Chapter 67
Jiang Cheng bent down and silently placed a thick stack of medical reports on the table in front of Qin Su.
Before Qin Su also started having frequent medical checkups, the other three members of the Qin Family already had unusually high frequency of medical checkups. Any slight abnormality in their physical data would attract the attention of the dedicated medical team.
This is Qin Su's weekly physical examination report since he started using the 'Gland'.
The abnormal data was analyzed thoroughly by the medical team from all aspects, and anyone could understand it without him having to say anything more.
Qin Su glanced through it and knew it was a detailed report of his physical examinations over the past month, arranged in chronological order from newest to oldest.
The six sheets of paper bound separately at the top contain the doctor's analysis of the abnormal data in these medical examination reports.
It looks like a thick stack, but he only needs to look at the top six.
Qin Su asked Jiang Cheng to sit down, and then lowered his head to read the book.
In the perfectly private room, only the rustling sound of papers turning could be heard.
Qin Su habitually skimmed through the information, quickly absorbing what he had read and finished in no time.
Recalling his previous examinations and the questions the doctors had asked him each time he spoke with them, Qin Su suddenly realized and murmured, "So that's how it is..."
Since using the 'Gland' device, he has started receiving frequent body checkups. At each checkup, the doctor asks him the same question: How much exercise do you do?
Initially, Qin Su thought the doctor believed he was exercising too much and was worried his body couldn't handle it.
In fact, in order to always keep his physical fitness above that of his classmates, he doubled his training in the dormitory in the Comic World, and in the Real World, he added extra training under the guidance of professional coaches, so his amount of exercise can be said to have increased dramatically.
So, being asked the same question during his weekly routine check-up didn't attract his attention.
Unexpectedly, according to the doctor's analysis of the medical examination report, his body did indeed undergo some changes after using the 'Gland'.
That change was greatly alleviated by the high-intensity exercise he had been secretly competing with his classmates during that period.
At the end of the analysis report, the doctor advised him that if he wanted to continue using 'Gland', he should maintain a high-intensity exercise routine for at least seven days after use to combat the body's abnormalities caused by 'Gland Pheromones'.
Qin Su: "..."
I'd heard that hard work leads to wealth, but I never imagined it could save a life.
You probably didn't expect the barrage of comments calling him a perverted demon these days, did you? He's not a perverted devil, he's a mutant.
"If being unlucky is a gift, then I think I'm exceptionally gifted." Qin Su stared at the last few sentences of the analysis report, his tone wistful.
Having also read the doctor's summary, Jiang Cheng inwardly agreed, but readily offered polite words. "... Extraordinary bone structure, destined for greatness."
He can still tell corny jokes, so it seems he can accept this outcome. Jiang Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Qin Su: "... Thank you."
The assistant is still as capable as Jiang Cheng; his efficiency goes without saying, he speaks pleasantly, and his emotional value is off the charts.
"You're welcome," Jiang Cheng said with a smile.
Judging from the current situation, Qin Su's exceptional ability to accept things and manage his emotions makes him particularly easy to appease.
The motivational quotes I'd prepared to comfort Qin Su— "No pain, no gain"—won't be needed for now.
"If there's nothing else, I'll head out now," Jiang Cheng said, taking his leave.
Qin Su hummed in agreement. After Jiang Cheng left, Qin Su stared at the medical report in his hand, looking thoughtful.
That said, if this is the fate of Earthling who used the 'Zerg Glands,' what about Interstellar People?
Qin Su decided to return to the Comic World and asked the system for a physical examination report of He Wenyuan after he was 'forced' to experience the 'Artificial Gland'.
He Wenyuan experiences the 'Zerg' Glands for the same amount of time as he does. Ever since he brought the colorless and odorless 'Zerg Glands' back to the Comic World more than a month ago, every time he finishes using a new Zerg Gland in the Real World, He Wenyuan will immediately 'experience' it on the same day.
When He Wenyuan first enrolled, he was all smiles and good-natured to almost everyone, and he could talk to anyone. But behind everyone's back, he would show his disgust.
