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Chapter 132: Chapter 132: Deep Consciousness
"...Jiaojiao? Jiaojiao!"
Han Jiaojiao opened her eyes, looking blankly at the circle of people standing around her.
Hong Yun, brother, Dr. Zhou, Sister Yu, Brother Lu...
"Hong Yun? Why are you here?"
What’s going on? ... Why is everyone gathered here?
Han Jiaojiao looked around, asking confusedly, "How did I get back? ... Wasn’t I in the hospital?"
Suddenly, it went dark before her eyes, and she was in Han Yi’s embrace. Han Jiaojiao asked him breathlessly, "Brother, what’s wrong with me? Did you bring me back? ... Why can’t I remember anything..."
Han Jiaojiao tried to recall, but could only think of instructing her brother to come back to feed the Space-Time Beast at the hospital...
Han Yi slowly released her, whispering soothingly, "...Sweetie, I’ll take Hong Yun downstairs, why don’t you rest for a while?"
Han Jiaojiao nodded, and Han Yi turned to the Zhou couple, saying, "You guys stay here and look after her. I’ll be back soon."
Having finished speaking, he went to send Hong Yun out with Lu Changyuan. Just before leaving the door, Hong Yun turned back to glance at Han Jiaojiao, who smiled at her.
Hong Yun smiled too, but her smile carried a trace of pity. She turned her head away and left Han Jiaojiao’s room.
Hong Yun heard Yu Wanxi’s soft whisper from behind: "Would you like some fruit? Yan Xiao bought some oranges from the exchange today..."
"Sure, it’s been a long time since I had oranges."
Hong Yun walked down the stairs, and the voices behind her gradually diminished and disappeared.
Han Yi picked up a black plastic sealed bag from the table and handed it to Hong Yun. "This is the remaining part I promised to give you."
Hong Yun took it, did not open it to look, and simply held the sealed bag in her hand.
Han Yi asked, "Will it happen again in the future?"
Hong Yun was silent for a while, then replied, "The trauma in her deep consciousness is very severe, and the fluctuations are also quite large. My ability can only suppress it temporarily. During this time... don’t provoke her, and try not to let psychic hypnotists contact her, especially that Cao Qi."
"You mean, it can’t be completely cured?"
"At least I can’t do it for now," Hong Yun said, gently shaking the sealed bag she held. "While this thing helps, reaching into the deep layers of the brain and even the subconscious is very difficult and dangerous; I still need time to study and understand. Actually, her condition is still manageable, as long as we don’t stir up the split personalities deep in her consciousness, she shouldn’t have any problems. Maybe she could even recover naturally in a few years."
Han Yi intently watched Hong Yun, his brow tightly furrowed and his eye sockets deeply sunken, giving him a rather gloomy appearance.
Han Yi asked her, "What did you see in her deep consciousness?"
——Spiritual consciousness, like a special kind of language, from the surface to the deep layer, and then to the even deeper subconscious, layer after layer. Han Yi could understand the revealed consciousness on the surface, but couldn’t see through the depths.
It was as if he could only see a dry sentence, understand the literal meaning, but not know the tone, the intonation, or the context around the sentence, and some words even had ambiguously multiple meanings.
His spiritual power penetrated Han Jiaojiao’s brain, which was filled only with one message: Fear!
But why was she afraid?
Yet Han Jiaojiao was completely unaware. She neither looked at him nor seemed to hear him speak, just kept calling out Hong Yun’s name, repeating it like a sleepwalker muttering in her sleep.
Han Yi couldn’t find an answer.
That day, not long after Han Yi brought Han Jiaojiao back home, Zhan Rong arrived with Hong Yun, unexpectedly revealing that Hong Yun was the second-most powerful Mental Induction Superpower User in the base, just after Cao Qi. Her natural talent was exceptionally high, but because she was a Dual Type, and this ability wasn’t as practical as her other ability of Metal Manipulation, Hong Yun seldom practiced it.
