Esper X Family – Chapter 254 – Workaholic

To be honest, Ye Yao had never seen someone with such high numbers in attributes other than mental power before.

She had seen Yu Jin’s records at the Countermeasures Bureau.

In theory, a person’s mental power should never drop to zero.

Otherwise, they could easily die.

Only the dead have zero mental power.

That was why Ye Yao left 2 or 3 points when she deprived the mental power of the Yunited States Espers.

She didn’t want them to hit the execution threshold and automatically die.

But it seemed that there were exceptions.

Xia Lian had previously reduced her mental power to zero with her ability.

But that was only temporary, not a permanent state, and she could always restore it.

However, Yu Jin’s mental power was permanently locked at zero.

Before awakening his ability, he had the mental power of a normal person.

But after his mental power broke through 10, it was instantly locked at zero.

He wasn’t dead.

And his ability didn’t disappear.

Even the Countermeasures Bureau’s ability detector couldn’t confirm if he was an Esper.

Even an S-rank Esper would instantly ignore his existence upon sensing him.

Simply because he had no mental power at all.

Until he grew stronger and stronger.

The rapid improvement of his three other attributes left Yu Jin unable to adapt.

Later, during an act of heroism, he ended up beating a criminal into scattered pieces, which finally drew attention to him.

This was one of the few instances where the Countermeasures Bureau actively assigned an early sequence number.

Esper scholars speculated that Yu Jin might break human limits in another aspect.

Thus, he was assigned the Sequence Esper number.

Ye Tong fell into thought.

“You’ve become so much stronger. Is this a blessing in disguise?”

“If this is a blessing, I’d rather not have it.”

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Ye Tong had just skimmed through the report on Yu Jin.

From the beginning, Yu Jin had shown incredible drug resistance.

After discovering his uniqueness, the researchers tried injecting him with ‘Holy Blood’.

As a result, Yu Jin’s mental power didn’t increase, but his other attributes skyrocketed.

One “Haymaker” nearly pierced through the entire underground base.

And the Anti-Superhuman Device only worked on mental power.

This kind of pure physical strength was completely ignored.

At that time, his outburst killed many researchers.

Fortunately, an S-rank Esper arrived in time to suppress him.

Otherwise, Yu Jin might’ve single-handedly cleared the dungeon.

Later, the Yunited States’ higher-ups were furious.

They subjected Yu Jin to all kinds of torture, injecting him with various untested drugs.

Drugs that would’ve killed any ordinary Esper were endured by Yu Jin.

His terrifying drug resistance shocked many researchers.

So, they decided to inject him with lethal doses of drugs.

Whether it was poison or experimental drugs for Espers, they were all used on Yu Jin first.

If he didn’t die, they would continue testing his limits.

If he died, it would be what they wanted.

Thus, Yu Jin’s body became like a breeding ground for gu insects ¹ 蛊gǔ is a type of poison made by throwing a bunch of venomous animals like snakes, insects, spiders, etc. and sealing them in a jar, where they fight each other until only one survives. It’s believed that the final survivor will have the most potent venom, and the poison is often used for black magic and such. .

Various drug effects fought each other inside him.

For an ordinary person, they would’ve long ascended to Planet Steroid.

But Yu Jin held on until Ye Yao and Xia Lian arrived.

At that time, Ye Yao used the overpowering mental power of Apotheosis Mode to cleanse the toxins in Yu Jin’s body.

And all the beneficial drug effects kicked in at once.

Instantly boosting Yu Jin’s physique to a terrifying level.

If he had started with these stats, no one would’ve been able to deal with him.

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“Your ability is no different from a cognitive deviation.

Your mental power and other three attributes are reversed.

Everyone else follows the meta.

But why are you the opposite?

Still, your stats are top-tier now. You should be able to one-shot some fake S-ranks.”

What about these nearly 5,000 attributes?

He was practically a lite version of One Punch Man.

One leap and he might fly into space ² .

“You… never mind.”

Yu Jin didn’t expect the glowing girl to say such things at this moment.

But it did relax his mood a bit.

He didn’t want to talk about the pain and malice he had endured.

Despite all the torture, his dignity and willpower remained unbroken.

