“You are…!”
Lin Tianfeng subconsciously glanced at the bone-cleaving knife in Zhao Yin’s hand, a sheepish smile on his face.
“I have a niece who was in junior high at Second Middle School last year.
She was your student.
We met at a parent-teacher conference,” Zhao Yin said with a smile.
“So it was you,” Lin Tianfeng breathed a sigh of relief, his face breaking into a wider smile.
In truth, he couldn’t remember who Zhao Yin was at all, but as long as he wasn’t here to snatch his Granary, it was fine.
Zhao Yin let out a seemingly casual “Oh?” and pointed at the Star Crystal in Lin Tianfeng’s hand: “Teacher Lin, what is this thing?”
Lin Tianfeng quickly put the hand holding the Star Crystal into his trouser pocket and chuckled, “Just a little trinket I found, keeping it as a souvenir!”
Zhao Yin raised the last sip of his Dongpeng Special Drink to his lips, about to drink it, then seemed to suddenly remember something: “It’s the Apocalypse, and Teacher Lin is still interested in such crafts.
Truly a scholar!”
“Wait!”
Lin Tianfeng only just realized that Zhao Yin actually had a drink in his hand.
Although only a small sip remained, it was rich in sugar, which was exactly what he needed most right now.
“Brother, you don’t look very thirsty.
Since you’re interested in this artificial gem, how about I trade it for that sip of your drink?”
“Do you take me for a fool?”
Zhao Yin’s face suddenly hardened: “You want to trade something useless for my drink?”
“Brother, give me that sip of drink, and you’ll be my Big Brother from now on!”
Lin Tianfeng pleaded, “Besides, you have plenty of food in your backpack, so a sip of drink isn’t a big deal.”
Zhao Yin successfully caught the deep greed in Lin Tianfeng’s eyes as he looked at his backpack.
His smile, however, remained brilliant: “I do have a lot of drinks.
Since Teacher Lin wants it so much, then…
let’s trade!”
Upon hearing this, the greed in Lin Tianfeng’s eyes deepened, and he readily handed the ‘craft’ to Zhao Yin.
“Big Brother, can we walk together?
It’s the Apocalypse now, and another person means more safety.”
Lin Tianfeng controlled his gaze, trying not to look at Zhao Yin’s backpack.
Zhao Yin calmly put the Star Crystal into his pocket, casually tossed the drink to him, and then suddenly became cold.
“No, I don’t like people calling me Big Brother.”
With that, Zhao Yin turned and left.
Now, hearing Lin Tianfeng call him Big Brother made him want to kill.
Lin Tianfeng was disappointed but couldn’t force Zhao Yin.
He could only keep that sip of drink close to his body and then led the woman to continue searching for supplies.
After Zhao Yin turned around, a murderous intent surged in his eyes.
He didn’t show it because he wasn’t sure if this Star Crystal was the same one from his previous life.
If it wasn’t, he would have to keep Lin Tianfeng alive to continue searching, and he couldn’t interfere too much with his timeline, otherwise, Lin Tianfeng might not obtain that Star Crystal. Enjoying the story? Read on at novelping.com.
Therefore, Zhao Yin took this Star Crystal from the person he hated to his bones in the calmest way possible.
After arriving at a corner of a broken wall, Zhao Yin directly smashed open the Star Crystal.
This time, what emerged was not white light, but golden light, very dazzling.
It took a full minute for the golden light to dissipate, and a small golden bottle appeared in its place!
Zhao Yin quickly grabbed it, opened the stopper, and inside was a drop of golden liquid.
It felt like flowing blood; with just one glance, Zhao Yin was certain.
This was the SSS-grade Ability Awakening Potion!
Even with firm willpower, Zhao Yin’s hands couldn’t help but tremble.
In his previous life, the entire world had only a few SSS-rank Ability Users!
When the vial opened, Zhao Yin felt his soul tremble.
He had only ever felt this terrifying aura from SSS-rank Ability Users.
Although Zhao Yin had imagined countless times what it would be like to obtain an SSS-grade Ability, when it was truly in his hands, it still felt like a dream.
He tilted his head back and drank the golden liquid directly.
It was hard to describe the taste.
