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Chapter 128

“Captain, we’ll assign a few people to accompany you!”

At night, the forest was perilous. Worried about what might happen to Yuan Zheng, the deputy team leader walked up to him quickly and tried to persuade him, but his eyes suddenly brightened: “It’s Xiao Shi. Xiao Shi is back!”

Everyone’s eyes brightened and they quickly looked over. They saw the figure of a young man emerging from the darkness and running towards them.

The heavy rock that was sitting on their hearts was finally let down. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief with relaxed smiles on their faces.

Yuan Zheng finally felt relieved. He quickly walked over and held on to that young man that kept making him worry and on edge. He looked him up and down: “Where have you been? Did you get any injuries?”

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Su Shi was originally still worried about the effect of the glasses, but seeing everyone’s reactions he was finally able to put his worries away. He let Yuan Zheng hold on to him and shook his head slightly: “I’m fine. Before, I was hiding behind the car.”

“You did the right thing. You have to be smart to survive in this post-apocalyptic world. Don’t mess around [with your life] like you did before.”

Seeing Mu Shi return unharmed, the petardier finally breathed a sigh of relief, grinned, and patted him on the shoulder vigorously.

“It’s too bad that you missed witnessing a big scene. The real Son of Hell was here just now. Although he was dressed in tatters, his aura was really scary. I didn’t even dared to breath too hard. I almost thought he was going to kill all of us…”

“Thinking about how we’ve been chasing after him for so long. We were really overestimating ourselves.”

The sniper had suffered a serious injury, and his face was still a little pale. He shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed lightly: “Fortunately, we don’t have bad blood with him, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to escape today.”

“But-”

The deputy team leader worked hard to clean up the scattered supplies and equipment. He suddenly made a sound and touched his jaw in a complex mood: “He even took away a box of instant noodles. The Son of Hell is really poor, ah…”

“All right now, leave another box of ham sausage. Pick some unworn clothes and put them here. Take as much equipment and food with you as possible. We have to leave here quickly.”

There were countless dangers in the forest at night. There was warmth and exasperation in Yuan Zheng’s eyes as he gave out tasks and everyone immediately became busy.

The armored vehicle could no longer be driven. The team members hastily sorted out the battlefield, and headed on the road again. They moved forward quickly, hoping to find a new resting spot as quickly as possible.

Su Shi followed behind the team. Unconsciously, his footsteps gradually became heavier.

It was a very dangerous act for humans to absorb high-level crystal nuclei. They must do it under a sufficiently quiet and peaceful environment. Even the slightest disturbance might harm their bodies.

The mutant plant was spawned by his power, and any power that it swallowed would automatically be transferred to his body, which was relatively safer than directly absorbing crystal nuclei. But the overwhelming lighting and gold abilities still wrecked havoc in his body, causing his chest to surge with blood, and his vision to gradually blacken with pain.

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Obviously, right now was not a good time to stop. The members of the patrol team were all injured and they needed to find a place to rest, otherwise the safety of the team would not be guaranteed.

His experience points have entered the negative numbers, and he couldn’t even afford painkillers anymore.

Su Shi frowned and pressed down the blood surging in his chest. His spiritual power firmly wrapped the tyrannical lightning power, and desperately compressed it into the crystal core.

“How are you doing? Can you hold up?”

Seeing Su Shi’s speed gradually slowing down, Yuan Zheng was a little worried, so he specially slowed down [for him], and gently supported his shoulders.

Yuan Zheng had just brought his hands up, but all of a sudden that young man grasped firmly on to the corner of his clothes, and silently collided into his chest. His body was taut with intense pain and trembling from it.

Yuan Zheng’s stomach plummeted. He stopped breathing as he turned over the person leaning against his chest and carefully embraced him.

Deep within the young man’s clear eyes was the intense pain that he tried hard to endure. His lips were pressed so tightly together that they had turned white. The person in his arms raised his head silently and looked at him, and for the first time his gaze revealed weakness and a vague call for help.

Yuan Zheng returned to his senses abruptly. Quick as lightning, he held on to that body that had weakened so suddenly. He knelt down and told him to lean on his chest. His voice was almost raspy with anxiety.

“Stop walking, doctor—come here quick!”

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Chapter 127

The young man [Son of Hell] glanced at him [the thunder ability user], glanced past Yuan Zheng, and then turned to look at the people in the forest.

With just a bit of effort, the S-grade ability user was completely eliminated. The opponent didn’t even have any time to put up any effective resistance.

The two sides that were locked in fierce battle just now were shocked silent. The ordinary figure in front of them looked almost like the incarnation of the God of Death, and even his dark eyes seemed to be flashing with cruel bloodlust.

The remaining ambushers didn’t have the guts to stay any longer. Seeing that he did not have the intention to kill them for the time being, they tremblingly threw down their things, turned tail, and fled in the blink of an eye.

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The patrol team was not resigned. They refused to leave their captain. Even though they were terribly scared, they still gritted their teeth, ready to oppose that figure that seemed to have risen from the depth of hell itself.

The young man touched his glasses, and then turned his gaze to Yuan Zheng.

Although his eyes seemed to only carry cold indifference, Yuan Zheng ineffably did not feel any fear or dread. He merely met the other person’s gaze straight on, and his tone was even serene and gentle: “What do you want? Do you also want my blood?”

As if he was not accustomed to looking at people, that young man’s eyes only swept over Yuan Zheng’s body once, and then looked down again: “You are not strong enough.”

