Chapter 52 Back to Reality
Chen Yubing's voice rang out from outside:
"Ji Ling, are you awake?"
I looked at the door vigilantly, hesitating for a moment whether to open it.
There was no peephole on the door of the Investigation Bureau's dormitory, so I couldn't see what was happening outside from the inside and had to pretend nothing happened.
Fortunately, the knocking didn't last too long, and I heard Song Nanxing's voice outside saying:
"It's okay, let her rest first."
My head was still throbbing slightly, so I went to the bathroom and washed my face to try to relieve it.
Looking at myself in the mirror, I couldn't help but feel confused.
Am I in the mirror or outside?
To confirm my current situation, I rolled up my sleeves, opened the eyes on my arms and observed my surroundings.
Everything is materialized, without any distorted shadows or abnormalities.
Am I really back?
Even though I was thinking this way, I still seemed a little confused about where to go back to.
He rested his hands on the edge of the sink for a while.
I looked up at myself in the mirror again. My face looked pale and my eyes showed unconcealable fatigue. Everything seemed normal.
I seemed to hear a sneer in my ear, which startled me so much that I shuddered all over.
After a brief freeze of one second, I felt relieved. The most important thing now is to adjust my state. As for whether this is a mirror world or not, it is not that important. The worst that can happen is that I can explore it again.
I let out a light breath and sat back on the bed. I had something more important to confirm right now than the authenticity of the whole scene.
I closed my eyes and meditated on the cloud-thunder pattern in my mind. After my state stabilized a little, I began to recall the feeling I had at the altar.
As I recalled more and more details, I gradually felt the power in my body. It was not as strong as at the altar, but just slightly different.
That subtle force began to travel through my body, and at the same time, I felt a little nauseous, as if my body was instinctively rejecting it.
My head started to ache again, in regular intervals, with a long-lost yet familiar frequency.
But this time, I didn't hear any information from it. I just felt that another familiar force that was originally hidden in my body was conflicting with the wandering force.
It hurts so much!
Fortunately, I seem to always be enduring this kind of pain, and my tolerance to pain has been greatly enhanced, and I have become more accustomed to it.
I gritted my teeth and endured the most uncomfortable period.
Then, the two forces gradually merged.
I felt it carefully and tried to control it, and this time it seemed easier to control.
With the mentality of giving it a try, I guided the force to gently wash over my whole body, occasionally feeling some soreness and slight pain, as if something was blocking it.
After a brief pain, the pain gradually disappeared and I continued to control it to move around in my body.
Until this force passed through the arm, the eye on the arm suddenly felt a sharp and fine pain as if it was being pricked by a needle.
I had no choice but to slow down and try it bit by bit until I couldn't stand it anymore.
After controlling this inexplicable force to travel around my body, I felt that my body seemed to have become much lighter.
I opened the eye on my arm again, and my vision became clearer, and I could see farther. At the same time, I was even more certain that this was indeed the real world, and I was indeed in the Investigation Bureau.
It wasn't until now that I could truly let go.
I stretched and walked out of the room. The investigation bureau was still the same as before, with staff coming and going. However, when they saw me, they were obviously much more enthusiastic than before.
"Hey? Ling, how do you feel now?" Shu Yu happened to pass by my room and asked me with concern.
My nerves subconsciously tensed up, and I suddenly felt like the adult in the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", repeatedly confirming the truth and falsehood.
But the next second, I adjusted my mindset and realized that running away was useless.
I smiled and greeted Shu Yu.
"I'm much better, how about the others?"
Knowing that I was fine, Shu Yu breathed a sigh of relief and answered my question:
"You know, Qi Ji and I were outside preparing to pick you up, but we suddenly lost your signal. Not long after, Song Nanxing and Chen Yubing reported the situation back to headquarters."
"Then what?"
"There will be a celebration banquet tonight. You can ask them about the specific process. I didn't go in, so the specific details will only be known by the team members who went in."
I nodded, temporarily suppressing my doubts. Seeing that I didn't say anything, Shu Yu pointed in the direction of the physical fitness evaluation room and said:
"Come with me first. You were unconscious when you came out, and we detected signs of a third mutation in your body. To be safe, we still need to conduct an assessment."
I wasn't surprised by the third mutation she mentioned, because that was what I had planned in advance.
The reason I climbed onto the altar in the mirror world was to allow the so-called Lord to contaminate me. Based on the experience of the previous two mutations, as long as I can hold on, I may be able to awaken new abilities again.
While accepting the risks of contamination is significant, there are only a few possible outcomes.
The first result is that I made a wrong bet and sent it directly.
The second result is that if you bet right and awaken new abilities, you may be able to fight a desperate battle.
The third result is that if the so-called Lord is really a so-called god, then I, as the vessel of God's descent, will definitely cause considerable abnormal fluctuations on the altar.
It is connected to the weakest point in the mirror world. Once the fluctuation overflows, the members of the investigation bureau outside will definitely discover it.
In other words, I have at least a 60% chance of surviving, and if I'm lucky enough, I can even awaken new abilities.
Judging from the results, I am indeed very lucky. It is great to be still alive.
When we arrived at the evaluation room, there was only a huge and somewhat strange instrument in the room.
The reason why it is weird is that it is really hard to describe. The main body of the instrument is mechanical, but the periphery of the machine is partially covered with clumps of flesh-like things, which keep beating like a heart.
Those clumps of flesh and blood seemed to have grown into the interior of the machine and become one with it.
The interfaces connecting my body and limbs are purely mechanical, similar to the equipment used to monitor heart rate in hospitals.
If you must say it, it's like an instrument that is a symbiosis of machinery and flesh and blood.
The instrument was said to have been developed by the team members in the laboratory, probably made using some abnormal unit.
Shu Yu connected various instruments to my body and limbs, and then started the instruments.
It felt like something like electric current was passing through my body, but it didn't feel uncomfortable. Of course, I knew it couldn't be electric current.
Shu Yu observed my condition while recording various values. After a while, she removed the interfaces connected to my body and asked with some doubt:
"It's strange, there's nothing wrong with my body."
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