Han Yi kept Hong Yun, took out the remaining Crystal Cores, and informed her how to use them. In return, he asked Hong Yun to perform Mental Therapy on Han Jiaojiao.
Hong Yun agreed.
She came over every day, talked with Han Jiaojiao, ate with her, soothed her to sleep, and then, after Han Jiaojiao fell asleep, delved into her deep consciousness to search and explore.
A whole week went by, and Han Jiaojiao still showed no reaction to the outside world, ignoring everyone except for Hong Yun, including Han Yi.
Han Yi grew increasingly somber by the day; he stopped going out, watching over Han Jiaojiao day after day. The atmosphere at home was like a cold, icy cave; everyone was exceedingly cautious about discussing Han Jiaojiao’s condition, fearing the wrong word might displeases Han Yi.
Hong Yun said there was another personality in the deep layers of Han Jiaojiao’s consciousness.
The reason Han Jiaojiao didn’t react to the outside world was because her second personality was controlling her conscious level. Hong Yun had to wait until the activity of Han Jiaojiao’s second personality decreased before she could enter the deep consciousness and call to Han Jiaojiao, hoping to awaken her.
This wait lasted a week.
During the treatment, Hong Yun came every day, but did not mention a word about the information in Han Jiaojiao’s consciousness.
Even now, as Han Jiaojiao finally woke up and faced Han Yi’s questioning, Hong Yun merely smiled lightly and responded, "Forgive me, I cannot disclose that."
Han Yi’s expression darkened even further as he said, "Even if you don’t tell me, I will find a way to know."
Unperturbed, Hong Yun calmly said, "Of course, Mr. Han could spend some time improving his Mental Induction ability. However, I must warn you, the conscious level of a human is a very sensitive area; a slight mishandling can agitate the patient. It’s like a pot of hot oil, looking very calm on the surface, but the invading spiritual power is like a drop of water. Before it even manages to understand the oil, it is already blasted open, completely disfigured—"
"Is Associate Chief Hong threatening me?" Han Yi sneered at Hong Yun.
With an expressionless face, Hong Yun said, "No, I only want to help Jiaojiao. She is my friend and has also saved my life once. I hope her condition will not worsen due to your personal desires, Mr. Han."
Han Yi’s face grew even darker.
Not wanting to make an enemy of him, Hong Yun sighed silently and softened her tone slightly, "It’s said that her emotions were suppressed by Cao Qi before she had the incident. You should watch out for this person in the future. I suspect his improper method triggered Jiaojiao’s mental stream turbulence, causing a split in her consciousness."
Han Yi raised an eyebrow, his gaze gleaming with a bloodthirsty light.
Seeing the murderous intent in Han Yi’s eyes, Hong Yun frowned, not understanding how such a sweet and innocent girl like Han Jiaojiao could have such a brother.
"Ultimately, Jiaojiao herself had this predisposition. Cao Qi isn’t likely to cause a sudden personality split in someone," Hong Yun couldn’t help but add, "Besides, Cao Qi is currently leading a project on Psychic Ability development, which is highly regarded by the authorities. It’s better if Mr. Han refrains from rashly targeting him."
Han Yi gave her a cold look and scoffed sarcastically, "Under someone’s thumb, someone like me understands restraint very well."
Hong Yun was at a loss for words, choosing not to say anything more, took the Crystal Core, and left the place.
Yan Xiao, who had been silent all this while, glanced at Hong Yun’s departing figure outside and whispered, "She won’t spread the word about the Crystal Core, will she?"
Lu Changyuan lit a cigarette and said, "Even if she does, it’s no big deal."
"Ah?"
The Crystal Core affair is likely to become public in the next few days," Lu Changyuan said nonchalantly.
Yan Xiao glanced at Han Yi’s grim face and then at Lu Changyuan, who was puffing out smoke, hesitated, and said, "Then... should we take advantage of these few days to gather some Crystal Cores?"
Han Yi lifted his head, his expression icy as he said, "No need. I have other tasks for you to handle." 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
