“Can she survive?”
No one dared to guarantee it.
A prisoner who had already been reduced to a cloud of blood mist—who could bring her back to life?
Even if they used cloning technology to create a new body, that wouldn’t be the real Lin Xiaohe.
Under the white-haired old man’s chilling gaze, the medical team members broke out in a cold sweat as they nodded. “We will do our best to treat her.”
The white-haired old man turned away, his low, hoarse voice like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows. “In half a month, I want her to appear in court for a public trial.”
“Yes, sir!”
At that moment, Lin Xiaohe was in a very strange and wonderful state.
She felt her body growing lighter and lighter, as if her psychic energy was about to detach from her flesh, float away into the air, and merge with the gentle presence that had been calling out to her.
There was no pain there. No poverty. No pressure. No conflict.
It was quiet, peaceful, free, and easy.
Ah, no.
Wait a minute.
It seemed she no longer had a physical body. After holding out for an hour in the vacuum, her body had completely exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
But why could she still feel pain? This pain, coming from every single nerve ending, made her psychic energy tremble and her very soul shake.
Lin Xiaohe felt like she was being forcibly pulled back down from the air.
Stimulated by the pain, her consciousness no longer indulged in that illusory comfort. Instead, she snapped awake very quickly.
The Ministry of Security wanted her dead!
Lin Xiaohe couldn’t figure out what state she was in. She felt like a faint electric current, moving through a microscopic world.
She couldn’t see her surroundings or any people. Instead, she was traveling at extreme speed through a twisted, bizarrely beautiful tunnel.
In such a microscopic world, concepts like time and space didn’t exist.
This electric current was rapidly dying out.
[Warning! Warning! Target’s psychic energy is chaotic. Imminent explosion risk.]
Outside the cell, in the monitoring room, red alarm lights flashed frequently.
The medical team members were frantic with anxiety. “Quick! Quick! Give her a high-dose nutrient injection!”
“How?! How are we supposed to inject her?”
The flesh and blood in the cell kept exploding, only to be absorbed by the stardust plants and re-formed into a human shape again.
The head of the medical team made a decisive call. “Use a spray!”
The high-dose nutrient solution rained down from the ceiling of the cell like a fine mist.
It landed on the flesh and blood like rain on an umbrella, then dripped down the vaguely human shape onto the floor, pooling there.
“This is bad. Lin Xiaohe’s body and psychic energy are on the verge of collapse. She can’t absorb the energy.”
This was truly a terrible situation. It was about time they figured out how to forge a death certificate to deal with the public outcry.
Lin Xiaohe felt death approaching.
It was completely different from the dangerous situations she had faced before. This death was total—from every single gene inside her body right down to her soul.
But seriously, how could she accept this?
Why did she have to be the one to die?
She had tried so hard to live. She had gained a new family, entered the Central Military Academy, and gotten her own land and ten billion star coins!
She was just about to start a wonderful life with money, leisure, and her own land.
And then, at the very last moment, snap—she was gone.
What was this? Was she some kind of cosmic-level cannon fodder? Which protagonist was trying to inherit her ten billion star coin fortune?!
Just thinking about all the territory she had fought so hard for, not knowing who might end up with it, filled Lin Xiaohe with energy.
She refused to accept this!
What was hers was all hers! And what belonged to others? That was hers too!
Fueled by this anger, the little electric current struggled and swam forward.
After breaking through one obstacle after another, the small current finally arrived before a towering, gleaming golden stele.
The five characters “Number One Strong in the Universe” shone with a dazzling golden light.
Countless golden threads merged into the small current, and Lin Xiaohe’s self-awareness and psychic energy soared straight upward.
Lin Xiaohe struggled to control her psychic energy. “System, I want to make a cash payment.”
The system was as still as death. It didn’t move at all.
Lin Xiaohe finally understood the misery of having money but being unable to spend it.
It was true what they said—when a mountain collapses, even your golden finger can fail you at a critical moment.
“I can’t believe I fell for your nonsense! You’re completely useless when it really counts!” Lin Xiaohe grumbled angrily.
“Once I get through this, stop calling me ‘host’ all the time. From now on, you’ll kneel down, sing ‘Conquest,’ and call me ‘Master’!”
Gritting her teeth, Lin Xiaohe hardened her resolve and used her psychic energy to charge toward a patch of green light ahead.
Pop!
The green bubble burst.
Lin Xiaohe felt like she was suffocating. Everything was pitch black, and the air was thick with the smell of stale, earthy soil.
She didn’t know how long she waited. Then she sensed the presence of water molecules above her.
She pushed upward with all her might and finally saw light and felt the moisture in the air.
She tried hard to sprout and grow, but she encountered an unprecedented drought.
She was dying of thirst. Could someone please save her?
In her moment of despair, she saw a familiar figure, cautiously poking around in the field.
The moment the contract was established, Lin Xiaohe’s psychic energy grew stronger once more.
“It’s Xinbao.”
So that green light was Xinbao. What she had just experienced was Xinbao’s life.
If, in the five-star matrix state, they had been of one mind and the most harmonious partners,
then now, they had completely merged into one. This was a bond and trust forged through life and death!
Next, Lin Xiaohe continued to break through obstacles, unstoppable.
There was Fanfan, who had been forcibly befriended.
And Xiao Hong, whose very first person she saw after being born was Lin Xiaohe.
Then Doudou, who had become a friend through fighting.
And Tiantian, who had carefully hidden herself and finally found her group.
Every reunion meant doubling her strength.
“Look! Lin Xiaohe is repairing herself!”
The head of the medical team, who had already written the death report, snapped his head up. The vaguely human-shaped mass of flesh and blood was now wrapped in a green glow, with dense golden threads weaving through it.
The puddles of nutrient solution on the floor converged into a water dragon, surging toward the green glow.
The moment it touched the glow, the water dragon exploded into a mist, which was rapidly absorbed.
Everyone stared at the scene, dumbfounded.
“Do human bodies really have such powerful self-repair capabilities?”
“Could this be the terrifying power of a Stardust Mutant Plant Wrangler?”
The cameras silently recorded everything. This event would surely go down in the annals of history and make an outstanding contribution to the Federation’s medical technology.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the high-efficiency nutrient solution was completely absorbed. The green glow merged with the flesh and blood, forming a familiar yet unfamiliar Lin Xiaohe.
She was completely naked, floating in mid-air, her eyes tightly shut. A single green leaf on her forehead was strikingly vivid, as if dripping with moisture.
She looked like she had tattoos of green vines and leaves all over her body, dotted with green and red fruits.
On her left chest, there was the mark of a plump, golden ear of corn.
She was eerie, gorgeous, powerful, and radiated an overwhelming sense of intimidation that made it impossible to look directly at her.
Even through the protective wall, people could feel a sense of crisis that made their scalps tingle.
The white-haired old man walked in silently.
He pressed his face against the glass wall, dazzled and entranced, yet at the same time, a deep disgust and jealousy welled up inside him.
“Bring her out. Prepare for the court appearance.”
“B-but, however…” The medical team member who had been monitoring the psychic energy tester looked terrified and stammered, “Her psychic energy is empty!”
