13: Chapter 13, 99% complete, a rare find~

"What, Xiao Tang?"

"What, Brother?"

Two confused voices sounded almost simultaneously.

Fang Xun heard the sound and looked to the side, seeing the young girl he had just met in the elevator looking at him.

"Are you really Brother?" Tang Xiaotang asked in surprise.

"Oh," Fang Xun unconsciously let out a rising tone. She actually called him Brother.

Indeed, everything in the gala game is real; little sisters are just like this.

"Are you the one who only stays home playing gala game, never goes out, fantasizes about beautiful girls loving you, and even jumped off the building thinking he was Ultraman, breaking his leg?"

Tang Xiaotang looked even more curious.

"Huh?" Fang Xun looked at Tang Xiaotang, then at his own sister.

"Is there a problem?" Jiang Qin asked doubtfully.

"My leg didn't break!" Fang Xun argued reasonably.

"Only plays gala game, disgusting." Jiang Qin snorted and walked out, taking Tang Xiaotang's hand.

"Xiao Tang, come in. Don't pay attention to him."

"Okay!" Tang Xiaotang responded, immediately leaning against Jiang Qin's shoulder, and walked in with her.

Fang Xun stood stunned at the doorway for a moment before walking in too.

Why did it feel like he was more of an outsider in his own home?

Upon entering the room, Fang Xun saw the two of them sitting together on the living room sofa. Tang Xiaotang was pulling out a stack of test papers from her backpack.

Judging by the scene, the two were actually going to study together.

"The college entrance exam is tomorrow. Didn't you listen to the teachers' lectures at school?"

Fang Xun looked at the two, still somewhat curious.

At a time like this, shouldn't they be making a final push?

Jiang Qin flipped through Tang Xiaotang's papers while explaining to Fang Xun:

"The teacher said that for the last day, we should rest a bit. If there's anything we want to look over, we can, but the important thing is not to be too nervous."

"Alright, you two do your best."

Fang Xun nodded and was about to walk through the living room back to his room.

Just as Fang Xun was about to return to his room, Jiang Qin asked again:

"Brother, is your leg better?"

"It's healed!" Fang Xun even hopped a little. "It's completely fine now. Medical technology is advancing by leaps and bounds!"

"Mm."

Jiang Qin stopped talking after hearing Fang Xun. She just silently watched Fang Xun stride into his room.

"Qin Qin, is your brother really that chuunibyou?"

Tang Xiaotang looked at Jiang Qin's profile, somewhat curious.

As soon as Tang Xiaotang finished speaking, a fierce roar came from the room:

"Gaia!!!!!!!!!"

"Mm."

Jiang Qin nodded silently. This nod seemed exceptionally convincing when paired with the sound coming from the room.

"Qin Qin, you haven't been contaminated by your brother, have you?"

"I don't like that stuff," Jiang Qin stated firmly.

"Hehe, I knew you wouldn't like it, Qin Qin." Tang Xiaotang withdrew her gaze, flipping through the math problems, but then asked:

"Qin Qin, our data during the physical test was almost the same. How did you become so strong?"

Tang Xiaotang was genuinely curious about this matter.

During that small test, she could only close her eyes and take a beating, but Jiang Qin could fiercely beat that Remnant Beasts.

According to the evaluation, their compatibility with the Spiritual Energy Armor barely passed 1% for Fusion.

But Jiang Qin, on the very first day she obtained the Spiritual Energy Armor, raised her Fusion degree to 23%.

It was said that the captain had already gone to apply for a stronger Spiritual Energy Armor for Jiang Qin.

Comparing goods only makes one throw theirs away; comparing people makes one want to die!

When Tang Xiaotang brought this up, a hint of longing immediately shone in Jiang Qin's eyes.

"Because Senior told me to absolutely believe in my own power. A Magical Girl's battle is like that—advancing fearlessly."

"?"

Tang Xiaotang blinked. Qin Qin really had been contaminated by her brother.

What did the strength of power have to do with believing or not believing?

I believe I can solve this math problem, but in the end, I can only write down the solution, right?

Besides, the policy has changed now; writing the solution no longer earns points!

"It's just like this."

Jiang Qin extended her hand. Under Tang Xiaotang's gaze, the blue and white sleeve of her school uniform dissolved into light, revealing Jiang Qin's fair right arm.

And wrapped around Jiang Qin's wrist was an exquisitely ornate, emerald-green ribbon.

This color was exactly the same as Tang Xiaotang's skirt.

"Ah? This... How is this possible?"

Tang Xiaotang's eyes widened. In her eyes, Jiang Qin hadn't unleashed her Spiritual Energy Armor, but this Spiritual Energy Armor part was genuinely materialized.

"I believe it will appear, and it will be as I wish. This is what Senior taught me."

She had only met Senior twice, yet she had already learned so much.

And in Tang Xiaotang's eyes, a similar light of yearning appeared.

