Believing a Little More (Second Update)
Xia Chujian put the sleeping child down and, as if sleepwalking, followed Kang Shanxing to take photos and collect biological information.
Then, when she came back, she had an extra identity tag around her neck.
It was her identification.
Huo Yushen waited for her to return, then deliberately closed the office door.
Xia Chujian: "..."
She looked at Huo Yushen warily: "Inspector Huo, what are you doing?"
Huo Yushen stood in front of her with his hands behind his back, looking down at the child still sleeping on the single sofa, and said, "...Today in Plaza Garden, so many people died under the mental attacks of the Gray-Robed People, why didn't this child?"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She really hadn't thought about that question.
As Huo Yushen spoke, he had already used his Mental Strength on the child.
"Ah—!" The child suddenly let out a sharp cry, his small body rolled violently, his small hands spasming in the air, as if trying to grab the last straw.
Xia Chujian didn't know what was happening, but reflexively pounced over and hugged the child.
The child cried even harder, his two small hands tightly hugging Xia Chujian, shivering so much he was almost convulsing.
"Inspector Huo, is he sick? Does the Special Security Bureau have a Medical Cabin?" Xia Chujian asked anxiously.
Huo Yushen withdrew his Mental Strength, looked at the child thoughtfully, and said after a long while, "No, he's not sick."
"Then why is he suddenly crying so hard?"
"Maybe he had a nightmare." Huo Yushen said without changing his expression.
Xia Chujian looked at the child still sobbing in her arms, puzzled: "Could it be that he dreamed of those black Crows in the plaza just now? They were indeed quite creepy?"
The child opened his big eyes filled with tears, looked at Xia Chujian, and then snuggled on her shoulder.
Huo Yushen touched the child's head, and the child only felt a wave of drowsiness coming over him, and he tilted his head and fell asleep again.
Huo Yushen retracted his hand, ignored the child, and said to Xia Chujian, "Where's your Quantum Optical Brain? I'll install a program in it for you."
Xia Chujian immediately became alert: "What are you going to do?"
Was he going to track her twenty-four hours a day?
Huo Yushen said coldly, "How long do you think you can hide this trait? When Mental Strength experts launch mental attacks, everyone else is unable to move, but you're jumping around and can even fire back. Even an idiot can see that your situation is abnormal."
Xia Chujian was silent.
Because what Huo Yushen said was true.
Now that she thought about it, the first time everyone might have thought it was a coincidence.
The second time might have been an accident.
By the third and fourth time, even Small Dog Si Xi would probably look at her with suspicious eyes...
Huo Yushen continued to put pressure on her: "Moreover, currently, you can only be immune to Mental Strength, but not to physical attacks. Once the enemy tests the limits of your trait, a high-level Gene Evolver doesn't need Mental Strength, a single slap can kill you."
This was also true.
The time she was attacked by the Humanoids under Fan Chengcai, she was indeed at a huge disadvantage in terms of physical strength.
If she hadn't gotten the firearms hidden in that office, she would have died young then.
Xia Chujian's face turned even darker.
Huo Yushen said calmly, "I can install a program on your Quantum Optical Brain that can detect the intensity of Mental Strength being used on you at any time and give you an instant warning."
Xia Chujian suddenly understood: "Then I can pretend to be under mental attack!"
Huo Yushen: "...Yes, acting is your forte, you can perform to your heart's content."
Xia Chujian: "...Inspector Huo, you can't make personal attacks."
Huo Yushen just looked at her quietly.
Xia Chujian tried to remain calm, as long as I'm not embarrassed, the other person will be.
...
She stroked the Quantum Optical Brain watch carrier on her wrist, and hesitated, "Can only you install this program? Can't Colonel Zong install it? Didn't you say he's an expert in this area?"
In Xia Chujian's view, Huo Yushen was completely unpredictable, and she worried that Huo Yushen would tamper with her Quantum Optical Brain.
But Zong Ruoan, in Xia Chujian's heart, was a typical gentleman, just a bit pedantic.
But there was good in his pedantry, at least she felt safe.