The golden liquid entered his stomach and quickly dissolved, rapidly spreading throughout Zhao Yin’s limbs and bones.
A sensation of coolness permeated his entire body.
There was no earth-shattering event as he imagined, nor the burning sensation of his B-grade Ability in his previous life.
The SSS-grade Awakening Potion was incredibly refreshing.
Zhao Yin’s mind was clear, and he slowly closed his eyes.
He felt a subtle change occurring within him, and as time passed, this feeling grew deeper…
Half an hour later, Zhao Yin opened his eyes.
The whole world had changed.
Things he couldn’t see clearly before were now incredibly sharp; he could see tiny grains of sand hundreds of meters away.
Faint wind sounds from far away were also heard clearly…
All his perceptions were now several times stronger than a normal person’s.
With his current Ability, any disturbance within a kilometer would not escape his perception.
The SSS-grade Ability Soul of Contract, was to enhance Spiritual Power.
This was only just the beginning of its awakening.
When his Spiritual Power grew stronger in the future, his perception would become even more terrifying!
This was just an early-stage effect of the SSS-grade Ability.
The true power of the Soul of Contract was to enslave any life form other than humans!
Even seven years after the Apocalypse, the terrifying Alien (mutated species) that people spoke of with dread, revered as divine beasts, comparable to SSS-rank Metahumans—as long as Zhao Yin could subdue them, he could make them his own.
And it wouldn’t be limited by Zhao Yin’s own strength!
The main reason the Soul of Contract was rated SSS-grade was that there was no limit to the number of contracted subordinates.
Theoretically, as long as Zhao Yin was strong enough, he could form an army of Mutated Beastss, sweep through the Apocalypse, and become an emperor!
Of course, the prerequisite was that Zhao Yin had to be able to find so many Mutated Beastss and be able to subdue them!
Zhao Yin quickly calmed down.
He understood that before contracting a Mutated Beasts, he was still just an ordinary person.
The next thing Zhao Yin had to do was to find enough Star Crystals to improve his own strength, and then to find Mutated Beastss to subdue and contract.
Of course, there was one more thing to do: kill Lin Tianfeng!
He had sworn to dismember Lin Tianfeng into ten thousand pieces.
Not even nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine pieces would suffice!
Zhao Yin closed his eyes and soon heard voices about five hundred meters away.
Although the distance made it hard to hear clearly, it was definitely Lin Tianfeng and the woman who hadn’t gone far…
Lin Tianfeng sat on a piece of broken concrete, feeling another pang of hunger.
Baby food was indeed not filling enough for an adult.
He glanced at the woman beside him and commanded, “You, come here.”
The woman’s hair was disheveled, her upper body only covered by a bra.
Her black hair fell, obscuring her face, reaching down to her fair chest.
She remained motionless, her expression unseen.
Slap!
Lin Tianfeng stood up and slapped her: “I’m giving you face, believe it or not, I’ll kill you and eat your flesh?”
The woman still stood there like a wooden dummy, her head bowed.
“Speak up, are you deaf or mute?” Lin Tianfeng slapped her again.
Before the Apocalypse, he was just an ordinary teacher, with a low salary, just getting by.
After the Apocalypse, he could control the lives and deaths of others, free from any constraints.
Coupled with the suppression of struggling to survive, he had completely lost his humanity at this moment.
The woman’s head was knocked to the side by the blow, and a drop of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.
Finally, she slowly raised her head, her eyes fixed on Lin Tianfeng.
Lin Tianfeng was stunned, followed by a burst of rage, roaring: “Bitch, I’ll see whether your bones are harder, or my slaps are harder!”
Slap…
Slap…!
He slapped her several more times, left and right, across the woman’s face.
But she still stood there, her gaze venomously fixed on Lin Tianfeng.
If looks could kill, Lin Tianfeng would have died countless times already.
“Damn it!” Lin Tianfeng cursed.
His hands were sore from hitting her; he couldn’t really beat the woman to death.
He decided not to care about her expression anymore.
Lin Tianfeng tugged on the rope around her neck.
He directly pulled the woman onto his lap, tore off her clothes, and leaned down…
Gulp…
Gulp…!
“Lin Tianfeng, stop eating.”
Suddenly, a gleaming butcher knife rested on Lin Tianfeng’s neck.