ATDIWR Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Taking Advantage! Zhou Fanxiu and Bai Na Join!

“Zhou Qin is such a dog, Jing Shi Base is such a dog, Gu Jinsheng is the king of dogs!”

Different bases were all cursing the same phrase, but while cursing like this, it didn’t stop them from frantically dialing the contact number for Jing Shi Base.

Those who called earliest were okay, they could still hear a couple of busy tones, but later callers just got blocked.

Jiang Fuzhong was completely dumbfounded, his head spinning, feeling as if he hadn’t woken up from a dream.

He asked blankly, “Boss, am I still dreaming, or have we entered the interstellar era, or are we still in the Apocalypse while Jing Shi Base has already entered the interstellar era, a civilization level higher than us!”

Du Ruanlan leaned on the sofa, looking at the sky outside, and suddenly said, “Good fate makes a big difference!”

“Ah?” Jiang Fuzhong didn’t know why they suddenly jumped to this completely unrelated topic.

Owen smiled and explained, “Ji An. Indeed, I never thought Gu Jinsheng was anything special before, he was cold all over, devoid of any warmth, like a cold killing machine, and I found it quite boring. How long could a Jing Shi Base ruled by such a boring and heartless person last!

I didn’t expect some people are born favored by the heavens, and they don’t even need to fight for it, the heavens themselves deliver people to their doorstep.”

Owen poured two glasses of red wine, one for Du Ruanlan, and took a small sip of the other himself.

“I remember that Ji An seemed to have delivered himself to their doorstep, and even brought many precious experimental equipment.”

“That’s true, but weren’t we talking about treatment pods and artificial external cultivation technologies? Why did we switch to Ji An? Didn’t Ji An’s mental-type ability become useless?” Jiang Fuzhong asked.

Owen drained the red wine in the stemmed glass in one gulp, “Ji An’s mental ability is indeed crippled, but do you think a genius is so easily extinguished?

Sometimes geniuses are more resilient than cockroaches, they are like sparks on the prairie, never give them any wind, otherwise, they will immediately rise with the wind and spread across thousands of miles!”

Jiang Fuzhong gasped, his jaw dropping in astonishment, “You mean, these are all Ji An’s doing?”

“Otherwise?” Owen shrugged, “Look, before Ji An went there, what was different about Jing Shi Base compared to other bases? After Ji An went there, Jing Shi Base suddenly rose dramatically.

If Jing Shi Base truly had the talent to develop treatment pods, then they wouldn’t have been unremarkable until Ji An joined and they started to shine.

And turning the impossible into possible, leading the current technology by at least a hundred years, isn’t this always Ji An’s style?”

“But… Jing Shi Base also has Han Yaokun, he’s also very capable, he was an internationally renowned scientist before the Apocalypse.” Jiang Fuzhong still couldn’t believe that someone whose ability was crippled could still come up with such heaven-defying research, “Why couldn’t Han Yaokun have researched it?”

“Absolutely impossible.” Owen said, “Our base tried to recruit Han Yaokun before, and I and the boss discussed Han Yaokun’s research projects in detail.

We can only say that Han Yaokun is indeed a talent, he himself is also excellent, capable of what ordinary people cannot do. But the growth of talent is traceable, while the birth of a genius is without warning!”

Owen said, “For such a genius, our Luo City Base is willing to offer everything we have and treat him as a distinguished guest, but unfortunately, with Gu Jinsheng there, it’s definitely impossible.”

Jiang Fuzhong cursed, “Despicable! The Highest Commander of Jing Shi Base usually looks like a machine without any warmth. But when it comes to benefits, he has no dignity! To keep Ji An, knowing he likes men, he threw away his face and directly sold himself!”

“Haha!” Owen burst into laughter, highly amused.

Of course, they knew that wasn’t the truth, but since Jing Shi Base acted so cunningly this time, weren’t they allowed to make some malicious conjectures!

“Boss, look, the public channel is lit up again, Jing Shi Base has released news again!” Jiang Fuzhong said.

This time, Jing Shi Base released a supplementary explanation, emphasizing that the treatment pods and artificial external cultivation technology adopted purely medical methods and had absolutely no relation to healing-type abilities, so there was no need to worry about it affecting abilities after treatment!

This statement was like dropping an atomic bomb in a pile of rubble, earth-shattering.

