Human Genius? Sorry, I’m a Deviant-Chapter 244: Can't Run Away

Lying on the ground, he gasped violently for quite a while before barely suppressing the intense dizziness and nausea.
Reaching out to touch the ground, he felt a damp sensation.
Su Zhan lifted his head and looked around.
His heart sank completely.
This... was the Mist World?
Even though he was an Awakened individual and an Aberrant, with vision far surpassing ordinary people.
Even though he desperately mobilized his mental energy to enhance his perception, the scene before his eyes remained utterly hopeless.
The visibility was terrifyingly low!
Thick gray-white mist filled every inch of space, heavily pressing down on his vision.
Even with his utmost effort, the range Su Zhan could clearly see with his naked eyes was less than two meters.
Even when operating his mental energy to the extreme, his effective field of view definitely wouldn't exceed five meters.
Before he could even observe his surroundings.
A sharp pain shot through Su Zhan's body.
This pain wasn't localized to any specific part.
Rather, every inch of his skin, every single pore, transmitted a continuous burning sensation.
Su Zhan couldn't help but gasp sharply, looking down to see his skin surface showing marks as if sanded with sandpaper, with streaks of blood appearing.
It was the Mist.
The Mist itself contained a corrosive energy.
This energy was continuously eroding his body.
Su Zhan gritted his teeth fiercely.
His body began undergoing a dramatic transformation visible to the naked eye.
Aberrant form, activated.
Scales, tail, golden vertical pupils, sharp claws, slightly expanded muscles.
The power of his Medium-risk fifth-stage Aberrant nature flowed completely throughout his body.
The originally intensely painful corrosive mist became... compatible?
No, it didn't become compatible, but rather the Aberrant power within him automatically operated, forming an invisible protective layer.
The ever-present stinging sensation rapidly faded.
The Mist that had previously harmed him now seemed like gentle flowing water surrounding him, even bringing a kind of... fish-in-water comfort and sense of power?
Su Zhan tentatively extended his hand, and the surrounding mist gathered at his fingertips as if summoned, gently coiling around them.
Su Zhan froze, then an indescribably complex emotion surged in his heart.
Ironic, wasn't it?
In the world of Awakened individuals, he needed to desperately hide this power, as exposure would mean eternal damnation.
Yet in this hopeless Mist World, it was precisely this forbidden power that protected him, giving him the qualification to survive.
Su Zhan took a deep breath.
The ground beneath his feet was soft and damp, covered with a thick layer of unfamiliar dark purple moss that felt slippery to the step.
The air carried a complex, indescribable odor.
Deathly silence.
In the distance, there seemed to be faint whispers or hisses.
But it also felt like an auditory illusion played by the mist.
The lighting was extremely dim, the only light source seemingly emanating from the Mist itself.
That gloomy phosphorescence made everything appear hazy and eerie.
Su Zhan grew even more vigilant.
Even Ocean Realm experts wouldn't dare claim they could protect themselves in this endless Mist World, so with his mere Medium-risk fifth-stage strength, encountering even a slightly powerful Mist Creature could mean instant death.
He had to be careful!
Careful!
And more careful!
The slightest carelessness could bring catastrophic disaster.
Su Zhan activated his spiritual energy again.
Time Abyss Pupil, Future Vision.
This time.
He didn't dare activate it as frequently as during his previous escape.
The mental energy consumption was too great.
Here, he must conserve every bit of strength.
Su Zhan maintained the Future Vision ability in a low-power continuous warning state.
Primarily sensing the next five seconds within his immediate vicinity, approximately ten meters around him—this was practically his current perception limit.
Visibility remained low, the thick mist unchanged.
With the warning system in place.
Su Zhan began moving extremely slowly.
His toes lightly touched the ground first.
Confirming there were no hidden traps or fragile ground that might make noise.
Only then did he gradually shift his body weight forward.
Keeping his body as low as possible to reduce exposure area, utilizing any available terrain.
Such as twisted, bizarre dead trees, giant fungal clusters, jagged strange rocks...
All could serve as temporary cover.
After moving a few steps, he immediately stopped.
Carefully listening to surrounding movements.
The thick mist devoured light and distorted sound.
In the distance, there always seemed to be faint roars, chewing sounds, squirming noises.
But their specific direction and distance remained uncertain, creating unease.
Su Zhan didn't dare head toward any direction with suspected sounds, relying only on vague intuition to choose a direction that felt empty, exploring bit by bit.
An unknown amount of time passed.
Future Vision transmitted a warning.
Ahead to the right, about seven or eight meters away, something was there.
And it carried clear hostility!
Su Zhan immediately stopped all movement, held his breath, and slowly retreated backward.
But it was already too late.
The thick mist churned as a black shadow suddenly burst from the fog, blocking his path.
It was an extremely bizarre-looking creature.
About the size of a wolf-dog, its body covered in rough dark gray carapace, with gray-white mist faintly seeping from the gaps.
Its head resembled a lizard's.
No eyes.
A circular mouth filled with dense teeth.
And two gray tentacles atop its head constantly trembling, as if receiving signals.
Short, thick limbs with sharp ends.
The energy waves emanating from it were approximately at Medium-risk third-stage.
This eyeless Mist Creature had clearly detected Su Zhan through some unknown perception method.
Its ugly mouth continuously opened and closed, the tentacles on its head vibrating rapidly, locking onto Su Zhan's position.
Can't run.
Su Zhan knew that fleeing in this environment would only attract more Mist Creatures and additional unknown dangers.
In that split second.
Su Zhan made a decision.
Immediately completely deactivated Future Vision, while tightly restraining all spiritual energy within his body, not allowing the slightest trace of Awakened individual aura to leak out.
The Mist Creature paused in confusion, cautiously approaching, slowly circling Su Zhan, its eyeless head constantly moving closer, sensory organs similar to noses continuously twitching.
As if extremely carefully distinguishing the aura emanating from Su Zhan.
Su Zhan's heart pounded wildly, but his body remained rigidly still.
He had probably gambled correctly.
When he first entered this world, he sensed that the spiritual energy content in the air here was pitifully sparse, roughly only one percent of Daxia's normal environment.
This meant spiritual energy consumption would be extremely difficult to recover.
And Aberrants shared the same power origin as these Mist Creatures.
As long as he concealed his Awakened individual's spiritual energy and only emitted his Aberrant aura.
These low-intelligence Mist Creatures might mistake him for one of their own!
Sensing the other party's apparent doubt.
Su Zhan knew he couldn't remain passive forever.
Slowly releasing his Medium-risk fifth-stage Aberrant aura.
Two stages higher than the other.