Ever since Su Yu successfully activated her ability, Su Dad and Su Mom also began thinking about injecting JJ001.
But their idea was stopped by Su Yu.
Her reason was simple—she dared to inject the serum only because she had experienced it in her previous life.
In the previous life, Su Dad had died before they rescued the serum.
Su Mom, who had been infected and turned into a zombie, was even more unable to receive the serum.
Neither of them had any experience with the rescue serum in their past lives.
Su Yu feared they might become part of the small percentage of people whose immune systems were weakened by the serum.
So she persuaded them not to inject JJ001.
But Su Yu was confident she could protect her parents in this life.
Even so, Su Dad and Su Mom also wanted to become stronger so they could protect Su Yu in return.
Hearing her father’s question, Su Yu nodded in response.
“Xiao Yu, your dad and I plan to inject the serum,” Su Mom said softly, her gentle eyes meeting Su Yu’s with firm resolve.
One was a leading figure in the financial world; the other, a genius in scientific research.
With their personalities, neither feared risk, and they refused to fall behind anyone.
Five years from now, all of humanity would eventually inject the rescue serum—so why couldn’t they take it earlier?
Su Yu didn’t even have time to refuse before Su Dad added:
“Daughter, I was too cowardly in our last life. I didn’t stay by your side to the end. This time… let us be responsible parents, okay?”
His voice was firm yet emotional.
For a moment, Su Yu felt her nose sting.
The feeling of a family united, all acting for each other… it felt really good.
“I’ll be a responsible monkey too! (Houhou!)”
The little monkey shouted beside them.
It didn’t understand the deeper meaning of their conversation but instinctively felt that a family should stay together.
The touching atmosphere instantly melted into laughter.
Su Yu patted the little monkey’s head. “Good boy.”
After dinner, Su Dad and Su Mom continued persuading her with emotion and logic.
Eventually, they succeeded.
Su Yu took out two tubes of JJ001 from her spatial storage.
The translucent blue liquid shimmered in the test tubes.
She took two disposable syringes, drew up the JJ001, and injected it into her parents.
Moments later, Su Dad’s forehead broke into a dense layer of sweat.
His whole body felt like it was on fire—completely different from the cool sensation Su Yu had when injected.
He could clearly feel his internal organs undergoing dramatic changes.
Tearing, twisting, restructuring.
Then, with his eyes tightly shut, Su Dad suddenly opened them.
He placed his hand against the nearby wall. A flash of blue seemed to pass through his eyes.
“X-ray vision!”
His low voice trembled with excitement.
“When I touch an object, I can see through it. Range: three meters.”
He quickly explained his newly awakened ability.
Although three meters wasn’t far, it was enough to monitor their entire floor.
If anyone entered the 26th floor, Su Dad would immediately know their movements.
Originally, Su Yu had planned to install surveillance cameras during her supply-gathering runs.
But the apocalypse would soon knock out the internet. Even if cameras saved data to a card, they couldn’t be monitored in real time.
So she hadn’t installed them.
Now with Su Dad’s x-ray ability, their safety improved significantly.
And abilities could grow—meaning the range would expand in the future.
“Dad, your ability is awesome!” Su Yu commented.
In her past life, those who awakened x-ray abilities were extremely rare, and almost every one of them eventually became the highest-level leaders of major safety cities and bases.
With the ability to see everything, they were naturally suited for leadership.
While celebrating, both Su Yu and Su Dad turned toward Su Mom.
Qin Qin was sitting upright on the sofa, eyes closed peacefully. She didn’t seem to feel the scorching sensation Su Dad had.
On closer look, Su Yu noticed her mom’s skin visibly improving.
Her complexion grew fairer, her features more refined.
Su Yu was glad that she and her mom had different styles of beauty—otherwise, she would be crushed by how beautiful her mother was becoming.
With a flutter of her eyelashes, Su Mom opened her eyes.
At that moment, she seemed surrounded by an ethereal aura, making Su Dad want to lean in and cuddle.
He exclaimed, “Wife, you’re gorgeous!”
But Su Mom ignored his admiration.
She looked at the slightly dried fruit on the table. With a gentle sweep of her hand—
The cut pieces of Hami melon became fresh and juicy again.
“Healing ability?!”
Su Yu, usually calm and composed, nearly cursed aloud.
A healing ability could restore natural vitality, revive ecosystems, and rebuild humanity’s homeland. People who possessed it naturally became objects of devotion.
The most powerful ruler in the ten-year apocalypse era had risen to power because of their healing ability.
All of Huaxia had produced only one healing ability user.
Su Yu never imagined her mother would awaken one.
After she explained the importance of the healing ability to her parents, Su Dad immediately flattered her:
“Never thought the real big boss was right beside me!”
Su Mom squeezed his arm with a smile.
Like Su Yu before them, the newly empowered parents couldn’t wait to experiment.
After testing—
Su Mom’s healing ability could currently restore any living object’s vitality by about 5%.
And she could only use it five times per day.
After that, no more effects would occur.
Their abilities seemed to be high-grade ones, so even after long experimentation, they still couldn’t figure out the leveling conditions.
That night, Su Yu went out with Su Dad as usual, restocking missing categories of supplies.
But the nighttime temperature had risen again.
There were far fewer people out walking; most were rushing home with vegetables in hand, eager to get back to their air conditioners.