Jing Shi Base also added a PS: Please do not come without authorization from other bases. Our base has activated the highest wartime power protection shield, and those without appointments shall be responsible for all consequences!

At this point, Jing Shi Base’s live broadcast completely ended, but the internal broadcast did not.

The staff member responsible for the follow-up work almost popped their eyes out looking at the price list, “This cheap, you didn’t make a mistake, did you?”

“No, this was personally sent by Highest Commander Gu. I heard he confirmed it with the inventor of the treatment pods and other technologies, and the other party agreed.”

The staff member looked at the price list, all prices could be paid with base credits, with no item requiring material exchange.

One must know that in the Apocalypse, materials were king, and credits were the most unreliable thing. Once a base was destroyed, or even if the base was not destroyed but the Highest Commander changed, base credits could become just a number overnight. The new Highest Commander might not recognize the credits issued by the previous one.

Therefore, many people, even if they earned credits, would immediately exchange them for other materials.

Especially after getting spatial storage items, many materials could be preserved indefinitely, leading more people to prefer collecting materials. This caused the real market environment to be one where materials were valued higher than credits.

But now, the base was doing this, only accepting credits and not materials, it was likely that a large number of people would have to sell materials to exchange for credits.

At the same time, some people would start trying to hoard credits.

“It seems that great researcher is a firm supporter of Gu?”

“Just watch, the trend in the base will change from now on, credits are going to appreciate.”

“What about the external price?”

“Look at this one.” The list the staff member handed over was an external price list, with two purchase methods.

One was the price for purchasing with Jing Shi Base credits, and the other was the price for material exchange.

One had to say that Jing Shi Base was truly ruthless, hitting where it hurts. The price for purchasing with Jing Shi Base credits was more than ten times cheaper than the material exchange price.

However, even so, it was still more than ten times higher than the internal purchase price for base personnel.

Comparing the two, the selling price for base internal personnel could basically be considered half-price or even less.

At this moment, a sense of pride suddenly surged in the staff member’s heart.

He was proud and honored to be born in Jing Shi Base, even though they were in the Apocalypse and life was difficult. Jing Shi Base was still trying its best to provide them with various subsidies and preferential policies, and doing everything possible to improve their living standards.

Could there be a second base as good as this one in the entire world? Perhaps other bases were trying their best to squeeze the last drop of blood from their residents!

Internal live broadcasts were held simultaneously throughout Jing Shi Base, and countless Power Users who had suffered limb or vision loss due to fighting zombies stopped what they were doing when they saw this scene. As they watched, tears suddenly streamed down their faces.

Although the person being treated was not themselves, seeing someone with similar disabilities being healed at this moment was truly empathetic, as if they themselves also had a day of recovery.

“Dad, Dad, look, our base can now heal broken limbs, your two arms were lost fighting zombies, the same situation as Deputy Commander Zhou.

Now Deputy Commander Zhou’s leg has been healed, your arms will definitely be healed too.”

His wife wept, “My dear, my hero is coming back!”

The child clapped his hands and jumped happily, “Dad, hero!”

Even the toughest man couldn’t help but tear up at this moment.

The man fiercely closed his eyes, not letting his wife and son see the tears in his eyes, but the surging tears still rolled down.

“But, such treatment without any aftereffects, even more powerful than healing-type abilities, must require a lot of money.

We couldn’t even afford healing from a healing-type ability user, this one will probably be even more…

Our son is still young, better to leave some savings for you two…”

“Dad, look, a Tier 2 Power User only needs ten thousand credits, if the family is poor and can provide proof of annual income less than one hundred thousand, there’s a thirty percent reduction in cost, and the base can also provide zero-interest loans… What’s a loan?”

The man suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes terrifyingly bright, shooting out two scorching gazes, as if to burn the electronic screen.

His wife wept with joy, covering her mouth, “My dear, you are saved, you are saved, your arms are coming back, you can finally use your arms to hold up the sky for our mother and son again!”

“Register, go register now.” The man said excitedly, “Once my arms are healed, I’ll immediately participate in base missions, I will definitely fight hard against zombies and repay the loan early.”

The man’s family immediately rushed to the nearest hospital.

At the same time, a private hospital received a phone call for an appointment, “What, broken limb regeneration? You must have the wrong number? That should be an appointment with the Power User Hospital, but even the Power User Hospital doesn’t have that kind of ability, right?”

