He hurriedly asked in his mind, "System, how much have I improved compared to before I took the gene agent?"
"Ding! The host's body has improved tenfold in all aspects, including strength, speed, endurance, self-healing, defense, and resistance. His mental power has increased twentyfold."
"My resistance has increased tenfold. Will I still be infected by the T-virus?"
"No. Because the host took the T-virus antiviral serum before consuming the gene agent, gene repair has made your body completely immune to the T-virus. At the same time, the host will develop extremely high immunity to any genetic virus."
"I haven't awakened any abilities?"
"The host has awakened a Space Ability. Currently, its ability strength level is G-rank. Please explore it yourself."
Space Ability?
Su Mu's eyes widened in shock. There's a saying: 'Time is supreme, space is king.'
This saying alone was enough to illustrate the power of space.
No wonder after he woke up, he had a feeling that he could tear space apart with his bare hands.
It turned out this was not an illusion.
Rather, it was a power granted by the Space Ability.
Su Mu asked again, "How are the ability strength levels categorized?"
"Ability strength levels are divided into ten ranks. The highest is SSS-rank, followed by SS-rank, S-rank, A-rank, B-rank, C-rank, D-rank, E-rank, F-rank, and G-rank."
This answer did not surprise Su Mu.
When he heard "G-rank," he had already made this guess.
The System's answer merely confirmed his inner speculation.
He originally wanted to immediately study his awakened Space Ability, but the impurities expelled by the genetic modification, mixed with sweat, had formed a layer of grime on his skin.
It was sticky and emitted an indescribable stench.
He frowned and first went into the bathroom to take a shower.
About ten minutes later.
After showering, Su Mu changed into clean clothes and sat refreshed on the sofa, carefully studying his new abilities.
He picked up a throw pillow beside him, concentrated his mind, and with a thought, the pillow in his hand instantly vanished.
The next second, it appeared on the dining table not far away.
"It worked!"
Su Mu exclaimed in a low voice, a flicker of excitement in his eyes.
Space teleportation, something he couldn't even imagine before, now became as simple as eating and drinking.
Three hours passed in a flash.
After three hours of exploration and practice, he had basically mastered all the skills he could use with his awakened Space Ability.
"The saying 'Space is king' is truly not false."
Su Mu's smile was harder to suppress than an AK.
Now, as long as his mental power was not exhausted, he was an invincible existence.
His G-rank Space Ability allowed him to control the space within a ten-meter radius around him.
This range was equivalent to his spatial domain. Within this controlled space, he could easily use all sorts of techniques—Space Rend, Space Devour, Instant Movement, Space Imprisonment, Compression... However, due to the limitation of his mental power, these skills could not be used multiple times in a short period, otherwise, mental exhaustion would lead to unconsciousness... Outside the window, the sun was shining brightly.
It was already ten in the morning.
Su Mu sat on the sofa, pondered for a moment, then got up and went into the bedroom to grab his wallet. He also took out his phone card from his cracked phone and left the rental apartment.
Before the apocalypse began.
He planned to purchase some supplies and find a temporary residence. Although the System Store could provide everything, he didn't have much Evolution Points, so he wanted to save what he could.
More importantly, the Blue Star's currency system would collapse with the apocalypse. If he didn't use his money now, he wouldn't be able to use it later.
His hard-earned hundred thousand yuan in savings couldn't just go to waste!
He had to enjoy the feeling of spending lavishly at least once.
Relying on his physique, strengthened by the gene agent, he quickly descended from the twelfth floor, reaching the ground in less than a minute.
His face wasn't red, and he wasn't out of breath. He continued walking towards the community gate.
Su Mu remembered there was a phone shop by the road. In today's society, everything was paid for with a mobile phone.
He couldn't do without a phone.
Soon, he arrived outside the phone shop.
As soon as he walked in, he heard the shop owner's enthusiastic greeting: "Hello, are you buying a phone or repairing one?"
"Buying."
Su Mu replied concisely, his gaze sweeping across the counter. He pointed to an OP phone priced at 1,500 yuan. "This one. Card payment."
"Card payment?" The shop owner looked surprised.
In this era of scanning and tapping, he hadn't heard that request in a long time.
He didn't even know if his dusty POS machine still worked.
"My phone is broken and unusable, otherwise I wouldn't be buying a new one," Su Mu explained with a smile. "If you're not worried I won't pay, I can insert my SIM card, download the apps, and then scan to pay you."
"No worries, no worries. Go ahead and insert the card to activate it. You can pay later. The WiFi name is my shop's name, and the password is eight eights," the shop owner said, waving his hand dismissively.
There were cameras everywhere these days; he didn't believe Su Mu would dare to run off with the phone without paying.
Since the shop owner didn't mind, Su Mu immediately started operating.
He inserted the card, activated the phone, connected to WiFi, then downloaded chat apps, payment apps, and various loan apps.
Once the payment app finished downloading, he immediately used Ma Bei to pay for the phone.
After notifying the shop owner, he left with his new phone and turned into the noodle shop next door: "Boss, two bowls of three-liang noodles, with two fried eggs in each bowl, the spicier the better."
The noodles were served quickly. Su Mu ate while applying for various online loans on his phone.
Text messages kept chiming, containing verification codes and notifications of online loans being deposited.
The noodle shop owner initially thought Su Mu ordered two bowls because one was for a friend he'd ordered for in advance, but he didn't expect them all to go into Su Mu's stomach.
And that wasn't all. Under the owner's astonished gaze, Su Mu ordered two more bowls.
After Su Mu finished eating and left, the owner watched his retreating figure, secretly clicking his tongue: "My goodness, someone actually ate over a jin of noodles in one go."
"Then when he goes to the toilet..."
Still only half full, Su Mu hailed a taxi to the nearest Aicunbucun Bank to unfreeze his fixed deposit.
If he wasn't afraid of scaring the noodle shop owner, he would have truly ordered four more bowls.
As his strength increased, so did his appetite.
Soon after, Su Mu, having left the bank, took a taxi to the nearby Yida Plaza.
He now held a massive sum of 300,000 yuan and needed to spend lavishly. 200,000 of it came from the online loans he took out while eating noodles.
"Before, spending thirty yuan a day felt like a lot. I never thought I'd be spending three hundred thousand today," Su Mu mused to himself.
Not long after.
The taxi stopped at the entrance of Yida Shopping Mall.
Su Mu paid the fare and walked directly into the lavishly decorated, super-large shopping mall.
He headed straight for the men's clothing section.
He didn't look at brands when buying clothes; he only chose items with comfortable fabrics and designs that matched his aesthetic.
Men were always decisive when shopping, even more so Su Mu, who now didn't have to look at prices at all.