Because He Was a Subspecies

"I... I found out through the feedback from the Battle Banner's fluctuations."

Fu Junlin's eyes darted as he made up another term on the spot.

"What feedback?"

Shi Hongyu frowned.

"It's one of my little secrets, kind of like an X-ray. Anyway, Teacher, did you accidentally ingest Secondary Energy?

"The Secondary Energy burned your stomach and left lesions behind. I don't know what method you used to suppress it, but it's spreading.

"If it spreads, it'll be extremely troublesome!"

The more Fu Junlin spoke, the more agitated he became.

Big Black had told him all this. He was only repeating it, but he could not help worrying about his teacher.

"You..."

Shi Hongyu was instantly shocked. Fu Junlin seemed as though he had seen her medical report.

However, she slowly released his collar.

"You are not allowed to tell anyone!"

Shi Hongyu threatened.

Fu Junlin gritted his teeth. War Banner Masters could only treat traumatic injuries. Even if muscles and bones were severed, or even if organs and tissue had been damaged, as long as there was a sufficiently formidable War Banner Master present, they could bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh on bare bones.

However, War Banner Masters could not cure lesion-based illnesses. For example, the Secondary Energy infection lesions that were most common in society today were especially difficult to treat when they developed inside organs. Even surgery was extremely difficult.

In modern society, energy was the most important thing.

It could roughly be divided into:

Palm Energy, Passive Energy, and Secondary Energy.

Only the original energy within the human body was named Palm Energy. Humans increased their Palm Energy capacity through constant training and enhancement.

All usable energy was collectively called Passive Energy.

As the name implied, Palm Energy could drive Passive Energy, creating enchantments and launching attacks. The five major professions had evolved into countless schools by relying on this form of energy.

Secondary Energy, meanwhile, was an extraordinarily powerful, violent, and unstable form of energy.

The two blue tissues Fu Junlin had cut from the Minotaur contained Secondary Energy.

After being processed and extracted to remove impurities, Secondary Energy could yield dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of times more Passive Energy, which could be stored in Energy Crystal Blocks.

Energy Crystal Blocks were like the batteries of this era and had become indispensable to human production and daily life.

Even in battle, one could carry Energy Crystal Blocks and extract Passive Energy from them for personal use, increasing combat power.

"There will be a way to cure it."

The atmosphere was somewhat gloomy, and Fu Junlin softly comforted Shi Hongyu.

"Hmph. Have you ever heard of anyone being cured of Secondary Energy lesions?"

Shi Hongyu gave a self-mocking smile.

"Cancer was once a terminal illness in the history of several centuries ago. Now, isn't it just a matter of a few Amchlorin pills? Maybe one day, I'll be able to cure it!"

Fu Junlin spoke with a firm gaze.

Shi Hongyu looked at Fu Junlin and smiled brightly. Then she lowered her head and took a deep breath, seemingly lost in thought.

The room immediately fell silent.

"Let's go. I'll take you home."

Shi Hongyu patted the clothes she had wrinkled when grabbing him, then turned around and picked up her coat.

"I can walk by myself..."

Fu Junlin smiled awkwardly.

Shi Hongyu turned back and glared at him. Fu Junlin immediately shrank his neck, looking completely cowed, as if to say, You're the boss. Whatever you say goes.

Shi Hongyu's car was a brand-new Paracra Model 3000.

Its sleek body was coated in shimmering paint that faded from pale pink to green, practically blinding the eyes.

Yet when Fu Junlin saw the car, his heart clenched.

It seemed Shi Hongyu was no longer planning to save any money. The old Shi Hongyu had not exactly been frugal, but she had never spent recklessly either. Now...

"Get in!"

Shi Hongyu flamboyantly pulled open the door and climbed into the driver's seat with a confident smile.

Fu Junlin had no choice but to get in as well.

Leather seats, a beautiful woman, a fine car, a magical central console, and panoramic radar without blind spots.

Seeing Shi Hongyu crack her neck and pop her knuckles one after another—

Fu Junlin silently fastened his seat belt and secretly complained about why they had not made a second one.

Flying Cloud City was huge.

As they drove from the north side of the city toward the south, there were more and more police patrols at intersections and on the streets.

Because the southern area of the city was called the Red Carpet District.

It meant blood everywhere.

That was because nearly everyone living in that district was a Subspecies, and violent incidents happened often.

At a red-light intersection, Shi Hongyu stopped the car.

Then there came a thud-thud against the windows.

Two police officers, one on each side, knocked on the car windows.

Fu Junlin frowned and shrank deeper into the leather seat. Shi Hongyu helplessly lowered the window.

A slightly chubby police officer beside the driver's seat looked into the car. When he saw Shi Hongyu, an exceptionally beautiful woman with a curvaceous figure, a smile immediately appeared on his lips.

Moreover, this beauty was a Superior Species. He immediately spoke politely.

"May your energy be limitless. Please show me your driver's license."

As he spoke, he looked toward the passenger seat.

When he saw Fu Junlin, the chubby officer immediately frowned and placed a hand on the gun at his waist.

"Ma'am, why are you going to the Red Carpet District? Are you being coerced?"

The chubby officer checked the driver's license in his hand while watching Fu Junlin warily.

At the same time, he asked Shi Hongyu without the slightest restraint.

"He is my student! I'm just taking him home. May I go now!?"

Shi Hongyu took back her license and stared coldly at the chubby officer.

Yet the chubby officer did not care about Shi Hongyu's attitude and instead said again,

"Student? He doesn't look like a student to me. Ma'am, if you're being threatened, don't be afraid. You can say so right now!"

The chubby officer kept his eyes fixed on Fu Junlin as he spoke.

But in truth, he simply did not want to let Shi Hongyu pass. No matter what these two were going to do, he could not stand seeing a gorgeous woman like Shi Hongyu associated with some little Subspecies trash.

Call it jealousy or deliberate troublemaking—either way, he was deeply displeased!

"I'll say it again: he is my student! He isn't a terrorist!"

Shi Hongyu's voice had turned cold.

Fu Junlin raised his head and looked at the chubby officer with some helplessness.

It was only a glance, a gaze without the slightest aggression.

Yet it instantly made the chubby officer fly into a rage.

The chubby officer immediately drew the gun behind him and pointed it at Fu Junlin inside the car.

"Get out!"

Seeing him draw his gun, the partner on the other side of the car, who had been looking around, immediately drew his weapon as well.

"I said get out of the car immediately!!!"

Before Shi Hongyu could become angry, the chubby officer roared loudly, his voice arrogant and utterly unrestrained.

Fu Junlin raised one hand and slowly opened the door with the other before stepping out. He held both hands high above his head, took a deep breath, and tried not to let the slightest hostility show in his eyes.

Big Black inside him was immediately confused.

"What are you doing?"

"Shut up!" Fu Junlin snapped at Big Black irritably. He had neither the time nor the mood to explain.

It was all because he was a Subspecies.