The staff member who answered the call was working at the time and hadn’t seen the live broadcast outside the base. After hanging up, they complained to a colleague, “Just got a call, they said they wanted to make an appointment for broken leg regeneration treatment.

Isn’t that absurd? Who doesn’t know that our base’s Deputy Commander lost a leg? If there was really a way to treat it, wouldn’t the Deputy Commander have arranged it for himself first!

I don’t know if they’ve been disabled for too long and dreamt too much, can’t distinguish dreams from reality!”

While the staff member was complaining, the phones in the office started ringing one after another, the clamoring sounds becoming a chorus.

The operators were a bit strange, how could phones that usually don’t ring all day suddenly ring together like this, in a demanding manner.

The operators picked up the calls and heard the other end not allowing them to speak, eagerly saying, “I want to make an appointment for broken finger regeneration treatment.”

“Ah?” Is it April Fool’s Day today? Someone called him just now asking this question, and now still?

Then he looked up and saw his colleagues, everyone who had answered a call was being asked about this matter.

At this moment, he finally realized that something earth-shattering had happened that shook his worldview without him knowing it.

The office door was pushed open, and the balding Deputy Director rushed in, “Just received notice from the base, full opening of appointments for limb regeneration and other treatments. Also, treatment times will open starting the same day next month, and during this month, our hospital’s medical staff will participate in training.”

“Oh oh.” The operator was confused, but understood the main point, which was that limb regeneration was real!

The Deputy Director said, “Right, make an appointment for me right now.”

The Deputy Director stroked his nearly bare head and said, “Treatment pods can also regenerate hair, I want one.”

Many operators silently touched their pitifully sparse hair and then wrote their names on the appointment list.

The operator hung up the phone, remembered the first patient he had thought was crazy, and immediately wanted to call them back.

But the phone rang again immediately, and the operator quickly hung up and quickly called the first caller back.

This lively phenomenon was not an isolated case, happening simultaneously in various major hospitals.

The orphanage also watched the live broadcast to cultivate the orphans’ sense of belonging to Jing Shi Base.

As she watched, Yuan Mingan’s eyes filled with tears. She hugged her daughter tightly, “Fu Xin, Fu Xin, you’re saved, your leg will get better, you’ll be able to stand up from now on!”

Fu Xin looked dazed, “Mom, is this true?”

“Yes, it’s true. I told you, our Jing Shi Base is different, it’s favored by the gods, all darkness has no place to hide, all impossibilities will become possible, even flowers can bloom in the wilderness!”

Yuan Mingan said to the children in the orphanage, “Do you also want to recover? Those who want to, sign up with me.”

Yuan Mingan had already registered all the children for treatment, and the missing limbs for some of the children were already being cultivated.

Her asking this was simply to make the children speak.

Actually, these children rescued from human traffickers were already much better than before. When they first arrived, these children had completely closed off their inner world and refused to communicate with the outside world in any way. They would just sit blankly all day long, not eating if not given food, not drinking if not given water, as if they would rather starve or thirst to death than open their mouths.

Later, Ji An learned about the children’s condition and suggested that the children watch the live broadcast of the human traffickers’ execution.

Because the process was too brutal, other children in the orphanage were not allowed to watch, only those who had been severely tormented by the human traffickers were allowed to watch.

After watching, the children all cried, and many children stopped being listless after that, they started to no longer confine themselves to a world of their own, but even so, they still refused to communicate with the outside world.

Fu Xin was the best performer among all the children, possibly because she found her mother, and Yuan Mingan took diligent care of her and patiently guided her.

Yuan Mingan looked at the children’s expressionless faces, clearly sensing their longing and excitement in their eyes, but none of the children spoke up to apply or raised their hands.

Yuan Mingan was a bit worried, they could raise these children, but could they raise them for a lifetime? Raise them for a lifetime immersed in past sorrow like this?

Yuan Mingan had a terrible headache, so she called Ji An. Last time, it was Ji An’s idea that made the children come out of their closed inner world.

“Ji An, the children can’t go on like this. I know the children suffered a lot at the hands of human traffickers and can’t open their hearts for a while, they should take it slow.

But this is the Apocalypse, tomorrow or an accident, you never know which comes first, there isn’t that much time for the children to slowly get over their trauma.”

