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Chapter 118 

Seeing that there was something strange about the deputy team leader’s reaction, Yuan Zheng’s heart sank, and his eyes became solemn.

The deputy team leader frowned and anxiously paced a few steps back and forth. Finally he made up his mind and said in a low voice: “I heard– and this is just hearsay, but I heard that you can detect an ability user through their blood. And I don’t know why, but the medical team has been secretly supplying that Dr. He with blood serum all this time.”

Yuan Zheng abruptly stood up. He felt a deep anxiety in his heart.

Recalling Mu Shi’s strange reaction to Dr. He at that time, he could not help but become more worried. He hurried to Mu Shi’s room and knocked on the door a few times, but no one responded.

The deputy team leader also followed him to Mu Shi’s room. The two looked at each other, and their hearts sank together with a heavy feeling. They raised their hands and opened the door.

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The room was empty, the windows were vacant, and there was no one inside.

“They must have discovered Xiao Shi’s ability and secretly took him away!”

The deputy team leader spoke in a hurry, and Yuan Zheng’s gaze darkened rapidly. He did not dare to delay for even a moment. He hurried over to the big building immediately.

When the two rushed to the laboratory, they saw that the lights inside were brightly lit, and there were faint groaning and smashing sounds, as if someone was fighting inside.

Yuan Zheng’s eyes grew darker and he kicked the door open. The people inside stopped and looked towards the door.

Seeing the protagonist unexpectedly appearing here, Su Shi’s throat suddenly tightened up. He looked at Yuan Zheng quietly, but inside his heart was sinking heavily.

Dr. Dark knew Su Shi’s identity [as the Son of Hell] and could expose him at any time, while he has yet to completely expose the other person’s nefarious ambitions.

Looks like he could not continue to hide his identity anymore.

Su Shi lowered his gaze, glanced at Dr. Dark, whom he had beaten into a pulp, and self-deprecatingly raised the corners of his lips.

…This was fine, too. Now that the protagonist has seen his violent side, he should believe that he is not a good person.

Even if his two identities overlapped, he could use this incident as an opportunity to blacken himself. Then he should be able to smoothly return to the right track, shoulder the pot again, and revert back to being the fearsome and evil thief…

Yuan Zheng stood at the door startled.

He saw the faint curve of the young man’s lips and suddenly his chest felt stuffy and he couldn’t breathe.

Mu Shi didn’t smile very often, so every time he smiled, he looked warm and pure, but the smile in front of Yuan Zheng right now was different. Those eyes were filled with a defensive chilliness that stabbed at others and also hurt himself. It was as if the defenses that took a long time to gradually lower were abruptly erected once again.

The deputy team leader hurried over. He flipped through the pocket of Dr. He’s white lab coat, and as expected, he found a test tube of blood serum. It was labeled with not only Mu Shi’s name, but also the number 50.

He turned around and worriedly handed the test tube to Yuan Zheng.

Holding the test tube in his hand, Yuan Zheng’s chest slowly rose and fell, as if a knife had been pierced through his body, and the slightest bend was painful to his heart and lungs.

Seeing that serial number on the test tube chilled him to the bone. Only after taking several deep breaths to calm himself did he prevent himself from directly crushing the test tube.

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The events all happened so coincidentally. Mu Shi must have thought that Yuan Zheng had deliberately brought him to get his blood drawn, betrayed him to Dr. He, and even insisted on bringing him back to the base to make him a test subject of Dr. He’s.

There was no expression on Mu Shi’s face. He only stood there quietly with his head lowered, and his eyes fixed upon a distant void.

Dr. He slowly regained a bit of strength. He saw Yuan Zheng’s figure at the door. His eyes immediately lit up. He used force to push away the young man that was holding him down. Then he got up and rushed over to Yuan Zheng.

“Captain Yuan! You finally came. Let me tell you, he is-”

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He had only just started to speak when Yuan Zheng slammed his fist into his abdomen. Dr. He fell upon the medicine rack heavily. He curled up as coughs racked his body. It was so painful that his features all twisted together.

“Mu Shi, it’s all right, look at me—don’t be afraid, it’s all right.”

