Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 127 Different Fate

"What's the situation with Jie Muyun?" Bai Xinxin asked Li Sisan, the inspector.

On the hospital bed, Xie Muyun was covered in sweat, her face was flushed, but her teeth were chattering, and she mumbled "cold" incoherently.

"The initial assessment is that she has low tolerance to fire elements and an excessive sense of self, which led to her forcibly developing her abilities and absorbing large amounts of fire elements. However, she is very talented and can still reach the threshold even with the debuff. If we leave her alone, she will probably be able to condense a fire element crystal core before she dies." After Li Sisan finished speaking, he took out a stabilizer from the plate and gave Jie Muyun three injections, which gradually calmed her down.

Is there a way to help her awaken successfully?

Li Sisan and Bai Xinxin exchanged glances. The latter gave her a helpless look. Li Sisan said, word by word, "Yes, but it's very expensive and time-consuming, with a success rate of only 25%. I suggest we don't do it. It's better for her to be an ordinary person."

Bai Xinxin glanced at the personal terminal flashing notification messages with a complicated expression, then pursed her lips: "The base will cooperate."

"What about her own wishes?" Li Sisan looked at Bai Xinxin disapprovingly.

"The confidentiality agreement includes a clause stating that the base will be responsible for all compensation, regardless of life or death," Bai Xinxin said heavily, letting out a sigh.

"Damn it." Li Sisan knew that the higher-ups were shameless, but he didn't expect them to be this shameless. "Is it really necessary? Let the children bear the consequences of their own sins. These high-ranking officials deserve to die."

"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down." Bai Xinxin was startled by Li Sisan's sudden outburst and quickly reminded her.

"I'm going to say it, or I'll suffocate!" Li Sisan couldn't stop talking. "The only ones who can control the insect plague in the southeast and northwest are fire-type ability users! Oh, back when the fire type was causing trouble, they tried their best to suppress them instead of guiding them properly. They just kept belittling them and inciting other ability users to hate the fire type. Now they know they regret it? If you ask me, they deserve it!"

Bai Xinxin was forced to overhear a secret.

“Don’t be surprised! In a couple of days you’ll know more about this than I do, and you’ll probably be transferred to the front lines to kill insects.” Li Sisan glanced at Bai Xinxin and said, “The two girls under you will have to go after you once they wake up. If they don’t die, they can still make it to the national competition selection. I heard they’re going to promote the fire element and create a hero.”

Bai Xinxin sighed and opened another message on her personal terminal. She immediately perked up, "Chu Deng has awakened. I need to go to the Forge!"

"So fast? It's only the first day," Li Sisan exclaimed in surprise. "The first one out of fifteen?"

"She's always number one." After saying this, Bai Xinxin disappeared without a trace.

Li Sisan was left alone in the medical room pondering Bai Xinxin's words, "Always number one." She murmured, "So arrogant?" Then she glanced at Xie Muyun lying on the hospital bed and sighed, "People really do have different fates."

Inside the furnace, in the initial corridor.

The fire element permeating the air formed an orange-red storm, which, under the attraction, disappeared into Chu Deng's body at an alarming speed.

The data in the monitoring room fluctuated wildly, soaring and plunging, driving the analysts to the brink of despair. "Replenish it quickly! It's not enough for her to absorb; if she fails to awaken, all our efforts will be in vain!!!"

"Here they come! The four level-two crystal cores are in place, and the flame output is set to maximum. Since it's a low-level corridor, the temperature isn't as high as a mid-level one, but it should be enough."

The crimson flames danced through the glass, but Chu Deng paid them no heed, focusing solely on creating an atmosphere of awakening and absorbing the drifting elements.

"No way? She used half a month's supply by herself?!"

"Fortunately, there are enough crystal cores allocated from above, including three level-two and five level-one cores. We can hold on!"

"Damn it, have you forgotten there's still one person who hasn't started yet? Isn't level one awakening this freakish now?"

Chu Deng burst into flames, the exploding flames leaping and flaming as if greeting the two frantic people in the monitoring room.

Chu Deng opened her eyes, and the flames around her were instantly withdrawn.

Level 1, Awakening!

