Chapter 1336
One Person and One Bird
I never expected to see someone with such talent here.
About half a minute later, just as everyone was looking around for Zeng Yuanchen's whereabouts, the air rippled like water where he had disappeared, and his figure slowly reappeared, from blurry to clear, still standing in the same spot, as if he had never moved.
"Impressive!"
Luo Fei gave a sincere compliment, and then asked a question.
"How long does your invisibility last at a time? How long do you have to wait between uses before you can use it again?"
Zeng Yuanchen answered succinctly.
"Each session lasts a maximum of ten minutes. After use, you need to wait one hour before you can become invisible again."
Luo Fei nodded, quickly assessing the situation in his mind.
A ten-minute invisibility period is enough to do a lot in crucial moments, but an hour cooldown is indeed a bit long and has a significant limitation in sustained combat.
"A very good ability, extremely valuable for reconnaissance, infiltration, and raids. However, the ten-minute duration and one-hour cooldown indicate that there is still much room for improvement and development."
In the future, we need to focus on training how to use these precious ten minutes more efficiently, and exploring possibilities for shortening the cooldown time.
Zeng Yuanchen nodded seriously, keeping Luo Fei's words in mind.
Luo Fei's gaze finally turned to the last boy who had not yet been shown—Zhu Yichen.
"Zhu Yichen, it's your turn."
When Zhu Yichen was called out, he immediately showed the same awkward expression as Li Zihao earlier, or even more so.
He stood up hesitantly, head down, hands nervously gripping the hem of his clothes, his face flushed red.
Looking at his appearance, Luo Fei felt a sense of foreboding and tentatively asked.
"What's wrong? Your abilities... don't mean we need to be 'careful' about them too, right? Or... do we need to make that clear beforehand?"
Zhu Yichen quickly shook her head, her voice barely audible.
"No...no...Captain Luo, my ability...it...it requires...it requires me to take off my clothes first..."
"Take off your clothes?"
The room fell silent upon hearing this!
Everyone looked at Zhu Yichen with an extremely strange and incredulous expression.
Even the well-informed Luo Fei was a little confused at this moment.
Take off your clothes?
What kind of strategy is this?
After a brief silence, the discussion became even more heated.
"What? Take off your clothes? Did I hear that right?"
"What kind of superpower is this? You need to take off your clothes to use it?"
"Could it be... a transformation? Like in the comics, where the clothes burst open?"
"Pfft... Could it also be some kind of energy release that requires skin contact or heat dissipation?"
"Why do I feel... this is so unreliable?"
Isn't showing this off with their clothes off a complete waste of fabric?
Several girls stared wide-eyed at Zhu Yichen, their faces showing surprise and a hint of shyness, yet they couldn't help but wonder what he was going to show next.
Luo Fei rubbed his temples, feeling that this group of team members was truly "full of talent," each one more unique than the last.
He waved his hand helplessly and said.
"Alright, alright, take it off then. But," he emphasized, his gaze sweeping over the female team members present.
"Think about the consequences, we have female comrades here! At the very least, you have to leave me my underwear, you hear me?"
Zhu Yichen's face turned even redder, almost as if it were about to bleed, but he still nodded heavily to show that he understood.
Then, under the curious, puzzled, and even somewhat amused gazes of all the team members and Luo Fei, Zhu Yichen took a deep breath and, with a tragic air as if heading to the execution ground, began to unbutton her training uniform...
His hesitant yet resolute movements created an atmosphere that was both strange and... anticipated.
"He...he's really going to take his clothes off?"
One of the team members murmured.
"Holy crap, is this a demonstration of superpowers or a striptease?"
Another team member couldn't help but mutter a complaint under his breath, which made the others around him chuckle.
Several female team members watched intently, their cheeks slightly flushed. They felt embarrassed but couldn't suppress their intense curiosity, eager to know what tricks this seemingly ordinary boy could pull off after taking off his clothes.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhu Yichen slowly took off her training jacket, revealing a white vest underneath.
He seemed to hesitate for a moment, then gritted his teeth and began to undo his belt...