Yuan Zheng didn’t even spare a glance for the scientist. He walked over to Su Shi with long strides and held the still indifferent young man with his hands. His tone was faintly nervous and fearful.

“It’s my fault for arriving late. Come back with me, okay? Believe me, this was just an accident, I won’t let anyone else hurt you again…”

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Chapter 117

In what other people saw as the gloomy nest of devils, at present was the time when people were preparing to rest. Warm yellow light shone from every window. If one got closer, one could even hear the sounds of talking and laughter from inside.

In these post-apocalyptic times when everyone was in danger, the stability here was almost like one big dream.

Su Shi still had a lot to do tonight, and he couldn’t stay in his own territory for a long time. He withdrew his plant wings once he arrived outside of a tower. He threw all of his crystal nucleus and supplies into a window.

The objects fell with a heavy sound. From inside the room came a flustered and exasperated voice, “Stinky brat, the next time you throw things around like this, I will definitely take all of your crystal nucleus!”

The corner of Su Shi’s lips quirked up and he responded in a low voice.

“It’s for you. I have to go out again. I’ll come back in a few days.”

Hearing the sound of footsteps inside, his body moved slightly, and he disappeared into the darkness again.

The old person in the room walked quickly to the window, but only the quiet night was left. He was stunned for a while. Finally he shook his head with a helpless smile, but some warmth appeared in his eyes.

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Su Shi, who had rushed back to Base B, had already landed outside of Dr. He’s laboratory.

The other party seemed to have concealed everything perfectly, but Su Shi believed it was impossible for the other person’s cover to be as perfect as it seemed. As long as he wanted to find it, he would definitely find the tracks that the careerist left behind.

With a hand to steady his glasses frames, Su Shi felt a little more assured. Then he deftly went in through the window. He brought out a fluorescent plant to use for lighting and then opened the AI to scan the whole laboratory.

He had just taken a single step, when the sound of a sharp siren went off.

“I finally remembered who you are…”

The lights of the laboratory suddenly brightened. Dr. He raised his gun with a firm hand and aimed the weapon at him. His lips twisted into a cruel smile: “What should I call you? Number 50, Mu Shi, or… the Son of Hell?”

He enunciated the last four words particularly clearly. Su Shi suddenly felt a chill behind his back, but his eyes remained cold and indifferent, quietly looking at the man in front of him.

That rubbish system. Can it not present an obstacle for once?

Mu Shi’s identity could no longer be associated with the Son of Hell. The only thing he could do was to dispose of the other person on the spot.

Fortunately, the other person was an evil person guilty of monstrous crimes, so Su Shi did not feel any guilt in getting rid of him.

He took off the glasses frames that were not useful at all, and set it aside. He raised his hand towards him, and gave the other man a friendly, slow grin tinted with murderous intent. The light in his eyes rapidly grew cold.

The laboratory specialized in biological research, and there were plants everywhere. Su Shi hooked his finger, and a vine quietly crawled over and tripped Dr. Dark, who was walking forward step by step.

At the same time, Su Shi was already pouncing forward. He did not use any abilities, and just rained his bare fists upon the other man without mercy.

The original body has suffered countless tortures and accumulated infinite hatred for this world. Even if he chose to forgive and protect in the end, he still refused to walk with anyone.

Now there was a chance for revenge, so just let this body vent it all out for once.

When Yuan Zheng came out of Mu Shi’s room, his expression immediately turned serious. He called all the team members together, and took the time to emphasize that Mu Shi’s ability must be kept strictly confidential.

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He had mentioned it several times during dinner today, and the team members all knew the importance, and they all agreed and distributed the harvest from the supermarket according to their needs, before each went back to rest.

As for the captain and the deputy team leader, they still had to integrate the consumption expenditures of this mission [before they could retire to rest]. Yuan Zheng observed that the deputy team leader seemed to be overfilling with words he wanted to say but was too hesitant to voice. Finally Yuan Zheng got exasperated. He sighed lightly and put down the account book.

“Speak, what do you feel is wrong about him this time?”

“It’s not that, I just–”

The deputy team leader’s eyes flickered. He bowed his head with a guilty conscience, and took a long time to take a deep breath before lifting his gaze: “Captain, it was I who was in the wrong before. I shouldn’t have suspected Xiao Shi*. His ability is ‘life,’ it absolutely cannot be the ability of someone who has come back from hell to seek revenge.”

