Numb (v1c19)
Ye Sheng knew very little about the energy stone. But she was certain of one thing: the energy stored in it would not decrease unless it was used.
Even if it was eaten by polluted creatures, it would absorb energy gradually through their digestive system, not vanish twenty points at once!
One point of energy could be exchanged for three points.
Twenty points of energy equaled sixty points!
She could buy twenty bottles of nutrient solution with that!
She couldn't let it go so easily.
Ye Sheng stared at the black energy stone with keen eyes, then reached out to take it from the girl's hand. She wanted to examine it closely and find out what was wrong.
She had assumed that the bones in both her arms were broken, and the tendons in her hands were torn, so that she had no strength left in her body. But to her surprise, she gripped the energy stone firmly in her hand.
Ye Sheng couldn't budge it...
(ㅍ_ㅍ)
She gasped, feeling a surge of frustration. It wasn't because she was too weak!
She increased the force on her hand and this time she succeeded. She finally snatched the energy stone away from Xiaodongxi.
The girl turned her head and looked at her with a pitiful expression. Her red eyes were misty, and the corners of her eyes were also red as if she would cry any second.
Ye Sheng felt a pang of guilt when she saw her miserable face.
Ever since she had met her, she had been seriously injured and in pain every moment. But she had never been as aggrieved as she was now.
She was blind, but her gaze still made Ye Sheng feel like she had done something terrible.
But even so, she didn't give back the energy stone.
She had to know the truth.
"Wait a moment," she said. "The energy of the energy stone is not simple. I need to study it."
She quickly lowered her head to inspect the energy stone, afraid that her pleading look would weaken her resolve.
She was too beautiful for her own good. She always made her feel soft.
But the moment Ye Sheng looked away, Xiaodongxi's expression changed.
Energy stones were very important to her.
And the person who had saved her had taken her energy stone!
Realizing that Ye Sheng was no longer watching her, she dropped his act. Her pitiful look vanished, and she glared at Ye Sheng coldly. Her lips were pressed tightly, her teeth clenched, and the veins on her neck bulged. She looked terrifying and fierce.
She seemed to transform into a vicious demon, making anyone who saw her shudder in fear.
It was completely different from her usual frail and delicate image.
She was always cruel and vengeful. She wouldn't spare anyone who crossed her, not even her 'savior'. Anyone who stood in her way would die!
As long as she could recover her former self, she would kill all those old fools in the safe zone!
She radiated intense malice, but it only lasted for a moment. Then it faded away. The ferocious rage that had just flashed on her face seemed to have never existed. She looked pitiful and weak again.
But the hostility had dissipated too quickly, and Ye Sheng didn't notice it. She was oblivious to the change in her.
She kept looking at the black energy stones, trying to figure out the reason for the loss of energy.
Ye Sheng examined the energy stone, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. She lifted the detector again and scanned it. The device gave a prompt.
'Beep~ A D-level energy stone was detected, the specific energy value is 302! '
Ye Sheng felt numb.
How much time had passed? Why did it lose 43 energy points?!!
Did a ghost eat it?
She didn't want anything unexpected to happen to the energy stone she had worked so hard to get.
If it kept losing energy, she might as well take it to the swap shop, exchange it for points, and save up to buy repair fluid for the poor girl!
With this thought, Ye Sheng waited for a minute before picking up the detector again.
'Beep~ A D-level energy stone was detected, the specific energy value is 302! '
No change this time.
But Ye Sheng wondered if the waiting time was too short.
So, she waited for another five minutes before using the detector again.
'Beep~ A D-level energy stone was detected, the specific energy value is 302! '
The result was the same twice in a row. Ye Sheng stopped doubting the energy stone itself but raised her head and looked at Xiaodongxi with suspicion.
The energy of the energy stone had started to decrease only after it came into contact with Xiaodongxi.
Could it be that she could absorb the energy in the energy stone???
That was impossible!
To obtain the energy in the energy stone, one had to use high-end equipment to extract it or swallow it directly like a polluted creature.
But even a three-year-old child in the mitigation zone knew not to eat energy stones!
Ye Sheng had just arrived, but she knew that humans couldn't absorb energy stones. Only polluted creatures that were contaminated by the poisonous mist radiation would eat energy stones and evolve.
If humans ate energy stones, they would be exposed to the poisonous mist radiation.
They would die a very miserable death.
Many people had experimented with this in the early days of the wasteland world, influenced by some apocalyptic novels.
They fantasized about swallowing energy stones to awaken various powers, build a base, kill everyone, and become the overlord of one party.
But no one survived.
It wasn't until the army established the mainland's only official base and formed a team of scientists to study energy stones diligently that they finally discovered that this was a new type of energy. Although humans couldn't absorb energy stones, they could use them as energy supplies for machines, weapons, etc.
They were more powerful than other energy sources!
After such research results were announced, people stopped clamoring to swallow energy stones to become a boss. After all, who had ever seen drinking oil give them superpowers?
Facts had proved that the novel was a lie and there were no supernatural powers at all.
This was also the reason why Ye Sheng didn't immediately suspect Xiaodongxi after she discovered that the energy stone had lost energy!
Since there was no problem with the energy stone itself, the only clue left pointed to the girl.
Until now, Ye Sheng was still hesitant and didn't believe that she could really absorb energy.
But there was no use in thinking so much now. Why not try again?
Ye Sheng put the energy stone back into Xiaodongxi's hand, waited deliberately for thirty seconds, and then picked up the detector and scanned it.
'Beep~ A D-level energy stone was detected, the specific energy value is 296! '
The case was solved.
It was indeed Xiaodongxi who absorbed the energy of the energy stone.
Ye Sheng couldn't believe what she saw, but the evidence was undeniable.
She stared at the energy stone for a while, then at the girl with her red eyes. Her head was spinning, realizing that the girl she had rescued was no ordinary person.
How could she absorb energy stones?? ?
She had held the energy stone many times, but it had never lost any energy. But when she held it, it drained rapidly. A D-level energy stone with more than 300 energy wouldn't last long in her hands.
But what was the point of her absorbing the energy of the energy stone?