"My ability can be used to grab objects from afar or attack, but since I haven’t had it for long, I’m not very proficient. It’s difficult to use it successfully in combat, and usually, I can only wield it well in static situations."
Su Xin thought for a bit and asked:
"Since you can fold space to have your hand appear at a distance, shouldn’t you be able to teleport as well?"
Lin Yufei nodded: "Indeed, but the teleportation range isn’t very far. My current limit is about fifty ters."
Su Xin continued probing: "What about defense? For instance, could you place yourself in folded space, allowing any attacking strikes to pass through you?"
Lin Yufei gave a wry smile: "In theory, it’s feasible, but practically implenting it is quite challenging."
"Because right now, I can only carry out point-to-point, face-to-face spatial folding. For example, these two walls are two separate spaces, and I can fold them together. Any incoming attack, if it hits one wall, can pass right through the other."
"Thus, this thod of defense can only guard against attacks fixed to certain two surfaces, and it can’t fully protect all around. Also, I have to be prepared in advance."
"But if I’ve already noticed the attack, isn’t it better to just dodge it directly?"
Su Xin thought carefully, an inkling of ideas surfaced in his mind, but he didn’t elaborate, instead, smiling and praising:
"Your ability is pretty impressive."
He then turned to Jiang Chengcai, who promptly introduced himself:
"My superpower, which I like to call Flesh Reconfiguration, allows any part of my body to freely change shape, much like clay. Even if parts were cut off, I could gather flesh from other parts and reconstruct the missing areas."
"However, the total amount of flesh in my body remains constant. Once sothing is missing and replenished, the total decreases. I must make myself thinner or shorter to ensure my body stays complete."
He’s aware that despite joining Su Xin, he needs to showcase his value to possibly earn more of Su Xin’s favor.
Therefore, his introduction is very detailed:
"Normally, the most frequent application is disguise; my height, appearance, and even hairstyle can change freely."
"Also, after being injured, I can directly discard damaged flesh as long as it’s not a vital area. I can use flesh from other parts to replenish, quickly recovering that way."
"However, this recovery thod essentially consus a lot of energy, so typically it’s not used that way, only in ergencies."
After hearing his explanation, Su Xin asked curiously:
"According to your description, the more flesh, the better. Does this an the fatter you are, the more useful your superpower?"
Jiang Chengcai nodded:
"That’s correct, but so people easily gain weight, so can’t no matter what, and I’m the type that struggles to gain weight."
"Furthermore, because I was captured earlier, to escape, I abandoned much flesh and now my physique is much smaller than before."
"Coupled with recent misfortunes, I haven’t had the chance to replenish myself, so now I’m either shorter or thinner."
Su Xin asked puzzledly:
"Can’t you transform into soone else and use their identity to buy nutritional supplents to replenish yourself?"
Jiang Chengcai smiled wryly: "I escaped from Kangbo Biological Company just last month. The escape was hard to describe. I seized an opportunity but consud two to three tenths of my flesh, nearly bringing to the brink of death."
"After barely escaping, I dared not contact the outside world, nor risk borrowing soone else’s identity. Back then, I was very delicate; even a child’s punch could have killed ."
"During that ti, Lin Yufei found . She provided with a few buns daily, allowing to survive and gradually recover after that."
"Originally I aid to recover more and find a chance to use soone else’s identity to enjoy better food, but seeing Lin Yufei nearly caught, I had to step up and save her first."
"Since then, it’s been days of hiding."
"I see."
Su Xin nodded slightly: "From today onward, stick with . Though I can’t promise luxurious food and drink daily, nor guarantee normal activities in broad daylight, I’ll strive to achieve this for you and provide protection, becoming your support."
"The first step ahead..."
Su Xin glanced around and said:
"This place isn’t safe for you, so I’ll find a better base."
"But that may take a few days; for now, stay here. Once the base is ready, I’ll co and move you over."
"If there’s an ergency in the coming days, quickly call , and I’ll co rescue you."
"My number is 155..."
Both quickly took out their phones to record.
"I’ll take my leave then, farewell!"
