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Chapter 286
Qi Heng didn't expect Ye Xiao to be distracted at this time. Fortunately, after Qi Heng reminded him, Ye Xiao focused.
He estimated in his mind how long it would take Ye Xiao to retract all his mental power. Logically, everyone should be able to achieve 100% convergence like himself, but if he couldn't, it wouldn't be a problem.
However, that is compared to people who normally possess mental power and are accustomed to controlling it. People like Ye Xiao who once possessed it but lost it due to age and cannot control it are another matter.
Qi Heng held the potion in his hand, ready to help Ye Xiao if he couldn't get it back in the end.
Because he was standing next to Ye Xiao, Ye Xiao could see his movements and the syringe of medicine in his hand.
Ye Xiao, who didn't really want to be pricked with an injection, tried harder to gather his mental strength. It wasn't because he was afraid of the pain, but simply because he felt that if an injection was better, the doctor wouldn't need to let him control his mental strength himself.
Mental retardant, you know it's not a good thing just by hearing the name.
Maybe it was Ye Xiao’s efforts that worked, or maybe it was the experience of previous failure that played a role.
In short, just when Qi Heng waited for a few minutes and became a little impatient, Ye Xiao finally gathered back all the mental power that was pouring out and out of control.
Qi Heng did not completely withdraw his mental power. He still kept a small part of it to pay attention to Ye Xiao. After realizing that although Ye Xiao's mental power was withdrawn, it was still unstable.
He frowned, pulled back Ye Xiao's quilt, grabbed Ye Xiao's hand, and gave Ye Xiao an injection on the back of his hand.
The speed was so fast that Ye Xiao didn't even have time to react before the whole process was over.
How come... I got an injection? Didn't I try my best to recover my mental strength as the doctor said?
Ye Xiao felt his arms getting cold, and he opened his eyes but felt like crying but couldn't.
However, after feeling that his active mental power had become slow and calm, Ye Xiao also understood why the doctor did this. He probably noticed that he was being reluctant and was afraid that something might happen, so he gave himself another shot.
Yes, barely.
If the needle had come a little later, the mental strength he had struggled to control might have flowed out again uncontrollably.
Qi Heng put Ye Xiao's hand down and said, "Lie down and rest. Get used to the feeling of having spiritual power and get along well with it."
Yes, doctor, no problem, doctor.
But can you put your hands back under the quilt? It's a bit cold.
Ye Xiao lowered his eyes and glanced at his bare arms, his expression stiff, and he belatedly realized a problem.
——Wait, why am I not wearing any clothes? Not only am I not wearing any clothes, it seems like I’m not even wearing any pants.
Feeling the naked body under the quilt, Ye Xiao's eyes were dull and many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
The other side.
After Qi Heng solved Ye Xiao’s problem, he turned and walked to the other side.
He stood between the two beds of Qin Yao and Qiao Ming, looked at Qin Yao who had opened his eyes for a while, and repeated what he had said to Ye Xiao.
"...After the drug's effects completely wear off, you can try to control your own mental power and feel its presence."
Taking Ye Xiao as an example, if Qin Yao also takes about the same amount of time, Qiao Ming would probably wake up before Qin Yao finishes.
Standing here, it is convenient to keep an eye on the status of both of them.
Of course, Qi Heng did not forget to get the medicine as a backup. After all, although Ye Xiao succeeded, he still needed the help of medicine. It can be inferred that Qin Yao should be in the same situation.
The effect of the anesthetic had not completely dissipated yet. Even though Qin Yao was not used to the feeling of powerlessness, he could not do anything.
The only thing I can do is to adapt to the new mental power as the doctor in front of me said.
Everything that happened afterwards was almost a replica of Ye Xiao.
With previous experience, Qi Heng was very skilled in handling Qin Yao's situation.
Considering Ye Xiao's pain at the time, he only let Qin Yao experience a slight collapse of his mental power. After confirming that Qin Yao couldn't handle it, he deployed a mental barrier to block 99% of the information for him.
There was just a small incident in the middle.
That is, before Qin Yao had completely woven his mental barrier, Qiao Ming on the other side woke up.
Of course, this was within Qi Heng's expectations.
He was doing two things at once. First, he explained the situation to Qiao Ming, and then he repeated the same method as the previous two times and asked Qiao Ming to try it as well.
The Lord's mental power is strong. Even if Qi Heng can only use a small part of it, it is completely enough to use it here.
During this period, he discovered that Qin Yao's mental power was somewhat different from Ye Xiao's.
It seems to be tougher and more aggressive.
This is rare in male insects.
The mental power of male insects is usually very peaceful. It does not mean that their mental power does not have an offensive nature, but the long-term focus of the Tianjia Zerg has caused the evolutionary directions of male and female insects to be different.
Female insects are invincible warriors on the battlefield, with the fighting instinct engraved in their genes. Male insects are more like commanders who maneuver strategically rather than fighting personally.
Over time, male insects are more stable and calm in terms of mental strength than female insects.
Ye Xiao was just barely able to control it just now, but Qin Yao seemed to be more relaxed. His mental power was quietly swirling in his brain under his control. Although he was active, he didn't seem to be ready to attack the barrier.
Qi Heng, who had originally put the medicine in his pocket, asked thoughtfully, "How does it feel to control it? Is it difficult?"
Qin Yao opened his mouth and said vaguely, "It's okay."
"How long do you think you can maintain your current state?"
Qin Yao was silent, and finally said, "I don't know."
"I understand. Try to maintain this state for a while longer. It will be good for you." Qi Heng said to Qin Yao while also paying attention to Qiao Ming's situation.