Just when everyone thought Zhu Yichen would need to prepare or strike a specific pose like the team members who had demonstrated their abilities before, he seemed completely unconcerned about the embarrassment of taking off his clothes in public.
He deftly unbuckled his belt, then took off his outer trousers, revealing a pair of ordinary boxer shorts underneath.
"Uh... what is he trying to do?"
"Are they really going to go down the same path as the Japanese superhero in his underwear?"
One team member couldn't help but mutter a complaint under his breath, recalling classic looks from certain tokusatsu films.
"Could his superpowers be related to his skin? Does it require a large area to be exposed to air?"
Just as everyone was discussing and speculating, Zhu Yichen, who was standing in the center of the field wearing only a pair of shorts, suddenly underwent an amazing change!
Suddenly, his once well-proportioned body swelled up! His muscles bulged and stretched rapidly as if inflated, his bones made a teeth-grinding "crackling" sound, and his height increased in an instant!
His sturdy training shoes couldn't withstand the force first.
It burst open with a "rip"!
Then, something even more astonishing happened—his only pair of underwear also disappeared due to this drastic change in body shape.
With a "bang," it shattered directly, turning into several pitiful pieces of cloth!
At the same time, thick, coarse gray hair began to grow rapidly on his body at a speed visible to the naked eye!
His facial features also protrude forward, his mouth lengthens, his teeth become sharp, his ears stand up, and his hands and feet transform into claws!
All of this happened extremely quickly, the whole process took less than ten seconds!
When the transformation stopped, what appeared before everyone was no longer the slightly shy boy Zhu Yichen, but a wolf-like monster that stood upright, over two meters tall, covered in gray fur, with bulging muscles, exposed fangs, and drool dripping from its mouth!
"Roar--!"
A deep, wild roar came from the wolf's mouth, carrying a primal sense of oppression.
"My God!"
"A wolf...a werewolf?!"
"He's turned into a werewolf!"
This shocking scene made everyone gasp and instinctively take a step back.
The girls were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they cried out in alarm.
The werewolf seemed to retain some rationality. He turned his glowing green eyes towards the pale-faced female team members, uttering somewhat indistinct but still recognizable human words. "A few... ladies... could you... could you turn your backs... I'm... not very presentable like this..."
Although he had turned into a werewolf, he clearly remembered Luo Fei's instruction to "keep your underwear on" and felt ashamed of his current state of "being completely naked".
The girls then realized what was happening, screamed, and turned around, their cheeks flushed.
After another ten seconds or so, accompanied by a similar sound of bones grinding and muscles contracting, the enormous werewolf body began to shrink, its thick fur disappeared, and its claws retracted.
Soon, Zhu Yichen returned to her normal human form, standing naked in the center of the field, with only a few tattered strips of underwear at her feet.
His face flushed red, and he hurriedly picked up the pants he had just taken off and put them on, buttoning them up. Only then did he let out a long sigh of relief and, facing everyone, especially the female team members who had their backs to him, scratched his head embarrassedly and said...
"I...I'm so sorry, I scared everyone...I...I'm all better now."
The female team members then cautiously turned around, their faces still flushed and showing signs of shock.
After a brief silence, the group erupted in a discussion that was more heated than ever before.
"Holy crap! Werewolf transformation! That's so cool!"
"This combat power is off the charts! Who could withstand this in close combat?"
"I never expected this! Zhu Yichen, you've been hiding the truth the most!"
"This ability is so useful! It can both attack and withstand damage!"
A glint of light flashed in Luo Fei's eyes. He walked up to Zhu Yichen, looked him up and down, paying particular attention to the muscles that had bulged when he transformed, and asked.
"Yichen, in your transformed state, how much do your attack and defense capabilities increase compared to your human form?"
After putting on his clothes, Zhu Yichen seemed to have reverted to his previous somewhat introverted demeanor. He thought carefully for a moment and then answered.
"I haven't tested it specifically, but I feel... its strength, speed, and resilience are probably four or five times stronger. However..."
He added somewhat embarrassedly.
"I...I haven't fought much, so I'm not really sure how good I am in actual combat."
Luo Fei nodded, already understanding the situation.