Ji An understood Yuan Mingan’s feelings and didn’t think Yuan Mingan was too anxious. The fact was just as Yuan Mingan said, this was the Apocalypse, and no one could guarantee tomorrow. Although he was trying his best to make tomorrow better, he couldn’t promise tomorrow.

“I know, I’ll find a way. I’ll go to the orphanage myself in a while.”

“Okay,” Yuan Mingan said.

Ji An had rested at home for a few days, his headache was long gone, and the aftereffects of his ability being crippled were also gone. In fact, his mental state now was even more relaxed than before his ability was crippled.

Before his ability was crippled, although his mental power was still abundant, he always felt as if he was bound by an invisible rule. Now he felt that mental shackles was gone, and his mental power seemed to be able to roam the entire world. That feeling was great, somewhat like Ji An’s mental state when he was a ghost.

Ji An got up from the bed, drank a glass of water, and drove himself to the laboratory.

Yin Fang and Yu Xi were still Ji An’s personal bodyguards. They weren’t removed because Ji An’s condition had improved.

They weren’t here now because when Ji An’s mental power exploded that day, these two were also mentally invaded and were now recuperating at home.

Before Ji An even entered the laboratory, he heard Wu Youyang’s somewhat proud voice, “Oh, Old Brother Shi, what wind blew you into our God Ji’s lab today? What! You want to come over to our side? Didn’t you say before that God Ji’s ability was crippled and he probably wouldn’t be able to do research anymore, and that I should find another way out as soon as possible!

Your memory is too bad, you said those words yesterday and today you’re contradicting yourself!”

Wu Youyang was extremely smug, squinting at people with the corner of his eye. Although he was a head shorter than Shi Jun, he stood on a stool and looked down at Shi Jun.

Ji An was utterly speechless.

Shi Jun’s face was red. He was someone with a strong sense of shame, and being ridiculed by Wu Youyang like this made him wish he could find a crack in the ground to hide in.

Wu Youyang persisted, “Could it be that everything you said before was the opposite? Old Brother Shi is eyeing my position as God Ji’s chief assistant and deliberately sowing discord, trying to get me down so you can take over?”

Shi Jun’s face and neck were red, he was more embarrassed than ever before Wu Youyang, “Wu Youyang, you know I didn’t mean that?”

Wu Youyang said, “I don’t know, wasn’t it you who cornered me in the corridor before and said those harsh words telling me to make plans early?”

Wu Youyang thoroughly displayed the look of a small person who had achieved their goal, but Ji An didn’t dislike it. Before, when his ability was crippled, many people who usually didn’t dare to talk to him thought he would definitely fall into the dust and never recover, and directly danced in front of him. Not to mention Wu Youyang, the harsh words he must have heard were definitely more than what Wu Youyang heard.

Ji An lifted his leg and walked into the laboratory. The two people present looked embarrassed.

Wu Youyang awkwardly rubbed his nose, feeling that he had been too boastful just now. Shi Jun, after the initial embarrassment, had broken through some psychological barrier and had become thick-skinned instead.

Shi Jun directly walked a few steps and said, “Researcher Ji, my name is Shi Jun, and I am a veteran researcher from the laboratory next door, with ten years of work experience.

Now I want to transfer here.”

Shi Jun ignored Wu Youyang and directly introduced himself to Ji An, “It’s not because I saw that you researched treatment pods and artificial external directional cultivation and felt there was a profit to be made that I want to join your laboratory.

I am not someone who flatters for gain.

The reason I decided to join your laboratory is entirely because your research direction has shown me a completely new path of scientific research, a field we have not yet touched, a mysterious and bizarre path, and the path I pursue in my life’s research.”

Ji An could see Shi Jun’s sincerity. It couldn’t be said that Shi Jun didn’t want to join his laboratory because of the treatment pods and other technologies, but he was definitely not simply seeking profit. It was more about seeing the future and feeling that Ji An could lead him to continue exploring unknown fields.

This was human nature and could not be called flattering for gain, especially for people engaged in scientific research, they were mostly single-minded and could truly give up many things for a new field.

If it were before, Ji An might have directly agreed. But now Ji An had to consider Wu Youyang. Wu Youyang had been managing the laboratory here, and he couldn’t hurt Wu Youyang’s feelings.

