The Savior Says She's Having a Breakdown - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: The Waves Are Not Over

Perhaps the educational work that Hena had been doing on both sides had a positive effect, as the meeting and discussion the next day were very harmonious.

“If Miss Feng Qingyu agrees, I would like to conduct a full-body examination on her. What does Your Highness think?”

Maggie nodded. “As long as she agrees.”

“What kind of examination?” Feng Qingyu asked warily.

Mina saw her concern, smiled at her, and reassured her, “Don’t worry, it’s just a routine full-body check-up. I just want to see if your energy is related to the physiological structure of your organs, so we can find the correct way to stimulate your power.”

Feng Qingyu thought about it carefully; it seemed reasonable. So she said, “I can do the examination, but you must not force me to undergo any procedure that I do not agree to.”

“Of course, your wishes come first in everything.”

“Since Mina intends to give Miss Feng Qingyu an examination, why don’t we wait for the results before holding the meeting? We will then have a direction for our discussion.”

“Yuna is right.”

“Good.” Maggie had no objection to this and nodded. “Then we’ll wait for Mina’s results. How long will it take?”

“If it’s quick, it can be done today,” Mina said, then turned to ask Feng Qingyu, “Does Miss Feng Qingyu have time now?”

Feng Qingyu was surprised. “Start now? That quickly?”

“No time to delay. As long as your time is convenient, I’d like to proceed as soon as possible.”

“Let’s go.” Ever since she accepted her fantastical identity, Feng Qingyu had been curious as to whether her body structure was truly different from an average person’s.

In Maggie’s palace-like residence, there was actually a large laboratory, and the instruments inside were things Feng Qingyu had never seen on Earth, some even emitting a faint, cold light.

Mina put on the light green coat handed to her by her assistant, walked up to a very large instrument, pressed a button, and then heard the sound of the instrument starting up.

Feng Qingyu looked curiously at the behemoth, then heard Mina say, “Please stand over there.”

Then someone came to guide her on where and how to stand.

After a series of instrument checks, they finally stopped at an instrument shaped like a life pod. Mina said, “Please help Miss Feng Qingyu lie down on it.”

Just as Feng Qingyu was getting bored lying down and was about to fall asleep, she finally heard Mina’s voice: “Your Highness, look!”

Feng Qingyu then looked to the side and saw that Maggie had arrived at some point, wearing the same coat and standing next to Mina, looking at the monitor.

“What does this indicate?”

“This flickering light spot is the energy that the energy testing instrument detected previously,” Mina said, pointing to the monitor. “This light spot appears in this location, which means Miss Feng Qingyu’s divine power is stored right here.”

“Um, Mina, can your instrument record the image for discussion later? This board is too hard; my back is getting sore from lying down.”

“My apologies. I got excited and forgot about you,” Mina patted her head. “Annie, quickly help Miss Feng Qingyu down to rest.”

The previous assistant, Annie, stepped forward to help Feng Qingyu down and guided her to a chair nearby.

After resting for a while, Feng Qingyu couldn’t help but move closer to Mina, looking at the image on the monitor, and curiously asked, “Is this white light spot my divine power?”

Mina nodded, her voice filled with excitement. “Previously, our energy testing instrument could only detect the presence of energy. Now, this upgraded energy visualization instrument can reflect the energy to a specific part of the body! I didn’t expect the first use to be so successful. It’s truly thrilling.”

“You are using this instrument for the first time? Will there be any side effects?”

“All the instruments here are used to examine the bodies of Her Highness and the members of Her Highness’s legion and guard. Don’t worry, any instrument that appears here is harmless to the human body.” Hena and Yuna also arrived after receiving the message. Hena happened to hear Feng Qingyu’s worried question and interjected to explain.

“Your Highness, I request access to human data from Earth!” Mina transmitted the image on the monitor to everyone’s communicators, then turned off the energy visualization instrument, looking at Maggie with anticipation.

