Seven-Day Life-and-Death Cycle

At the center of the sea of sorrow, Zhang Shou passed away surrounded by everyone.

Then his passive skill, Healers Do Not Die from Injury or Illness, activated automatically. His shriveled, aged body rapidly filled out, returning to its original state within mere seconds.

His stopped heart immediately began beating powerfully again, vitality swiftly spreading to every corner of his body.

Yu Xian was holding Zhang Shou, so he was the first to notice the changes in him.

His crying abruptly stopped. Sensing that something was wrong, the people around him all looked over and discovered Zhang Shou's transformation.

In fact, Zhang Shou had regained consciousness the instant after he stopped breathing. It was just that everyone was so grief-stricken that he felt too embarrassed to interrupt them.

When he noticed that the sounds around him seemed a little off, he quietly opened his eyes and found everyone staring blankly at him. He could not help but reveal an awkward yet polite smile.

He swallowed and asked meekly, "Um... now that the mood has built up this much, it feels like I'd be letting everyone down if I don't die. How about... I die again?"

"Cut the fucking nonsense. Come back with me and get checked again. Don't even think about pulling anything reckless!" Yu Xian changed from carrying him in his arms to hauling him along, grabbing him and heading outside. The crowd consciously parted to make way for them.

Even after watching the two leave, everyone still had not recovered from their confusion.

The people who had just been immersed in sorrow instead felt an indescribable sense of absurdity. If a few crows could fly overhead, the scene would have been even more fitting.

South City Public Security Bureau, next door.

Yu Xian dragged Zhang Shou back and immediately summoned several doctors to examine his physical condition again.

He vaguely sensed that something was wrong. As a vampire, although he did not drink blood, he was actually highly sensitive to a living creature's blood and vital energy. For example, he could easily tell from the scent of someone's blood whether they were sick, and could even tell whether a woman was a virgin.

Legend had it that vampires liked to drink virgins' blood, probably because they were overly sensitive to the smell of blood, and their own psychological fixation had turned it into a strange quirk.

Fortunately, Yu Xian did not like drinking blood, so it had nothing to do with him.

However, he was certain that after Zhang Shou came back from the dead, there was definitely something wrong with his blood and vital energy.

The next day.

Yu Xian and Zhang Shou sat side by side in the office.

Jin Sheng stood in front of them with the freshly issued report. After a long while, he finally said, "The latest report found that Zhang Shou's body has completely returned to the state it was in before the examination. This means his side effect is severe, but not as severe as we thought."

"Let me see." Yu Xian immediately spoke up.

Jin Sheng handed the report to Yu Xian, who quickly scanned through it.

In the report, Zhang Shou's side effect had been named the "Seven-Day Life-and-Death Cycle." Simply put, as long as Zhang Shou did not activate his skill, he would go through a cycle of birth, aging, illness, and death once every seven days. Using his skill would accelerate that cycle.

The report also stated that his passive effect began recording from the moment the system activated. The first time he died each day, his body's condition would return to the state recorded when the system was activated.

Simply put, as long as Zhang Shou did not die, he would be forever trapped in a cycle from seventeen to seventy-seven. On Monday, he would be seventeen; by Sunday, he would become a seventy-seven-year-old man.

That was also why Yu Xian had felt that the scent of Zhang Shou's blood and vital energy was off. The scent of a seventeen-year-old's blood and vital energy would definitely differ enormously from that of a seventy-seven-year-old.

"Take a look." After finishing, Yu Xian handed the report to Zhang Shou.

After reading the report, Zhang Shou did not know whether to laugh or cry. He could not help asking, "So I'm destined to keep dying and coming back to life for the rest of my life?"

"Not necessarily. For example, if you die four times in a row within a single day, even an immortal probably won't be able to save you then," Jin Sheng said as he looked at Zhang Shou.

Yu Xian looked at Zhang Shou and warned him seriously, "Old Zhang, hear that? Don't think you can act recklessly just because you have several lives. I'm not saying you can't use your skill, but at least know your limits. Don't always leave yourself no room for error."

"Yesterday, I thought I was going to die anyway, so I wanted to be heroic before I died. Since I can live, I definitely won't act recklessly," Zhang Shou said with an awkward laugh.

The moment he thought of yesterday's sentimental scene, he was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig himself a five-bedroom apartment.

Jin Sheng then took out a form, placed it in front of Zhang Shou, and said, "Fill this out. Also... are you interested in joining us?"

"Captain, can I?" Zhang Shou's eyes lit up.

He knew Yu Xian seemed to have joined some incredibly impressive official organization, but even now, he did not know its name. This office did not even have a sign.

"You're already calling me Captain. Of course you can."

Jin Sheng said with a smile, while the little person in his heart jumped up in celebration. His squad finally had a healer.

Then he explained the situation with Qilin and the Evil-Slaying Squad in detail. When he finished, he asked, "So, do you want to join?"

"Join, join, I'll join. Can I be on the same team as Salted Fish?" Zhang Shou asked with a nod.

Jin Sheng glanced at Yu Xian and smiled. "You and Salted Fish were already on the same team. From now on, you're the healer of the Evil-Slaying Squad, ranked 6340. Your codename is Dead Doctor. You'll get your ID in a few days."

"Dead Doctor, hehe, that sounds pretty cool," Zhang Shou said happily.

Yu Xian smiled brightly. "Congratulations, Fourth Aunt."

"What Fourth Aunt? It's Dead Doctor. The tones aren't even the same," Zhang Shou immediately retorted.

Yu Xian nodded repeatedly and smiled. "Mm-hm, got it, Fourth Aunt."

"Captain, how about changing my codename to Old Zhang instead?" Zhang Shou knew perfectly well that Yu Xian would keep calling him Fourth Aunt. Once it spread, the whole squad would be led astray by him. Rather than that, he might as well change his codename now.

Jin Sheng said helplessly, "Someone already took Old Zhang. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered coming up with another codename. Fourth Aunt is actually pretty good. It can even confuse enemies. Fourth Aunt it is."

"Nooo!"

The moment Zhang Shou heard that even Dead Doctor was gone, he cried out miserably.

Three days later, at noon.

Yu Xian sat on the balcony basking in the sun, holding his phone as he looked through the class group chat.

Although many of their classmates had already died, no one had removed the accounts of those deceased classmates from the group.

Chen Ling sent a voice message in the group. "Have you guys heard?"

"Your Majesty, just tell us. How could our information be as well-informed as yours?" Zhang Shou sent in a voice message.

Yu Xian smiled and sent a voice message. "Let me guess. School's starting again, right?"

"School is starting again, but you definitely can't guess where we're going to study," Chen Ling said in a voice message.

Yu Xian narrowed his eyes and sent a voice message. "Superpowered Academy?"

Nearly every school in Silver City had been invaded by Aberrant Insects. The reason it was only nearly every school was because Superpowered Academy had not been invaded by Aberrant Insects.

"How did you know?" Chen Ling asked in surprise.

She had spent several days gathering that information, yet Yu Xian had seen through it in a single sentence.

Yu Xian smiled. "Not only do I know we're going to Superpowered Academy, I also know that all the surviving students in the city will be gathered there."

He was now, after all, a member of the Evil-Slaying Squad. He could learn plenty of information in advance through Jin Sheng or the Qilin app.

There were not many surviving students left in the city. If they gathered together, each grade would probably only be able to form two classes.

However, many students had psychological trauma and simply did not dare return to their original schools. On top of that, their parents were worried about sending their children back to school. Only by transferring to Superpowered Academy, the school with no victims, could they put the parents' minds at ease to some extent.