The healing pod looked somewhat similar to the training pod, except one was horizontal while the other was vertical.
Lying down inside, the hatch closed instantly, and faint specks of green light glimmered all around.
Tu Sanqi’s eyes lit up slightly. She couldn’t help reaching out to touch the inner wall of the pod.
This feeling was somewhat similar to the cloth bundle Su Rumeng had tied around her before—but stronger and far more comfortable.
When she woke up, however, the “fully restored” state Tu Sanqi had imagined didn’t exist at all… She felt as if two lumps of lead had been poured into her legs.
Tu Sanqi: “…”
No wonder they said she had to rest for three days.
The corner of her mouth twitched slightly as she left with Yan Shuang supporting her.
Before leaving, she casually glanced back and saw a nurse-like person walking out of the room behind them… that person’s pupils were green.
An ability user.
Tu Sanqi’s feelings became a little complicated.
She had originally thought that after coming back with her brother, she wouldn’t have much contact with ability users… yet she had been sent to school.
Here, the teachers were ability users, the medical staff were ability users, even the cafeteria aunties and the old gatekeeper were ability users.
Any of her classmates around her could awaken abilities at any moment.
Then she thought about herself, and Tu Sanqi sighed for no reason—
She still hadn’t figured out whether she was actually a zombie or not.
Because of Tu Sanqi’s casual reminder last time, Yan Shuang had now canceled her extra training sessions in the morning and evening.
She no longer forced herself to awaken an ability and instead began focusing on recovery.
If she still couldn’t awaken an ability after three months, then she would have to start planning for graduation.
Meanwhile, after returning to the dormitory, Tu Sanqi immediately seized every moment to sleep.
She woke up once in the middle—because she was hungry.
The two of them had gone to the infirmary on Friday evening, and by the time Tu Sanqi woke up feeling refreshed, it was already Monday evening.
Tu Sanqi rubbed her eyes and sent Yan Shuang a message. But even after waiting ten minutes, Yan Shuang still hadn’t replied.
Feeling a little puzzled, she informed Yan Shuang first and then went downstairs herself, holding her empty stomach.
However, on the way to the cafeteria, Tu Sanqi’s ears twitched slightly.
She turned her head toward a certain direction, her steps gradually slowing.
What was that sound?
…
“Someone who can’t even awaken an ability—what are you acting so arrogant for in front of me?” Han Fei sat casually on a rock, looking down at Yan Shuang curled up by his feet, sneering repeatedly.
“And you even dared to stand me up? Don’t forget—you were the one begging me to give you special training in the first place!” Han Fei jumped down and grabbed Yan Shuang by the collar, lifting her up. “What’s going on now? Yan Shuang, don’t tell me you don’t want to awaken abilities anymore?”
Yan Shuang: “…”
Yan Shuang turned her face away and tried hard to push his hand off.
“What does it have to do with you?”
“How does it not concern me?” Han Fei frowned. “Do you want to disappoint Dad?”
“You awakened your ability just so you wouldn’t disappoint Dad?” Yan Shuang stared at him and asked back.
Han Fei froze for a moment. “…Isn’t that the reason?”
“Mom never told me anything like that.” Yan Shuang withdrew her gaze. “Don’t come looking for me anymore.”
Han Fei’s frown deepened. He stepped forward and grabbed the end of her hair to pull her back, but before he could speak, a beam of light suddenly shot over from behind.
Using the light from the communicator, Tu Sanqi clearly saw the scene before her.
When her gaze landed on the completely passive Yan Shuang, Tu Sanqi instantly got angry.
“It’s you again!” she shouted and dashed forward in one swift step.
Han Fei didn’t have time to react. In the blink of an eye, someone grabbed his hair and yanked it hard, as if trying to tear a piece of his scalp off.
“Damn!” he cursed under his breath, letting go of Yan Shuang. He immediately turned and threw a punch at Tu Sanqi behind him.
“You’re an idiot too,” Han Fei sneered.
Just an ordinary person—how dare she fight him?
In the night, a faint orange-red glow flickered.
Han Fei was an ability user—and a fire-type ability user at that. Such ability users usually had fiery tempers and little sense of restraint when attacking.
Yan Shuang, who had been thrown aside, finally managed to climb to her feet. When she looked up, she saw Han Fei’s hand hanging at his side, faintly glowing red.
Tu Sanqi noticed it too.
This brat actually wanted to attack her with his ability?!
Tu Sanqi was furious.
In her eyes, an ability user using powers against an ordinary person was a capital offense.
At the moment the fireball came crashing down, Tu Sanqi relied on her survival instincts to dodge swiftly. At the same time, she seized the chance to hug Han Fei’s legs and slam him straight to the ground.
The force was far greater than he expected. Han Fei was completely stunned by the impact. When he regained his senses, his anger only grew stronger.
One ability attack after another followed—Han Fei no longer held back at all.
Tu Sanqi cursed him repeatedly in her heart, but her expression remained calm, and her movements were far quicker than Han Fei had anticipated.
Yan Shuang, who had just climbed up from the ground while enduring the pain, looked up and saw Tu Sanqi circling Han Fei like a little whirlwind, while Han Fei spun around like a trapped beast gone mad.
Turning and attacking Tu Sanqi at the same time.
Yan Shuang’s eyes followed their movements. When she glanced at the wreckage around them, her eyelids twitched.
“Han Fei…” she tried to stop him.
But the moment she spoke, another fireball Han Fei had thrown swept across her. As she fell, a sharp pain suddenly struck her head, and the scene before her seemed to twist and distort.
Struggling, she got up again. When her vision finally focused, she saw Han Fei forcing Tu Sanqi into a dead corner, the fireball in his hand illuminating the entire area.
Looking at the orange-red glow in his eyes, Tu Sanqi was momentarily dazed.
Taking advantage of that moment, Han Fei predicted her movement. With two or three quick attacks, he forced Tu Sanqi completely into the corner.
By the time Tu Sanqi came back to her senses, all she could see was the enormous fireball above her head.
Han Fei sneered repeatedly, showing no mercy.
But Tu Sanqi wasn’t afraid.
The moment the flames rushed toward her, she didn’t retreat—instead she advanced, throwing herself forward with all her strength.
She had experienced scenes like this countless times in the training pod. As she brushed past the fireball, if she could land steadily, she could get close to Han Fei again and slam him hard toward—
Just as the thought formed—
A burst of moisture suddenly swept through the surroundings without warning.
Tu Sanqi, who was midair, and Han Fei, who had just thrown the fireball, both felt it.
The next moment, the massive fireball behind them abruptly extinguished—replaced by an even larger sphere of water.
Han Fei froze. Almost instinctively, he turned to look toward a corner. But the moment he turned, four water chains spread up from the ground, wrapping around his limbs like vines.
Tu Sanqi, who had just landed beside him, couldn’t help blurting out, “What the—?”
Then she suddenly realized something and also turned to the side.
Without the fireball’s light, the corner was pitch dark, yet Tu Sanqi could still clearly see Yan Shuang standing there.
She could also clearly see the faint blue glow in her eyes.
“Yan Shuang!” Tu Sanqi immediately jumped up, full of excitement. “You awakened your ability!”