Chapter 77: Power Recovery Without Power Crystal Core
At this time, people in the hall of the research institute began to leave one after another. Even Han Yaokun, who left the earliest, had just walked to the door of the research institute when he suddenly heard a scream. He was startled and was about to turn around to see who made the scream when he heard Gu Jinsheng's terrified voice shouting "Xiao An".
Han Yaokun's face changed on the spot. No matter what personal grudges there were between him and Ji An, Han Yaokun didn't want anything to happen to Ji An. After all, Ji An's talent was there. As an ordinary person, he could actually create a treatment cabin and targeted cultivation technology. Such strength was simply against the sky!
"It's Ji An!" Han Yaokun heard Zhou Fanxiu's worried voice. Just as he was about to ask Zhou Fanxiu to go see Ji An, he suddenly felt a strong mental force coming at him.
No one knew where this mental force came from, it was extremely powerful, like the overwhelming sea water, unfathomable.
It filled the entire hall, invading everyone's brain equally. It seemed that no one had any secrets in front of it, and it could know anything it wanted to know.
Han Yaokun felt his hair stand on end. He tried his best to mobilize his mental strength to resist this inexplicable mental force, but it was no use. He could feel that the secrets in his heart were being rapidly read through by it.
Han Yaokun was not the only one like this. Many people around him had already fallen into a state of numbness that was unique to people whose minds were being controlled. Their eyes were dull and lifeless, and drooling was dripping from the corners of their mouths.
Even many high-level non-psychic users in the command center were controlled, and some even performed worse than lower-level psychics.
Han Yaokun desperately resisted the mental power reading his brain, and shouted: "Commander Gu, it's bad, someone is using mental power to invade our brains. It is very likely that it was done by a full-level mental power person from Country M or Country R. Can you think of a solution?"
At this time, Gu Jinsheng was sitting in the hall holding Ji An. He seemed to hear Han Yaokun's words, but he also seemed not to hear them. He only felt that Han Yaokun's voice seemed to come from a very far away place. The two of them seemed to be one in the sky and one on the ground, and one in two dimensions and one in three dimensions, separated by a barrier of space.
Gu Jinsheng turned around and saw Ji An sitting in a field of blooming flowers. The bright and dazzling sunlight shone down, covering Ji An's entire body. It was dazzling but also eye-catching. At this moment, Ji An was smiling at him with sunshine.
Ji An extended his hand to Gu Jinsheng, making an invitation gesture. He said, "Jinsheng, look at how beautiful the sea of flowers here is. And the ocean over there is so vast, covering the sky and blocking the sun. Isn't it beautiful!"
Gu Jinsheng took a quick look at her and found her to be indeed beautiful, but he wanted to say that even if all of them were put together, they were not as beautiful as Ji Anmei.
Ji An was really beautiful today, different from everyday, but Gu Jinsheng couldn't tell how Ji An was different from everyday.
But it doesn’t matter. Now that Ji An is extending his hand to him, Gu Jinsheng just wants to hold his hand back and never let go!
"Commander Gu, Commander Gu..." An anxious voice came from a very far away place, and Gu Jinsheng could not hear it clearly.
However, just as he was about to hold Ji An's hand, Gu Jinsheng was suddenly attacked by a strong force, and then he felt something was put on his head, this thing was like a space barrier, standing between him and Ji An. Ji An, who stretched out her hand and waited for him to hold it, with a bright smile on her face, disappeared in an instant.
Gu Jinsheng was furious and was about to attack with all his strength using his supernatural power.
"Boss, boss, it's me, Wan Xueying!" Wan Xueying's terrified voice rang out, and at this time Gu Jinsheng also broke free from the trance. He recognized the psychic in front of him who was pressed to the ground by him, with fear in his eyes.
"Wan Xueying?" Gu Jinsheng asked, then turned around and looked around, and found that the entire hall of the research institute had been under martial law at some point. The psychics in the command center all wore helmets made of special materials, as if facing a powerful enemy, and controlled their own psychics in their hands, ready to fight at any time.
"What's going on?" Gu Jinsheng immediately realized that something was wrong. He might have been tricked.
"A high-level psychic has invaded the research institute. He is suspected to be a maximum-level psychic. Only a maximum-level psychic can have such powerful and majestic mental power." Wan Xueying explained the situation to Gu Jinsheng, with deep anxiety in her eyes.
Gu Jinsheng also knew why all the psychics wore a helmet on their heads. The helmet was made of special materials that could block the mental invasion of psychics.
