Chapter 61: Comfort, Discovery

Chen Yusheng was completely stunned.

He never imagined that at this very moment, Xiao Jiu would completely recover all the memories she had when she was a human.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? What happened?"

Xiao Jiu's heart-wrenching cries soon startled Li Ruixi and Wu Xiuli inside the room.

The two rushed out, and the moment Wu Xiuli saw Xiao Jiu's state, her heart tightened instantly; she hurried forward: "Yao Yao, what's wrong?"

"Auntie... I remembered, I ate Mom and Dad... I killed them, I'm the one who caused their deaths... Waa—"

Xiao Jiu was crying so hard she could barely catch her breath, her voice filled with despair and self-reproach.

Wu Xiuli was startled at first, then immediately reacted; heartbroken, she pulled Xiao Jiu into a tight embrace, gently patting her back, unable to say a single word, her eyes filled with nothing but heartache.

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Several hours later, under the repeated persuasion and comfort of Li Ruixi, her mother Wu Xiuli, and Chen Yusheng, Xiao Jiu's emotions gradually calmed down, and she finally fell into a deep sleep with a look of exhaustion on her face.

Chen Yusheng looked at Xiao Jiu's sleeping face and sighed softly. Although she had recovered her human memories, when it came down to it, her mental state was still just that of a child.

Once Xiao Jiu was fast asleep, Wu Xiuli lowered her voice and looked at Chen Yusheng with some trepidation: "Chen Hai, do you think... Yao Yao has now become a human again?"

Chen Yusheng pondered for a moment and spoke slowly: "As long as Xiao Jiu believes in her heart that she is a human, then she is a human. Besides, all the characteristics of a Zombie King on her have disappeared; from now on, no one can treat her as a Zombie King anymore."

Wu Xiuli nodded repeatedly as she listened, her eyes slightly reddened: "You're right, as long as Yao Yao feels she is a human, then she is a human."

Li Ruixi, who was to the side, couldn't help but lean in and ask curiously: "Now that Xiao Jiu has turned back into a human, can she still control the Sangshi?"

"This... it's hard to say." Chen Yusheng was also unsure, "When her condition improves, perhaps we can let her try."

Wu Xiuli thought for a moment and then spoke with some worry: "A Zombie King recovering human memories is a huge matter; should we report this to the higher-ups?"

Chen Yusheng barely hesitated and shook his head gently: "Not yet, let's talk about this later."

Once reported, the national leadership would certainly get to the bottom of it and ask how Xiao Jiu recovered her memories. At that point, should he tell the truth and hand over the Ancient Qi Refiner's cultivation method, or bite the bullet and hide it?

Handing it over was absolutely impossible. As the old saying goes, the Dharma is not passed on lightly; this Ancient Qi Refiner's cultivation method was something he had only managed to learn in his previous life after risking his life to cultivate until he became a Purple Robe Heavenly Master. How could he possibly just hand it over because someone asked?

Rather than being caught in a dilemma then, it was better to suppress this matter for now and plan for the future later.

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Another few hours passed, and Xiao Jiu woke up from her sleep; the moment she opened her eyes, she called out in a panic: "Brother! Auntie! Sister Ruixi!"

"Yao Yao, don't be afraid, Auntie is here." Wu Xiuli walked quickly to the bedside at once and reached out to gently hold her.

"Auntie..." Xiao Jiu's mouth puckered, tears instantly welling up in her eyes, looking as if she were about to cry again.

"Yao Yao, don't cry, don't cry." Wu Xiuli hurriedly coaxed her softly.

"Auntie, I ate Mom and Dad, I..."

"Yao Yao, stop talking." Wu Xiuli pressed her hand with heartache, "This isn't your fault; you had already turned into a Sangshi at that time and had no consciousness of your own; it wasn't intentional..."

Wu Xiuli patiently repeated the words of comfort she had used before. Thinking of the terrifying things her niece had experienced, her heart ached.

At this moment, Chen Yusheng and Li Ruixi also walked into the room.

"Brother, Sister Ruixi..." Xiao Jiu's voice was soft, carrying deep grievances.

"Sister is here, Yao Yao needs to be stronger." Li Ruixi hurried forward and gently patted her back.

Chen Yusheng looked at Xiao Jiu and spoke calmly: "Come, Xiao Jiu, let me check your body to see if there are any changes now."

"Okay, Brother." Xiao Jiu nodded obediently.

Chen Yusheng reached out and carefully examined Xiao Jiu's physical condition. After the check, he discovered that while Xiao Jiu's body hadn't changed much overall, the Zombie Crystal in her brain had completely and utterly disappeared.

"Could it be... that Xiao Jiu's sudden recovery of memories is related to the disappearance of the Zombie Crystal?" Chen Yusheng speculated inwardly.

Seeing his expression look somewhat strange, Wu Xiuli immediately asked nervously: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with Yao Yao's body?"

"There's no problem." Chen Yusheng came back to his senses and shook his head, "It's just that the Zombie Crystal in her brain has disappeared."

"Disappeared?!" Li Ruixi's eyes lit up, and she immediately became happy, "Then this is a good thing! It means Yao Yao has truly and genuinely turned back into a human!"

Wu Xiuli also breathed a sigh of relief, fell silent for a moment in thought, and suddenly looked at Chen Yusheng: "Chen Hai, could you check me too? For the past two days, I've felt like something is wrong in my brain as well."

"Sure." Chen Yusheng agreed immediately.

He quickly checked Wu Xiuli as well, and this check surprised him. The Ability Crystal Core in Wu Xiuli's brain had also disappeared! And the energy that was originally in the crystal core had been completely converted by her into True Qi, flowing slowly through her meridians and acupoints.

"How is it?" Wu Xiuli asked hurriedly.

Chen Yusheng said truthfully: "Auntie Wu, the Ability Crystal Core in your brain has also disappeared. By the way, can you still use your ability?"

Wu Xiuli was stunned for a moment, then tried to circulate her power, nodding: "I can still use it, and I feel that my ability is faster to execute and more powerful than before."

"That's a good thing." Chen Yusheng nodded slightly.

Judging from Wu Xiuli's situation, whether it was a Sangshi or an Ability User, as long as the energy in the body was completely refined, the crystal in the brain would automatically disappear.

"Chen Hai, check me too!" Li Ruixi, who was to the side, immediately leaned in, joining the fun with a curious look.

"Alright." Chen Yusheng did not refuse.

He reached out to check Li Ruixi, and the moment he probed, he was slightly startled—in Li Ruixi's meridians, two strands of True Qi had already been cultivated.

"Hmm?"

Immediately after, Chen Yusheng let out another soft sound of surprise. In Li Ruixi's brain, he also discovered a crystal, only the size of a soybean, containing very little Spiritual Qi.

But this crystal was completely different from those of other Ability Users.

For other Ability Users, the crystals in their brains were connected to their internal organs by meridians, but this one in Li Ruixi's had no meridian connections at all.

Chen Yusheng immediately had a guess. This was likely the reason why Li Ruixi had never awakened as an Ability User. It was no wonder that even though she practiced the Yuanqi Cultivation Method, she hadn't been able to refine the crystal in her brain like Wu Xiuli.

"Could it be... that ordinary people actually have crystals in their brains, just without meridians connected to them?"

Thinking of this, Chen Yusheng couldn't wait to find an ordinary person to verify it.

If that were really the case, wouldn't it mean that everyone had the opportunity to become an Ability User?