The First Analyst of the Interstellar Era

Chapter 66 : White Sand Sky Pillar Sea Domain

Suddenly being called out, an ominous feeling surged, and Zhou Chen immediately opened his eyes, meeting the gazes of the analyst and Commander. With a glance, he saw Gu Qinxue and Puluo also looking at him. He couldn't help but hug himself vigilantly: "What... are you planning to do?!"

Chen Sui jumped down from the mecha's knee, wiping the dust from her hands as she walked towards him.

"Do what? You haven't noticed anything yourself?" Chen Sui deliberately kept him in suspense. Gu Qinxue glanced at Zhou Chen, and seeing his reaction, slightly curled her lips, revealing a faint smile.

Zhou Chen looked blankly at Gu Qinxue, then somewhat helplessly at Xie Chunshi, watching the analyst approach with a playful expression. He nervously shrank back, "Wait, what have you been plotting behind my back?"

Chen Sui had a ball of energy gathered in her hand. As she approached, she said impatiently: "We're planning to have you challenge the Sky Pillar."

After saying this, not giving Zhou Chen time to widen his eyes, she continued: "Sit properly. Your core crystal energy is overflowing, and you haven't noticed at all?"

As Chen Sui said this, her mind quickly flashed through her own core crystal overflow situations—once during her awakening period, and once recently during the pre-competition period. She shook her head.

Zhou Chen's situation was different from hers.

This kind of trace left by massive damage after awakening would cause great consequences for the awakened.

Zhou Chen was instinctively surprised for a second. As some energy released, his brain was struck with severe pain. He clutched his head, "Really? Ow... I guess there is something."

Chen Sui opened the energy simulation device. The base station isolated the energy field environment to prevent chaotic energy fields from affecting the healing effect, so they could only concentrate energy purity through the simulation device.

Seeing the green energy approach, Zhou Chen instinctively leaned back. Gu Qinxue beside him, quick-eyed and swift-handed, immediately pressed his shoulders, pushing him against the chair back. Puluo also quickly stepped forward, one hand restraining Zhou Chen's hands.

Being firmly pressed to the chair by his teammates, Zhou Chen's face flashed with horror: "Wait, is this spiritual healing?"

"Don't mess around, why are you tying my hands? Puluo, why are you pinning my feet?"

His eyes darted around, finally landing on the Commander: "Leader, leader, aren't you going to stop this?!"

Puluo's body was like a giant clamp, locking Zhou Chen's legs and hands, while Gu Qinxue pressed him against the chair back from the side.

Chen Sui's face suddenly displayed an obvious smile, looking quite pleased with herself.

Under the competition recording equipment, countless people on StarNet watched as the small analyst raised a ball of energy in her palm, speaking softly and smiling eerily: "Go ahead and scream. Today, even if you scream your throat raw, you're still getting this spiritual healing."

[...silence from everyone]

[What kind of good person does spiritual healing like this?!]

[The analysts who've done healing for me were all gentle as a spring breeze, incredibly kind. Help! Even machines would wrap silk ribbons around my hands before tying them, who understands!]

[She doesn't look like she's doing healing, she looks like she's about to beat Zhou Chen up...]

[Try to understand, I've been saying all along that Zhu Jing Fu's analyst is unusual]

Xie Chunshi, being called by Zhou Chen's stretched voice, looked at him now firmly controlled, his helpless tone hiding a bit of not-so-obvious schadenfreude: "This is all for your own good, just... bear with it?"

Zhou Chen looked at him with utter shock, shouting: "Xie Chunshi, listen to what you're saying! Why is it that everyone has core crystal damage, but only I'm being tied up for healing!"

"Suisui, mmph... mmph mmph..." Zhou Chen suddenly looked hopefully at Chen Sui, just about to say something when a clearly-jointed large hand reached from the side, covering his mouth tightly.

This scene was broadcast live, accompanied by Zhou Chen's pig-slaughter-like screams.

The barrage was filled with various comments, and even the three judges in the main control room, who had suddenly switched to Zhu Jing Fu's screen, curiously paused.

Hearing the military academy student's painful voice, Zhao Loulan looked up, her bangs falling down both sides of her face, her voice naturally imposing: "What are they doing?"

In the competition rules, it was strictly prohibited to harm teammates.

Jian Run, who had been watching Zhu Jing Fu in his small window and knew the ins and outs, was about to explain when Ji Qing spoke: "They're giving this student spiritual healing..."

Chen Sui's energy enveloped Zhou Chen, her eyes as calm as water, making Ji Qing secretly alarmed.

For analysts, the spiritual healing process demands very high energy control, especially if the healing subject is a high-level awakened or fellow analyst. Entering their spiritual threshold can easily trigger invasion alarms, disturbing the core crystal to release energy.

The healing process is also very difficult because spiritual healing involves entering the spiritual threshold to organize energy, easily forming resonance with the other's core crystal. Many awakened consider spiritual healing an invasion of privacy, and their hearts instinctively reject it, leading to attacks during the healing process.

But Ji Qing saw that Zhou Chen, who had been frowning with a somewhat disgusted expression, showed a much more relaxed expression as the layers of green energy fluctuations entered him. His tense muscles also showed signs of relaxation.

Only when the analyst touched the scars would he tense up again due to pain and cry out.

This student was indeed a talented analyst.

Ji Qing thought secretly, while also feeling somewhat regretful...

She wasn't on the mainstream analyst path.

Thinking of this, he seemed to recall something, his eyes carrying a hint of nostalgia.

Throughout history, the analyst world hasn't seen many geniuses, but it seems that without exception, they all took the strong attacker path.

No wonder He Lanyi was so certain about the deep path back then. This road is a genius's dead end; for others with slightly less talent, it's seeking death.

Just not sure if this analyst is qualified enough.