Yuan Zheng was stunned for a while. Finally, he let out a chuckle, took a deep breath, and then raised his head: “No matter what your intention is, you saved me and my team members. If I can get to S grade someday, you can come and get my blood at any time, all right?”

The young man seemed to be a little surprised and did not respond. He just raised his eyes to glance at him, and then he turned to leave without saying a word. But as if suddenly remembering something, he turned back and walked towards the supplies that had been carelessly abandoned.

Although they’ve been hunting the Son of Hell for more than half a year, this was the first time that they actually saw him in the flesh. No matter what the reason – maybe he had come to take his bloodthirsty vine out for a walk – the Son of Hell still saved their lives.

The members of the patrol team were all feeling a little awkward and no one knew what to say. They just stood there hesitantly and watched as the genuine Son of Hell stood in front of the scattered supplies for a while. Finally, he leaned over and picked up a box of instant noodles and the small stainless steel pot that had fallen on its side.

Black wings unfolded silently behind his back, and then his figure sank into the deep night.

……

Seeing him leave, the shadowy oppression suddenly dissipated. The team members rushed over, all scrambling to support Yuan Zheng’s body: “Captain!”

“I’m fine.”

Yuan Zheng briefly summarized his physical condition. Then his eyes swept across the crowd, and his expression suddenly changed slightly: “Where is Mu Shi?”

“He was still here just a while ago. I said it was dangerous outside and told him to hide well—”

The petardier turned around in a hurry. His expression also changed.

“Did none of you see him?!”

“I saw him looking through my medicine box, but when I asked him, he just said that he was okay…”

Remembering what had happened, the doctor spoke in a low voice, and his heart became uneasy: “There was something off about his tone. I wanted to ask him again, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye.”

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Hearing what he said, everyone else felt uneasy too. The original joy of escaping danger disappeared instantly, and they immediately went back into the forest to look for the missing young man.

The night was still deep. Everyone looked around anxiously, but they couldn’t find him at all.

“Could it be that he was taken away by the Son of Hell? Xiao Shi’s ability and the Son of Hell’s ability are exactly the same. Maybe he will be targeted…”

The deputy team leader started to speak anxiously, but Yuan Zheng interrupted him in a low voice: “No, the Son of Hell is actually simpler and purer than we thought. I believe he will not kill innocent people indiscriminately.”

These people had just witnessed the Son of Hell juice an S-grade thunder ability user alive, and now they were hearing their own captain say that the Son of Hell was simple and pure in such a calm and confident tone.

Everyone was still trembling in fear from the terrifying shadow cast by their experience with the Son of Hell. When they heard Yuan Zheng’s words, they looked at him in disbelief.

“You guys rest first. I’ll go look some more.”

Yuan Zheng didn’t explain much. He looked at his team members who had all sustained some injuries, more or less. He lightly spoke a sentence, turned, and walked towards the depths of the forest.

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Chapter 126

The thunder ability user felt like he was receiving an amnesty. His body was already half weak with fright, and he spoke hurriedly: “The Dr. Dark from central base who used you guys to perform human experiments, and the one who experimented with all kinds of drugs on you guys is still alive! Don’t you want to take revenge? I know where he is. I will take you to go find him. Just let me go…”

Hearing what he said, Yuan Zheng’s suspicion was finally fully confirmed, and his gaze sank.

No wonder that Dr. He was secretly collecting blood serum, and he had even put a serial number on Mu Shi’s sample—if all of this was explained by human experimentation, then it would make sense.

After the central base was destroyed, everyone had heard of the notoriety of that Dr. Dark, and they all knew that he had done too many maddening things. If these two people were indeed the same, sooner or later, this crazy careerist would destroy the entire base, and even cause all humans to pay a tragic price.

Since the blood serum matter now had a plausible explanation, it was not difficult to guess the cause and reason behind the ambush this time.

Yuan Zheng’s eyes were slightly cold, and his tone fell sharply. “He’s at base B, isn’t he?”

Between the two of them, it was obvious that the stronger thunder element was more favored by the bloodthirsty vine, and Yuan Zheng got a rare opportunity to repair [himself] instead.

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Although he didn’t dare to release his abilities, he had secretly absorbed a few crystal nuclei, and most of his internal injuries were recovered. Right now, he still had the strength to fight.

The thunder ability user had originally planned to use this as a negotiation chip, but he didn’t expect that the other party had guessed the secret, and even said it so straightforwardly.

The thunder ability user turned to him sharply, and was speechless, but there was already anger brimming in his eyes, and he could only deny it with all his heart: “Nonsense! How could you know-”

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly choked and groaned. The bloodthirsty vine had already been sent into his body, and his blood was being sucked into the vine.

“You know where he is, so you’re on the same side as him.”

Even when he mentioned his nemesis, the young man’s tone was still rigid and bland, as if he was just stating an ordinary fact.

The person with the thunder ability widened his eyes in astonishment, fixedly looking at him, and suddenly some regret appeared in his eyes.

No wonder Dr. Dark was so afraid of the Son of Hell. Since he was a person that could survive alone in the wilderness in this post-apocalyptic world, then he would not only have just a powerful and terrifying ability.

He was annoyed at himself for thinking himself so clever. He was almost ready to die, only to find that the bloodthirsty vine’s eating rate was gradually slowing down and finally stopped.

Suddenly there was a vague hope. The thunder ability user raised his head with a pale complexion, hoping that he had satisfied the appetite of the bloodthirsty vine. But the young man raised his head and looked over. All of a sudden, he lifted his hand and clenched.

There was a sudden, intense pain in his head.

