Chapter 26
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"Sister, I Was Wrong"
When Sheng An opened the door, Li Xin felt like he was on the brink of collapse.
Six whole hours.
No food, no water, no bathroom breaks.
Luckily, he hadn't drunk anything, his body had already turned into metal; otherwise, hanging there for six hours, he would have definitely wet his pants.
The room was empty, and Sheng An had not responded to him at all.
Li Xin's mental state was breaking down.
He felt like he was doomed.
When Sheng An came in, Li Xin was hanging there motionless, as still as a corpse.
Hao Jingye whispered, "Could he be dead?"
Sheng An, expressionless, said, "Oh, then drag him out and bury him directly."
"Wait..."
Li Xin jerked his head up, eyes wide open, "I'm still alive, not dead." Don't bury me.
Sheng An wasn't surprised at all.
This kid was, after all, an ability user, and a metal ability user at that. How could he die so easily?
Li Xin gritted his teeth, "You guys are too much, doesn't the state want to recruit me? Why treat me like this?!"
He didn't understand.
Sheng An corrected him, "It's called consolidation, not recruitment."
Consolidation and recruitment have completely different meanings.
The state apparatus wasn't afraid of these so-called anomalies. Sheng An's goal was always to consolidate them, not to recruit them.
Li Xin ground his teeth, his eyes filled with resentment.
Sheng An asked, "Don't you want to come down?"
Li Xin: "..."
As the saying goes, a wise man submits to circumstances. He opened his mouth and said, "Sister Sheng, I was wrong."
He was both hungry and thirsty, he was really about to go crazy.
Sheng An, somewhat satisfied, nodded, "Alright, come down."
Li Xin was shocked, "You want me to come down directly? No cushion?"
If he dared to come down directly, he would have done so long ago!!
This wasn't jumping down; he was hung horizontally. If he turned back into flesh, wouldn't he fall face down? How could that be okay?
Sheng An said, "I'll catch you."
Li Xin suspiciously looked at Sheng An's slender arms and legs.
Sheng An was speechless, "Besides, can't you turn your legs back first, then your upper body?"
He was hung horizontally, but if he turned his legs back to normal, wouldn't his feet be below?
He could jump down from this height.
Li Xin: "???"
At this moment, his mind was filled with just two words—
Damn!
Why didn't he think of that earlier?!
Li Xin wanted to slap both Sheng An and himself.
If he had thought of this method earlier, why would he have hung there for six hours?
Li Xin gritted his teeth and controlled his legs to return to normal, no longer being absorbed. His legs naturally fell, soles down.
Then his upper body returned to normal, and his body fell.
"Ah—" Li Xin instinctively cried out.
He had been hanging for too long; his body suddenly turned back into flesh and fell, weak and limp, almost hitting the ground.
Sheng An reached out and grabbed him, preventing him from falling.
Li Xin's feet touched the ground, and he leaned against Sheng An, breathing heavily.
—At that moment, he suddenly felt that Sheng An was incredibly reliable.
Li Xin was inexplicably moved.
Sheng An, expressionless, said, "So, can you stand on your own now?"
Li Xin: "..."
He stood up obediently, feeling a rare sense of embarrassment.
Hao Jingye, seeing him become obedient, nodded in satisfaction, "Li Xin, can you cooperate with us for some tests now?"
Li Xin, dejected, said nothing.
Sheng An glanced at him.
Immediately, he felt pain all over, raised his hands in surrender, and obediently said—
"I'll cooperate, I'll cooperate."
*
Jiang Yu's space came from the bracelet, so the examination was relatively simple.
But Li Xin was different.
He was examined inside and out several times, had ten tubes of blood drawn, and underwent various imaging tests and metal research.
Just the various tests took one or two days.
Often, after one test, the results led to more research.
Of course, not just Li Xin, but also the previous water and fire ability users.
"What's the situation now?" Sheng An asked.
In the front lab, Li Xin was being instructed to manipulate metal, creating a mechanical arm, with a face full of impatience...
Every time his patience wore thin, he would see Sheng An's threatening gaze through the glass.
Li Xin would then behave obediently.
—This female villain was a tough character, he decided to bide his time.
Beside him, Dr. Yan's eyes were filled with various emotions, finally forming a sentence: "Very strange."
"What do you mean?" Hao Jingye asked curiously.
Sheng An also looked at Dr. Yan.
Dr. Yan flipped through the thick results in his hand, his expression solemn:
"Similar to the two water and fire ability users, they all have a special component in their bodies, covering their blood and flesh. The special components in their bodies are both similar and different, all unknown substances. With more samples, we might be able to draw more conclusions.
"Currently, we can't determine how they manipulate elements, but it is definitely related to these special substances.
"These special substances affect their bodies. Li Xin is even more special than the other two. The other two can only manipulate and release water and fire, while Li Xin can turn into a metal man, merging metal with his body."
Sheng An and Hao Jingye's expressions were similarly grave.
Hao Jingye looked at Sheng An, opened his mouth, "Sister Sheng..."
Sheng An took a deep breath, calmly said, "Continue."
Dr. Yan, hearing this, continued:
"We took various comparative images of Li Xin turning into a metal man and not, and found that he seems to use the special substances to complete the metallization. Additionally..."
There were many test results.
But most were confusing, with few conclusions.
The researchers didn't understand the situation.
And these researchers were the top tier.
Dr. Yan spoke for a long time, finally pursing his lips:
"We will continue our research. With more samples, we might reach clearer conclusions. Additionally, we request more researchers."
Sheng An nodded, directly agreeing, "Okay, Li Xin and the others will cooperate."
Dr. Yan finished speaking and returned to continue studying Li Xin.
Sheng An and Hao Jingye stood outside.
After a while, Hao Jingye said, "It seems a bit strange."
Sheng An calmly looked at Li Xin, slowly speaking, "He just awakened his ability, but he is very special."
According to the test results, Li Xin already had an unimaginable control over metal.
This was really strange.
Hao Jingye scratched his head, "Everything about him seems like he just gained his ability. Dr. Yan's test results confirm this; the special elements in his body are not more than the water and fire ability users."
"But his control over metal is stronger," Sheng An said word by word, "as if he is already a very powerful ability user."
From the current research, ability users would eventually control their elemental abilities.
Li Xin already had the abilities of a later stage.
He was just "uneducated" now. Once he fully understood metal elements and composition, his value would be unimaginable.
This wasn't Iron Man; this was the infinite variability of metal.
Hao Jingye took a deep breath, puzzled and confused, finally saying—
"Could he really be the chosen one?"
Sheng An said nothing.
The chosen one?
Jiang Yu, Li Wanyun, and now Li Xin, whether reborn or not, they were all special.
Li Wanyun's enormous space, Li Xin's extraordinary control over metal...
Indeed, more samples were needed.
Sheng An squinted her eyes, deep in thought.
*
Apocalypse countdown: 17 days.
In the interrogation room, Li Xin didn't dare turn into a metal man, he could only tuck his hands into his sleeves, squatting pitifully in the corner, looking as aggrieved as possible.
Sheng An stood expressionlessly in front, unmoved.
Song Linwei, just woken up, was called over, somewhat confused, "What's going on? What happened?"
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