A four- to five-fold overall boost is already a terrifying improvement, and judging by its transformed size and fangs and claws, it's definitely a top-tier melee physical damage dealer. As for the lack of practical combat experience, that's precisely the problem that special training aims to solve.
"Excellent! An extremely powerful bloodline-based ability!"
Luo Fei gave a positive evaluation, and Zhu Yichen showed a shy but happy smile.
At this point, all the male team members have demonstrated their abilities.
Luo Fei turned his gaze to the girls in the group.
"Next, the girls will present in turn. Zhong Chuxin, you start."
A girl named Zhong Chuxin came out. She looked young, but her eyes were very bright.
She nodded, her gaze sweeping around, and just then she saw a chubby chef passing by from the direction of the cafeteria, seemingly coming out for some fresh air.
Zhong Chuxin focused her attention, fixing her gaze on the fat chef.
The fat chef, who had been walking leisurely, suddenly stopped, his eyes becoming somewhat blank. Then, to everyone's astonishment, he began to wiggle his fat body and clumsily dance, while trying to unbutton his chef's uniform and humming an off-key tune!
"puff……"
"Hahaha! A striptease?"
"Chu Xin, your ability... is a bit underhanded!"
The team members immediately burst into laughter.
The chubby chef jumped a few times, seemingly waking up suddenly. Looking at his half-undone buttons and the laughing crowd around him, his face flushed red. He grumbled and quickly buttoned up his buttons before running back to the cafeteria.
Zhong Chuxin then looked away and explained to Luo Fei.
"Captain Luo, this is my ability: Mind Control."
I can manipulate the behavior of people with weaker mental strength for a short period of time. Someone like the ordinary person I just mentioned, I can only control for a maximum of ten minutes.
However, against a highly determined and skilled opponent, it might only have a few seconds of effect, or even no effect at all.
Luo Fei nodded. Mind control is undoubtedly a divine skill in team battles. Whether it's extracting intelligence, creating internal strife, or controlling key figures at crucial moments, it can have a decisive effect.
"Next up, Li Siyi."
Li Siyi is a girl who seems very approachable.
She walked to the edge of the playground and made a peculiar call, mimicking a bird, towards the woods. A moment later, a brightly colored, unidentified wild bird fluttered its wings and flew over, landing on the ground not far from her, tilting its head to look at her.
Li Siyi uttered a few more soft syllables, and the wild bird chirped along with them, making it seem as if the two were having a conversation!
After a while, the wild birds flew away.
Li Siyi returned and reported.
"Captain Luo, my ability is [Animal Communication]. Currently, I can understand the 'language' of medium to large animals quite clearly and have simple conversations with them, asking them to do small things for me, such as exploring the surrounding environment."
But for tiny creatures like ants and cockroaches, their thought processes are too weak and chaotic for me to comprehend.
Luo Fei praised.
"A fantastic capability! An excellent aid for field operations and reconnaissance and early warning."
"Next up, Huang Wenxuan."
Huang Wenxuan came out, looked at Luo Fei, smiled slightly, and said directly.
"Captain Luo, my ability is [mind reading]. However..."
A strange look appeared on her face.
"I feel like I can't read your thoughts. It's as if there's an invisible barrier surrounding your consciousness."
Luo Fei's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately realized that this was a passive effect brought about by his system skill [Super Mind Reading], or rather, the two abilities were from the same source and had a conflict.
He also tried to read Huang Wenxuan's mind, but as expected, he only sensed a blur and could not clearly grasp her thoughts.
"One of my abilities is mind reading."
Luo Fei said directly.
"It seems our skills are interfering with each other."
This is a good thing, meaning that we might be able to protect each other when facing other enemies with similar abilities.
Huang Wenxuan nodded knowingly and stepped back.
"Next, Ye Huilin."
Ye Huilin took a deep breath, extended her right hand, and spread her fingers. Instantly, a dazzling blue light burst forth above her palm, accompanied by crackling sounds! Several tiny electric snakes leaped and coiled at her fingertips, eventually coalescing into a fist-sized, constantly flashing ball of electricity! (End of Chapter)