Gao Wu: After transforming into a soft girl, I became a calamity?

Lin Yun dared not think too much about what the burden would be if Jiang Mian were diagnosed with another heart problem.

Adding to what Wang Chen just described, Li Hao comes from a good family and has now become an Awakened One, making him increasingly flamboyant in his actions.

Given his temperament, he probably won't let this go easily.

If Jiang Mian has managed to calm him down this time, then the subsequent entanglement, harassment, and even retaliation are almost foreseeable.

How should a girl with no one to rely on cope?

Lin Yun felt a pang of heartache just thinking about it.

She wanted to protect every student, but there were always times when she couldn't be there, and there were always corners she couldn't cover...

"Are you feeling better?"

Lin Yun walked to the bedside and asked softly.

"Much better, Teacher Lin."

Jiang Mian's complexion has improved considerably, but she still looks somewhat weak.

"I'm so hungry..."

She hadn't eaten lunch, and after all this commotion, an extreme longing rose from the depths of her soul.

She was hungry.

Lin Yun before her was like a sweet and fragrant cream cake; the pure aura emanating from her alone was enough to stir her most primal appetite.

She seems to be... more seriously ill...

At this moment, Jiang Mian could feel that his heart had completed the first step of transformation.

Although it still retains the shape of a heart, a black core has "grown" next to it, just like the reactor of her power, supplying power to her whole body.

After initially condensing the core of the calamity, Jiang Mian gained the ability to "smell" the aura of those awakened individuals, making it easy for him to distinguish them.

But a problem arises: if discovered by the authorities, he might not be a "pathogen" as defined, but rather a... real calamity infiltrated into the crowd.

What's more troublesome is that, due to her excessive "hunger," her core is now like an idle engine.

If this continues for a long time, it could put a huge burden on the body.

With her teacher still in front of her, she could only try her best to suppress all her discomfort and make sure that she didn't look out of the ordinary.

"Do you need any more help from your teacher? You heard what the school doctor said; heart problems shouldn't be taken lightly. Your teacher can take you to the hospital for a checkup..."

Go to the hospital?

Are you kidding me!

Although she knew that the core of the calamity could not be scanned using conventional medical methods, the core had just been formed and was in an extremely unstable state. Who knew if it could be hidden?

"No, no need!"

Jiang Mian instinctively refused, her tone carrying a hint of pleading.

"Teacher, it's probably because I haven't been resting well lately... Going to the hospital is too expensive. I'll go home and rest properly, and I should be fine."

She blinked her eyes and stared pitifully at Lin Yun.

Lin Yun couldn't bear that gaze any longer, her heart softened, and she could only sigh softly.

"Okay, the teacher has approved the leave. This month... you can come as you see fit, as long as you're there on the day of the exam."

Eh?

Do you need to take a month's leave?

This is an unexpected surprise.

"Yes! Thank you, Teacher Lin!"

"Are you sure you can go home by yourself? Do you need a teacher to take you?"

Lin Yun was still a little worried and pressed for more information.

Jiang Mian quickly shook his head:

"No need, no need, I can manage. Don't trouble the teacher."

"Then... be careful. If Li Hao causes you any more trouble, or if you feel unwell in any way, be sure to tell your teacher."

……

Meanwhile, in Base City 1, which is far away from Base City 144.

Within the research area located in the heart of the city, a dark red stone slab floats in the center.

An elderly man in military uniform stood outside the laboratory, staring intently at the writing on the stone slab through the glass, his face ashen.

"[Silence], [Nightmare], [Catastrophe], [Chaos], [Slaughter]... All the apex sequences have awakened..."

This stone tablet was brought out from the depths of the mist by a high-level expert from the [Radiant] Path, and it is engraved with the top five calamity sequences.

Also brought out was a stone tablet engraved with the top five awakening sequences.

However, because the two stone tablets would produce strange and inexplicable reactions when placed together, they were separated and placed in Base City 2.

The official ranking system originated from this stone tablet.

The last time this happened was 150 years ago, shortly after the stone tablet was discovered by humans and the fog descended.

By then, the fog had already swallowed up the outside world.

Their Xia Kingdom had just finished integrating the remaining forces and built seven base cities, which are the prototypes of the current base cities 1 to 7.

The instant humans successfully deciphered the inscriptions on the stone tablets, almost simultaneously all the characters they recorded lit up, heralding the birth of that terrifying being…

At that time, humanity exhausted all its resources to cultivate those few awakened individuals with top-tier abilities, defeating them one by one before the calamities could grow stronger.

It was a race to the death, a race where it was either you or me.

The old man frowned deeply; there were five such terrifying beings in total.

Moreover... compared to relatively pure calamities, those beings transformed from human diseased individuals are often more dangerous.

They are familiar with human social structures, possess human thinking, know human weaknesses, and can hide themselves in the vast sea of ​​people.

The previous pinnacle of [Silent Death] was such a being.

Its predecessor was a diseased person who died "accidentally" during containment.

In the early stages of awakening, his abilities were surprisingly weak, only able to make people feel weak, and had no other effect.

But after his death, his power underwent a qualitative transformation, becoming a death curse that would kill anyone who touched it, ultimately bringing near-devastating damage to humanity.

Therefore, the first thing to do to eliminate the threat is to cleanse the internal system once or even several times, and bring the identities of those hidden disease patients into the open.

This will inevitably lead to a certain degree of chaos.

Moreover, after a century of development, the number of base cities in the Xia Kingdom has increased from the original 7 to 188.

Therefore, the scope of the search is completely different, and the difficulty has naturally increased significantly.

But extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.

Only through strong enforcement can we gain the upper hand.

Having made up his mind, the old man took off the special communicator he wore on his waist and dialed an internal encrypted channel without hesitation.

……

Riding her little electric scooter, which had been with her for six or seven years, Jiang Mian finally made it home safely.

After officially entering the first level, her senses became much sharper.

The "fragrance" on the teacher just now almost made her lose control of herself.

She was certain that she was now either a calamity or half a calamity.

After all, what human has a calamity core growing inside their body?

Fortunately, she can still eat normal food now, otherwise she really wouldn't be able to survive, it's just that the conversion efficiency is a bit low.

Jiang Mian sat on the bed, her upper body stripped down to just her underwear.

She gently placed her hand on her full chest and felt her heartbeat seemed a little slower than before, yet unusually strong.

This is the change she experienced after entering the first level.

"This is troublesome..."