The Cannon Fodder Omega’s Mental Power is Off the Charts [Transmigration] Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Mental Power Manifestation – A report about the patient experiencing a mental power manifestation.

Hospital.

At 3:30 AM, precisely the quietest time of the day. Even the few patients troubled by insomnia had mostly quieted down. Even the staff on duty were drowsy and had lost their initial vigilance, thinking that at this hour, nothing unexpected would likely happen.

But it was exactly at this time that an alarm suddenly blared in the office.

Several staff members jumped in surprise. “What’s going on? An alarm at this hour? What kind of alarm is it?”

“It’s a ward alarm, sent here.” One of them yawned but still perked up to look at the console. “Ward 1604… Hiss, that seems to be a special ward. What could happen there…”

The other person clicked his tongue. “Anything can happen to patients in special wards. Notify the doctor first; I’ll head over to check the situation. If it can be solved… I probably can’t solve it. Special wards are equipped with S-rank advanced robots. If even an advanced robot can’t handle it, it must be something quite troublesome.”

Hearing this, the person who had been confused immediately operated the console. “I’ll contact the doctor right away.”

Now was not the time to ask what happened; life was more important.

The other person slung a specialized medical bag over his shoulder and dashed out the door.

Fortunately, there were few people at night, and the elevator was fast. He arrived at Ward 1604 in no time.

He knocked on the door, which opened quickly. The one opening it was a small robot with a metallic texture. He recognized it; it was their hospital’s advanced robot named “Xiao Jin.” Such advanced robots were only provided for patients in special wards, and they could handle general medical issues themselves.

He tapped the medical bag. “Xiao Jin, what on earth happened? How is the patient?”

Xiao Jin replied very seriously: “Yu Xia is still sleeping.”

The man: “…”

“If the patient is sleeping soundly, why did you trigger the alarm?”

Xiao Jin spun around aggrievedly. “Yu Xia is sleeping well, but his mental power has started to go out of control. It has even begun to manifest. The glass cups have several scratches, and Yu Xia himself has several cuts on his body from his own mental power. He is still bleeding.”

As soon as Xiao Jin described this, the man knew things were serious.

He had checked before coming—the patient in this ward had Mental Power Disorder and had apparently just suffered a mental power backlash. He had been in the hospital for several days, and some doctors had even begun to advocate for passive treatment. Fortunately, the patient had finally regained consciousness, though his mental power had risen again.

Rising mental power might be a blessing in disguise for ordinary people, but for someone with Mental Power Disorder, it was absolutely adding insult to injury. It meant the Reaper, scythe in hand, had taken another step forward.

He quickly asked, “Was there anything unusual before the patient went to sleep?”

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On the screen on Xiao Jin’s head, a playback of Yu Xia before he slept from Xiao Jin’s perspective appeared, leading to a conclusion: “Yu Xia drank a tube of mental power soothing agent.”

As they spoke, the doctor on duty also arrived in a hurry. He was likely also sleepy, as his hair was still a mess. He asked the staff member who had arrived earlier: “Have you assessed the situation? How is he?”

Xiao Jin spoke first: “Yu Xia’s mental power manifestation shows no signs of weakening.”

The doctor’s expression changed slightly. “Mental power manifestation?”

A person’s constitution and mental power complement each other. For most people, their mental power and constitution are matched after differentiation. Therefore, Mental Power Disorder was already a relatively rare condition. Mental power manifestation, however, was something that only occurred when there was a gap of five levels or more between constitution and mental power.

Even some mental power doctors never saw such a situation in their entire lives.

But the appearance of this situation meant the patient’s condition had truly deteriorated to a certain degree. A negligible event could potentially cause his mental power to collapse, turning the patient into a vegetable.

This is too hard. My mental power isn’t high enough; I can’t even get close to a patient experiencing mental power manifestation!

The doctor scratched his already bird-nest-like hair and pulled out some bandages from his portable medical bag. He also took out a vial of light blue liquid and handed it to Xiao Jin. “This is a mental power pacifying agent. The side effects are quite large, and the patient might feel very uncomfortable when he wakes up tomorrow, but this is all we can use now. Pay more attention after dawn. For now, feed the medicine to the patient and then bandage him. We can’t let him continue to hurt himself.”

The staff member scratched his head. “Will the soothing agent not work? The pacifying agent’s suppression of a person’s mental level is quite severe.”

The doctor sighed. “There’s no choice. It’s already reached mental power manifestation; we have to forcibly suppress his mental power. The soothing agent is no longer effective. My mental power isn’t high enough. If Dr. Yu were here, he could perform a further check, but this is the best I can do.”