Huo Yushen's voice was even colder: "...This is a program I made myself, not an asset of the Special Security Bureau."
Xia Chujian was very surprised, and couldn't help but have more respect for knowledge: "Inspector Huo can also write programs?! Did you also study mechanical intelligence?"
Huo Yushen glanced at her and said lightly, "Self-taught."
So he was also an academic overachiever...
Xia Chujian subconsciously stood up straight, fully demonstrating a mediocre student's admiration and respect for a top student.
Then she laid the sleeping child on the single sofa, and was about to take off the Quantum Optical Brain watch carrier herself.
Huo Yushen raised his eyebrows: "Why take it off? Add me as a friend, and I can directly transfer the program to your Quantum Optical Brain."
Xia Chujian: "..."
Tsk, she was looked down upon.
At this moment, she seriously pondered whether she should also choose a major in mechanical intelligence in the future.
Xia Chujian could hardly maintain her composure, and silently showed her Quantum Optical Brain watch carrier, releasing a QR code in the air.
Huo Yushen also showed his Quantum Optical Brain watch carrier and scanned her QR code.
The two became friends.
Xia Chujian then pulled up her virtual display screen, and according to Huo Yushen's instructions, opened the port step by step, and then gave Huo Yushen's Quantum Optical Brain number a certain upload permission.
Huo Yushen then uploaded the small program from his port to Xia Chujian's Quantum Optical Brain.
While uploading, Huo Yushen said indifferently: "The Quantum Optical Brain itself has a very strong encryption function. As long as you use the upload port I taught you, others cannot peep at the contents of your Quantum Optical Brain. This is determined by the nature of the Quantum Optical Brain. No matter how strong a hacker is, they cannot break through this point. Unless you actively transfer all permissions."
Xia Chujian quickly said, "Of course I won't transfer all permissions."
Huo Yushen remained noncommittal, and after the small program was uploaded, he taught Xia Chujian step by step how to install and debug it herself.
Then he said, "Now I will launch a Mental Strength attack on you, and feel the trigger warning given to you by the Quantum Optical Brain."
As he said that, Huo Yushen mobilized an attack with an intensity similar to A-Rank Peak Mental Strength, stabbing towards Xia Chujian's brain.
Almost instantly, Xia Chujian's wrist, where she was wearing the Quantum Optical Brain watch carrier, felt like it had been electrocuted.
She cried out "Ouch", and then looked at the small physical display screen of the Quantum Optical Brain, where a blood-red number "9999" appeared.
"What does this mean?"
Huo Yushen withdrew his Mental Strength and said, "This number represents the quantified intensity of Mental Strength. 9999 is the intensity of A-Rank Peak Mental Strength. When it breaks through 9999 and reaches 10,000, it reaches Rank S Mental Strength."
He paused, and then said: "In the entire Beichen Empire, there are less than a thousand Rank S and above Mental Strength experts. All these people are recorded in our Special Security Bureau."
Xia Chujian quickly asked, "Then just now I felt like I was electrocuted, is that the feeling of a Mental Strength attack?"
Huo Yushen: "..."
What wishful thinking.
Huo Yushen was even more indifferent: "No, that's the bioelectricity simulated by the Quantum Optical Brain watch carrier, just to remind you that there is a Mental Strength attack. - If it was a real Mental Strength attack, you would have died on the spot."
Xia Chujian: "..."
She shrugged: "I see, not being able to feel the feeling of this Mental Strength attack is indeed a pity!"
This tone, it was as if she regretted it, but was actually happy about it...
Huo Yushen was already used to her annoying behavior style, and said completely indifferently: "This small program is one aspect, I will give you a helmet, and remember to carry this helmet with you when you go out in the future."
"...Do I have to wear it when I go shopping with friends?"
"Were you shopping with friends today? Do you think you need it or not?"
Xia Chujian: "..."
"Okay, what kind of helmet is it?"
"A Special-Grade Mental Strength Protection Helmet produced by the Special Security Bureau. This helmet can defend against Rank Super S Mental Strength."