Wan Xueying handed a helmet to Gu Jinsheng, "Boss, please put this helmet on Boss Ji. Boss Ji is really too valuable. I suspect that this max-level psychic is probably coming for Boss Ji. The purpose is very likely to be space storage items and nutrients, or even a treatment cabin!"
When interrogating the human traffickers before, we learned from them that the command center or other important base departments might have hidden gaps from Country R or Country M.
There was such a big commotion in the treatment cabin, it is not ruled out that the person in the gap mixed in at that time, and then quietly passed the message out without anyone noticing.
Thinking of this, Gu Jinsheng's face suddenly turned ugly. He took the helmet and hurried back to Ji An.
At this time, Gu Jinsheng also noticed that Ji An's face was very pale and his lips were completely bloodless.
Gu Jinsheng immediately thought of Wan Xueying's words, and looking at Ji An's condition, it was clear that he was suffering from a mental invasion.
Gu Jinsheng no longer hesitated and put the helmet on Ji An's head.
Then... the powerful and overbearing spiritual power in the hall, which the command center refused to restrain even when the psychics arrived, suddenly disappeared.
Gu Jinsheng and Wan Xueying were both stunned. The rescue personnel at the headquarters who were rushing to put helmets on the injured psychics also stopped. One of the psychics carefully took off his helmet and felt it. He did not feel any mental invasion or spying. He asked curiously, "What happened? That majestic mental power disappeared?"
Han Yaokun was indeed a high-level psychic. He could even maintain a trace of clarity in that mental power. He held his head and said, "Yes, that mental power disappeared suddenly."
Wan Xueying and Gu Jinsheng looked at each other, and no one said a word.
"What's wrong?" Ji An also woke up at this time. He didn't know anything when he just woke up. He had no idea what had happened. He held his head and sat up from Gu Jinsheng's arms. He seemed to feel that the helmet on his head was not comfortable and wanted to take it off.
Wan Xueying screamed in fear: "No, Boss Ji, don't take it off!"
"Ah?" Ji An looked at Wan Xueying blankly, not understanding why she reacted so strongly.
Wan Xueying was speechless and helpless: "Boss Ji, look at the tragic situation in front of you, it is very likely caused by you!"
"Ah?" Ji An then realized that there were groups of people lying down inside and outside the hall. Everyone had a painful expression, as if they had just suffered some inhumane torture.
However, these people did not have any external injuries on their surface, not even a small cut, but they all looked pale, holding their heads, and some even vomited.
Ji An suddenly remembered something, and before he fell into a dream-like state, his brain suddenly felt a sharp pain.
The pain was like someone suddenly stuffed a large amount of stuff into his brain, causing his brain volume to expand rapidly and causing severe pain.
Ji An suddenly realized that his head didn't hurt anymore, not at all. It wasn't the sudden severe pain before, but the headache sequelae left after his superpowers were destroyed, which seemed to be healed now.
Ji An's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He thought of a possibility and, without caring about the mess in the hall, he sank into his sea of consciousness.
This time, what Ji An saw was not an endless desert, but a lush oasis, a vast ocean, and blooming beautiful roses.
Ji An's spiritual realm was as beautiful as a fairyland. Ji An mobilized his mental power, which seemed to be restricted and blocked by some external objects, but Ji An could indeed feel it, and his mental power was restored!
Ji An did not forcibly divert his mental power. He knew that the reason for the blockage of his mental power was not because there was a problem with his mental power, but because of the helmet on his head. The special material of the helmet could block the invasion of external mental power, while also hindering the outward release of the wearer's mental power.
Ji An was overjoyed, then his eyes fell on the embarrassed crowd at the scene, and he said awkwardly: "Well, I'm sorry, it seems that this is indeed my fault."
Wan Xueying looked at Ji An with a look of astonishment. Kong Zhongcheng and Zhou Qin, who were walking over with their heads in their hands, happened to hear Ji An's words and said admiringly, "God Ji, I just want to know, you have no mental strength left, how did you manage to cause such a large area of damage?"
"Well, my mental strength has recovered!" Ji An said.
"Very good!"
"Really?"
"How is that possible!"
"This is impossible!"
Four voices sounded at the same time. The first one came from Gu Jinsheng without any doubt and was simply a voice of joy. The rest were from Zhou Qin, Zhou Fanxiu and Han Yaokun.
Ji An looked at the incredulous expressions of everyone except Gu Jinsheng, without explaining anything, and just silently took off the helmet on his head.
Then, that vigorous and aggressive mental power immediately filled the entire hall in an instant. He was domineering and aggressive, and as soon as he came out, he tried to invade the mental realm of others again.
Han Yaokun was given a splitting headache by Ji An's mental power, and immediately said, "Put your helmet back on."