Before he could react, his crystal nucleus had crumbled instantly. The huge amount of power within his body lost its restraint, spewed out of his body, and was swallowed by the mutant tropical pitcher plant in the blink of an eye.

“De- Devil…”

His crystal nucleus was shattered, so his abilities would disappear completely and his body would be irreversibly damaged. Although he would survive, he would become inferior to even ordinary people.

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The thunder ability user was shocked and regretful. His chest rose and fell fiercely. Suddenly he staggered and knelt on the ground. He vomited blood, and instantly painted a piece of the ground bloody red.

He was only momentarily enticed by the conditions offered by Dr. Dark, and so he accepted the commission to ambush the patrol team, but did not expect to provoke such a terrifying opponent.

He was deeply regretful, but he had no chance to speak out. The light in his eyes quickly dimmed. His body stiffly fell to the ground and after shaking twice he stopped moving.

To strong ability users, even if their crystal nucleus collapsed, their spiritual power wouldn’t dissipate so quickly. As long as they used their spiritual power promptly to mend themselves, they could still continue to live on.

But his will was already swallowed up by fear and despair. He had even given up on saving himself. In just a short span of time, he thoroughly ceased all signs of activity.

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Chapter 125

The expected pain did not strike.

The air that was almost stagnant suddenly fell silent, and there were still subtle electric arcs jumping and crackling about, but that ball of thunder that was sufficiently powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth seemed to have never appeared in the first place.

At some point, a mutant tropical pitcher plant almost as tall as a person had suddenly sprouted in front of Yuan Zheng.

The plant’s wide leaves patted its own center stem and let out a satisfied belch.

“Bloodthirsty plant?!”

The pupils of the thunder ability user rapidly shrank, and his figure suddenly retreated by more than ten meters. His eyes were still full of surprise and vigilance. He looked all over the place, and as if he had sensed something, he abruptly raised his head and looked up.

The two sides that were at war were also frightened by the weird changes. They unconsciously slowed down their movements, and finally vaguely realized what had happened. A strong sense of panic suddenly appeared in their eyes.

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The ink-colored wings closed silent, and the tall and thin figure walked over slowly. With cold eyes, the newcomer indifferently scanned the two sides facing each other.

The flames were still burning and lit up his slightly pale face.

It was a very ordinary face. If it were placed in a crowd, it would be easily forgotten once you turned around.

His clothes were very old, almost as if they were just draped on him hastily, and even his glasses were barely holding on with tape. But as long as they meet those cold eyes that didn’t seem to have a trace of emotion, no one had any ridiculing thoughts.

“Any more? It’s not full yet.”

The young man stood still next to the mutant tropical pitcher plant. He turned towards the thunder ability user. His voice was a little hoarse and his tone was flat without the slightest fluctuation.

Looking upon those eyes, the thunder ability user shuddered severely, took two steps back, and whispered involuntarily: “Son of Hell…”

“Huh?”

Hearing his voice, the young man turned his head to look at him. A huge bloodthirsty vine broke through the ground at the sound and a hideous black shadow rose up beside him: “Is something wrong?”

The gaze of the thunder ability user tightened, and he immediately took a few steps back. He rapidly gathered all of his supernatural powers within his body. Even his spiritual power was compressed to the utmost, as if his life depended on it.

Even S-grade ability users did not dare to have dealings with these two things in the bloodthirsty forest. Their innate disposition was to swallow up all kinds of special abilities, and they were especially interested in the flesh and blood of strong ability users. In front of these terrifying mutant plants, humanity had no way to resist at all.

Everyone said that this was an organism that only existed in hell. It was a terrible existence brought back into the world by that Son of Hell.

The young man’s gaze fell on him and then he said, “You look very tasty.”

The bloodthirsty vine had already swam towards him quickly like a giant python, hovering around him, looking for subtle fluctuations in the air that belonged to supernatural powers.

“What do you want? All the weapons and supplies that I brought—I will give you everything. Let me go!”

The thunder ability user wanted to move back, but he was afraid that even a slight movement would cause the bloodthirsty vine to attack. His forehead was already covered with cold sweat.

“Do you want clothes? I can have them bring you new clothes, and—and glasses, you can have whatever you want, as long as you let me go…”

For some reason, the young man’s persistently indifferent expression seemed to show some cracks. The thunder ability user suddenly felt severe pain spreading through his chest. His face instantly paled, and he lowered his head stiffly to see that the tip of the bloodthirsty vine has penetrated his chest.

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“No one goes to the bloodthirsty forest. They’re hungry. They want to eat.”

The young man raised his hand to support his glasses and lowered his gaze slightly. His expression had become cold again, as if the previous moment was just an illusion caused by his [the thunder ability user’s] overly tense nerves.

The bloodthirsty vine did not immediately start to suck blood. The huge vine body was ready to go, as if waiting for his order.

“I will bring living people to the bloodthirsty forest. I can bring as many people as you want!”

The thunder ability user immediately shouted. His voice was already dry and hoarse: “Don’t kill me. I’ll tell you a secret. You’ll definitely want to know…”

The bloodthirsty vine retreated slightly, as if waiting for him to continue speaking.

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Chapter 124 (41.1)

“Captain!”

Seeing the weakly falling figure [of their captain], the team members all saw red. The striker was almost about to rush forward, but the deputy team leader firmly held him in place.

Yuan Zheng’s ability was naturally able to restrain zombies. It was an extremely precious ability in the post-apocalyptic days. But when faced with the same type of attacks, there was still no way to defend against gold and thunder abilities, which were famous for being indestructible.