“I’ll write a report later to warn Dr. Yu. Mental power manifestation is no small matter; the patient’s subsequent treatment plan will definitely need to be adjusted,” the doctor said, rubbing his forehead.

But for now, this was all they could do.

Xiao Jin took the bandages and medicine from the doctor and performed a very responsible inspection before walking to the bedside and feeding the light blue medicine to Yu Xia: “Yu Xia, drink your medicine obediently!”

Fortunately, although Yu Xia was still in a deep sleep, he was quite cooperative with taking medicine, and the vial was successfully consumed.

The mental power pacifying agent was a strong suppressant with significant side effects, but it also took effect quickly. Not long after, the unstable elements around the bed gradually calmed down. However, after being put through such a ordeal by Yu Xia, the area surrounding the bed was almost in ruins.

Once Yu Xia’s mental power had completely stabilized, the doctor and the first staff member walked to the bedside.

The doctor clicked his tongue. “This mental power manifestation is truly something. It even sliced his pajamas into this state. It’s a pity my mental power isn’t enough, otherwise I could provide mental power pacification. Real mental power pacification should be much gentler than the pacifying agent. Dr. Yu should be able to do it.”

Xiao Jin, who had several scratches on its body from the mental power, countered: “Yu Xia’s mental power has already broken the mental power tester. The specific value is unknown, but even for Dr. Yu, it probably won’t be possible.”

Hearing Xiao Jin say this, the other two immediately felt a sense of awe for Yu Xia lying on the bed.

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Holy crap, it broke the machine. No wonder it was so savage!

The staff member who arrived first took some more bandages from his medical bag and helped stop Yu Xia’s bleeding. Yu Xia’s mental power manifestation had lasted for quite a while, and he indeed had quite a few cuts on his body. “But the patient himself has been cut like this; wouldn’t he wake up?”

The doctor also stepped forward to help. “At that time, the patient couldn’t even control his own mental power. How could he care for his own body? After all, he already needed external help to suppress his mental power. Such a good-looking kid—why did he have to have Mental Power Disorder?”

“Is this disease hard to treat?”

“This disease is incurable. Even the constitution-enhancing agents that work for ordinary people have no effect on patients with Mental Power Disorder; they can only rely on exercising themselves.” As the doctor tied a butterfly knot on a bloody cut on Yu Xia’s body, he explained, “But for patients with Mental Power Disorder, their constitution and mental power don’t match. Usually, even when they walk, the soles of their feet feel piercingly painful—roughly the same as if you were walking on an acupressure board.”

The explanation was so vivid that the staff member took a sharp breath. “It’s already the interstellar era; why do acupressure boards still exist?”

“When it comes to tormenting humans, humans only listen to themselves. Acupressure boards are one of the few items that were brought to space without being damaged. If our human ancestors could do it, how can we interstellar people admit defeat!”

“…”

By the time Yu Xia was completely bandaged, more than half an hour had passed.

The doctor looked at the dawning sky and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He yawned as he spoke to the others: “That should be it. I’ll go write the report for Dr. Yu. Once I’m done, it’ll be about time for the shift change.”

After Xiao Jin saw the two out, it returned to the bedside and poked Yu Xia’s face with its metallic finger. “Fortunately, Yu Xia didn’t direct his mental power at his face, otherwise he’d be disfigured!”

At 8:30 AM, Dr. Yu hummed a tune as he came to work. As soon as he sat at his desk, his medical system received a report.

A report about the patient in Ward 1604 experiencing a mental power manifestation at 3:30 AM.

Although Dr. Yu hadn’t read the contents yet, the title alone was enough to make him shout, “Holy crap!” He even pushed back his usual rounds and rushed frantically toward Ward 1604—Yu Xia’s ward. The first thing he said upon entering was, “Xiao Jin, is Yu Xia okay?”

Then, he saw Yu Xia still sleeping in bed, though he was visibly uncomfortable.

The little robot beside Yu Xia was busy at the bedside, and now it looked up while holding a glass of hot water: “Dr. Yu, good morning!”

Dr. Yu’s sharp eyes noticed that Xiao Jin had several shallow scratches on its body. “Xiao Jin, your body… were those made by Yu Xia’s mental power?”

Xiao Jin nodded. “Yes. Yu Xia was very scary last night; he couldn’t control his mental power. So his mental power was like a knife, cutting many things. He even cut himself many times. Xiao Jin and the doctor were busy until dawn to finally bandage Yu Xia.”

Dr. Yu moved his gaze to the bed. “Why hasn’t Yu Xia woken up yet? I told him yesterday that we would perform a detailed physical checkup today.”

Xiao Jin tilted its head. “Perhaps because the doctor gave him a mental power pacifying agent. The doctor said Yu Xia would be very uncomfortable today.”