The Tide of Events

"Are you clearheaded now?"

Seeing that Li Huatao was no longer afraid, Zhang Ping spoke up.

He did not approach her immediately. Something about her current state seemed strange.

Before, Li Huatao had been so jittery that she seemed to have a mental problem. Now she was too calm. She was like a robot: whether she looked at Zhang Ping or anyone else, her expression showed no emotion at all.

"Thank you for the gem, sir. My mind has never been clearer." Li Huatao withdrew her gaze from the others, bowed slightly to Zhang Ping, and answered.

Zhang Ping frowned. "Are you... really all right?"

"In some ways, I'm much better than before. You should know that my ability is Dark Inspiration. It constantly consumes my reason until I go completely mad. Your gem keeps my reason fixed at its highest level. Only then can Dark Inspiration no longer drive me insane," Li Huatao replied.

Liu Sishan said thoughtfully, "But because you're always rational, you can't do anything irrational now?"

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Zhang Shouzhong muttered.

Cheng Xuejie analyzed the situation. "For most people, it certainly wouldn't be good. Being too rational also means taking everything too seriously. Sometimes, being blissfully muddleheaded is a kind of happiness. But for her, this is the best outcome. Her ability's side effects are too severe."

In fact, Mingzhu City had quite a few Awakened whose abilities came with severe side effects. Li Huatao was only one of them.

Awakened who developed mental problems because of their abilities were generally confined to hospitals for treatment. Some posed such a great danger that abilities had to be used to keep them asleep forever.

Li Huatao rose from the ground. Looking at Zhang Ping, she said, "I know you want