Zhang Yi looked at Zhou Ke'er and said, "Ke'er, you've worked hard!"
Zhou Ke'er smiled and shook her head, "I'm happy to be of help to you!"
While they were chatting, Xie Limei suddenly walked over, holding her child.
She had a pitiful expression on her face as she said to Zhang Yi, "Zhang Yi, we've been hungry all day. Can you make something for me and the baby to eat?"
Zhang Yi looked down at this woman from above, his eyes full of mockery.
If it weren't for considering Uncle You, he would have already thrown this troublesome woman into the snow.
But now she had successfully earned Zhang Yi's disdain, so to him, she was as good as dead.
For now, Zhang Yi still had other people to deal with, so he temporarily spared her life.
Zhang Yi didn't waste any words. With a wave of his right hand, a box of instant noodles appeared in front of Xie Limei.
"Take these and eat. After all, you are Uncle You's family. I won't let you starve!"
Xie Limei stood there dumbfounded.
"You... what kind of magic is this?"
Zhang Yi couldn't be bothered to answer her.
However, he didn't mind letting Xie Limei know about his abilities. After all, what could a dead person do with a secret?
Zhang Yi held Zhou Ke'er and was about to take her back to her room to rest. After several hours of surgery, she was very tired.
At this moment, Xie Limei caught up again and said, "Is there anything else to eat besides the instant noodles?"
"I saw some eggs in the kitchen, and there are chicken bones in the trash."
Xie Limei had a frail look, but her eyes were fixed on Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi was getting annoyed and threw out, "Just instant noodles, eat them or not!"
Xie Limei sensed Zhang Yi's anger and took two steps back, muttering, "Fine, fine. If you don't want to give anything else, I was just asking. Instant noodles are actually pretty good."
Zhang Yi helped Zhou Ke'er back to her room.
Zhou Ke'er smiled and asked, "Now there's another trouble at home."
Zhang Yi casually replied, "Won't be a trouble."
Seeing Zhou Ke'er's legs weak from exhaustion, Zhang Yi gently laid her on the bed and helped her remove her shoes.
Zhou Ke'er's face turned slightly red as her black-covered toes curled up, looking especially cute.
"I've been standing all day, my feet might smell... You... don't..."
Smell? Well, that's just perfect!
Zhang Yi's smile was somewhat wicked.
However, seeing Zhou Ke'er's exhausted appearance, he decided to let her off this time.
"How is Uncle You's condition? How long will it take for him to recover, or is it just a temporary revival, and he won't last long?" Zhang Yi asked.
A strange expression appeared in Zhou Ke'er's eyes.
She said, "His injuries were very severe, he lost a lot of blood, and we didn't have any blood bags to use. At first, I thought it was impossible to save him."
Zhang Yi frowned.
He hadn't considered the issue of blood bags before.
After all, he wasn't a professional medical person and couldn't cover everything.
"So, how did you manage to save him?" Zhang Yi asked.
Zhou Ke'er looked puzzled. "His heart rate was almost zero, but suddenly, his body seemed to undergo some change. His muscle activity quickly increased, and even the amount of blood loss from his wounds decreased drastically."
She shrugged her hands, indicating that she didn't understand.
"I can't explain this either."
After hearing this, Zhang Yi's heart skipped a beat.
This kind of extraordinary event was all too familiar to him because something similar had happened to him before!
It's very likely that Uncle You had awakened some kind of superpower!
After his rebirth, Zhang Yi had considered this possibility.
Gamma rays had affected people's genetic sequences, turning them into mutants.
So, besides him, could others have also developed superpowers?
But in the month since, among the more than a thousand people in the community, no other mutants had appeared.
This showed that the conditions for the birth of mutants were extremely strict.
After all, gene mutations themselves are a one-in-a-billion chance, and the mutation direction is unpredictable, not necessarily leading to beneficial changes.
Zhang Yi didn't expect that Uncle You had become the second mutant besides himself!
"Is it possible to awaken in a near-death state? That might be one of the preconditions for awakening."
"In that case, the conditions are too harsh. Because in a near-death state, unless there's a healing ability, even if one awakens, they would still die."
"If Uncle You hadn't met me, he would certainly be dead."
Zhang Yi thought this through and felt much more at ease.
Calculating the probability, the chance of him encountering another mutant in the future was extremely low.
However, he still didn't know what kind of superpower Uncle You had awakened.
Zhang Yi thought for a while before saying to Zhou Ke'er, "From now on, you need to inject Uncle You with a certain amount of muscle relaxant or sedative every day."
"It shouldn't affect his body, but you need to control his movements."
Zhou Ke'er was somewhat surprised, but after thinking for a moment, she guessed what was going on.
"Did Uncle You, like you, develop some special ability?"
Zhang Yi nodded, "I think so, but we have no experience with this, and we don't know what kind of person he'll become."
"You know the Hulk, right? He mutated because of gamma rays."
Zhang Yi shrugged and smiled bitterly, "What if Uncle You becomes a Hulk? If he loses control of his emotions, he might destroy this whole house!"
Zhang Yi said this exaggeratedly, but in reality, based on the law of energy conservation, even if Uncle You mutated, he wouldn't have overwhelming strength in his current state.
However, for safety reasons, Zhang Yi still needed to observe him for a while, to ensure his mutation wouldn't cause harm before he could be at ease.
Zhou Ke'er nodded, "This is simple, leave it to me!"
Zhang Yi kissed her gently and said softly, "You're tired today, go rest early."
Zhou Ke'er glanced outside, "What about Uncle You? Let Xie Limei take care of him, can she handle it?"
Zhang Yi smiled lightly, "Although she's a very annoying woman, she's not that foolish. She knows that if anything happens to Uncle You, I'll immediately throw her out. So, she will take care of him even more carefully than you."
Zhou Ke'er nodded, "That makes sense."
Zhang Yi told Zhou Ke'er to rest, and then walked out of the room, just in time to see Xie Limei preparing instant noodles.
She was looking around, seemingly trying to steal something.
Zhang Yi walked up to her and said, "Sister Xie, you should stay with Uncle You. You can take care of him at night."
Xie Limei nodded obediently, acting as though she was listening.
Zhang Yi made a gesture for her to enter, and she walked into the room without protest.
Zhang Yi then locked the door from the outside.