Chapter 127 - 126: Output Power
When Lin Fan took the dagger-shaped Blade from Wu Haitao, it was just as he’d expected.
There was no prompt, no durability, no way to channel energy into it—nothing.
Other than retaining the physical properties of the original spear’s Blade—hardness and sharpness—this severed section was no different from an ordinary wrench.
This sparked Lin Fan’s curiosity. ’If I split the spear evenly in half, which half would inherit the interface module’s properties...’
But this clearly wasn’t the time for experiments. Besides, such a test would be pointless. He was just curious and had no intention of acting on it.
He tossed the Blade in his hand, weighing it. ’Around five or six pounds...’
"Zhaozhao, come and see how this feels."
Lin Fan rested the Blade on his palm and held his arm out to Chu Zhaozhao.
He didn’t dare toss it this time. Wu Haitao’s earlier question had made him hesitate. ’Are the scrap metal and the Blade dropped by the system actually iron? What if I throw it and Chu Zhaozhao can’t control it? It would be really awkward if she got hurt.’
Seeing that Lin Fan had really broken his spear just for her, Chu Zhaozhao’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Meanwhile, Su Qing, who was standing to the side, said nothing, but a complex emotion flashed across her eyes.
"Boss... is this really for me?"
Chu Zhaozhao asked in disbelief.
"Of course it’s for you. I told you I was going to upgrade everyone’s weapons, right? This is just the start. Go on, give it a try..."
Lin Fan said with a matter-of-fact expression.
At Lin Fan’s words, Chu Zhaozhao hesitated no longer and immediately activated her ability.
Lin Fan felt his hand go light as the Blade lifted into the air. It began to drift back and forth above her head like a metal fish.
He glanced at Chu Zhaozhao’s energy bar. Simply keeping the Blade afloat like this would only cost one point of Energy Value every five or six seconds. He pointed at the car door that had been skewered earlier and said:
"Now try hitting that!"
Chu Zhaozhao was riding a wave of excitement. She understood what Lin Fan wanted the moment he pointed. The instant he finished speaking, the Blade shot out from over her head, crossing the four-meter distance in a flash.
THUD! CREAK—CLANG...
The sounds of a heavy, forceful impact and tearing metal!
Liu Bin and the others still hadn’t processed what Lin Fan had said. All they saw was a streak of light flash before their eyes and plunge into the car’s door, leaving behind a tear shaped like a date pit.
Liu Bin rushed to the car and peered inside. The Blade had gone straight through the car door, pierced the driver’s seat, and was now embedded in the upholstery!
A dead silence fell over the scene, broken only by the sound of sharp, indrawn breaths.
Even Su Qing, Chu Zhaotian, and Xu Qian stared wide-eyed, rendered speechless.
Liu Bin and Wu Haitao exchanged a look, the undisguised shock plain in their eyes.
He turned his head to look at the slender, equally dumbfounded girl and could no longer see her as just the "little sister" who followed Lin Fan around.
’What little sister? She’s a human rifle...’
Liu Bin had served in the military, so he was well aware of the power of a standard-issue rifle. But the Blade this young girl had just launched with her "superpower" had definitely reached the lethality of a rifle bullet. In terms of destructive power, it was even greater!
Even Lin Fan himself was surprised by the power of that projectile. He could easily replicate such a strike, but he had inevitably underestimated Chu Zhaozhao’s ability, given that she usually just used it to perform what looked like acrobatics.
Now, faced with a display of power comparable to a rifle bullet, he couldn’t help but shoot Chu Zhaozhao an appreciative glance.
"Nice..."
He walked to her side, gave her hair a vigorous ruffle, then said nonchalantly,
"Go pull it out..."
Though Lin Fan’s praise was understated, Chu Zhaozhao could feel his approval from his touch. She stuck her tongue out playfully, walked over to the car, stretched out one hand, and activated her ability...
KRRK—
The car rocked from side to side...
KRRK—
The car rocked again...
This time, Chu Zhaozhao steeled her resolve and went all out!
She extended both hands, clenching them into fists. Focusing on the Blade now caught in her ability’s grasp, she pulled upwards with all her might!
SCREEE—THUD!
The entire body of the car was lifted a few centimeters, its suspension stretching out completely before the vehicle suddenly slammed back to the ground!
And the Blade, under the full force of Chu Zhaozhao’s effort, was finally yanked free from the door’s reinforcement beam. It tore through the car roof and shot straight up into the sky!
WHOOSH—CRASH!
It smashed through a window and disappeared into a top-floor bedroom of Building 8 across the street...
All that remained was the groaning car and the gaping hole torn in its roof.
A dead silence fell over the scene, broken only by the sound of sharp, indrawn breaths.
Chu Zhaotian and Xu Qian exchanged a look, the undisguised shock plain in their eyes.
Lin Fan had made the painful sacrifice of destroying his own spear to give the spearhead to Chu Zhaozhao, and she had immediately lost it.
It was just too shocking...
"GAAH—"
Chu Zhaozhao stared at her empty hands, her gaze vacant as she let out a strange squawk like a goose.
"But... Boss... I..."
She held her still-cupped hands out toward Lin Fan, an embarrassed grin on her face.
"I... I’ll go find it myself in a little while..."
"Heh, you and your brute strength..."
Lin Fan reached out and squished her cheeks, sighing to himself.
’It doesn’t matter where the Blade went. It doesn’t even matter if we can get it back. What’s important was that instant when Chu Zhaozhao activated her ability and lifted the car...’
’In that one instant, her Energy Value dropped by a full 80 points!’
’This wasn’t a matter of her being weak or strong. Rather, through her, Lin Fan saw a new possibility for himself.’
’Right now, his Impact and Sharpness Crystals could only be charged with 10 points of Energy Value at a time, but they could already produce astonishing destructive power.’
’He had come to believe that Energy Value could only be expended at a low, steady rate—one point per second, one per minute, or at most the two or three points per second that Chu Zhaozhao used to control multiple spears.’
’He had always assumed this was because of a limit on energy output, that it could only be expressed through low-power channeling or charged bursts.’
’But just now, he had seen a completely different form of output demonstrated by Chu Zhaozhao...’
Looking at the [172/476] Energy Value left above Chu Zhaozhao’s head, Lin Fan, still holding her face in his hands, turned her around to face the car. He spoke from behind her in a gentle, encouraging voice:
"Come on, Zhaozhao. Try lifting the car again..."
"Huh?"
Although Chu Zhaozhao didn’t know why Lin Fan wasn’t concerned about the seemingly priceless spearhead and had instead focused his attention on the car, she still did as she was told. She stretched out her hands, locked her mind onto the car’s frame, and, just as he’d asked, yanked upwards with all her might!
SCREEE—THUD!
The car was violently lifted upwards, only to instantly fall back to the ground!