A familiar yet unfamiliar sensation filled his consciousness, and something stirred within him.
Almost instinctively, he performed the simplest of actions-he opened his eyes.
A white ceiling, a dazzling overhead light...
Wild joy surged through him. He abruptly sat up and stared at his hands in disbelief. Heavens! I'm awake! The joy of being reborn flooded every nerve. That familiar yet slightly unfamiliar feeling inexplicably made his nose sting.
It feels so good to be alive!
"Boss!" Su Liu Cherou's scream of astonished delight almost pierced Chen Mu's eardrums. He turned to see tears streaming down her face. Her right hand was pressed firmly over her mouth, and her misty eyes were full of joy and disbelief.
A flurry of thudding footsteps came from outside. Then the door was shoved roughly open, and Bagnell, Xi Ping, and Wei'a rushed in.
"Boss!"
Seeing those thin, haggard faces warmed Chen Mu's heart.
Afraid that the base would descend into chaos, they had kept Chen Mu's coma a secret. Now, at last, they could breathe a full sigh of relief. Without anyone realizing it, Chen Mu had become the core of their team, its true soul. No one could replace him-not Bagnell, nor Xi Ping.
"Boss, inside your body..." Bagnell asked hesitantly.
Chen Mu immediately understood that they already knew about the Green Line inside him. He trusted Bagnell and the others quite deeply, so he simply nodded. "Yes. An expert planted a strange filament in me some time ago. It acts up at irregular intervals."
Although they already knew, they still looked shocked. Someone had actually planted that strange thing inside him! They had never heard of such bizarre methods.
Chen Mu, on the other hand, remained composed and reassured them. "It's only acted up a few times. Usually, it lies dormant,