“Am I human?”
Tu Sanqi was also looking for the answer!
But Cheng Shi’s reaction in front of her gave her a bad feeling.
“What’s wrong?” Tu Sanqi forced a smile and turned to look at the screen, trying to get some useful information from it. “If I’m not human, what else could I be?”
She asked half-jokingly, half-seriously.
Cheng Shi took off his glasses, completely ignoring his image as he rubbed his face and ruffled his hair.
After gulping down a cup of cold water, he put his glasses back on and regained the strict demeanor of a highly educated intellectual.
“You’re a ghost, aren’t you?” Cheng Shi made a very dry joke.
The trembling Tu Sanqi: “…”
“Dr. Cheng, could you not pause like that when you talk next time?” Tu Sanqi said.
Cheng Shi sighed and directly pointed out several data points on the screen for her to see.
“This isn’t about whether you have an ability anymore,” he said, pulling up his own data for comparison. “This is the data of a normal person. Now look at yours.”
Tu Sanqi’s gaze paused.
Her fingers unconsciously picked at the seam of her pants as she asked, “Do you have data for ability users?”
Cheng Shi brought up an anonymous set of data belonging to an ability user.
Tu Sanqi carefully looked at the data points he had indicated… and the hope she had been holding onto finally died.
Cheng Shi rubbed his temples. When he looked up again, he noticed that Tu Sanqi’s face had turned somewhat pale.
“…It’s not that scary,” he said.
“I just can’t analyze your data. That doesn’t mean you’re beyond saving.”
Tu Sanqi looked at him gloomily.
Cheng Shi pointed to another section of the report. “Look—see? The potion you’ve been drinking did help. Your severe malnutrition has recovered to just malnutrition. So, how about it? Feeling a little happier?”
Tu Sanqi said flatly, “Haha, I’m so happy.”
Cheng Shi: “…”
Couldn’t you at least fake a smile?
“It’s fine. Just take care of your body slowly. Maybe it’s because of the malnutrition affecting the results,” Cheng Shi comforted her. “I’ll prescribe you some more potions. Come back to see me in a month.”
With a heart full of despair, Tu Sanqi took her report and left.
After returning to the dormitory with the potions, she sat on the bed and read the report over and over again.
Thinking about the report of a normal person and the report of an ability user… Tu Sanqi leaned back and finally believed what Laozi Yu had told her.
She really had been infected and turned into a zombie.
Her report was different from a normal person’s, and also different from an ability user’s. That meant she was neither a normal human nor an ability user!
She really was a zombie!
And a high-level zombie at that!
As for her eyes that had been diagnosed as pink eye…
Zombies were originally creatures infected by a virus. But perhaps because her level was too high, she was still being identified as human. So having her eyes diagnosed as a medical condition seemed reasonable enough.
Tu Sanqi: “…”
What terrible karma.
Thinking back carefully, no wonder the report said she had severe malnutrition, yet she performed excellently every time during physical training… So that was actually a biological trait of zombies!
With a heavy mood, she took out the small mirror she carried with her and stared at her eyes.
In the past month, her red eyes had never appeared again.
Before, they had only shown up during combat or under stress.
Tu Sanqi stayed silent for a long time. Only when a message from Fei Yucheng came through on her communicator did she snap out of it.
Forget it.
Although everyone thought her red eyes were just pink eye, as her body gradually recovered from drinking the potions, the “pink eye” would probably be cured one day.
In the future, she just had to be more careful and make sure no one discovered it again.
Fei Yucheng was a technology enthusiast.
Tu Sanqi’s suggestion last time had struck right at his heart. It made someone as socially anxious as him take the risk of social interaction just to get to know her and share his ideas.
And since Tu Sanqi no longer had extra training tasks, she went with him to the laboratory over the weekend.
“I got it,” Fei Yucheng said excitedly as he took out a piece of material.
Tu Sanqi curiously took it and immediately realized that it was the same material as the wall of the healing pod.
“You could even get this? That’s amazing!” Tu Sanqi said sincerely, full of admiration.
Fei Yucheng scratched his head. “I like collecting things… but I only have this little bit, so we have to be careful not to waste it.”
Tu Sanqi became more serious. After putting down the material, the two of them reviewed the theoretical calculations again to ensure everything was correct. Then they started working separately.
Fei Yucheng put on a metal mask and began cutting the material.
Tu Sanqi put on mechanical gloves and started dismantling a rocket launcher on the nearby workbench.
The two of them tinkered for two days and two nights.
Tu Sanqi finally closed the last outer shell of the launcher. When she looked down, it was already almost five in the morning.
Classes would start in two hours!
She quickly removed her tools and woke Fei Yucheng, who had been dozing in the corner. The two of them grabbed the launcher and the specially made shell and rushed outside.
Only then did Tu Sanqi suddenly ask, “Where are we going to test it?”
Fei Yucheng thought for a moment and led her running behind the training building.
Soon, they arrived at a large empty field.
“This place was originally planned to be turned into a fighting arena, but construction never started, so it’s still abandoned,” Fei Yucheng said excitedly. “Let’s fire it here!”
Tu Sanqi looked ahead. There was nothing but grass and dirt, with a protective net blocking the area. It seemed safe enough, so she happily agreed.
The two of them put on protective masks and gloves again. Tu Sanqi volunteered to carry the launcher while Fei Yucheng went to place the shell inside.
One minute later—
Boom!
The launcher roared on Tu Sanqi’s shoulder. She had underestimated the recoil of the modified weapon. The impact sent both her and Fei Yucheng stumbling backward and falling to the ground.
But neither of them rushed to get up. Instead, they immediately stared at the place where the shell had landed.
The ability inside the shell had been infused by a friend Fei Yucheng had called over earlier.
Now the shell exploded about two hundred meters ahead of them. Dirt flew everywhere, and the ability inside, no longer restrained, spread wildly in all directions.
Looking at the purple flames in the distance, Tu Sanqi took off her mask, extremely happy.
“It worked, Fei Yucheng!”
The ability had really been fired out!
Fei Yucheng was also delighted. Looking at the raging flames, he patted Tu Sanqi on the shoulder with admiration.
“You’re really talented, Sanqi!”
“Do you want to join the Engineering Department with me?”
“The Engineering Department?” It was the first time Tu Sanqi had heard those words. “The school has a place like that?”
“It’s not part of the school—it’s in the Special Zone,” Fei Yucheng explained briefly. “Ability users are important, but behind the Special Zone there are many researchers and engineers. Those modified trucks and fighter jets were made by them.”
“If you’re interested, I’ll send you the information later. We can apply together!”
“Sure! But…” Tu Sanqi pointed ahead. “Shouldn’t we put out the fire first?”
Fei Yucheng froze. When he turned around, he saw that the ability-generated flames had already burned the protective net to ashes.
Fei Yucheng: “…”
Tu Sanqi: “…”
They were in trouble.