Rebirth of the Strongest Mental Power in the Interstellar

When they arrived at Border Region Thirty-Two Military Base, Liu Hanjiang was already waiting by the exit. The moment he saw them, he hurried over.

"Marshal!"

Zhang An was following behind them, but the Zhang An Liu Hanjiang saw now seemed a little... no, very different from the Zhang An he remembered.

Liu Hanjiang said, "This... Marshal, Zhang An, he..."

Yu Lanfeng said, "I'm not sure. He was already like this when we rescued him. Send him for an examination. And General Liu, please write me a report about what happened before. Don't leave out a single detail."

Liu Hanjiang froze for a moment, then realized Yu Lanfeng was probably referring to his previous delay in replying. Logically speaking, the optical computer connected to the legion was always worn on his person. He really should have been able to receive the message and respond immediately. It was just that at the time...

Liu Hanjiang said, "Don't worry, Marshal."

Yu Lanfeng nodded. His actual purpose in coming here was to deal with the spy problem, so he didn't press too hard on this matter.

"Give me the list of traitors, spies, and other suspicious personnel you investigated before, immediately. This matter must be dealt with at once. Don't waste any time. Everything else can be postponed."

Liu Hanjiang immediately acknowledged the order. He had someone take Zhang An away for an examination while he followed Yu Lanfeng to deal with the traitors.

This matter had already been delayed for far too long. It truly needed to be handled immediately.

By the time they finished dealing with it and disposed of all the traitors according to Yu Lanfeng's list, five or six days had passed.

Now it was time to deal with Liu Hanjiang's own matter.

Liu Hanjiang had submitted a report on the very day they finished dealing with the spies. It described in detail what he had been doing that day and why he had overlooked Yu Lanfeng's message.

Yu Lanfeng wasn't deliberately trying to find fault with him. If the message Yu Lanfeng had sent that day hadn't been an inquiry but a direct order, then Liu Hanjiang's delay could have resulted in the order being carried out late. In that case, things might not have been nearly so simple.

The reason this incident was being handled seriously was to prevent similar problems in the future.

Yu Lanfeng looked through the report. That day, Liu Hanjiang had been dealing with a riot that broke out after the traitors realized something was wrong and gathered together. That was why his response had been delayed.

"We'll let it go this time. Remember, something like this cannot happen again. Understood?"

Liu Hanjiang inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, Marshal!"

Yu Lanfeng asked, "How is Zhang An? What did the examinations show?"

Liu Hanjiang frowned slightly.

"They examined him several times, but couldn't find anything abnormal. We still don't know exactly what happened to him. He wasn't like this before."

Yu Lanfeng asked, "Can you confirm that he's really Zhang An?"

"Marshal, we can confirm that. We performed a DNA test. There won't be any mistake."

Yu Lanfeng nodded.

"Has he displayed any abnormal behavior?"

"Not for now, but we can't find the cause either. He's acting as though he suffered a tremendous shock and was left with severe aftereffects. He's constantly getting startled, he's become very timid, and he keeps shrinking away from everything. Should we have him retire?"

If Zhang An had truly become like this, then he really wasn't suitable to remain in the legion.

Moreover, his condition had developed during a mission, so it counted as a work-related injury.

And looking at it from the worst possible angle, perhaps someone had controlled him, causing him to become like this. In that case, to prevent him from doing anything detrimental to the legion in the future, letting him retire now with a large compensation payment was actually a fairly good option.

Perhaps once Zhang An returned to an ordinary life, he would slowly recover?

Yu Lanfeng thought for a while before nodding.

"Fine. Do that. I'll leave this matter to you. Handle it as quickly as possible."

"Yes, Marshal."

After Yu Lanfeng and the others finished dealing with matters there, they quickly departed.

There were still several military bases waiting for them. They had to hurry.

Nan Yu looked at Yu Lanfeng.

"Brother, I examined Zhang An's Mental Sea. There really isn't anything abnormal about it now, but I could detect traces showing that someone damaged it before. It's just that afterward, it seems to have been repaired."

