Su Zhan looked at her, and after a long moment, he shook his head, "I truly don't know whether to call you great or foolish. However, you're not annoying, so I'll spare your life."
With a thought, the Hedgehog Man beside him had already floated in front of Su Zhan, grabbing him. The Devouring Ability instantly activated, easily devouring him.
This Ability was one Su Zhan would absolutely never use. If it weren't for the energy that came with the Devouring Ability, Su Zhan wouldn't even want this Ability.
"Crack!"
The Hedgehog Man's neck suddenly twisted, and then he was directly thrown out.
"Who should be next? Clone Man, or Red Tank?" Su Zhan's gaze swept over them, and in the end, Red Tank floated over…
An inexhaustible supply of powerful strength, and an indestructible skin.
Since this Ability was so strong, Su Zhan naturally wouldn't let it go.
"Ding, mission issued!"
"Survival Mission. Content: Randomly retain one of the host's Abilities. Survive for three days without dying. Mission complete."
"Note: This mission can be chosen in hard mode. Difficulty doubled, reward doubled."
A series of voices stunned Su Zhan. He never expected a mission to appear so quickly. He had just completed a mission; did it have to be so frequent? Even when hanging, one needed to catch their breath, right?
And what in the world was a Survival Mission?
Randomly retaining one Ability?
"System, can I refuse this mission?"
Su Zhan asked tentatively.
"No, missions are accepted by default once issued."
"That's truly shady. So, does that Ability include the Devouring Ability?"
"Yes! It includes all your own Abilities. Additionally, it is recommended that the host choose hard mode; the rewards are very generous."
Su Zhan pouted, "What good is 'generous'? It only speeds up your leveling. I say, could it be that you're about to level up, which is why you're issuing missions so frequently? And such a deceptive mission at that."
"The reward for completing hard mode is the activation of the 強化 template. This template can only be activated by completing missions. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
"Strengthening template? What's it for?"
"To strengthen your Abilities and physical constitution."
"The mission time is only three days, right? Hard mode doubles the difficulty, what are the requirements?" Su Zhan asked.
"The detailed content will only be disclosed if you choose hard mode."
"Can you be any more shameless?" Su Zhan said irritably, "You've already told me the rewards, but the content is still confidential? Have some principles, will you?"
"Do you choose hard mode?"
"Yes!"
Seeing the System pretend not to hear, what else could Su Zhan say?
Chapter 0162: Flickering Thoughts
"Survival Mission hard mode activated. Randomly selecting retained Ability… Retained Ability confirmed: Copying Ability. Content requirement: Survive seven days without injury."
As the System's voice rang out, Su Zhan felt a strange sensation, and then he felt that his other Abilities were unusable. They were still there, but it was as if something was suppressing them, making them unusable.
"It's a good thing it's the Copying Ability. If it had left me with some tracking Ability or the Hedgehog Man's Ability I devoured earlier, that would have been a trap." Su Zhan breathed a sigh of relief upon learning it was the Copying Ability. "However, even without Abilities, it's nothing. It's just inconvenient. After all, I still have Aether Particle, the Green lantern ring, and Fear Twin Blades. It seems this Survival Mission shouldn't be too difficult. So, the 'hard mode' just extends the mission time?"
Su Zhan looked at Red Tank and the others in front of him and felt a bit unlucky. It was neither too early nor too late, but the mission was issued at this moment. It would have been fine if it had been issued after he had devoured them. Shaking his head, Su Zhan looked at Callisto's panicked expression and said, "Consider yourself lucky this time. I'll let you all go, but don't let me see you near Magneto again next time, or you won't be so lucky."
After Su Zhan finished speaking, he retracted his energy and released them.
Of course, that didn't include Winter Soldier.
"As for you, I can't let you go!" Su Zhan said, then directly took Winter Soldier and prepared to fly away.
"Wait…"
Suddenly, someone called out.
Su Zhan glanced and saw it was Toad Man.
"I… can I come with you?" Toad Man was a little timid, a little hesitant.
Although Su Zhan was somewhat surprised, he could more or less guess Toad Man's thoughts. He immediately released energy to cover him and flew away with him.
Back at the War Alliance Base, Blink was surprised to see Su Zhan return with two people. She thought they were new members he had found, but then she realized something was wrong because Su Zhan hadn't released them.
"Boss, who are these two?" Blink asked doubtfully.
"One is named Winter Soldier, a guy from the same era as Captain America. The other is… Toad Man, a Mutant. The situation with these two is a bit special. Lock them up first, and I'll deal with their matters later!"
Su Zhan said simply, then locked the two of them up.
"Where are Natasha and Claire?" Su Zhan asked casually.
"In Natasha's room. She should be teaching Claire," Blink replied.
Su Zhan nodded and said, "You should take care of things here. Adjust your status; we'll be going on a mission in a few days."
Blink nodded, looking as if she wanted to say something.
Su Zhan said casually, "Something to say? Then say it. Is there anything you can't tell me?"
"Natasha, Claire… their… their relationship with you isn't the same as my relationship with you, is it?" Blink hesitated, but still couldn't resist asking. "Are they your women?"
"Oh? How did you figure that out?" Su Zhan asked curiously.
"The way they look at you is different, and the way you look at them is also different. I can't quite explain it, but I can feel it. Claire is still young, so she might not notice, but Natasha can definitely see Claire's relationship with you, so… so that's why she's so enthusiastic towards Claire, right?" Blink said disjointedly. Su Zhan, however, understood why Natasha was so proactive with Claire; he hadn't realized it was for this reason.
However…
Su Zhan looked at Blink and shook his head slightly, "You're wrong!"
"I'm wrong?" Blink was startled.
Su Zhan said, "They are the same as you."
"The same… ?" Blink was stunned. Did that mean, I'm also Boss's woman? But why… why hasn't Boss, hasn't Boss done anything to me?
"Some things need to happen naturally." Su Zhan smiled and patted Blink's shoulder, then turned and left.