Chapter 107: Near-Death Experience She used her remaining strength to block him from the debris... The hatch of the central laboratory slowly closed, and Wen Yi lay in the experimental cabin again.
"The second round of dynamic monitoring begins." Chris's voice came from the radio, with a hint of anticipation.
Wen Yi closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and focused her mind, beginning to mobilize the little ability within her that always failed at the crucial moment. She used her usual method of rewinding time and space to force the release of her supernatural power, but after a long effort, nothing happened.
She opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling for a long time. Finally, she gave the middle finger to the "higher-dimensional life" of suspicious identity in her heart - don't think I don't know that you are the ones who are causing trouble.
She closed her eyes again, recalling the last time her power exploded.
She jumped off the covered bridge, and they saved her at the critical moment in order to save her life, just like every time she was on the verge of life and death.
Wen Yi had always believed she possessed some special abilities, capable of even fixing a nuclear power plant reactor. Now, she realized it was all thanks to outside help. Her every move was closely monitored. Could any psychic be more frustrated than her?
Definitely not!
Whoever wants to use this ability can use it.
Wen Yi felt somewhat hopeless and simply gave up trying, going into standby mode silently.
Outside the laboratory, Chris and Gu Yifeng were staring intently at the monitoring screen.
System prompt: [No target gene fragment expression detected]
Chris switched back and forth between the monitoring data twice, then turned around and asked, "Gu, do you know when she's most likely to unleash her supernatural powers? Is it active or passive?"
Gu Yifeng put his hands in his trouser pockets, his eyes lowered, and remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long while, he replied softly, "Last time, she jumped from a very high place..."
Before he finished speaking, Chris understood what he meant and immediately proposed a hypothesis: "Gu, I think I understand. Perhaps the superpower gene is currently in a 'silent state' due to her physiological state. Only extreme physiological stress, such as a near-death experience, can activate its expression."
He pondered for a moment and suggested seriously: "If she doesn't mind, we can try to artificially create a 'quasi-near-death' state, such as hypoxia and nerve-induced shock, to trigger her body's instinctive defense mechanism -"
"No." Before he could finish his words, Gu Yifeng interrupted him coldly.
"I don't agree with such a radical approach."
The two looked at each other.
Chris pointed at the stagnant data on the screen and said, "But if we don't use this method, we will never be able to capture genetic data and uncover the truth."
Gu Yifeng retorted: "No! What if an accident happens? If the operation is not done properly during this process, she will not be dying, but really dead! If..." She died, if she did it again... He only felt his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and his head ached. He couldn't say the second half of the sentence, and didn't even want to think about it.
He took a deep breath and cast his gaze towards Wen Yi in the test chamber, but she remained motionless for a long time, not even glancing at him, as if she had lost consciousness. Countless terrifying fragments suddenly began to attack him in his mind, and Gu Yifeng immediately turned around and asked Chris:
"What's wrong with her? Why isn't she moving?"
Chris was frightened by his aggressive attitude and frantically clicked on the various surveillance data.
After observing for a moment, Chris frowned and said, "Her vital signs are stable, her breathing is even, and her brain waves are entering an alpha-dominant state..."
"How do you say that?"
"She just...fell asleep."
Gu Yifeng immediately moved closer to the screen, his eyes filled with suspicion: "Falling asleep? At this time?"
"Judging from her brain waves and heart rate, she was sleeping soundly." Chris shrugged. "Maybe she was too bored."
Gu Yifeng: ...
He stared at Zhong Wenyi's quiet profile and confirmed again with concern: "Are you really okay? Breathing? Heart rate? Any abnormalities?"
"Gu, relax, okay? Everything's fine." Chris glanced at him and suddenly grinned. "Hey Gu, did you guys not sleep all night last night? Judging from the dark circles under your eyes, you must have had a long night."
Gu Yifeng turned his head abruptly, his ears slightly reddened. "...What nonsense are you talking about?" He turned and walked towards the test chamber. "I'll go wake her up. In this state, nothing can be measured."
"Yiyi, wake up."
Wen Yi opened her eyes and found Gu Yifeng and Chris standing beside her. Their expressions were indescribable.
"Ah! It's over?" She suddenly sat up from the monitoring chair, couldn't help yawning, and then covered her mouth awkwardly. "Well, what's the result?"
Gu Yifeng: ...
Chris said teasingly, "Yi, the monitoring results show that you had a good sleep!"
Wen Yi blushed: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it... Do you need me to do it again?"
Gu Yifeng shook his head and said, "Let's go." Then he left the experimental cabin first.