Of course, in the post-apocalyptic days there would be wars between bases, but in these perilous end times, where danger lurked on every side, there was also tacit understanding between human beings. Seldom would people fight to their last gasp like this.

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They encountered such an unruly ambush and were beaten for half the night without any reason; thus, the team members accumulated endless anger. Just as they were about to recklessly charge forward, the figure that was half-kneeling on the ground was standing back up again with difficulty.

“No one is allowed to come over.”

Yuan Zheng’s voice was a little muffled, but his tone was still calm. He slowly straightened his body with his back to the group members, and a dazzling fire suddenly spread from behind him.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and looked at the thunder ability user with a complex expression on his face. His gaze was calm and undisturbed. He lifted his hand and a ball of golden flames blazed from the hollow of his palm.

“I don’t know who you are or what is your purpose for ambushing us. But I won’t allow you to pass this line.”

The scorching flames were reflected in everyone’s eyes. It almost burned their already dry eyes. They were ready to fight against these ambushers as if their lives depended on it.

The doctor shuttled back and forth amidst the artillery barrage. He was busy treating the wounded people on their side. He suddenly found someone rummaging through his medical box. He turned the other person around and realized that he was looking at a familiar face.

“Xiao Shi, what’s wrong, did you get hurt somewhere?!”

It was hard to make out any injuries under the night sky. The doctor immediately tensed up. He supported Su Shi with his hands and inspected him from head to toe.

“If you’re injured, you have to say it. Don’t try to tough it out, understand?”

“I’m fine…”

After finally digging out the roll of medical tape, Su Shi hurried gave a curt answer to the doctor. Then he turned around and slipped into the darkness again.

His tone didn’t sound right, and the doctor became more worried before trying to catch up, but the shouts of his teammates came from behind him.

The deputy team leader was supporting the sniper, and there was a large patch of blood on his shoulder. Dizzy with blood lost, the sniper stumbled and half fell to the ground. The deputy team leader pulled him over to the doctor with much difficulty.

Su Shi’s figure disappeared into the night. The doctor gritted his teeth and walked over quickly. He held on to his seriously injured teammate and his palms glowed with bright white light.

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It was a sudden ambush after all. The opposite side had the advantage in terms of equipment and strength. The situation became less and less optimistic, and everyone had already suffered a lot of wounds.

Yuan Zheng’s chest rose and fell fiercely, but he still refused to step back. The thunder ability user looked at him with some regrets in his eyes, and silently raised his right hand.

Dazzling thunder condensed in the palm of his hand. It was unexpectedly even bigger than any previous attack. It’s oppressive and terrifying aura also grew little by little.

“S grade…”

Yuan Zheng narrowed his eyes. His surprise was fleeting, but a faint smile of relief appeared in his eyes, and he stood up straight again with difficulty.

“I never thought that I would die by the hands of a S-grade ability user. Exactly what kind of person was able to get you to ambush us?”

“You do not need to know,” the thunder ability user said in a low voice.

The electric light was condensed to the utmost. It chirped unceasingly with the sound of its power within the man’s hand. He pointed his hand in the direction of his opponent, and then that ball of light shot towards Yuan Zheng.

With his body on the verge of collapse, Yuan Zheng sighed lightly, but calmed down, closing his eyes and waiting for the final conclusion.

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Chapter 123

Yuan Zheng’s gaze fell upon Su Shi. Light reflected off his dark eyes, soundlessly adding a layer of faint warmth.

The young man in front of him was extremely attentive no matter what he was doing. Even when he was eating noodles, he treated it as seriously as if he were accomplishing some task. His clear eyes dropped slightly, framed beneath the fan of his eyelashes, as he carefully put the noodles into his mouth. His cheeks bulged slightly as he chewed. Watching him made Yuan Zheng’s heart go soft.

Yuan Zheng couldn’t help raising his hand to wipe away the soup on his lips for him.

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Meeting the slightly puzzled gaze of those bright black eyes, Yuan Zheng coughed light. He tried to cover up his unconscious act, but only seemed to be making the situation worse: “How is it? Is the taste to your liking?”

“It’s tasty.”

Maybe it was due to the lack of resources in the post-apocalyptic world, but even ordinary instant noodles were very delicious. Su Shi nodded, raised his head and was about to speak, but something outside the window abruptly caught his attention.

“What’s wrong?”

Realizing Su Shi’s strangeness, Yuan Zheng also stopped his movements and followed his gaze.

In order to avoid becoming the target of zombies and thieves, the team members have sealed all windows with felt cloth, leaving only a few places as ventilation and observation ports. Looking out from here, only pitch-blackness could be seen.

“Someone is coming.”

Tender green leaves silently wound around Su Shi’s fingertips. He put down the saucepan and raised his head to look at Yuan Zheng: “Their speed is very fast, there are more than a dozen, carrying hot weapons.”

Spiritual power could scope out most of one’s environment, but at the same time, those with strong spiritual abilities could shield themselves and others from detection.

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Before they parked the automobile, Su Shi had dropped a few mutant mimosa seeds outside. As long as someone passed by, the leaves in his hand would also somewhat perceive the movement outside and curl up in response.

In just this short instance, at least a dozen people have approached the armored vehicle.

Yuan Zheng’s gaze sharpened. He got up and leaned against the lookout hole. His gaze swept across the scene outside quickly. His expression immediately darkened.

“Prepare for ambush. Everyone sit tight. We’re departing immediately!”

Everyone’s complexion changed slightly, and their originally relaxed expressions were also wiped clean. They quickly took up their weapons and entered a state of combat in the blink of an eye.

