Chapter 66 The Reward That Changed Everything

Chapter 66 The Reward That Changed Everything

Nice. Very nice. Clean, practical–a solid reward pack. Medicine, supplies, even sr panels.

Theresa had been burning through her stockpile of fresh meat. Sure, the System Store sold it too, but it bwas /boutrageously overpriced. She remembered it clearly–ten points per pound of meat. Absolutely not worth i

And now she’d just been rewarded with 1,000 pounds of fresh beef. That alone made up for the gleamstones she’d spent!

Even better, there was more after she imed this reward pack.

A new prompt popped up in the gleamstone redemption section: Unlock one reward pack for every 1,000

Camstones exchanged.

Today, Theresa had cashed in over 1,000 gleamstones in one go–and just like bthat/b, the next reward pack was triggered.

Without hesitation, bshe /bimed it.

Ding! You’ve received the mental maniption ability!

Theresa was stunned when she heard what the reward was.

The third reward bpack /bin the gleamstone exchange contained just one item.

But bthat /bone item… was an bability/b,

Even someone asposed and strategic as Theresa couldn’t help but be floored by this jackpot.

Mental maniption ability!

She’d heard of it in her past life. Users with this ability were powerhouses among ability users. Out of every 10,000 ability users, maybe–maybe–one bwould /bhave mental maniption ability. They could perceive other users‘ abilities just by looking at them. Their attacks were fueled by mind power. A powerful mental maniption ability user could kill an ordinary person with a nce.

They were apex predators in the ability world.

Ding! Ability detected. Would you like to use this ability

“Yes!” she said without a bsecond /bthought.

It wasn’t like she was going to give it to someone else.

As soon as bshe /bepted, it felt like her brain had been struck with a hammer.

Unlike the abilities she had copied before–nt–based and water–based–this one hurt. bBadly/b.

Her mind wentpletely nk. When the fog finally lifted, she opened her eyes to a whole new world.

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Chapter 66 The Reward That Changed Everything.

She looked at her dogs. Each of them was surrounded by a faint red glow. Summer glowed brightestb. /b

The deeper the red, the more dangerous.

She could feel it. This glow represented theirbat power.

Then she looked inward–and saw shimmering light flowing over herself.

Blue, Green, Abilities. So that’s what abilities look like.

Finally–Theresa had an ability of her own.

trails of blue and green

She turned to examine the mountain of rewards she’d scored today.

Multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicles. bPain /brelief gel. An Emergency Pill. A thousand pounds of beef. A hundred sr panels.

Her camp wasing together. The future looked bright.

Let’s go. Let’s build. Let’s win!

Theresa stepped out of the bunker.

Outside, Kyle had finished making dinner.

“Theresa,” he said. “I made shredded pork in sweet bean sauce and fried eggs.”

She nodded, motioning him over. “Kyle,e inside a second.”

“What’s up?”

“It’s time I showed you something. Something you deserve to know.”

Kyle was confused.

Theresa took out her bphone /band tapped a button. Behind her, the top of the bunker slid open, revealing a massive skylight. A fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles soared into the sky.

“Our camp’s UAVS,” she said bcasually/b. bJust /bsomething I whipped up.”

Kyle was shocked.

He stared at the military–grade UAVs, speechless.

Wait… no way. iAre /ithose multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicles? Holy. Did she just say she whipped them up? She

made them?

Kyle was floored–but he couldn’t bdeny /bit.

No one sold tech like that on the open market. And those models? He’d never seen anything ke them before.

If Theresa didn’t make them herself, who did?

b2/3 /b

Chapter 66 The Reward That Changed Everything.

His mind started racing. He thought of the rest bof /bthe camp’s high–grade defenses.

Not ba /bsingle one could be replicated by any outside manufacturer.

Take her armored car, for example–easily the strongest he’d everid eyes on. No contest.

He turned to Theresa, utterly bin /bawe.

Who was this womanb? /b

There was nothing she couldn’t do

His respect for her had reached a whole new level.

There were no words just awe

The next day.

A blood–red sun climbed over the horizon

+5 Free bCons /b

Its warm light bathed what remained of a world that had once brimmed with human brilliance band /binvention

But now, it was all wreckage–no breakfast shops bustling open at dawn, no joggers, band /bno street cleaners. No one was rushing to beat the morning traffic in search of a living

Just silence and survival

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