Watching Yan Anqing hypnotize Jia Yuanliang with just a few words, the other members of Yaoguang Special Operations Team 13 present felt their minds sway, their expressions shift, and their emotions surge.
"So this is what they mean by 'the capable can do anything,' huh? I used to think Dr. Yan was just lucky. I was even a little unconvinced."
"And now?"
"I'm convinced! Completely!"
"Is it too late to start sucking up now?"
"Stop talking! This is a critical moment! Watch quietly!"
The operatives quickly ended their hushed discussion of their own accord.
Their gazes drifted between Yan Anqing and Jia Yuanliang. They desperately wanted to ask questions, yet feared interrupting Yan Anqing's "instruction" and earning his displeasure.
Hypnosis...
It sounded impressive, but in reality, it had been pretty useless.
Although Group 13 was mostly full of people just going through the motions, they still completed their minimum quarterly special operations and study assignments.
Their internal files contained no shortage of frauds claiming to be masters!
At the very least, they could be certain of one thing.
Before the Crimson Moon Incident, all hypnosis could do at its absolute limit was help someone fall asleep quickly when they willingly cooperated.
As for making someone obey every command, transfer their savings into another bank account, or commit crimes...
Those were all baseless rumors and hearsay!
They were things that simply did not exist in the real world!
But now...
Watching Jia Yuanliang's reaction, they began to worry. Could hypnosis truly become like the legends in the future?
Ordinary con artists were nothing to fear.
What they feared was Golden-Eyed Ones and Silver-Eyed people learning such subtle tricks as well.
Humans with Limitless Cells in their bodies, regardless of age or gender, exceeded the limits of ordinary humans in every aspect.
Skateboarding, rock climbing, track and field, swimming, basketball, football, table tennis, tennis...
For superhumans, even casually playing around would make them better than many professional athletes at their livelihoods.
Their absurdly powerful all-around physical abilities made everything they did seem like cheating.
Effortless hypnosis—world-famous hypnosis masters could not accomplish something like this, yet Yan Anqing could.
"So Mental Power really exists?"
"The key point is that superhumans have Mental Power many times stronger than ordinary people."
"I think Dr. Yan just has exceptionally strong Mental Power himself. Maybe he's a special case and can't be treated as a universal phenomenon."
"What does Yan God want to do?"
"No idea."
No one present felt there was anything strange about this.
Colleagues in the Information Section had long used their positions to uncover Yan Anqing's little secret—this guy was also a hidden candidate of the Crimson Moon!
Recently, Yan Anqing's appetite and weight had skyrocketed, yet his physique had remained unchanged.
So many people had been privately speculating about when he would become Silver-Eyed.
Taking ten thousand steps back, Yan Anqing was the discoverer of the Fuxi Cell and Limitless Cell. Even if he was neither Golden-Eyed nor Silver-Eyed, he might not necessarily be weaker than those superhumans.
Did they really think researchers were all fools?
Ninety-nine percent of scientists killed by test subjects only existed in popcorn movies and amateur science circles.
Almost all base personnel secretly believed that Dr. Yan had definitely kept something up his sleeve. Perhaps... his Limitless Cell infection rate was now higher than anyone else's!
"You believe that you have no possibility of becoming Silver-Eyed."
"You have only been using this nearly self-destructive method of training to vent the guilt in your heart."
Yan Anqing spoke leisurely. "In fact, you are a true hidden candidate."
"After this period of training, the Limitless Cells in your body have multiplied to a certain extent and are gradually awakening."
"This accumulation has already reached a critical point."
"With only a tiny, insignificant external stimulus, it can undergo a qualitative change."
Yan Anqing was not spouting nonsense.
This was not purely deception or lies.
Jia Yuanliang was a lucky man. He truly was a hidden candidate.
The number of Limitless Cells multiplying within him was quite considerable.
Although he was far inferior to the first-echelon Golden-Eyed Ones with national backing—Ma Ran, Yu Hongyi, Uesugi Zangetsu, Tokugawa Ishimasa, Christian, Aisitelang, and Vladimir—he was actually doing quite well.
Due to individual differences, or perhaps environmental factors, the Limitless Cells in Jia Yuanliang's body had mutated and entered an inert state.
These mutants only took and gave nothing in return.
In Yan Anqing's eyes, the inert Limitless Cells in Jia Yuanliang's body were equivalent to a degraded version of tumor cells.
