Li Bing snickered and slung an arm around Jiang Nan’s shoulders, curiosity burning. “Xiao Zhen’s illness was definitely your doing, right? Come on, spill! What exactly did you do?”
That was textbook post-traumatic stress!
Jiang Nan leaned in and whispered in her ear, tickling her until she squirmed away, giggling.
Li Bing laughed. “Pfft~ you little rascal!”
Xiao Zhen really did have a terminal illness!
And the name of that illness was “Jiang-Nan-Phobia Syndrome”!
No known cure!
“Hey~ I already told him I could treat it. Give your Doctor Li some face, okay?”
Jiang Nan’s big eyes spun. “Just tell him this: gunu gunu gunu~ roar roar roar!”
(๑◔◡◔ิ๑)ꉂꉂ(ᵒ̶̶̷̀ε˂̶́๐)
Li Bing listened and kept nodding, completely on board.
“Got it, got it! I’ll tell him exactly that!”
Jiang Nan nodded, satisfied!
Zhong Yingxue and the others were completely lost. What on earth were they plotting?
Li Bing, excited: “Alright, let’s start the experiment!”
She turned and wheeled in a massive piece of equipment!
When she came back, she froze!
Because Jiang Nan was already stripped down to just a Pikachu!
“Oh ho ho~ so obedient!”
Jiang Nan was a little excited too. “Sister Li Bing, want another kiss? Maybe I’ll level up again!”
Li Bing rolled her eyes. “Dream on! It’s only been this long. What hidden injuries do you have?”
“But we still need a thorough check~ roar roar roar~”
As she spoke, her fingers landed on Jiang Nan’s stomach, turning into the Heart-Machine Frog, checking nonstop!
“No problems here! Oh? Let me see if there’s anything over here?”
[Resentment from Zhong Yingxue +333!]
[Resentment from Xia Yao +555!]
Hey hey hey!
Xiao Nan has no problems! You’re the one with problems!
You’re drooling!
Still touching! Touching! I haven’t even touched that much!
Zhong Yingxue covered her face, ears red!
Xia Yao: *grinding teeth*
Li Bing wiped her drool, grinning. “Physical condition good. Experiment can proceed!”
“This time I upgraded Blood Incineration specifically for your special constitution!”
“Eliminated the after-effects! And the boost is way stronger!”
She pulled out three tubes of blood-red serum, eyes sparkling!
Jiang Nan: “Three tubes? Still injecting into the heart?”
Li Bing laughed. “The new version is extremely potent. I was scared one shot would kill you outright! So we split it into three!”
“This way if you’re about to die, I still have a chance to save you!”
She started sticking electrode patches all over Jiang Nan to monitor every bodily metric!
Jiang Nan shivered!
Why does this sound so unreliable?
Don’t let me die before I even ascend!
Even Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao were worried!
Li Bing turned serious. “Not joking! The upgraded Blood Incineration works on the same principle!”
“Still accelerates blood flow and metabolism to massively boost physical ability!”
“But it’s on a completely different level now. Huge strain on the heart! Normal gold-rank would die instantly!”
“If your body wasn’t far stronger than your rank, I wouldn’t dare use it on you!”
Jiang Nan, dark-faced: “True ‘try it and perish’?”
Li Bing snickered. “Not quite! You think I’m useless?”
“Ready? Want it?”
Jiang Nan stared into her eyes for a moment!
Then smiled brightly. “Do it! Stab me!”
Li Bing, thrilled, grabbed tube #1 and plunged it straight into his heart!
“Watch big sis pierce your little heart~”
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao shuddered. There’s no power without a price!
This scene was scalp-numbing!
Whole tube pushed in!
Li Bing watched nervously. “How is it? Feel anything wrong?”
Jiang Nan scratched his head. “Nope!”
Li Bing checked the monitors. Everything normal. Compatibility 100%!
“Huh? Weird!”
