The underground tenth floor of the research institute, the experimental area.
The lighting here remains dim.
Zhou Qiming's suspicious gaze rotates between two individuals: "Do you know each other?"
Lu Yan is, of course, not Number 18.
Number 18 is his father according to his household registration.
According to the system, Lu Cheng is not his biological father.
Fortunately, Lu Yan prays for Lu Cheng's early demise every year during the hospital team-building at the temple, so whether he's a real father or not doesn't matter much.
"We've met for the tenth time," Lu Yan says.
Qin Woyu taps him and tilts his head slightly, "Yes, 18 doesn't look as good as you."
Ten years ago, Lu Cheng and Lu Yan had a 7-point similarity, but now it's at most 4 points.
Among Lu Cheng's ten faces, none can match his aura.
Qin Woyu's eyes are like two milky-white glass beads without pupils.
The system provides information about Qin Woyu.
[Qin Woyu, experimental subject of the Tenth Research Institute, Code 03, codenamed "Pope," spiritual power threshold 8800.]
[As an Awakener who awakened in the early stages of the Cataclysm, his spiritual power threshold is unexpectedly high. Over the decades, he has consumed a lot of pollutants to enhance his spiritual power threshold.]
[It's worth mentioning that many pollutants, even after processing, taste unpleasant when consumed. Not everyone has the digestive assistance you do.]
[His researcher follows the primitive sect, advocating raw food and believing that untreated pollutants can better help Awakeners advance. While there is some truth to it, it inevitably increases the Awakener's degree of mutation, possibly causing death due to inability to withstand the medicinal effects.]
[In the records, Qin Woyu's talent is 12, Resuscitation. In reality, he possesses two talents: Incomplete Life and Death and Resuscitation.]
[Death is with the Gu Master, and Life is with him. They are twins, ten bodies born together, sharing life. The Gu Master died many times years ago but was resurrected by the Pope. This has led the Gu Master to misunderstand his own talent... thinking that his existence would harm his brother.]
[In other words, they both must be killed simultaneously for the resurrection cycle to end. In fact, Qin Woyu has died many times due to ingesting pollutants and suffering backlash. This has left his body in a particularly poor state.]
[Despite consuming so many pollutants, his mutation value hasn't exceeded 100 because the Gu Master helps bear the burden.]
When the system mentions this, Lu Yan suddenly has a thought.
He thinks of his own brother.
[If you have permission to access 03's medical records, you'll find that every ten intervals, the Pope enters a "pseudo-death" state, completely losing heartbeat and consciousness; this is actually him going through resurrection.]
[Mutation direction: Insectification, Mental Disorder.]
Qin Woyu is all wet, with small wounds cut on his arms. The wings on his back can't retract temporarily, hanging behind him. The two wings are long enough to reach his ankles, not like butterfly wings but more like the long tails of a silkworm.
Qin Woyu skillfully finds a tourniquet to stop the bleeding and starts treating his wounds.
Since awakening the healing talent, people have often reminded him to pay attention to his injuries, especially when bleeding.
"Pollutants are attracted to the taste of my blood," Qin Woyu explains.
After dealing with his injuries, he tries to stand with the support of the wall but quickly falls weakly.
"I can't walk," Qin Woyu says helplessly. "It's been like this since I was very young, and it hasn't improved since becoming an Awakener."
Usually, he relies on the wings on his back to fly.
But now, his wings are injured.
"Come here," he says to Zhou Qiming.
Zhou Qiming steps forward, and Qin Woyu grabs his charred arm with the bandaged hand.
This is the tenth time in Zhou Qiming's life being so close to a handsome man, and he feels extremely nervous: "What are you doing in broad daylight..."
Qin Woyu closes his eyes.
Zhou Qiming's hand was already numb, but at this moment, he feels ten waves of coolness.
On his arm, the carbonized skin from electric shock quickly scabs, falls off, and fresh flesh buds grow.
Soon, his arm is restored to its original state.
Zhou Qiming is very surprised: "So, the healing talent also includes physical injuries? I thought it could only treat pollution-related diseases."
"It can handle both, but treating pollution-related diseases is a bit troublesome."
Using the talent will increase the degree of mutation.
The system says: [See, this is what a true nanny looks like.]
The cleanup mission has just begun, and the team now has ten more survivors, all important individuals on the list. And most importantly, they can't walk. It seems quite troublesome.
After some thought, Zhou Qiming says, "Let's get the Pope out first."
After all, it was not easy to raise a healer in the research institute until now. When something unexpected happened to Wan Shi, there wasn't even time to cry.
When Zhou Qiming saw Lu Yan's name on the team list, he was quite surprised. In his impression, Awakeners with such talents tended to be delicate, like treasures kept in golden cages. Just like the present Number 03.
Lu Yan spoke, "I'll take care of this. You guys continue with the cleanup, and I'll come after sending him back." He was the second-highest in spiritual power threshold in the team, and the journey here wasn't dangerous. It made sense for him to handle the task.
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