Chapter 96: Chapter 92: Explosive Recovery!
"Who’s Shadow? Captain He is looking for you."
The door to the treatment room opened, and a nurse stuck her head out, urgently calling Wu Liang by his code name.
Everyone turned their gaze towards Wu Liang, who was standing at the back with a slightly dazed expression. He didn’t immediately realize the nurse was calling him.
Not until Rose stepped forward, grabbed his hand, and dragged him to the treatment room door did Wu Liang snap out of it and follow the nurse inside.
He Zhan is looking for me? At a time like this!
It’s a critical moment, a matter of life and death! What does he want with me?
With such confusion, Wu Liang walked up to the capsule treatment apparatus where Liuyun had once lain, seeing the other’s disfigured injuries up close, and the regret in his eyes grew more intense.
"Cough, cough, cough... Wu Ming... has your brother arrived?" He Zhan could barely open his eyes now; he could only close them, gasping heavily, with difficulty squeezing out a sentence.
Beside him stood a female doctor who looked about forty or fifty. She pulled Wu Liang aside.
Then whispered, "Shadow, I am Director Li of the treatment room. Captain He’s current condition cannot be salvaged by any treatment; the shock from the close-range explosion and debris have thoroughly damaged all his internal organs, leaving them unable to function properly."
Director Li paused her words for a moment, and then continued with a sigh, "He’s basically experiencing a last gasp now—he might have some final words he wants to share with you and the rest of the team."
"We’ll respect the injured’s last dignity and leave the treatment room, but please try to control your emotions..."
Finished speaking, Director Li shed a tear in grief.
As the head of the official base’s treatment room, possessing abilities in treatment as an Awakened, she’s dealt with all sorts of bizarre injuries suffered in the battle against supernatural resurgence.
But knowing today’s incident, Captain He’s condition made Director Li, who had seen many life-and-death separations, unable to help but shed tears.
As the captain of the second team, surviving countless supernatural events unscathed, he was harmed by a human-made sinister trap! This was not damage from a Fierce Ghost! This was an insult by the enemies to the official personnel active on the frontline of fighting the supernatural resurgence!
Watching Director Li turn and leave, Wu Liang stood alone in the treatment room beside He Zhan.
The other could only weakly say, "Wu Ming... I know you both joined the official agency... actually to investigate your parents’ case back then... cough, cough, cough!"
"I helped you find some information about that matter... discovered some clues within."
With just a few sentences, He Zhan spoke as if exerting all his strength, sweating profusely, showing that he was in great pain now.
But even so, he continued to care about his team member’s matters, talking about the investigation results of his own accord.
"The archaeological excavation where your parents were murdered was not provided by state units; it was a location and mission they went to after taking leave from their work."
"I found colleagues of your parents’ archaeological team who are still alive... they spoke about the situation at that time—your father claimed his brother found an ancient relic capable of overthrowing everything, inviting him to search together..."
After saying this, He Zhan slightly took a deep breath and paused.
Neither he nor Wu Liang noticed that although his skin still appeared disfigured on the surface, his organs—damaged to the point of being a mush—were mysteriously beginning to become normal.
It’s like Nuwa molding humans, shaping indistinct blobs of clay into human forms—his organs also began to restore themselves to their original shape and function from a bloody mess.
As a result, He Zhan’s speaking fluidity improved significantly, hardly difficult as it was initially.
"Afterwards, I conducted multiple investigations, discovering surrounding people had heard about that nephew from your father’s mouth."
"But in both the population records of the time and your family data files, your father Wu Xiaoyao was the only child! He never had a brother!"
"If your father’s brother wasn’t, like you, missing since childhood and abducted resulting in no record files, he might not exist at all, and could be a Fierce Ghost!"
At this point, He Zhan suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Wu Liang’s arm, unwillingly continued, "Your parents’ murder should be the first supernatural resurgence case without records in our country! That Fierce Ghost was never discovered back then, perhaps still in the world now!"
"For five years! It has been lurking in Chengyang City!"
"Wu Ming, whether you’re exploring your parents’ case or pursuing other goals, you must find that Fierce Ghost and prevent the public from facing threats again!"
His emotions intensified as he spoke, to the point where he stood up entirely.
Finally, he opened his eyes, staring hard at Wu Liang as if he wanted him to agree to find the Fierce Ghost lurking in the city.
Not only Wu Liang but even He Zhan himself noticed something wasn’t right.
Is this the last gasp?
I’ve never heard of a last gasp where someone can stand up and get more energetic after all organs were damaged!
"Wait, wait... could you hold on a moment? Should I call Director Li in to take a look?"
Wu Liang looked at the lively person, aside from the wrecked skin that appeared a bit terrifying, seemed to have no problems at all?
He Zhan, having had his eyes closed for a long time, found the bright light in the treatment room slightly dazzling. He also lowered his head in disbelief to check his injuries.
Focusing on feeling his increasingly steady breathing.
He Zhan was completely dumbfounded.
What happened? Why am I okay again?
Please review before submitting death notification and farewell words, the next moment standing and bouncing, wouldn’t anyone be confused by this?
Upon hearing Wu Liang’s call, Director Li entered and met He Zhan’s gaze.
The shock in her eyes was no less than anyone else’s; she even extended her right hand, two fingers together, in a posture similar to consulting an old Chinese doctor, placing the fingertip on He Zhan’s wrist.
Then an oddly peculiar grass sprouted from Director Li’s head, upright like an ahoge.
Her fingers also began to slightly turn a natural light green, clearly engaging her Awakened Ability!
"Strange! Captain He’s body is somehow healed? Wait... it’s not like it’s healed—more like never injured at all!"
Saying this, she cast a confused glance at Wu Liang, "What did you do? Is your Awakened Ability also treatment-related?"
Upon hearing this question, Wu Liang couldn’t help but twitch his mouth.
If his Awakened Ability were genuinely treatment-related, his past encounters requiring interrogation would truly suffer! Wouldn’t it involve beating him half dead, then revive him to continue the beating?
Having received Wu Liang’s explicit denial, Director Li’s furrowed brow nearly formed a "川" character.
For decades before the great disaster, with four years of treating various supernatural injuries as an Awakened post-event.
She had never seen such an utterly absurd recovery, a virtual miracle!
If He Zhan’s internal organs genuinely return to their original state, this completely disfigured skin is nothing much in Director Li’s eyes, comparable to a sprained ankle.
After all, she’s Chengyang City’s strongest treatment Awakened!
She decided to conduct a comprehensive examination of He Zhan again, sending Wu Liang outside.
However, outside, Wu Liang hadn’t had the chance to deal with his teammates’ inquiries; an odd question hovered in his mind.
Dad... really had a non-existent brother?
Does this mean I have an uncle?
Or not only did I create a fabricated "Wu Ming" as a brother, Dad also forged a "brother" for certain purposes?
Oh no, pretending to have a brother becomes a family tradition now?