Part 3
Most of these team members had been assigned or tested into Zhadao. Before coming to Zhadao, they also had other teammates, classmates, and friends.
They had also witnessed their own teammates, classmates, or friends die from Alienation.
It wasn’t just the Zhadao squad; strictly speaking, all Awakeners were trapped by this.
Before this, Awakeners believed that once the Alienation process exceeded 80%, it would enter an irreversible state.
But now, there was a Grade 2 young Purifier student who had managed to pull back an Awakener whose Alienation value had reached 94% and successfully purified him.
Whether it was out of concern for their loved ones or because they had similar troubles themselves, the members of the Zhadao squad all felt an intense interest in Luo Shizhen.
The teammate who had asked was named Luo Fang. His own Pollution state was still relatively good; if nothing unexpected happened, he could maintain it for at least ten years without falling into Alienation.
But his adoptive father had been in the process of nearing Alienation for over three months.
Repeated Alienation followed by repeated forced suppression would only make an Awakener more and more miserable. In the end, the previously suppressed values would suddenly soar to over 80% in an instant, making them beyond saving.
In the past, when it reached this point, some Awakeners would choose euthanasia, while others would try to suppress the Pollution values again.
But out of a hundred Awakeners who repeatedly neared Alienation, perhaps only one would successfully suppress it. And even if it were suppressed and they didn’t mutate, these Pollution accumulated in the body would be incredibly violent, making it normal for them to be in pain for the rest of their lives.
And because of the violence of the Pollution Qi, unless it was an Energy User who was emotionally very close to the Awakener, other Energy Users would feel attacked as soon as they approached and would be unable to purify or absorb it.
“Lu Qiujinâs Qi was also very violent just now, but for some reason, it became docile after approaching that student.”
It was hard for Luo Fang not to be excited. People were like thatâthey might think life and death were fated when it came to themselves and feel no fear.
But once they had to watch their loved ones die with their own eyes, it was a completely different feeling.
Hua Yi understood his feelings. He actually didn’t recommend Luo Fang being so excited right now; if his adoptive father still couldn’t be successfully purified, Luo Fang would be as sad later as he was happy now.
But he still nodded.
“Go if you want.”
“Thank you, Captain!”
Luo Fangâs ruggedly handsome face revealed a joyful smile, and he strode out.
Hua Yi turned back to see the other team members also looking at him expectantly.
Hua Yi: “…”
“Does everyone in your families also need purification?”
The adjutant of the Mechanical-sequence laughed:
“Captain, this is a Purifier who can purify even when the Pollution value has reached 94%. Who wouldn’t want to see?”
Hua Yi: “…Fine, go. Take the one who made the contract with the Gu with you, and Iâll handle the rest.”
The team members immediately became happy. They escorted the young man away and hurried after Luo Shizhen and the others in small groups.
And so, Hua Yi was the only one left in the cave.
Hua Yi: “…”
The team members had all gone to watch Luo Shizhen.
He could only take out the detector himself and search the cave inch by inch.
Every Awakener student was a treasure to Yongzhou. For a practical exercise like this, an inescapable net had long been set up outside to ensure that even if something went wrong, the mission target would not escape.
Sui An was always devious; he likely had the area above layered and surrounded before even coming down.
Therefore, that Grade 3 Gu would only still be in the cave.
It was just unknown why the Grade 3 Gu, which should have come out to fight the students, had never shown its face.
Hua Yi searched inch by inch according to the detector. About half an hour later, he stopped in front of a section of the wall.
On the ground, there was a piece of insect skin, mingled among the corpses of various large and small Gu insects, making it inconspicuous.
Hua Yi put on white gloves, took a pair of tweezers, and picked up this piece of insect skin. The detector in his hand began to beep.
“Dead?”
He looked at the empty interior of the insect skin, his blue eyes narrowing slightly.
Although only a skin remained, Hua Yi was experienced, and he could tell the state of the Gu before its death at a glance.
There were no traces of struggle, and it hadn’t even used its abilities. Even if attacked unexpectedly, an Anomaly with the attributes of a Gu would release Pollution before death.
But it had done nothing.
This state was more consistent with the direct bloodline suppression a small Anomaly feels when facing a large Anomaly.
Because it was suppressed, it didn’t even dare to resist.
Anomalies also had bloodline grade suppression. It was common for small Anomalies to follow the orders of large ones, and it wasn’t rare for small Anomalies to be swallowed as food by large ones.
Hua Yi scanned the cave.
Could it be the Xieshen?
It didn’t seem so. Xieshen were Anomalies nurtured by human incense and only loved eating people; they had no appetite for their own kind.
Or was there another Anomaly hidden in this amusement park?
But he hadn’t sensed itânot even a little bit.
That meant it was possible that this high-level Anomaly possessed spatial movement abilities, moving into the cave to eat the Gu and then moving away.
Some Anomalies indeed had such skills.
Regarding this, he still had to ask the person who had made the contract with it.
Hua Yi secretly cursed Sui An for his posturing and lack of stability in his work, actually allowing another high-level Anomaly to slip into the students’ exercise grounds.
Sui Anâs mental energy was strong, but what if?
What if that high-level Anomaly suddenly attacked while Sui An happened to be breaking a leg or an armâor maybe breaking his neckâand his attention was diverted, and he wasn’t monitoring the students’ state every second?
Hua Yi had never liked following the procedures after a mission was completed. In the past, all the post-mission reports were completed by his adjutant.
But today, alone in the empty cave, Hua Yi wrote a five-hundred-word mission conclusion report in one go.
Generally, a hundred words was enough for a mission conclusion report. If the content was slightly more complex, one could write a hundred and fifty words.
Of the five hundred words Hua Yi wrote, four hundred and fifty were spent denouncing Sui An for being irresponsible, failing to protect the students with care, and nearly letting them encounter a dangerous situation.
He suggested that Yongzhou revoke Sui Anâs teaching qualifications.
And then let Hua Yi replace Sui An as a teacher.
Weren’t you so proud of your teacher status? Once Iâve replaced you, let’s see how you put on that pretentious act.
Yongzhouâ
As soon as Hua Yiâs report was transmitted, it was quickly reviewed.
After the reviewer finished the review, they found a large amount of content regarding personal vendetta within the small amount of mission conclusion report.
It was too obvious; they couldn’t even pretend they hadn’t seen it.
The reviewer could only submit it to their superior, letting the superior judge whether Captain Hua had only added a bit of “oil and vinegar” (exaggeration) or if he had added a great deal of it.
The superior received the report but couldn’t process it immediately. Instead, after receiving a phone call, they suddenly stood up.
“What?! An Awakener with an Alienation value of 94% was purified? And the Purifier is a student who just awakened this year?!”
“Good, good, Iâll report it immediately!”
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