My Li Aozi Needs Redemption More Than Anyone
"Ugh—"
Li Aozi clutched the trash , vomiting for a long while before he felt better, his mouth filled with the taste of iron, leaving him a bit bewildered.
"Phew... this damn nurse has quite the temper..."
Wiping the vomit from the er of his mouth, Li Aozi felt a tremor and raised his left hand—the monit bracelet fixed to his wrist vibrated briefly, the green light fshing three times in succession.
Li Aozi g Head Nurse Nordri at the finish line. She was writing something down, making him thoughtful but silent.
"The patient pleted a ten-kilometer run, 200 jump touches, and 50 bar spins. Acc to the health monit: heart rate normal, scious, all data within the range of an ordinary person, raordinary traits..."
Nordri recorded the data, growing more puzzled:
"Clearly, his body hasn't undergone any special mutations, yet in a freate, he mao infiltrate the rear area of the shelter ued and seriously injure me i... Could level five Esha iees really be this miraculous?"
She began to believe the professor's theory. From today till now, the patient hadn't shown any obvious extraordinary traits, yet everything about him seemed irrational.
Last night, Li Aozi's body temperature soared to 75.9°d remained so for a full 40 minutes, peaking at 100.2°C!
A human body 't withstand such high temperatures, let alone for several minutes; his blood should have boiled, yet after receiving just 500 milligrams of saline, his body began to self-repair.
By this m, he ractically at normal human levels?
Nordri found it hard to believe.
If this is indeed caused by the Esha virus— any virus withstand such high temperatures?
This temperature ignite alcohol, ordinary viruses die at 56°icranisms perish at 100°d even his clothing showed signs of burning.
"Could he have already awakened Aoneng?"
Nordri sidered this possibility but then dismissed it:
"No, if he had awakened Aoneng, acc to the Esha iion theory, the professor would cssify him as a level four iee. The professor knows better than I do... but who say for sure?"
"Iernoon, have someoake him for psychological tests—and also an intelligeest."
She felt flicted.
To date, all resear the Esha theory ecutive. After all, no one had the means to collect those red-bck clouds in the upper atmosphere...
Is it really a virus? If it is, who released it? Or is it pollution from old ests?
The Esha theory 't be proven; the professor should be the most anxious. If she knows Li Aozi isn't ied and still does this...
Nordri had just begun to trust the professor, but now she questioned her theain.
She didn't notice that her muttering and facial ges were all observed by Li Aozi.
His stealth basics were excellent; spying, eavesdropping, trag, and shadowing were instincts ingrained in a veteran pyer.
Pretending to tinue vomitiedly, Li Aozi clearly noted Nordri's behavior.
【Iing...】
Li Aozi's eyes showed a hint of amusement.
【It seems the internal discord is due to disputes over the Esha theory, possibly leading to different fas.】
【Let me guess... the professor's fa firmly believes in the 'Esha virus iion theory,' while Nordri and others doubt the unproven 'Esha virus' and suspect it might be a ploy by the professor to retain power.】
Things were getting iing, but Li Aozi didn't sider himself clever enough to py mind games with a seasoned leader like the professor.
Someone who greets you with a smile on the first meeting and has trolled Abyssal for years, with patients and doctors as powerful as regur soldiers under her and, surely isn't as simple and kied as she appears.
As a stific worker, Li Aozi had every reason to suspect her main attribute was 【Intelligence】.
"【Intelligence】 is the only main attribute in the Precision series. With no magic or architecture ian Azure Star, it’s unlikely she’s a mage or architect. If she doesn't have a main profession, she’s either a meic or biochemist. Both are formidable."
Li Aozi's core attribute was 【Charisma】, whiot only enhanced Aoneng but also signifitly increased his affinity with others.
In trast, 【Intelligence】 directly enhanced IQ, logical thinking, spatial awareness, and memory.
A fool couldn't be part of the 【Precision series】, the only profession that relied solely on skills and could outdo peers by doing more tasks.
Li Aozi didn't want to use his weaknesses against someone whose strength was intelligence.
Besides, with 15 points in 【Charisma】, plus the 30% bonus from 【Perpetual ? Love Hunter】, his effective 【Charisma】 was 15*1.3=19.5, rouo 20.
With such high 【Charisma】, why not use it for social iions, chatting, and trading instead of mind games?
It's like not peting with a schor in academics but in smoking.
Whether it was Li Aozi or his mind, it would be a waste.
He didn't want to act against the professor, but others could.
Like Head Nurse Nordri.
Despite having a ive favorability with Nordri, someoh lower 【Charisma】 would have been attacked by her already.
Li Aozi had deliberately tested her earlier, partly ter a task and partly to probe Nordri's rea.
When clearly provoked, she restrained herself from beating him up, which was very telling.
"Was it the professor's hint? No, acc to the strategy guide, it explicitly mentioned: ZX-102 is Nordri's trigger keyword. How crucial is it? If the tank 't hold aggro, shout ZX-102, and Nordri will turn around instantly, max rage, entering berserk mode."
Li Aozi didn't believe the guide's marketing, but he absolutely believed the teary-eyed pyer's testimony.
"I just said one word... she gave me twenty-four skull-crushing throws!"
The professor's influence was limited for someone who already doubted her, but ZX-102 wasn't.
"Looks like my 【Charisma】 had an effect... though it sounds odd."
With 【Perpetual ? Love Hunter】 enhang 【Charisma】, his iions with plot characters were remarkably effective.
"Having a specialty is just fortable."