“Sorry, regarding this matter, you should talk to Wu Youyang. He has been in charge of recruiting new people for my laboratory.”

Shi Jun didn’t expect Ji An to answer like this. He was also considered a talent, right? Ji An was really willing to refuse him like this. One must know that before, in Han Yaokun’s laboratory, Shi Jun was more valued by Han Yaokun than Wu Youyang.

And when Wu Youyang heard Ji An’s words, his mouth almost reached the sky, his chest puffed out so much it almost touched Shi Jun’s face.

Wu Youyang looked at Shi Jun with an arrogant expression, then turned to Ji An and fawned, “God Ji, didn’t you say you were going to rest at home for a while? Why are you here after only two days?”

Ji An said, “I came back to get the treatment pod. It happens that the other treatment pods are in production these days, and this treatment pod of ours is just gathering dust in the laboratory. It’s better to use it to treat the children in the orphanage first. Otherwise, when all the customized treatment pods are back in a few days, I won’t have time for the orphanage.”

This treatment pod in the laboratory was handmade by Ji An, but the treatment pods in the future couldn’t all be handmade by Ji An, mainly because he couldn’t make that many. So Ji An outsourced the production of the treatment pod shells.

Of course, the people were selected by Gu Jinsheng’s side and were very reliable.

As for the treatment fluid in the treatment pods, it was prepared by Ji An’s laboratory, but Ji An had already fully handed over this technology to Wu Youyang, letting him handle the entire process.

As for the question of whether Wu Youyang would leak it, Ji An always believed in trusting the person you use and not using the person you doubt.

Furthermore, Ji An had so many research projects. If he didn’t delegate power for each one, Ji An would exhaust himself to death and still not finish.

Actually, Ji An didn’t intend to keep these technologies tightly in his hands forever and never let people know the core technology. If that were the case, how could this society develop?

The Apocalypse never needed each person to only care about themselves, but for everyone to work together hand in hand to overcome this crisis for all humanity.

It was just that now was not the time to make it public; they had to wait for an opportunity. Ji An didn’t know when that opportunity would arise, but he hoped it would be as early as possible.

Because Ji An clearly knew that strong-arm threats would never make him hand over the technology. Only hope, with the hearts of all humanity united as one, for tomorrow, could make him willingly hand over the technology and create a prosperous tomorrow with everyone!

Wu Youyang said fawningly, “Let me help you get it, I’ll go with you, God Ji.”

“No need, I need you here. That’s not a big deal, I can handle it myself. You’ve worked hard here.”

“Not hard at all, not hard at all.”

Wu Youyang waited for Ji An to collect the treatment pod, and then followed him obsequiously out of the laboratory door.

Ji An almost bumped into Zhou Fanxiu and Bai Na, who were pacing back and forth at the entrance.

“Ji An.” Zhou Fanxiu looked embarrassed when he saw Ji An, as if he had something to say but couldn’t bring himself to say it.

Ji An said, “Teacher, is there something? Or do you want me to help treat someone? I can help.”

Zhou Fanxiu shook his head, his face flushing up to his neck, stuttering, “No, it’s just, well, that, I…”

Bai Na pushed Zhou Fanxiu away, she said, “What a grown man, so hesitant. Ji An, your teacher’s wife will say it directly. If you think it’s suitable, agree, if not, refuse. Don’t consider our being your teachers.”

Bai Na glanced at Zhou Fanxiu, who had buried his face in his hands as if he couldn’t face anyone, and said, “Your teacher and I want to transfer and work under you. Do you think the two of us are capable?”

Ji An truly hadn’t expected Zhou Fanxiu and Bai Na to come to him for this. He was so shocked he was stunned for dozens of seconds.

“Of course, both of you were my teachers back then, I couldn’t be clearer about your level. In our Jing Shi Base, you are both top-notch experts. I am truly honored that both of you are willing to come.”

Zhou Fanxiu still refused to take his face out of his hands. It was clear that working under his own student was very embarrassing for Zhou Fanxiu. But for the scientific research he loved, Zhou Fanxiu was willing to overcome this intense sense of shame, showing his deep passion for scientific research.

Honestly, at this moment, Ji An admired Zhou Fanxiu. If it were him, he truly didn’t know if he could humble himself like this.

Bai Na said, “Then your teacher and I will join shamelessly, assuming everything you said is from the heart.”