Yu Lanfeng said, "Repaired? You mean a High-Tier Mental Power User did something to him?"

Nan Yu said, "Definitely. And that High-Tier Mental Power User doesn't seem to have harbored any malicious intent. The repair wasn't perfect, but whoever did it genuinely tried their best. Still, no matter how much effort they put into it, Zhang An's personality ended up changing quite drastically."

Yu Lanfeng said, "If a High-Tier Mental Power User is involved, this becomes difficult to handle."

Of course Nan Yu knew what a High-Tier Mental Power User represented.

"I know. Every High-Tier Mental Power User is a national treasure. There's no way people like them would be allowed to appear alone in such a complicated and chaotic place. And if I'm not mistaken, the High-Tier Mental Power User involved with Zhang An most likely belongs to our Empire."

Yu Lanfeng said, "I'll ask my sister about it later. We'll put this matter aside for now."

Nan Yu said, "I also suggest that we don't investigate any further. It really would be extremely difficult to get to the bottom of it."

Although this was very unfair to Zhang An, wasn't that simply how the world worked?

Zhang An himself had no memories of what had happened. Letting him leave the legion and return home to live a comfortable life was much better than having him remain in the legion, where he might become entangled in troublesome matters like this again.

Over the next month or so, Yu Lanfeng and the others moved as quickly as possible to purge all the remaining military bases. At last, they eliminated the vast majority of the hidden dangers.

However, they also knew that they had only eliminated spies whose identity information contained errors or had been forged.

There was still no way to identify those whose Imperial identity records were completely genuine.

Still, Yu Lanfeng had some confidence in himself. After this purge, there definitely wouldn't be many planted agents left inside his legion. Even if some remained, they would merely be people sent by the Empire's other legions.

Yu Lanfeng himself had planted several agents in every other legion as well, so even if he knew about such people, he wouldn't investigate them too carefully.

As for the previous operation, it might have caused the other legions to lose a few of their people, but it wouldn't have wiped them all out. Therefore, the other legions could accept this arrangement as well.

After finally dealing with this troublesome matter, they immediately returned to Border Region One Military Base.

After all, the Ability Beast infestation in Border Region One was the most severe.

The moment Yu Lanfeng returned, he had to organize and command battles. Sometimes, he even personally entered the battlefield.

Whenever Yu Lanfeng personally fought, everyone else had to retreat far away.

From a great distance, they would watch Yu Lanfeng casually wave his hand, sending out an enormous mass of flame. The golden-red flames gradually expanded until they engulfed a vast stretch of land.

But if one looked carefully, it was possible to see that the flames only burned on the Ability Beasts themselves. The surrounding flowers, grass, trees, and other vegetation remained completely untouched.

Yu Lanfeng would even exercise some control over his flames, preserving the bodies of Ability Beasts whose meat had high nutritional value. He would only burn away their heads, killing them while leaving the rest of their bodies intact.

After these Ability Beast corpses were brought back, they would be processed into jerky for the legion. The soldiers could eat it during battles to replenish their energy, though they couldn't eat too much.

After all, the stronger an Ability Beast was, the more substances its meat contained that could worsen Mental Contamination.

Many people accidentally ate too much of this meat and ended up with increasingly severe Mental Contamination.

As the amount of jerky increased, Nan Yu's workload also increased without anyone quite realizing it.

But this was no problem at all for Nan Yu.

If he hadn't become a High-Tier Mental Power User yet, it really would have been exhausting. But now, his mental power was fully capable of treating the Mental Contamination of Ability Users who accidentally crossed the line twenty-four hours a day without interruption.

However, Yu Lanfeng thought Nan Yu was working too hard when he saw this, so he became even stricter about controlling the amount of jerky his subordinates could have.

He didn't normally prohibit them from eating it, though.

After all, eating this meat could make Ability Users stronger. There was no need to rush things. If their Mental Contamination became somewhat severe, they could simply go to the medical department and have another Mental Power User disperse it. The result was the same.

