Cheng Ye was momentarily stunned, then suddenly asked, "What about your wife and child?"
Surprisingly, Zhang Can understood the implication, and his twisted face suddenly grew tranquil:
"I have no opportunity to turn back."
"Can’t, or don’t want to?"
"Can’t." Zhang Can’s voice suddenly turned hoarse, "It’s pollution, pollution starting from the soul. I can feel it. I truly had a chance to withstand that extraordinary pollution, but I..."
He pondered, squeezing out six words, "Lack one crucial thing."
"What do you mean?"
"Indescribable, but I can feel it, inherently incomplete."
Zhang Can’s tentacles suddenly trembled violently, "As if... my soul has a gap, my genes missing a piece!"
"Hmm?"
Cheng Ye was slightly taken aback, but before he could delve deeper into the meaning of these words.
The drones overhead suddenly erupted in a piercing, shrill noise.
"Ah!"
In the previous second, Zhang Can, who had regained his sanity, suddenly grimaced in pain, his eyes engulfed by blood, and the hanging tentacles rose like venomous snakes!
"Quick, kill me now!"
"Zhang Can, listen, you must cooperate with me 100%!"
"I, I cooperate with you, Inspector Cheng, I fully cooperate with you!"
The painful howls were unsettling.
Facing the flailing tentacles, Cheng Ye drew a pistol from his waist, his movements appearing hesitant.
But in the dimension visible only to him, the panel quietly unfolded.
[Zhang Can, 100% (Perfect)]
[Retrievable Range: Intel (Guaranteed), Items (Guaranteed), Skills (Lv1, Probability -15%, Lv2, Probability -1%)]
"It actually shows guaranteed retrieval, with such low probability for skills?"
Cheng Ye’s pupils shrank rapidly; this was the first time he’d seen such a description on a search panel.
The blue light of intel and items shone brightly, while the skills appeared dull, shrouded in a gray light.
Perfect cooperation typically increased hidden probability by 50%, but now it showed only a 1% chance to retrieve a Level 2 skill.
Is the energy insufficient?
Or is it that Zhang Can’s life form has already reached another level?
"Intel, or, items?"
The charging value is only 69%, one opportunity.
Before using the panel, he wanted to search for intel, to find extraordinary information.
But now, Cheng Ye hesitated for a moment, his gaze falling on items.
In an inexplicable way, he had a feeling that if Zhang Can’s life form had evolved, then he would obtain...
"Search, items!"
[Retrieval Successful!]
[Zhang Can (Sub-Ecological)]
[Retrievable Item Range:....]
[Search Successful, you have obtained the special item - Tear of the Horned Starfish]
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[Tear of the Horned Starfish (Extraordinary Item)]
[Description]: It’s said that when a Horned Starfish witnesses genuine emotion, it will shed tears. Each tear holds incredible power, and consuming it can provide massive short-term enhancement, stepping into the extraordinary.
[Power Direction]: Guard
[Usage Effect]: Immediately enters the Horned Starfish Coexistence State of Protection, lasting ’5’ minutes.
During the duration, you will receive the following benefits:
Strength: Amplified to 3165kg
Speed: Amplified to 100m/4.95s
Defense: Amplified to completely ignore kinetic impact below 157,000 joules
Gain Skills: Carnivorous Recovery (Extraordinary; Lv5), Soul Scream (Extraordinary; Lv6)
[Note]: After the Coexistence State ends, the user will receive the "Guardian Blessing of the Horned Starfish"
[Note]: Guardian Blessing of the Horned Starfish: Permanently immune to mental impact skills (Level less than Lv6)
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