Free Web NovelChapter 192: Chapter 191: The Energy Stone is Absorbed
The cave had been beautifully renovated. A hot spring flowed through it, the temperature maintained in the low twenties, just like springtime.
Fish even lived in the hot spring water, breeding and growing freely.
They had figured out how to implement greenhouse technology inside the cave, ensuring they could eat fresh vegetables and grains without ever having to leave.
They could certainly hide if they really wanted to.
Jiang Si shook her head. "If we really try to hide, they’ll just try their hardest to find us. It’s better to come up with a way to deal with them than to hide."
The problem was, Bo Xi couldn’t think of a solution. He could only control insects, and he couldn’t sustain it for long when his stamina was low.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
’He can’t last long, but the others must be just like him—they can’t last long either!’
Besides, they already knew the enemy’s secrets, but the enemy knew nothing about them.
That meant they had the upper hand.
When Bo Xi met Jiang Si’s eyes, his worries suddenly vanished.
They had already taken care of one superpower user today. With enough preparation, even if they couldn’t kill all of them, they could at least show them they weren’t to be trifled with.
Everyone was on the same page. Jiang Si’s energy storage ability was their trump card.
Bo Xi suddenly spoke up again. "But what if someone has Invisibility like Bobby? What if they sneak in?"
Jiang Si smiled. "With Qin Shen here, there’s no need to worry."
Bo Xi recalled the scene of Qin Shen turning into a tiger just now and guessed, "You can sniff them out?"
Qin Shen nodded. "I can."
Bo Xi breathed another sigh of relief. "That’s fantastic. I’m so lucky to have met you all!"
If he’d been discovered alone, his body would have probably been carved up by now.
Speaking of which, that corpse still had one of those so-called energy stones inside.
Bo Xi asked again, "Should we take out the energy stone from that person’s body?"
Jiang Si considered it. ’It would be a waste not to, and leaving it could be a future liability.’ She nodded. "Let’s take it out!"
Bo Xi was very curious. "Where would the Superpower Stone be located?"
’Once I find out, I’ll have to make a Protective Plate for that spot on myself.’
Jiang Si didn’t know either. "Let’s go see if there’s anything special about his body first. Maybe it’s different for everyone."
Qin Shen rolled Gao Yuanshan’s corpse over and pulled open his shirt to examine it. Suddenly, he noticed a slight bulge over his heart.
Gao Yuanshan was clearly dead, yet this thing was squirming like a parasite, trying to burrow its way out of his body as if to escape.
The scene was utterly bizarre.
Bo Xi touched the insect in his palm and suddenly realized that his own "energy stone" might be this very creature.
Jiang Si gently touched it. Instantly, though Gao Yuanshan’s skin hadn’t broken, a white crystal burrowed into her finger.
But when Qin Shen had touched it moments ago, nothing like this had happened.
Bo Xi had also touched Gao Yuanshan’s corpse with his hand.
Bo Xi was even more surprised. "Weren’t we going to dig it out? Why did it just come out on its own?"
And... and it went right into Jiang Si’s body.
’If Jiang Si can absorb other people’s energy stones, why didn’t this happen when I touched her?’
The only answer, then, was that for a dead person, the Superpower Stone didn’t need to be dug out; Jiang Si could absorb it directly.
Bo Xi immediately became curious again. "Do you feel uncomfortable? Can you spread your wings?"
Jiang Si closed her eyes, carefully sensing the changes in her body. Qin Shen was fully focused, vigilantly protecting her.
She felt the energy stone inside her grow much larger, and her body felt lighter and more comfortable, but there were no other changes.
She opened her eyes and shook her head. "No change. Maybe it will take some time?"
’If I really do grow wings like Gao Yuanshan,’ she thought, ’I hope I don’t scare everyone when it happens.’
Remembering the pain he suffered when his own body suddenly became strange, Bo Xi said very sympathetically, "If it’s painful, you can try using anesthesia."
Jiang Si smiled. "I’ll consider it."
Qin Shen’s brows were tightly furrowed, and he looked very worried about her.
Jiang Si comforted him, "I’m fine, don’t worry."
Qin Shen nodded. "I’ll go cremate the body."
"I’ll go with you."
"Mm."
When Jiang Si and the others came out, everyone immediately surrounded them. "How did it go? What was said?"
Jiang Si said, "There are other superpower users, but we’ve already thought of a way to deal with them, so don’t worry too much. Everyone was frightened. Let’s calm down first and check the wounds on the monkeys and Vultures."
Several monkeys had even been carried off.
Everyone was heartbroken.
They had raised them for so long, everyone had grown attached.
The fact that Qin Shen’s original form was a big White Tiger really gave Shen Baoying a shock.
Niu Niu was also stunned. Everyone had such strange abilities.
Fortunately, Bobby’s prior Invisibility had psychologically prepared her.
After discovering everyone had superpowers, she actually thought it was very cool.
Especially Jiang Si being able to conjure a helicopter out of thin air—that was just too awesome!
Of course, she also remembered the helicopter they used to escape before—perhaps her big sister had conjured that one too!
She was also very glad that her sister and brother had such abilities.
Otherwise, they might not have been able to arrive here safely and be reunited.
Once everyone had settled down and the atmosphere calmed,
Shen Baoying found Jiang Si. "You child, why didn’t you tell us Qin Shen’s original form is the White Tiger!"
Jiang Si smiled. "Were you scared, Mom?"
Shen Baoying shook her head. "What’s there for me to be scared of? The White Tiger is so good, he even saved your grandpa’s life. We’re all just thrilled." Suddenly, she lowered her voice and said, "Mom’s just worried... when Qin Shen turns into the White Tiger, does he lose control?"
The first time they met the White Tiger, Qin Shen had almost hurt someone.
Jiang Si shook her head. "As long as he’s with me, he’s fine. It’s like how I haven’t fainted from pain in a long time when I’m with him. We have ways to regulate it."
Shen Baoying relaxed a bit. Suddenly, she blushed and lowered her voice again. "Then... if you two have a baby in the future, will the baby be a little tiger cub?!"
The image of Jiang Si giving birth to a litter of tiger cubs made her feel faint.
Jiang Si’s expression froze. She never expected Shen Baoying to ask such an embarrassing question when everyone was worried about more trouble coming their way.
She hurriedly deflected, "How should I know? I’m so sleepy, let’s talk about it later."
Shen Baoying’s face stiffened. "Can’t you just try to remember if this kind of thing happened in your past life?"
Jiang Si had struggled just to survive in her past life; how would she have had time to worry about things like that?
She was a bit speechless. "We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. There’s no point worrying about it now. Besides," she added, "aren’t little tiger cubs cute?"