Before long, Nan Yu began discussing with Yu Lanfeng the possibility of transferring patients from the hospitals at other military bases—those who had remained unconscious for long periods due to Mental Contamination—to the hospital here so that Nan Yu could take over their treatment.

To the outside world, he was still only a Mid-Tier Mental Power User.

However, many people had already heard rumors that he could treat certain cases where Mental Contamination had reached S-rank.

Therefore, even if some patients like that were transferred here, no one would find it particularly strange. Instead, they would simply assume Nan Yu's mental power had become even stronger.

After remaining silent for a while, Yu Lanfeng nodded and agreed.

Before Nan Yu came here, their legion had many people who had fallen unconscious after their Mental Contamination reached S-rank.

Now, compared with before, that number had actually achieved negative growth.

In other words, fewer and fewer people remained unconscious.

And it was all thanks to Nan Yu!

Thus, Nan Yu's proposal was accepted.

For the next stretch of time, Nan Yu remained immersed in his hospital wards, taking care of two patients every day. Whenever he wasn't there, robots handled their basic care.

Whenever Nan Yu appeared before these patients, he wore a white coat and glasses. His half-long hair fell over his eyes, making it difficult for anyone to clearly see what he actually looked like.

Time passed little by little, and Nan Yu was growing rather quickly.

He had already grown another three or four centimeters taller, and there was no telling how much more he might grow in the future.

Yu Lanfeng was quite satisfied with his current height.

After all, this made the two of them look much more compatible when standing together.

Unlike before, when the two of them once traveled incognito and someone mistook them for father and son!

Nan Yu had burst out laughing on the spot.

Afterward, he continued laughing intermittently for the entire day, annoying Yu Lanfeng immensely.

But what could he do about it?

Several more months quickly passed, until one particular incident occurred.

"Doctor Nan, this really is an emergency. There's no way to move this patient. He can only remain in the hospital, and transferring a patient requires so many complicated procedures. That would obviously waste precious time. What should we do?!"

Nan Yu was looking through the patient's records.

He discovered that the man's condition truly was extremely dangerous. If Nan Yu didn't go examine him personally, he very likely wouldn't survive more than another day or two.

Moreover, according to the examination reports, the man's Mental Sea was currently extremely fragile. He really wasn't suitable for transport.

In that case...

Should Nan Yu simply go there himself?

He had great confidence in his current mental power.

Even if someone took advantage of this opportunity to attack him, he could divide his attention while treating the patient and use his mental power to attack the assailant.

Moreover, the hospital was located deep in the rear of the military base.

Soldiers from the military base were everywhere in the rear area. Especially after the previous incident, the hospital had undergone a complete overhaul. Yu Lanfeng had even investigated the staff of every military base hospital and removed many people whose information was incomplete.

The doctors, nurses, and other personnel currently working in the hospital all had clean backgrounds and excellent professional skills!

There definitely wouldn't be a problem if Nan Yu went to the hospital now.

"Brother, just let me go. I want to take a look at him. He ended up like this because he made contributions to the legion and the Empire. If I didn't know about him, that would be one thing. But now that I do, I really can't just leave him there."

Yu Lanfeng said nothing.

He was still hesitating.

If it weren't for the fact that he had far too much work on his hands right now, he would have wanted to accompany Nan Yu himself.

But at this moment, there were as many as two or three hundred reports and documents beside him that had to be dealt with that very day. Meanwhile, if Nan Yu went there, he would definitely be gone for several days.

Yu Lanfeng rubbed his brow with a slight headache.

"How about I go with you and leave Qiyang here to handle these?"

Nan Yu instantly felt that Yuan Qiyang was truly pitiful.

"Please, Brother. Qiyang can't handle these things in your place. There are plenty of them that even I can't deal with. You're the only one who can handle them!"

"And... Brother, please don't underestimate me. You know exactly what my mental power is like. I'll definitely be fine!"

Seeing that Yu Lanfeng was still somewhat hesitant, he added,

"Just have Qiyang bring a few people and accompany me. There definitely won't be a problem that way."