Qin Qin, you're amazing.

"Xiao Tang, you can definitely do it too."

Jiang Qin gently shook her hand, the spiritual energy dissipated, and the school uniform returned to her arm.

"I can do it too?" Tang Xiaotang pursed her lips. "As long as I believe?"

"Yes, as long as you believe," Jiang Qin said seriously.

As soon as Jiang Qin finished speaking, they heard an incomparably confident voice:

"Awaken, awaken, awaken~~ Let's begin~~ ~~~~ Transformation!

Oh oh oh oh oh~~ Good morning, Knight!"

Tang Xiaotang's gaze was involuntarily drawn over. Qin Qin Brother also seemed to believe it very much.

"It feels like Qin Qin Brother is more suited to be a Psionic Armor Adept."

"...Don't listen to his ravings."

"Oh."

This casual talk ended here, and the two immediately plunged back into intense study.

The college entrance exam was tomorrow.

...

...

At this moment, on the other side, in front of Wei Heng's desk:

"Such an important matter, why are you only telling me now?"

Wei Heng looked at the document before him.

"It was our oversight. When the Cleaner was comforting everyone, they didn't notice this point."

"Fine."

Wei Heng rubbed his head. "We can't blame you for that. No one would connect a thug who stole a child's mask and an intern doctor's white coat with an Ability User who is at least A-rank.

But how did you discover this matter again?"

"It's... because of the attire of that Ability User that we were reminded that the Ability User might have a connection with the People's Hospital.

But we didn't dare to investigate too broadly, worried about upsetting that Ability User.

So, it was a bit slow.

Finally, we found that mask and that white coat in a corner of the hospital.

They were always left on a chair in the hospital corridor.

But nobody knew whose they were, so no one touched them.

They have already been sent for inspection."

"Oh, right. Is there any result regarding that stone powder incident last time?"

Wei Heng suddenly brought up another topic.

"Yes, but not entirely. The Research Institute hasn't fully confirmed it yet, so they haven't reported to you."

"Speak."

"That powder has no power."

"Mm."

Wei Heng nodded; this was not unexpected.

But Xiao Xu surely had more to say. Something without power wouldn't warrant their Research Institute personnel studying it for so long.

"And then?"

"But this powder is somewhat special; it's hard for me to describe. Please take a look at this segment of footage."

As Xiao Xu spoke, he placed the tablet in his hand in front of Wei Heng.

The tablet was displaying a video paused on a frame. In the image, inside a glass case nearly three meters thick, a Disaster Beast less than two meters tall was facing three rifles head-on.

Xiao Xu pressed the play button, and the footage began to scroll.

"First shooting test begins. Stone powder content 0%. Fire."

*Bang*. Fire erupted from the first muzzle. The next instant, the Disaster Beast trembled slightly, and the steel bullet dropped to the ground.

Almost no damage.

Immediately following was the second test.

"Second shooting test begins. Stone powder content 10%. Fire."

*Bang*. Fire also erupted from the second muzzle. The next moment, a fist-sized bloody hole was actually punched into the Disaster Beast's body.

Compared to the previous power, it was like heaven and earth.

Seeing this, Wei Heng's eyes instantly lit up.

Next was the third test.

"Third shooting test begins. Stone powder content 25%. Fire."

*Boom*. A violent sound erupted. The rifle also burst into flame, but the bullet didn't shoot out; the chamber exploded directly.

The video ended here.

Xiao Xu explained to Wei Heng:

"This stone powder seems capable of removing the limitations of our native elements, allowing it to exert its original intended power against those extra-dimensional Disaster Beast.

And how much power is exerted depends on the ratio of mixed stone powder.

10% might not seem like much, but the damage caused increased by more than a hundredfold compared to before.

Now, the Research Institute... is very fervent.

The land outside the City People's Hospital outpatient entrance has already been dug down half a meter under the pretext of sewer alteration.

They are collecting as much stone powder from that marker stone as possible.

Excluding what couldn't be sorted out, they collected about one hundred and fifty tons."

"Don't let any news leak."

Wei Heng immediately realized how huge the effect of this stone powder was, and what its existence signified.

If they had this stone powder, even updating only a portion of the equipment could raise the security strength of the entire Dongcheng City by several levels.

At the very least, ordinary people would no longer be completely incapable of fighting Disaster Beast.

At the very least, they wouldn't have to rely almost entirely on Ability Users and Psionic Armor Adepts.

Although the remains of Disaster Beast and Remnant Beastss could also be used to make weapons,

those things were too rare and too precious. Most of the Materials were actually unusable.

"Uh..."

Xiao Xu heard this and cautiously looked at Wei Heng's expression.

"After some of the test results came out, people from the Imperial Capital came and took away a batch, bringing an order from the General Bureau. We didn't have time to tell you yet."

"A batch? How much is that?"

Wei Heng suddenly felt something was not right.

"Ninety percent."

"What the hell?!"