As the skill Crystal Stone completely merged with Lu Feng’s body, a special energy appeared within him.

He seemed to sense something and looked at his character stats:

Character: Lu Feng

Gender: Male

Level: 8

Strength: 11 (Average: 5)

Agility: 11 (Average: 5)

Stamina: 11 (Average: 5)

Spiritual Power: 10

Combat Skills: Basic Brawling, Old-Fashioned Firearm Proficiency!

Special Ability: Energy Barrier

Energy: 100/100

Experience: 11434/12800

The character stat panel had changed again.

A special ability, Energy Barrier, had been added, and his Spiritual Power had become 10.

He had always been puzzled by the Spiritual Power stat. ’Wouldn’t a Spiritual Power of 0 mean you’re in a vegetative state or something?’

Now he understood. He had misunderstood what Spiritual Power was.

The level of one’s Spiritual Power determined the strength of their special abilities.

Furthermore, a new "Energy" attribute had been added to his character stats.

This was precisely that new, special energy inside him.

Using special abilities would consume this energy.

He immediately pulled open his shirt. With a thought, a special rune-like pattern appeared on his body.

Instantly, an Energy Shield materialized around him.

It was the same as the one Gray Wolf had, but it was much fainter.

’At this strength, it could probably only block a single laser blast.’

At the same time, as the Energy Shield formed, the new energy in his body began to drain rapidly.

His Energy quickly dropped to 90/100.

Lu Feng immediately pulled a pistol from his backpack space and aimed it at the Energy Shield. Of course, he controlled his hand to pass through the shield, shooting from the outside in. And he aimed off to the side.

’This is just a test, after all. I don’t want any accidents, like taking a bullet myself.’

BANG!~

The moment the gun fired, the Energy Shield rippled like water. And then... nothing. The bullet was deflected.

’If it’s strong enough to block a laser blast, then stopping a regular bullet is no problem at all.’

Gunshots were still ringing out from outside the bank. He knew it must be the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps members who had been left to guard the hover trucks.

He walked straight out of the bank, saw the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps members across the street still fighting Lin Jiao and the other two, and immediately charged out, vaulting over the defensive barricades.

At the same time, he pulled another old-fashioned pistol from his backpack space.

Lin Jiao and the others must have run out of energy for their laser weapons. The Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps members were now closing in on the building the three were in.

In the darkness of the night, the muzzle flashes from the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps’ guns were still bright!

As Lu Feng approached, the remaining members of the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps spotted him. Two of them immediately raised their guns and fired at him.

But after firing, the two Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps members were stunned. The bullets were stopped by the Energy Shield around Lu Feng, causing no damage at all.

"He’s an ability user!"

"He has the same ability as the captain!"

The two cried out in shock.

But Lu Feng raised both his pistols. Aided by his Old-Fashioned Firearm Proficiency skill, he fired two quick shots, the bullets accurately striking both men in the head.

A spray of blood marked the end of their lives.

When it came to killing, the turmoil in Lu Feng’s heart seemed to have lessened considerably.

The other members of the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps were already shocked. They all turned their guns on Lu Feng and opened fire.

But once again, the bullets were all blocked, failing to do any damage to Lu Feng.

Lu Feng raised his guns again and finished off another two. At this moment, he was like an unstoppable force.

However, his Energy had now dropped to 30/100.

He had to finish off these Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps members before his energy ran out.

He raised his hands and fired two more shots, accurately hitting two more men in the head and finishing them off.

Inside the building, Lin Jiao, Chen Tao, and Chen Hao watched the scene unfold, their faces a mixture of shock and delight.

The three of them knew their boss was an ability user, but they never imagined he had so many abilities.

They had already seen his ability to appear and disappear out of thin air, as well as his ability to pull objects from nowhere. Now, they were witnessing yet another of their boss’s abilities.

At the same time, the three of them felt truly fortunate to have been recruited by him. As time went on, their motivations had long since evolved beyond just securing food.

To be honest, in this apocalyptic world, being able to follow such a powerful ability user was a truly reassuring thing.

The few remaining Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps members seemed to have broken down. They realized their captain and the others must have been finished; otherwise, this ability user wouldn’t be standing before them.

Without a moment’s hesitation, the remaining men dropped their guns and immediately raised their hands.

"I surrender, don’t kill me!"

"I surrender too, spare me!"

"..."

Lu Feng was about to keep firing when his brow furrowed.

He seemed to be getting used to killing villains, but when it came to killing unarmed men, he found himself hesitating.

Humans were complex creatures. Sometimes, making a choice could be incredibly difficult.

Seeing this, Lin Jiao, Chen Tao, and Chen Hao immediately came out of the building.

"What should we do with them?" Lu Feng asked the three.

Chen Tao immediately replied, "Boss, since you want the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps’ base, these men could be useful."

Chen Hao chimed in, "That’s right. We’ll need people to manage a base."

Lin Jiao then added, "Boss, Chen Tao and Chen Hao used to manage a small mercenary team (Chapter 39). We can have them manage these people."

"Besides, all the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps members have ’Pulse-Rending Chips’ implanted. There should be something to control them. If we get the remote for these chips, they won’t dare to resist."

Hearing this, one of the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps members with his hands up immediately said, "I know what the controller is! It’s on the hover truck. Should I go get it?"

As he spoke, he saw Lu Feng nod and immediately hurried towards a hover truck. Naturally, the two brothers, Chen Tao and Chen Hao, kept a close eye on him.

The man didn’t try any tricks. He ran back over, carrying a holographic virtual computer, and handed it to Lu Feng. "This holographic virtual computer is the controller."

At the same time, he made sure to explain, "I was originally from a survivor settlement. My companions were all killed by the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps. I was forced to get the Pulse-Rending Chip implanted. I don’t want to work for the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps."

Lu Feng took the holographic virtual computer. He mostly believed what the man said.

This was because the amount of experience he gained from killing a Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps member depended on their "evil deeds value." Some yielded high experience, meaning they had committed many evil acts, while others had done few.

It was normal for someone whose companions were killed and was forced to join the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps to be unwilling to serve them. In that case, even while following the corps, they would commit fewer evil deeds, and the experience from killing them would be low.

Of course, it was hard to tell if he was being truthful, but it didn’t matter. As long as he could control these men, he could just hand them over to Chen Hao and Chen Tao to manage.

Lu Feng tried pressing a button on the holographic virtual computer. The power symbol was the same as the ones in the real world.

A holographic virtual screen immediately popped up, but it was followed by a scan, requesting facial verification.

Obviously, his face failed to unlock it.

Seeing this, he immediately rushed back into the bank. ’Damn it, it needs Gray Wolf’s face for verification. Now that he’s dead, I don’t know if it’ll still unlock.’

’If it doesn’t work, I’ll have to change my approach to dealing with those Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps members.’

After all, he had to unlock it first before he could change the verification settings.

Finding Gray Wolf’s corpse, Lu Feng immediately grabbed his head—eyes wide open in an eternal, unresigned stare—and pointed it at the holographic virtual computer in his hand.

The holographic computer immediately shot out a scanning beam to verify.

Luckily, with a BEEP, the holographic computer’s verification was successful, and it entered the operating interface.

’It actually worked. I guess that’s one way to recycle Gray Wolf.’

But then, he discovered a problem: he had no idea how to control this system.