As Huo Yushen spoke, he took out a thin Lily-of-the-Valley Purple Silk Hat from the safe. "Take this. If Chief Quan asks about it later, just say you didn't feel the Mental Strength attacks from those Gray-Robed People because you were wearing this helmet at the time."
Xia Chujian pondered for a moment. She had indeed been wearing a hat and mask all day today.
This Lily-of-the-Valley Purple Silk Hat was so thin that it could easily be worn under her furry exotic beast fur hat.
Xia Chujian picked up the Lily-of-the-Valley Purple Silk Hat-style helmet and examined it carefully.
The outer layer looked like silk, shimmering with a bit of dark light. She didn't know what kind of silk it was made of.
The surface also had crocheted patterns that looked a bit like Other Shore Flowers, but unfortunately, they weren't red, but Lily-of-the-Valley Purple.
If you sniffed it carefully, it seemed to have a faint and elegant fragrance.
The inner layer of the hat should be the most important part, fine and soft, not silk, not cotton, not wool, and not leather. It was impossible to tell what it was made of.
Huo Yushen said, "This helmet is specially made. The most important thing is the new material in the inner layer. It combines the characteristics of many exotic metals and exotic beast bones, and is produced using nanotechnology. It is currently the highest-performance Mental Strength defense equipment in the empire."
"The outer layer is woven from the fibers of an exotic plant. The fragrance of that plant has a natural hypnotic effect."
Xia Chujian: "...If I wear it, will I hypnotize myself to sleep?"
Huo Yushen: "...You're overthinking it. You don't have any sensation of Mental Strength, and the scent of this exotic plant only works on people with Mental Strength."
Xia Chujian was delighted. "Wouldn't that be perfect for me?"
She took off her exotic beast fur hat, put on the Lily-of-the-Valley Purple Silk Hat helmet, and then put her fur-lined exotic beast fur hat on top. It wasn't bulky at all, and her exotic beast fur hat was also a bit grayish-purple, which looked quite matched with the Lily-of-the-Valley Purple of the silk hat inside.
It wasn't exactly the same color, but it belonged to the same color family.
It had a bit of a high-end grayish-purple feel.
Xia Chujian was delighted. "This thing, Inspector Huo, was specially prepared for me, right?"
Huo Yushen: "..."
"You're overthinking it. Helmets that can defend against Rank Super S Mental Strength have always been a direction of imperial research." Huo Yushen flatly denied.
Xia Chujian blinked. "...But it matches my head shape so well. Was it really not custom-made?"
Huo Yushen: ...
He felt the urge to vomit blood for the first time.
He suppressed his anger and continued coldly, "Its material properties determine that it can be applied to various head shapes."
Xia Chujian: "...But there's also the Other Shore Flower crochet pattern."
She also pointed to the birthmark on her forehead.
Huo Yushen: ...
Talking to this kind of person was a complete waste of time.
Was that an Other Shore Flower?
Those were disguised abstract lines.
Huo Yushen stopped dwelling on the helmet's pattern with Xia Chujian and said directly, "I will have my secretary move your start date forward by half a year, so you have been on my Special Security Bureau's employee list since the second half of last year."
"And this helmet, remember, it was given to you in the middle of last year. The reason you didn't feel other people's Mental Strength attacks was all because of this helmet."
Xia Chujian finally understood Huo Yushen's intention.
She frowned slightly, took off her hat, and also took off the Lily-of-the-Valley Purple Silk Hat, saying in confusion, "...Why are you helping me?"
"Can't I just be doing a good deed?"
"Of course not. Would the Special Security Bureau's Chief Inspector be someone who suddenly has a good heart?"
Huo Yushen wasn't angry at all when Xia Chujian said that.
He nodded. "It's best if you think that way. To be honest, I need your special ability to participate in a particularly dangerous operation in our Special Security Bureau. So the benefits I give you are not just benefits, they may cost you your life. ...Do you still want to accept this 'good intention'?"
Hearing this, Xia Chujian smiled in relief and said, "We ordinary civilians only have one valuable life. Inspector Huo saying that makes me believe you three times more."
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