Xie Xuan opened her eyes and saw a ceiling that looked familiar.
It took her half a minute to remember where it looked familiar. This was the furnishings in the ward of the Ecological Bureau's internal hospital.
Xie Xuan's memory slowly recovered. Before she fell into a coma, she entered another space in the fish's mouth with Xiao Yao and Xiao Yu, found the location of the fungus, and then what happened?
It seemed like... Xiao Yu put his hand on her shoulder, and then she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart and fell into a coma.
But why did Xiao Yu do this?
Xie Xuan's slow mind began to work slowly. Was there something between Xiao Yao and Xiao Yu that she, an outsider, couldn't know?
Xie Xuan was thinking while feeling her body.
Although she didn't know how long she had been unconscious, her physical condition seemed to be healthier than before she fell into a coma, and her mental and health values on the system panel had returned to 100.
She sat up and the door was pushed open.
But what Xie Xuan didn't expect was that the person who walked into the ward was Ding Qiaoyun.
"Why are you here?" Xie Xuan asked in surprise.
Ding Qiaoyun smiled and said, "I suggest you check the date first."
Xie Xuan opened her terminal and was even more surprised to find that it was already Monday afternoon.
In other words, she was unconscious for a day and two nights after being touched by Xiao Yu.
"This is the internal hospital of Section 45. After you were caught in the infection incident on Street 98 and fell into a coma, Section 17 sent you directly back here for treatment."
Xie Xuan raised her head and asked, "Where's Xiao Yao?"
"I came back with you," Ding Qiaoyun said. "I went on a mission early this morning. It involved a B-level reproductive type, quite a troublesome creature. Only four of the twelve people who went returned. Xiao Yao was also injured and is in the hospital, just down the hall from you. Maybe we can visit him if we go now."
It was the first time Xie Xuan had heard of a B-level domain. "Is it so dangerous?"
Ding Qiaoyun smiled with an ambiguous smile, "You should be thankful that you didn't wake up this morning, otherwise you would have died in there too."
Xie Xuan: …
Ding Qiaoyun lowered her head and clicked twice on the terminal, then sent a document to Xie Xuan. "If you're curious, I can show it to you, but don't spread it around. This mission report is a confidential file."
Xie Xuan didn't know whether she should complain or not.
She clicked on the file and saw that eight people were already boxed in the task execution column.
There are a total of five teams on the mission. In addition to Xiao Yao, there are two teams with single-digit numbers, and the other two have double-digit numbers.
"Three A-level psychics participated in this mission?" Xie Xuan asked.
Ding Qiaoyun: "Among the four people who returned, besides these three A-level psychics, there is only one B-level psychic with a defense system. However, this B-level psychic was severely infected and probably won't wake up."
Only then did Xie Xuan truly realize that what Ding Qiaoyun said at the beginning was not alarmist. With her current half-baked level, she might not be able to come back if she participated in this mission.
The mission report was presented by three A-level psychics, including Xiao Yao. The first sentence of the report was, "One minute after we entered the area, the first person to be mentally infected appeared. By the fifth minute, all psychics below B-level had been mentally infected."
Xie Xuan got goosebumps just by imagining this scene. Logically speaking, C-level psychics should have a certain resistance to B-level domains, but what was written in this report sounded like the domain was unilaterally slaughtering people on missions.
Xie Xuan flipped the page. The mission report summary read: "Parasit: Li Chaoqun, a 31-year-old male (Class B Psychic, Captain of Team 32, Containment Department, Branch 45, Original Ecology Bureau)."
"...A superpower?" Xie Xuan was stunned. "Can superpowers also form domains?"
Ding Qiaoyun nodded, this time without a smile on her lips. "A mutant is essentially a parasite whose infection process is controlled. Theoretically, if the gate controlling this process is opened one day and the infection process continues, the mutant will lose control and become a parasite completely."
Xie Xuan had always known about this theoretical possibility, but this was the first time she had seen a real case. "Isn't this the first time it's happened?"
Ding Qiaoyun nodded silently, "Yes, but it has happened more and more frequently in the past two years."
She paused. "Including the infection you encountered at the 98th Street Aquarium, it was also caused by the loss of control of the mutant."
When mentioning this matter, Xie Xuan thought of Xiao Yao's strange brother again.
"Did you know that Xiao Yao has a younger brother?" Xie Xuan asked.
Ding Qiaoyun looked at Xie Xuan and shook her head calmly, "I don't know, what's wrong?"
Xie Xuan also shook her head, "Nothing."
There was a brief silence in the ward for a few seconds, and then Ding Qiaoyun said, "I have to go. Xiao Yao is in the ward downstairs. If you want to visit him, feel free. Remember to come to the Ecological Bureau tomorrow. We will assign you a mission."
"Got it." Xie Xuan waved her hand. "See you tomorrow."
Ding Qiaoyun nodded perfunctorily, turned around and left the ward.
After Ding Qiaoyun left, Xie Xuan got up, packed herself up, and prepared to visit Xiao Yao.
Just as she reached the door of the ward, a doctor came over. Seeing Xie Xuan, he looked her up and down and said, "Are you okay? If you are, you can be discharged."
Xie Xuan adapted well this time and said, "No problem, I'm getting ready to leave now."
The doctor probably didn't expect Xie Xuan to be so self-aware. "Oh, come back to me if you have any questions."
Although Xie Xuan didn't really want this opportunity to meet, she nodded and said, "Okay, thank you, doctor."
The Ecological Bureau's internal hospital was still busy today. Xie Xuan went downstairs and stopped a nurse to ask, "Where is Xiao Yao's ward?"
The nurse pointed to the side and said, "This is it."
The door of the ward the nurse pointed to was closed, and then she left. Xie Xuan walked to the door and knocked, and the faint voices from inside suddenly stopped.
Xie Xuan waited for more than ten seconds. The door of the ward opened and a middle-aged man in a white shirt and black trousers walked out. He looked quite dignified and inexplicably familiar.
When he saw Xie Xuan, the middle-aged man's gaze paused slightly, but he walked past her without saying anything.
Xie Xuan walked into the ward and saw Xiao Yao sitting on the bed. He looked unhappy and his brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.
"I think I came at the wrong time?" Xie Xuan said.
Xiao Yao raised his head and smiled a much paler smile than usual. "How could it be? You finally woke up?"
Xie Xuan sat down on the chair next to the bed. "So how did I faint?"
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