Maintenance technician
In the passage, on the way up the ladder, Morrill suddenly fell into a coma.
The most nervous one was 07. He had Yan Zhiyuan and Shi Youchen each hold one of Molly's arms, holding her between them as they ascended, while he, with a solemn expression, partially lifted the energy restrictions.
The energy he released actively even caused the stairs to sway slightly from side to side.
There is no turning back once you enter the passage. Forcing yourself to go back will only cause your energy to be consumed faster. After all, the barrier will not care about your condition.
07 couldn't possibly interrupt his plan to reach the floating island just for Morrill. In his eyes, Morrill was nothing more than a piece of his plan; if necessary, he could abandon him.
Of course, the best outcome is to bring the person up by force.
So when there was only the last one-third of the distance to the summit, he chose to force his way without hesitation.
The most immediate feeling Shi Youchen and Yan Zhiyuan had on their journey was exhaustion, a fatigue that gradually drained them from their inner selves. Furthermore, as they climbed more and more stairs, they were deprived of more and more energy, becoming even more exhausted both physically and mentally.
The moment they lifted Mollier onto their shoulders, they both felt unable to even lift a foot to the next step. It was as if it wasn't just the pervasive dissipation barrier that was absorbing their energy, but also Mollier herself, even though she had temporarily lost consciousness.
07 just said to the person behind him: "Don't let go no matter what happens." Then he silently fought against all the pressure ahead by himself.
…
The floating island is a huge single island that hangs above the boundless sea, revealing its cone-shaped bottom.
There was a giant white chain coiled around it like a snake.
Suddenly, the entire white chain began to shake violently, as if it was about to crush the entire island. Fortunately, the shaking only lasted about a minute before stopping.
"What's going on? Who's coming?" the Floating Island's caretaker was startled. While he didn't know who had placed the chains, he knew that ordinary psychics wouldn't be able to break them. The one who could have caused this must be a high-level psychic above Level 7, most likely one of the strongest within the Mirage Abyss.
There are many people with special abilities who want to go to the floating island, but there are very few top-notch experts who can land on the island.
This situation had never happened before, so the guard hurried to the only entrance to the island - the end of the white chain, the top of the ladder sunk in the sea of clouds.
It was an area covered by a ball of white light.
The Warden waited eagerly. He himself was a Level 5 psychic, but unfortunately, he hadn't broken through in years. "If I could meet a powerful master from the Mirage Abyss and receive some guidance, or even better, some instruction, I could break free from my current predicament," he thought.
So as soon as a figure appeared, he couldn't wait to greet it.
In the end, he only heard a word "Get lost" and then the whole person was thrown out. When he flew out, he didn't even see the face of the person who came.
Shi Youchen and Yan Zhiyuan supported Morrill and took their first step onto the island. The moment their feet touched the ground, several people wearing cloaks suddenly appeared around them.
"Master 07, what do you need?" asked the leader of the cloaked men, his age undetectable in his voice.
07 was obviously in a bad mood at the moment. He grabbed Mollier from the two people behind him, pushed her to the cloaked man and said, "Send her to the maintenance room. If she dies, you will be responsible." He turned around and told Yan Zhiyuan to accompany him.
"Yes." The cloaked man in the lead responded tremblingly, waved his hand to let the men beside him lift Morrill, and stepped forward to grab Yan Zhiyuan. A group of people disappeared from Shi Youchen's sight, and took the unconscious guard in the distance with them.
"Maintenance room?" Shi Youchen asked because it sounded like some kind of machine factory.
07's gaze wasn't exactly friendly, but he still answered his question: "The place on the floating island where people with abnormal conditions are restored to normal is called the maintenance room, and the person responsible for this work is a maintenance engineer."
The maintenance room of the Maintenance Bureau is actually equivalent to the treatment room of the Association, but the name sounds more inhumane.
Shi Youchen noticed that 07 was in a bad mood and asked tentatively, "Molier suddenly fainted. Was it because she didn't have enough energy?"
07 sneered: "Not enough energy? I think she is just lazy. She thinks she can sit back and relax after absorbing half of Lu Ming's energy. She doesn't seem to be very diligent on weekdays, so this low-level barrier can easily absorb all the energy." He was indeed very dissatisfied with Morrill's performance.
After all, since she set out, she hasn't behaved like a level 5 or higher psychic.
In 07's opinion, even though Morrill's starting point and foundation are worse than others, after completely breaking free from the constraints he once had, he has half of Lu Ming's energy as a guarantee. Even if the absorption effect is not satisfactory, it is completely stress-free to upgrade from level 4 to level 5 or above. He should not be in this situation today when climbing the ladder.