"When you can't hold on any longer, I'll inject you with medicine."
While he was speaking, his eyes were always on Qiao Ming, and only a part of his mental energy was still paying attention to Qin Yao.
Qiao Ming had been listening carefully to the conversation between the doctor and Qin Yao, and tried to control his mental power as the doctor said, but he probably really had no talent.
No matter how hard I try, I just can't weave the mental barrier any faster.
His mental barrier was only halfway woven when Jiang Chen, who was sleeping next door, woke up. The noise he made was so loud that the doctor's face changed color.
The monitor at the head of Jiang Chen's bed made a beeping sound, which was different from the previous one made by Ye Xiao and the others. This time the sound was particularly rapid.
what happened?
Ye Xiao and Qin Yao wanted to take a look, but apart from being able to move their necks, they even had difficulty sitting up.
I couldn't see it, but the dripping sound in my ears became clearer and clearer.
The numbers on the bedside screen of Jiang Chen's eyelids increased, and a long curve also rose all the way along with the surge of a certain number, and the number went from two digits at the beginning to three digits.
This was too much. Qi Heng immediately took out the needle that he had originally prepared for Qin Yao and injected it into Jiang Chen first.
In just this short period of time, the value symbolizing the activity of mental power reached four digits, and the number monitoring the mental power threshold also continued to rise.
How could it suddenly become so unstable?
When the treatment was over, Jiang Chen's mental strength threshold was still very stable. Although it was slightly higher than the other three, it was still within the normal range.
Qi Heng didn't have time to think about it, he took out the medicine he had prepared for Qiao Ming and injected it into Jiang Chen.
After the two injections of medicine were completed, the beeping alarm sound became steady and no longer so sharp.
Jiang Chen's condition also stabilized.
The rising curve began to fall back, falling as quickly as it had risen, and in just thirty seconds it fell to around two hundred.
Just when Qi Heng thought it would continue to decline, the curve began to hover between 2 and 300.
Qi Heng frowned. This was different from what he expected.
Generally speaking, one injection of medicine can reduce the activity of mental power to about 50. Even if Jiang Chen's mental power activity is too high, it should not be unable to be reduced after two injections.
The 2~300 stage is still in the active stage.
Qi Heng sighed in his heart, but it still worked. The red 4000 before were scary to look at.
[A0.]
A0, who was finally unbanned, immediately responded: [Master, what are your instructions?]
[Yesterday I prepared some spare potions and had the robot deliver them.]
【yes. 】
Qi Heng checked Jiang Chen's condition and found that he had not woken up yet.
The monitoring device sounded the alarm just now only because the effect of the anesthetic began to wear off and the mental power began to become active.
He separated a strand of mental power and probed into Jiang Chen's brain, letting out a light exclamation.
For male insects who are encountering mental power for the first time, being at a loss like Ye Xiao and the others is the least of their worries. Qi Heng originally thought that Jiang Chen's condition was not good, but he did not expect that the facts were completely different from what he thought.
The overly active mental power showed no signs of leaking out, and stayed quietly in the brain.
The moment his mental power penetrated into it, he actually sensed a thin film blocking it - a barrier built by mental power.
Qi Heng looked a little strange. He glanced at Qiao Ming who was still weaving the barrier, and then looked at Ye Xiao and Qin Yao who were in front of him and had built the barrier with his help.
Jiang Chen actually did it himself.
This mental barrier is very thick. It can not only filter out useless information, but also resist general mental attacks.
Jiang Chen, who completed all this, has not yet woken up, which means that Jiang Chen completed it in a coma.
——If the mental power invading Jiang Chen’s brain is not his own but someone else’s, it will definitely be blocked by this barrier. Forcing in will also cause Jiang Chen’s mental power to counterattack.
With such a strong mental force, coupled with the value that broke through the threshold before, Qi Heng had a guess in his mind.
He adjusted the monitoring equipment and pressed a few buttons on it, intending to re-measure Jiang Chen's current mental power level.
Maybe Jiang Chen will bring me a surprise.
The test of mental strength level does not take too much time, and a quick test only takes five minutes.
Noticing that Qiao Ming beside him kept tilting his head to pay attention to him, Qi Heng raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is the barrier established?"
Qiao Ming curled the corners of his mouth, smiled awkwardly, and immediately turned his head back.
Isn't this curious?
While waiting, Qi Heng opened Jiang Chen's examination and surgery report, which recorded everything about the treatment process in great detail.
He flipped through the pages quickly, scanning ten lines at a glance, and soon reached the last page.
The last page of the report contains an assessment of Jiang Chen’s mental strength level after the operation.
【Grade A】.
Jiang Chen's mental potential was rated at S+, and his grade at the end of treatment was far higher than Ye Xiao and the others' C-level A, which had already surprised Qi Heng at the time.
S+ can be considered SS level to some extent.
This means that their mental strength after adulthood may be able to break through the S-level and reach a higher level of assessment.
Even during the heyday of the Tianjia civilization, with the huge population of the Tianjia Zerg, male Zergs that could reach an S-level or above rating in terms of mental power were rare.
S-level is a watershed, and SS-level is even rarer.
"drop--"
The detection instrument made a slight sound.
Qi Heng glanced at the content displayed on the instrument screen, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
[Jiang Chen, mental strength level A+, continuing to grow.]
[It is expected to reach its peak in three days and enter S-level. ]
No matter what problems they may encounter during the period, just looking at the examination results, this is definitely good news for them.
The first S-level on Tianyun Star.
At this time, the door was opened and the robot slid in with spare medicine.