On the Ark.

"But……"

Don't you believe me?

Nightingale shook her head: "I want Liz to be able to eat pineapple buns too."

Lin Ye stopped.

The nightingale stopped and looked up at him.

Lin Ye's expression was complicated: "Can you really sense her?"

The nightingale shook its head.

"Then why..."

“Sister Shining told me that Liz had the same experience as me,” Nightingale said. “We were both trapped in a very dark, small place where we couldn’t get out. There was no one there, and we couldn’t hear any sounds.”

Lin Ye fell silent.

“Pineapple Bun, can you help her?” Nightingale asked Lin Ye.

Lin Ye said he didn't know.

"If it were you, you definitely could."

Lin Ye asked, "Why do you trust me so much? I'm just an ordinary person."

Nightingale thought for a moment, then quickly gave her answer, as if the question didn't require much thought at all: "Because you are a pineapple bun."

Lin Ye sighed: "I've already told you, my name is Lin Ye, you should remember that."

Nightingale seemed not to hear Lin Ye's words and continued to say to herself, "Pineapple buns are the best."

...The most amazing.

Lin Ye turned to look at the nightingale and found that the nightingale had closed its eyes.

“Like this,” Nightingale gestured with her eyes closed, “very dark, very dark, you can’t see anything.”

"Nonsense, what can you see with your eyes closed?"

"Then I opened my eyes." Nightingale opened her eyes and looked at Lin Ye. "Then I saw the light, I saw the pineapple bun, and I saw you."

Lin Ye was increasingly unable to understand what Nightingale was trying to say.

“That Liz is the same.” Nightingale grabbed Lin Ye’s sleeve and said softly, “Pineapple Bun, let her open her eyes, let her know that there is light in this world too.”

Lin Ye's mouth dropped open.

……

Half an hour later, Ansel heard the door open and said without looking up, "You're back pretty early today."

Lin Ye responded sullenly without saying anything, intending to take a shower to calm down first.

Ansel flipped through the book, then said slowly, "You left your phone in your dorm. Dr. Kal'tsit just called you."

Lin Ye stopped in his tracks, looking at Ansel with some confusion: "Dr. Kal'tsit? You called me?"

“Okay,” Ansel said. “I told her what you were doing, and she asked me to tell you to call her back as soon as you get back to your dorm.”

Lin Ye glanced at the time and asked, "It's almost midnight. Isn't it inappropriate to return the call at this hour?"

Do you think Dr. Kal'tsit would be sleeping at this hour?

Lin Ye thought about it and felt that it made sense. Then he picked up the phone and called Kal'tsit back.

The call was answered in less than five seconds, and Kal'tsit's rather cold voice rang out: "Is this Dr. Lin Ye?"

"Yes, it's me," Lin Ye asked. "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Kal'tsit cut to the chase: "I heard you used your new ability on Liz again?"

"Uh." Lin Ye immediately felt embarrassed. "That was an accident. I promise I won't..."

“No guarantees are needed,” Dr. Kal'tsit said calmly. “In that case, let’s continue.”

"What?" Lin Ye didn't react.

“The treatment for Liz has never really ended,” Kal'tsit said. “We were helpless before, but now that we have you, everything is different. I approve of you using your new ability on Liz.”

Lin Ye was very surprised: "Why so suddenly? Didn't you say before... could it be Shining?"

Did Shining put pressure on Kal'tsit?

Lin Ye felt that this was the only possibility.

Kal'tsit remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a soft sigh: "No, it's Liz herself."

Chapter 109 The Test Subject—Shining

The next morning, Lin Ye, having set his alarm, hurriedly left home as soon as it was light and rushed to the sanatorium.

But to his surprise, the sanatorium was already quite crowded. The demon sisters Hibiscus and Lava, along with Shining and Nearl, immediately made Lin Ye feel uneasy. Upon seeing Lin Ye, Shining nodded, as if she had expected him to arrive at this time.

"What happened?" Lin Ye asked.

Shining looked at Lin Ye and said, "Doctor Kal'tsit should have already told you."

"Further treatment for Liz?" Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly. "But isn't this a bit too fast? I wanted to ask what exactly happened."

Lin Guang also turned to look at Lin Ye, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "Because Liz took the initiative to call Kal'tsit, hoping that you could carry out the next step of treatment for her, that is, to use your new ability to release her memories, or rather, that imprisoned personality."

How could Cliz know so many things?

“Don’t underestimate Liz,” Shining said. “Even now, Liz is just a little naive, she’s definitely not stupid.”

“But how could Dr. Kal'tsit agree?” Lin Ye still couldn’t accept it. “She even said before that my abilities would harm Nightingale…”

Hibiscus interrupted Lin Ye and sighed, "Because Liz, the person involved, accepted it. That's how it is at Rhodes Island. We won't force operators to do anything against their wishes. On the contrary, if conditions permit, Rhodes Island will respect the opinions of the vast majority of operators."