She grabbed tube #2 and stabbed again!
Jiang Nan: !!!
Data normal! Compatibility MAX!
“This isn’t right!”
Grabbed tube #3 and *pfft* stabbed again!
Jiang Nan: …
Data still normal. Compatibility MAX!
Li Bing was dumbfounded. Why is this completely different from what she expected? No adverse reaction at all?
Are you a damn jinchuriki?
Jiang Nan: “You didn’t just inject red-dyed glucose solution, did you?”
“I feel nothing!”
[Resentment from Li Bing +666!]
“Nonsense! I stayed up countless nights, ate countless instant noodles to make this for you!”
“Activate Blood Incineration! Slowly! Be gentle!”
Jiang Nan didn’t think much and opened Blood Incineration to about 30%!
*Boom! Boom! Boom!*
Heart pounding wildly! Blood racing!
Veins bulged crimson under his skin!
High temperature evaporated moisture. White steam swirled around him!
Li Bing’s eyes widened. The monitors showed every physical metric skyrocketing!
Jiang Nan’s eyes shone with excitement!
This was completely different from the old version!
Explosive power surged inside him like it was about to burst!
Strong! Insanely strong!
Li Bing: “More! Keep going!”
*BOOM!*
Jiang Nan pushed it straight to 50%!
*Boom boom boom!*
Heart rate over 800 BPM!
Even Zhong Yingxue and the others could hear his heartbeat!
Dull, powerful, earth-shaking!
Scorching steam gushed out, forcing Li Bing to back away repeatedly!
His body grew leaner from rapid water loss, muscles wiry and powerful!
Jiang Nan gritted his teeth. Heart extremely uncomfortable, but he could hold!
The numbers on the monitors were terrifying!
Li Bing, eyes blazing: “Keep going! Slowly, no rush!”
Jiang Nan nodded, gradually increasing the output!
56! 57!
*Boom! Boom! Boom boom boom boom…*
The heartbeat grew louder, shaking the beakers and test tubes in the lab!
It was like an engine had been stuffed into his chest! An emperor engine!
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao clutched their hearts, faces pale!
Under that heartbeat, even their own heart rates were being influenced by resonance. Extremely uncomfortable!
“My god! Too terrifying! Xiao Nan’s heartbeat sounds like a raging engine!”
“I can barely breathe!”
“Is Brother Nan turning into a titan? The steam is so cool!”
“Why is Brother Nan smoking?”
Jiang Nan’s face twisted. Blood Incineration now at 63%!
Heart rate over 1000 BPM!
The wild power inside him roared like a dragon, begging to be unleashed!
Just then! A sharp pain stabbed his heart!
*Spurt~*
A mouthful of scalding blood sprayed out. Ears ringing, vision black!
He collapsed limply!
Li Bing: !!!
“Shit! Engine blew!”
Panicked, she caught him, didn’t even think, pulled him close and kissed his heart!
*Mua!*
Zhong Yingxue: ∑(°口°๑)
Xia Yao: Σ(Ő△Ő๑)
One kiss and the ruptured heart healed instantly!
Then Li Bing delivered a heavy hammer blow to his chest. Heart restarted!
Jiang Nan groggily woke up. “Mmph~ Listen! Just now an old lady brought me a bowl of soup and insisted I drink it!”
“But teacher always said never take things from strangers!”
“I refused, and she got mad! So weird!”
Li Bing: …
Meng Po! That had to be Meng Po!
Scared me to death!
His heart literally exploded! Nearly couldn’t bring him back!
“This upgraded version far exceeded expectations! The boost is insane! Your body can’t handle full activation!”
“50% is already the limit right now. Absolutely do not go over! Or you’ll really kill yourself!”
Li Bing’s scalp was numb! It was already this terrifying. If he could fully activate it… what would that look like?
Jiang Nan was a little excited too!
“Uh… can you let go of me first? Hugging me like this is super awkward!”