Yu Lanfeng remained silent.

Finally, Nan Yu promised,

"I'll definitely come back as soon as possible. If anything happens, I won't stubbornly try to endure it or fight head-on. I'll turn around and hide immediately. I'll make sure my own safety comes first."

Although saying this felt a little frustrating, he still said it.

Yu Lanfeng really had no other choice.

"Three days. You have to come back within three days. Otherwise, I won't let you go out on your own again."

In fact, the main reason Yu Lanfeng was willing to let him go was because he had personally experienced just how powerful Nan Yu's mental power attacks were.

He had a certain degree of confidence in Nan Yu's strength.

"One more thing. You must conceal your identity."

Nan Yu said, "Don't worry, Brother. I can't hide myself fast enough!"

After obtaining Yu Lanfeng's permission, Nan Yu contacted Yuan Qiyang as quickly as possible and told him to prepare. They would be leaving shortly.

Yuan Qiyang said, "Got it! I've been ready for ages. I was just waiting for you!"

After leaving the office, Nan Yu headed directly to Yuan Qiyang.

They left the military base as quickly as possible and headed toward the hospital. Naturally, there were several other spacecraft traveling alongside them. They had deliberately chosen this particular time to leave.

Even if someone was secretly watching them, they wouldn't choose a time like this to attack.

After all, the surrounding spacecraft were filled with soldiers providing escort.

Their spacecraft flew directly to the hospital and eventually landed in an open area on the hospital grounds.

Nan Yu stepped out of the aircraft wearing a mask and glasses. Guided by the hospital staff, he soon saw the Ability User who was expected to die within the next two days.

Nan Yu said, "I need to examine him. Take that thing with you and leave first."

Yuan Qiyang paused slightly.

That thing?

They hadn't brought anything inside.

Nan Yu's luggage and everyone else's belongings had already been delivered to the place where they would be staying.

Yuan Qiyang casually asked, "What thing?"

Nan Yu pointed toward a corner.

Yuan Qiyang wasn't incompetent. If Nan Yu had already pointed out the location and he still couldn't find it, then all those years of special training might as well have been returned to his instructors.

"Why would something like this be here? Looks like someone wants to see exactly how you perform your treatments. After all, your abilities really are too extraordinary."

Before Nan Yu appeared, everyone knew that S-rank Mental Contamination could only be treated by a High-Tier Mental Power User.

But Nan Yu's existence had broken that balance.

There were undoubtedly many people who coveted his abilities, especially members of that organization.

It was said that even now, they still hadn't given up on kidnapping Nan Yu.

Some time ago, Nan Yu had contacted that person surnamed Zhou who had returned to the organization. The other party confirmed that the organization still had a mission targeting Nan Yu.

However, it had changed from forcibly assigning specific people to carry it out to simply posting the mission and allowing anyone confident in their abilities to accept it.

They had even increased the reward and bonuses.

The original reward had already been extremely tempting.

Now that the compensation had been increased even further, many people had accepted the mission.

But so far, very few of them actually possessed the ability to carry it out. Most had merely come to try their luck.

Obviously, Nan Yu's fate wasn't something they got to decide.

After all this time, the most information these people had managed to obtain was that Nan Yu had entered the military base and hadn't come out.

Now they had finally waited long enough for an excellent opportunity.

Everyone who received the news was extremely cautious as they approached Nan Yu's current location.

After the hospital's overhaul, patrols were constantly moving throughout the building. There was basically no period when the intruders could exploit a gap in security.

The only thing they could do was disguise themselves as hospital personnel, infiltrate the hospital, and take Nan Yu away!

As for this surveillance device, someone inside the hospital had most likely been bribed by outsiders and planted it here.

Nan Yu asked, "Can you trace the source of the signal?"

Yuan Qiyang said, "Probably not. The moment I picked it up, it self-destructed. It's already nothing but garbage."

Nan Yu said, "They certainly are cautious. But I don't have time to worry about this right now. I'll leave it to you. I'll examine his condition first."

