“No, no!”

Gu Qiongsheng blurted out.

The awakening potions in the lab were, after all, experimental products under development, and their safety wasn't guaranteed. Furthermore, Gu Qiongsheng knew the consequences of misusing awakening potions. Wasn't it because the original owner trusted Zhao Qingke too much and used adulterated awakening potions that everything that happened next happened?

"Don't worry, let's try a few more times," Gu Qiongsheng said earnestly. "There are six of us, three B-levels. Can't we be better than one A-level?"

Zhou Qing shook her head.

Her slender figure was shrouded in darkness, making her look exceptionally thin, even a little frail. But when the girl raised her head, her dark, bright eyes looked at him without blinking, her gaze appearing exceptionally resolute.

It's something that comes from deep within the heart, far more powerful than what's on the outside.

“To break the wall, you need a moment of explosive power.”

Zhou Qing said calmly, "Three B-class monsters might be able to defeat A-class monsters, but their explosive power in a short period of time is still insufficient. Otherwise, we wouldn't have gone so long without any results."

"The entirety of Xiling Star will soon fall, and the Federation's evacuation time is running out. Once we leave the safe house, there are still many dangers out there. Time waits for no one."

Zhou Qing held Gu Qiongsheng's hand and smiled at her: "Besides, Sister Qiongsheng, you will treat me, right?"

There was a long silence.

In the darkness, Gu Qiongsheng took a deep breath, looked at the sincere face of the girl standing close to him, and said softly, "Okay."

"Then I'll go with you."

Zhou Qing: “???”

Zhou Qing didn't expect this answer and suddenly panicked: "But, Sister Qiongsheng, you are not——"

"Yes, I failed to awaken."

Gu Qiongsheng raised his hand, tucked his messy hair behind his ears, and smiled at Zhou Qing. "But who said that if you fail to awaken, you can't awaken again?"

Zhou Qing was confused.

This... I've never heard of it.

After all, if awakening fails, the outcome will be either death or disability. It is already incredible that someone like Gu Qiongsheng can gradually recover and even become stronger. But now Gu Qiongsheng actually thinks that he can awaken again?

This is no longer just breaking common sense, it is simply pulling down common sense and crushing it underfoot!

Seeing the obvious worry in the girl's eyes, Gu Qiongsheng smiled and patted the back of her hand, comforting her: "Don't worry, I won't joke with my life."

Although it seemed like a temporary decision, this idea had been rooted in Gu Qiongsheng's heart for a long time.

In her opinion, the awakening of mental power is actually a natural result of long-term accumulation, similar to the abnormal development of the Zerg during their evolution.

In other words, as long as the body has laid a solid foundation and accumulated enough basic skills, it is reasonable to awaken.

During these months, Gu Qiongsheng's body has been nourished and soothed by various healing skills. His injuries have long been completely healed, and his condition is getting closer and closer to its peak.

So why not try to reawaken?

The only problem is whether the awakening potion from the research institute is reliable.

Just now, Gu Qiongsheng felt that the situation was unclear and she should not take risks, but now she changed her mind. After all, this research institute is a federally registered A-level research institute, and the researchers have been deeply engaged in the research of mental strength for ten years. Even if it is a semi-finished product, the quality should not be too bad.

At worst, with the healing skills at hand, Gu Qiongsheng is confident that he can take good care of himself and Zhou Qing.

"You're right," Gu Qiongsheng said softly, "The situation is urgent now. We can't wait a moment. We must find a way to save ourselves. The only way to break out of the safe house now is to unleash our potential."

The longer you delay, the more unfavorable the situation will be.

Zhou Qing rubbed her sleeves anxiously and hesitated, "Then, then at least let me try it first, just in case there's any problem..."

Before she could finish her words, Gu Qiongsheng suddenly covered her mouth.

Gu Qiongsheng looked at her with a smile: "We are partners."