Maggie nodded and instructed Hena, “Go to the study and get the data to the conference hall.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“So your communicators can also do holographic projection?” Feng Qingyu finally understood why Yuna’s expression was so strange when she previously called their communicators non-smartphones.

“Comparing it with the Earth human data, I found that the location of Miss Feng Qingyu’s energy is in the area of her brain related to emotions.”

“What does that mean?” Yuna looked completely bewildered.

Hena guessed, “Does it mean that her emotions affect her power?”

Mina nodded, flipping through a few pages of data. “Barring any unexpected circumstances, yes.”

“Now that you know this, how does it help me awaken my divine power?”

“Wait a moment,” Maggie stopped Mina, who was about to speak, and zoomed in on the image on her communicator, projecting it. “What is around this white light spot?”

Feng Qingyu leaned closer and observed carefully for a long time. With her proudly claimed 5.2 vision, she finally saw a thin layer of black substance outside the white light spot. “Yes, what is this black circle? Could it be some kind of lesion in my brain tissue?”

“I would boldly speculate that this black substance is an energy that prevents your divine power from awakening. This image was obtained with the energy visualization instrument; everything reflected on it is energy,” Mina couldn’t help but chuckle. “I conducted a comprehensive examination of your body earlier. Rest assured, all your internal organs are very healthy, with no lesions.”

Maggie asked, “How can we get rid of it?”

“I have a guess.”

“Speak.”

After getting Maggie’s approval, Hena said, “Since it is related to Miss Feng Qingyu’s emotions, is it possible for the divine power to break through this restrictive force and be released when Miss Feng Qingyu’s emotions undergo a major change?”

“That makes some sense, but the energy detection instrument cannot measure what this energy, visualized as black, actually is. Therefore, we cannot know what specific impact this force has on Miss Feng Qingyu’s divine power.” Mina repeatedly looked at the data she had recorded and suddenly exclaimed, “I know! Before, I thought the white light spot flickering meant the divine power was fluctuating in strength, but it’s not! It’s the black energy that is fluctuating. When it is weak, it can’t block the divine power, so the visualization of the divine power becomes prominent; when it is strong, the visualization of the divine power becomes faint. It only looks like the divine power is fluctuating.”

Hena had a flash of inspiration upon hearing this. “Then can we use the visualization instrument to test what emotion has the greatest impact on Miss Feng Qingyu, and thus find a method?”

“Theoretically, it is feasible…”

Feng Qingyu interrupted Mina. “Wait, how do you plan to test it?”

“We would like you to enter the visualization instrument, and then you would continuously change your emotions according to our instructions. By observing the brightness of your divine power’s visualization, we can find the one that affects you the most.”

“Changing… emotions?” Feng Qingyu was dumbfounded. “What do you take me for? If I could control my emotions freely, I would go be an actress! You’re thinking too simply. Setting aside whether I can flexibly change my emotions, even if I could, human emotions are very complex.”

Everyone present looked at her in collective confusion.

Feng Qingyu had to explain, “I don’t know what the emotions of you Alpha Star people are like, but the emotions of us Earthlings are very complex. It’s impossible to simply observe the impact of a single emotion. For example, when I was first kidnapped by you, I had at least three emotions: suspicion, anger, and fear.”

“In that case, we can actually rule out ‘suspicion, anger, and fear’?” Mina muttered. “Then we are left with ‘joy,’ ‘sadness’…”

“Stop!” Feng Qingyu felt that the thought process of these aliens was too convoluted, so convoluted that she might accidentally cross wires and short-circuit. “What I mean is that the test itself is not scientific enough.”

“Although it may not be entirely scientific, it might be useful.” Hena rested her chin on her hands and looked at her. “You have experienced anger, fear, joy, and worry before, but none of them seemed to allow your divine power to break through the confinement. There are two possibilities: One, these emotions are not the key emotion; Two, the intensity was insufficient.”

