Chapter 237 Talent Unleashed

Seeing the commotion gradually die down, Zhou Zhenguo smiled slightly. "It's not a bad thing to argue now; it's better than arguing once we've entered the mission. Everyone is a teammate, and we have to face the high-level Awakened of the world together."

"Next, I will continue to talk with everyone about information regarding the mission."

Zhou Zhenguo emphasized the word 'information' heavily at the end.

Chen Yu understood the hint and inconspicuously swiped open the chat box. Sure enough, several lines of information appeared.

[Zhou Zhenguo: Be sure to be careful of Song Xingmian.]

[Zhou Zhenguo: I'm not sure why she's helping you.]

[Zhou Zhenguo: But her Talent is Resonance Radio, an S-Rank information position. Everything you do in the mission, as long as she sees it, is equivalent to the entire Military District seeing it.]

[Zhou Zhenguo: Furthermore, her father, Gu Changming, is an important high-ranking official in the Beijing Military Region. You should know what the combination of these two identities means. So, when you kill Han Cheng, you must avoid her line of sight.]

Hearing this, Chen Yu immediately frowned.

Resonance Radio?

That girl's Talent was the legendary Resonance Radio that could ignore distance and force communication and trading?

Officer Zhou had mentioned the power of this Talent before, and Chen Yu had been deeply impressed.

If that was truly the case, combined with her background, this woman was indeed a bit troublesome.

However...

Even if he didn't kill Han Cheng,

At most, he would be letting down Officer Zhou,

But at least he had participated in the mission for free.

Chen Yu thought coldly.

He didn't want to be a person who broke his word, but sometimes, life was more important than trust.

All actions had to take a backseat to survival.

He still had a whole car of red luan to support; he was a man destined to dominate the highway in the later stages.

"First of all, you are all curious about what kind of mission will be in the Global Slaughterhouse, right?"

Zhou Zhenguo leaned his hands on the edge of the table, his gaze sweeping across everyone.

The group snapped back from the previous noise and looked forward intently.

Zhou Zhenguo continued: "But unfortunately, according to the information known by the Huaxia Military Region, the missions experienced by every city are completely different and follow no pattern. The missions assigned to the Beijing Military Region included arena battles, scramble battles, and point battles. The missions assigned to the Shanghai Military District included infinite tower defense and trust-based board games."

"The Vehicles in Caiyun City even experienced a 'Pseudo-Human' invasion..."

"In short, if I tell you too much now, it will only affect your actual judgment."

"However, I can talk about Talent Release to give you all a boost."

Zhou Zhenguo smiled slightly and spoke loudly:

"Simply put, your current Talents are only in their initial state and do not represent the full upper limit of your mediums. Talent Release is the process of reopening that upper limit."

He paused and explained seriously:

"Taking myself as an example, my awakening medium was an old battle flag from the Haicheng Military District's exercise field. Using that as a medium, I Awakened an SS-Rank sustained combat Talent, 'The Unfalling Battle Flag'."

"After the Global Slaughterhouse ended, my ability was released from SS-Rank to SSS-Rank, evolving from an individual combat buff into a group combat aura. It was a qualitative change!"

When the topic turned to things within the mission, everyone at the table clearly became more serious.

Among them,

A crew-cut young man spoke up: "Officer Zhou, my awakening medium is a standard-issue chain blade from a special operations company. For pure weapon mediums like this—equipment Talents—is there a precedent for release?"

Han Cheng stepped in first, saying with a smile: "Don't worry, once an equipment Talent is released, its combat power directly doubles. Among the first batch of people who went in from Shanghai, there was an SS-Rank sniper rifle Awakened. His biggest drawback was being unable to hit targets, since everyone's physical fitness was enhanced after the apocalypse."

"After triggering the release, he no longer needed to calculate the trajectory; he could directly predict the shot, comparable to a point-blank instant kill. Now, the convoy he is in is already ranked fourth in the Shanghai area."

The crew-cut young man gasped, then pressed his lips into a line to suppress his excitement.

Chen Yu listened quietly.

He suddenly realized that the proportion of equipment Talents among this group was extremely high.

How long had he been on the Vehicle?

He had already encountered three equipment Talents: Old Zhao, Han Cheng, and the crew-cut guy, and they were all blade-type weapons.

Furthermore,

According to Officer Zhou's description, Talent Release would actually stimulate the potential of the awakening medium?

Then his Gilded Carved Dragon Throne from the Hall of Supreme Harmony...

Once released, it would probably be quite heaven-defying, right?

Chen Yu took a deep breath, suppressing his desires and stray thoughts.

"Officer Zhou."

A man diagonally across from Chen Yu suddenly spoke: "My Talent is the SSS-Rank Holographic Sandbox. What direction will it take after triggering the release? Is there a precedent?"

?"

Chen Yu's mouth twitched. Another SSS-Rank?

As if noticing Chen Yu's gaze, the man turned his head and gave him a slight smile.

He was very young, looking about the same age as Chen Yu. His hair was a bit long, with bangs hanging down to cover his eyes. Sitting there, he was the gentlest of the ten people.

"My name is Chen Muqing, from the haohan tractor."

[Highway Rank 2] Vehicle: haohan tractor (Heavy-duty Tractor)

Serial Number: 04L3-γ

Number of People: 32

car owner: Chen Muqing

Affiliated Organization: Haicheng Haohan Biomedical Industrial Park Joint Laboratory

The owners of the first, second, and third ranked Vehicles on the highway were actually all around this table.

Although surprised, Chen Yu only nodded and didn't speak.

Officer Zhou used his words to expand on several examples of Talent Release in detail.

A simple summary:

An Awakened in Shanghai, with a medium of a string of antique bells, went from S-Rank to an SS-Rank Talent after release, changing from boosting morale to making designated targets act in overdrive.

An Awakened in Guangzhou, with a medium of a thirty-year-old vintage anemometer, went from S-Rank to SS-Rank after release, changing from wind control to being able to create a vacuum within a limited range.

Another Awakened in Shanghai, with a medium of an electromagnetic gun test recording device, went from S-Rank to SS-Rank after release, changing from reducing energy in a single target to being able to mark an entire area for energy reduction.

According to him, there were also some Awakened whose rank did not change after releasing their Talent; only the description, combat application, and attributes underwent slight changes.

The reason for this was that the medium was not powerful enough, so even releasing it didn't have much significance.

It had to be said...

With the help of Resonance Radio, Officer Zhou could stay in Haicheng and yet know almost all the information across the country. The power of this Talent was evident.

In the intervals of speaking,

Officer Zhou even had the spare capacity to send Chen Yu a message.

[Officer Zhou: Chen Muqing is one of us. He knows you're an impostor, but he doesn't know who you are.]

[Officer Zhou: If you encounter difficulties, you can prioritize trusting him.]

[Chen Yu: Okay.]

Although his mouth answered "Okay," in reality, asking Chen Yu to trust someone he had never met?

Unless he was crazy...

He didn't even trust Officer Zhou, let alone Chen Muqing.