At this moment, Yan Rong also spoke up. Compared to her sister, Fu Rong, Yan Rong seemed more mature: "Miss Kal'tsit needs to consider not only Miss Liz's illness, but also your new ability. Your new ability is incredible, and Miss Kal'tsit certainly hopes to further confirm your new ability through Miss Liz. Simply put, you are Miss Liz's test subject, and Miss Liz is also your test subject."

"Yanrong!" Hibiscus said anxiously to her younger sister, "Don't say that."

“I didn’t say anything wrong.” Yan Rong shook his head and took a step back, allowing Lin Ye to see the experimental equipment in the inner room. “I didn’t say there was anything wrong with it either. Miss Liz’s situation is very special. In order to help her, we should take some special measures.”

"But you can't call them guinea pigs," Furong whispered to her younger sister. "That's not right."

Yan Rong pretended not to hear.

Lin Ye knew Yan Rong was right. Kal'tsit had already shown great interest in his abilities. If Kal'tsit hadn't been away on official business, she would definitely be standing in front of him now. After all, Kal'tsit was a researcher, and as a researcher, she couldn't possibly be uninterested in the unknown.

"Are you really going to do this?" Lin Ye asked Shanling.

Shining nodded: "This is Liz's wish, and it is also my wish, but before that, there is something I want to confirm."

"what?"

"Can you use your abilities on everyone?" Shining asked. "Can you enter everyone's dreams?"

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment: "I really haven't tried this before, because I haven't touched any other sleeping person with my hands since Liz."

“In that case, I’ll be next,” Shining said. “Before you enter Liz’s dream, try entering mine first.”

Lin Ye was initially surprised by Shining's decision, but quickly realized it seemed quite normal. His abilities definitely required more test samples; only with more test samples could the potential risks to Liz be minimized.

This seemed to have been planned beforehand, and Lin Guang chimed in, "I'll join too."

“I couldn’t possibly miss out on something this fun,” Furong said with a smile, raising her hand.

Although Yan Rong didn't speak, he clearly shared the same decision as his sister.

This actually relieved Lin Ye: "I thought you were planning to let me use my ability on Liz right now."

“If we can get enough samples today, it’s not impossible,” Shining said. “Because I heard that when you first used your ability, you finished in less than a minute.”

It was over in less than a minute...

Lin Ye always felt that Shining's words were easy to misunderstand, but he didn't want to explain, because that would make him seem a bit dirty-minded.

"Alright then." Lin Ye nodded. "Since you've decided, who wants to go first?"

“I’ll go first,” Shining said. “I’ll take the sleeping pills later, and then you can try using your abilities on me after I fall asleep. Fleur and Lava will use equipment to monitor your and my mental state. Based on your previous experiences, I might wake up after suffering a severe mental shock like Liz, or I might be completely unharmed like Inspector Chen from Lungmen, right?”

"I don't know what state Officer Chen from Longmen is in either; she didn't tell me."

“At least it won’t be like Liz,” Shining said, then took the sleeping pills from Fleur. “It could also be a Sarkaz trait? Who knows, we’ll just have to try them one by one.”

With that, Shining drank the sleeping pills, and then said to Lin Ye, "This drug doesn't have as much effect on Sarkaz as it does on other races, so it might take me a while to fall asleep. If you're bored, you can go find Liz."

Where is Liz?

"She's sleeping, she hasn't gotten up yet," Yan Rong said. "You're here too early today."

"Okay, then I won't bother her."

Just as Shining said, the sleeping pills didn't work very well for Sarkaz. She took five or six stronger pills in a row, but it still took her almost half an hour to fall asleep.

After Shining fell asleep, Hibiscus and Flamebringer immediately used the testing equipment on Shining.

"It's your turn, Dr. Lin Ye." Lin Guang looked at Lin Ye.

Lin Ye nodded, took a deep breath, walked to Shanling's side, and then, under everyone's gaze, gently took Shanling's hand.

One second, five seconds, ten seconds.

Half a minute passed.

Nothing happened.

Just as Lin Ye was wondering whether it was because Shining hadn't fallen asleep yet, or because his ability hadn't worked, his mind went blank and everything went black.

Then I heard a cacophony of noises, mixed with angry roars.

He opened his eyes and found himself standing on a battlefield filled with smoke and fire, surrounded by the corpses of Sarkaz warriors.

Is this... Shining's dream?

Just as Lin Ye had this thought, he heard footsteps behind him. He immediately turned around and saw an extremely familiar face, beautiful yet cold, with obsidian-like eyes reflecting the bloody battlefield.

“The Shining…” He had just uttered the name of the Shining.

Then I saw Flash draw his sword.

A white light flashed.