Su Xin finished speaking, and disappeared in a teleport.
Later, in his Stealth State, he quietly returned to the house, not to eavesdrop but to check out a bedroom thoroughly.
Very soon, he found a few long hairs as he had hoped, quietly picked them up, and held them in his hand.
And at this mont, he heard the discussion between two people in the study next door:
"...Should we tell Su Xin? Maybe he has a way to solve your body issues."
"Forget it, let’s not ntion it for now. If he can shelter us, that’s already good news; if I make such troubleso requests, he might feel I’m just treating him like a babysitter, and I don’t like to owe too many favors."
"But your body..."
"My body doesn’t have any issues for the mont. I’ll think of a solution once things stabilize, or wait until I’ve contributed enough to Su Xin before asking for help."
"Are you sure you can still hold on?"
"I’m sure, no problem."
"Alright then, handle it yourself. Your body is yours, your life too; don’t feel embarrassed and hesitate to ask. It might be easy for Su Xin to solve."
"Don’t worry, I have my discretion."...
Su Xin listened briefly, and roughly understood what they were discussing. It seed that Lin Yufei had so issues with her body, possibly life-threatening, and wanted to ask him for help.
But since the other party hadn’t initiated the request, he pretended not to have heard it, reasoning that for now, he couldn’t save anyone anyway.
Later, he entered another room and similarly found so short hairs on the pillow.
Holding these hairs, Su Xin finally left the house, arriving at the hidden spot he had discovered earlier.
He put these hairs separately into small plastic bags, writing nas on each, and only kept one strand in his hand.
After quietly waiting for ten seconds.
Other-Transformation Superpower activated.
Now, he has two biological marks from Lin Yufei and one from Jiang Chengcai.
"Spatial Folding, Flesh Reconfiguration, let see what your superpowers are really about..."
Su Xin focused his thoughts and directly used one of Lin Yufei’s biological marks.
His body quietly began to change, his figure and face becoming identical to Lin Yufei.
Because Lin Yufei was shorter by more than ten centiters and significantly thinner, after the transformation, Su Xin’s clothes beca loose, as if they might fall off at any mont.
Su Xin didn’t have clothes that small, nor was it convenient to change clothes in this state, so he had to roll up the sleeves and pants substantially, letting them hang loosely.
Then he began trying out the superpowers.
He extended his hand, mimicking Lin Yufei’s style, to grab a small object from afar.
From the mont of transformation, he had pretty much mastered how to use the spatial folding superpower and understood what it was all about.
If space were compared to a piece of paper, under normal circumstances, to get from one dot to another, one needs to follow a line. Let’s call these points A and B; the spatial folding superpower directly folds the paper, rendering the two points overlapped.
If one draws a line on the paper passing through point A, it will erge from point B on the other side because, on this paper, point A is indeed point B.
It’s the sa for the overlap of planes.
In Su Xin’s view, this superpower is rather versatile, offering good applications in attack, defense, and movent.
Of course, ordinary people’s superpowers require sufficient practice to be flexibly used in combat. Otherwise, in a fast-paced battle, by the ti he folds the space at the required location, the opponent would have moved elsewhere, making it impossible to attack using this thod.
The sa goes for defense and movent.
But it isn’t difficult to use in a static setting.
Su Xin just practiced for a while and essentially mastered several application thods.
One of them includes the instant teleportation ability.
The instant teleportation brought by spatial folding is completely different from his existing teleportation ability.
Concealnt Prayer’s teleportation, once triggered, automatically teleports the body away from its original position.
While spatial folding’s teleportation opens a space gate in front, requiring a step forward, like walking, except the distance covered is much greater than normal.
Then he tried the flesh reconfiguration superpower.
This superpower essentially turns oneself into a piece of molding clay. As long as the total volu of flesh is maintained, all parts of the body can be reshaped into various forms at will.
Of course, no matter how much he transforms, he can’t deviate from the normal human frawork. The essential organs and structures are indispensable, otherwise, the body’s internal biological systems couldn’t function properly.
He can’t beco a atball or transform into other animal-like forms.
There are indeed certain limitations.
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