As he was speaking, Yuan Zheng had already jumped into the driver’s seat. He stomped on the accelerator and twisted the steering wheel. The armored vehicle let out a low roar and rushed into the deep night.

When the car turned around, it seemed to have hit more than one person, but Yuan Zheng did not dare to relax at all. He increased the speed to the limit, but there was still the sound of an explosive pursuit coming from the rear of the car.

Only people coming from a base could have access to such strong armament. It would seem that the ambushers were not mere roaming thieves.

Su Shi’s heart sank slightly. He raised his gaze to look at Yuan Zheng, and silently slipped his hand into his pocket. His fingertips brushed against the last pair of glasses frames, but a violet vibration abruptly turned his vision black. His body staggered and the faint taste of blood bloomed from his throat.

The armored vehicle was blasted off the roadbed, turned over a few times before hitting a tree, and then stopped.

“Get out of the car, go into the woods, and conceal yourselves!”

Yuan Zheng spoke sharply. He was propping up the driver’s seat with one hand, and had already jumped out of the half-damaged car. Golden flames erupted mercilessly from him.

Every member of the team had sufficient physical fitness and immediately jumped out of the car and darted into the woods to hide. The petardier picked Su Shi up and quickly got out of the car.

Not too far off came the fierce collision of power. Yuan Zheng was obviously facing off against the other side’s leader. The remaining attackers were also not slow. In the blink of an eye, all the team members were plunged into an anxious fierce battle.

The armaments and supplies in the armored vehicle were quickly looted, but everyone was too busy to care. Bullets cut through the otherwise silent night, and gunfire rang deafeningly.

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The leader of the opposing party had thunder and gold supernatural abilities. His power must be higher than the protagonist’s current level. Yuan Zheng wanted to split his attention to aid the people on his team, but before long his opponent had already ploughed a few vicious injuries into his body.

The dazzling light of the thunder penetrated Yuan Zheng’s flames and struck him in the chest severely.

His body was almost numb by the powerful electric current. After an acute concentration of pain to his chest, the pain then spread out to the rest of his body. Yuan Zheng’s body swayed, and finally he knelt down weakly.

The situation brooked no delay. If the Son of Hell did not come out to disrupt the situation quickly, the protagonist’s entire group would be in a life-threatening predicament.

For the time being, no one was paying attention to Su Shi, so he stepped away to a quiet place, and fetched the last pair of frames from his pocket. But then his expression suddenly froze.

The frames were swaying crookedly, and one of the temples had been smashed broken.

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Chapter 122

They had a night of calm.

Early the next morning, the base announced the punishment.

Attacking the laboratory late at night, no matter what the reason, this behavior was obviously extremely bad.

Yuan Zheng took all the faults onto himself, and during the investigation, he also insisted that he had a sudden whim and couldn’t help but beat up the doctor.

After all, Yuan Zheng was one of the best ability users in the base, and his abnormally obstinate attitude was giving the upper brass incessant headaches. So without any better options, they could only call out both parties involved for a face-to-face confrontation.

Su Shi worried and waited all morning before finally seeing Yuan Zheng and the deputy team leader come back.

“It’s not a big deal. They’re asking us to go to base T to perform an employment task, and the remuneration will be handed over to the base. It could be considered atoning for one’s crimes by meritorious acts.”

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In response to the faint concern in the young man’s eyes, Yuan Zheng felt warmth in his heart. He smiled and handed the young man the patrol badge that he had just brought back. Speaking softly, he said: “Everyone wants to eat more vegetables. We’ll have to trouble you to go out with us. Is that okay?”

Knowing that Yuan Zheng was worried about him staying alone in the base, Su Shi nodded and received the patrol badge that he was handed. “Are there any other punishments?”

Dr. Dark was beaten by Su Shi so badly that he was about to lose his human form. For him to merely deal with the matter like this was somewhat strange.

Yuan Zheng gave a light cough, and before he could answer, the deputy team leader was already laughing and answering: “This is also due to that Dr. He. He is probably also afraid that the upper brass will know about him secretly collecting blood serum, so he didn’t dare to tell the truth. He came up with a random excuse. He insisted on accusing you of being the Son of Hell, and that he was eliminating you for the sake of the people…”

It looked like Su Shi didn’t beat that Dr. Dark up enough. He actually dared to expose his identity like that.

Su Shi’s heart sank slightly, but then he realized that the two of them looked disapproving, and he blinked: “The higher-ups didn’t believe him?”

“They said, rather than believing that the Son of Hell came to a laboratory full of precious medicines and instead of stealing stuff he only beat up the people in the laboratory with his bare hands, it was more believable that our captain was in a bad mood, went out, and suddenly wanted to beat someone up.”

The deputy team leader couldn’t help but smile as he retold the scene seriously.

Su Shi was dumbfounded. He was speechless for a long while, and then he humbly noted it down.

It seemed… that the people’s expectations for the Son of Hell was still very strict…

The task schedule was very tight, and the team members quickly prepared for combat and left the base that afternoon.

The team had another task as soon as they woke up, but no one complained, and because of Mu Shi’s company, their spirits along the way were still very high.

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The military strength of base B was very strong, and it often sent combat teams to accept tasks from other bases in exchange for commissions and precious resources.

The time the employer was base T, and the distance between the two bases was not very close. After a long journey, they couldn’t find a supply point where they could be stationed.

The sky was completely dark, and it would be dangerous to continue on the road. The patrol team had to park the armored vehicle at a corner of the street sheltered from the wind.