[*T/N: Xiao Shi – nickname for Mu Shi. Xiao means “little” and Shi is the same character as Mu Shi’s name.]

Yuan Zheng didn’t expect that the deputy team leader’s entry point into the topic would be this unique. He arched his eyebrow slightly and chuckled lightly: “If that’s what you think then that’s good. I want to add his census register into our team, and I was worried that you wouldn’t be willing–”

“Captain, did you take him to get his identity certificate already?”

Before he finished speaking, the deputy team leader’s expression suddenly changed, and some anxiety and tension appeared in his eyes: “Did they draw his blood? When did they draw it?”

“At noon today… Is there anything wrong?”

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Chapter 116

A crowd of people came over. They all wore a distressed expression on their faces, but they still squeezed forward desperately, greedily inhaling the faint fragrance of vegetables.

While Su Shi was blinking blankly, Yuan Zheng pulled him out of the crowd of people. Su Shi tried to explain: “There’s no poison…”

“I know. They’re just too excited.”

Yuan Zheng chuckled lightly. He hugged Su Shi tightly. Unexpectedly, his voice had a faint raspy quality to it.

“Did you know? A lot of people acquired abilities in the post-apocalyptic world. There are powers that can wreck and destroy, and there are powers that can purify and heal. But there is not a single ability with a core that’s ‘life.’”

His arms faintly tightened with excitement, and his gaze was already heating up. But he still restrained himself. Su Shi was starting to feel uncomfortable. Yuan Zheng let him go and put his hands on his shoulders: “Mu Shi, you are our hope.”

……

Fortunately, [he] did not use the plant abilities as the Son of Hell.

Su Shi, who was only a step away from despair, was frightened for a while. He couldn’t help but rejoice that he was lucky enough to have tried out his abilities in advance. He turned around in Yuan Zheng’s arms and looked at the crowd of people that was still lingering around the pot.

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Just one stalk of vegetable was not enough [for everyone] to eat.

Seeing the look of dissatisfaction still in those eyes, Yuan Zheng couldn’t help but smile and stroke his back indulgently. Then he went over and lightly pushed apart the crowd of people: “All right, all right, are there any more dried vegetables?”

The crowd of people rushed back to the dormitory, and soon they brought back all kinds of dried vegetables. Su Shi’s eyes were faintly shining. He selected a few of them and prompted them to grow into plants. He removed the roots and then put them into the pot. The vegetables enriched the broth quite a bit, and created a soothing feeling of comfort.

The team members unanimously felt that the roots that were removed were a pity. After fighting for a long time, everyone was easily able to share and get a small piece each. They happily cupped it in their hands and brought it back to their rooms to hide away.

The deputy team leader was too embarrassed to fight with everyone [over the vegetable roots], so he stood alone by himself in the middle of the courtyard. Su Shi thought he wasn’t able to grab anything amidst the crowd, so he prompted the remaining garlic clove in his hand to sprout, and then he magnanimously stuffed it into the deputy team leader’s hand.

Looking at the lush green garlic sprouts, the deputy team leader was choked up for a long while and the rim of his eyes swiftly turned red all around. He raised his head and was about to speak, but the young man was already sitting next to the pot with a bowl in his hands. He looked up eagerly, waiting for Yuan Zheng to serve him soup.

The deputy team leader suddenly felt guilty for all the doubts he had before. He wiped his eyes vigorously and happily returned to his room with the whole garlic sprout.

Everyone was satisfied with lunch that day. By the time the fire had completely died down, the sky was also gradually dimming.

After Su Shi had eaten his fill, Yuan Zheng led him back to his room. Although the furnishings in the room were simple, they all looked neat and warm. There was a desk with a lamp, and his schoolbag was placed on it. On the bed someone had specially laid out two quilts.

Meeting his gaze, Yuan Zheng touched the tip of his nose and coughed lightly: “We’re always going on missions outside, so we’re all used to sleeping on hard surfaces. If you feel that it is too hard, we can add more [quilts].”

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Su Shi sat atop the quilts to test it out. Then he raised his head and spoke in all seriousness, “It’s already very good.”

