Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 609 - 75 The Transformation of Zhou Hongyu

Zhou Hongyu underwent a Sea of Consciousness examination at the Zhendong Army medical research base.

If Yan Yu were still here, he would recognize that the supervisor in charge of Zhou Hongyu’s treatment was none other than Professor Yang, who had helped him punish the Enchantress before.

Unfortunately, faced with the ace of the Pingxi Army, this time Professor Yang didn’t dare to engage in any trickery and swiftly removed the residual karma from her Sea of Consciousness.

"The so-called karma, based on the current data, seems to be something similar to emotional obsession," he explained to the visiting members of the Huofeng Team, "Simply put, it’s as if someone used an unknown method to implant a large amount of believers’ religious worship emotions into Captain Zhou’s Sea of Consciousness."

"That’s why she said she heard many monks chanting." Zhang Huaide expressed understanding, "Will there be any corresponding sequelae?"

"That’s still unclear." Professor Yang had learned his lesson and didn’t dare to give any specific probabilities, "The only certainty is, the sooner it’s removed, the better."

Zhang Huaide was somewhat speechless. He saw that the other party was afraid of taking responsibility, so he didn’t dare give a definite prognosis, and thought that upon returning to the Pingxi Army’s research base, they would still need to conduct another examination.

"Captain Zhou, how are you feeling now?" Qin Meng asked with concern.

"I’m fine," Zhou Hongyu said lightly.

Having reunited with her teammates, she was no longer the girl who had been mercilessly bullied and manipulated by Yan Yu. The current Zhou Hongyu had reverted to the domineering and reticent Captain Zhou!

"I told you so!" Tang Xiaolian said with a beaming smile, "With Captain Yan on the case, there was sure to be no problem."

"Are you and Yan Yu close?" Zhou Hongyu asked suddenly.

Everyone was startled by her words, and Tang Xiaolian also felt an indescribable sense of terrifying crisis, hurriedly chuckling in explanation:

"Not that close, just worried about you being in danger out there, so I sent him several messages begging him to make sure to lend a hand..."

Zhou Hongyu, aware of her own slip of the tongue, quickly fell silent and adopted a cool, goddess-like demeanor. Since she usually didn’t talk much and was distant toward Yan Yu, everyone thought she was "unwilling to admit that she was rescued by Yan Yu" and began to console her in a babble of voices:

"It’s okay, it’s okay, Xiao Lian was just overly worried, how could Captain Zhou encounter any trouble..."

Only the contemplative Zhang Huaide quietly pushed up his glasses.

No, Captain Zhou’s statement could be interpreted in two ways: one was that she cared about Tang Xiaolian establishing a too close relationship with people outside of their team; the other was that she didn’t want Yan Yu to get too intimate with other women, in other words, what people often call jealousy...

Logically, the first interpretation seemed more likely, as there was a competitive relationship between the two teams, and with Captain Zhou always having the obsession to beat Captain Yan, she would naturally worry about Tang Xiaolian inadvertently leaking team intelligence during casual conversations.

As for the second interpretation... at the moment, there didn’t seem to be any romantic involvement between Captain Zhou and Yan Yu, but it couldn’t be ruled out that on this rescue mission, the two may have developed feelings for each other.

Directly asking Captain Zhou would not yield an answer, might as well probe Captain Yan later.

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Yan Yu returned to the Mysterious Realm using Sword Control, and shortly after passing through the entrance, he received a message from Zhang Huaide:

"Captain Yan, was the rescue operation fairly smooth?"

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"Of course," Yan Yu replied promptly, "Isn’t Captain Zhou unharmed?"

"Haha, I didn’t mean anything else, just curious about what exactly happened."

"I see, then let me tell you." Yan Yu typed, "Your Captain Zhou almost got captured and refined into a Buddha Mother; there was a powerful Magic Treasure on the other side that could envelop a person and then confine and refine them instantly, but luckily I was one step ahead and took down my opponent with a single blow."

Zhang Huaide:......

Communicating with Captain Yan was like this; the good thing was that he wouldn’t remain silent like Captain Zhou, but the downside was that he was very likely to talk through his hat, mixing truth with fiction in a way that completely befuddled you.

"Thanks for your help this time, Captain Yan." Zhang Huaide pondered for a moment, then continued to probe, "I feel like Captain Zhou’s attitude towards you has improved quite a lot."

"Being handsome has its advantages," Yan Yu responded, "Even if there were any misunderstandings, given the handsome face across from them, many girls would choose to forgive. If you’re envious of me, Xiao Zhang, start by thinking about removing those glasses of yours. Still nearsighted after Marrow Cleansing? That’s just a joke, isn’t it?"

Zhang Huaide didn’t know what to say for a moment and finally typed:

"So you mean to say, Captain Zhou fell for you because you’re handsome?"

"Haha, I wouldn’t know about that, you should ask Zhou Hongyu," Yan Yu said, "Whether she loves me or not, only she knows best."

"So you’re saying you can’t rule out that possibility." Zhang Huaide said.

"Of course, you’re a science major, Xiao Zhang, you should know that anything that hasn’t been disproven is possible," Yan Yu replied impeccably.

Zhang Huaide fell silent for a moment, then decided to just speak the truth, otherwise this beating around the bush seemed endless:

"Captain Zhou is somewhat concerned about your relationship with Xiao Lian, I haven’t seen her like this before, so I want to know what happened between you two on this mission."

"Oh, she must be jealous then," Yan Yu’s message came back quickly, "Oh dear, that girl, she’s really too petty. Xiao Lian and I are just ordinary friends. I can export all our chat records for her to check, with no deletions or omissions, I guarantee it."

"Being jealous presupposes that she likes you," Zhang Huaide typed, "Can you be sure of that?"