So, when encountering danger, how can you let your partner take the risk alone while you hide behind and reap the benefits?

…

Inside the safe house, the other four soldiers looked serious as they guarded the four corners.

Their gazes were solemn and deep, with a glimmer in their eyes, revealing obvious emotion.

They have all been awakened, but now as they grow older, their mental strength has gradually stabilized and they have lost the qualifications to try the awakening potion.

At this moment, no matter how unwilling and ashamed he felt, he could only place all his hopes on the two young girls.

In the middle of the room, Gu Qiongsheng and Zhou Qing sat on the ground facing each other, each holding a potion in their hands.

The potion in Gu Qiongsheng's hand was a pure white, its label indicating the "Detection" trait she had detected. Zhou Qing's potion was a vibrant azure blue, faintly shimmering with white light, corresponding to the "Water" trait she had detected.

Both of them had very serious expressions. After taking a deep breath, they raised their heads together and drank the potion in one gulp.

Gu Qiongsheng originally wanted to try it himself first, but Zhou Qing disagreed no matter what. She couldn't stand it any longer, so she finally agreed to let them try it together at the same time.

"Gudong, gudong."

The medicine enters the stomach.

Like a handful of strong liquor, or like a cluster of blazing flames, it ignited from the stomach and quickly burned throughout the body along with the rapidly flowing blood.

The blood in my body boils instantly!

Gu Qiongsheng felt as if she was about to be burned. She seemed to have turned into an active volcano, with thick black smoke rising from her chest and lungs, and magma roaring at her limbs. The surging heat wave washed over her head and penetrated into her eyebrows, and then, after gathering a huge amount of energy, it suddenly collapsed!

There was a sharp pain between my eyebrows.

It was like a red-hot rock exploding in the mind, countless debris spraying and splashing, turning into meteors, whistling and falling from the sky, leaving thousands of scars in the brain shrouded in smoke!

"……hiss!"

Gu Qiongsheng couldn't help but gasp and clenched his fists tightly.

Her entire face burned like fire, and wisps of steam rose faintly from her head. The enormous energy rushed back and forth in her body without restraint, gradually breaking through some unknown bottleneck.

It hurts, it hurts so much!

It's like tearing people into pieces!

The head felt like it was about to explode, and the body was riddled with holes by this restless energy. The meridians and blood vessels could not bear the burden, and a roaring buzzing sound was set off in the ears.

The researchers were right. Their potion was indeed still in the development stage. After being divided according to the characteristics of mental power, this power was stronger, purer, and more effective than the mental power potion in the original owner's memory!

Gu Qiongsheng was in great pain, and opposite her, Zhou Qing's condition was also extremely bad.

The girl sat cross-legged on the ground with her eyes closed. A thin layer of ice formed all over her body. She looked as if she had been buried alive in the snow and ice for several days. Her fair skin turned a frostbitten purple, her lips gradually turned white, and even her eyelashes were covered with a layer of frost.

The moment the potion entered her mouth, it turned into a cold current that swept through her entire body.

The research institute's medicines were only roughly classified and not precisely. Zhou Qing's own characteristics were not "water-based" but the rarer ice-based!

In an instant, it was as if the ice age had arrived. Zhou Qing clearly felt that the blood flow in her body was slowing down, and her thinking process was gradually becoming sluggish. Every cell was wrapped in the power of ice, turning into prismatic flying snow. With her internal organs as support, the entire world inside her body turned into an icy silver-white.

Snowflakes fluttered in the air, and ice crystals gradually condensed between Zhou Qing's eyebrows.

The pale blue ice crystals made the girl's pale face appear even more serene and beautiful, but they also represented a gradually freezing mind and a rapidly fading life...

The soldiers noticed the strange behavior of the two people, and immediately everyone was so nervous that they held their breath and their hearts sank.

Ordinary "universal version" awakening potions are far less effective than this.