They often had to spend the night in the wilds without supplies, so the armored vehicles were well equipped. The deputy team leader turned on the temperature control and air filtration systems, and then distributed the rations one by one.

It was unanimously determined by everyone that Su Shi was still a growing body, so he was forced to accept an extra can of meat. He had just finished saying his thanks, but as soon as he turned his head, he was stiffed with a ham sausage, and in the following second he found more instant noodles in his arms.

Yuan Zheng took out a small stainless steel saucepan from nowhere, added in the instant noodles and ham sausage, and also poured half of the canned meat in. He added some water and held the saucepan in his palm. After a while, a tempting aroma wafted up from the pan.

……

With eyes full of grievances, the people who were gnawing on compressed hard biscuits all looked at the captain who used to be good and kind, and shared delights and common hardships with his crew.

Yuan Zheng did not have the slightest thought of abusing his supernatural powers. After meticulously cooking the noodles, he placed it on the equipment piled up in front of Su Shi: “Be careful, it’s still very hot.”

Su Shi never knew that the fire element ability had such a useful application. Su Shi was in awe, and he felt a little guilty due to everyone’s gazes. Just as he was planning to share it with everyone, the team members all quickly and firmly moved their gazes away.

Gratified by the considerateness of his team members, Yuan Zheng stroked Su Shi’s back in a comforting gesture. Then he patiently explained to him in a warm tone.

“Don’t worry about us. You need to eat more. We still have to hurry on the road for a few more days. If we are unlucky, we may have to spend the night in the armored vehicle.”

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The team members also agreed. They chewed hungrily on the biscuits and then prepared to rest. They specifically told him to eat all the noodles and to not even leave a drop of soup behind.

Su Shi was persuaded until he was speechless. His eyebrows curved helplessly, and he had no choice but to consume the noodles by himself. After blowing on the hot noodles, he drank a few mouthfuls of soup, and his stomach immediately felt more comfortable.

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Chapter 121

“I can protect you, trust me, okay?” Yuan Zheng finally spoke in a soft voice. His hand moved to rub Su Shi’s head, but then stopped halfway. Instead, he gently pulled Su Shi up by his hands and told him to sit beside him.

It was like this last time, and this time it was the same again.

Their rooms were right next to each other. No matter how powerful Dr. He’s subordinates were it would be impossible for them to silently abscond away with a living person right under the patrol team’s noses.

What’s more, Mu Shi was much stronger than he looked. Otherwise, why would Dr. He not be able to get anything from Mu Shi, even after having Mu Shi in the laboratory?

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If Dr. He really had ordered people to steal Mu Shi away, as long as Mu Shi called for help, Yuan Zheng would have definitely been able to hear him.

Looking at the evident doubt still in those eyes, Yuan Zheng’s gaze gradually dimmed. He smiled helplessly and gently stroked Mu Shi’s back: “Okay, let’s not talk about it anymore. It’s late. You have a good rest. I am here no matter what, so you don’t have to worry…”

Yuan Zheng stopped talking. He lowered his gaze and was silent for a moment. Then he abruptly brought the young man’s thin body into a gentle hug.

“Believe in me, okay?”

His voice was still very gentle and soft, but there was already a faint tone of pleading seeping through.

Again, Su Shi did not have the heart to trample on Yuan Zheng’s good will.

Of course he believed that the other person wouldn’t harm him, but the way the protagonist was protecting him was simply endangering his experience points.

Su Shi looked at his wretched [experience points] balance. The Su Shi who didn’t even know how the pot looked like in this world felt complicated at heart.

After a long silence, he nodded lightly, “I believe you.”

Hearing his answer, Yuan Zheng stopped breathing. He couldn’t help the upward curve of his lips, and his eyes finally lit up with a bright light.

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“It’s getting late, get a good night’s sleep, and ask the guys to cook you more delicious food tomorrow morning.”

As if some invisible shackles were suddenly unlocked, Yuan Zheng’s tone seemed a lot lighter, and with a smile, he got up and walked away quickly, closing the door gently behind him.

The body was indeed exhausted, but there was still work to do.

Su Shi took a hasty shower, put on his clothes, and sat back on the bed. Then he pulled out the system that was dedicated to playing dead.

“The glasses are effective. It’s the person that you were using the glasses against that has a problem…”

The system knew what Su Shi wanted to ask. After holding back for a while, it cautiously said: “The glasses are equivalent to a skin add-on. It will change your image in the eyes of the characters in the plot, but ultimately, they only have an effect on the characters that are composed of data. There is no way to hide from the eyes of upper dimensional staff members.”

“Dr. Dark is also–”

Su Shi was stunned. Halfway through asking his question he suddenly realized that the name seemed really familiar.

The system waited for a while. Seeing that Su Shi did not continue to talk, it continued to explain while being very scared and on edge: “The Dark God is unwilling to concede and insisted on entering this world. He said he wants to torment the host for a good round. To offset the staff member’s mental losses, the main system allowed him to vent his personal anger in this world under the premise that he does not affect the plot.”

After that, Su Shi beat him to near death a second time.

Su Shi’s stomach hurt just thinking about it. He pulled on the quilt and fell on the bed. He pressed on his stomach and drew in a cold breath: “Do I even have the experience points to be penalized?”

The amount of experience points he had in his account was clearly not enough to pay a penalty fee.

The system stalled for a bit before replying in a small voice: “The penalty is over. I paid the remaining difference… I believe that the host will definitely pay me back!”

A moment of silence passed, but there was no response [from Su Shi], and the mechanical voice stuttered without confidence: “The host will pay me back, right?”