What was meant to be an act was ultimately just an act. After a real-life experience, coupled with the shady dealings the Class Monitor made in selecting He Wenyuan, everyone gained a certain understanding of He Wenyuan's true character.
Aside from a few people who wanted to curry favor with the Xuan Family because of their background, He Wenyuan had no one else around him. He was also unhappy about Class 7)' s double-dealing with him and was too lazy to deal with them. He was basically alone and rarely had anyone by his side.
This gave him a perfect opportunity to tamper with things.
He placed 'Glands' along He Wenyuan's usual route at different times, secretly observing and recording He Wenyuan's expressions.
The varying degrees of discomfort he experienced daily over the past few days not only made He Wenyuan give up, but also made He Wenyuan think that there was something wrong with his health, so he arranged for examinations just as many times as he did.
He Wenyuan's physical examination report was the same as his own, and it was also of reference value regarding the effects of using the 'Zerg Glands'.
Currently still in the Real World, and unable to obtain He Wenyuan's medical examination report for the time being, Qin Su picked up the phone lying face down on the table, unlocked it, and opened the "Interstellar Legend" comic.
The comics are free and updated 100% of the time, meaning there are new panels every moment. The artwork is high-quality, the plot is scattered, the coverage is wide, and there's a large amount of content to satisfy your needs. It also offers a 'single-player story' search function.
Qin Su didn't want to search for He Wenyuan's storyline among the many other characters' scenes, so he lazily typed 'He Wenyuan' into the search box.
The storylines are arranged from newest to oldest, and Qin Su chooses to watch the latest episode.
Achoo...
At the same time, in the Comic World, He Wenyuan, wearing pajamas so oversized that it was obvious to anyone that they weren't his size or style, sneezed, frowned, and asked gloomily, "Who's cursing me again?"
It's no wonder he thought that way; lately, he often heard crickets chirping behind him.
What made him even more irritable was that, for some reason, he had been experiencing varying degrees of discomfort and depression, and difficulty breathing, for the past month.
But every time they checked, nothing was found.
The doctor said there was nothing wrong with his body. Whenever he felt depressed, he would look around and find no one there, which made him rule out the possibility that someone was trying to harm him.
This unbearable itch, yet unable to pinpoint the source, left him in a terrible state. Only watching He Muzhi's dashing figure training on the field after class each day could slightly alleviate his anxiety.
What a frail beauty!
I love this kind of weak yet cunning little rascal who's always causing trouble; he's got me completely smitten.
[Who understands the true value of the clothes the baby, who is clearly dark and twisted, secretly wears at home like a precious treasure?]
[Looking at all the items, I have to say, my darling is so bold! Taking advantage of the fact that no one can enter her dorm room, she openly put all of He Muzhi's used cups, cutlery, chopsticks, etc., in her dorm room. Tsk tsk, suddenly I feel that He Muzhi is not worthy of my darling's deep love.]
[Isn't this just plain perverted?]
[Get lost! Open your dog eyes and look at this stunning solo photo of our precious baby! If you want to drag someone else, go drag them somewhere else!]
Qin Su:""
Because he read so fast, by the time he realized what was happening, it was too late.
Qin Su's gaze lingered on He Wenyuan's large black bathrobe in the comments and comic pages, his brows furrowing.
His eyes, his eyes!
Qin Su couldn't imagine what He Muzhi's expression would be if he knew about this.
Feeling a chill run down his spine for He Muzhi, Qin Su deleted the three characters 'He Wenyuan' and entered the keywords of various military schools in order, then clicked to view the updated list.
This is how he learns about areas in the Comic World that other systems cannot cover due to the lack of Electronic Eyes in the Real World.
The latest update to the First Military Academy features scenes identical to those of the Fourth Military Academy, showing students spontaneously organizing extra practice sessions after class.
"?"
Is it really necessary to work this hard?
Qin Su didn't have time to carefully read the students' lines on screen, so he entered keywords for other schools one by one to check them.
