All My Superpowers Come from the Law of Causality-Chapter 231 - 208: Rune Network_2

After pondering for a while, Su Xin decided to choose the second characteristic, Rune Network.

After all, although the effect of Life and Death Transformation is also very practical, as long as he can sense the real-time coordinates of each Life and Death Talisman, there is no need to use the means of transforming a Death Talisman to kill the target, he can completely teleport over and kill them instead.

Therefore, the effect of the Rune Network is more practical for him.

As the characteristic selection was completed, it was as if a huge map of coordinates appeared in Su Xin's mind, showing the real-time location of himself and every target he had planted a Life and Death Talisman on.

Whenever he wishes, he can engage in ultra-long-distance telepathic communication with any target, and can grant any target the authority to actively contact him or others.

It's quite similar to a cellphone.

The biggest difference is that all targets' permissions to 'make and receive calls' are controlled by him alone, which he can grant or rescind at any time.

Su Xin did not immediately attempt this characteristic; instead, he opened his personal panel to have a look.

[Name: Su Xin]

[Abilities: Concealment Prayer LV8, Unyielding Dead LV5, Other-Transformation LV5, Self-Deception LV5, Sword God Slash LV5, Exercise Maniac LV8, Burst Shooter LV5, Life and Death Balance LV4.]

[Karmic Points: 28229]

"Over twenty thousand more…"

"It seems that I might be able to upgrade again tonight or tomorrow. Hopefully, I can gain another good characteristic."

Su Xin was filled with anticipation.

The Life and Death Balance ability indeed brought him quite a few surprises, apart from its miraculous effect, primarily by providing him with a new method to quickly accumulate Karmic Points.

Hereafter, as long as he continues with a methodical approach, the Karmic Points will keep flowing.

While entertaining these thoughts, Su Xin used three hundred Death Talismans on himself one by one and quickly gained over a hundred and fifty Life Talismans.

Then, he used up dozens of Biological Marks that he had accumulated, repeatedly dying and resurrecting to obtain dozens more Life Talismans.

"Over two hundred Life Talismans, it's still not enough."

Su Xin hesitated momentarily.

Without Death Talismans, he needed to transform into other forms via Other-Transformation to commit suicide, which required stealing other people's belongings, but sneaking around to pluck people's hair was quite inconvenient, especially since he needed such a large number now.

After thinking for a while, he opened a map app on his phone, searched for the nearest major city, teleported there, and found several barbershops in the city.

Since sneaking around to pluck hair one by one wasn't convenient, directly taking them in large quantities from barbershops would be much easier.

Su Xin entered a Stealth State and checked out several barbershops, discovering that the hair in these shops was stored in special plastic boxes and even sorted by length.

Su Xin didn't worry about exposure; stealing hair wouldn't cause alarm even if discovered, so he conveniently took whole boxes, entering a Stealth State with them.

In the end, he took a total of ten boxes of hair and teleported back to his secret base.

As he opened the lids of the boxes, Su Xin's eyes gleamed like he was looking at boxes full of gold and silver treasures.

"Indeed, brute forcing doesn't work; even just a slightly better method could boost efficiency several hundred times, much more conveniently than before."

Looking at the finely chopped hair in the boxes, Su Xin thought of more good ideas.

"Since the length of the hair doesn't matter, I can further chop these hairs into finer pieces, effectively increasing the quantity several times."

"Moreover, I can use this method to harvest hair from Zhai Shiquan and others in the future, avoiding the awkwardness of balding them."

"Now, let's try it out…"

Su Xin manifested a long sword, drew it, and swung it at one of the plastic boxes from afar.

Sword God Slash ability activated!

Frenzied Slash characteristic activated!

Flowers In Storm characteristic from the Burst Shooter ability activated!

Precise Kill characteristic activated!

A dense barrage of sword lights fell onto the hair in the plastic box like a storm and exploded into an endless mass of fine sword lights, rampaging wildly in all directions.

However, these sword lights merely chopped the hair into increasingly smaller pieces, without causing any harm to the surroundings.

This was the effect of the Precise Kill characteristic.

Su Xin only designated the hair as the enemy, so the sword lights would only harm the hair and not other objects.

Having had this characteristic for quite some time, Su Xin always knew it was useful, but he had never imagined its first actual application would be to cut hair.

The effect certainly delighted him.

The entire box of already short hair was further chopped down to less than the length of a grain of rice, or more precisely, fractions of a grain of rice under the onslaught of countless sword lights.

This increased the quantity by at least several times.

Following the same method, Su Xin chopped the hair in the other boxes and then mixed all the hair together, stirring it a few times to ensure uniform blending, and then repackaged them into five boxes.

This way, all the hair was evenly mixed, ensuring that any handful grabbed would contain minimal repetitions.

He casually grabbed a small handful from the first box, roughly over a hundred strands.

Then, he teleported away from the secret base.

…

In a large military camp.

The meeting room was filled with people, each with a grave expression. Ji Lang, the highest commanding officer in the camp, sat at the head, listening intently to the report.

"…That extremely fast phantom, we slowed down the surveillance footage thirty-two times, and we could only discern that it was a person, unable to see the face clearly, but through the resurrection phenomenon among the soldiers, we all believe—that phantom is very likely Su Xin."

"He quickly hovered around the camp, tapping each soldier's forehead, presumably granting our soldiers the resurrection ability through this action, but they could only resurrect once, so most of these soldiers were killed in the subsequent enemy attack."

"Moreover, he resurrected some people at the battlefield over at Arhat Ridge not long ago, including both our people and the enemy, and we cannot determine Su Xin's motive or figure out which side he is inclined to support."

"His actions are utterly unpredictable, as if he is resurrecting just for the sake of resurrection. Granting our soldiers resurrection ability also doesn't seem to indicate any intention of helping or harming us."

Ji Lang massaged his temples.

Su Xin's appearance could be said to have completely disrupted the balance on the battlefield, even though he showed no intention of helping any side, merely doing some bizarre, inexplicable acts, yet it could still greatly influence the course of the war.

For a war, the most feared thing is the emergence of uncontrollable factors.

Because nobody knows whether their decisions and plans would become nullified due to this uncontrollable factor.

It's like driving on a highway where a giant rock might appear out of nowhere, making reckless driving inadvisable for everyone.

If encountered, especially if it shows up in one's lane, it could be deadly.

Su Xin's presence is akin to that rock appearing randomly on a highway; he dared not gamble on whether it would appear in the enemy's lane or his own.

The war must prioritize stability.

After a moment of contemplation, he said:

"Focus on defense for the next couple of days, do not launch any attacks recklessly. I will first…"

Yet before he could finish speaking, the meeting room door was suddenly flung open by a soldier, who anxiously shouted:

"The mysterious phantom has appeared at the sixth camp!"

"Damn it!"

Ji Lang felt a chill surge up his spine, and without time for further thought, he promptly ordered:

"Instruct them to stay calm and do not attack!"

"Remember! Do not attack!!"

If Su Xin, as before, barged into the camp merely to grant soldiers the resurrection ability, it would actually be a great boon for them.

The dire concern would be the soldiers panicking and opening fire indiscriminately at the sudden appearance of the phantom, which would indeed create substantial trouble for the camp.