These two special potions were indeed an improvement. They stimulated the potential in Gu Qiongsheng and Zhou Qing to the greatest extent, instantly raising their mental activity to its peak.

But it also completely exceeds the human body's tolerance limit.

If someone else were here, this awakening would definitely fail.

The awakened person himself will not be able to bear the huge explosive force, and his body will be blown up by the mental power and turned into ashes.

——But the one sitting in the safe house now is Gu Qiongsheng.

Enduring the severe pain, she used her skills without hesitation, single-target healing, group healing, and area healing, using the first, second, and third skills to the maximum!

An invisible white light instantly enveloped them, like the morning light of spring, instantly pulling the two people into a warm current of healing.

Flames are extinguished when they meet water, and ice and snow melt when they meet light.

Their breathing was no longer rapid and their complexion gradually returned to normal.

Soothed by the power of their skills, their turbulent mental energies were no longer chaotic, but instead flowed in an orderly manner towards a certain point between their eyebrows.

The magma turned into warm springs, the meteors turned into fluttering butterflies, the ice and snow melted into gurgling streams, and wherever the power reached, the spiritual power gradually blossomed into beautiful and soft patterns like flowers.

"……call."

After a while, Gu Qiongsheng slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

She no longer felt any pain, only comfort and relief as her whole body was filled with strength.

The skill only helped her to sort out her mental power, and did not affect the original effect of the potion. So at one point, Gu Qiongsheng and Zhou Qing heard a crisp "click" sound faintly in their ears, as if it came from the deepest part of the body.

It was like a glass bottle falling to the ground and shattering, or like cellophane being gently torn apart by someone.

——The key point deep inside the body that had been restricting human potential and restraining mental strength was opened.

The endless spiritual power instantly found a breakthrough, like a flood that had been opened, roaring and rushing down in an instant, rushing thousands of miles!

The surging power gathered into waves, filling every corner of his body. Gu Qiongsheng only felt that he was several times stronger than before, and he could mobilize enormous energy with every move he made.

Suddenly, she tried to focus the energy into her eyes.

Talent vision, activated!

Crash——

An extremely wonderful world unfolded before her eyes. The sky and the earth had completely changed their appearance. Countless bubbles floated and flickered in front of her "eyes", and her field of vision expanded many times than before!

Gu Qiongsheng could clearly see not only the bubbles, but also many facilities in the safe house.

Now she doesn't need to open her eyes, her mental power is her clearest vision!

Foam was suspended around, and Gu Qiongsheng could vaguely sense the intentions contained in it.

The bubble in front of him, as white as ice and snow, was Zhou Qing. Gu Qiongsheng felt it quietly, and seemed to feel a hint of "worry" from the bubble in front of him.

The four people surrounding him were the four warriors, and the bubbles clearly conveyed their thoughts: worry, shame, unwillingness... all kinds of complicated emotions swallowed Gu Qiongsheng in an instant.

"……hiss."

Gu Qiongsheng suddenly opened his eyes.

It was the first time she detected such distinct fluctuations in the foam. It was as if her brain was stuffed with many other people's emotions. She was a little uncomfortable and had to quickly exit her gifted vision.

But this change is really gratifying.

Although it is impossible to detect specific thoughts, it can sense emotions. Is this a disguised form of "mind reading"?

Gu Qiongsheng raised the corners of his lips slightly, thinking, next time I meet the parasite, I must catch him and teach him a lesson.

If it can hide soul fluctuations, can it also hide malicious intent?

Moreover, the range of vision seems to be variable.

Gu Qiongsheng closed his eyes again, trying to gather his strength, compressing the mental power that was originally spread out in a fan shape and converging it into a straight line.

This sacrifices range, but can double the field of view again.

Underground, above ground, climbing Zergs, hidden routes... everything is in sight.

Gu Qiongsheng looked around excitedly, but suddenly, he saw a strange direction in his field of vision.

It was a place very deep underground, much deeper than their current location.