The Ghostwood Eye proved its worth

The girl who was always going "chirp-chirp, wo-wo."

Now she was no different from anyone else.

Fate was that fickle. A single battle had taken three things from her at once.

Her most important person, her illness, and her happiness.

Ba Xiaomei had noticed Fu Junlin by then. She put away her blade and slowly walked over.

"Junlin."

Fu Junlin reached out and stroked Ba Xiaomei's head.

Only then did Ba Xiaomei completely lower her guard. She threw herself into Fu Junlin's arms, tears rolling silently down like pearls from a broken string.

No matter how tightly she shut her eyes, she couldn't stop them.

Fu Junlin wanted to comfort her, but found he had nothing comforting to say.

Shi Hongyu came over from beside them instead. Ba Xiaomei moved into her arms, and Shi Hongyu told Fu Junlin:

"Go change out of that hospital gown first."

"Okay."

Fu Junlin nodded and patted Little Sister's shoulder before turning to leave.

On his way back to his quarters, Fu Junlin asked Big Black:

"What ability does an 18% gene lock give me?"

"Just as I predicted—Information pheromones!"

Big Black sounded rather pleased with himself.

"What do you mean? Can I control information pheromones? Like the Red Sun Federation? Or like my sister?"

Fu Junlin frowned.

If that was all, its power would be limited.

"Of course it's nothing like their level of power. What they do barely counts as using information pheromones!

They combine information pheromones with their energy.

But at a 15% gene lock, we control them!

There's a fundamental difference between controlling something and using it!"

Big Black immediately objected.

"What difference?"

"Stop walking."

At Big Black's words, Fu Junlin stopped, somewhat puzzled.

He had already reached the corridor outside the quarters. He didn't know whether the other commanders