Chapter 219 The Little Girl

Leaving the residence, Gu Shen arrived outside the gate.

Zhuang Su and Qi Mo had been waiting for a long time.

"Mr. Gu, the Child of Divine Grace, she..." Mr. Zhuang asked cautiously.

Gu Shen said softly, "She's asleep."

After a night of rushing and turmoil, Xiaoman had cried and then fallen into a deep sleep.

Mr. Zhuang oh-ed and then stopped talking.

"Although it's not appropriate to bring it up at this time, I still want to say..."

Seeing this, Qi Mo couldn't help but remind, "The blood extraction..."

Gu Shen smiled.

He knew Qi Mo had been thinking about this.

"Mr. Qi, see what this is?"

He raised his hand, the Flame of Vitality burning slowly in his palm. A ball of blood was being held up by the Flame of Vitality, floating freely in an irregular shape.

After Xiaoman fell asleep, Gu Shen checked her body for injuries and used the Flame of Vitality to draw out some of the accumulated blood.

"!"

Qi Mo's eyes lit up, and he quickly took out an extraction tube.

As far as he was concerned, as long as it was blood, it was fine...

He had been waiting too long for the genetic sequence and specific abilities of the "Child of Divine Grace." After Qi Mo extracted the blood, he rushed off towards the research institute without even saying goodbye!

Seeing this, Zhuang Su and Gu Shen exchanged glances and couldn't help but smile.

"He only has 'experiments' in his eyes..."

Mr. Zhuang said helplessly, "Mr. Gu, please don't be angry."

"Those who are noble should be respected."

Gu Shen said seriously, "Regarding the matter of the 'Child of Divine Grace'... it's not that simple. Did you see the child in the basket?"

"That child..."

Mr. Zhuang's expression became serious. After he uncovered the cotton cloth on the basket, he discovered that this child, who looked only a few months old, was staring straight at him, his eyes calm as a still lake, without the slightest ripple.

Thinking back to that scene.

He felt a little strange. How could there be such a "baby" in this world?

"If Mr. Qi wants to study the 'Child of Divine Grace,' it's best to add his blood sample to the genetic testing as well." Gu Shen said seriously, "This child is very strange. In your diary, you recorded that the 'iron box' was resurrected three years ago..."

Zhuang Su was stunned, "That's right!"

He suddenly realized the key point Gu Shen was making...

The little girl Xiaoman was far more than three years old, but this baby didn't look three years old.

"You mean... Xiaoman might not be the Child of Divine Grace..."

Zhuang Su gently took a breath of cold air. This little girl carried a basket wherever she went, and Tan Yao's abnormality might have been triggered by the baby in the basket...

"Yes, it's just a possibility."

Gu Shen said calmly, "Of course... whether she is the 'Child of Divine Grace' or not doesn't matter. From now on, her name is Gu Xiaoman."

Zhuang Su was silent for a long time.

He slowly said, "I understand."

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Because she was too tired, and with the spiritual nourishment of the Blazing Fire, Gu Xiaoman slept for a full two days and one night. When she woke up, it was noon on the third day.

She opened her eyes and saw unfamiliar white bed curtains. This was no longer the dirty, muddy alley.

The heavy rain from the night before had passed.

There were many fallen flowers and leaves in the residence.

But she slept extremely soundly.

Gu Xiaoman had a feeling of unreality. She subconsciously reached for the location of the basket, which she used to hold in her arms while sleeping... but this time it wasn't there. She quickly sat up.

A very light laugh came from outside the courtyard.

"Awake?"

Gu Xiaoman pushed open the door and saw Gu Shen sitting under a tree in the courtyard. The basket was beside him... but the baby was no longer in the basket. The little guy was placed on Gu Shen's shoulder, his hands hugging Gu Shen's head. His eyes were as calm as ever, without any emotional fluctuations.

"..."

Gu Xiaoman watched this scene, dumbfounded.

"This little guy seems very intelligent."

Gu Shen raised him with both hands, making eye contact... For some reason, this baby gave him a familiar sense of strangeness, especially those eyes. When he made eye contact with him, he always felt that something was strange.

A child who looked only a few months old had the eyes of an adult.

"Yeah..."

Gu Xiaoman said softly, "Every time I see him, I feel inexplicably at ease... but he doesn't seem to grow up... he's been like this for the past two years..."

She had wandered the back streets of E0 district with the basket for two years.

In these two years, the food she ate was naturally extremely poor.

Gu Xiaoman could only attribute the reason why the child didn't grow up to "malnutrition."

She usually taught the child to say a few words, but... this baby, who seemed very intelligent, never learned. He didn't cry or make noise, and just accompanied her through every difficult night.

Eating a little less wouldn't lead to starvation.

Teaching him a lot wouldn't lead to learning.

Sometimes, Gu Xiaoman felt like she was raising a living doll. This baby was indeed very much like a doll, but it was precisely because of this strange "non-crying, non-noisy" personality that she was able to raise the baby safely for two years...

"You can really sleep, you slept for a whole thirty hours in one breath."

Gu Shen smiled, "The Neutralizers have chosen some clothes for you. See if you like any of them... Those clothes are all in the next room. Come with me to the 'Research Institute' later."

Xiaoman pursed her lips, feeling a little apprehensive.

"Don't worry..."

Gu Shen smiled slightly, "How should I explain it to you? Most people in Sanzhou Grotto have awakened 'supernatural abilities.' Remember what the Source Tower Enforcer told you? You are also a member of the 'Awakened'..."

Xiaoman actually knew about this.

Although the Awakening experiment was carried out silently.

But the changes it brought could be felt by every resident of the island.

Those beasts had become huge overnight, and possessed some incredible abilities and characteristics—

The people living in the high walls were the same!

"At the time, he said... my ability was 'A-level'..."

Xiaoman lowered her head, looking at her hands, and muttered to herself.

"It should be beyond A-level."

Gu Shen said gently, "The Source Tower's instrument for testing supernatural source matter... exploded when it detected you."

He remembered that scene very clearly.

Xiaoman raised her head in confusion. She didn't know what this meant.

"Beyond A-level, this is a very, very powerful talent..."

Gu Shen explained patiently, "It's just that there's one thing that's very strange. The higher the level of the supernatural, the stronger the power after awakening. Do you feel that there's anything special about you?"

"I..."

Xiaoman looked a little sad. She smiled bitterly and shook her head.

If she was really as powerful as Gu Shen said, she wouldn't be beaten up in the junkyard all day long.

Special?

She seemed to be able to take a beating.

Would that count?

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