Although it was a disguise, Chu Deng recreated her appearance when she awakened to level one in the apocalypse. Thinking back to how Pei Hanxing almost froze the entire building when she reached level three, her fiery appearance seemed quite fitting for a level one awakening, and she shouldn't give herself away.

When Bai Xinxin ran up to her, Chu Deng simply nodded calmly, "Mentor, I have awakened."

Bai Xinxin, feeling a headache coming on, shut down the constant stream of messages from the two analysts in the monitoring room and took Chu Deng to the medical room to report for duty.

Li Sisan happened to be free, and since Jie Muyun's treatment couldn't be rushed and she wasn't needed for the time being, she didn't let anyone else take over and personally examined "First".

"Hmm, very healthy, unbelievably healthy. The fire element is being absorbed very well, and you've already started cultivating without any instruction." Li Sisan stroked his chin and said with satisfaction, "Your crystal core is so perfect, it's exactly the same as the one in my textbook!"

Chu Deng, who was using his supernatural abilities to disrupt the thermal imaging detector, asked, "...Can I leave now?"

"Okay, okay." Li Sisan waved her hand, indicating that she didn't need to waste medical resources.

Bai Xinxin then gave Chu Deng some instructions on cultivating his special abilities before watching him walk away.

"Was she also a survivor of Shangyuan Villa?" Not long after Chu Deng left, Li Sisan, who was studying the data, suddenly asked.

Bai Xinxin was taken aback, and replied with some complicated feelings, "Yes, she is, and so is Jie Muyun."

"That's quite a coincidence, both are fire-type," Li Sisan said in a low voice with an ambiguous meaning.

Bai Xinxin and Li Sisan were not on the same wavelength. She just thought that the children rescued from Shangyuan Villa back then seemed to have all developed superpowers... Even Jie Muyun and Chu Deng, who were initially found to have no superpowers, have now awakened, and Pei Hanxing has even become a Level 3... The probability of this is too high. The Cosmic God Cult is too good at catching them.

Hu Lan, who had already memorized the information perfectly, was also thinking about this.

"Orchid, do you have anything to say?" asked the figure sitting high in the main seat.

"For many years, I have been investigating the organization formerly known as the [Cosmic God Cult] and now known as the [Immortal Spirit Sect]. I have discovered that their success rate in capturing dormant superhumans is almost 100%. Currently, almost all the survivors of the Shangyuan Villa fire have awakened. That's all." Hu Lan's words made the already quiet meeting even more tense.

The circular screen in the center of the round table displayed the supporting evidence prepared by Hu Lan to everyone. One picture after another flashed by: Bai Xinxin, Yin Zhe, Pei Hanxing, Xie Muyun, Chu Deng...

"Prophet, answer this." The shadowy figure in the main seat, who hadn't spoken throughout the entire meeting, suddenly called on him.

"Ying Chengji, who fled to the United States, is the former boyfriend of Fire Butterfly, the leader of the Cosmic God Cult, and the founder of the Immortal Spirit Sect. He has a battle pet that he calls the 'Treasure-Hunting Rat,' which can detect latent ability users under the age of twelve." The prophet's answer ignited the passion of many present.

"We can take it!"

How many people know this news?

"If we can't take it, we'll kill it! We can't let the US get it!"

"That damn brat, what happened to America! I'll drag him back right now if he's still in the country!"

"Where did you find those [Treasure-Hunting Rats]? Could I find one too? Our province selected so few Awakened Ones this time—"

"Get lost, Sunflower Movement! You're the biggest bunch of people, yet you're here complaining about being poor?! Believe me or not, I'll punch you until you cry!"

"Silence!" The Son of Wind interrupted the discussion. "I've already sent Eagle and Panda to investigate. We'll discuss this further when they return. I'm just telling you to keep an eye out for news about the Immortal Spirit Sect during your patrols. This organization is very murky, so be careful when you make contact with them."

"Next item." As soon as Kite, the other person in the main seat, spoke up, everyone quieted down and waited for the Child of Wind to start the discussion on the next item.

Hu Lan smiled sarcastically. It seemed everyone was assessing the situation. Fortunately, the two level-five individuals were nominally master and apprentice, so there wouldn't be any trouble with the power transition. She didn't want to be forced to take sides at this critical juncture.