Ten minutes later, Qin Su remained on a comic book page related to the Seventh Military Academy.
The familiar scene of extra training is back.
Qin Su: "..."
The winds of the 'amazing Class Monitor's eventually swept across the entire galaxy.
How exactly did this trend start? Qin Su clicked on different training scenes from various schools, examining the characters' lines in the training scenes, searching for clues.
'Under Qin Su's leadership, the Fourth Military School has indeed become ambitious and hostile towards us. We must stand up and not let Qin Su down!'
'The people at the Fourth Military School will stop at nothing to surpass us.'
'Even if you told us about Qin Su's grueling training methods, we would absolutely not let Qin Su down.'
'If I had known Qin Su was transferring to the Fourth Military School, I wouldn't have come to the Seventh Military Academy.'
"Don't worry, although the intensity is terrifyingly high, Qin Su must have his reasons for having those people from the Fourth Military Academy Class 6) train like that. He certainly won't let anything happen to them."
'I don't believe the Fourth Military Academy would implement such a uniform extra training program just to please Qin Su. It must have been Qin Su's directive, and the Fourth Military Academy had no choice but to comply.'
'Qin Su's influence is truly immense.'
"Of all the military schools, Qin Su chose to transfer to the Fourth Military School. The other military schools must have been set up by the Fourth Military School."
[Average number of scholars]
[Everyone's a master of humor]
[The more it is passed down, the more distorted the original score becomes]
[There's a kind of calm, almost manic feeling in them that's like when Boss 1 slaps them, and they secretly cover their faces, feeling a quiet satisfaction.]
[Crazy, all crazy, being a little crazy is good, hahaha]
How long have they been in this state?
[I don't know, but it looks like it's beyond what can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine.]
Qin Su: "..."
He was speechless and unable to defend himself.
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Upon returning to the Comic World, Qin Su found that whenever he saw He Muzhi, the comments and images he had seen would flash through his mind.
Unfortunately, I can't offer any reminders.
In the Comic World, no matter who he is with, he must maintain a distance 'separated by an invisible watershed'.
If he tells He Muzhi everything he saw, he, who is also in the comic book and a character in the eyes of the 'Viewers', might be accused by the Viewers of 'having ulterior motives towards He Muzhi '.
To avoid losing control and looking at He Muzhi with pity, Qin Su sat in his classroom seat, reviewing the various physical examination data of He Wenyuan the past month and the physical data before 'feeling' the 'Zerg Glands' that he had obtained from the system.
The physical examination procedures and numerical annotations in the Interstellar World differ significantly from those in the Real World.
As Qin Su read, he compared the data with medical data from this world, and during the breaks when the teacher paused to 'translate' the lecture, he also compiled a report that Earthlings could understand.
After the day's classes ended, Qin Su looked at the brief summary of He Wenyuan's medical examination report, which was the result of the 'translation', and fell into a long silence.
The results showed that He Wenyuan's physical data was basically unchanged from the previous 'sensory' Zerg Glands.
Earthlings need intense training to dilute and counteract the effects of the Zerg Glands on their bodies, but Interstellar People do not.
Qin Su: "..."
As expected of Interstellar People, their bodies are superior to those of Earthlings in every aspect; no wonder their average lifespan is three hundred years.
The gift of the 'Zerg Glands' to him also came with a 'price'; he had no choice but to accept his fate and obediently engage in high-intensity training to counteract it after each use.
After midnight, Qin Su returned to the Real World and handed over the data of He Wenyuan, which he had manually edited, to Jiang Cheng, asking him to find someone to compare the gap between himself and the Interstellar People.
The Second Practical Exercise is coming soon. Tomorrow is the draw for the Class of 26 Second Zerg Practical Combat between each class. He needs to check the items he needs, which are made by having someone create them based on the weapons and 'junk' he brought back from the Interstellar World.
The raw materials themselves come from interstellar space; they are simply being modified to suit the characteristics of the Zerg.
Even if it is used in full view of the public, the Viewers will only think that it is a weapon manufactured by the 'Qin Family' in interstellar space.