“Of course, it’s from the heart.” Ji An immediately led them back, “I’ll take you to the laboratory. We happen to be short on staff in our laboratory right now. With your addition, Wu Youyang can be much more relaxed.”

When Ji An brought the two in, Shi Jun hadn’t left yet and was still arguing with Wu Youyang in the laboratory.

Ji An ignored Shi Jun and said to Wu Youyang, “My teachers will be joining our laboratory from now on. All the core technologies in our laboratory are fully open to them. They can research whatever they want, and you should cooperate fully.”

Wu Youyang quietly gave Ji An a thumbs-up. To have teachers who once taught him turn around and work under him, Wu Youyang was impressed by this maneuver.

Seeing that Zhou Fanxiu was extremely embarrassed, Wu Youyang didn’t say anything else but, “God Ji, don’t worry, now that our teachers are here, I will fully support them.”

Wu Youyang also welcomed Zhou Fanxiu and Bai Na, saying, “God Ji needs to go to the orphanage, he has business there, let him go first. I’m familiar with things here in the laboratory, if teachers need anything, just ask me.”

Bai Na quickly said, “Ji An, if you have something to do, go quickly, don’t delay your matters.”

Ji An nodded and said, “Okay, if teachers need anything, feel free to call me anytime.”

“Okay,” Bai Na replied.

Just as Ji An was about to leave, Zhou Fanxiu, who had been immersed in shame, spoke up, “Ji An, I’m not ashamed about transferring to work under my own student, but about the words I once said.”

Ji An was stunned. He didn’t remember Zhou Fanxiu saying anything discouraging to him. On the contrary, when he had just lost his ability, Zhou Fanxiu encouraged him almost every night.

Seeing that Ji An truly didn’t remember, Zhou Fanxiu said, “When you first entered the base, I once boasted shamelessly that I wanted you to continue being my student.

Thinking about it now, how arrogant and ignorant I was to want the creator of spatial storage items, nutrient solutions, and treatment pods to be my student!”

Ji An quickly said, “Teacher, you’re joking. No matter what research I can do in the future, it doesn’t deny that you are my teacher, and it doesn’t deny that a part of my knowledge was taught to me by you.”

Zhou Fanxiu hadn’t expected Ji An to say that. Even at his current status, he still remembered this teacher-student relationship. His eyes became warm and his nose felt sore.

Shi Jun, who hadn’t left and witnessed everything, suddenly felt how could he have thought that Ji An’s laboratory would definitely agree to him joining just because he asked.

With the treatment pod and artificial external directional cultivation technology, what kind of talent couldn’t Ji An’s laboratory recruit? Now even Zhou Fanxiu and Bai Na were disregarding their status and actively seeking to join. Who was he compared to them?

In front of Zhou Fanxiu and Bai Na, Shi Jun could only be an assistant.

At this moment, Shi Jun finally realized that Ji An’s laboratory was a place he couldn’t aspire to reach.

Ji An drove to the orphanage. When he reached the entrance, he saw two women talking to a boy in the corner.

The two women were one old and one young. Ji An knew the older one; she lived near the orphanage. She was the old woman who refused to tell him the children’s whereabouts when he came to the orphanage and couldn’t find the children on the day they were kidnapped by human traffickers, but later saw there were benefits to helping and actively approached him.

The old woman had a headscarf wrapped around her head, covering most of her face. When she saw Ji An, she clearly recognized him and shrank back in fear. The younger woman, seeing her mother-in-law afraid, also shrank back.

Ji An didn’t recognize the child in front of the two women, but saw that he was wearing clothes clearly from the orphanage.

Ji An ignored them and stepped onto the stairs, entering the orphanage. However, Ji An didn’t leave immediately but stood behind the door, listening to the three people’s conversation.

When the old woman saw Ji An leave, she continued to pull the child and said, “See, we found you a good place where you can eat well, wear new clothes, and receive education. This is the Apocalypse, which family’s child can be raised like this now? Only very rich families.

Your father and I did all this for your own good, putting in so much effort to get you in. So you must be good to your father and me from now on, understand?”

The little boy nodded, “Understood.”

The old woman then said, “I told you before to take a few more nutrient solutions when you eat, since there’s plenty in the orphanage. Did you take more?”