Feng Qingyu countered, “Have you considered that perhaps it’s not because of emotion at all?”

Mina shook her head, a little unhappy. “I have recorded all the data from your full-body examination. Apart from this breakthrough point with emotion, all your other data is no different from other Earthlings. I trust that my examination is accurate.”

“Until a new breakthrough is found, we can start with emotions.” Maggie concluded the matter. “I hope Miss Feng Qingyu can agree to let us experiment starting with emotions.”

The uncharacteristic firmness in Maggie’s tone made it difficult for Feng Qingyu to push back. She could only say, “I can do the experiment, but if I call for a stop, you must not continue.”

“I promise.”

Feng Qingyu woke up from her sleep and looked at the proposal Hena was holding, couldn’t help but say, “Are you that dedicated?”

Hena nodded, very seriously. “This is the only method we have found so far, so we must make the greatest possible effort to pursue it.”

Feng Qingyu nodded in agreement. “Shall we start now? How do you plan to proceed?”

“We’ll go to Mina’s laboratory first, and after she reviews the proposal, we can discuss the implementation together.”

“Did you seek out Maggie again yesterday?” Feng Qingyu casually asked on the way to the laboratory. “She seems completely changed today.”

Hena’s expression remained unchanged. “Perhaps Her Highness changed on her own. Why do you think I alone could change Her Highness?”

“A hunch? Just kidding. But from my observation, you are the ‘brain’ of Maggie’s small team. Although Maggie is the decision-maker, she consults your opinion more often than she makes decisions alone.”

“Because Her Highness’s expertise is not in this area, she requires my assistance.”

Feng Qingyu pouted. “She’s only good at fighting, I know.”

“No, Her Highness is not just good at fighting; she is protecting her home and country.”

“Alright, alright. Since it’s your own business, whether it’s fighting or protecting the country makes no difference to me. I just hope she keeps her word and there are no more wars during my ten years here. I value my life.”

“We sincerely hope so too, but this is not something we alone can decide,” Hena said with a hint of helplessness, opening the door to the laboratory. “Where there are people, there will always be struggles, just like on your Earth, where wars have never stopped.”

Feng Qingyu had to admit that some matters indeed could not be decided by one party alone. She nodded, letting the topic drop.

Mina saw the two enter and quickly stood up from the instrument. “Why are you here?”

“Hena said she wrote a proposal for you to look over, and then we’re going to start the experiment,” Feng Qingyu said, making herself at home and finding a chair to sit on.

Mina took the proposal from Hena and asked as she flipped through it, “Why didn’t you just transmit it through the communicator? Why handwrite it? Isn’t that inconvenient?”

“Her Highness received intelligence that Princess Barbara recently intended to monitor us. I thought transmitting it might risk a leak, so it’s better to handwrite it, and everyone can destroy it after reading.”

Mina read and nodded, finishing quickly. “The steps are acceptable, but the intensity is an issue. Let’s not start from a low intensity. The last time Miss Feng Qingyu lost her temper, the intensity was already quite high, yet it still couldn’t break the confinement. So, perhaps we can use that as a baseline and increase the intensity from there.”

Hena looked at Feng Qingyu.

The latter nodded. “Okay, but I can’t guarantee that I can control my emotions to be more… intense than last time.”

“Then let’s begin.” Mina walked over to the visualization instrument and started it up.

Feng Qingyu dutifully followed, and with the assistance of Annie, lay down on it.

“We are about to start. Are you ready?”

“Go ahead.”

“What’s the use of a girl going to school? She still has to find a good partner. That time spent in school would be better used learning how to do housework and take care of people! A woman’s role is to get married and have children. If you don’t have children, can you even be called a woman? Not getting married or having children by a certain age is abnormal! No matter how hard you try, it’s useless, you’re not a man…”

As these statements, collected by Hena from Earth, played repeatedly in her ears, Feng Qingyu felt her lungs were about to burst from anger.

