Apocalypse: I Can See Health Bars

Chapter 99: Chapter 98: Magneto? Me?

"Zhaozhao, you’re awake?"

Faint morning light was already filtering in from outside the window. An orange sunbeam slanted through a gap in the curtains, hitting the opposite wall and casting a warm hue over the entire room.

Su Qing, who had been dozing off in a chair, heard a rustling sound beside her. She opened her eyes to see Chu Zhaozhao’s big eyes blinking at her with a dazed expression.

"Sister Qing...? I’m not dead? Where am I...?"

She shook her head from side to side, her gaze sweeping across the unfamiliar room.

"This is Apartment 302, my place... Brother Lin saved you. How are you feeling now?"

Hearing Su Qing’s words, she finally calmed down. The memories in her mind were like a shattered photo wall, with fragments of images flashing by at high speed.

"Saved me... I..."

She suddenly remembered the short, swift monster. She remembered lunging forward to protect the others, thrusting her spear into the creature’s body. And finally, she remembered nothing but a sea of red before her eyes and the excruciating pain in her shoulder and arm...

"Ah!"

’Just now, Sister Qing said Brother Lin saved me. They didn’t amputate, did they?!’

’The shows I used to watch on TV always had them chopping off injured hands, injured feet, or even injured heads!’

She gasped, shooting up in bed. She instinctively raised her hands, wanting to check if they were still intact.

But as she lifted her hands and focused her full attention on them, she could clearly feel a strange ripple emanating from them.

It was as if she were enveloped in a sentient bubble, and within this bubble, certain things gave off a familiar sensation, like extensions of her own limbs. All she had to do was think...

’This... What is this...’

CLICK.

The sound drew Su Qing’s attention. She turned her head instinctively and was surprised to see that the noise was coming from a pair of stainless steel medical scissors on the nightstand.

Su Qing had used these scissors to cut away Chu Zhaozhao’s clothes, and she had casually placed them here when she was done.

Now, the scissors were vibrating unnaturally, rattling against the tabletop with a series of CLACKS.

Then, they actually stood up on the tabletop, wobbling as if held by an invisible hand, and slowly levitated into the air...

"Eek..."

Startled by this sudden supernatural event, Su Qing shrank back and covered her mouth, her eyes wide with disbelief.

WHOOSH—

The scissors spun slowly in mid-air, then, as if having found their target, they shot toward Chu Zhaozhao’s hands in a streak of silver light!

However, the scissors didn’t stab her.

Instead, in a defiance of physics, they came to an abrupt halt less than an inch from Chu Zhaozhao’s palm.

As she turned her palm upward, the scissors hovered above it, spinning slowly...

"Sister Qing! This..."

Even with her steady nerves, Chu Zhaozhao was so flustered by the supernatural event happening to her that she was at a loss for words. She didn’t dare move the hand controlling the scissors, while her other hand gripped the corner of Su Qing’s shirt as she looked at her nervously.

"Don’t be afraid. Relax..."

A calm voice came from the doorway. Lin Fan was leaning against the doorframe, having appeared there at some point. His expression was placid, but his eyes glinted sharply.

He had been sleeping on the living room sofa. The two of them talking had woken him up, but he never expected to walk in and see such an astonishing scene.

’I thought that after a night’s rest, Chu Zhaozhao’s health bar would be mostly recovered, and that would be that. Then, just like Su Qing, she could slowly raise her limits and constitution by killing zombies. I never thought the result would be this unexpected...’

He saw a green health bar floating above Chu Zhaozhao’s head. The bar’s blue-purple border had completely stabilized, and its shape was the same as Su Qing’s, with only a slight difference in color.

But unlike Su Qing, Chu Zhaozhao’s maximum Life Value completely surpassed hers!

Lin Fan was certain that the last time he saw her last night, her health bar was at 105. Yet now, her Life Value had reached [129/150]!

But what surprised Lin Fan the most wasn’t just her Life Value, but also the blue energy bar below it!

’Even I only got an energy bar after obtaining a complete crystal, and it only rose to 200 points after my life reached 600.’

And Chu Zhaozhao’s energy bar was currently at [298/300]...

’That’s 100 more than my own!’

"Relax. Just like you’re holding something and slowly putting it down. Let your arm relax... relax..."

As he spoke, Lin Fan walked to Chu Zhaozhao’s bedside and sat down. He slowly reached out, pressed down on the stainless steel scissors, and gently guided them toward Chu Zhaozhao’s palm.

Following his lead, Chu Zhaozhao slowly relaxed as well.

The moment their palms touched, Chu Zhaozhao seemed to snap out of some kind of trance. She jerked her hand back, letting the scissors fall onto the blanket.

She let out a long breath. Her gaze swept over Lin Fan and Su Qing, but she was too dazed to speak.

"I... Brother... what’s happening to me..."

Lin Fan picked up the scissors and put them in his pocket. He cupped Chu Zhaozhao’s face with both hands and gave her cheeks a firm rub. Looking at the health bar above her head, he broke into a smile.

"Congratulations. You’ve hit the jackpot..."

All of this overturned Lin Fan’s original assumption that so-called "awakenings" would just turn people into budget versions of himself.

’I thought Chu Zhaozhao would just become another Su Qing, but I didn’t expect her to display such a cool superpower the moment she woke up...’

’Why? What’s the difference?’

Lin Fan’s first instinct was to look at Su Qing. Why did she only gain health one point at a time by killing zombies, without any accompanying superpowers?

’Could it be that her awakening path was wrong?’

’Looks like I’ll have to try feeding her some more of my blood when we get back...’

Question after question churned in his mind, making him realize that his recent self-satisfaction at having figured out an awakening path was premature. His understanding of this world’s core mechanics was, he feared, still just scratching the surface.

He checked Chu Zhaozhao’s wounds. They were mostly healed, leaving only a few marks and scabs. He estimated she would be fully recovered in just a few more hours...

"Get dressed. Come out in a bit, and we’ll test out your superpower..."

Lin Fan turned and went back to the living room sofa. ’It seems that no matter the type of awakening,’ he mused, ’the most important thing is still this inhuman recovery ability.’

It wasn’t until Lin Fan had left the room that Chu Zhaozhao realized she wasn’t wearing any clothes!

Su Qing had cut all her clothes off, and she had been so dazed and shocked by her new superpower upon waking that she hadn’t noticed at all!

Su Qing, who was standing to the side, also snapped to her senses at Lin Fan’s words. She shot a glare at his retreating back, then quickly got up and started rummaging through the wardrobe.

Fortunately, Chu Zhaozhao had previously found some clothes that fit her in a room downstairs. After a bit of fuss, she emerged from the bedroom with a blushing face, pulled along by Su Qing.

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