Daily Life of Being Turned Gay by the Male Lead After Transmigrating into an Apocalypse – CH101

Chapter 101: Awakening Again

“Little Bai!” Lin Xiao dashed to the bedside in a single stride. His knees slammed into the bed frame with a heavy thud, but he completely ignored the pain. Grabbing Su Mubai by the shoulders, his voice shook with uncontrollable anxiety. “Little Bai! Wake up! Can you hear me?”

Chu Yang hurried over as well. Crouching down, he quickly pressed his fingers against the side of Su Mubai’s neck to check his pulse, calling out his name a few times.

However, Su Mubai only kept his eyes tightly shut, letting out a few weak, pained groans. His eyelashes fluttered constantly, but he remained unconscious.

Chu Yang’s gaze drifted toward Su Mubai’s hand, which dangled off the edge of the bed. Right beside it lay the remains of two crystal cores—now dull, grey, and completely drained of their glow.

“The crystal cores… they’ve been completely absorbed.” Chu Yang looked up at Jiang Jue and Lin Xiao, his brow furrowing deeply. “What’s going on? Absorbing a crystal core can be uncomfortable, sure, but I’ve never seen a reaction this extreme.”

Lin Xiao stared fixedly at Su Mubai’s agonized face, his own lips turning white. A wave of inexplicable panic gripped his chest, making it hard to breathe.

“Brother Jiang, what should we do? Little Bai looks like he’s in terrible pain. Is there any way to help him?” Chu Yang also looked worried, instinctively turning to Jiang Jue for answers.

Jiang Jue didn’t reply right away. He stepped closer to carefully examine Su Mubai, then glanced down at the drained crystal cores. After a brief silence, he spoke in a calm, steady voice. “The energy fluctuations in his body are incredibly intense, but this isn’t just a simple overload. Judging by his symptoms… it is highly likely he is awakening a second superpower.”

“A second superpower?!” Chu Yang and Lin Xiao were both stunned, their faces reflecting pure shock.

Chu Yang was the first to process it. Right, wasn’t Brother Jiang a rare dual-element user himself? Lightning and Psychic—both top-tier abilities! He looked back at Su Mubai, who was still curled up in agony, his worry slowly mixing with surprise and a newfound sense of admiration. He had never expected the gentle, quiet Little Bai to harbor such incredible potential.

Knowing that this was likely a new awakening rather than a life-threatening crisis, Chu Yang let out a quiet sigh of relief.

But Lin Xiao’s anxiety didn’t fade at all. Seeing Su Mubai’s pale face and furrowed brows, his heart clenched, and his panic continued to rise.

He suddenly looked up at Jiang Jue, his voice dry and strained. “Brother Jiang, does awakening an ability… always hurt this much? This looks unbearable. Is it dangerous? I mean, aside from the pain, could something go wrong? If he fails… what happens?” He fired off the questions rapidly, unable to hide his dread.

Jiang Jue turned to Lin Xiao. Instead of answering immediately, his deep eyes quietly met Lin Xiao’s frantic gaze. The unspoken message was clear: this process definitely carries risks.

Awakening a superpower was a profound physical transformation. Energy reshaped the body’s pathways and forced out hidden potential, bringing unavoidable pain and uncertainty. Success meant gaining a second ability; failure could result in dissipated energy, a destroyed foundation, permanent disability, or even… death.

Lin Xiao understood the meaning behind Jiang Jue’s silence, and his face grew even paler. He opened his mouth but couldn’t manage a single word, only tightening his grip on Su Mubai’s shoulders.

Noticing the tension, Chu Yang quickly patted Lin Xiao on the back and softened his voice to reassure him. “Lin, don’t panic. Brother Jiang just means there’s a risk, but Little Bai has incredible willpower! Plus, he’s a Healing type. His awareness and control over his own bodily energy are way better than ours. He’ll definitely pull through! Look, even though he’s in pain, his energy levels are still stable, right, Brother Jiang?” Chu Yang finished, looking to Jiang Jue for support.

Jiang Jue gave a short nod of confirmation. “Although the energy fluctuations are wild, his core remains stable, and nothing is leaking out. He should be able to hold on.”

Over in the corner, little Little Yu was pressed tightly against the headboard. His small hands nervously twisted the hem of his shirt, his large eyes brimming with worry. Listening to the older guys talk so seriously about “danger” scared him, but he just kept repeating a silent prayer in his head: Brother Little Bai will definitely be fine. He has to wake up…

Time dragged on heavily as they waited.

Just as everyone’s nerves were stretched to the limit, Su Mubai finally took a long, deep breath. His tightly knit brows began to smooth out, and his trembling body slowly relaxed.

His consciousness felt as if it were slowly floating up from the bottom of a deep ocean. Through the haze, he could hear someone calling his name. He fought to wake up, eventually forcing his eyelids open just a crack.

His blurred vision slowly came into focus. The first things he saw were the familiar faces crowded around his bed—Chu Yang, Jiang Jue, Lin Xiao, and a red-eyed Little Yu standing nearby. Everyone looked incredibly worried.

“I… what happened?” Su Mubai whispered. His voice was hoarse, dry, and heavy with exhaustion.

“That’s exactly what we should be asking you!” Seeing him finally open his eyes, Lin Xiao let out a massive breath, as if a heavy boulder had been lifted off his chest. But he immediately put on a fierce expression, his voice full of scolding—though the slight tremor at the end of his sentences completely gave away his lingering fear. “What were you thinking? Why did you push yourself like this without saying a word? Do you think absorbing a crystal core is a joke? Do you have any idea that just now you…”

He wanted to yell, ‘You almost scared me to death,’ but the words caught in his throat. He swallowed them back down and settled for a heavy, frustrated snort.

Su Mubai was a little dazed by the fierce scolding, but he easily heard the deep concern and leftover terror hiding beneath Lin Xiao’s rough tone. He weakly moved his fingers, lightly touching the back of Lin Xiao’s hand in comfort, though he barely had any strength left.

Recalling his last moments before blacking out, he answered hoarsely, “I… I was just absorbing the crystal core, trying to level up my power quickly. I didn’t expect the energy to suddenly go completely out of control near the end. It felt like two different forces were fighting inside me… and then the pain was so bad that I blacked out.”

“Brother Jiang thinks it’s highly likely you’re awakening a second superpower!” Chu Yang quickly chimed in, his eyes bright with excitement and curiosity. “Little Bai, how do you feel now? Does anything hurt? Most importantly, try to see if you can feel… a new power? Is anything different inside?”

A second superpower?! Su Mubai was stunned; the guess caught him entirely off guard.

He instinctively focused inward, checking the core of his internal energy flow.

Sure enough, right next to his original Healing core—which glowed with a soft white light—a brand-new energy core had quietly formed. It was a brilliant, vibrant emerald green. Though it was still tiny, it felt incredibly alive, slowly pulsing with a completely different energy than his Healing power. It radiated the pure breath of nature.

I really… have a second one?

Hesitantly, he tried to tap into this new, unfamiliar power.

With a single thought, a delicate, vibrantly green plant sprout quietly emerged from his fingertips, gently curling around his fingers.

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