137: Wake up, super power?

Over the past three days, the attending physician from the base hospital would come almost every hour to check on Shen Yuan’s condition.

The nurses were also dedicated, as Shen Yuan was in a coma and could only receive nutrition through intravenous drips. They even thoughtfully put a diaper on Shen Yuan and assigned someone to care for her twenty-four hours a day.

Everyone at the base was on edge, but some Ability Users had already fled. They dared not gamble and did not want to lose their lives there.

However, most of the people in the base were ordinary individuals; they couldn't escape, and fleeing would only lead to death. They could only do their best, providing everything the base could offer to ensure Shen Yuan survived this ordeal.

Tian Ming had only one thought in his mind: for her to wake up. The data on the monitor fluctuated, and each alarm made Tian Ming's heart twist as if being cut by a knife.

“I should have known better than to bring you out. Alas! It’s my fault for being too confident, for thinking that as long as you were by my side, nothing could harm you,” Tian Ming said to himself, looking at Shen Yuan and holding her hand.

With a creak, the door was pushed open by an elderly man; it was Old Du from the Biological Laboratory. Old Du was a professor of biology, full name Professor Du Shaojie.

He was also one of the core participants in the Super Soldier Project. If it weren't for the leader's rebellion, this base would not have become so terrible.

“Young man, can we talk?” Professor Du Shaojie’s voice carried a hint of pleading.

The lives of so many people in the entire base were tied to Shen Yuan, so how could Professor Du Shaojie not be anxious?

This young man had been sitting in the ward for three days, without a drop of water or sleep, yet he showed no signs of fatigue. Professor Du Shaojie understood that Tian Ming's evolutionary level had far surpassed that of the most top-tier Superpower Users. How could such an existence not scare him?

Tian Ming glanced at Old Du and said coldly, “Talk? Do you want to plead for the people in your base?”

Professor Du Shaojie sighed and said, “The people in the base are innocent; they are just ordinary people. If your girlfriend truly dies, do you really want these people to be buried with her?”

Tian Ming looked at Professor Du Shaojie, his voice still devoid of any warmth: “I mean what I say. But don’t worry, I will let you all die without any pain.”

Professor Du Shaojie’s heart trembled; he could hear the decisiveness in Tian Ming’s words. This young man was serious.

“Aren’t you annihilating humanity like this? What’s the difference between you and a demon?”

“Heh heh!” Tian Ming’s lips curled into a cold smile, but he did not respond.

Professor Du Shaojie looked at the numbers on the monitor and said, “It’s already the third day, and her vital signs are still unstable. I don’t know if she can survive. Young man, we care more about her life and death than you do.”

“You only care about your own lives,” Tian Ming’s words were extremely cold.

Professor Du Shaojie was persistent, but after a few sentences, the conversation could not continue. He could only return in defeat.

On the morning of the fourth day, the monitor did not sound an emergency alarm. The skin on Shen Yuan’s face began to wrinkle and peel off in large patches, and her hair was the same; a slight tug would cause large clumps to fall out.

Professor Du Shaojie and several doctors urgently examined Shen Yuan and were relieved only after confirming that her vital signs had not continued to deteriorate.

Another day passed, and Shen Yuan still hadn't woken up, but her various physical indicators had stabilized. Although she was not yet conscious, she was no longer as dangerous as before.

However, all of Shen Yuan's hair had fallen out, and her body was covered in black spots, looking somewhat frightening.

The people in the base breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Shen Yuan had passed the critical period. But Tian Ming still did not leave the ward. Shen Yuan was now so ugly, bald, and beneath the wrinkled skin on her face was new skin.

Tian Ming could also feel that Shen Yuan’s life force was getting stronger, but she still hadn't woken up.

On the evening of the eighth day, Professor Du Shaojie came to the ward again, but Tian Ming directly kicked him out. Shen Yuan's hair had grown a bit, feeling somewhat prickly to the touch, and her breathing was stable. She had acquired the Five-level Ability User's super self-healing ability.

The monitor had been removed, but the indwelling needle was still in place to provide the body with nutrients.

But why hasn’t she woken up yet? Tian Ming was starting to reach his limit. After eight days and nights of no sleep, he leaned over Shen Yuan's bedside and said helplessly, “Girl, why aren’t you waking up? It’s almost nine days since we came out.”

…

On the morning of the tenth day, Tian Ming was startled awake by a cry.

“Wah… my hair, where did my hair go?”

That familiar voice made Tian Ming tremble all over. Shen Yuan’s wrinkled face, covered in dead skin, was tear-streaked.

“You’re finally awake,” Tian Ming embraced Shen Yuan, and his suspended heart finally settled.

“Boss, you…” Shen Yuan was bewildered.

“What about me?” Tian Ming released Shen Yuan and quickly examined her. Shen Yuan’s physical condition was very good.

But Tian Ming was still not at ease and asked, “How do you feel? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”

“I, I’m fine.” Shen Yuan touched her bald head; the tiny bit of hair that had just grown out felt a bit prickly.

“Mirror, get me a mirror!” Shen Yuan said in a panic.

Tian Ming opened his palm, and a mirror appeared in his hand. Shen Yuan snatched it, looked at it, and then threw the mirror away as if she had seen a ghost.

Her hair was gone, and the new skin on her face was stuck to the peeling dead skin. She looked as if she had crawled out of hell, impossibly ugly.

“Don’t look, don’t look!” Shen Yuan immediately covered her face.

Tian Ming’s mood completely relaxed; this was the Shen Yuan he knew.

“It’s okay. You are at least a Five-level Ability User now. In a few days, the dead skin on your face will be completely metabolized, and your hair will grow back in at most one or two months.”

Shen Yuan still did not put her hands down and said, “Boss, I’m so ugly now. Can you get me a mask?”

Before Shen Yuan could finish speaking, countless particles condensed from the air, forming a mask in Shen Yuan’s hand.

This scene filled Tian Ming with joy. The mask was made of plastic, a compound condensed from carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen elements, which, in the classification of ability levels, was already a Second-Class Ability User.

Shen Yuan was also bewildered and quickly put on the monkey mask. She spread her hands, and her mind began to imagine a hat. Immediately after, a fuzzy hat slowly condensed on her head.

“Hehe, Boss, I, Shen Yuan, no longer have to envy you openly. I can do it too!…”