Chapter 20: The Strange Ability Beast
Nan Yu carefully learned everything he needed from An Mi, but he quickly realized that none of it was particularly difficult.
“I've memorized everything.”
An Mi nodded.
“In that case, I'll stand here and watch. Show me the procedures once. If there aren't any problems, I'll have to go back to work.”
He had only managed to squeeze out this bit of time with great difficulty. Any longer and he simply wouldn't have the time.
Naturally, Nan Yu knew why he was worried. No matter how outstanding his mental power was, he was still only fifteen years old in other people's eyes.
But Nan Yu wasn't really fifteen.
So after smoothly and skillfully demonstrating every step in front of him, An Mi nodded approvingly.
“Very good. You got familiar with everything so quickly. Looks like you really are talented. Why not just stay in the military in the future?”
Nan Yu smiled.
“That's exactly what I'm thinking. But after I go back, I still have to finish school. Once I graduate, I'll apply to join the military. With this experience, I imagine it'll be much easier.”
An Mi nodded with satisfaction.
“Good. Then follow the order I taught you and remove their Mental Contamination accordingly. No problems with that, right?”
Nan Yu nodded.
“That's what I'm most familiar with. There definitely won't be any problems. Don't worry, Captain An. But...”
“Earlier, I heard the Marshal mention that a very strange and bizarre Ability Beast appeared here. It can spit out a red mist, and soldiers who inhale it experience accelerated Mental Contamination?”
An Mi sighed.
“That's right. Everyone originally wanted to find and kill it as soon as possible. So every time traces of it were discovered, everyone rushed over all at once, and then...”
So all the people lying here had brought this upon themselves?
“I understand.”
“Captain An, go do your work. I need to start as well.”
An Mi trusted him quite a bit.
Perhaps simply because he had been personally brought here by the Marshal.
After watching him leave, Nan Yu returned to the room.
He found the officer in the worst condition.
According to the display screen, he had been unconscious for five days, the longest among everyone in the room.
There was no time to waste.
Standing beside the bed, Nan Yu closed his eyes and placed his hands near the man's temples before slowly using his mental power to disperse the Mental Contamination inside his Mental Sea.
The moment his mental power entered, he felt an oppressive sluggishness.
His mental power could almost "see" layer upon layer of black substances winding throughout the Mental Sea.
It looked incredibly troublesome.
But this level wasn't particularly difficult for him.
In fact, he could completely remove the officer's Mental Contamination.
However, An Mi had already warned him not to do that.
Everyone in this room was under his responsibility.
He had to preserve enough mental power.
Otherwise, if an emergency occurred, he wouldn't be able to adapt.
Moreover, he had to ensure that every officer here retained their sanity.
Therefore, all he needed to do was remove enough contamination so that it no longer threatened their minds.
After everyone had regained consciousness, if he still had energy left, he could help some of the weaker ones further.
Very quickly, Nan Yu immersed himself in his work.
To wake an unconscious officer lying on the bed, it only took him around ten minutes.
This was the true strength of a Mid-Tier Mental Power User who stood among the best of his rank.
Back on the Capital Star, he had always liked Bai Zhouyun.
But as time passed, Bai Zhouyun became increasingly useless.
Because of that, Nan Yu had deliberately hidden a portion of his own strength.
Still, there were times when he had to help elders who had close relationships with his father.
That was how those almost unbelievable rumors had spread.
Though most people never really believed them.
But the past was the past.
Now was now.
He was in the military, helping the military through a difficult period.
This was exactly when he needed to display his abilities.
Besides, he no longer had any reason to hide.
Wasn't that right?
In this world, the more outstanding a person was, the more popular they became.
Thinking about the Nianshen Grass inside his spatial button, Nan Yu knew that sooner or later he would become a High-Tier Mental Power User.
Showing everyone his strength now would make his future breakthrough seem less shocking.
Just bringing them back to a conscious state took anywhere from ten to fifteen minutes each.
There were forty-six people in this room.
For him, the process lasted several hours.
After helping the last person and watching him slowly wake up, Nan Yu's legs went weak.
He collapsed onto the floor and took several deep breaths.
“Thank you...”
Nan Yu looked up.
Almost everyone in the room was looking at him.
Actually, he had sensed it before.
But when removing Mental Contamination, he had to concentrate completely and instinctively ignored everything around him.
Now, however, he could clearly feel it.
More than forty people were staring at him.
It made him somewhat embarrassed.
Suddenly, one of them sat up and slapped the comrade lying beside him with a loud smack.
“What the hell are you doing?!”
Everyone looked over.
“What am I doing? You tell me! Don't you know it's rude to stare at someone like that? Didn't you see that he's getting embarrassed?”
Only then did everyone realize they had been somewhat impolite.
But they were soldiers.
Although they were disciplined, they were accustomed to straightforward interactions.
Besides, standing before them was an unfamiliar Mental Power User.
And he looked very young.
“Uh... well... you...”
Nan Yu knew these straightforward soldiers well enough and couldn't help feeling fond of them.
“My name is Nan Yu. I've always lived on the Capital Star. This time, I...”
“Ah! So you're that precious treasure from the Nan family on the Capital Star? I never thought you'd actually come to— Mmff!”
A comrade beside him immediately wrapped an arm around his neck and covered his mouth.
“Can you speak properly? Seriously, can you speak properly?!”
Nan Yu suddenly laughed.
He covered his mouth with one hand, but his eyes curved into crescents.
Everyone's mood lightened considerably.
“All right, I'm going to rest for a while. Once I've recovered, I'll remove your Mental Contamination again.”
“The previous round was only enough to guarantee your basic consciousness and stop your conditions from worsening.”
“You may look fine now, but you still can't return to the front lines. Lie down and get some proper rest.”
Everyone looked a little embarrassed.
But they understood.
No one acted stubbornly.
These towering, muscular men obediently lay back on their beds to rest.
Nan Yu found it somewhat amusing.
Still...
That strange Ability Beast they mentioned really was peculiar.
In his previous life, he had never...
Well, just because he hadn't heard of it in his previous life didn't mean it didn't exist.
After all, in his previous life, he had never met Marshal Yu face-to-face.
Yet in this life, hadn't he already accomplished that?
Anything could happen.
Perhaps with his involvement this time, things would become different.
And how had the Marshal dealt with that Ability Beast in his previous life?
Or... had the outcome itself changed because of him?