Only then did Yuan Zheng breath a sigh of relief. He smiled and touched Su Shi on the shoulder, and then he helped him smooth out the quilts. “Inside the car is stuffy and rocky. You must not have slept well. There’s a separate bathroom inside. Have a good rest first. I will go out and take a look.”

Yuan Zheng did not linger for long. After he finished speaking, he turned around and went out.

Su Shi’s gaze kept staying on Yuan Zheng. He watched the other man close the door carefully. Then he fell back on the softly paved single bed and sighed extremely lightly.

Very similar. But there was also a subtle difference. Yuan Zheng gave him chocolate instead of the familiar hot cocoa.

He couldn’t be irresponsible to two people. It was still best to not get too close to Yuan Zheng.

Su Shi lay on the bed and rested for a while. When he reckoned that no one would come to find him again, he turned off the desk lamp, opened his schoolbag, took out a new pair of frames, and put them on. Carrying the spoils of war that he got as the Son of Hell, he jumped out of the window.

Dark purple petals rapidly unfolded behind him. Using the momentum of his jump, Su Shi’s silhouette quickly melted into the dark night.

Rumor has it that the Son of Hell has black wings, but in actuality it was a type of mutated phalaenopsis, which could be used to replace hang gliding wings when tied to the body.

One of his mission tasks was to guard the Unbounded City. He must rush back for a trip to the Unbounded City.

Everyone knew that the Unbounded City was the Son of Hell’s territory, but because of the protection of that bloodthirsty forest, no one has actually entered the Unbounded City before, so no one knew what it actually looked like.

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Chapter 115

Most of the painful experiences that the original body went through were due to Dr. Dark. It was no wonder that there was an extra note of [complete revenge] within his mission parameters.

Suddenly locating the target for his mission, Su Shi’s eyes flashed coldly, but he faintly curled his lips toward him [in a smile] before leaving with Yuan Zheng.

Feeling an inexplicable chill behind him, Dr. He looked in the direction that the young man had walked off to. He frowned and pushed his glasses up: “Who was the one who went out just now, and where did they come from?”

“Team Yuan brought him back, saying that he was a friend’s younger brother who came here to take refuge.”

Dr. He’s prestige in Base B was high. The staff member quickly turned over the records and added: “He’s called Mu Shi. It’s quite a strange name.”

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The name was very unfamiliar. Dr. He nodded slightly, but he kept feeling the other person’s gaze on his back. He received the register and flipped through it. In a casual tone he said: “Deliver the new batch of serum today, and this one named Mu Shi, I want him too.”

“Okay, just wait in the laboratory. We will send someone to deliver it for you immediately.”

The staff member quickly responded, and then stood up to watch Dr. He leave.

Su Shi held his elbow and followed behind Yuan Zheng. In his mind, he was making up plans for the side mission he had just received.

He could not be too hasty either. In order to improve the overall task score relatively, the best choice was undoubtedly to expose the opponent as an evil careerist first, and then find a way to take care of this threat.

Because he was deep in thought, it was inevitable that he would be a little absentminded. Yuan Zheng only thought that he was hungry, so he sped up the pace, took him though the procedures quickly, and then led him back to the patrol team’s independent camp.

The patrol team was in a separate courtyard. As soon as he stepped in, Su Shi could smell the enticing fragrance.

“Little Log, Captain, you’re back!”

Unlike the shabby dishes outside, the food in the patrol team was obviously better by more then just one or two levels.

The fragrant canned meat was boiling in the big pot, and the freshly steamed rice was placed in the bowl. The striker beckoned them vigorously. He had a handful of dried vegetables in his hand. He shook his head with a sigh: “There’s enough meat, but unfortunately there isn’t any vegetables. If only Dr. He can research some more and tell us how to grow vegetables again, that would be good.”

The light in Su Shi’s eyes flickered. He looked pensively at the dried vegetables in his hand.

The method of growing vegetables has already been researched and developed when the central base was still standing, but Dr. Dark was just holding onto the method. It was clear that he was waiting for a good offer, and wanted to bring it out at a suitable time.

Su Shi just knew that Dr. Dark was concealing things.