After checking them one by one, Qin Su dismissed everyone and, in a private space, consumed their Life Points one by one, storing them in his storage space.
For more than a month, he has been conducting targeted intensive training for Class 6), which not only made the students of Class 6) secretly practice more, but also inspired the freshmen of the Class of 26 and the senior students of the Fourth Military School to join in.
Upon hearing this, other military schools, sensing the impending crisis that the Fourth Military Academy, under his leadership, would "secretly become stronger and crush them," spontaneously joined the extra training program.
This 'rumor' was also reported on StarNet.
Thanks to the rumor that "Military Academies on various planets are collectively doing extra training because of him," his Life Points skyrocketed as the students from various Military Academies did extra training time and time again, and the natives' goodwill towards him increased rapidly.
It can completely cover his current space usage fee.
When Qin Su emerged from the enormous warehouse, the management staff who went back in looked at the empty warehouse and wore an expression no different from that of the former Principal of the Fourth Military School.
"...???"
Humans have secretly evolved behind his back!
Those who are chosen by the Qin Family and work for the Qin Family are no ordinary people. After a brief moment of shock, the warehouse manager quickly composed himself and pretended nothing had happened.
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Comic World.
Carrying too many weapons, Qin Su landed in Lierse Niya, a designated area, hid the weapons, and then spent his Life Points to return to the Fourth Military School.
After a series of actions, Qin Su, who was sitting in the classroom, had only 16 minutes and 11 seconds of Life Points left, which had originally increased to 1 minute and 11 seconds due to the 'Training Wind'.
Zhang Minglang and Chloe, the Lottery Robot, appeared in front of the students of Class 6).
Zhang Minglang was secretly relieved. This time, since each class already had Class Monitor, the Class Advisor no longer needed to draw lots on his behalf, since he had terrible luck.
The last time he drew the most difficult Kisslip Tree Armadillo, he 'exiled' Class 6) to that dangerous situation. He felt guilty for a long time and couldn't sleep at night.
Zhang Minglang's voice was cheerful. "Chloe has arrived. Qin Su, come up and draw lots."
Qin Su seems to have great luck; he definitely won't be as Unlucky One as him.
"Good."
Qin Su stood up, responded calmly, and walked towards Chloe.
(Class 6, Qin Su routinely drew lots on Chloe.
(Class 6 students stared excitedly at Chloe's eye monitor, which was about to display the results. Their eyes were filled with anticipation, with very little fear.
The year they were most afraid, when they saw their Class Monitor, their hearts sank. Now that they could finally finish training and face real insects, they were all relaxed and not as nervous and uneasy as when they first faced actual combat.
Compared to the insects they would face in actual combat, their Class Monitor, Qin Su, was far more 'devilish'.
No matter what kind of bug you draw, it's just a bug, nothing to worry about!
[You can tell if Brother Su is good or bad just by his first move! What will he draw?!]
[He's already a 'Boss 1', so he must be the number 1 (doge)]
[No, the number 1 represents the most difficult insect. Su Bao was tired last time, I want him to have an easier time.]
[Regarding the number 1, after more than a month of intense training, Qin Su has clearly chosen number 1.]
[You must have cheated to choose so accurately, are you implying Qin Su cheated?]
Who would cheat on someone else's behalf and then give themselves the hardest cheating method? That's practically suicide. Who would be so foolish as to create trouble for themselves?
With everyone waiting expectantly, Qin Su withdrew his hand.
On Chloe's display screen, 37 numbers began to scroll rapidly.
As the numbers scrolled by, Qin Su's eyes remained calm.
This year's Class of 26 freshman practical training involved 37 types of insects, ranked from 1 to 37 according to their difficulty of Purge; the smaller the number, the greater the difficulty.
Among them, some insects with large activity ranges will be displayed with the same number, and classes that draw the same number will cooperate in a joint operation.
Qin Su had already communicated with the system. According to his plan, he would draw the most difficult of the 37 insects to be drawn under the system's operation: Abia Firefly.
