The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Therefore, the relationship between Cocolia and their alliance is not very solid.

So what should we do next? Recalling the content of the communication not long ago, Walter was absent-mindedly lost in thought while giving a lecture.

Just as Walter Yang was lost in thought, in another corner of St. Freya's College, in the medical room.

Following the staff's instructions, Ji Zi lay down in the examination cabin of the medical room.

Although Theresa had all kinds of doubts and confusion about Ji Zi's sudden request for a comprehensive physical examination, she did not refuse Ji Zi's request out of concern for her friend.

After the first class, Theresa and Jizi came to the medical room located in the west of the teaching building, near the outer circle lake. The staff who had been on standby at Theresa's appointment opened the testing cabin and let Jizi enter.

Time passed by minute by minute, and soon, the medical staff completed Ji Zi's full body examination.

As soon as the door of the test chamber was opened, Ji Zi sat up and asked impatiently: "How is it? Is there anything wrong with my body?"

"..."

Silence fell.

The staff member, who was speechless for a moment, did not answer Ji Zi's question, but just looked at the report on the screen with some astonishment.

The content displayed on it made this medical worker, who had been paying close attention to Ji Zi's physical condition, fall into a rare state of lack of confidence in the professional knowledge he had learned.

"What's going on?" Seeing the staff member's shattered outlook, Theresa looked worried and couldn't help asking in surprise, "Is it good or bad? Give us a result no matter what. Don't worry, both Jizi and I are warriors who are used to seeing life and death, and we are also prepared to face any bad news."

But the person still did not answer. Under the puzzled gazes of Theresa and Jizi, she raised her head, looked at Jizi blankly, then stood up quickly, came to the side of the inspection cabin, and checked it repeatedly. After confirming that the inspection cabin at least did not seem to have any problems, her originally dazed expression suddenly escalated into disbelief as if she had seen a ghost.

"Instead of saying something is wrong...Major Jizi, please answer me truthfully." The staff member swallowed his saliva and asked with difficulty in a somewhat dry voice: "Have you recently... received treatment from other people?"

"Ah, have you received treatment from other people?" Ji Zi was stunned and shook her head in confusion. "No, why did you come to this conclusion?"

"Uh... I may not have expressed myself clearly." The staff member raised his hand and awkwardly wrote something in the air. "Anyway, based on the test results, Major Jizi, except that your physical strength has increased slightly compared to the last test, there is nothing wrong with your body now."

She was silent for a moment, then added, "Also, if there is nothing wrong with the test chamber, the Honkai energy that has been eroding your body... seems to no longer have much of an effect on your body..."

"What does this mean?" Ji Zi raised her eyebrows, "Can the Honkai in my body be weakened?"

"If it was just because the Honkai energy was weakened, I wouldn't think you were treated by another doctor with superb medical skills." The medical worker said with a wooden face, "It is because it has not been weakened that I feel it is quite incredible."

"What's going on?" Theresa frowned.

"I have been fortunate enough to be responsible for Major Jizi's physical examination, care, and treatment. Therefore, to be frank, I know Major Jizi's current physical condition better than the major and the dean." The worker smacked his lips. "If it weren't for the DNA comparison that confirmed that you were indeed Major Jizi, I would have thought that I was testing someone else's body."

Jizi narrowed her eyes, hugged her arms across her chest, and nodded: "Go on."

"As one of the participants in the artificial stigmata surgery, Major Himeko, you should know that although artificial stigmata can give the Valkyries a certain degree of Honkai resistance, in essence, they are still products of Honkai." The worker said, "The operating principle of the natural stigmata developed by Tianming is the same as that of the Honkai inhibitor. They both use some method to allow controllable Honkai to counter the uncontrollable Honkai."

"...Of course I know that even if it is Destiny, there is no way to save the Valkyries who are corroded by the Honkai energy of the artificial stigmata and eventually lose their humanity." Jizi nodded and said softly, "Because the Honkai energy inhibitor developed by Destiny has no effect on the Valkyries corroded by the artificial stigmata. Instead, it will accelerate their transformation into dead soldiers and speed up their destruction."

"That's why, even with the Honkai inhibitor, Bishop Otto has been working on researching Honkai serum, which has a completely different principle from the inhibitor." The worker agreed with Jizi's words and said, "But let's not talk about this for now, Major Jizi, what I'm going to say next... is very important to all Valkyries who have artificial stigmata implanted, so please think carefully before answering me."