Ji Qing appraised Chen Sui.

On the other side, Zhao Loulan, reminded by him, remembered Zhou Chen and Gu Qinxue's situation, her eyes flashing with understanding.

Jian Run, watching this process, grinned widely whenever Zhou Chen screamed, clearly enjoying it.

"So miserable, so miserable. Everyone who undergoes spiritual healing can't escape such suffering," Jian Run's schadenfreude was very obvious since he wasn't the one being healed.

The healing process is very uncomfortable. With two energies fighting in the spiritual threshold, the headache can't just be described as splitting; it's more like wanting to tear your head in two to end it all.

But as he continued watching, Jian Run noticed something odd, "Huh? This Zhou Chen is quite resilient? Why do I feel like his healing is going so smoothly?"

Seeing Zhou Chen relax, not only Jian Run thought this way, but even the barrage found it strange.

A person's instinctive reactions can't be faked.

As time passed and the healing progressed, Zhou Chen obviously relaxed, even showing a contented, enjoying expression.

The three people from Zhu Jing Fu helping to restrain him felt this change most clearly.

Chen Sui's energy wandered through Zhou Chen's spiritual threshold as easily and comfortably as in her own backyard. Sometimes she could trigger fragments of Zhou Chen's memories, but she would just gently pass over them, then begin to organize his chaotic energy and soothe his core crystal according to spiritual healing theory.

She also divided her attention to monitor Zhou Chen's actions. Seeing his body relax, she glanced at Puluo, indicating that he could release his restraint on Zhou Chen.

Puluo hesitated somewhat: "If he moves around later, he might hurt you."

Chen Sui shook her head unconcernedly: "It's fine, his energy has stabilized."

At these words, all three who were still clear-headed looked at her.

"So quickly?" Gu Qinxue raised an eyebrow.

She had experienced spiritual healing, though it was long-term and included repairs to the core crystal.

But each process was torturous and lengthy.

Chen Sui nodded, as if talking about a most ordinary thing: "The core crystal has already calmed down, organizing the energy is all that's needed, it'll take another hour or two. Let him lie in a comfortable position and take a little nap."

Take a little nap.

These four words had a huge impact.

It was the first time anyone had heard someone describe the spiritual healing process as taking a little nap.

Xie Chunshi and Gu Qinxue tentatively released their pressure on Zhou Chen, and the two were surprised to discover------

This guy actually didn't resist.

He even seemed to comfortably slide down.

"When did spiritual healing become so comfortable..."

Gu Qinxue puzzledly whispered.

Xie Chunshi glanced at her, laying Zhou Chen horizontally on the bench, allowing the analyst's energy to wash over him layer by layer. Observing Zhou Chen's expression out of the corner of his eye, seeing him remain quietly relaxed, he couldn't help but be surprised.

"It must be because of the analyst."

Chen Sui sat on the other end of the bench, one hand propping up her head, the other delivering energy.

But her eyes were on the mecha, verbally instructing Puluo on which tools to use and which parts of the mecha to repair.

It was as if what she was doing wasn't the spiritual healing process that requires an analyst's full concentration, extreme tension, and vigilance against the healing subject's potential violent resistance.

Xie Chunshi and Gu Qinxue were organizing their resource situation. Seeing Gu Qinxue constantly looking back, Xie Chunshi pointed it out.

Gu Qinxue's hand movements paused, her light pupils flashing with light, her gaze drifting far away as she said softly: "He did healing with me before. Master Larnor said his injury was very severe, his resistance too strong. Energy infusion could only proceed slowly, continuing for over a year before the side effects subsided. During subsequent episodes, we changed analysts several times. Zhou Chen's reactions were very strong. This is the first time he's completed the healing process so quickly."

"And he has no rejection sense at all," Xie Chunshi pointed out the most crucial point.

This indicated that Chen Sui's spiritual threshold energy was very special, completely lacking any sense of invasion.

Either her energy was extremely similar to the healing subject's,

Or she could completely achieve non-interference between her energy and the healing subject's spiritual threshold and core crystal energy.

But both of these were too improbable.

Xie Chunshi could only think of the most reasonable explanation: Chen Sui's rare attribute might have another special aspect.

The barrage, watching the whole process, understood how remarkable Zhou Chen's current calmness was, especially those who had undergone spiritual healing.

No one could walk out of an analyst's healing room smiling. To protect analysts from being harmed by awakened energy turbulence during the healing process, the Star Alliance designed healing rooms that looked like interrogation chambers, with limbs restrained and the person tied in a closed energy isolation chamber. Once turbulence occurred, the chamber door would close.

Many awakened couldn't face their own frenzied appearance or accept the damaged self-esteem from being peered into during healing.

But now, Zhou Chen's ease made many people think of their own healing experiences, followed by a sense of imbalance.

Analysts thought even more, wondering if Chen Sui had a special healing method, or if her energy had a high similarity with Zhou Chen's spiritual threshold, allowing such good integration?

The barrage generated many speculations, but as time passed, they were replaced by another topic.

[Well well, Ink Hills has also come to the North Base Station. Why are they still using the boat? Do they have that much energy?]

[Zhu Jing Fu came by Sky Pillar, Ink Hills by boat. The Sky Pillar is still faster]

[Ink Hills also encountered the Sky Pillar. They originally wanted to ride it, but Zhang Yingjie wasn't sure of the Sky Pillar's landing point, so they didn't, just to be safe]

[Zhang Yingjie is too cautious, that man is absolutely watertight]

[Where is Ink Hills now?]

[Still a way to go, the sailing vessel isn't that fast. If they meet Zhu Jing Fu again, that would truly be fate]

But the second meeting that the barrage was thinking about didn't happen. Before the sun set, Zhou Chen, who had taken a little nap, woke up.