An Extremely Low-Probability Event

After Fu Hua finished handling her affairs and returned, she was delighted to see Kiana had come back safely.

"Kiana, how are you feeling now? Are you..."

"Of course I'm fine. I'm doing great," Kiana replied happily.

Fu Hua kept nodding. "That's good. That's good."

"Squad leader, Han Jiang specifically asked for you to see him once you got back. I don't know what happened."

"I'll go right away."

Fu Hua had last seen Han Jiang wanting to absorb the Flame Herrscher core in Kiana's place. Now that Kiana had returned safely, Han Jiang should have...

When Fu Hua entered the room and saw Han Jiang, he was sleeping groggily, neither fully awake nor fully asleep.

"What happened to you?" Fu Hua asked.

Han Jiang rubbed his face hard. "I don't know. I just feel especially tired, and my head's all foggy. I'll be fine after resting for a few days."

"Oh, you're here. There's something I want to ask you."

Han Jiang slapped his face twice to wake himself up, then extended his right hand.

The Plague Gem appeared in Han Jiang's palm. Violent flames swirled above it, contained by a layer of energy that prevented them from spilling out.

Fu Hua put a hand to her mouth and stared at Han Jiang in shock. "You're now..."

"That's right. I should... probably... maybe have become the Flame Herrscher," Han Jiang said ambiguously.

"Why put it that way?"

Han Jiang thought for a moment, pursed his lips, and withdrew the Plague Gem into his body. "No Herrscher consciousness was born inside me."

Fu Hua, who had only just entered the room, was shocked for the second time.

The first shock was that Han Jiang had become the Flame Herrscher. There had already been one or two examples of men becoming