Zombie Apocalypse: I Have Safe Zone Superpower-Chapter 580: Aura

Marco’s voice dropped slightly, turning more serious.

"But for that," he continued, "a superior being would have to sacrifice quite a lot."

Ferero remained silent, his eyes fixed on him, waiting.

"Go on," his gaze seemed to say.

And so, Marco did.

He explained the entire plan in detail, each step, each requirement, each risk involved.

As the explanation unfolded, Ferero’s eyes slowly brightened. Hope flickered within them, faint but undeniable.

But at the same time...

A shadow of hesitation lingered deep within his expression.

’This... will cost me that much...?’

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Meanwhile, completely unaware of the scheme being woven against her, Ivy was focused on something entirely different.

Her own power.

Recently, she had noticed something unusual.

Due to her constant cultivation and relentless effort, she was slowly advancing toward another breakthrough.

But this time... something strange happened.

Instead of awakening a new power after the breakthrough...She awakened it midway. Or rather... She learned it.

Her fingers gently brushed against the manual she had obtained from the Temporal Storage. Even now, she could still recall the moment she purchased it.

One billion KB points. At first, she had hesitated. ’One manual... for that price?’

She had even declined initially.

But the repeated insistence, and the promise that the technique would truly amaze her, had eventually convinced her.

Now... She didn’t regret it at all.

The technique described in the manual seemed simple on the surface.

She only needed to focus... and attempt to separate her own power into different sections.

Until now, all of her power had been concentrated solely on protecting her base.

But after reaching a new stage, she realized something surprising... Her range had expanded.

Not just the base anymore.

But thousands of kilometers around it... and it was still growing.

To her, that expansion felt wasteful.

’What’s the point of covering so much without precision...?’

With that thought, she opened the manual again.

The title read: ’Subtraction of One’s Power.’

At first, Ivy approached it with skepticism. Inside, it spoke about something called a "control."

According to the text, both superior beings and hybrid beings possessed complete control over their power, but they needed to awaken this control. Only by understanding its essence could they truly master their abilities.

Ivy frowned slightly.

"That sounds like nonsense..." she muttered under her breath.

’Control? Don’t I already have control?’

She clenched her fist lightly.

’I can protect my base whenever I want. Isn’t that enough?’

Still, she continued reading. And as she progressed... Her expression slowly changed. The manual wasn’t nonsense.

It was... profound. Deeply written. Precise in a way that demanded understanding rather than blind belief.

It explained how power could be controlled far beyond its basic usage.

An example was given... A telekinesis user.

Normally, such a person could lift objects, move them, make them float or rotate in the air. That alone was already considered extraordinary.

But with true control... It went far beyond that.

A user could assign sequences to the object, decide when it would move, how it would act, and what pattern it would follow over a set duration of time.

A predetermined flow of actions. A command embedded into the power itself. This level of control...

Was something an ordinary human telekinesis user could never achieve in their entire lifetime?

Because their control... Was simply not enough

But those who had truly grasped the essence of control could go far beyond something so simple.

They could make an object rise into the air, let it rotate with precision, and then direct it toward a specific path, and not just that, they could decide when each action would occur, embedding timing into every movement itself. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

All of it... required control.

When Ivy understood this, a flicker of surprise crossed her face. ’So power isn’t just used... it’s shaped.’

As she continued reading about this so-called "control," the depth of it began to unfold before her. It wasn’t merely about possessing power, it was about understanding it at its very core. Only then could one manipulate it freely.

To manipulate it... One had to first comprehend its essence.

And then, slowly, patiently, translate that understanding into control.

A quiet silence settled around her as that realization sank in.

’I... don’t actually understand my own power, do I...?’

That thought lingered, heavy and unsettling.

Up until now, she had been using her abilities instinctively, almost blindly. That was why her control had always been limited, confined within an invisible boundary she had never questioned before.

Her gaze drifted slightly as she thought about the manual again.

If she could truly control it... Then she could subtract it.

She slowly inhaled, the air cool against her lungs.

"I don’t need all of it..." she murmured softly.

Her eyes sharpened. "I just need it where it matters."

At present, her power covered not only her base but stretched far beyond, hundreds, even close to a thousand kilometers outward.

But most of that... was useless.

’What’s the point of protecting empty land...?’

If she could cut off that excess protection and redirect it... Her thoughts immediately went to someone.

Her husband. A faint tension crept into her chest.

’If I can focus it on him... then he’ll never have to fear zombies again.’

The idea alone made her heart steady slightly. And so, she began.

At first, she attempted to disintegrate her own power.

It was far more difficult than she had imagined.

Her brows furrowed as she concentrated, a faint ache forming at her temples.

’I don’t even know what I’m trying to break apart...’

She had never understood the root of her power. To her, it had always just been... a "superpower."

But now, after reading the manual, she realized something entirely different.

Her power wasn’t just an ability. It was an aura.

An innate aura that every superior being possessed.

This aura, when solidified, could safeguard land... or even people.

It could resist negative emotions, suppress environmental extremes like scorching heat, freezing cold, or even devastating floods.