The person lying on the bed was tightly covered with the quilt, and his breathing was steady and long. It turned out that the host had fallen asleep without the system realizing it.

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Fortunately, the host had only fallen asleep, and wasn’t ignoring him. When the host woke up, he would definitely work hard to earn experience points and repay it to the system.

The system finally breathed a sigh of relief, rejoiced, and safely switched to the dormant state.

After another while, the door was gently opened.

Yuan Zheng went in and looked around. Seeing the situation on the bed, his eyes could not help but become soaked in warmth and exasperation.

He waited patiently for a while, and saw that the person wrapped in the quilt was still motionless and sound asleep, so he lightly turned off the light. Then he adjusted Su Shi’s position on the bed, and carefully tucked the quilt in for him. He also attentively closed the window.

After carefully checking that nothing was amiss, Yuan Zheng walked out the door on silent feet. He spread out his mental energy and blanketed the young man’s room with it. Now, he would be able to detect even the slightest movement.

After doing all this, he finally relaxed, went back to his bedroom and lay down, and then went to sleep peacefully.

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Chapter 120

“Xiao Shi, [please] believe in the captain. He didn’t know you have such an important and rare ability before. Otherwise, he would never have taken you to get your blood drawn.”

Seeing the other two people leave the building in a dead silence, the deputy team leader finally couldn’t help it anymore, and stopped in front of Su Shi. He took a deep breath and spoke sincerely.

“Don’t worry, even if Dr. He knows about your powers, we will never hand you over to him. With our captain here, even the top brass at the base would not dare to go head to head with our patrol team. We will definitely protect you. Isn’t that right, Captain?”

As he said this, he fiercely elbowed Yuan Zheng and indicated that he should immediately take advantage of the situation to explain properly.

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But Yuan Zheng was still unmoved like before. His eyes fell on Su Shi’s body. After a long silence, he raised his hand and helped the young man adjust his shirt collar, which was a little messy because of the previous fierce fighting. His tone became soft and gentle again.

“Are you injured anywhere? Did Dr. He do anything to you?”

Thanks to the deputy team leader’s friendly explanation, Su Shi finally understood what was going on. A complicated feeling of not knowing whether to laugh or cry arose in his chest. He coughed lightly once and lifted his head.

“I’m fine…”

Hearing Su Shi cough, Yuan Zheng took off his clothes and draped it lightly over him. But his gaze was arrested by Su Shi’s forehead.

Under the dim light outside the building, Yuan Zheng frowned slightly and raised his hand. He brushed aside the messy hair on Su Shi’s forehead and touched a blood mark on the corner of his forehead.

“Does it hurt?”

He must have accidentally bumped into the corner of some random table while he was pummeling Dr. Dark. Su Shi didn’t feel the injury at all. He met the other man’s apparently worried gaze, and at last his brows curved helplessly: “I’m really okay.”

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Those delicate eyebrows of his finally smoothed out from their furrowed state, and it gave viewers a soft and warm feel.

Yuan Zheng’s hand trembled, his breathing suddenly stopped, and he stared at him blankly.

Su Shi sighed lightly and raised his head to meet the other’s gaze. The look in his eyes have completed thawed and mellowed out.

He really couldn’t understand how the protagonist’s brain worked. It was a bit dumbfounding, but the inexplicable warmth still appropriately soothed the depression and disappointment of another failure to carry the pot.

But that wasn’t too important. He still had opportunities to change the narrative. As long as he figured out what was wrong with the disguising glasses, he would surely be able to get the pot back.

There shouldn’t be a problem with keeping his Mu Shi identity sparkling clean.

Su Shi heaved a sigh of relief and raised his eyes to look at Yuan Zheng: “I’m tired, let’s go back.”

“Okay.”

Hearing these words from Su Shi, Yuan Zheng’s expression finally eased completely, and he agreed warmly. Just as he was about to tug on Su Shi’s arm, the alarm bell suddenly rang behind him.

The deputy team leader’s expression sank and he spoke quickly in a low voice. “Darn, that Dr. He must have contacted the guards. Quick, go!”

Yuan Zheng nodded. He didn’t have time to consider too many things. With a whispered apology, he picked Su Shi up into his arms.

With an abrupt burst of speed, they left the guards chasing them behind in the dust and quickly disappeared into the deep night.

Su Shi was a bit dumbfounded at being picked up so skillfully by Yuan Zheng. Before he could react, he was pressed against Yuan Zheng’s strong chest.

“Sorry, it will be faster this way.”

Yuan Zheng spoke with a warm voice. He used his clothes to cover up Su Shi, and then used his mental power to block the cold night wind for him.

Su Shi made a move to get out of Yuan Zheng’s arms and onto his own two feet, but the sound of gunfire behind them caused him to curl back up quietly against Yuan Zheng’s chest.

Yuan Zheng felt Su Shi faintly pressing against him and his gaze turned warm, but there was also a little sadness in there too.

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Accustomed to running at such high speeds, Yuan Zheng and the deputy team leader soon threw off the soldiers chasing after them. But they still remained tacitly silent until they returned to the patrol team’s independent courtyard.

It was already very late, and all the members were sleeping soundly.

After they got back, the deputy team leader silently slinked off somewhere. This left Yuan Zheng to lead Su Shi, who was still wearing Yuan Zheng’s clothes, back to his room.

Both of them were a little exhausted. Su Shi pulled Yuan Zheng to the bed and had him sit. Then he took off his clothes, folded them neatly, and poured a glass of water for Yuan Zheng.

