Chapter 277: A New Hope

No matter how hard they tried, nothing could change the situation before them; all that awaited the future was confusion and pain.
Just then, they saw Tong Sui take out a bucket of water and many cups.
They were utterly perplexed.
Tong Sui then said, “This is my recent research. Drinking this will grant ordinary people supernatural abilities.”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar.
Could such a thing really be possible?
Can supernatural abilities really be solved with just a cup of water?
If they hadn’t received supplies from Jiang Hua in the past few days, and if they hadn’t just seen Tong Sui controlling supernatural beings, they would have thought he was completely insane.
Yet now, they started to hesitate.
“What if it’s true…?”
This was their last hope. Even if it turned out to be false, it couldn’t possibly be worse than their current situation.
Thus, the first person bravely stepped forward.
Tong Sui poured a cup of water for him.
The water was taken from the spiritual spring in his spatial ring, but he didn’t say so; this was Jiang Hua’s only request of him.
The person drank the entire cup, and still stood there unharmed.
Seeing that he didn’t exhibit any strange symptoms, the others quickly formed a line to drink the water Tong Sui provided.
Minutes later, they began to feel intense heat all over, as if their previously blocked meridians were opened by this wave of warmth.
The wounds they bore started healing visibly before their eyes.
This was simply unbelievable!
An even stronger wave of heat washed over them, and their faces flushed in varying degrees of red.
Tong Sui, having gone through this process himself, reassured them, “Everyone, don’t be nervous. This is the normal effect of the medicine. Just wait for the heat to pass, and you will gain supernatural abilities.”
Supernatural abilities—they could have supernatural abilities too.
This was something they had never dared to imagine. It meant they were not just abandoned by evolution!
Meanwhile, Lou Yelin grew increasingly anxious with the delay of the supernatural beings’ report.
What kind of useless people had he raised?
Lou Yelin used his communicator to call another team of supernatural beings to check the situation.
Ten minutes later.
The other team reported, “People in the shantytown suddenly developed high fevers. It’s said a person named Tong Sui has developed a potion that can turn ordinary people into supernatural beings?”
“What?”
Lou Yelin doubted he had misheard.
If such a thing truly existed, why had he received no news about it?
Tong Sui was merely someone he had put into the lab to win over Jiang Hua; many people in the research facility hadn’t managed to achieve anything significant.
How could Tong Sui, having spent so little time there, research anything of note?
Jian Lexian quickly said, “This is simply impossible.”
In the last life, there was no such thing.
Tong Sui was just a pseudo-researcher seeking fame. Without his parents, he wouldn’t even qualify to be a janitor in the research facility.
Jian Lexian became increasingly convinced of his thoughts, “This must be a tactic to win people over.”
That night was an unbearable one for many.
Tong Sui was worried that other supernatural beings might take advantage of this time to launch attacks, so he stayed in the car with Jiang Hua. They indeed encountered another team of supernatural beings later, but these people were relatively sensible and didn’t do anything excessive, leaving quickly.
As the night wore on, Tong Sui could bear the fatigue no longer.
His eyelids drooped, and he leaned against Jiang Hua.
Jiang Hua lowered his head, adjusting Tong Sui’s fallen coat.
Tong Sui, having been busy like a butterfly all night, finally calmed down.
Jiang Hua looked at his face.
When Tong Sui closed his eyes, he looked very obedient; his soft hair fell in front of his forehead, and his eyelashes fluttered gently with his breath.
If this were earlier, Jiang Hua would have thought he was crazy for getting involved with these troubled people and matters.
Initially, he distributed supplies as a warning to Lou Yelin.
Why should the fate of those people concern him?
But Tong Sui told him he was willing to part with the spring water from the ring.
However, he only considered the circumstances of others and didn’t think about himself. If everyone found out, how many would be eager to get their hands on such a treasure?
In the end, Tong Sui agreed to a compromise, distributing the spring water under the guise of research results.
As dawn approached,
Tong Sui moved his shoulders, feeling numb on one side after maintaining the same position for so long.
Jiang Hua, who was leaning against him, asked, “Aren’t you going to sleep a bit longer?”
Tong Sui quickly rubbed his shoulder into an upright position.
His eyes still seemed dazed, and his cheeks bore the pressed marks of sleep.
Jiang Hua reached over and rubbed the imprint, “There were no unexpected events last night.”
“You were awake the whole time?”
Tong Sui had tried very hard to stay awake, but somehow, he fell asleep.
Jiang Hua answered, “I’m used to it.”
While on missions, staying up all night is the basic requirement for ensuring safety.
Tong Sui suggested, “Let’s go down and take a look.”
“Okay.”
Tong Sui got out of the car, his clothes wrinkled from sleeping.
The scene before him instantly erased his drowsiness—
It was a beautiful sunny day.
The group of previously despondent people were bathed in morning light, their eyes shining brightly as they experimented with various supernatural abilities.