“Take it slow. There will always be a way.”

Yuan Zheng smiled and shook his head. He wanted to lead Su Shi back to change clothes first, but Su Shi suddenly walked over and stopped the striker’s movements.

“What’s wrong? You don’t like to eat this?”

The striker asked curiously, but Su Shi just shook his head and raised his eyes to look at him: “Can you give me one?”

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Watched by those clear eyes, the striker was stunned for a moment. Then he hurriedly passed the dried vegetables over: “Here, have it. Vegetables are hard to find. This stuff is rare. We have them in our rations, but they are dry and hard. It doesn’t taste good. It just adds some flavor to the dishes.”

Su Shi thanked him. He pinched the green part from the vegetable leaf and placed it in his hand. Then a light blue light suddenly appeared in his palm.

Under the catalysis of his supernatural power, the broken leaves were silently transformed. Roots grew downwards and thin shoots emerged. In the blink of an eye, new emerald green leaves were drawn out and slowly unfolded in the air.

The courtyard suddenly fell silent. Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the plant in his hand, and they didn’t even dare to breathe. A vaguely excited light appeared in their eyes.

What was truly desperate in the post-apocalyptic days were not the wandering zombies or the destroyed homes, but the land where no crops could grow, the water sources that one could not directly drink from, and the sunlight that could no longer make plants grow smoothly.

Having lost the basic sources of survival, human beings lived in panic every day.

Su Shi only wanted to cook some vegetables to eat, but when he returned to his senses he realized that everyone was staring at him. His hand shook and the vegetable fell into the pot whole.

“Don’t throw it!”

The deputy team leader rushed over, but he was already a step too late. The green vegetable had fallen in and was boiling along with the meat broth.

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Chapter 114 (39.1)

“No, not a problem…”

The deputy team leader was stunned for quite a while. He was unexpectedly unable to refute, and sunk back into his seat dispiritedly.

In all fairness, asides from being taciturn and introverted, he [Mu Shi] was really a very likeable young man. Not to mention, he repeatedly helped their team out and even saved everyone’s lives.

Compared with everyone else’s attitudes, even the deputy team leader felt that he was too harsh. He lowered his head to reflect for a long while. He eventually suppressed the worries in his heart and closed his eyes resignedly.

Yuan Zheng’s mental power was much stronger than the others. He didn’t switch out with anyone else, and drove the car steadily back to the base.

The movement of the car parking woke Su Shi up. He opened his eyes and sat up in a daze.

Yuan Zheng walked around from the driver’s seat. When he saw that Su Shi was still looking confused, a smile appeared in his eyes. He leaned forward and carried his backpack for him: “Did you sleep well?”

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Su Shi felt that his pre-determined image of a sinister and callous person was getting further and further away from him. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and nodded his head. Then he followed Yuan Zheng and hopped out of the armored car.

After the destruction of the central base, no other base rose up as the strongest. Base B has always been known for its strong military strength, but its economic and technological strength was relatively weak. The base had to often send patrol groups out of the city to collect supplies. The base would also hire out teams to other bases for payment.

Su Shi did not have any identification documents yet, so Yuan Zheng had everyone else return to camp to rest while he led Su Shi to the central building.

On the first floor of the building was a public cafeteria. It was precisely lunchtime and the faint sounds of human voices could be heard, but there was no smell of food.

“Are you hungry? There isn’t much that’s good to eat here. I told them to go back first and cook lunch. We’ll go join them in a bit to eat.”

Perceiving Su Shi’s gaze, Yuan Zheng patiently stopped and explained to him in a low voice with a smile. Then he took out a piece of chocolate and handed it to him.

Su Shi didn’t think that there was someone else asides from him who had taken chocolates from the supermarket. Su Shi glanced at Yuan Zheng curiously, and then thanked him. He peeled off the wrapping paper and wanted to break off a piece, but Yuan Zheng held his hand and pushed it back: “It’s for you. Wrap it back up. If you’re hungry, [eat a little to] pad your stomach.”

Su Shi was stunned for a moment. Then he put away the chocolate obediently. The smile in Yuan Zheng’s eyes grew a bit more. He patted Su Shi on the back, and then led him into the elevator all the way to the top floor.

