Is It Too Late to Leave the Chat Group?

Book 3: Chapter 28: Electromagnetic Energy Ability Obtained

After dealing with Sirin, Chen Heng entered the kitchen and saw Jeanne d’Arc doing the dishes.

Although dishwashing was very simple and took a relatively short time, Chen Heng just did not want to do it for some reason.

Since Jeanne d’Arc was doing the dishes for the first time, Chen Heng decided to supervise lest she mess up.

“Jeanne d’Arc, did you put detergent?” As Chen Heng watched, he noticed something wrong—a lack of bubbles—as Jeanne d’Arc scrubbed the dishes.

“What is detergent? Oh! I got it! It is something for washing the dishes! I forgot.” Jeanne d’Arc had the knowledge given by the holy grail, so she knew about detergent. However, that did not mean she would remember to use it.

“Then scrub them one more time. Remember to use detergent this time. Otherwise, the dishes will not be clean. If they are not clean, it will affect the food for the next meal.”

“…Got it.” Jeanne d’Arc wanted to reject Chen Heng when he told her to do the dishes again. However, she silently picked up the nearby detergent after he mentioned the effect on the next meal. Then she seriously scrubbed the dishes, being very meticulous about it.

Jeanne d’Arc placed the dishes in the cabinet Chen Heng pointed to only after he indicated his satisfaction.

Chen Heng placed Sirin’s new clothes in her room, then returned to his room to wait for nightfall.

Truth be told, he had received the new clothes two days ago. However, he was in the 1st Singularity then and had forgotten about it by the time he returned.

If not for needing to coax Sirin, he might have remembered them only after another few days. Of course, it was more likely that he would have forgotten for a long time.

Chen Heng played with his phone for a while, then changed to Honkai Impact 3rd and Fate/Grand Order, and finally spent the rest of the time in the chat group.

Eventually, Chen Heng felt too bored, so he went back downstairs and ate some snacks with Sirin while hugging her. Why hug her? Of course, because it was comfortable.

Twilight finally came at past eight.

“Sirin, get up. I have something to do and need to go out.” Chen Heng patted Sirin, who was in his embrace, getting her to stand up.

“Elder Brother, what are you going to do?” Sirin felt slightly bewildered. Going by Chen Heng’s habits, he would not go out at night.

“I’m going to train my ability. It is just like how you need to cultivate; I also need to train my ability.”

“Can’t the basement do?”

“It normally would, but not tonight, as there might be a big commotion.”

“Alright. Elder Brother, do come back early.”

“Don’t worry. It won’t take long.”

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Chen Heng returned to the place where he gained his electromagnetic control ability. The same place, and the same smell.

Chen Heng found the tree stump he sat on yesterday. There were many charred trees within a ten-meter radius of the tree stump, the victims of yesterday’s lightning barrage.

Erm…can this be considered as lightning striking trees?

Today, Chen Heng planned to apply the ability second awakening to his electromagnetic control ability.

When Chen Heng underwent the ability second awakening a few days ago, he did not have the electromagnetic control ability yet, which meant he missed an opportunity to awaken the electromagnetic control ability once. However, the association’s store was quite humane, offering an Ability Second Awakening (Make-Up) for members who obtained new abilities after awakening their ability a second time.

Most importantly, it was very cheap, only ten points. The Ability Third Awakening (Make-Up) was 1,000 points, and the Ability Fourth Awakening (Make-Up) was 100,000 points.

That meant that one only needed a tenth of the points to make up for the extra ability’s awakening.

Chen Heng sat on the same tree stump as yesterday and tapped “purchase” in the association’s store.

After he tapped “purchase,” nothing happened at first. Three seconds later, a large lightning bolt suddenly rushed out of Chen Heng’s body, covering the beach and all the trees within one hundred meters. Then it continued to expand outwards. Everything in this radius, the ground, trees, sand, and rocks—anything solid—gave off electric light.

Arcs of electricity swam over the surface of Chen Heng’s body. However, they did not harm his clothes or skin.

Chen Heng observed the changes in his body. He could clearly feel anything connected to electricity or magnetism within a radius of one hundred meters.

Soon, his calf transformed from flesh to electricity. Then his knees, his thighs, his waist, his abdomen, his chest. Finally, his entire body had turned into a clump of restless electricity, like a human-shaped lightning bolt.

Soon after, the electricity covering the area a few hundred meters away from Chen Heng’s body calmed down slowly. He reverted from his electricity state to a physical body of flesh and blood as the electricity returned to him.

Chen Heng completed the second awakening of the Lvl 5 Electromagnetic Control, upgrading it to the electromagnetic energy control ability and gaining an elemental transformation ability. Now, there was no longer a level restriction. As long as his Will Energy could support it, the electromagnetic control could strengthen infinitely.

Previously, he could already affect other things with purely his Will Energy. He could lift a rock two meters in diameter without using his attraction ability. After the ability second awakening, his Will Energy improved again.

“Phew! This feels great. Furthermore, this elemental transformation ability is quite powerful.” Chen Heng clenched his fist, feeling the energy flowing in his body. Then, he tried transforming just one hand into electricity.

Then Chen Heng’s left hand slowly turned from flesh into a clump of arcing electricity.

After a flash of lightning, Chen Heng vanished from where he stood to appear on a charred rock on the beach, one hundred meters away.

Chen Heng seemed like he had gained a new toy, continuously experimenting with his new ability.

This flicker ability resulting from the electromagnetic elemental transformation and the spatial jump ability derived from his attraction ability had their advantages. In gaming lingo, spatial jumps had a windup time; it required the user to build power. Although this time was very short, it was unavoidable. On the other hand, the flicker ability was simply pure speed. In a short distance, it was even faster than spatial jumping. However, it also had limitations, unable to penetrate nonconductors.

After one more flicker, Chen Heng returned to sitting on the tree stump. Then he said something strange to his southeast. “Alright, come out. Stop hiding.

“Jiang Cheng, stop hiding. I see you.”

“How did you discover me?” Jiang Cheng’s figure slowly appeared under the shadow of a large tree to Chen Heng’s southeast.

“Do you think I will tell you?” Every person’s body produced electromagnetic waves. Chen Heng could sense anything related to electricity or magnetism.