However—

“It’s no use,” Mina shook her head. “The light spot’s brightness did not change throughout.”

“How was the intensity of this anger compared to before?”

“I don’t know!” Feng Qingyu hadn’t calmed down yet, sitting on the visualization instrument’s platform, gritting her teeth.

Seeing this, Hena quickly handed her a pre-prepared pillow.

Feng Qingyu took it, pummeling and hitting the pillow, and finally throwing it hard onto the floor. Only then did she feel some of the anger in her heart dissipate. “I know they’re deliberately trying to provoke me, but hearing these idiotic remarks still makes me want to explode.”

Although Hena and Mina had never experienced life with gender discrimination, they had experienced status discrimination, and could sympathize.

“I’ve recovered enough. Continue.”

“Long time no see. How have you been lately?”

“Barbara,” Maggie saw the person who bore some resemblance to herself, and her brow furrowed involuntarily. “What are you doing here again?”

Barbara sat down opposite Maggie without any hesitation and addressed the butler. “I want a cup of hot tea.”

Maggie raised an eyebrow at her.

Barbara acted as if she didn’t notice. “I haven’t seen you in a long time, so I came to check on you. I am your older sister, after all; it’s right for me to care for my younger sister.”

“I am fine, thank you for your concern.”

“But Mother hasn’t been doing well recently.” Taking a sip of tea, Barbara looked at her with a half-smile.

Maggie crossed her arms, her chin slightly raised. “Then you should go to the palace to visit her, instead of coming to my house to see me.”

“I did go. Mother told me you haven’t been to see her in a long time. That’s why I came here. First, to check on you; second, to say that neglecting Mother for some vague possibilities is putting the cart before the horse, my dear sister.”

“That is none of your concern. Instead of thinking about how to undermine my image in front of Mother, why don’t you think about how to resolve the Star Kingdom crisis and improve your own image?”

“Heh,” Barbara sneered. “Don’t think that just because you can’t find a solution, I can’t either. I’ll tell you the truth: I already have a lead on saving the Star Kingdom! This throne will definitely be mine in the end!”

“Oh, is that so.” Maggie’s tone was calm and indifferent. “Are you done talking? Nancy, see the guest out.”

“Princess Barbara, please.” The butler, Nancy, stepped forward, speaking respectfully.

Barbara’s expression shifted. She jumped up from the sofa, coldly snorting, “Enjoy your triumph! You can only be happy for a few more days!”

After driving Barbara away, Maggie instructed Nancy not to receive any more guests, and then took Yuna to the laboratory. As soon as she pushed the door open, she heard bursts of laughter inside, and the atmosphere was joyful.

Seeing Maggie enter, Hena stopped telling the joke, and Annie helped the tearful Feng Qingyu sit up.

“Your Highness.”

“What is the progress?”

Mina shook her head. “We have ruled out ‘anger,’ and now we have also ruled out ‘joy.'”

“Could the emotional intensity be insufficient?”

“Replying to Your Highness, without an objective numerical value, we cannot accurately determine the intensity. We can only judge the intensity based on Miss Feng Qingyu’s physiological reactions. The two tests conducted today have pushed Miss Feng Qingyu’s physical function to its limit. Any further increase would have adverse effects on her body.”

Maggie remained silent for a moment and then said, “Then leave it at that for now.”

“Yes.”

After calming her emotions, Feng Qingyu asked, “Should we continue tomorrow?”

“For the sake of your health, it is best not to. We should try to conduct this experiment every other day.”

“Listen to Mina.” After Maggie said this, she left with Yuna.

Feng Qingyu sat there, watching her retreating figure, and quietly asked Hena, “Is she really okay?”

Hena turned around and smiled faintly at her. “Or would you prefer the initial version of Her Highness?”

Recalling the former Maggie, Feng Qingyu only felt a chill down her spine and quickly said, “This is much better! I really hope she stays like this for ten years!”