Chris stayed and helped her remove the monitoring suit.
Wen Yi thought for a moment and explained to him softly, "Chris, every time I used my ability in the past, I experienced a critical moment, so I think..."
Chris shrugged. "No, no, I just mentioned it to Gu, but he rejected my proposal."
Wen Yi lowered her eyes and said nothing.
At noon, Gu Yifeng temporarily left the central laboratory because of a video conference with domestic laboratories. Before leaving, he looked back at Wen Yi with a gentle look: "Wait until I come back."
Then he turned to Chris and said, "I'll leave her in your care."
The moment the door closed, Wen Yi and Chris looked at each other.
Wen Yi smiled.
Chris raised an eyebrow.
Wen Yi thought to herself that he was a big shot in the industry and his laboratory was well-funded, so with him around, it should be no problem for her to die.
Chris was certain that she had special powers, comparable to a superhero, and with her around, it should be okay to give it a try.
Out of a mysterious trust in each other, the two of them calmly engaged in the lawsuit.
“Chris…”
"Yi..."
They spoke at the same time, smiled at each other knowingly, and their eyes instantly reached a dangerous consensus.
Inside the office, the blinds slowly closed, blocking out all prying eyes, and the atmosphere quietly became eerie.
"Chris, don't tell him about this." Wen Yi lowered her voice, "Shall we try it secretly?"
"Get everything done before he comes back?"
"Great!" Wen Yi made an OK gesture. "What should we do?"
"According to what you said, in order to activate the expression of superpower genes, we need a safe but real threat of death." Chris tapped the tablet and handed it to Wen Yi. "Here are some efficient and low-cost ways to die that I have envisioned. Even if Death comes, you should give it a thumbs up before leaving!"
Wen Yi glanced down at the various "ways of death": "...Are you sure?"
Chris said confidently, "Relax, stay safe, and pick the one you like."
Wen Yi's eyes twitched. The words sounded like she was asking her to order any dish in a restaurant.
In Area B of the Central Laboratory, the Extreme Chamber stood quietly in front of the two.
Chris introduced Wen Yi: "This is a multifunctional environmental simulation chamber, designed to simulate the human body's response to extreme environments such as high altitude, deep sea, and space. We can use it to simulate a controlled state of hypoxia, stimulating the body into a near-death state, which may stimulate your supernatural powers."
Chris put on his headphones and started setting parameters on the control panel. "Are you ready?"
Wen Yi has already changed into the dynamic gene monitoring suit and walked into the extreme cabin.
Before the hatch closed, she turned around, smiled, and gave a thumbs-up: "Let's get started."
The hatch slowly closed, the rotary lock clicked, and the monitoring screen lit up with her vital signs.
"The first stage simulates an altitude of 3,000 meters."
A buzzing sound began to appear in the cabin, and the air began to become thinner.
The oxygen concentration dropped from 21% to 16% - Wen Yi felt a little dizzy, but could still hold on.
She gave Chris a thumbs-up, signaling him to continue.
"Second stage, 6,000 meters."
The oxygen concentration dropped to 12% - she felt her breathing slightly faster, but the power in her body still did not activate.
Wen Yi gritted her teeth and gave a thumbs up again.
"Phase three..." Chris's voice deepened. "Simulating an altitude of 10,000 meters, the oxygen concentration has dropped to 6%. We're nearing our limit, Yi, hold on."
The red light in the cabin flashed and the alarm sounded softly:
[Hypoxia warning: ambient oxygen concentration continues to decrease]
Wen Yi suddenly opened her eyes wide, gradually became breathless, her body trembled slightly, and her vision began to go black.
On the monitoring screen, her blood oxygen level dropped from 95% to 92%.
90%
86%
…
Chris stared at the surveillance screen without blinking, and the target gene fragment remained motionless like stagnant water.
Once Wen Yi's heart rate becomes abnormal or her blood oxygen level drops below 80%, pure oxygen will be automatically injected into the cabin within 0.5 seconds, terminating the simulation experiment.
She is getting closer and closer to the red line.
He couldn't help but clench his palms tightly.
"My goddess..."
Blood oxygen concentration: 84%
82%
…
The automatic injection system is ready to go——
Just as Wen Yi's consciousness was about to sink into darkness, the air suddenly froze.
She faintly heard a familiar sound of twisting metal in her ears, her dilated pupils shrank slightly, and she regained consciousness for a moment. A faint light flashed through her mind: Could it be... that my supernatural power has been activated?
Outside the cabin, Chris stared at the scene in disbelief with his eyes wide open.