This dedicated medical worker asked in a very serious manner: "Excuse me, Major Himeko, how did you strengthen your Honkai resistance?"

Chapter 4: Qiana:? Yulandel:? Xilin:? (k)

"Strengthen your resistance to Honkai energy?" Jizi was surprised.

"Although I don't know how the major did it, judging from your current physical condition, the erosion caused by the collapse of the artificial stigmata can no longer have any effect on you... I can guarantee that before this, your body was absolutely unable to do this." The medical worker whispered in a calm tone: "Your resistance to Honkai energy has increased dramatically, and your physical fitness has also improved significantly because you have fully adapted to the Honkai energy in your body. Even from your current performance, your body is still far from reaching the upper limit of Honkai energy that it can withstand..."

"This means that not only has the life span issue been resolved, but you now even have considerable room for growth." The medical worker stared at Ji Zi's expression. "If this technology can be applied to these Valkyries who originally had artificial stigmata implanted to fight against Honkai..."

She shut her mouth halfway through her speech because she believed that both Theresa and Muliangta Himeko could understand what she meant through her words.

The medical room was quiet. After hearing the serious words of the medical worker who had always been familiar with Ji Zi's physical condition, Theresa walked to the door silently, looked around, and locked the door after confirming that there was no one nearby.

Ji Zi frowned deeply, and with a gloomy expression, she began to recall everything that had happened to her recently.

As a Valkyrie who has poor talent and a natural lack of resistance to Honkai, and therefore must implant artificial stigmata in her body in order to fight Honkai, she is of course well aware that the answer to this question may even have the potential to change the world.

But after careful thinking, she couldn't find the answer to this problem at all.

Could it be that what he did to my body last night... was this...

But...what's the reason? Ji Zi was puzzled.

Even if we count from the time in Changkong City when she and Theresa drove the Hyperion to bring Li Shubai, Kiana and the others to Saint Freya, she and Li Shubai had known each other for no more than a week.

If you count the time the two people spent together, it hasn't even exceeded twenty-four hours.

For this reason, even after completing the South China Sea mission, Ji Zi was not able to completely entrust her trust to this outstanding male student. She also believed that Theresa must have similar thoughts, but due to the positions of Kiana and Yulandel, Theresa, as their relative, found it difficult to put such suspicions into action.

Since Theresa can't be the bad guy, then let herself be the bad guy... This is also one of the main reasons why Ji Zi invited Li Shubai to live with her in the same room last night.

Although Ji Zi's behavior was mainly for the same purpose as Lost Rose guessed, it was to stimulate Xilin's emotions so that she could realize her love for Li Shubai as soon as possible.

Even if Ji Zi has never actually been in a relationship, from a third party's perspective, Xilin's attachment to and possessiveness of Li Shubai are too obvious.

In order to allow the Herrscher of the Void, whom she had just met, to form a relationship with Li Shubai that was close enough to be difficult to sever, Ji Zi decided to do her best to bring about a romance between them.

Compared with the survival of most human beings, Ji Zi subconsciously put Li Shubai's personal feelings in a secondary position... What's more, with Xilin's beautiful face that is exactly the same as Kiana, and Li Shubai obviously doesn't hate Xilin, even if she really brought this couple together, Ji Zi didn't think that Li Shubai would suffer any loss.

But in addition to wanting to bring them together, Ji Zi's other purpose was to be able to monitor Li Shubai's every move with her naked eyes from a close distance.

Even if Li Shubai hated her because of this incident, it was no big deal for Ji Zi.

But now... in this medical room, someone told her that her body, which had not much time left to live, had been healed?

Although Ji Zi currently has no actual evidence that her body was cured by Li Shubai, after thinking hard for a while and eliminating one possibility after another, Ji Zi inevitably linked the changes in her body to the abnormal situation she encountered last night.

Looking at Ji Zi's slightly complicated expression, Theresa tilted her head and showed a somewhat puzzled expression.

She couldn't help but ask, "Ji Zi, what happened? Since early this morning, you seemed to be acting a little strange, and you came to me for no apparent reason and told me that you wanted to have a physical examination or something..."

"Really?" Ji Zi touched her face and said with a somewhat disappointed tone, "Maybe it is true. After all, suddenly knowing that the problem that has troubled me for a long time has been solved without any signs, no matter who I am, it is probably difficult to keep a normal mind in a short period of time."