But at this time, Shi Youchen said, "She didn't absorb Lu Ming's energy. She gave the other half to me."
07's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he asked, "What did you say? She didn't absorb it?"
Shi Youchen nodded: "Yes, she said that she absolutely could not accept anything from the person who killed her mother, so she gave up on her own initiative and stayed there to protect me."
In other words, Morrill is still a level 4 mutant.
No wonder, no wonder she was like that before she left...
07 was shocked to realize that something was wrong. He had never thought about it that way, but now it seemed that——
"You absorbed all the energy in the two culture media, but only reached the low level of level 6?" 07 said as he grabbed Shi Youchen's wrist.
The energy fed back to him was indeed only at that level, and the previous data was not wrong.
"How is that possible?" 07's whisper reached Shi Youchen's ears, but he didn't understand.
"Go find Yan Zhiyuan, and then stay on the island and wait for me to come back!" What Shi Youchen was left with in the end was 07, who he had never seen before, whose panic was beyond words, and whose back could be described as hurried.
...
After hurriedly instructing Shi Youchen, 07 completely removed the energy restrictions on himself. Without caring about the impact this would have on the Floating Island and the Mirage Abyss, he rushed to a desert as fast as he could.
At this moment, 07 already felt something was wrong.
As a level 8 mutant, even if Lu Ming was beaten to a point where he was only breathing his last, as long as he was still alive, the culture medium could extract the spiritual and physical energy from his genes and convert and store them separately.
When the fight took place outside the black arena, Lu Ming didn't expend much energy on defense or fighting back due to extreme fear and shock, so when he was thrown into the culture medium, at least 70% to 80% could be extracted.
If Shi Youchen and Mollier share the 70% to 80% of the energy equally, each of them will be upgraded by about 1 level. Although it is worse than expected, it is still within a reasonable range.
But if Shi Youchen absorbed all 70% to 80% of the energy by himself, he would only be promoted by about 1 level. This is absolutely unreasonable. Something must have gone wrong in the middle.
Since this mistake did not occur before Lu Ming was put into the culture medium, it could only have occurred between the time he entered the culture medium and the time he was completely absorbed.
07 clenched his teeth, but a curse still escaped him: "11, you brainless idiot, fuck you."
There could only be one possible condition that occurred during this period: Lu Ming used his soul energy to sign a contract with someone. Therefore, all Shi Youchen actually absorbed was the remaining energy outside the contract conditions.
According to the results, the cost of Lu Ming's contract is conservatively estimated to be around 70% of his own energy.
Who is this person, and what is the content of the contract, that can make him willingly pay 70% of his energy...
07 bit his lower lip too hard, and a little blood oozed out. The blood was a light pink. "Don't let me catch you."
...
While 07 was looking for someone to fight, Shi Youchen began his journey to find the "maintenance room" on the floating island.
He walked along the only road. The road was not wide, and occasionally a few ordinary-looking cars passed by him, but he knew that they were definitely not the ordinary cars that could be seen everywhere outside.
Because these cars have no wheels, and they do not run close to the ground, but float above the ground.
Although the road wasn't wide, the surrounding scenery didn't give Shi Youchen a sense of spaciousness either. From both sides of the road, the green vegetation stretched all the way to the end of Shi Youchen's vision.
There were all kinds of trees growing on the roadside that he couldn't name. Most of them were taller than the "tallest trees in the world" he had seen in the encyclopedia. They completely covered the sky.
But maybe there is no sky here, Shi Youchen thought.
After walking along this road for about ten minutes, Shi Youchen heard a clear voice coming from behind him: "Hi! Where are you going? I'll give you a ride!" A dazzling bright yellow car floated to his side and stopped, and a chestnut head popped out of the window.
Shi Youchen continued walking forward without looking back.
"Hi! Hello, my name is Wende. Are you new to the island?" The chestnut head continued to be cheerful.
Shi Youchen continued walking forward, his pace noticeably faster. Unfortunately, no matter how fast he walked, he couldn't possibly overtake the car, especially one created by supernatural powers.
"Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?" Wende couldn't possibly understand Shi Youchen's behavior, because the word "ignore" didn't exist in his vocabulary. "Are your ears hurt? Are your eyes okay? Do you need help?" The chestnut head continued to chatter.
Shi Youchen's forehead began to sweat. Just when he was hesitating whether to refuse outright, he heard Wende say, "I'm a maintenance engineer. I can help you!"
"..." Shi Youchen stopped and turned to look at him, "Can you take me to the maintenance room?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