In these post-apocalyptic times, caution was high concerning the movement of people between bases. Even with Yuan Zheng’s identity, anybody that he brought back would still have to go through a series of investigations and tests. Only after confirming everything could identification papers be issued.

Su Shi followed the staff member into the medical room. A tube of blood was drawn for a virus test. They were just about to go out the door when a tall, thin man in a white coat suddenly hurried in from outside.

After the man brushed past, the beep of a side mission sounded in Su Shi’s ears.

[Side Mission: Complete revenge, eliminate the sinister careerist Dr. Dark, and protect Base B]

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Each side mission had an extra reward of five thousand experience points. Of course the destitute [in points] Su Shi didn’t plan to give up this opportunity. While pressing on the cotton ball [from where his blood was taken], he turned his body around. His gaze burned into the man’s back.

“What’s wrong?”

Yuan Zheng was waiting for him outside. Seeing that Su Shi seemed to be interested in the man who had just entered, he explained softly: “He is Dr. He. This base’s top brass spent a lot of money to invite him here. He specializes in biology and evolution studies. He’s usually in the laboratory, so it’s hard to see him.”

[T/N: Surname He 贺 means “to congratulate”]

Su Shi glanced at his experience points, which was in the shape of a man wearing a white coat.

He raised his head and asked, “His last name is He?”

“Yes, Dr. He is a very powerful person. He has researched many new plans for growing food, and he has also proposed ideas for purifying water and soil, which makes up for the large shortcomings of the base.”

Yuan Zheng didn’t pay much attention. He just nodded and led Su Shi back to the office area, but Su Shi still stood where he was.

As if sensing his gaze, Dr. He finally turned around and looked thoughtfully at the beautiful young man at the door.

Seeing his front profile, Su Shi raised his eyebrows slightly, finally confirming the identity of the other party.

This Dr. He was the former Dr. Dark, the culprit who used Mu Shi to perform human experiments at the central base. After the destruction of the central base, he escaped by chance and changed his face to take refuge in Base B. At the moment, he has yet to reveal his careerist claws, and even established a reputation in Base B.

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Chapter 113

Yuan Zheng didn’t know if the young man in front of him understood his words or not. His expression was still in a daze, but his eyes were fixed on him, and those clear eyes reflected a hazy layer of water.

Yuan Zheng held his breath. His heart softened involuntarily. He lightly pressed the other person to lie down. In a soft voice, he said: “It’s okay, you can sleep assured. They won’t bother you anymore.”

“Yes, yes, go to sleep quickly. We definitely won’t bother you anymore.”

The petardier quickly agreed. He picked up the blankets and piled them on him. Then he knocked on the back of the driver’s seat: “Deputy team leader, dim the lights!”

“Okay, okay, I’m adjusting it.”

The deputy team leader sighed in resignation. He waved his hand to interrupt the petardier’s nagging. He dimmed the ceiling lights and re-adjusted the temperature control system to a higher level. Then he tried to pick out a road that wasn’t too bumpy and drove along it.

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With such good treatment, it was hard for Su Shi to decline their great kindness, so he curled up with his schoolbag and closed his eyes honestly.

The team members calmed down in an instant. They surreptitiously pushed and shoved at each other, and finally they saw their captain carefully covering the young man with the blanket. Only then did they satisfactorily hugged their equipment and withdraw. Then they all closed their eyes and dozed.

After all, they were also up and about the whole night. The atmosphere returned to quiet and sleepiness crept up upon them.

The original body was still drunk, so Su Shi relaxed and unwittingly fell asleep.

Yuan Zheng wasn’t really sleepy. His eyes fell upon the dozing young man, and he adjusted the blanket for him.

The person under the blanket slept peacefully, his brows unconsciously softened, and the corners of his lips that were always pressed slightly together were also faintly relaxed. It revealed an unsuspecting gentleness and purity, which made people’s hearts unwittingly soften.

Thinking of the young man’s unwavering gaze when he pushed Yuan Zheng through the door, Yuan Zheng’s heart contracted slightly, and the faint smiling light in his eyes gradually dissipated.

