88: My divine body has been upgraded, but the charger is no longer compatible!

Consciousness surfaced from the darkness.

“Hiss…”

Lin Yuan gasped, slowly opening his eyes with difficulty.

What greeted his sight was a pure white ceiling, and rows of precise instruments beside him.

“Drip… drip… drip…”

A rhythmic electronic sound echoed in his ears.

Here again.

The highest-level medical room in the Dragon Shield Bureau’s Jiangcheng Branch.

Damn it.

It felt like a resurrection point in a game.

Every time he caused trouble and respawned, he'd be here.

Lin Yuan struggled to move, but found himself connected to all sorts of tubes and wires.

The sharp pain brought back memories of everything before he fainted.

The Great Sacrificial Formation.

The mutated monster.

Forcibly merging the power of heavenly thunder and the Abyssal Tribulation Thunder… and finally, Zhou Weiguo’s finger… that could conjure a black hole bare-handed.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan jolted.

“System!”

He muttered in his mind.

“Open my personal panel!”

He needed to see what changes this life-risking operation had brought.

["Name: Lin Yuan"]

["Physique: Primordial Thunder God Body (Abyssal Tribulation Thunder Form)"]

["Realm: C-rank - Surging Current Realm"]

["Energy Type: Abyssal Tribulation Thunder"]

["Divine Body Charge: 5%"]

["Unlocked Abilities: Electromagnetic Induction, Palm Thunder (Mutated), Lightning Step (Mutated)"]

The energy type… had really changed.

It was no longer the purple lightning from before.

Instead, it was the destructive… Abyssal Tribulation Thunder.

He tried to sense his Dantian.

The original purple sea of lightning had completely vanished.

In its place was a dead silent darkness.

Only a tiny cluster of black-purple electric sparks flickered weakly at the center of the darkness.

Divine Body Charge, 5%.

Lin Yuan’s heart sank by half.

No good.

He needed to charge.

Lin Yuan’s survival instinct overwhelmed everything else at this moment.

He began to squirm on the bed, his gaze searching the room.

Socket!

Got it!

Just behind his bedside table, on the wall, a three-pin socket sat quietly.

That thing looked more advanced than a household one!

Lin Yuan sighed inwardly, feeling a mix of amusement and frustration.

After all that, merging heavenly thunder, devouring the abyss, almost killing himself, in the end… “I still have to rely on my traditional skill.”

Lin Yuan’s eyes lit up, no longer caring about the sharp pain in his body.

“Screech—”

He ripped off the wires connecting to the monitor on his arm.

The instrument immediately blared a piercing alarm.

“Beep! Beep! Beep! Warning! Vital signs abnormal!”

Lin Yuan completely ignored it.

His only vital sign right now was a lack of electricity!

He rolled out of bed, almost stumbling and falling due to weakness.

He leaned against the wall, staggering towards it, and extended his right hand, aiming for the socket.

Plug it in!

“Pfft.”

In an instant.

All the lights in the medical room flickered.

The screens of all active instruments went dark for a moment.

“Zzz…”

A faint current flowed through his arm and into his body.

The dying electric sparks in his Dantian brightened slightly.

The numbers on the panel began to jump.

["Divine Body Charge: 6%..."]

["Divine Body Charge: 7%..."]

It’s working!

Lin Yuan was overjoyed.

It seemed his physique wasn’t picky after all.

["Divine Body Charge: 8%..."]

["Divine Body Charge: 9%..."]

["Divine Body Charge: 10%..."]

Then.

It stopped.

The number was stuck stubbornly at “10%,” with no further change.

“Hmm?”

Lin Yuan was stunned.

What was going on?

No power?

Impossible, this was a Dragon Shield Bureau base!

Just as he was wondering, a new system prompt popped up.

["Warning: Main energy attribute has undergone fundamental change."]

["Ordinary standard electrical energy can only provide basic life support and cannot effectively charge."]

["To restore charge, please find high-density, high-purity energy sources."]

Lin Yuan remained frozen, his hand still in the socket.

Only one thought remained in his mind.

I… damn.

What was this?!

His phone system upgraded, and now the old charger wasn't compatible?

And the new charger had to be an officially certified high-end version?!

“This is a rip-off!”

Lin Yuan almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

This was worse than not upgrading at all!

“I…”

He was about to curse, to greet this damned system a hundred times over.

“Whoosh—”

The alloy door of the medical room slid open to both sides.

A tall, cool figure walked in.

It was Su Wanqing.

But on her beautiful face, there was now a look of helplessness.

“Not behaving right after waking up.”

Su Wanqing said, looking at the guy with his butt sticking out, hand in the wall, in an extremely strange posture.

“All the backup power lights in the entire medical area lit up, and I knew you were awake.”

Hearing this, Lin Yuan awkwardly pulled his hand out of the socket.

He clapped his hands, turned around as if nothing had happened, and leaned against the wall.

“Cough cough.”

“This is just… testing my body functions, you know.”

Su Wanqing ignored his excuses, quickly walked up to him, and looked him up and down.

“How do you feel?”

Her tone was still cool, but the hint of relief in her eyes did not escape Lin Yuan.

“Not good.”

Lin Yuan immediately started complaining, a look of utter despair on his face.

“I feel completely drained.”

“Beauty Su, I’m telling you, there’s a problem with my physique, and I might not be able to afford food anymore.”

“Does your Dragon Shield Bureau cover reimbursement for high-end power banks?”

Su Wanqing: “…”

She knew it.

This guy’s thought process would never be normal.

“Director Zhou wants to see you.”

She didn’t bother to talk nonsense with Lin Yuan anymore and directly stated her purpose.

“Director Zhou?”

Lin Yuan’s eyes lit up.

“Is it time for rewards?”

He rubbed his hands, his face full of anticipation.

“I’m telling you, I made a huge contribution this time! If it weren’t for me, that monster…”

“You’ll know when you get there.”

Su Wanqing interrupted his chatter.

“Get dressed and follow me.”

She said, taking a clean combat uniform from a nearby cabinet and tossing it to Lin Yuan.

Watching Su Wanqing turn and walk towards the door, Lin Yuan pouted.

As he quickly changed his clothes, he calculated in his mind.

A big shot like Director Zhou would certainly be generous.

The reward… would he directly reward him with a heavenly thunder fragment?

Or, give him a permanent meal ticket to a nuclear power plant?

Lin Yuan finished changing, quickly followed, and walked alongside Su Wanqing in the corridor.

He couldn’t help but ask, “By the way, what about those crazy Apocalypse Society members? Were they all captured?”

Su Wanqing’s steps paused.

She turned her head and looked at Lin Yuan with a look as if he were insane.

“In such an annihilation center,” she slowly began, “do you think anything alive could still exist?”

Lin Yuan: “…”

He awkwardly rubbed his nose.

It seemed… she had a point.

He himself had almost been broken down into molecules, and the monster sacrificed by the masked man and a dozen C-rank powerhouses hadn’t even left a speck of dust.

As for those ordinary cultists.

He recalled that void.

Indeed, it would be a ghost if they had survived.

“Ahem, pretend I didn’t ask.” Lin Yuan coughed dryly, covering his embarrassment.

The two stopped talking, and only footsteps remained in the corridor.

Lin Yuan’s mind, however, was calculating rapidly.

Although the physique upgrade brought charging troubles, Director Zhou had personally promised a reward.

The merit he earned by risking his life this time, the reward couldn't be too bad, right?

He wondered what good things there would be?

As he was lost in thought, Su Wanqing had already stopped in front of an office door.