Chapter 152: Everyone Has Been Poisoned
Shi An’an heard Yi De’s words, and the corner of her mouth twitched uncontrollably.
“Cough, you should still be able to live for a long time. I don’t know about this either; it depends on how much lifespan you have left,” Shi An’an explained.
“Hm? What do you mean?” Yi De didn’t understand.
Liu Wei and the others breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed the problem wasn’t big.
“In your bodies, I discovered a kind of toxin. This toxin has no effect on the body, but it has a great impact on mental power,” Shi An’an said straightforwardly.
“Toxin?!”
“Yes, not only you all—yours is more severe, and you all!” Shi An’an turned to look at the others behind her.
Grandpa Ling and the others were looked at by Shi An’an until they were all nervous. Ling Xi stammered, “Do we… we also have it?”
“Yes.” Shi An’an nodded.
“Impossible! I’ve lived to such an old age, and my mental power is very stable…”
“Yeah, I think there’s nothing wrong with my body either,” Grandmother Lin also said.
The others chimed in agreement.
An Yun frowned and looked at Liu Wei beside her. “Uncle Liu, we’ve done many checks before, and nothing was ever found…”
Liu Wei nodded. “I know. It’s not your problem. Before, in the legion and at the sanatorium, we did very detailed checks, and no issues were found.”
Shi An’an looked at Older Sister and walked up to her. “Older Sister, there’s no toxin in your body.”
Shi Anxin had been very uneasy at heart, but upon hearing Younger Sister’s words, she breathed a sigh of relief. However, when everyone’s gazes were on her, she frowned.
“Is my problem even bigger?” Shi Anxin asked uncertainly.
Hearing Older Sister’s question, Shi An’an laughed. “Where’s the problem? No toxin means you’re fine. What are you thinking?”
Shi An’an turned to look at Sheng Rong. Seeing his expectant gaze, she nodded to him.
Seeing this, Sheng Rong immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Good, good—he wasn’t poisoned either.
Shi An’an looked at Lin Jinmo and shook her head to him as well, but Lele…
Shi Lele watched from the side, scratching her head. “Why?”
Sheng Rong immediately guessed the reason and hesitated as he looked at Shi An’an. “Is it because we learned that method of yours for practicing mental power?”
“Yes.” Shi An’an nodded.
Hearing this, Shi Lele felt extremely guilty. She had also learned that method from Xin Xin before, but she hadn’t practiced it properly…
The others listened to the conversation between Shi An’an and the others, not understanding.
Shi An’an turned to the others. “I guess this toxin changes based on the extent to which you use mental power.
Like Grandpa Liu and you all—you’ve always been in the legion, on the battlefield, frequently using mental power, which activated the toxin’s erosion. So after a certain time, mental power will tend toward collapse.”
She then looked at Grandmother Lin and the others. “You all, due to work reasons, don’t use mental power often, so the toxin hasn’t been triggered and has always been latent in your bodies. But once you frequently use mental power, it starts acting…”
After Shi An’an finished speaking, the whole room fell silent.
At this moment, everyone’s hearts sank. They had never known there was toxin in their bodies. When was the poison administered? How was it done? They compared notes and had nothing in common.
Everyone fell into contemplation, constantly recalling why there was toxin in their bodies…
Gao Xin beside An Yun looked at everyone and hesitantly said, “Could it be something that every one of us has used? Otherwise, why would everyone have it in their bodies?”
As soon as Gao Xin spoke, everyone looked at him with utter horror on their faces.
Gao Xin was a bit at a loss under everyone’s stares and stammered, “I… I… just guessing…”
“No, it very well could be this reason.” Liu Wei looked grave.
Grandmother Lin’s hand trembled as she took out a tube of nutrient solution. “An’an, check if there’s poison in this.”
Seeing what Grandmother Lin took out, the others reacted and hurriedly pulled out the things they used every day, placing them on the table for Shi An’an to check.
Shi An’an checked everything on the table one by one and found no abnormalities.
Knowing the result, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
“Huh? What are you all gathered here doing?”
Suddenly, a surprised voice came from behind. Everyone turned to look and saw Shi Anlei and Ailin returning from somewhere.
Ailin looked at everyone’s unusual expressions and asked gravely, “What happened?”
An Yun was also very fond of her son’s favorite girl. She quickly pulled Ailin over, had Daughter check her, and explained everything beside her.
“What?!!!” Shi Anlei beside her was the first to not believe it.
“An’an, you must have made a mistake!”
Hearing Shi Anlei’s questioning words, Gao Jin Xiao raised her hand and smacked his head.
“You brat!”
Shi An’an checked the two and confirmed they also had the same toxin in their bodies.
Ailin’s expression fluctuated, then she took out a tube of medicine and handed it to Shi An’an.
“This is?” Shi An’an looked puzzled at the medicine Older Sister Ailin gave her—it was bright red like blood.
“This is…” Liu Wei looked at the familiar medicine, somewhat uncertain.
“Isn’t this the medicine we drank as kids to treat genetic diseases?” Grandpa Ling looked closely and said uncertainly.
Ailin’s face was stern. “Yes, every Federation citizen drank this medicine at two years old.”
“Linlin, isn’t this issued by the government? One tube per person—how do you have it?” Shi Anlei asked puzzled.
“This was taken for my little niece; I forgot to give it to her.” That day she had just picked up the medicine when the Minister called her away, then she boarded the starship to H11 Star without having time to deliver the medicine home.
“Indeed, we all drank this,” Li Changfeng said.
Under everyone’s gazes, Shi An’an opened the medicine, and a thick, fishy smell emanated from it.
Shi An’an frowned. Why did this medicine seem extracted from blood, but not like human blood…
At this point, Shi An’an didn’t need to check to know this medicine was highly problematic, toxin or not.
Shi An’an checked the medicine and looked at everyone, nodding heavily.
“Oh my god!”
“No way! How could it be!!!”
“Why? Why…”
“So this was deliberate—someone deliberately poisoned everyone!”
“Who? Who was it?”
…
Everyone was unable to accept it for a moment, their hearts filled with doubt and anger.
Liu Wei looked at Shi An’an, his voice somewhat pained. “An’an, can this toxin be cured?”
