The System Arrived Four Years Early, but the Anomaly Is Still a Juvenile - Chapter 59

The floor was about to collapse!

“Can’t win, so you’re trying to flee?” Shen Ge’s expression darkened as a possible solution flashed through his mind—a way to prevent Wu Xing (the Invisible) from escaping and regenerating by collapsing the building!

If ghost spaces collide, it causes spatial distortion!

If this floor warped, maybe it wouldn’t collapse after all!

Shen Ge activated “Stillness” to immobilize the corpse fragments on the ground, attempting to pull them into the Stillness ghost space. But as his mental energy neared depletion, he quickly canceled the ability to avoid dizziness. Even a brief moment of disorientation could be fatal with a supernatural entity nearby—better safe than sorry.

The few seconds of ghost space collision proved effective. Over the walkie-talkie, soldiers on other floors reported that their sections of the building had collapsed. Clearly, the spatial distortion Shen Ge created had redirected the collapse away from this floor.

This raised a question: “Does ghost space collision only redirect supernatural abilities, not stop them? Or was this just a coincidence?”

No time to dwell on it. The priority now was finishing off Wu Xing for good. To prevent it from triggering another collapse, Shen Ge tore off his gas mask and devoured the mental energy-boosting apple he’d stashed in his pocket.

A waste? Maybe. But in a life-or-death situation, even the best loot wasn’t worth dying over.

Sure enough, every time Shen Ge reduced a larger corpse chunk to mincemeat, the sound of shattering glass echoed around him. But he’d learned his lesson—the moment the noise started, he activated Stillness, dragging Wu Xing into the ghost space to create another distortion, this time limiting it to just one second to conserve energy.

His goal wasn’t to control Wu Xing—just to trigger a spatial collision. And each time he did, another floor collapsed somewhere else, as reported over the walkie-talkie.

This confirmed his theory: spatial distortion could redirect supernatural effects, but not stop them entirely. The redirected collapse still happened—just in a different, unpredictable part of the ghost space.

This was why Deng Yuqi had warned that “getting in is easy, getting out is hard.” Even if you distorted space to escape, the exit’s location was random. Falling through a collapsing floor wasn’t an escape—it was a one-way trip to the afterlife.

In short, spatial distortion could delay a ghost space’s effects, not negate them. And unless Shen Ge had infinite mental energy, he couldn’t keep this up forever.

Finally, after reducing the last corpse fragment to pulp, the system’s sweet notification chimed in his mind—

[Host has slain a Tier-7 supernatural entity (Trait: Invisibility). The corpse can be sold or absorbed by the system to extract its trait.]

[Supernatural Entity (Trait: Invisibility) — Value: 50,000 System Points.]

[Absorbing the entity will extract its trait.]

Hearing this heavenly announcement, Shen Ge felt like he’d struck gold. 50,000 points! That was 500 draws—enough to turn him into a full-blown arms dealer!

But no. The combo of “Silence” + “Invisibility” was too good to pass up. Waiting for another chance at “Invisibility” wasn’t an option.

“Absorb it!”

[Tier-7 Supernatural Entity (Trait: Invisibility) successfully absorbed. Trait “Invisibility” extracted. This trait will adapt to a form more suitable for the host. Host’s attribute panel has been updated.]

Shen Ge checked the new trait’s effects—

Invisibility: Activates a transparent state, rendering the user visually undetectable while still being physically tangible. Cost: 1% mental energy per second. Can be used simultaneously with other traits.

Invisibility Ghost Domain (Type I): Expands a ghost domain that turns everything within 10 cubic meters transparent. The domain moves with the user. Cost: 50% mental energy per second.

Domain Effect: Terrain within the domain can be altered.

(Note: Upgrading the trait expands the domain’s range, reduces energy cost, and unlocks Type II.)

Shen Ge: “…???”

The base Invisibility ability was about what he’d expected—and the 1% per second cost was a pleasant surprise. He’d assumed it’d be two or three times as draining as Silence.

But this?

*”Wu Xing’s ghost domain could collapse half a building. Mine? A measly 10 cubic meters? And 50% energy per second? That’s 3.6 seconds—pathetic! Not only is it tiny, but it’s also embarrassingly short-lived. Does that sound reasonable to you, System?”* Shen Ge fumed.

[Host can increase their rating to earn upgrade points, reducing energy costs and unlocking more trait abilities.]

“If you pulled this crap in a web novel, readers would drown you in hate for nerfing the MC’s power. Where’s the dignity of a golden finger? Are you a bargain-bin discount system?” Shen Ge couldn’t resist roasting it.

[Host is advised to improve their rating and shed the “Weakling” label.]

Now Shen Ge was pissed.

Was the system insulting him now?

“System, sing me a Jay Chou song.”

[…]

“Can’t even sing? Xiaoice AI is more useful than you.”

[…]

Angry as he was, Shen Ge couldn’t do anything about it. At least his main goal—pairing Silence with Invisibility—had been achieved. The ghost domain was just a bonus, even if it was underwhelming.

As Wu Xing’s corpse was absorbed, the remaining flesh chunks dissolved into white light, leaving only blue bloodstains smeared across the hallway. The ghost domain faded, and the transparent building returned to normal.

Staring at the restored floor, Shen Ge recalled how Wu Xing had caused entire sections to collapse—while his own trait description only mentioned “terrain alteration.”

“Wu Xing could make floors cave in, but all I get is turning things see-through?” With 120% mental energy left, he decided to test it.

Invisibility Ghost Domain—activate!

A 10-cubic-meter radius around him turned transparent again.

As he activated it, Shen Ge’s gaze was fixed on the floor, his mind fixated on how Wu Xing had triggered collapses. The moment the domain formed, it seemed to respond to his thoughts.

BOOM!

The floor beneath him shattered like glass, dropping him straight to the level below.

“Holy sh—!”

Caught completely off guard, Shen Ge crashed onto the lower floor, landing hard on his back. Stars danced in his vision from the pain.

“What the hell just happened?”

Two seconds later, the domain vanished, and the surroundings returned to normal—meaning the floor had only collapsed within the ghost domain. The ceiling above showed no signs of damage.

Shen Ge’s eyes lit up.

This ghost domain… might have some potential after all!