They were not fatal, but they were useless. They could provide no benefits and could only be called a pure burden and encumbrance.
"Tell me. What do you think is the most significant change from a hidden candidate to Silver-Eyed?"
Jia Yuanliang answered blankly, "The color of the pupils."
"Yes. Look at your eyes..."
"They've already turned silver..."
As he spoke, Yan Anqing snapped his fingers.
Snap!
Jia Yuanliang abruptly woke up.
He could not quite remember what he had said to Yan Anqing.
It was as though he had been unconscious for a while.
The colleagues around him were all staring at him with horrified expressions.
"Old Jia! You became Silver-Eyed!"
"Holy shit..."
"What is this? An enlightenment? Yan God, could you hypnotize me too?"
"Subhuti knocking Sun Wukong on the back of the head, Taiyi Zhenren remaking Nezha's body from lotus roots, Wang Chao encountering Tang Zichen, Xiao Yan meeting Old Yao... The story of our team leader and Jia Yuanliang could totally be written into a tale and passed down forever!"
"What the hell are those last two? Never even heard of them... Recommend them?"
Yan Anqing did not pay much attention to the reactions of the Yaoguang Special Operations Team 13 members.
He backed up the inert Limitless Cells in Jia Yuanliang's body into the database, which counted as an unexpected gain.
This time, Yan Anqing's successful hypnosis of Jia Yuanliang had also been a coincidence.
The gap between ordinary people and the second tier of the superhuman cell system was not actually that great.
The main reason was that Jia Yuanliang had been driven into a corner with no other options. He had placed all his hopes on Yan Anqing and trusted him completely.
At the very beginning of their conversation, Jia Yuanliang had realized what Yan Anqing intended to do.
Without nearly any thought, he chose to empty his mind and do his best to cooperate with Yan Anqing's guidance.
That was why everything had gone so smoothly.
"Hmm..."
Through the Cross-Sectional Mapping function, Yan Anqing observed the changes in Jia Yuanliang's body.
Unlike the other Golden-Eyed and Silver-Eyed people, this man's physical mutation had not strengthened him in every aspect. It was limited solely to his eyes.
"Is it because of the mutated inert Limitless Cells' genetic traits, or because his simple, intense desire allowed subjective will to interfere with the operation of the Limitless Cells?"
After thinking fruitlessly, Yan Anqing raised an eyebrow and patted Jia Yuanliang on the shoulder. "Come to the laboratory tomorrow. I'll help your mother transplant Limitless Cells. If all goes well, it can extend her lifespan by at least ten years."
"Also, you lot, don't come looking for me unless it's important."
"Jia Yuanliang was already a hidden candidate. There's a record of it in the XieZhi System. You're merely aspirants."
"Rather than thinking about useless things all day, wait patiently and see whether Limitless Cell transplants can become widely available in two or three years."
In truth, if Yan Anqing wished, he could turn an aged person with one foot in the grave into a young person at any time.
And it would not merely be superficial youth.
Even their internal organs, muscles, and bone tissue could be restored to the healthy state of adolescence.
Extending one's life by ten years was merely the middling effect of transplanting foreign Limitless Cells—this was a research result recently produced by Qu Li, whom the higher-ups had been heavily promoting.
Its life-extending effects depended on the compatibility between the individual and the Limitless Cells.
By limitedly increasing the number of cellular divisions, it could grant someone roughly five to fifteen additional years of life.
Hearing Yan Anqing's words, Jia Yuanliang froze.
A moment later, after confirming that it was real, he came back to himself and was about to thank him when he suddenly realized Yan Anqing had already left without a trace.
If... if he can really do it, then this life of mine will be his.
Jia Yuanliang silently made this solemn promise in his heart.
Ever since he was young, his mother had educated him with China's traditional virtues.
For a drop of kindness received, one should repay it with a gushing spring.
He was reserved and inarticulate, but he valued loyalty and gratitude more deeply than most.
Yan Anqing had helped him become Silver-Eyed, acted righteously despite the trouble, and helped him fulfill his filial duty.
He would never be able to repay such kindness in a lifetime.
Emmm, this chapter became much more dragged out for the sake of "logic" and "reasonableness." I'll still work hard to make my writing more concise in the future, and try to cut down on the side details used to patch up the logic so the story can flow more smoothly!
If you encounter anything that feels unreasonable, please come up with your own explanation!
Mm! This is training your thinking ability, definitely not laziness!
Before you continue