Chapter 201: Chapter 201: Doubts and Suspicions
Ji You kept looking back in threes and twos, hoping Dr. Luo would suddenly tell her there was a problem with her examination results, yet no one in the lab – Dr. Luo, Mu Jianling, or Principal Hong – ever called her back.
Ji You moved half a step, then another half step...
Then—after fidgeting about for ages, she still hadn’t left the lab. Mu Jianling, with a grim face, scolded, "If you don’t leave now, do you want to stay and contribute slices for scientific research, or do you need me to kick your butt before you’ll go?"
On hearing this, Ji You bolted.
Mu Jianling clenched his teeth, "Damn thing."
Dr. Luo, slightly surprised, said, "Jianling, your temper has been really fiery lately..."
Mu Jianling choked.
Dr. Luo, smiling, said, "Kids can indeed be challenging and irritating."
Mu Jianling glared fiercely at Principal Hong, who was shaking his leg and pretending not to hear, and said, "After teaching this batch, I won’t take on the freshmen anymore." Not a single one is reassuring.
Principal Hong continued to shake his leg, feigning deafness.
Dr. Luo laughed and said, "I find it quite interesting to handle the freshmen. It’s often amusing to see them flustered and making a fool of themselves."
Mu Jianling, hearing this, somewhat agreed and said, "Teaching these brats, that’s the only fun in it."
Seeing that it was getting late, Principal Hong stopped shaking his leg and spoke earnestly, "Luo Wei, have you completed the data I asked for?"
Dr. Luo nodded, "It’s done."
Mu Jianling frowned and said, "Can it be concealed from the upper levels? I feel something is not quite right recently, I don’t want any issues with my students."
Principal Hong’s brow furrowed, and after a moment, he relaxed and waved his hand, his tone quite dominant: "So what if it can’t be concealed? I, Hong Jiang, am not dead yet! No one can snatch anyone from my hands!"
Mu Jianling said, "You should take it easy with your frail body, I will protect my students myself."
"These are also my students..." Principal Hong opened his mouth, intending to argue with Mu Jianling, but Dr. Luo quickly intervened to prevent them from getting into a confrontation, saying, "There won’t be any problems with the data, so both of you don’t need to worry too much."
Principal Hong asked, "What’s the real situation with this kid’s physical data?"
Mu Jianling also quieted down, his expression serious.
Dr. Luo, with a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth, said, "The true data is what I showed to Student Ji You, I haven’t tampered with anything."
Mu Jianling was taken aback, "Hmm?"
Principal Hong stopped shaking his leg and asked, "What’s the situation?"
Dr. Luo said, "Actually, her data has indeed grown a bit too quickly. In just less than half a month, her Physical Strength has reached the Peak of E level, and her spiritual power threshold has soared to D level. Under normal circumstances, this rate of improvement is indeed a bit abnormal, but—don’t forget Swords Spirit privately supplemented her with a few High-level candy beans. With the assistance of the candy beans, this speed is completely possible."
Mu Jianling exhaled, said grumpily, "At least it wasn’t a total waste of my beans."
If there had been no improvement at all, Mu Jianling would have been truly infuriated.
Principal Hong asked, "What’s the actual situation?"
If Ji You’s spiritual power mutation was just this little, everyone need not worry.
Dr. Luo suddenly became serious and said, "The growth in her Physique and spiritual power threshold is fine. But—I suspect that what she’s enhancing is not just these basic stats. She might actually be expanding her Spirit Space."
Hearing this, both Principal Hong and Mu Jianling were shocked.
Dr. Luo, looking at them both, said, "As you know, a person’s Spirit Space is fixed—it does not grow or expand... But I’ve observed that although Ji You’s spiritual power threshold is D level, both the intensity and sustainability far exceed D level, which is really abnormal. So far, I cannot find any explanation, so I boldly speculate that her Spirit Space is actually growing..."
"Of course, there’s no evidence for this, and it cannot be proven, this is just my guess."
"Perhaps her Spirit Space was originally broader than others. But—the last time I checked her, I didn’t have such a clear feeling, I can confirm that the change must have occurred during this period."
Speaking of this, Doctor Luo handed another set of data to the two of them.
Mu Jianling and Principal Hong seriously flipped through it.
After reading, Principal Hong frowned and said, "Maybe your speculation is right, maybe it’s wrong. But this matter, it’s enough that we know about it, don’t spread the word."
Doctor Luo nodded: "I know."
Mu Jianling’s brow was furrowed as if it could kill a fly: "I thought it was just a spiritual power mutation, but this little jerk is still so troublesome."
Doctor Luo asked, "Do we need to tell Ji You?"
Principal Hong waved his hand, "The growth of the Spirit Space, whether good or bad, is also unknown at the moment, moreover, we don’t have any evidence to prove your speculation, so... let’s not tell her for now."
Tell Ji You?
What if it causes the opposite effect?
Hong Jiang thought for a moment and said, "Her current condition is benign, anyway, there’s no sign of life-threatening danger. Just check her regularly, we don’t need to be too nervous; if we really find a problem, then telling her to cooperate won’t be too late."
Doctor Luo nodded, "Alright."
Principal Hong looked at the deeply furrowed brows of Mu Jianling and said, "She’s just a mutant child with slight uniqueness; there’s no need to be too anxious."
Mu Jianling frowned and remained silent.
A moment later, suddenly remembering something, Mu Jianling looked up at Principal Hong and said, "Right, Old Jiang, this guy’s Spiritual Silk is indeed very sensitive to beverages made with Cloud Mist Tea... I have less than 50 grams of Cloud Mist Tea left, do you have any?"
Principal Hong’s finger twitched.
Mu Jianling: "Do you have any?"
A flash of pain crossed Principal Hong’s eyes as he cursed, "This little jerk, picky eater indeed. What’s the need to really go for Cloud Mist Tea!"
Mu Jianling: "So, do you have any?"
Principal Hong snapped, "No!"
Mu Jianling: "Hmm? Since I have a limited stock and it’s not easy to buy, telling that kid that he wants it for 500,000 credit points per cup, I can’t even utter that with a straight face, anything less than 500,000 per cup would be shameful to mention."
The key is: Cloud Mist Milk Tea that you can’t buy for 500,000 or even 1,000,000 credit points, sold cheaply and still scorned by that kid buying only 1/5!
Mu Jianling truly didn’t have the words to say it.
Principal Hong’s mouth twitched, saying, "I have less than 100 grams left."
Mu Jianling: "That will last a while. After all, each use only requires a few grams."
Principal Hong: "..."
Mu Jianling: "Give it to me now."
Principal Hong: "..."
Can he even refuse?
Bearing the pain, Principal Hong took out a small packet from his Space Button and threw it to Mu Jianling, who immediately put it into his own Space Button.
— His hand speed was really fast.
Principal Hong pursed his lips.