"Actually... you've already seen me," the electronic voice said.What did that mean?Could the mysterious figure be one of the eight people aboard the ship? Impossible!If someone could hide from Ray that completely, then their strength would be terrifyingly high — so high that Ray wouldn't stand a chance against them."Come out," Ray said coldly. He hated this kind of mysterious act more than anything. There could only be one king of showing off here."You're practically tearing me apart!" the electronic voice replied gloomily.Wait... what?Ray froze for a moment. Then he looked down at the massive cruise ship beneath his feet and suddenly laughed."You're not seriously trying to tell me that you are this ship, are you?""As ridiculous as it sounds, it's the truth," the synthetic voice answered immediately."Hahaha!"Ray laughed so hard his stomach hurt."What the hell is this? This isn't some over-the-top comedy comic. Since when can a ship evolve?""I'm not a ship. I'm

The ability had transferred successfully, which meant Perry was truly dead.Ray examined the newly acquired power for a moment. Perry's ability level actually wasn't that high—only around five hundred units. Even accounting for loss during absorption, it probably hadn't exceeded six or seven hundred at most.Yet such a minor figure, someone with fewer than seven hundred units, had nearly caused trouble for a monster like Ray, who possessed close to sixty thousand units.That was the terrifying part about psychic-type ability users. Their attacks were silent and subtle, like rain soaking into the earth without a sound. They didn't even trigger danger warnings. Truly frightening."Still, this proves psychic abilities have enormous potential. Hell, he could even merge with an entire ship... If someone stronger evolved further, could they merge with the entire planet?"A person's thoughts could become the will of the world itself? Damn. That sounded unbelievably domineering.Ray chuc

Ray thought it over and decided against using Steve Maden's name again. He'd developed a dislike for that name."The name's Gray," he said instead."Which of the three major gangs do you belong to?" Theresa asked.The three major gangs?"What three gangs?" Ray countered."You don't even know the three major gangs?" Theresa frowned, clearly surprised. "You're not from Herale City?"Ray smiled. "No, I'm from another state. I came here tracking down a group of Jayzepanese invaders. Do you know where they are?"Theresa shook her head. "I haven't heard of them. But in my gang, the Silver Sharks, there's someone with a divination-type ability. We could ask him to do a calculation—since you're hunting Jayzepanese invaders, I can give you a discounted price."Oh? There were even divination-type ability users?Was that like peeking into the future?But seriously—how was he supposed to know what their original price even was? For all he knew, the "discount" was just a price inflated te

"My request is simple—find the whereabouts of this group of Jayzepanese invaders," Ray said.Theresa smiled faintly. "No problem. You prepare the supplies, bring them over, and I'll have Callum give you the answer."Ray said nothing more. He turned and left.In truth, he could have produced the supplies on the spot. But he was already accustomed to concealing his ability profile, so he first left the settlement, wandered around the outskirts for a while, then took out several burlap sacks, stuffed the corresponding supplies inside, placed them on a wooden board, and dragged them back toward Silver Garden.When he arrived, the guards had already been notified and let him through immediately.Using his spatial perception, Ray took a quick look around.The defenses here were loose on the surface but tight underneath. On the outside, it looked as if he was being allowed to move freely, but in reality, many people were watching him from the shadows. If he showed even the slightest hos

Ray was pretty dumbfounded too.Giving yourself your own nickname—that was the ultimate cringey edgelord behavior."Yesterday, those two groups went at it again. It was a huge fight—a lot of people died," Theresa said. "It was all over the golden snowflakes."Ray couldn't help but glance at her.So golden snowflakes were falling all over the country now, and everyone already knew what they did?Then again, it made sense. The moment you touched one, it would be absorbed instantly, with obvious effects. It would've been impossible to keep it a secret.Theresa caught his look and said in an exaggerated tone, "What, did you think we were some backwater corner that doesn't even know what golden snowflakes do?"Ray simply smiled in response."Gray, are you really sure you don't need any more divination services?" she pressed on, still unwilling to give up, clearly unwilling to let a potential big client slip away.She really was obsessed with resources.Ray shook his head with a sm