Thunderstorm Asthma? I’ll Just Drain the National Power Grid!

2: It swallowed up half the city’s electricity in one gulp, achieving the Awakening Realm!After Brother Biao and his group fled, Lin Yuan let out a long sigh of relief.

He collapsed onto the sofa, his heart still pounding wildly.

Not out of fear, but from excitement and disbelief.

”System?”

He tentatively called out in his mind.

”I am here.”

The mechanical voice immediately responded.

A translucent blue panel unfolded before his eyes.

The panel’s design was extremely simple, like a mobile phone interface.

At the very top was a large battery icon.

”god-tier charging system”

”Host: Lin Yuan”

”Physique: Primordial Thunder God Body (Elementary)”

”Divine Body Power: 0.1%”

”Realm: Unranked (Warning: Below normal adult male standard, in an extremely weakened state)”

”Unlocked Authority: None”

”Charging Instructions: This system can charge the Divine Body by absorbing any form of electrical energy or lightning. The power can directly enhance physical attributes. Absorbing specific voltage or special types of lightning for the first time can unlock corresponding authorities.”

Lin Yuan’s gaze was fixed on the words ”extremely weakened.”

No wonder he ended up in the hospital every few days, and running 800 meters felt like it was killing him.

It turned out he wasn’t even half of a normal person.

But just now, he clearly felt full of power.

”System Notification: The electrical energy consumed to scare away the intruders earlier was the free biological static electricity unconsciously accumulated by the Host over more than twenty years. It is now mostly depleted.”

”Warning! Current Divine Body power is too low; convulsions (i.e., ’asthma’ symptoms) may recur at any time. It is recommended that the Host perform initial charging as soon as possible.”

The system’s notification was like a bucket of cold water poured over him.

So, that one burst just now had completely used up his ”reserves” from over twenty years?

”Charge as soon as possible...”

Lin Yuan looked around his sparsely furnished rented room, his gaze finally landing on the power outlet in the corner.

”System detected low-level energy nearby: 220V AC. Proceed with absorption?”

Looking at the two small holes of the outlet, Lin Yuan’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down.

In his mind, his junior high physics teacher’s stern face appeared.

And his strict admonition, pointing at the blackboard with his pointer, saying:

”Students, remember, 220 volts of household electricity must never be touched!”

”36 volts is a safe voltage; exceeding this value will cause fatal harm to the human body!”

There was also his mother’s constant nagging when she was alive:

”Xiao Yuan, never touch an outlet with wet hands! Stay away from anything that’s electrified!”

These invaluable pieces of advice, heard since childhood, now transformed into countless ”danger” signals, flashing wildly in his mind.

Sticking his fingers into an electrical outlet?

Is that something a human would do?

That’s not asking for trouble; that’s asking to be reborn.

But... Lin Yuan looked down at his hands.

The enormous debt of one million yuan was like a mountain pressing on his heart.

He scared off Brother Biao today, but what about tomorrow?

They would surely come back, and they would bring more people, using harsher methods.

And this damned illness, which could recur at any time, making him experience that despair of near-death again.

And now, an opportunity that could change everything was right before him.

Power.

He had felt that power, even if only for an instant.

Lin Yuan’s eyes gradually changed from hesitant and struggling to resolute and frantic.

”Mom, Physics Teacher, I’m sorry.”

He stood up, walked to the corner, and squatted down, a look of determination on his face.

”As the ancients said, wealth is found in danger!”

”Today, I will make a decision that goes against my ancestors!”

Lin Yuan took a deep breath, extended his trembling right hand, aimed his index and middle fingers at the outlet... and then, plunged them in!

One second.

Two seconds.

The agonizing pain he expected, of being electrocuted until his whole body was charred and he foamed at the mouth, did not come.

Instead, there was an indescribable feeling of pure exhilaration!

Streams of pure energy surged wildly into his body through his fingers!

He felt every cell in his body cheer at that moment!

”Absorbing 220V AC power...”

”Divine Body Power 0.1%... 0.2%... 0.5%... 1%...”

On the system panel, the power level of the battery icon was gradually rising!

At the same time, the old tungsten filament light bulb in his house flickered.

”Bang!”

The light bulb couldn’t withstand the instantaneous super-high load and exploded.

But this was just the beginning.

Outside the window, the normally quiet residential area suddenly erupted with gasps of surprise.

”Huh? Why is the power out?”

”My house is out too! Damn, I was halfway through a ranked game!”

”What’s going on? Did a fuse blow?”

Lin Yuan looked out the window and saw the lights in his building go out one by one.

Next, it was the building next door.

And then, the entire residential area.

Streetlights, neon signs of shops, lights of distant office buildings... in just over ten seconds, centered on his home, within a radius of several kilometers, the power was completely cut!

”Burp~”

Lin Yuan let out a satisfied burp, a warm current flowing through his entire body.

He pulled out his fingers.

The edges of the outlet’s holes had already slightly melted from the high temperature.

The system panel before his eyes had been completely refreshed.

”Charging Complete!”

”Divine Body Power: 1%”

”Realm: Unranked -- E-rank Awakened Realm”

”Congratulations, Host! You have successfully unlocked the elementary authority: Electromagnetic Induction, by absorbing 220V voltage for the first time!”

”Electromagnetic Induction (Elementary): Can perceive the strength and flow of all electromagnetic fields within a one-hundred-meter radius, including bioelectricity.”

Lin Yuan slowly stood up and clenched his fist.

An unprecedented sense of power filled his body.

He could clearly feel the surging blood and qi beneath his muscles.

His body, which had been thin due to long-term malnutrition, seemed to have become a bit sturdier.

”It’s just...”

He looked out the window, listening to the distant clamor and faint siren sounds, and swallowed hard.

”This time...”

”I seem to have played a bit too big.”