As soon as Ji An put his helmet back on, the overbearing mental power disappeared, and no one had any doubts anymore.
Ji An said awkwardly: "Maybe it's because I just recovered my mental strength and upgraded my supernatural power. I can't control it well now. After a few days of rest, I will be able to control it freely."
"Xiao An/Mr. Ji/Boss Ji...has your supernatural power been upgraded?" Several people asked in unison, but they all asked the same question again.
Ji An nodded.
Zhou Qin looked at Ji An with admiration, "God Ji, tell me the truth, are you really not a god who came to earth to save the common people who are trapped and suffering?"
Ji An was amused and helpless. "Commander Zhou, has your brain been traumatized by my mental power? What nonsense are you talking about!"
Zhou Qin said seriously, "I'm not talking nonsense. If you are not a god descending to earth, how can you explain the space storage props, nutrients, treatment cabins, artificial in vitro directional cultivation, etc.? Now even the wasted mental power can be restored. This is unprecedented!"
"There is no God in this world!" Han Yaokun rubbed his brows, "In fact, everything Researcher Ji has is not without trace."
Zhou Qin looked at Han Yaokun. Although he had a poor eye for people, he was actually quite capable. Perhaps he could explain something. "What do you mean?"
"As we all know, even among people with the same level of abilities, some are strong and some are weak. It is obvious that Researcher Ji's mental power belongs to the super strong category."
Han Yaokun explained: "I only figured out some things after seeing Researcher Ji recover his mental strength.
For example, when he was resurrected last time, many people said that it was Commander Gu’s infatuation that brought Researcher Ji back to life, but now it seems that is simply nonsense. "
Zhou Qin couldn't figure it out, so he asked, "Why do you say it's nonsense?"
"Since Researcher Ji can now recover his supernatural powers, it means that his supernatural powers were not completely destroyed at that time. It is very likely that he was over-consumed to the extreme, and if he continued to consume it, it would cause his supernatural powers to be completely destroyed.
Just at this time, Commander Gu arrived at the scene. Researcher Ji saw that he was completely relaxed, which triggered his body's instinctive forced protection mechanism - fake death! "
Suspended death has existed since ancient times. The cause and triggering mechanism are unknown, but it has never been an isolated case.
"Although the mechanism of suspended animation is still unknown, it is undoubtedly the best protective mechanism for the human body. In a state of suspended animation, a human has no breathing or heartbeat, and the EEG is straight, so there is naturally no mental fluctuation. This is undoubtedly the best way for psychics to repair their psychic powers."
Han Yaokun analyzed: "I reasonably suspect that this is why Researcher Ji was able to retain the last bit of his psychic ability."
Wan Xueying asked, "Then why did Boss Ji advance while recovering his spiritual powers?"
Han Yaokun replied, “In fact, it was because Researcher Ji was promoted that I thought of the theory of fake death.
The way for psychics to advance is to break through themselves and research and innovate.
Researcher Ji has developed a series of new and unknown fields such as treatment cabins and artificial in vitro targeted cultivation. If this is not considered a breakthrough in self-research and innovation, then what else is?
In this case, as long as Researcher Ji has psychic abilities, he should be able to advance!
That’s why I reasonably suspect that Boss Ji’s psychic ability has never been useless, but is just under the protection of the body’s instincts, or in other words, it has reached the lowest limit of psychic ability users, which is just between ordinary people and the lowest value of psychic ability.”
Gu Jinsheng said: "But this doesn't explain why the superpower crystal core in Xiao An's brain is gone? Even if the mental power value is reduced, the superpower crystal core should always be there?"
This question stumped Han Yaokun. Han Yaokun shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. The conclusions I drew just now were just my guesses at the moment."
Ji An suddenly thought of something and immediately sank quietly into his own spiritual realm. After coming out of his spiritual sea of consciousness again, Ji An's eyes flickered.
"I have guessed a possibility." Ji An suddenly said.
Everyone didn't expect Ji An to speak suddenly, and they all looked at him.
Ji An smiled and said, "Since it can trigger the body's instinctive suspended animation defense mechanism, it means that my body function at that time should have determined that the environment around me was dangerous to me. And the psychic crystal core was in danger at that time, so my body instinctively protected the crystal core and may have confused the healing psychic who was checking my crystal core at that time, making him mistakenly believe that my crystal core was gone."
Han Yaokun thought for a moment, "This situation is very possible. At that time, the body's instinctive protection mechanism felt that the mental power was rapidly draining away and there was a possibility that it would be destroyed. It determined that the mental power crystal core was dangerous, and then it would subconsciously protect it.