Just as Theresa said, Jizi's mood now is more complicated than ever before.

If you ask her how she feels now, she must be somewhat happy.

No matter what, a person who is already preparing for his or her death will instinctively feel relaxed and happy after learning that he or she does not have to die. Even Ji Zi is no exception to this, after all, she does not really want to die.

But on another level, if someone asked her if she was happy now, Jizi would find it difficult to nod easily.

After all, what happened to her was so inexplicable that Ji Zi was unable to calm down for a while, and the whole thing revealed a weird atmosphere that she could hardly understand.

"Isn't this a good thing?" Theresa said in a somewhat incomprehensible way, "Since your physical problem has been solved, then be frank and happy. If the solution is really difficult for you to talk about..."

After saying that, Theresa turned her gaze towards the medical worker.

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, after seeing Theresa's look, the medical worker nodded, stood up sensibly, and then left the medical room.

"No, it's not that I feel there is anything difficult to say, but I don't know how to express it correctly..." Looking at the medical worker closing the door of the medical room, Ji Zi shook her head and denied Theresa's words.

After a brief hesitation, she spoke uncertainly, "Anyway, if you're asking me if I know how the artificial stigmata's body was solved, I can only answer that I don't know the specific situation, but I do have a clue."

Theresa frowned, the confusion in her eyes growing more and more intense.

"What do you mean you don't know the details?" Theresa asked, "Don't you know what your body has done?"

"That's the truth." Ji Zi spread her hands. "Specifically... Didn't I plan to monitor Li Shubai last night? But at a certain point in time, I suddenly fell asleep for no apparent reason. When I woke up, I found that my body always felt different from before. So in the morning, I asked you to find a time to check your body."

"If anyone has tampered with my body recently...it should have been only last night," said Ji Zi.

"Ah? Wait? Spy on Li Shubai?" Theresa opened her mouth slightly and asked in confusion, "Why do you want to spy on him?"

"?" Now it was Ji Zi's turn to not understand. She slowly typed a question mark, and looking at Theresa's genuine confusion and surprise, she couldn't help but be stunned.

After being stunned for a long while, Ji Zi asked back: "Aren't you going to monitor him?"

Theresa answered without any hesitation: "Why should we monitor him? He must be on our side. I didn't ask you to monitor Li Shubai, did I? Wait..."

Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something, and asked anxiously: "... Could it be that after you took the initiative to monitor him, he discovered you?"

"No..." Being questioned by Theresa in such an anxious tone, Ji Zi was a little confused. "Why are you so anxious? And, isn't it our common plan to monitor this student of unknown origin?"

"He has unknown origins? I'm Li Shubai's man, and he still has unknown origins? Then what am I?" Theresa asked an outrageous question without thinking.

Crack. In an instant, the air in the medical room froze.

Along with the atmosphere, Theresa's thoughts, who realized what she had said, and Himeko's thoughts, who understood what she had heard, also froze.

What did this guy just say? Ji Zi stared at Theresa blankly, and her whole body was in a state of shutdown.

What did I just say? Theresa lowered her head in a daze.

Then, after about half a minute of silence.

"No, no, no... You misunderstood me! That's not what I meant." Theresa waved her hands hurriedly, her forehead covered with fine beads of sweat.

"That's not what I meant..." Jizi smacked her lips, "...what else could it mean?"

She was completely confused now.

What does this mean? While she was still wary of Li Shubai, her commander had already become his? Ji Zi opened her mouth wide, feeling her jaw drop to the ground. My goodness, what kind of outrageous taboo plot is this? What on earth happened when she wasn't paying attention?

Could this be the reason why Li Shubai forced her to sleep last night? Ji Zi thought.

"It's my fault for not explaining it to you in advance. Anyway..." Theresa covered her red face and whispered in an almost inaudible voice, "...you just need to know that Li Shubai is fine. He can't possibly have any ill intentions towards St. Freya's College."

"Where's the evidence?" Ji Zi rolled her eyes and said unhappily, "Could it be that he is also your relative like Kiana and Yulandel... That's not right. Li Shubai is from Shenzhou, and his parents are both high-ranking officials of ME Company. He should have no relationship with Kaslana and Apokalis, right?"

"What nonsense are you thinking about?" Theresa complained weakly.

