The mutated humans who evolved low-level intelligence are truly different—they even learned to spit viscous stomach acid onto the wheels. The rubber tires corroded, making a sizzling sound.

[Does it feel like time is crawling? Who would have thought that only six minutes have passed since the beginning? The good news is, the people from the Center for Pollution Disease Control have noticed the anomaly, and reinforcements are on the way.]

Adam Carter could barely see the road anymore. The off-road vehicle crashed into one pollutant after another, and the endless stream of mutated humans made his scalp tingle.

All he could hear were the roars of the mutated humans.

But Adam Carter knew that the more chaotic things became, the more he needed to stay calm. So, he moved with extreme caution.

Once again, the sound of tides appeared in Adam Carter's ears, accompanied by the deafening whir of helicopter rotors.

A row of blinding searchlights shone on the ground, drawing some of the fire away.

David Harris squinted and sniped the frogman that had jumped onto Adam Carter's car. The frogman's tongue was already halfway inside, which was quite disgusting.

"Mission target located. John Harris, Mark Harris, jump down and provide cover, bring the person back. Doctor, get ready." Although they had found the target, David Harris didn't dare relax for a second. As he spoke, he sniped two more. "Mission priority is the highest."

Thanks to the suppressive fire from above, Adam Carter's dire survival situation finally improved.

He seized the opportunity, pulled open the car door, and jumped out of the leaking off-road vehicle. He climbed onto the roof, waiting for helicopter rescue.

As the ladder drew closer and closer, an excited shout suddenly rang in Adam Carter's ears.

—"I'm coming, I'm coming! Where's the healer?"

Almost the instant the voice fell, a pair of hands wrapped around Adam Carter's waist and lifted him up.

Such speed—almost like a gust of wind.

Inside the helicopter, David Harris cursed loudly: "Ryan White! You ** lunatic!!"

In just a few seconds, before Adam Carter could react, Ryan White's feet had already landed on the rooftop of the mall.

The pollutants at the bottom, having lost their target, let out furious roars and swarmed around the mall, following the scent. The mall doors were tightly shut; the fishmen raged helplessly below, while the frogmen slowly began to climb the building.

Ryan White glanced down at Adam Carter and said with a smile, "Wow, you're really good-looking."

His appearance was quite unusual—the most striking feature was his pair of silver eyes, with four pupils spinning constantly in their sockets, both eerie and mesmerizing.

Adam Carter: "Thank you. Can you put me down first?"

"No, I'm here to protect you," Ryan White replied. "It's still not safe yet."

With that, he stretched out a hand, looked coldly toward the ground below, and uttered four words: "Immovable as a mountain."

【Talent—Heavy Pressure】

This talent doesn't rank high on the sequence list, but combined with Ryan White's nearly 9000 spiritual power threshold, it was like a reaper's scythe against these low-level pollutants.

Below, the dense mass of pollutants seemed to be struck by an invisible heavy weight.

Regardless of size or type, all these pollutants were crushed into pulp, blood splattering everywhere, not a single one spared.

Ryan White put Adam Carter down and asked, "Do you think I'm handsome? Oh, right, let me introduce myself—I'm Ryan White."

He flashed a smile that could definitely be called harmless to humans and animals.

Except his exposed fangs were a bit too sharp, making him look no less threatening than the pollutants.

But in Adam Carter's mind, the system provided more detailed information.

[白秋实, 29 years old, height 172, so he wears 6cm lifts... Oh, that's not important.]

[Spiritual power threshold: 8700, mutation degree: 42.]

[Possesses talents: Barrier, Teleportation, Heavy Pressure.]

Adam Carter briefly shook his hand. "Adam Carter."

*

K City, Center for Pollution Disease Control.

On the second day of the pollution disease outbreak, Adam Carter had wanted to call here, but was stopped by the system. He never expected that after twenty days of stumbling around, he would end up coming here on his own.

The center specially arranged a small room for him to rest.

[Hmm, the good news is, although you haven't awakened a second talent yet, they've mistaken you for a healer-type Awakened. As for information on healers, there are so few cases that these people don't know much.]

Adam Carter was taking a shower.

Because the water supply was cut off, his bathwater was all filtered rainwater, boiled before use. He hadn't enjoyed such luxury in a long time.

He asked, "You've always stopped me from contacting the control center and are very wary of the research institute. Is there a reason?"

He wasn't worried about surveillance here, since all conversations with the system took place in his mind.

The system was silent for a moment, then answered: [Awakened aren't limited to just one talent. Besides those you awaken yourself, you can also obtain them from outside.]

[For the sake of humanity's future, they perform complex surgeries to strip me away and give me to someone more suitable.]

[But this stripping causes irreversible damage to your brain, such as intellectual disability, brain atrophy, or brain death. And during the process, the host must remain conscious the entire time.]