Ahem!"
Su Zhan slowly tried to get up, but found that his body still hadn't recovered, and he smelled a scent of blood, a smell that… came from him.
He looked down and realized that his clothes were already soaked with blood, making him feel sticky and very uncomfortable.
"I'm injured?" Su Zhan frowned slightly; he hadn't found any wounds on his body, but his current state was indeed not very good.
Struggling to sit up, Su Zhan took a long time to recover. He wanted to use his telekinesis to bring the wine from the table, as he was a bit thirsty after just waking up, but he found that… the wine bottle remained motionless on the table.
"Damn it, don't tell me I've lost my Ability, that's too clichéd."
Su Zhan was startled and immediately tried other Abilities, but without exception, none of them responded. He exhaled a long breath, then used his Aether Lantern Ring's Ability to bring the wine bottle over, gulping down several mouthfuls to calm himself before asking the system.
"What's going on? Why is my Ability gone? What happened after I lost consciousness?"
"Host, you Devoured too many Abilities, causing your body's adjustment mechanism to be unable to operate simultaneously, leading to a collapse," the system replied.
Su Zhan pouted: "So, I should be glad I'm still alive?"
"Because of your Super Self-Healing Ability, although your body experienced a collapse, it self-healed in time, which is why you survived, Host. As for the temporary loss of Ability, it's because although your body has self-healed, the Devoured Abilities have not been smoothly adjusted, and are under a protective mechanism, so you cannot use your Ability."
"So, I don't have any Ability right now? And once my body automatically adjusts, my Ability will recover? Alright, although it's a bit clichéd, it's not unacceptable. So, what's most important? Has my Devouring Ability improved?"
"Preliminary assessment indicates it has doubled from before!"
"Only doubled? Alright, doubled it is. Since I temporarily can't use my Ability, I'll just rest for the next few days. Anyway, there are still four or five days left before the instance stay time is up. I'll Devour Nakamura Hiroshi's Ability when I enter next time."
Su Zhan was somewhat disappointed, after all, the reason he chose to enter this instance now was for Nakamura Hiroshi's Ability. Now it seems, he'll have to delay for a few days.
"I regret to inform you that you will likely have to stay in this instance for a while," the system suddenly said.
Su Zhan was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"Because your body has not yet returned to normal, you cannot perform spatial traversal. I can only forcibly extend your stay time in this instance," the system explained.
"Isn't the instance stay time seven days? It can be forcibly extended?" Su Zhan asked in astonishment.
"It can be done with system energy, but the cost is very high. All the energy generated from the seven Abilities you Devoured this time has been used for this. Preliminary calculations show an additional seven days can be added. If your body has not recovered by then, more energy will need to be consumed to buy time."
"What a loss!"
Su Zhan shook his head in frustration. The energy generated by seven Abilities must be considerable, and exchanging it for just seven extra days felt like a bit of a loss. However, he understood the system's meaning: the instance stay time was limited, and his body was temporarily unable to perform spatial traversal. He could only consume energy to extend the stay, which was like checking into a hotel; when the time was up, the hotel would naturally kick you out, and if you wanted to stay longer, you had to pay.
"Fortunately, I don't rely entirely on my Ability, otherwise wouldn't I be like a cripple now?"
Su Zhan wrapped himself with the lantern ring and floated towards the bathroom.
Not long after, Su Zhan emerged from his shower, temporarily covering his entire body with an Aether Battle Suit.
"Knock, knock, knock!" A knock sounded at the door, and Su Zhan walked over to open it, finding the Haitian standing outside.
"Why are you back?" Su Zhan asked.
"Didn't you ask me to come this morning?"
"I asked you to come tomorrow morning, wait, damn it… I was actually unconscious for a whole day?" Su Zhan only then realized that he had been unconscious for a full day, and it was now the morning of the second day.
"You've come at just the right time. Erase these people's memories and send them back."
The Haitian was indeed a very good subordinate, working diligently without complaint, and quite versatile. After the Haitian had sent them all away, Su Zhan asked the hotel to send up breakfast and a new set of clothes.
Perhaps it was because he had eaten, but Su Zhan felt his body seemed to have improved somewhat; at least simple movements were no longer an issue.
"It seems the recovery speed should be quite fast."
Su Zhan felt a little more at ease. Since that was the case, he might as well go sightseeing. The time period should be similar, and it wouldn't be bad to buy some clothes for Skye and the others to bring back. After all… they were gifts from another World.
Chapter 0127: Hypnotic Woman
The bustling vibrancy of New York needs no excessive words to describe or adorn, especially since in terms of sheer population density, it doesn't even have as many people as a first-tier city in China.
Walking the streets of New York, Su Zhan and the Haitian browsed one luxury brand store after another. A Chinese man and a Black man, such a combination browsing women's exclusive luxury stores indeed felt a bit odd, but Su Zhan was generous with his spending, and his clothes were designer brands bought through the hotel, so naturally no one said anything.
Under the charm of money, Su Zhan truly felt what enthusiasm was like. Several waitresses, upon seeing Su Zhan's lavish spending, even overtly and covertly tried to get close to him. Su Zhan received many small notes and phone numbers, but of course, he casually threw all of them away.
He wasn't that tasteless!
After a day of shopping, Su Zhan roughly calculated that he had spent over a million U.S. dollars on clothes alone, no wonder those girls were so enthusiastic.
A million, that's not a hundred.
He checked the system space; it was already filled with a large quantity of women's clothing, and of course, there were also some rather special items… such as sleepwear with less fabric or more transparency.
"Shopping is really tiring. If I wasn't thinking about how these clothes would look on them for my own enjoyment, I probably wouldn't have been able to shop for so long." Su Zhan sat on the sofa, unbuttoned his shirt, poured a glass of wine, and took a sip.
After resting for a while, taking a shower, and changing clothes, Su Zhan was ready to go out again.
Broadway opera, they said tonight's performance was wonderful. Although he didn't understand opera, it didn't stop him from enjoying it, did it?
"If you don't want to go see the opera, find somewhere to relax yourself."
Seeing that the Haitian wasn't interested in opera, Su Zhan gave him some money to find his own entertainment. Anyway, there was nothing to do for now, and he didn't need him.
Arriving at Broadway and entering to watch the opera performance, Su Zhan suddenly regretted it.
Although the opera singers were very beautiful, he couldn't understand the content of the opera at all. Well, perhaps he didn't have such refined appreciation Ability?
Shaking his head, Su Zhan quietly got up from his seat and left early.
Walking out of the Broadway entrance, Su Zhan was pondering where to go to kill time or whether to return to the hotel to rest, when he was suddenly bumped into.
A subtle fragrance wafted, and a short-haired woman apologetically said to Su Zhan: "I'm so sorry, I was in too much of a hurry. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Su Zhan shook his head. This woman was very beautiful and slender. Although she had short hair, she exuded a very unique aura, especially her voice, which was very magnetic.
"Are you really alright? How about… we go somewhere nearby and chat?" the short-haired woman said with a smile.
"It's fine."
"No, I think… you would really like to go somewhere nearby and chat with me," the short-haired woman looked at Su Zhan with a smile, her tone very certain.
"Something's not right."
Looking at her expression, Su Zhan realized something was off. He looked at her closely, feeling a sense of familiarity. A moment later, he remembered who she was.
Although there are many Ability users and many types of Abilities in this World, to be honest, there aren't that many beauties.
The woman in front of him was one of them.