Chapter 32

Chapter 32: Sea Without Light Part 32

Kui Xin discovered an awkward reality in her continuous Extraordinary Abilities training.

It was that if she did not wear clothes, the volume of objects she could carry would increase.

She realized this because she had managed to pick up an expired fire mask from the gate security guard at her residential complex. She planned to use it to cover her face entirely and avoid exposing herself during movement.

Kui Xin intended to dress in long clothes to cover her body and had everything prepared. She wore the mask and clothes, attempting to teleport with her weapons. However, her prepared long bone knife turned out to be too large; only a smaller pointy dagger could manage the teleport.

Afterward, she experimented by adding and removing more clothing and accessories, concluding that clothes also counted toward the teleportation capacity. If she wanted to bring more weapons, she’d have to wear less clothing and fewer gear.

Indeed, high expectations could not be placed on E-level extraordinary abilities.

Having a gun right now would be ideal, as its小巧的尺寸、轻便的重量以及便于携带的特性使得在阴影穿梭时可以平稳带走。

可惜她弄不到枪。

没有枪，那就只能在武器上下功夫。

Kui Xin couldn’t abandon her clothing and disguise; she had to figure out how to obtain suitable weapons.

She fetched a paper and listed her options.

Spring knives, Triangular Daggers (the implication being a type of weapon), Swiss army knives, butterfly knives, daggers … these weapons were all appropriate in size and quite lethal.

However, these bladed items were restricted articles and could not be bought without proper channels.

Kui Xin wrote down a list of weapons and tried searching for them on an online shopping app. As expected, most search results were blank; even when there were results, they were unsharpened toy knives. Butterfly knives were popular among some young people, with many online stores selling them, but most buyers purchased them for show, lacking actual lethal power.

These toy knives may be made of metal, but their hardness and toughness do not meet military standards. Even if they were sharpened, they wouldn’t work effectively, often getting stuck in bones and bending easily.

The expensive knives had materials that met military standards, but it was too costly for Kui Xin.

When she asked the store owners for information on material quality and whether they could help sharpen the knives, every customer service representative replied that they couldn’t.

This was a tough situation.

Worse still, the biggest issue wasn’t the weapons themselves, but the fact that none of the blades passed through security checks.

Kui Xin initially planned to ask a store to mail the knives to a neighboring city and then fetch them via high-speed rail at a prearranged courier station, thus avoiding security altogether.

But all customer services responded that they couldn’t sharpen the knives, leaving Kui Xin in despair.

Her focus shifted to kitchen knives. Well-made ones were very sharp and usually mailed already sharpened. Plus, they held up well under strength and resilience requirements.

She searched through options and found a local online shop that sold Damascus kitchen knives, highly praised and within her budget.

Before paying, she asked customer service about blade durability:

Customer Service: “Our knives have guaranteed material quality and are durable.”

Kui Xin: “How do they perform with meat?”

Customer Service: “They’re incredibly smooth and silky.”

Kui Xin: “What about bones?”

Customer Service: “While we don’t recommend chopping large bones, they function excellently when removing bones along natural seams. Users say they’re great!”

Kui Xin: “How is the connection between the blade and handle? Any chance of it coming off?”

Customer Service: “No reports of such issues. Our blade-to-handle connection technique is top-notch. You can buy confidently!”

Kui Xin: “How fast is delivery?”

Customer Service: “Within two to three days in your province, or just one day nearby.”

Satisfied, despite feeling the financial pinch, Kui Xin quickly completed her purchase.

Over the next two days, wearing sweat-tinged exercise attire, she ran along the riverbank early mornings to prepare her body.

Other joggers on the riverside marveled at her: “To see such determination in you so early!”

Kui Xin sighed. “If survival weren’t pressuring us, who’d rise so early?”

She jogged five kilometers and warmed up, ensuring her muscles adjusted to intense activity.

Post-exercise, she massaged her muscles near fitness equipment, while others listened to morning radio news.

The broadcast detailed a murder suspect’s whereabouts:

“… reportedly headed to Tonglin City…”

Kui Xin paused. Tonglin City was where she lived. Was this all just a coincidence?

She felt elated rather than fearful. In her mind, it was akin to a hunter sensing their prey walking right into a trap.

An elderly man commented, puzzled, “Why hasn’t he been caught?”

A woman replied, waving a fan, “Who knows? With murders around, suspects must think running here is safer.”

Dismissing the radio, Kui Xin pulled out her phone and searched the news.

Sure enough, the latest news was about the suspect moving to Tonglin City. Surveillance footage captured his trail; he appeared ordinary, even mundane, buying water and food normally. His expression remained calm and composed.

Yet the cold logic Kui Xin observed suggested something deeply troubling—it seemed the suspect was after her.

So many cities, why did he come to where she lived?

Frightened, Kui Xin felt chills.

“You enhanced your innate talent.”

“Your innate ability, ‘Hazard Avoidance,’ has transformed into ‘Absolute Prediction.'”

“‘Absolute Prediction’ means your intuition guided you frequently in anticipating future events. It is a refined form of the sixth sense, capable of both predicting and dodging danger and unforeseen fates.”

…

Meanwhile, Fang Zhi woke up in an abandoned factory just outside Tonglin City. His mood was gloomy. He kicked away some bricks in front of him and nervously paced back and forth, biting his finger.

“How many times has she killed me this time?” he wondered.

Was it the third or fourth? His memory was blurred due to recurring memory loss after death.

Sitting still, he reviewed what happened, checking his phone for the time. After calculating accurately, he determined he died four times now.

Each death left a profound impression.

Fang Zhi possessed the ability of Death Rebirth, meaning each death reset his timeline slightly, which became shorter with every instance. On his first death, the timeline went back three days; on the second, two days; and on the third, a day behind his current time.

His first death was on a Monday, when she tossed him off a tall building, resulting in a fatal fall.

The second death occurred on Sunday. He believed it was because of his carelessness; if he had reacted fast enough, he might’ve avoided her powers, preventing her from harming him.

But reality struck harshly. The woman severed his spine, immobilizing him. She dragged him to a window and threw him again.

His third death happened on Saturday. Knowing the woman hunted for him, Fang Zhi used his foresight advantage, waiting secretly for her investigation route. But instead of attacking her, he was knocked over by her evasive maneuver.

Fang Zhi suspected the woman had sadistic tendencies, unwilling to kill him outright but instead throwing him to die. But the third time, he was not thrown off; instead, his spine was cut, and he fell into a pond, drowning.

Desperate, Fang Zhi sought divine revelation from someone omniscient, making sacrifices to gain insight. His god answered him.

The god informed him of the woman’s approximate location.

Overjoyed, Fang Zhi rushed to Tonglin City to confront her.

However, he died again.

Once more, it was the same woman, the same fate of drowning in a pond. This death did not revert him back a day—instead, he woke up on the same day.

Unless he changed something, the female hunter would continue hunting and eventually kill him.

His next death loomed tonight!

[Note: Translated keeping in mind the context and maintaining the flow of the story.]