"Then tell me why he must be one of us!" Jizi glared at Theresa. "You can't trust him completely just based on your words! I wonder if you've been bewitched by him?"

"Well, evidence... let me think about it..." Theresa frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly clapped her hands, "Does it count if he helped you solve your lifespan problem?"

"Ah?" Ji Zi was stunned. She almost instinctively wanted to refute, but suddenly stopped talking.

Indeed, according to Theresa's logic, if Li Shubai, herself and St. Freya's College were in opposition to each other, then there would be no reason for him to heal his enemy.

"Besides, you really misunderstood what I said just now." Theresa was a little tired, "It's just that because of some things, I became a superior and subordinate with Li Shubai."

"You accepted Li Shubai and made him a member of the Far East branch? Wouldn't you have said so earlier?" Ji Zi said, "That explains it. I understand the principle of not employing people you doubt and not doubting people you employ. If you decided to formally recruit him into the Far East branch after careful consideration, then my surveillance behavior is indeed..."

"Well... well, that's not the case." Ji Zi's judgment made Theresa's young face slightly blush.

Although she had already acknowledged her identity as a crew member under Li Shubai's name last night, it was still a little difficult for Theresa to talk about this matter with Ji Zi, who was very familiar with her.

But she still had to make it clear what she needed to say, so after hesitating for a long time, Theresa said resignedly, "I have become Li Shubai's subordinate..."

"You, the commander of the Far East branch? You became Li Shubai's subordinate?" Ji Zi slowly asked a question mark, "Why? Does that boy have some kind of magic power? First it was Rita, then it was the Herrscher of the Void, Xilin, and now even you have fallen for him?"

"I told you that's not the case!" Theresa said angrily, "I just need his strength to solve the problem with Kiana!"

"What happened to Kiana?" Ji Zi raised an eyebrow.

"I'll explain the problem with Kiana to you in detail later. Anyway... let's get back to your business first." Theresa shook her hands and asked irritably, "Don't you want to know why Li Shubai solved your problem without making any noise?"

"Yes, I want to know." Ji Zi nodded, "You know the answer to this question."

"It's simple." Theresa said calmly and matter-of-factly, "Because he likes you."

Ji Zi: "?"

Chapter 4 Theresa's Self-Destruction (k)

At ten o'clock in the morning, the midday sun shone through the glass window, illuminating Wuliangta Jizi's expression which was a mixture of astonishment and confusion.

There was a slight smell of disinfectant in the air, and the atmosphere in the ward fell into a silent silence, with only the beeping sound of the detector.

Compared with Kiana and other young girls in their prime, although she has never been in a relationship since childhood, her deeper resume and life experience still make it difficult for the middle-aged Himeko Murata to look at the matter of love with a similar mentality as a girl.

If in the eyes of Kiana, Yulandel and Xilin, like is like and dislike is dislike, for Wuliangta Jizi, what she cares more about is whether two people can get along well and whether they can live comfortably and happily when they are together, rather than the subjective emotional "like and dislike".

From this perspective, Muromachi Himeko's view on love is actually quite similar to Li Shubai's.

However, compared to those things, what made Ji Zi more confused and shocked now was the fact that she suddenly learned from Theresa that "Li Shubai likes her".

But Jizi is Jizi after all, not a girl like Kiana and the others. She soon struggled out of the momentary confusion.

After she regained her senses, she immediately expressed her doubts about Theresa's words.

"You can't just joke about this, my lovely dean." Ji Zi took a deep breath and looked at Theresa seriously with a calm gaze, but she pretended to be relaxed and said, "You should know that I've always been looking for a good man who can have a good relationship with me. If you say Li Shubai likes me, I will really take it seriously."

"But I'm not kidding. Why do you think so? Based on your understanding of me, do you think I'd make such a joke?" Theresa said calmly, "Although I can't explain the details to you in detail now due to a certain agreement, I can tell you very clearly that Li Shubai really likes you."

After saying that, Theresa thought for a moment and added, "Not just you, he also likes me, Qiana, Yulandel, and Xilin, and many people you don't know."

Last night, when Li Shubai allowed Yulandel to reveal to Theresa what happened on the Hyperion, there were two things he didn't expect.

One of the points is that Theresa and Kiana did not learn everything about Li Shubai from Yulandel, but from other members of the Hyperion after entering the Hyperion.