The little boy said, “I can’t. Mother Yuan only gives us one nutrient solution each time and doesn’t allow us to take more. Except for Little Rose and Little Stone, no one else can take more nutrient solution.”

The old woman immediately became unhappy, “Why can they take more and you can’t? Is that old woman who manages the orphanage showing favoritism? I heard she works here and also brought her daughter. Is that true? Isn’t that stealing from the base? No, I’m going to report her!”

The little boy explained seriously, “It’s not like that, Mother Yuan is very good, she is very fair, she never shows favoritism. The reason she lets Little Stone and Little Rose take more nutrient solution is because they have awakened their abilities, and Mother Yuan says they are at a growing stage and is afraid they won’t have enough to eat. But Little Rose and Little Stone never take more, they only take one Tier 1 Power User nutrient solution each time.”

The little boy was only six or seven years old, not very big. He tried hard to organize his words to let the two women know that he was not being treated unfairly.

But he didn’t know that this simple sentence had somehow touched the young woman’s sensitive heart.

The young woman suddenly covered her face and sobbed. The old woman also suddenly pointed at the little boy and fiercely cursed with sudden agitation, “Do you have any conscience? Who are we doing all this for? Isn’t it so you can eat well and live well? What kind of luxurious life is inside has nothing to do with us in the end! We risked our lives and used every possible means to get you in so you could live well!

As a result, now you’re even blaming us, has your conscience been eaten by a dog?

Could you have such a good life without us? No matter how rich and noble you are inside, we don’t get a single bit outside!”

The little boy looked bewildered, not understanding how his grandmother, who had just been condemning Mother Yuan for showing favoritism, was now cursing at him the next second. He hadn’t said anything out of line, only explained to them that Mother Yuan was a very fair person.

“I didn’t…” the little boy weakly defended himself.

The young woman finally gave the answer at this point. She sobbed as if deeply hurt by the little boy, saying, “You call her Mother Yuan, you call someone else Mom!”

The young woman’s voice was sharp and shrill, as if she absolutely couldn’t accept her son calling someone else Mom, “To let you have a good life, I didn’t hesitate to separate from you. Do you know how much pain I felt?

But I kept telling myself. You are my child, I would even give my life for you. Our family is so poor, we can’t possibly raise you. Sending you away is for your benefit. As a result, you turned around and lived a rich and noble life, and you forgot about me, your own mother who personally sent you away to enjoy a good life, and turned around to call a woman you only met a few days ago ‘Mom’. You are an ingrate!

I shouldn’t have sent you in to enjoy a good life in the first place!

Sob, sob, sob, what evil have I done? I gave my everything for my son, but my son refuses to recognize me!”

Ji An couldn’t help but sigh. Hearing this, he understood. It was just two women who couldn’t raise their child, pretended he was an orphan and sent him to the orphanage, and then were afraid the child wouldn’t be filial to them when he grew up, so they kept emotionally manipulating him every day.

As for saying they gave everything, that was even more ridiculous. Was the woman’s “everything” referring to the act of pretending the little boy was an orphan and sending him to the orphanage?

That was her everything?

The little boy was still young and couldn’t think that far. Seeing his mother cry and his grandmother accusing him, he thought he was wrong and said helplessly, “But, but all the children in the orphanage call her that.”

“How can you be the same as them! They are all a bunch of unwanted wild children, but you are not. You have a father and a grandmother. What kind of thing is it for you to call someone else Mom?”

The old woman glared fiercely at the child, “Nutrient solution, do you have any leftover nutrient solution?”

“Yes,” the child pulled out three nutrient solutions from his pants pocket and gave them to the old woman. The old woman took them, dissatisfied, and said, “Why only three? Even if you are only allowed to take one a day, it’s been five days, there should be five.”

The little boy shrank his neck in fear, seemingly afraid the old woman would hit him, and said timidly, “I was really too hungry. Eating one nutrient solution for five days felt like I was going to faint, so I ate another one.”

The old woman slapped the boy’s face, “You idiot, isn’t fainting good? Just faint then! If you faint, that old woman in the orphanage can’t help but give you nutrient solutions. Then you can ask for a few more to bring out for me!”

“Tell me, are you only caring about your own rich and noble life and not wanting to care about your father and me?”

The old woman kept mentioning “her and the child’s father” in every other sentence, but didn’t mention her daughter-in-law, who was standing right beside her, as if she didn’t exist.