With the mental power of a High-Tier Mental Power User, Nan Yu only needed to release his mental power outward to inspect every corner of the entire hospital room.

As long as a device like this was present, he would detect it immediately.

He wasn't worried at all about anyone secretly watching him.

Besides, Nan Yu was always extremely cautious. Whenever he wasn't in an absolutely secure location, he used the most primitive method—placing both hands on either side of the patient's head.

That way, even if someone secretly watched him, there was no way they could actually learn anything.

His treatment method really did look exactly the same as that of every other Mental Power User.

Both hands were placed on either side of the patient's head.

Then nothing appeared to happen.

Nan Yu carefully examined the man's Mental Sea.

He discovered that although the patient's condition was indeed severe and there was a risk of death at any moment, his Mental Contamination itself was quite ordinary.

It was simply a relatively standard case of S-rank Mental Contamination that had become this dangerous because too much time had passed.

Nan Yu said, "It's nothing serious..."

Since he didn't think there was any major problem, and there was still quite some time before they were supposed to rest for the night, Nan Yu simply decided to cure the man immediately.

He could stay here for three days.

During the remaining two days, he wanted to visit more wards and see whether there were any patients in urgent need of treatment. While he was at it, he could draw up a relatively simple list of candidates who should be transferred from the hospital to the military base over the next ten transfers.

Yuan Qiyang couldn't leave the door of the hospital room.

He had to personally stand guard there before he could feel at ease.

If someone took advantage of the moment he left to make a move, everything would be over.

Even if Yu Lanfeng didn't do anything to him afterward, Yuan Qiyang himself would be utterly ashamed.

Therefore, he could only assign his subordinates to investigate the surveillance device.

The results showed that the nearby surveillance footage had been deliberately destroyed and completely deleted.

The data couldn't be recovered.

Not a single trace remained.

Under circumstances like these, even the legion's exceptionally skilled team might not be able to restore it.

Still, Yuan Qiyang intended to let them try.

Maybe they would succeed?

Less than three hours after sending it over, he received their reply.

They couldn't do it.

Yuan Qiyang knew he absolutely couldn't get angry.

If he lost his temper, then he would definitely be playing right into the enemy's hands.

No matter what, the most important thing for him was to remain here!

But...

He checked the time.

Several hours had already passed. Why hadn't Nan Yu come out yet?

Hadn't they agreed earlier that they would first go to their accommodations together, settle in and familiarize themselves with the place, and only then begin the treatment?

Yuan Qiyang decided to go inside and take a look.

"You stay outside. Don't let anyone come near. I'll go in and check. I'll be right back."

"Yes!"

Yuan Qiyang quietly opened the door, then closed it behind him.

Only after seeing that Nan Yu had indeed already started treating the patient did he carefully and silently leave the hospital room.

After confirming that Nan Yu was fine, Yuan Qiyang finally breathed a sigh of relief and stood solemnly outside the hospital room like a door god.

The other soldiers were stationed throughout the surrounding area. Some patrolled behind the building, others on the rooftop, and still others in the open space in front of the building.

They were determined not to let a single person approach this place.

But they had forgotten one location.

This was a hospital.

Apart from all those places, there were two other hospital rooms directly on the other side of the walls!

And sometimes, breaking through a wall was extremely simple.

Just as Yuan Qiyang closed the door and prepared to continue standing guard outside, the floor beneath his feet shook twice.

"An earthquake?!"

But Yuan Qiyang quickly realized that it wasn't an earthquake at all.

It was...

Nan Yu divided off a sliver of his attention and opened one eye. His gaze shifted sideways, and he saw an enormous bulge suddenly protruding from the wall slightly behind and to his right!

The corner of his mouth twitched, and he couldn't help feeling a little gleeful.

What a joke!

After the previous incident, Yu Lanfeng had secretly ordered special reinforcements to be added to the walls of every hospital room in this hospital.

They weren't something that could be broken through with brute force.

So if those people wanted to smash their way through this wall, they really weren't going to manage it anytime soon.

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