Yuan Zheng lifted his hands to receive the glass, but it was like he didn’t care what he was being handed at all. His gaze was only focused on Su Shi.

Seeing the uneasiness that had yet to dissipate from those eyes, Su Shi finally couldn’t help but soften up. He squatted down in front of Yuan Zheng and lifted his head to look at the other person. “I’m really fine, so don’t worry.”

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Chapter 119

The plot reversed so fast that Su Shi didn’t know how to react for a while. He frowned instinctively and raised his gaze vigilantly.

Yuan Zheng’s breathing suddenly stagnated.

Most of the time, the look in those eyes was somewhat cold, but never hostile. Sometimes, those eyes would even soften faintly, and flash with bright and vivid colors. Occasionally, a small smile could easily make people feel a wave of warmth.

For the first time, Yuan Zheng saw a sensitive and vigilant look in those eyes that made him go cold.

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“Xiao Shi, don’t worry. Go back with the captain first and listen to the captain’s explanation…”

The deputy team leader quickly stepped forward. He tried to ease Mu Shi’s tension with a mollifying tone. With a complicated expression he looked over at Dr. He who was in the corner. “Right now, we don’t have any evidence. We can’t do anything with just a single tube of blood serum. Captain, let’s go back first and then talk…”

The laboratory was the government’s most important place. The two people sneaked into the core building, and they fought here. Sooner or later, the guards on duty would be attracted and come to check out the situation.

Yuan Zheng took a deep breath. He suppressed the remorse and vexation that he could not yet reconcile. He bent slightly to meet Su Shi’s gaze. Holding on to his wrist, he spoke softly: “First, come back with me, okay?”

In any case, they couldn’t linger in the laboratory anymore.

Mu Shi’s identity was indeed not the best choice to be regarded as the Son of Hell. He was washed white before he could become black. Su Shi was somewhat depressed, but he adjusted his mentality quickly. He nodded, relaxed his strength, and let the protagonist lead him to the door.

Seeing Mu Shi’s reaction, Yuan Zheng’s heart finally warmed up slightly.

At least Mu Shi was willing to believe him.

Yuan Zheng’s eyes felt faintly hot. He wanted to hold Mu Shi tighter, but he was afraid of irritating the other party again. He just relaxed the strength in his hand to encircle that thin wrist, but the muscles in his arm were already pulled so taut that they were as hard as steel.

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They had just reached the door, when Dr. He, who was still unwilling to give up, obstructed their path: “Captain Yuan, you can’t take him away! Do you know that he is–”

Before he could finish speaking, Yuan Zheng grabbed him by the throat and shoved him against the wall.

An extremely sharp and cold light flashed from the depths of Yuan Zheng’s eyes. His fierce mental power spread out without a sound. A few muffled noises echoed back. All the surveillance cameras in the room had been destroyed.

“Captain!”

The deputy team leader quickly stepped forward and hurriedly tugged on his arm: “Now is not the right time, the matter has not been completely figured out yet, we can’t do anything to him—captain!”

The strength in Yuan Zheng’s hand did not relax. His eyes were already exuding an extremely fierce and cold light. Just as he was about to exert more force in his hand, his expression changed from cold one moment to stunned in the next.

Mu Shi, who he was protecting at his side, had also raised his hand and grabbed a hold of his arm. The young man shook his head slightly: “No, it will be very troublesome.”

Yuan Zheng finally heard Mu Shi open his mouth to talk. His breathing became slightly sluggish. The cold look in his eyes rapidly warmed into something mild and gentle. There was a scorching light shining faintly from the depths of his eyes.

Su Shi stared at Yuan Zheng steadily, and refused to loosen up the strength of his grip.

If the protagonist exerted a bit more force with his hand, then he would directly choke Su Shi’s experience points to death.

The side mission did not count as completed unless Su Shi took care of the opponent with his own hands. Su Shi’s heart was beating fast. He couldn’t help but feel deeply worried about his precarious experience points.

The intense blood color disappeared from Yuan Zheng’s gaze in an instant. Upon meeting Mu Shi’s eyes, which seemed to show faint worry, Yuan Zheng’s gaze quickly softened and he nodded gently: “Okay.”

With that said, he loosened up the strength in his arm.

After finally escaping from the grim reaper’s sickle, Dr. He coughed and panted hard. He was about to speak again, but he suddenly met with a very sharp gaze.

Although the force clamping down on his neck had relaxed, the threat of death was still wrapped around his throat.

The utter fear made him speechless for a moment. He instinctively held his breath and stuck to the wall motionlessly.

“Listen well.”

Yuan Zheng met his gaze unflinchingly. With killing intent in his eyes, and ice creeping into his voice, he said: “If I see you scheming against Mu Shi again, regardless of whether you’re a doctor or what purpose you have, I will not let you go again, are we clear?”

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After finally understanding his situation thoroughly, Dr. He was so frightened that he couldn’t stand steady. He dared not speak any more, and nodded vigorously.

Only then did Yuan Zheng fling him away. Pulling on Su Shi, they quickly left the laboratory.

Dr. He had originally wanted to use this opportunity tonight to take care of the big problem known as Mu Shi, so he had specifically reported that there would be an important experiment tonight, and asked the guards to enter the floor of the laboratory after twelve o’ clock. It was to the extent that even though they had made such a big ruckus, no one had perceived anything off.

This whole time, they had entered and exited the laboratory without a hitch. Although Yuan Zheng and the deputy team leader had doubts in their hearts, they could not attend to too many problems at once. They could only bring Su Shi out of the government building secretly.

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