When a healing psychic scans the crystal core, the body's defense mechanism will think that the healing psychic wants to attack the psychic psychic crystal core, and will subconsciously hide it."
Ji An said: "This explains everything. In fact, all this seemingly magical thing is just the body's protective mechanism. He fooled all of us."
Han Yaokun exclaimed: "The human body is truly amazing, and there are still endless mysteries waiting for us to uncover."
At this time, the ambulance from the hospital specializing in treating people with special abilities arrived and carried the people who had been invaded by Ji An's mind one by one into the ambulance and took them to the hospital for examination.
Gu Jinsheng was worried about Ji An's psychic ability, so he said, "Xiao An, you should go and get checked too."
Han Yaokun said: "It's a good opportunity to check the status of your psychic ability crystal core."
Ji An smiled and said, "Okay."
Wan Xueying drove several people to the hospital. Ji An's worth had risen even more. There was no other way. The treatment cabin was too expensive. Ji An's worth was too important. There was no need to queue up with the others. Someone checked Ji An's body right away.
The healing ability of the healing ability user scanned Ji An's brain, and suddenly he uttered a puzzled sound, "Huh, weird..."
"What's wrong? What's strange?" Ji An looked into the eyes of the healing psychic. The healing psychic's puzzled eyes showed a blank dullness for a moment, but this state was very short-lived and recovered in less than a second. No one noticed it at all.
Everyone looked at the healing psychic, waiting for his next words, and heard the healing psychic continue to wonder: "Isn't Researcher Ji's psychic ability useless? How come there is still a psychic crystal core in his brain? What's going on? It's so strange!"
Everyone was alarmed for nothing. Zhou Qin said, "Boss Ji's superpowers have been restored. Otherwise, why would we let you check the superpower crystal core in his brain? And I just told you specifically about the restoration of Ji Shen's superpowers."
The healing psychic laughed and said, "Yes, I remember now. I forgot about it just now. Maybe I healed too many people today and was a little confused."
Ji An smiled and said, "That's understandable. I'm also like this when I'm too busy. I often forget things I just said or did, and only remember them after others remind me."
"Will a psychic like Researcher Ji be like this? I always thought that only we would be like this, and that psychics all have photographic memories?"
Ji An said: "That being said, people do have their moments of relaxation, and psychic abilities cannot be on edge all the time. There may be times when the mind is particularly relaxed or confused."
"That's true."
After confirming that Ji An was indeed as he guessed, Han Yaokun said, "Since everything is fine, I'll leave first. Just now I thought that such a strong mental power was an invasion by a full-level mentalist from Country M or Country R. I tried my best to mobilize my mental power to resist, but my mental power was severely depleted. Now I have a splitting headache. I want to go home and rest for a while."
Ji An apologized, "I'm sorry. It's because I just recovered my mental strength and advanced to a higher level that I didn't control my mental strength well, which caused Dean Han to suffer mental damage. I am willing to compensate Dean Han."
Han Yaokun shook his head. "Don't be sorry. It's not your fault. This was a complete accident. Besides, this incident also reminded me that as a high-level psychic, I was actually invaded by a psychic of a lower level than me. I really should improve my mental defense skills."
After Han Yaokun left, Ji An was in perfect health and had even recovered his special powers. He didn't need to stay in the hospital and could go home directly.
Before leaving, Ji An said to Kong Zhongcheng, "Although this incident was an accident, it was definitely caused by me. Kong Zhongcheng, compile a list of all the people who have been mentally invaded. Depending on the severity of the situation, you can come to me to apply for compensation. This compensation will be my personal responsibility."
Kong Zhongcheng knew that Ji An was not short of money, so he said, "Okay, Boss Ji, don't worry, I will tell them. I will definitely not leave anyone out, but I will definitely not let anyone fish in troubled waters!"
Ji An said, "Thank you for your help."
After explaining everything, Ji An followed Gu Jinsheng home. It is worth mentioning that Ji An is not yet able to control his newly recovered mental power, so he can only go home wearing a blocking helmet.
With the departure of Ji An and others, the research institute and the command center were in an uproar. There were too many melons on this day. Before everyone had time to admire the melons from the treatment cabin that had just been sent back from the front line, the second melon was already being delivered to their mouths.
"The latest news was passed on by my classmate who was watching the fun at the scene." Not everyone in the research institute went out to watch the fun. Many people were busy with work or simply didn't want to get involved in muddy water, so they didn't go out to watch the fun.
But this does not stop them from eating melons, as everyone has a few acquaintances who can pass on the first-hand melons to them through information.
