freeallnovels Chapter 17 S-Rank Wonder! Combat Power Soars Again!
Chapter 17 S-Rank Wonder! Combat Power Soars Again!
Su Chen suddenly opened his eyes.
He sprang out of his sleeping bag and grabbed the rusty shovel beside him with his right hand.
It takes less than half a second to go from deep sleep to full combat stance.
He crouched under the tarpaulin, breathing as low as possible, with the shovel held horizontally in front of his chest, the shovel head facing outwards.
East.
Something is moving deep in the swamp.
His hearing was enhanced by Grade A genes, making it far more precise than that of ordinary people. He could tell that the dull thud was not from a living creature stepping on mud.
It was the earth itself that was shaking.
Extremely low frequency, extremely long, coming from deep underground, with a rhythmic pulsation.
Su Chen gripped the shovel tightly and waited for thirty seconds.
The vibration neither intensified nor weakened, and the frequency remained constant.
He slowly put down the shovel, lifted a corner of the waterproof tarpaulin, and looked eastward.
The thick fog persisted.
But in the farthest distance, towards the horizon, something is different.
A very thin gold line is splitting on the gray-white horizon.
At 4 a.m., the number of viewers in Da Xia's live stream room still exceeded 300 million.
[Su Shen is awake! Su Shen is awake!!]
[There was a noise! He grabbed a shovel!]
[I was terrified! I thought a monster had arrived!]
Wait...look to the east! What's that light?!
Zhao Mingyuan straightened up from his chair and stared intently at the panoramic view on the right side of the screen.
Lin Xiaotang rubbed her eyes.
"Is that...the sunrise?"
Zhao Mingyuan did not answer, but instead placed his fingers on the table.
On the screen, the golden crack is widening.
The light shot upwards from the cut in the horizon, not fast, but containing a tremendous force that tore everything apart, forcibly ripping apart the entire layer of gray fog that pressed down on the horizon.
The moment the golden light pierced through, the thick fog did not dissipate, but was completely illuminated.
The grayish-white mist began to change color under the golden light.
First, it was pale gold.
Then came light purple.
The two colors blend and spread in mid-air, extending from the horizon all the way to the zenith, turning the entire sky into a flowing, magnificent gem.
Golden beams of light intertwined with pale purple mist, spreading from the mud beneath our feet to the sky above, filling the entire field of vision.
Morning mist and dawn.
Su Chen lifted the waterproof cloth and came out.
He stood on the hard ground, looking up at the sky.
He still had the shovel in his hand; he forgot to put it down.
Everything on the earth—mud, dead trees, pebbles, tricycles—was bathed in a soft, golden-purple glow.
Su Chen stood there, motionless.
For twenty-four years, I grew up in an orphanage, with no one caring for me or asking about me.
He had seen many things, but never this.
At this moment, the global live stream room was collectively speechless.
The chat in Da Xia's live stream room stopped.
More than 300 million people stared at the screen, watching the golden-purple light fill the entire picture, watching Su Chen stand alone on the muddy ground of the S-level disaster zone, looking up at the sky.
Five seconds.
ten seconds.
There wasn't a single comment.
In the US livestream studio, James held a beer can, stopping halfway up. He stared intently at the screen, oblivious to the beer dripping down the can and onto the table.
The deputy host's mouth was open, but he couldn't utter a single word.
On the other side of the cherry blossom country, Fujino Masaki's hand was suspended in mid-air, his glasses had slipped down to the tip of his nose, and he forgot to push them up.
The first message appeared in the DaXia bullet screen section.
【……What a nice view.】
Just those two words.
Instantly, the barrage of comments erupted like a volcano.
I cried, I really cried, I don't know why.
[Su Shen stood there alone watching the sunrise, and my heart ached.]
He never had family, never watched the sunrise with anyone, never.
[1.4 billion people are watching with you! Su Shen! We're all here!]
Su Chen couldn't hear any of this.
He stood there, quietly watching the golden-purple curtain of light slowly unfold on the horizon.
At the same time, a series of notification sounds rang in my mind.
【Ding! 】
[The "Morning Mist and Dawn" spectacle has been observed!]
[Judgment: Watch the entire video.]
[Trigger permanent buff effect——]
[Perception Enhancement: +30% (adds to existing enhancement base).]
Strength Enhancement: +30%.
[Physical Enhancement: +30%]
Sensitivity Enhancement: +30%.
[A comprehensive and permanent enhancement of all six senses.]
Su Chen's body jolted violently.
A profound sense of fullness, from the inside out, from bone marrow to skin. Every muscle and every bone in the body is infused with new energy at the same time.
His skin glowed.
A pale golden light seeped from under the skin, spreading along the arms, chest, and neck for about three seconds before slowly fading away.
The Da Xia live stream went viral.
[He's glowing! Su Shen is glowing!!!]
[Status bar! Look at the status bar! It's changed again!!]
[Permanent buff! All attributes gain an additional 30% on top of their original values!!]
[Let me do the math... the power was originally 20 times, then add 30%... 26 times?!]
[Another 30% increase on top of a 25-fold increase in physical strength... 32.5 times!! Is this even human?!]
Zhao Mingyuan stood up from his chair.
He walked to the big screen, stared at Su Chen's attribute panel for a full five seconds, before turning back to the table.
"Additional gain".
He sat down, picked up his teacup, his hand as steady as a rock.
"Increase by another 30% on top of the previous enhancements."
He paused for a moment.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let me put it another way. Su Chen's current strength is twenty-six times that of an ordinary person. His physique is thirty-two times stronger. His sensitivity and six senses have also been enhanced simultaneously."
Lin Xiaotang was stunned.
"Professor Zhao, this means..."
"This means he no longer needs to look for weaknesses."
Zhao Mingyuan put the cup down.
"He can now shatter the skull of a Class D aberration with a single punch."
The comment section crashed once, but after reconnecting, the comments became even more frantic.
One punch? One punch to shatter the head of a D-rank monster???
[Is this the one that even the Indian regular army couldn't penetrate with heavy machine guns?]
[Masaki Fujino previously said that Su Shen would die sooner or later without a weapon, but now he himself is the strongest weapon!]
[Please invite Professor Fujino to come out for an interview!!]
Su Chen looked away.
The golden-purple light overhead was slowly dissipating, the sun had fully risen, and the sky had returned to its normal color.
But one thing is different.
The fog has lifted.
What used to be a chaotic, lifeless swamp just three meters away can now be easily extended to more than 150 meters away.
The boundaries of dead trees, pebbles, and swamps, as well as the distant, rising terrain, were all exposed to the morning light.
The chat in Da Xia's live stream room was still going crazy.
The fog has lifted! The fog in the S-rank disaster zone has lifted!!
[Su Shen no longer has to ride blindly!]
[I seriously suspect that Su Shen is the game's favorite child. He started in the S-rank Calamity Zone, and now he's got 500 HP, overpowered stats, and can even see the path—he's living a better life than Marcus in the F-rank Zone!]
[Marcus: ??? What did I do to deserve this? ???]
In the US studio, James crumpled an empty beer can into a lump of scrap metal and threw it into the trash can under the table.
He stared at Su Chen's attribute panel and remained silent for a long time.
The assistant host moved over and lowered his voice to the lowest possible level.
"...Should we—"
"don't want."
James tugged at his collar and forced a stiff smile at the camera.
"Let's take a look at the latest news about Marcus..."
A comment floated across the bullet screen: How many more mice has Marcus caught?