Chapter 66: Hypermagnetic Field

Bai Guang, blindingly bright white light.

Wang Yu suddenly opened his eyes, but what met his gaze was a pale yellow, turbid liquid, along with faint, flickering specks of white light all around.

This is…

He instinctively moved his arm, only to bump into a hard, smooth inner wall; when he opened his mouth, a stream of bubbles burst out.

At the same time, a shrill alarm faintly sounded from outside, and less than a minute later, the yellow liquid rapidly drained away, revealing a transparent glass dome.

Several white-clad men and women appeared simultaneously outside the glass dome, each with expressions of intense excitement.

I’m back on Blue Star.

By this point, Wang Yu had no doubt what had happened; overcome with emotion, his head suddenly throbbed, grew heavy, and his vision went black as he fainted.

At that moment, the glass dome slowly opened, and a chorus of startled cries erupted from outside.

“Quick, quick, get the doctor!”

“Don’t move Number One yet—administer the latest model ‘sedative’ injection first, and prepare concentrated nutrient solution immediately.”

In an instant, chaos erupted around the Zero Sleep Pod.

…

After an unknown length of time, Wang Yu slowly awoke again to find himself on a white bed, his body covered in a dense network of white medical wires, and a row of precise medical instruments placed beside the bed.

At this moment, he felt weak, his limbs limp and devoid of strength.

At that moment, the door to the ten-square-meter white room opened, and a middle-aged man in a white shirt walked in.

“Excellent, Student Ding, you’re finally awake—how do you feel?” The man rushed forward with a beaming smile.

“Dr. Chen.”

Wang Yu instantly recognized the man and tried to sit up, but Dr. Chen pressed him back down.

“Student Ding, you’ve been in the sleep pod for over twenty days—no food, no water, sustained entirely by nutrient solution. Your body is extremely weak; just lie still.” Dr. Chen regarded him as if he were a rare treasure, insisting he remain lying down, then sat himself on the chair beside the bed.

“What? Only twenty days?” Wang Yu was stunned, barely believing his ears.

“Did you spend a long time in the other world?” Dr. Chen, noticing his expression, immediately asked curiously.

“Yes—in my memory, I spent nearly half a year in that world.” Wang Yu replied hesitantly.

“So long? The time flow between the two worlds is vastly different—this contradicts our earlier analysis.” Dr. Chen frowned, deep in thought.

At that moment, the door opened again, and two burly men in black suits entered.

One of them, seemingly familiar with Dr. Chen, saluted him and said:

“Dr. Chen, General Xu has heard that Number One is awake and wishes to meet him alone.”

“Meet Student Ding alone? Why? He’s still very weak.” Dr. Chen blinked, instinctively asking.

Wang Yu, hearing himself called “Number One,” felt a strange unease.

“Dr. Chen, we don’t know why—we’re just following orders.” The man in the black suit replied respectfully.

“Fine, but wait a moment—I’ll have medical staff give Number One another injection of nutrient solution before you take him away.” Dr. Chen sighed but insisted.

“Of course, but please hurry, Doctor.” The two men exchanged glances, then the speaking one nodded in agreement.

Dr. Chen rose to call for staff outside.

“Wait.”

At that moment, Wang Yu suddenly grabbed his sleeve.

“Student Ding, what is it…?” Dr. Chen looked bewildered.

“These two men smell of blood—strongly. They’ve just killed someone, and not just one person.” Wang Yu stared at the two men in black suits and spoke slowly.

“What? They killed people… No, guards—!” Dr. Chen gasped, then immediately shouted.

Almost simultaneously, the two men lunged forward—one pulled a miniature pistol from his sleeve and fired at Dr. Chen.

The other produced a half-foot-long dagger and charged straight at Wang Yu on the bed.

“Bang.”

“Zi-la.”

A silver arc of light suddenly emerged from Dr. Chen’s body, deflecting the bullet and instantly turning the armed man into a charred corpse.

“Swoosh,” “Swoosh.”

The dagger-wielding man had barely reached the bed when a dozen white medical wires suddenly shot out from Wang Yu’s body, wrapping him tightly.

“Thud.” The man collapsed face-first beside the bed.

Only then did hurried footsteps arrive outside—eight armed guards stormed in and pinned the dagger-wielding man to the floor.

“No! Remove his teeth—he swallowed poison!”

The next instant, black blood trickled from the man’s lips, and he died silently.

The guards stared at each other in stunned silence.

Fifteen minutes later.

In another room, General Xu, clad in military uniform, stared grimly at a freshly printed report, then slammed it onto the floor with a sharp “Pam.”

“Transfer Number One to Zone A and temporarily upgrade his classification to S-level. No one may contact Number One without special authorization.” General Xu spoke slowly, each word deliberate.

“Yes.”

The several base officers in the room responded solemnly.

At the same moment.

Lying on the bed, Wang Yu stared at a small, wriggling segment of wire on his body, while Dr. Chen beside him stared back, eyes wide.

“You’re saying you brought back the abilities from your body in the other world?” Dr. Chen, after a long silence, finally asked.

“Yes—it’s a power called Alchemy, awakened through my bloodline in the other world. But it was extremely weak there; here, it feels much stronger.” Wang Yu, still uncertain, controlled the wire with his perception as it moved restlessly over his body.

“Alchemy? Can it control all metals?” Dr. Chen asked, his tone now that of a researcher.

“I think so—at least anything containing gold, silver, copper, or iron, I can sense.” Wang Yu replied, still hesitant.

“If that’s true, this ability resembles something the Western world is actively researching—a hypermagnetic field.” Dr. Chen rubbed his chin, his expression thoughtful.

“Hypermagnetic field? Like the superpowers in old Western movies?” Wang Yu exclaimed in disbelief.

“Yes. Both East and West have been researching superpowers, and their existence has already been scientifically confirmed.

But for some reason, the major Western powers have advanced their superpower development far faster than our research in China.” Dr. Chen said solemnly.