Chapter 987: Chapter 984: Fortunately, You’re Still Among the Three Bureaus
"Doctor, hurry! Get the military doctor to step in, notify the hospital experts to come here!"
As Sun Xingyao gasped for air, overwhelmed with anger and fainted, Zhang Lin quickly issued emergency instructions through the earpiece, letting the military doctor lead the rescue.
Master Fuli is deeply knowledgeable, especially in matters concerning old zongzi, and is the top scholar in Xia Country.
Since he said that Sun Xingyao belongs to the Dragon People who are friendly to humans, then... her value is really high!
[Damn! That white-haired guy labeled me shamefully, how can humans be so shameless? If I’d known, I’d have continued to sleep under the [Mother Tree]! — Sun Xingyao, spewing blood in anger before fainting, recalls the Mother Tree instructing her to clean up fungi and stop humans from using black fungi. Her heart is full of regret.]
[If I’d known humans were so unreasonable, I shouldn’t have ventured out but instead continued to sleep.]
[Wish fulfilled: Mom, I want to go home. (The noble will from the Invisible Tree realizes the dangers of the world, sparking the desire to run home.)]
"The Mother Tree Sun Xingyao talked about? Is it the Invisible Tree?" Master Fuli retracts the poised Gravity Hammer, thoughtfully looking at Sun Xingyao, murmuring to himself:
"Another new thing, but this thing called Mother Tree probably belongs in the mouth of ’forbidden matters’ during year-end leave?"
The essence of year-end leave [Gloomy Fungi] held a high status in the Second Epoch, possibly participated fully in the burial plan that led to the Dragon People’s extinction.
She knows all the secrets, but maybe because of too much burden, she opted out of conflicts, funding to build an indestructible tomb to hide herself for temporary peace.
The environment of Blue Star, ultimately, didn’t reach the optimal state the Dragon People envisioned.
Beyond the skies lie [Perfect Remnants], while within the earth, Immortals and black fungi lurk with malicious intent.
The Dragon People did everything possible, but the ideological war that tore society in half has already wiped out their foundations and plans.
Sun Xingyao is different from Gloomy Fungi.
The fungi isolate themselves from disputes, completely jumping out of three loans, not in five insurances, belonging outside the system.
Based on the detailed description of the wish list, it’s apparent that Sun Xingyao is likely part of the establishment, a Dragon People who, as the Slime Tribe would say, is the "World Destruction Creature" manipulator.
Sun Xingyao is a member of the "vacuum cleaner" organization, without the many scruples that Gloomy Fungi has.
She is a Little Dragon People who can explode with gold coins.
......
"Quick..... clear out the ward."
In a state of unconsciousness, Sun Xingyao senses vague disturbances from the outside, pulling her back to consciousness.
"Crack crack....."
Sun Xingyao’s consciousness clears up more and more. The surrounding noises grow sharper, including the sound like rodents nibbling, trickling into her ears.
"Have I.....not returned to the Mother Tree?"
Sun Xingyao opens her eyes, bewildered by the familiar hospital aluminum ceiling above, feeling dazed and questioning whether she just dreamt.
After all...how could people be so bad?
"Hello～"
Maintaining a human form, Master Fuli leans on the bedside table next to the hospital bed, holding a handful of seeds, legs propped on a low stool, smiles fully, greeting Sun Xingyao.
"You woke up? You’ve been asleep for half an hour, I almost thought you wouldn’t wake up....."
"It’s you, White-haired one!"
Sun Xingyao’s pupils suddenly constrict, her body instinctively trying to distance itself from the person in front.
With the current revival progress of Spiritual Particles, Blue Star cannot nurture such Spiritual Particle creatures.
The white-haired one before her is a survivor of the First Epoch, a parasite hosted on the remains of the stars.
"Don’t keep calling me White-haired. My name is Ansheng, a senior advisor at the Security Bureau and a scholar of Spirit Particle Science."
Ansheng straightens up, looks at Sun Xingyao retreating on the hospital bed, introduces himself, and then points to Zhang Lin and Jin Wu sitting at the guest table:
"The big sister across is Zhang Lin. You should’ve seen her in the hospital this morning. She’s the safety director of the Imperial Capital Security Bureau with her partner, Jin Wu..."
"Caw—"
Jin Wu, munching on seeds, spreads its wings and greets Sun Xingyao.
"Hello...." Zhang Lin nods to Sun Xingyao.
"......"
Sun Xingyao remains silent, glances at the electrode patches on her arms and body, the white-haired person in front, and the instruments on her head, asks:
"Now that you know my origins, I suppose you’re planning on interrogating me intensely and conducting lie detector tests."
"My remaining soul...oh no, wah wah wah—"
Sun Xingyao tries to speak further but as Master Fuli presses the therapy device switch, her whole body shrinks, her expression twisting.
"We forgot to unplug the therapy device used for testing muscle reactions during your examination just now."
Master Fuli chuckles, lowering the therapy device to its minimum setting, says:
"But forgetting to unplug it is great, now you don’t have to worry about jumping up to knee me."
"You.....you scoundrel!" Sun Xingyao grits her teeth, glaring angrily at Master Fuli.
"Let’s get to the point!" Master Fuli looks at Sun Xingyao and asks: "Where is the real Sun Xingyao? You absolutely can’t be Sun Xingyao."
"My blood and flesh sense can’t be wrong." Master Fuli looks at Sun Xingyao and queries.
"I am Sun Xingyao..."
Sun Xingyao turns her head in frustration, completely unwilling to care about the idiot before her.
But with a twist of Master Fuli’s little hand, Sun Xingyao, shocked by the therapy device, shrinks her neck, reluctantly turning back.
"I truly am Sun Xingyao, the Sun Xingyao Grandpa brought back..."
Sun Xingyao bares her teeth slightly, still a bit unwillingly says:
"Sun Xingyao’s consciousness resides within me. As she reached the end of her life, her Grandpa Sun Chong accidentally awakened the Mother Tree..."
"I took her identity to enter human society. As a trade-off, we cured her illness."
Sun Xingyao smirks and explains her complete background.
Having her identity exposed, certain matters, she no longer deems worth hiding.
Due to Sun Chong’s failure in curing his granddaughter, he turns to superstition.
Normally, Sun Chong’s exploration of mystical powers wouldn’t yield success.
But Sun Chong stumbled upon the Dragon People Ancestral Land, encountering Invisible Tree sending officials to inspect Blue Star remnants of fungi and covertly monitor Immortals.
Sun Chong’s guilt and regrets were captured by the Invisible Tree’s will, leading it to dispatch a Dragon People official through Sun Xingyao’s body.
Sun Xingyao’s body receives healing and transformation by the Invisible Tree’s power, essentially turning her into a Dragon People.
Her genes are polluted but as a result, she is healed of her congenital cranial closure after-effects.
Intellectual disability is an illness, but not fatal; Sun Xingyao suffered from brain damage-related ailments like epilepsy, and swallowing difficulties leading to aspirational pneumonia.
Sun Xingyao wouldn’t live past fifteen, and that’s the best outcome considering Sun Chong spent heavily.
