method of venting was a bit peculiar.
"Is it because of the Evil Heart?"
Su Zhan couldn't understand why he suddenly lost control; there seemed to be no other reason apart from the Evil Heart.
"Oh no, how could I have slept for so long?"
Looking at the dark night outside and the time displayed on the clock, Su Zhan was extremely depressed. Counting the time, there seemed to be less than an hour left, and he didn't know where the male and female protagonists were, nor where the 'Organization's' BOSS was.
Telekinesis and Mind Control!
Especially telekinesis, that was the Ability he most wanted to obtain!
It would be too regrettable to miss out on it.
"No, I need to find the male protagonist as soon as possible, or it's fine if I find the henchman next to the villain BOSS, he also has the Ability of telekinesis."
Su Zhan didn't want to miss the opportunity to gain Abilities. Time was limited, so he used his precognition Ability, trying to find them. But at this moment, Su Zhan suddenly discovered that his Ability had failed. He tried again, unwilling to give up, but the result was the same.
Sound Wave, precognition, tracking, the Abilities he had just devoured all seemed to have failed, but his Fire control Ability was still there, which made him slightly relieved. It seemed there might have been some problem somewhere, which caused the recently devoured Abilities to fail?
"Damn it, I didn't work for nothing, did I?"
Su Zhan cursed in frustration, but looking at Li Xiaolu, well... it wasn't for nothing, at least... he had fun once.
Having lost the Abilities he had just devoured, combined with the plot being severely disrupted by him and time running out, it seemed he wouldn't make it. Although he hadn't yet devoured Li Xiaolu's Ability, and she might be able to find them, she was still unconscious, and Su Zhan also felt a bit reluctant, especially when he saw the puddle of bright red... bloodstains beside her, which made him feel even more guilty.
"Forget it, I can still enter after 30 days anyway. At worst, I'll just preserve this World and come back again."
Su Zhan shook his head in resignation, found some paper money, left a note, and then helped her put on her clothes, quietly waiting for the time to end.
"Dungeon time over, returning soon!"
The system's voice sounded, and Su Zhan had already disappeared.
The next second, Su Zhan appeared in Skye's car; Skye wasn't in the car.
"I'm back."
Su Zhan sighed, then asked the system, "What exactly happened before? Why did I lose control? Was it because of the Evil Heart? I can feel that the evil within me is very strong, that feeling of being able to do whatever I want is particularly intense."
"Dungeon mission statistics: Main mission completed, reward obtained."
"What reward?"
"Energy required for system upgrade. Specific value, unknown."
"Alright, you should answer my question first."
"Losing control was not due to the Evil Heart, but because you devoured too many Abilities, and too quickly. Although your body can automatically adjust devoured Abilities, remove drawbacks, and stabilize Abilities, this requires a process, and you devoured too much, which caused this process to be slow, thus leading to your loss of control."
"Is that so?"
Su Zhan thought about it; it seemed to be true.
No matter how strong his body was, devouring too much at once might not allow it to adapt quickly enough. However, since the mission was to devour three or more Abilities, it meant that devouring three Abilities should be his body's limit. Of course, the premise was short-term, continuous devouring!
"What about the Abilities I devoured?"
"They haven't failed; they just require your body to improve and adjust. Once that's done, there will naturally be no problem."
"So, they're just temporarily unusable? That's good, otherwise, it really would have been for nothing." Su Zhan breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "System, is this energy enough for your upgrade? I've devoured so many Abilities, the energy should be quite a lot, not to mention the mission reward."
"Energy is not enough for upgrade."
"That's not enough? Well, it seems I'll have to work hard if I want you to upgrade in the future."
"You're back? Where did you go before? Why weren't you there when I woke up? Your phone was unreachable too?" The car door was pulled open, and Skye looked at Su Zhan, asking with surprise and concern.
Su Zhan smiled. "You were still asleep when I got up, so I didn't tell you. Earlier, I found a restaurant that seemed good, but it was only based on online reviews, so I went to check it out myself. Because it was a bit far, if it was good, I'd take you, but if not, there was no need to bother. Unfortunately... that place wasn't great, so... it was a wasted trip. As for the phone, I didn't notice it; maybe the signal wasn't good where I was."
"Darling, don't do that again. I don't care if the restaurant is good or not, I only care if the person eating with me in the restaurant is you. You don't know how worried I was when I couldn't reach you; I thought something had happened to you." Skye said with concern.
"Okay, I promise it won't happen again." Su Zhan apologized and promised. "But even though that restaurant disappointed me a bit, now, I'm actually a bit hungry, so beautiful lady, may I have the honor of having dinner with you?"
"Of course, handsome!"
Skye replied with a smile.
Chapter 0015 Phil Coulson
One week after returning from the dungeon.
The Abilities Su Zhan had devoured had gradually recovered, and it seemed his body had slowly adjusted, and the Abilities could now be used. However, these Abilities currently had no practical use, except for the precognition Ability.
One day, Su Zhan suddenly perceived a fragment of the future.
He and Skye were sitting in the car, the car door opened, and a man in a suit with a smile on his face stood outside the door.
Phil Coulson!
He seemed to be saying something and extended his hand, but Su Zhan only saw a fragment and heard no sound.
Su Zhan guessed that he was most likely here to invite them to join S.H.I.E.L.D., and it looked like he had invited Su Zhan too, because his hand was extended towards him. The foreseen future wouldn't be too far off, so it should be something that was about to happen very soon, but this timing seemed to be earlier than the normal plot, at least two or three months earlier!
"What are you thinking about?" Skye asked softly when she saw Su Zhan in a daze.
Su Zhan shook his head: "Nothing, I just suddenly had a feeling, as if someone is coming to find us?"
"A premonition? You have that kind of Ability?" Skye asked curiously.
"Sometimes it's accurate, sometimes it's not." Su Zhan explained.
Anyway, none of these Abilities were obtained in this World, and no one knew what kind of Abilities he had before, so Su Zhan didn't have to worry about anything at all.
"Then did you have a premonition that we would be together before?" Skye suddenly asked curiously.
Su Zhan shook his head: "No, but I think it's destined, so... there's no need for any premonition. Besides, although I didn't have a premonition that I would be with you before, I have a premonition that in the future... we will always be together."
"I don't know if what you're saying is true or false, but... I'm very happy." Skye said with a smile.
"Bang, bang, bang"