[Alright, enough talk, Guan Nianshan. Choose between your dear stepmother and your brother.]

Oh, just one more thing, your brother is on a cruise ship right now. I can't say for sure if there are any innocent people around him. Are you planning to choose your dear stepmother? Or the people on that ship?

"Bang!"

Guan Nianshan: "!"

Guan Nianshan suddenly opened his eyes. The pale ceiling made him feel dizzy. He felt his brain was foggy, as if he were wearing an oxygen mask, and there was a "beep beep" sound in his ears.

"He's awake, he's awake, he's awake."

"Luckily, I've worked in the emergency room before, so I reacted quickly; this kid almost died."

“People who are about to die really don’t make a sound. If you hadn’t noticed me swaying so slowly…”

It's so noisy.

Guan Nianshan felt someone pry open his eyelids, shine a bright light into his eyes, and then quickly remove it. This made him much more awake, and he regained some sensation in his limbs.

Before he could react, the oxygen mask, face shield, and equipment on his body were all removed, and a lab technician roughly grabbed his shoulders and shook him.

"Alright, now that you're awake, don't lie there. Move around a bit so you don't die again." The experimenter roughly pulled the person up: "People who have just awakened are most likely to die if they lie there. Get up and move around to get used to it."

The main reason was during the period when Guan Nianshan was awakening. Everyone thought it was going to fail, and the red lights were on all over the laboratory.

Guan Nianshan was so special that the lab technicians didn't let him walk back to the intensive care unit on his own, but instead carried him back on a stretcher. Little did they know that this would cause a problem.

Looking back now, it would have been better to be more forceful and just push them back.

"Hey, bro, take it easy." Guan Nianshan felt a little dizzy, but he felt much stronger now.

Apart from my legs feeling a little weak when I step on the ground, it's not much different from normal.

"Great, all the data are good, he shouldn't die." The lab technician with the notebook was very happy and put a checkmark in his notebook.

Yay, performance +1.

One more person has lived today.

"Of course, I'm really lucky." Guan Nianshan rubbed his shoulder, a sudden soreness making him grimace. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of something flashing across the lab technician's tablet, and the profile picture on it caught his attention.

"Hey, wait a minute, bro, can I take a look at what you just showed me on your tablet?" Guan Nianshan grabbed the lab technician who was checking his tablet.

"What are you talking about? This is a secret." The lab technician didn't want to talk to him: "Don't delay my work. Maybe someone will come to bring... no, someone else will come and wake up."

Guan Nianshan: "..."

Were you just saying to send them to their deaths?

"Hey bro, the data they give us isn't exactly a big secret, is it? If it were top secret, would we even be able to get our hands on it?" Guan Nianshan tugged at the lab technician's sleeve and quietly pulled something out of his pocket. "We're just curious. Taking a look won't hurt, right?"

The lab technician was taken aback when he held the hard object in his hand. Looking down, he saw that under the incandescent light, the blue crystal core emitted a beautiful light, crystal clear and unexpectedly beautiful.

"Who said that? This is a secret, how can I just show it to you?" The lab technician coughed lightly and sat down on the bed, her small hand sliding back to the scene she had just seen.

“That’s right, it’s a secret. I just glanced at it by accident.” Guan Nianshan immediately chimed in, “Accidentally, by accident.”

The experimenter pursed his lips, put away the cyan crystal core, and said nothing.

This data is not exactly confidential, but the people in question are professionals who generally wouldn't disclose this kind of information to outsiders. Besides, it's not really information; it's just a list.

"What is this?" Guan Nianshan frowned as soon as he saw the list. There was a string of names on it, and he saw Song Yunshan on it, the second one.

The first one is Ye Yuansong, whose profile picture has turned gray.

"Well... actually, a lot of urgent things have happened recently. We haven't told everyone about Major General Ye's sacrifice yet." The experimenter glanced at the door and lowered his voice: "This is the list the boss gave us. He told us to draw a picture for each person who dies."

"Draw one for every one that dies?" Guan Nianshan had a bad feeling.

"Yes, it's easy to keep track of. After all, important personnel need to be assigned important tasks. If we can identify who they are, we can fill in the positions they once held if they die," the lab technician said.

"When did you get this list?" Guan Nianshan asked hurriedly.

“Uh, this list is pretty old; it’s been around since this lab was first established.” The lab technician was a little confused when Guan Nianshan suddenly became nervous. “What’s wrong? Hey, hey, hey? Be careful. Even though we’re telling you to exercise, don’t run too fast. Don’t suddenly die.”

Watching Guan Nianshan rush out, the lab technician glanced outside the door before taking out his phone from his pocket.

"Boss, he really charged out..."

[Tokine: Hmm.]

He also gave me a cyan crystal core.

The experimenter hesitated, wondering if he should keep the cyan crystal core for himself, but after thinking it over, he reported it truthfully.

[Tokine: Take it.]

"Yay!" The lab technician was overjoyed, grinning from ear to ear.

Today was such a lucky day! Not only did my performance score increase by 1, but I also completed the task assigned by my boss and even got a free cyan crystal core.

But what's the story behind this list?

The experimenter stared at the list for a long time but couldn't figure it out.

Aside from two acquaintances, aren't the rest of the names on the list just cobbled together from various sources? Even the names are made up, and many of the profile pictures are AI-generated. What is Guan Nianshan in such a hurry for?

Forget it, they can't understand the decisions made by those in power. They might as well just follow the country's lead.

"Isn't your sister being a little too hasty? After all, he has only just awakened his superpower." Freya looked at Shi Yin sending the text message and was a little worried: "Guan Nianshan is not even proficient in controlling his superpower. If he really says something he shouldn't and dies, it will be a lot of trouble."

“I placed a restriction on him, and he will fall into a coma after the usage reaches level 9.” Shi Yin put away her phone: “This is the first time he has obtained this ability. Let’s treat it as an experiment to see what’s going on. We can deal with the rest in the next life. I have plenty of opportunities.”

Although she was nearing her limit and was as anxious as the masterminds behind the scenes, it wasn't something that would break her down in a short time or once or twice.

Shi Yin still has enough patience and enough time. There's no need to be too cautious. Let's take a gamble first. If it doesn't work, we can try again in the next life.

In any case, she's the one who has to bear the consequences.