The titanium alloy outer wall of the polar cabin began to twist silently, the welds cracked, and the observation windows shattered into pieces like a spider web.
“Oh my god!!!”
“Yi!!!”
"My Extreme Chamber!!!" His voice trembled with heartbreak. He stumbled back, shaking his head, his eyes scanning the last frame of data on the dynamic genetic test screen.
No unconventional gene sequence expression was detected
His pupils suddenly shrank. "WTF!! Are you kidding me?! This hasn't even activated the superpower gene?!"
What kind of force could crush the Extreme Module like a can, instantly bursting it?!
Before Chris could recover from his shock, all the screens went dark at the same moment—ECG, blood oxygen, brain waves, genetic monitoring…
All reset to zero.
*
Gu Yifeng ended the video conference and quickly returned to Chris's office.
But both of them were not there.
He frowned and immediately rushed to the duty desk.
"Excuse me, where is Chris?"
The staff member looked up and said, "He might have gone to the Extreme Chamber in Area B."
"When did it happen?"
"About... twenty minutes ago."
Gu Yifeng's heart skipped a beat, and the next second, he was already rushing towards Area B.
The protective door of Area B was tightly closed, and Gu Yifeng suddenly pushed it open.
This was originally the Polar Chamber laboratory, but now the Polar Chamber no longer exists.
The once indestructible titanium alloy cabin was now shattered into pieces, with metal debris scattered all over the ground and the base barely recognizable. Chris slumped over the control console, unresponsive.
Wen Yi, meanwhile, was stumbling out from the twisted and deformed wreckage of the cabin, her hair disheveled, her face pale, her steps unsteady and shaky.
She is still alive.
This was the only thought left in Gu Yifeng's mind.
The heart that had been hanging in the air finally fell back into the chest, and the heartbeat slowly returned to a violent rhythm from stagnation.
“Wen Yi!!!” He roared until his voice broke, “What are you doing!!”
Wen Yi regained some consciousness due to this earth-shattering roar.
At this moment, her ears were buzzing, and the aftereffects of hypoxia were still eroding her five senses.
Her vision was still blacking out, and the sounds from the outside world were sometimes far away and sometimes near, making it hard to hear clearly. Only Gu Yifeng's voice, like a thunderbolt splitting the chaos, finally made her eyes turn to him.
"I..." Wen Yi opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, her legs went weak and she almost fell.
The next second, a slender figure came running over, Gu Yifeng stretched out his long arms and hugged her tightly in his arms.
"How are you?" He quickly checked her body, his voice tense. "Hmm? Speak! Look at me!"
She gasped, slowly raised her head, and uttered two words weakly: "Head... a little dizzy."
Behind him, Chris finally stood up from the ground, his voice still trembling: "Oh my god, Gu..."
Before he could finish his words, Gu Yifeng turned his head and interrupted him coldly: "Shut up, I'll settle the score with you later!"
Chris looked at the rubble on the ground and covered his head in despair. "Gu, I guess we need to settle the bill. Do you know how much an Extreme Chamber costs?"
“Click.”
A very light metallic crisp sound came from deep within the cabin wreckage.
Wen Yi raised her head, her gaze sweeping across the ruins. Though her brain was still somewhat sluggish from lack of oxygen, the countless brinks of life and death had tempered her, allowing her to overcome weakness with her sharp instincts at this moment. She noticed a sharp titanium alloy fragment, released by the stress of the cabin's collapse, suddenly bursting out towards them!
A cold light flashed, at an extremely fast speed, and pointed directly at the back of Gu Yifeng's head!
And he, so absorbed in examining her body, was completely unaware of this.
But she saw it.
The body's reaction arrives before reason.
Wen Yi suddenly raised her hand, used all her remaining strength to pull him into her arms, and stood sideways to block him from the debris.
The moment she closed her eyes, she clearly felt death breaking through the air and piercing her temples.
A critical moment——
The fragment was less than a centimeter away from her forehead.
Suddenly disappeared.
There was no pain, nothing happened. She opened her eyes and looked around. There was nothing. The fragments disappeared. It was as if the moment of life and death just now was just an illusion caused by her lack of oxygen.
Gu Yifeng noticed her movements, gently broke free from her, and frowned slightly: "Yiyi, what's wrong?!"
A second later, ripples appeared in the air behind her.
The fragment appeared out of thin air behind her and shot towards the wall behind her at the same speed and angle.
There was a soft "ding" sound.
The fragments were embedded in the wall, leaving only the tail end trembling slightly.
Gu Yifeng's gaze followed the trajectory of the fragments and slowly moved to her pale face. Finally, he realized what had just happened and froze in place.
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