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Perhaps his body had become pure due to awakening his Talent, or perhaps because of something else, the energy of the fruit surged entirely toward his Talent.

He felt that his Talent seemed to have undergone some kind of change, retreating to a corner. In his palm, a cluster of flames emerged, only this flame was bicolor: blue and purple.

Similarly, he perceived the function of the Talent naturally, as if they shared a telepathic connection.

The purple fire was scorching, incinerating all things.

The blue fire was gentle, healing and purifying.

"Is this? Did my Talent upgrade, or did I awaken another Talent?"

Ning Yuan did not know, but regardless, it was a good thing.

It was just that the blue color seemed weaker; it likely hadn't reached A-level standard.

Thinking of the remaining one, he immediately took it out and continued to consume it.

The energy continued to flow toward his Talent, and this time, it finally seemed sufficient, with even some surplus energy subsequently transforming into extraordinary energy within his body.

His Talent had reached second level!

"My Talent level actually increased too!" Ning Yuan felt pleasantly surprised. Indeed, coming out was the right choice; only here, on this Wasteland, could he truly become strong!

Since he had already obtained the treasure, should he leave now or not?

A thought stirred in his heart: should he wait and see? Perhaps he could snatch another one from someone else.

Thus, he simply hid in a corner of the valley, observing the movements ahead.

From among the strange bird and the King Worm, a Level Three two-headed wolf king snatched one, also swallowing and refining it on the spot.

Its originally pitch-black body gradually transformed, shedding its old skin to reveal a coat of silver-white fur. As for the two heads, they remained unchanged, though the eyes of the two heads were slightly different.

The wolf king let out a long howl and left quickly as well, seemingly unwilling to stay here any longer.

Finally, there was a purple-black toad. The toad swallowed a fruit, its body turned golden, and the toad dove downward, disappearing into the ground.

Afterward, only the second level creatures and that group of people remained.

Among them, a woman, who was a Mutant with a pair of fleshy wings, came to the tree, picked a fruit, and stuffed it into her mouth without hesitation.

She then flapped her wings and left.

Those fleshy wings also gradually changed, turning from dark gray to blue-silver, with electric arcs faintly flickering on them.

Ning Yuan was startled. What was this situation? Was she awakening a Talent?

But looking at it, it didn't seem like it, yet she had indeed gained control over extraordinary power; the lightning flickering on her wings was clearly the ability to manipulate electricity.

Ning Yuan didn't know what this was either. After all, his understanding of Talents was limited, let alone this kind of change.

"I just don't know, what does this person count as now? Is she still a Mutant? Or something else?"

The rest of those people clearly lacked this strength.

Moreover, those second level Pollution Beasts were extremely numerous, and quite a few began fighting and tearing at each other, wanting to prevent other Pollution Beasts from obtaining the azure fruit.

The reason the Level Three Pollution Beasts didn't fight before was because there were plenty of fruits on the tree, and since one could only obtain one at most, there was naturally no need to fight.

But those second level Pollution Beasts were different. The fruits on the tree, by a generous estimate, would definitely not exceed twenty, while the number of second level Pollution Beasts was close to two hundred, and there were still more Pollution Beasts pouring into the valley from outside.

There were even thousands of Level One Pollution Beasts.

"Damn it, there are too many! We can't fight our way through at all!" The young man began to show signs of fatigue, and the surrounding Pollution Beasts attacked him as if they had gone mad.

Captain An had already digested the azure fruit, and his strength seemed to have improved significantly; even his appearance had changed drastically. He swept a long spear in his hand, and the surrounding Pollution Beasts were cut down.

"I will escort you over!"

"Great, thank you, Brother An!"

"Let's move faster. It's possible that other Pollution Beasts, as well as scavengers, will arrive soon!"

"Let me handle this!"

The blue-winged woman flew over.

"Sister An Ling!"

This Mutant could be considered the second-in-command of this team, as her wings and miraculous sniping skills had saved the team members many times.

An Ling grabbed the young man; he was her brother, so opportunities naturally had to be prioritized for those closest to her.

She wasn't stupid. If she didn't give it to someone close to her, should she give it to others? This talk of the public good outweighing private interests, helping outsiders obtain the azure fruit while not giving it to her own people, was simply hopelessly stupid. She had once known someone from another scavenger team; that captain was like that, and in the end, the scavenger team disbanded. Who would remember his kindness? It was just a total split.

Therefore, she ignored the jealous and resentful gazes from the people below, and even noted them down; if there were opportunities later, she wouldn't bring those people along.

The young man was excited: "Sister! Faster! Faster!"

"Shut up!"

The young man immediately covered his mouth, but his eyes still held uncontainable excitement.

This young man was also a Mutant, but only his eyes had mutated; not only could he see very far, but he also possessed the ability of night vision.

Night vision was an extremely important ability for their group, who often slept in the wild.

"Sister! We're here!"

The young man grabbed a fruit and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

Afterward, An Ling took her brother and turned back.

The young man's eyes were also changing rapidly; his originally black pupils turned pale white in an instant.

The world in his eyes had changed; it became somewhat strange. On every creature, it seemed, a kind of peculiar color radiated: black for Pollution Beasts, red for Gene Warriors.

Black-red for Mutants, iron-red for mechanical modifiers, and most strangely, these peculiar colors ignored mountains, rivers, and vegetation.

"My eyes have evolved?"

Suddenly, he felt that he could remotely manipulate those peculiar colors, so he reached out and grabbed the color of a second level Pollution Beast.

The color on that second level Pollution Beast, which was over a hundred meters away from him, was instantly grabbed and scattered, as if it had been torn apart.

Then, and then that Pollution Beast just collapsed to the ground!

"I, I have an attack ability!" The young man was pleasantly surprised, but immediately following that, a dull pain struck his head, as if he had been struck by something.

Fortunately, he could still endure it. He observed his surroundings again, and suddenly, his gaze stopped. Over a thousand meters away, in a corner, there was a purple-red color! No, half of it was blue-green!

That color surged like a fiercely burning flame.

Upon seeing this color, he only felt his heart beating violently, and a sense of panic spread.

"What, what is that!"

Dangerous, very dangerous!

But he still couldn't resist his curiosity and wanted to touch it.

Suddenly, he felt his eyes being burned!

"Ahhhhh! It hurts!"