The doctor’s scalp tingled: “This child’s reading has passed eight!!”
Li Xinghao couldn’t hold back and rushed to the panel: “How could it possibly reach eight?!”
Level Eight—wasn’t that on par with him?!
Shen Shiyi was even more incredulous: “Zhiyin actually has such potential?!”
Everyone stared at Li Zhiyin in astonishment.
Completely unaware, she yawned.
The doctor couldn’t believe it: “Nine points! Our city actually has another nine-pointer!”
Now the other youths couldn’t hold back either.
The blond-haired youth squeezed in front of the panel: “Nine points???”
There were only a few nine-pointers in Lanshan City!
People capable of modifying nine-point cybernetic bodies were extremely rare—you could count them on one hand.
And now another nine-pointer had appeared!
But the device was still running!
Li Zhiyin stood inside the device, too exhausted to keep her eyes open.
The affluent district had no direct subway access, nor any buses; you could only drive or take a taxi.
She didn’t have a Transfer Implant, and taxi drivers in the affluent district didn’t accept cash. After taking the subway, she had walked the rest of the way—for an hour and a half.
She yawned repeatedly.
Seeing this, the blond-haired youth bristled: “She’s already at nine points and she’s still yawning! How arrogant is she?!”
They stared nervously at the readings.
The numbers were still soaring!
It looked like they were about to surpass Chi Ye, who had the highest nine-point score!
The doctor stared at the readings on the panel, his expression gradually changing: “Heavens…”
The device slowly came to a stop.
The light in the detection room gradually brightened.
Everyone eagerly asked the doctor: “Was her final score nine points?”
The doctor’s mouth hung half-open, unable to speak.
Shen Lianyan stared at the readings on the panel, her expression stunned: “It’s not nine points.”
The blond-haired youth’s eyes nearly popped out: “Holy crap!”
Chi Ye pushed the blond-haired youth aside, saw the numbers, and his face changed dramatically!
At the same time, a mechanical female broadcast voice echoed in the room—
“Test complete. Congratulations, Miss Li Zhiyin. Your physical examination result is—ten points.”
Everyone’s expressions changed dramatically!
Ten points?!
Li Zhiyin was actually a ten-pointer?!
But Shen Lianyan shook her head at the panel: “No, she’s not a ten-pointer.”
Chi Ye also looked at the panel, his tone growing increasingly shocked: “All her readings are stuck at 9999. That’s the upper limit for the device’s combat implant detection, but it’s not her upper limit.”
Others scored ten points because they met the ten-point standard.
She scored ten points because the highest score was only ten points.
Everyone realized this and fell silent.
The television on the room’s wall was still playing an interview with an Implant Expert.
The host’s voice broke the dead silence in the room: “Teacher, what are your thoughts on tolerance capacity for combat implants? Many people feel anxious because they don’t have combat implants.”
Everyone stared blankly at the television.
On screen, a handsome, long-haired man sat calmly on a sofa, speaking unhurriedly: “Each of us has a limit to our tolerance capacity for combat implants. Some are at zero level, some max out at nine, but the vast majority are at zero level, so there’s no need to feel anxious.”
The host asked: “Then do you think it’s possible for someone with Level Ten tolerance capacity for combat implants to appear?”
The man pondered and said: “Level Ten is the highest level. It means that aside from the brain, which cannot be modified, every other part of the body can be modified. That wouldn’t be a person anymore—that would be an invincible machine with human thought. It would be terrifying.””In the thousand years of technological development, there has never been a Level Ten person, but the world is vast and full of wonders. I believe one will appear someday.”
He looked at the camera, smiling politely: “If there is a Level Ten person, please come find me. I will modify you for free. I hope to meet you in my lifetime.”
…
Shen Lianyan stared at Shen Shiyi in shock: “You gave birth to a combat machine, sis.”
Shen Shiyi bit her lower lip, watching Li Zhiyin go change clothes, unable to speak.
The Li family members all looked grim.
Li Wuyou even more so.
Because she had no combat implant accommodation level at all!
She was zero level!
Completely lacking combat ability!
Shen Lianyan asked the doctor again: “If she were modified into a Level Ten Prosthetic Body, how much would her Humanity Value drop to?”
Installing combat implants lowers Humanity Value. The more the body is modified, the less emotion remains.
Shen Shiyi’s heart tightened, warning: “Shen Lianyan, I’m telling you, even if she is a ten, I absolutely won’t allow you to lay a finger on her! I’m going to give her a relaxed, comfortable life right now!”
Shen Lianyan sighed helplessly: “I’m just asking! I wouldn’t modify her to Level Ten either, that would just turn her into a robot?!”
The doctor’s mouth twitched: “Her Humanity Value is 1.”
Shen Lianyan: “? After full modification, the Humanity Value score would be 1?”
That’s too low.
The highest Humanity Value is eighty.
The lowest is ten.
She could actually be as low as one?
“No.” The doctor took a deep breath, awkwardly looking at Shen Lianyan: “Her current Humanity Value is 1. After modification, her Humanity Value would still be 1, with no change at all.”
Shen Lianyan: “…”
Shen Shiyi: “…”
The Li family: “…”
The teenagers: “…”
A knock on the door sounded just then.
Everyone looked toward the door.
Li Zhiyin took a piece of nougat candy from her pocket and ate it, her pretty little face expressionless: “I’m ready, Mother.”
They stared at her blankly, speechless.
Li Zhiyin acted as if she didn’t see so many people in the room, focusing only on Shen Lianyan: “I just heard I’m ten points, so that means I meet the standard, right?”
Shen Lianyan’s eyelid twitched, looking at her in astonishment.
She had seen many people with Humanity Value of ten.
They were all murderous maniacs.
But Li Zhiyin was only one.
What did that mean?
She nodded: “Yes, I keep my word. You are now my adopted daughter.”
Shen Shiyi was horrified: “Lianyan, this is my daughter! I said I don’t agree to you claiming her!”
Li Xinghao, however, secretly tugged at Shen Shiyi, whispering: “Forget it, Mom! Her Humanity Value is 1! She has no emotions!”
Shen Shiyi shook him off, unconcerned: “If my daughter has no emotions, that’s your father’s and my fault, and even more her adoptive parents’ fault. She is innocent!”
She looked at Li Zhiyin: “Zhiyin, come home with me! How can an adoptive mother compare to your real mother?!”
Li Zhiyin didn’t even glance at her, only smiling at Shen Lianyan: “Mom.”
Shen Shiyi’s face paled slightly.
Shen Lianyan nodded, introducing the person beside her to Li Zhiyin: “This is Mo Sinian. He is the deputy at our company, my friend’s son. He has been the deputy at our company all along, young and promising. He’s seven years older than you, just call him brother.”
Li Zhiyin looked at the handsome man beside Shen Lianyan: “Brother Sinian.”Mo Sinian shook hands with her, his gaze profound. “Hello, Zhiyin.”
Shen Lianyan then looked toward the group of teenagers. “These are all children of my clients. You’ll likely see them at school in the future.”
Li Zhiyin was surprised. “School?”
Shen Lianyan nodded. “Yes. Didn’t you say you weren’t attending school? At your age, you should be studying—how can you not go to school? So from now on, you’ll be classmates!”