Chapter 002: Water, Listen to Me!

“This thing…” Chen Xiao rubbed it hard and found that it seemed to be tattooed on his skin—except for the color, it was no different from the rest.
Suddenly, Chen Xiao noticed something even more incredible. His body had changed.
Originally, his skin had a healthy wheat-colored tone, with well-defined but not overly developed muscles that gave off a sense of explosive strength.
But now, though his proud muscles were still there, the color of his skin had changed. The wheat-colored skin had turned extremely fair, and what was once rough had become smooth and delicate.
Chen Xiao was completely stunned.
“W-What? Did I turn into a pretty boy?” He quickly washed himself and rushed out of the bathroom, heading to the mirror in his bedroom.
Indeed, his body had changed drastically. Aside from the shape of his face and facial features remaining unchanged, his skin seemed to have been bleached.
“Could this be related to that blue light?” Suddenly, an idea struck Chen Xiao. “That blue light seemed to have entered my body…”
Instinctively, he looked down at the light blue diamond tattoo on his chest.
“Could it be this?”
Chen Xiao slowly touched the blue tattoo. Suddenly, it emitted a soft glow that covered his entire body.
A strange sensation surged through him.
The sky, the earth, nature—all became clearly visible in his mind at that moment.
Whoosh…
All the light vanished, along with the blue diamond tattoo on his chest, retracting into his body.
“What just happened?” Suddenly, Chen Xiao snapped back to reality. He stared at his hands in disbelief.
At that moment, he felt a strange urge.
“Water!”
With a soft command, as if by instinct, he made a slight gesture in the air. Instantly, water vapor in the air condensed, forming a fist-sized water ball that hovered above his palm.
“Damn it, what is this? Some kind of superpower???” Relieved, Chen Xiao let go, and the water ball turned into a puddle of water on the floor.
He closed his eyes and shook his head slightly. “This isn’t a dream… it’s not a dream…”
Opening his eyes again, following his earlier impulse, he made another gesture in the air, and another water ball appeared.
Thump, thump…
Chen Xiao could almost hear his own heartbeat.
“Superpower? Is it really a superpower? Have I become one of those supernatural beings in online novels?” He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.
Guided by his thoughts, he controlled the water ball to move slowly through the air.
“Can it be bigger?” As soon as he spoke, the water vapor in the air seemed to obey some command, gathering rapidly. The fist-sized water ball instantly grew to the size of a basketball.

“It’s so heavy…”
Chen Xiao’s mind snapped into focus—snap! The basketball-sized water ball dropped to the floor, flooding the dorm room.
A deep sense of exhaustion rose in Chen Xiao’s heart, as if he had just carried a 200-jin weight for miles. But it wasn’t his body that was tired—it was his mind. Despite having endless strength, his mind was utterly exhausted. This feeling almost made him faint.
“I used too much force…”
Chen Xiao leaned against the wall, barely holding himself up. At that moment, a warm current, like flowing water, spread throughout his body and gathered in his brain.
Buzz…
Chen Xiao heard a buzzing sound in his head. His previously exhausted mind recovered instantly. He felt so comfortable he almost started humming.
“This must be related to that blue light again. What on earth is it?” Chen Xiao immediately understood.
“I can control water, surely because of this thing too.” He spoke to himself, feeling both excited and uneasy. Although he now had superpowers as a supernatural being, he had watched many movies about human scientists studying the extraordinary. The idea of being dissected or confined in a small room to be studied drove him crazy. Moreover, if anyone found out he had obtained this blue light by chance and could control water, who knew what would happen? Those so-called gang leaders would surely try their best to find him.
What was more, though Chen Xiao was now a supernatural being, his powers were extremely weak. Even creating a basketball-sized water ball left him nearly exhausted. In other words, he was no different from an ordinary person, with only the ability to control water—useful at most when he was thirsty.
“I won’t think about it. If I don’t say anything, no one will know. Even if they discover I have superpowers, so what? It’s innate.”
Chen Xiao made up his mind secretly.
“I’ll deal with the water on the floor first.”
Looking at the water on the floor, he murmured, “Water, listen to me. Go to the drain.”
Swish!
In the next moment, the water on the floor seemed to come to life, gathering into a pool before flowing toward the bathroom drain.
“This feels great.”
A smile appeared on Chen Xiao’s face.
“Hey, someone’s back.” Suddenly, Chen Xiao’s expression changed, but then he was surprised himself.
“Lao San is back? He’s still on the fifth floor. How do I know he’s back? Wait… how do I know he’s on the fifth floor?”
Chen Xiao’s dorm room was 601 on the sixth floor.
While he was stunned, loud thudding sounds came from somewhere—clearly someone running fast. That was Lao San, Qiu Cheng’s habit: rushing back to the dormitory after class to continue playing DOTA, refusing to waste a single moment.
Soon after, the door lock turned, and the door opened.

“Boss, you’re back?” Qiu Cheng, the third member, was slightly surprised to see Chen Xiao standing in the middle of the dormitory. “Why are you standing here naked? It’s true this is the dormitory, but this is affecting the ‘appearance’ of our Room 601, right?” Qiu Cheng laughed heartily.

Chen Xiao’s face turned red. He quickly ran to his bed and put on the clothes there. After taking a shower, he had rushed out naked due to excitement.

“Boss, where were you last night? Did you spend the whole night by the Chao Bai River? It was raining so heavily. We tried to call you, but you didn’t answer. We wanted to go look for you, but the rain was so strong that even an umbrella couldn’t hold up. Also, Teacher Xing just called roll—things are bad for you.”

Qiu Cheng kept talking non-stop like a machine gun.

“I…” Chen Xiao didn’t know how to explain for a moment.

“Huh? Boss, you’re back?” At that moment, the other two members in the dormitory also returned. Liu Xu showed a slight smile as soon as he saw Chen Xiao.

“Boss, did you go to Jingwang Street last night?”

Seeing the mischievous smile on Liu Xu’s face, Chen Xiao was speechless. Liu Xu, the second member of the dormitory, seemed serious on the surface but was actually extremely shy underneath.

Jingwang Street was a major road not far from the school and also the most famous nightclub on the east side of Jinghua District.

“I’m not going to explain anything to you guys. I got soaked in the rain all night—how dare you tease me?” Chen Xiao glared at Liu Xu.

“Huh? That can’t be right, boss. You got wet in the rain last night? I remember you went out wearing clothes, and those clothes are still clean now. Just admit it, boss.” Jiang Xianxiang showed a smile that everyone understood.

Chen Xiao: “…”