The supersonic stone struck.Mary was ruthless. She couldn't dodge such a fast attack, but she opened her mouth wide—a gaping maw.The supersonic stone shot straight into her mouth. And then, something bizarre happened. Theoretically, a stone moving at that speed carried so much kinetic energy that even if Mary could take it without injury, the energy shouldn't just vanish—it should have sent her flying backward.Yet, the stone vanished inside her mouth as if she possessed her own otherworldly storage space, absorbing all the energy.A tremendously loud and powerful fart erupted from Mary, forming a mini-hurricane that blew apart her pants, with a visible gust of wind whipping past.So… she actually converted the stone's energy into a fart… and released it as a hurricane?Ray was stunned. Mary's ability was utterly bizarre, but undeniably powerful.Recovering from his shock, he fired a second supersonic stone.As Mary had guessed, abilities do consume energy. Once Ray's ran o

Ray had no choice but to leave.Starting from Sunnyville Hill, he figured he would eventually encounter some survivors along the way. Human resilience was incredible—even in devastated neighborhoods, a handful of people usually managed to survive. Rarely more than ten or so, but enough to maintain a spark of life. A few more survivors in one place, and they could form a small faction, like Channing's building materials market or Mary's hot spring hotel.He set off.Driving the hovercraft east toward Dolmein, he opened his spatial perception, scanning the nearby buildings. Whenever he sensed life, he would immediately detour in that direction.After passing through numerous neighborhoods, he finally spotted a reasonably healthy survivor. He handed over a bundle of supplies, and the person gratefully opened their door.With the side effects finally dissipating, Ray felt a weight lift from his body. He continued his journey home.Night fell before he could reach Bay Garden, but that

Ray began experimenting, gradually getting a handle on his new ability.The two objects he could swap could be no more than 100 meters apart, and the total number of consecutive uses he managed was 134. Why such a weird number? He guessed it had something to do with the amount of energy he'd absorbed.Theoretically, Ray could "teleport" over 13.4 kilometers in an instant—13 kilometers, more or less. It wasn't enough for long-distance travel, but it was plenty for a short, sudden escape or a tactical maneuver. In a matter of a minute or two, he could vanish a dozen kilometers away—extremely handy for dodging danger or chasing enemies.And 134 uses wasn't a hard limit. As his strength continued to grow, that number could easily jump from 134 to 1,314,520.Could he swap with an enemy—or even himself—using a supersonic stone to gain the stone's speed?No.The swap only exchanged spatial positions. Status, momentum, or energy didn't carry over. An enemy swapped with a supersonic ston

Tonight was unusually quiet.All the essential "activities" had already been taken care of during the day. No matter how strong Ray's body had become, he couldn't push it nonstop. He spent some time in the gym, then settled in to wait for midnight.He wanted to know exactly when the spatial swap "cooldown" refreshed. Was it every day at midnight? Or did it require a full 24 hours—or even 48 hours?As soon as the clock struck twelve, Ray activated spatial perception, locked onto his target, and triggered spatial swap.A soft whimper broke the silence. Stella jolted awake.'What's going on? Why am I suddenly lying in a man's arms? A thief? Who dares—who dares even touch Ray's woman?'"You don't want to mess with my man!" Her voice was firm, though in the darkness she couldn't see clearly.Ray chuckled quietly, moving his hands."Ray?" Stella let out a relieved breath—the hands felt so familiar.Ray gave a soft hum and kept working. In his mind, he nodded. Spatial Swap refreshed

Just over ten minutes later, the hovercraft reached the shore.It was easy to tell—they were approaching land because rooftops began to poke above the waves. Tenlix itself had no buildings in the middle of the lake.But… Wendley District was huge. Where exactly was he supposed to find Agatha, the faction boss at Wendley District?No matter. He'd just wander around for now.Ray didn't care—he steered the hovercraft aimlessly, letting it drift with a relaxed, take-it-as-it-comes attitude. Lola didn't mind either; she just wanted to get some fresh air, enjoy the scenery, and unwind. She even thought it was great that they could cruise around like this. If they happened to stumble upon a shopping center with some zero-cost shopping, she'd be ecstatic.After a whole day of wandering, Ray didn't find anything of interest. Lola, however, was delighted—after all, they'd managed a zero-cost shopping spree at a mall that afternoon, which made her incredibly happy.Ray decided to head b