"The powerful mental power just now was not caused by the invasion of the full-level psychic power users from Country R and Country M, but by Researcher Ji's recovery and upgrade of his superpowers!"
"How could this happen? Didn't Researcher Ji's ability become useless?"
"No, it is said that his body was in an instinctive defense mechanism at the time, and his mind confused the healing psychic who examined him. This was also the reason why Researcher Ji pretended to be dead at that time. Even Researcher Ji himself was deceived by his body's defense mechanism."
"I have to say that Researcher Ji's body defense mechanism really understands Researcher Ji. If this hadn't happened, given Researcher Ji's personality, he would never have gone home to rest and recuperate. He would have done the opposite. The more he was rested, the more he would do research."
"Isn't Researcher Ji doing this kind of crazy stuff now? If someone's superpowers are useless, they should just take care of them quietly. But Researcher Ji insists on doing research. It gives him a splitting headache. Even if he vomits just thinking about it, he still does it."
"Researcher Ji's body's defense mechanism had anticipated the host's tricks, so it avoided risks in advance. But he never expected that even if he anticipated it, it would be useless. His host was even trickier than he imagined.
What if my supernatural powers are useless? I will still do research on them.
This is the most terrifying thing. When the condition is equivalent to that of an ordinary person, or even worse than that of an ordinary person, after all, ordinary people would not be in a state of splitting headaches, Researcher Ji actually developed technologies such as treatment cabins. "
"In fact, I really don't know where Han Yaokun got the courage to compete with Researcher Ji. As for Researcher Ji's ability, he is in the state of an ordinary person, and all the values are compressed to the lowest value, while Zhao Zhen's values are upgraded to the maximum level. As a mid-level psychic, he can't beat Researcher Ji in the state of an ordinary person. How can he have the face to compete with Researcher Ji!"
"It's good that Zhao Zhen was taken away. He should be taught a lesson."
"Let me tell you something even more embarrassing."
"What?"
"When Commander-in-Chief Gu was about to take Zhao Zhen away, Dean Han pleaded for him. Previously, Commander-in-Chief Gu wanted to make public the technology of zombie virus antigens and antibodies coexisting in the crystal nucleus of a superpower, but Dean Han disagreed, fearing that someone with ulterior motives would use this technology to harm others. Now he wants to use this technology to exchange for Zhao Zhen.
As a result, Commander Gu told Researcher Ji about this matter after returning.
When Researcher Ji heard this, he refused to do it. He said, "We are the ones who do this ourselves, and we cannot accept this kind of injustice." So he cracked the technology on the spot.
I heard that the high-level meeting at the headquarters has been completed, and they are waiting to be made public on the public channel tonight."
"Oh my god, this wave of strength to protect her husband is too domineering! Isn't this the domineering president that my girlfriend always talks about?
It turns out that not everyone can be a domineering president. Only the one with real ability can be a domineering president!
The legendary overbearing president and his little husband!"
"Come on, our Commander Gu is not a little spoiled husband, this is a powerful alliance, a showdown between kings.
I heard from a friend who accompanied me on the mission at the base that although one of our Commander Gu's abilities was disabled, the other one became stronger. For example, the Thunder Dragon that Commander Gu materialized to please Researcher Ji became more vivid.
"Commander-in-Chief Gu's abilities are already vivid enough, almost like the real thing. If they were more vivid, they would have life."
"Yes, that's what my friend said. He said that although Commander Gu temporarily lost control of one of his powers, his other power has definitely improved. The Thunder Dragon that Commander Gu materialized is more agile and lifelike than before.
Although the previous thunder dragons were very lifelike, it was obvious at a glance that they were fake and manipulated by someone.
The Thunder Dragon now seems to be endowed with life and is a completely independent individual with thoughts.
Just tell me how strong one has to be to achieve this!
Not to mention a Thunder Dragon that looks alive, even a Thunder Dragon without life force, there are only a few people in the entire Jingshi base, or even in the world, who can visualize it. "
"That's right. The only materialized supernatural power I've ever seen is our commander's."
“This couple is amazing.
However, what Researcher Ji has done is already worthy of being called a god!
No wonder Zhou Qin said that Researcher Ji was a god who had descended to earth and called him God Ji. Now I want to call him that too."
"I'm really regretting it now. I didn't join Researcher Ji when he first came, but I missed such a good opportunity to help him. I don't know if he would accept me if I join him now."
Everyone fell silent, their hearts were in turmoil.
Ji An and Gu Jinsheng returned home, and Ji An said to Gu Jinsheng: "Jinsheng, I don't have a superpower crystal core. I just used my mental power to confuse the healing superpower."
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