This means that the number 1 represents a class that needs to operate independently and will not be affected by other classes.
Regardless of what number he actually draws, the system will change it to the number 1 the moment it is displayed.
Even if he were to cheat, as a 'big shot,' he would still need to cheat his way into getting the most troublesome bugs into his own hands in order to demonstrate his 'strength' in actual combat.
Having trained so much, he was absolutely confident that he wouldn't let anyone in Class 6 have any accidents.
777:[...]
To be honest, the host's luck was about the same as that of the Class Advisor of Class 6, which was hilarious. It didn't need the host to manually help the dormitory smuggle from Europe to Africa.
Because the host had skillfully welded himself to the top in 'Africa'.
Bite!
"The results of this lottery are in. Congratulations to Class 6) for drawing number 1, which corresponds to the Zerg Abia Firefly."
"What?" Zhang Minglang exclaimed, looking at Qin Su with an indescribable expression.
Qin Su doesn't seem like Unlucky One, so how did he manage to draw Abia Firefly, the most difficult one to clear?
The Abia Firefly is entirely red and the lightest among its kind in the Zerg. Its torso is skeletal in shape, and adults are about one to two meters long.
Eighteen to sixty delicate tentacles extend from each side of the skeletal torso, which then meander and twist along with the main body, floating in the air.
The attack method involves grabbing its prey and tightly wrapping its tentacles around it, treating the prey as a breeding ground. For other Zerg, self-destruction is suicide, but for Abia Firefly, it is 'rebirth'.
They reproduce by self-destruction; the Abia Firefly takes an average of five seconds from entangling its prey to exploding and burning.
After the explosion, countless dense, grayish-brown dots with tentacles that had not yet turned red burst forth from the middle of the body; these were the juvenile forms of Abia Firefly.
The juveniles that burst forth attach themselves to the mangled flesh of their prey, which has been shattered by the mother's self-destruction, to absorb nutrients. Then, they wriggle their countless tiny tentacles into the sand until they grow into adult Abia Fireflies. From there, they fly out of the sand to search for living creatures and begin a new round of self-destruction reproduction.
The Abia Firefly will only self-destruct if it clings to its live prey, ensuring the survival of the insect eggs inside its body.
This is why Abia Fireflies have an extraordinary sensitivity to living things; no matter how far apart they are, they will self-destruct in order to embrace a living creature and migrate in groups.
This poses a greater danger to the students who Purge.
Chloe congratulated him on the end, ignoring Zhang Minglang's expression, and turned to go to the next class to continue drawing lots.
(Class 6 and the Class Advisor had the same thought process. After thinking it over, they attributed Qin Su's bad luck in drawing the number 1, which represents the most difficult insect, to the attraction between 1 and 1.
It's all because the Class Monitor Identity ID has too many 1s!
Qin Su pretended not to see the way the homeroom teacher looked at the 'Unlucky One' Class Advisor, and having achieved his goal, he calmly walked off the podium.
Sitting back down, Qin Su curiously communicated with the system on his Optical Brain: "[What number did I originally draw?]"
[Pfft, haha, number 1 haha] 777 can't help but laugh whenever this is mentioned.
Qin Su: "..."
If he had known, he wouldn't have asked. What was the point of him suppressing his curiosity about having his fortune told?
The result couldn't be changed. Zhang Minglang didn't show any change in expression. He sighed inwardly and ordered, "The lottery results are in. Now come with me and move all the living creatures onto the Spaceship."
If they draw other insects, Class 6) can now disband and rest well to prepare for tomorrow's departure.
Unfortunately, they drew Abia Fireflies, a type of monstrous insect that their current weapons cannot penetrate; they can only wait for the insects to self-destruct and destroy their larvae.
During the Purge process, it is necessary to find 'triggering factors' to induce them to self-destruct, which are living animals.
Hearing this, Qin Su snapped out of his reverie from the system's mocking laughter and calmly interrupted the Class Advisor, "Teacher Zhang, there's no need."