Evolution's Outcome
"Xu Huo, you're awake!" Yan Jiayu came over excitedly. "How do you feel? Can you see people's blood vessels through their skin now? Wait!"
She clasped one hand behind her back, made a fist, then held it out. "Guess what I'm holding?"
"Roasted sunflower seeds." Xu Huo moved the painted woman's hand aside and looked around the warehouse. Professor Lan, Tang Guangbo, and the others were all there. A few more people had gathered outside the door, but Yuan Yao wasn't among them.
"You really can see through things!" Yan Jiayu stared at him in shock. "Professor Lan was right!"
Xu Huo looked at the medical workers holding notebooks, their faces showing barely contained excitement. "Sorry, I can't see through things."
"What about hypnosis? Mind control?" a doctor asked.
"Neither." Xu Huo shook his head. "None of the superpowers you see in science fiction movies have appeared."
"Huh?" Yan Jiayu's disappointment was plain to see. "I thought you'd be able to see what I was holding."
Xu Huo laughed. "Roasted sunflower seeds have a smell."
"True." Yan Jiayu slipped the seeds into a small pocket, then asked, "Do you feel any different physically?"
"Tired." Xu Huo rubbed his temples.
"Your outward symptoms have improved considerably," Professor Lan observed. "You've mostly returned to normal, but to be safe, we should still run some tests."
Xu Huo also wanted to see how his brain had changed, so he cooperated with the examinations. Two hours later, Professor Lan and the others looked disappointed, though there was also an air of reluctant acceptance.
The brain activity they were most interested in ranked only in the top five among the Players whose data had been recorded. Xu Huo had passed the tests devised by the expert panel, but his results weren't remarkable.
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