Yu Jin stood up from the ground and glanced at the glowing girl in front of him.

“Did Mu Luo send you? Were you also brought back by Mu Luo?”

Ye Tong blinked.

“You could say that, but Old Mu listens to me now. What are your plans next?”

Yu Jin looked at An Qi in Xia Lian’s arms.

Then, he scanned the miraculous scene around him.

He already had the answer in his heart.

Yu Jin was a rather traditional person.

If he could work under someone reliable, it would give him something to do.

Starting a business, working alone, or being idle were not options for him.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have left the courtyard back then.

If Mu Luo had taken him along, things wouldn’t have turned out this way.

But Mu Luo was a lone wolf.

But now, there seemed to be a more reliable “superior”.

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Working under her didn’t seem so bad.

“What do you want me to do?”

After observing Yu Jin’s thoughts, Ye Yao suddenly understood.

So he’s a workaholic!

Another restless soul.

Ye Yao compared herself and realized that she was such a slacker!

But it didn’t matter.

It was just different lifestyles.

In terms of underlying logic, she still couldn’t match the legendary Old Mu.

He actually still wanted to poach people from the Countermeasures Bureau.

So, Ye Yao decided to generously give him orders!

“Hmm, let me think. I’ll call Mu Luo and Gu Wenxin over.

You’ll work with them for now and help clean up the bad guys in this country.

We’ve already established a cooperative relationship with the Countermeasures Bureau.

Don’t worry about identity or treatment. Five insurances and one housing fund ³ Pension, medicare, unemployment, work-related injury, and maternity insurance and the last one for housing savings. In China, companies and their employees must participate in this, and some are paid using a percentage of your salary while others (work-related injury) are paid by the company. maxed out as you wish, with flexible vacations, and you can fill in your own salary.”

The Countermeasures Bureau wanted Sequence Zero to clean up high-risk Sequence Espers.

Ye Yao thought that there were plenty of such people in the Yunited States.

They didn’t say anything about the scope!

Ye Yao decided to define all the bad guys in the Yunited States as high-risk Sequence Espers.

She would send them all to hell!

As for the leftover mess?

No problem.

Let the Countermeasures Bureau handle the mess.

Ye Yao didn’t believe that such a small matter couldn’t be handled in this high-powered world.

Yu Jin nodded, his mindset finally shifting from numbness to work mode.

“Alright, I’ll follow your arrangements. I’m ready to unleash my wrath on the culprits.”

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Yu Jin had endured so much torture and accumulated immense anger.

It was clear what he would do next.

Left hand Haymaker, right hand Knuckle Down ⁴ LoL reference, another of Sett’s skills. , and finally a double-handed Admiration ⁵ 叹为观止tanweiguanzhi is a Chinese idiom that means “to gasp in amazement” or an adjective that means “stunning”. No idea why this is here but it’s late at night and I’m too lazy to research further. .

No mental power needed.

No unnecessary formalities.

With Yu Jin’s physical strength, he could hardly be called human anymore.

“Hehe~ That’s the spirit, Old Yu. Don’t worry, with me around, no one can touch you.”

Ye Tong floated up and patted Yu Jin’s shoulder.

“Work hard from now on and pay back what you’ve endured tenfold. I’m rooting for you.”

New family member, new attribute points!

The greatness needs no explanation.

Just don’t be as stingy as Old Xia.

At that moment, a helicopter flew over.

A man with an Eastern face jumped down and jogged over to Ye Tong and the others.

“Hello, I’m the chief representative sent by the Countermeasures Bureau to oversee the embassy.

Thank you for retrieving our missing compatriots. Leave the rest to us.”

Ye Tong observed him briefly and nodded lightly.

“Xia Lian, Yu Jin, let’s go. Let’s find a place to rest.”

Meanwhile, the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters reconnected with the Yunited States.

Fu Qi sent over satellite images of An Qi and Yu Jin, along with other missing Dragon Country Espers.

His voice carried suppressed fury.

“Mr. Byron, do you have anything to say?”

Author Note

I went out yesterday, but on the way back home, all the street vendors had been chased away by the urban management officers, so I couldn’t buy any cheap mandarins and had to give them up for a day.