Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 26

When Sheng An opened the door, Li Xin felt like he was about to die.

Six whole hours.

No food, no water, no bathroom.

Luckily, he hadn’t drunk anything, and his body had turned into metal. Otherwise, hanging like this for six hours, he’d probably have wet his pants.

There wasn’t a single person in the room, and Sheng An hadn’t responded to him at all.

Li Xin’s mental state was shattered.

He felt completely done for.

When Sheng An came in, Li Xin hung there silently, without a sound.

-Like a corpse.

Hao Jingye lowered his voice: “Is he… dead?”

Sheng An’s face was expressionless: “Oh, then just drag him out and bury him.”

“W-wait…”

Li Xin suddenly lifted his head, eyes wide: “I’m still alive, not dead.” Don’t bury me.

Sheng An wasn’t surprised at all.

After all, this kid was a Superpower User, and a metal-type at that. How could he die so easily?

Li Xin gritted his teeth: “You guys are too much. Isn’t the country trying to win me over? Why are you treating me like this?!”

He didn’t understand.

Sheng An corrected him: “It’s called consolidating, not winning over.”

Consolidating and winning over are two completely different things.

The state apparatus isn’t afraid of these so-called Deviants. Sheng An’s goal has always been to consolidate them, not to win them over.

Li Xin ground his teeth.

His eyes were full of resentment.

Sheng An: “You don’t want to come down?”

Li Xin: “…”

As the saying goes, a wise man submits to circumstances. He opened his mouth: “Sister Sheng, I was wrong.”

Hungry and thirsty, he was really about to lose it.

Sheng An was fairly satisfied and nodded: “Alright, come down.”

Li Xin was shocked: “You want me to come down directly? No mat for me?”

If he dared to come down directly, he would have done it long ago!!

This wasn’t jumping down-he was hanging horizontally. If he turned back into a human, he’d fall face-first to the ground. How could that be good?

Sheng An: “I’ll catch you.”

Li Xin looked suspiciously at Sheng An’s thin arms and legs.

Sheng An was speechless: “Besides, can’t you turn your feet back first, then your upper body?”

He was hanging horizontally now.

But if his feet returned to normal, wouldn’t they be below him?

From this height, he could jump down.

Li Xin: “???”

Right now, his mind was filled with just two words-

Holy crap!

Why hadn’t he thought of this earlier?!

At this moment, Li Xin wanted to smack Sheng An, and also himself.

If he’d thought of this sooner, why would he have hung there for six hours?

Li Xin gritted his teeth, controlled his legs to return to normal, no longer stuck, and they naturally dropped down, soles facing the floor.

Then his upper body returned to normal, and his body fell down.

“Ah-” Li Xin cried out instinctively.

He’d been hanging for too long, and when his body suddenly turned back to flesh and fell, he was limp and weak, nearly crashing to the ground.

Sheng An reached out and caught him, stopping him from hitting the floor.

Li Xin’s feet landed, his body leaning against Sheng An, breathing rapidly.

-At that moment, he suddenly felt Sheng An was incredibly reliable.

Li Xin was inexplicably moved.

Sheng An’s face was expressionless: “So, can you stand on your own now?”

Li Xin: “…”

He obediently stood up, feeling a rare bit of embarrassment.

Hao Jingye saw him become so docile and nodded in satisfaction, “Li Xin, can you cooperate with us for some tests now?”

Li Xin hung his head, not speaking.

Sheng An glanced at him.

Immediately, he felt pain all over, raised his hands in surrender, and obediently-

“I’ll cooperate, I’ll cooperate.”

*

Jiang Yu’s space came from her bracelet, so her tests were relatively simple.

But Li Xin was different.

Inside and out, he was checked several times, had ten tubes of blood drawn, all sorts of scans, metal research, and so on.

Just running all these tests on him would take a day or two.

Usually, after one test, the results would lead to even more research.

And it wasn’t just Li Xin-this included the previous Water-Fire Superpower User as well.
“What’s the situation now?” Sheng An asked.

In the laboratory ahead, Li Xin was being directed to manipulate metal and manifest mechanical arms, his face full of impatience…

Every time his patience wore thin, he would see Sheng An’s threatening gaze from outside the glass.

Li Xin would immediately behave himself again.

-This female villain is ruthless. He’d better lie low for now.

Beside him, various emotions flickered in Dr. Yan’s eyes, finally condensing into one sentence: “It’s very strange.”

“How so?” Hao Jingye asked curiously.

Sheng An also looked at Dr. Yan.

Dr. Yan flipped through the thick stack of results in his hands, his expression grave:

“Similar to those two Water-Fire Superpower Users, there is a special component in their bodies, covering their blood and flesh. The three of them have both similarities and differences in these special components, all of which are unknown substances. With more samples, we might be able to draw more conclusions.

“At present, we still can’t determine how they control elements, but it’s definitely related to this special substance.

“This substance affects their bodies. Li Xin is even more special than the other two. The other two can only manipulate and release water and fire, but Li Xin can become a Metal Man, fusing metal with his body.”

Sheng An and Hao Jingye both looked equally serious.

Hao Jingye glanced at Sheng An, opened his mouth: “Sister Sheng…”

Sheng An took a deep breath and said calmly, “Continue.”

Upon hearing this, Dr. Yan continued:

“We’ve taken various comparative images of Li Xin as a Metal Man and in his normal state. It seems he uses the special substance to achieve metal transformation. In addition…”

There were many test results.

But most were confusion, with few conclusions.

The researchers still didn’t understand what was really going on.

And these researchers were already among the top in their field.

Dr. Yan spoke for a long time. In the end, he pressed his lips together:

“We’ll continue our research. Once we have more samples, perhaps the conclusions will be clearer. Also, we’re applying to bring in more researchers.”

Sheng An nodded and agreed directly: “That’s fine. Li Xin and the others will cooperate as well.”

After Dr. Yan finished, he returned to continue studying Li Xin.

Sheng An and Hao Jingye stood outside.

After a while, Hao Jingye finally said, “Something feels a bit off.”

Sheng An looked calmly at Li Xin and spoke slowly: “He just awakened his superpower, but he’s very special.”

According to the test results, Li Xin already had an unimaginable level of control over metal.

This was truly very strange.

Hao Jingye scratched his head. “Everything about him seems like he just got his superpower. Dr. Yan’s tests confirm this. The special element in his body isn’t more than in the two Water-Fire Superpower Users.”

“But his control over metal is stronger,” Sheng An said, enunciating each word. “It’s as if he’s already a very powerful Superpower User.”

From current research, Superpower Users eventually master their elemental powers.

Li Xin already possessed such advanced abilities.

Right now, he’s just ‘uneducated.’ Once he fully understands metal elements and their composition, his value will be beyond imagination.

This isn’t Iron Man-it’s the infinite transformations of metal.

Hao Jingye took a sharp breath, puzzled and confused, finally voicing his thoughts-

“Could he really be the Chosen One?”

Sheng An didn’t reply.

The Chosen One?

Jiang Yu, Li Wanyun, and now Li Xin-whether or not they’re Reborn Persons, they’re all somewhat special.

Li Wanyun’s enormous space, Li Xin’s extraordinary control over metal…

Indeed, more samples are needed.

Sheng An narrowed her eyes, lost in thought.

*

Doomsday countdown: 17 days.

In the interrogation room, Li Xin didn’t dare become a Metal Man. He could only tuck his hands into his sleeves, pitifully squatting in the corner, looking as aggrieved as possible.

Sheng An stood in front of him, expressionless and unmoved.

Song Linwei had just woken up and was called over, still a bit dazed: “What’s going on? What happened?”