The stronger the ability, the greater the responsibility. He has been rigorously trained since the day he discovered his talent. He became strong quickly, and then he became the captain of this team. He has long been used to protecting and caring for others, but there has never been a time when other people protected him.

What’s more, the other person was still such a young man who didn’t seem to have any fighting ability.

He carefully stroked the other person’s short hair, and the missing piece in his heart finally seemed to be filled. Yuan Zheng sighed extremely lightly, raised the corners of his mouth unconsciously, and closed his eyes.

He got him back.

Two hours later, Yuan Zheng opened his eyes right on time and leaned forward to touch the deputy team leader’s shoulder: “I’ll drive, you take a rest.”

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There was still a long way to go to return to Base B. They needed to change shifts so that they didn’t get too tired. The deputy team leader nodded and stopped the car. He shifted over to the front passenger seat. As he watched Yuan Zheng climb up front from the back seats, he opened his mouth, wanting to say something but then hesitated.

“What do you want to ask?”

Yuan Zheng stepped on the accelerator, steered the steering wheel steadily, and bypassed a pothole that was blown out.

The deputy team leader took a deep breath and lowered his voice: “Captain… was he really not injured when you guys found him?”

Having almost guessed what he was going to say, the light in Yuan Zheng’s eyes sank. He did not answer.

“He could crack the code with just a glance at the program, which indicates that he has extremely strong mental power. He could break free of your control, and he could survive safely under the hands of a Class-B zombie…”

The deputy team leader looked like he was struggling with himself. He glanced back at the sleeping youth, gritted his teeth, and said: “If—what if he really is the Son of Hell?”

Yuan Zheng turned his head slightly and glanced at the worried deputy team leader before turning his gaze back on the road. Obviously, he was not surprised by his doubts.

“Then it means that the Son of Hell is actually different from what we thought. Is there any problem?”

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Chapter 112

With Su Shi’s luck, the day that people truly believed he was the Son of Hell would definitely be the day when the Son of Hell’s reputation was washed white.

Su Shi had experience with this kind of plot. He let out a sigh, wrapped his arms around himself, and fretted.

The big zombie didn’t worry. It pulled out a pair of frames from his schoolbag and leaned over as if wanting to help Su Shi put them on.

“Great Host, you have reached this point, how about changing the number and starting over–”

The voice had yet to finish speaking, when the body of the big zombie suddenly stopped. In its hands it still held the frames that it had yet to help Su Shi put on. Then the zombie stiffly fell over.

The blood-colored eyes quietly dimmed. The system’s bitter wails were already ringing in Su Shi’s head.

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Brilliant golden flames instantly surrounded the fallen zombie, raging like an inferno, and in the blink of an eye the fallen zombie was burned into ashes.

Su Shi had yet to return to his senses. He raised his head stiffly and was faced with several familiar and concerned faces.

Yuan Zheng’s gaze was fixed on him. He quickly scanned up and down his body to confirm that there were no obvious injuries on his body. Then he finally heaved a sigh of relief and half knelt down to support his shoulders. “How are you? Are you injured?”

The frames were also burned to the point of being invisible. Fortunately he still had a backup pair of frames in the schoolbag.

Su Shi met his anxious and concerned gaze, and shook his head lightly. Just then the striker strode over, picked him up, and clapped a hand on his back with no mercy.

“Told you not to fool around again! Just a college student, yet you want to be a hero—it’s not your turn to be a hero, you’re responsible for staying alive, you got that!”

It seemed like he had struck with all his strength, but it didn’t hurt at all when his palm made contact with Su Shi’s back. Su Shi was pressed atop his [the striker’s] knees. With a thud he raised his head and looked at Yuan Zheng who dared not help.

Meeting those eyes, which held a rare look of accusation, Yuan Zheng chuckled hoarsely, picked Su Shi up by his arms, and used his hand to protect his back. “All right now, don’t bully him.”

The striker wiped his eyes vigorously and finally grinned. He picked up the schoolbag lying off to the side and hiked it up onto his back. “You’re one lucky fellow, you chanced upon a zombie that wasn’t hungry. Let’s go quickly. They’re all waiting for us…”

“Go back with us, okay?”

Yuan Zheng stretched out his hand to Su Shi. His eyes had regained their gentleness and patience, but he still could not hide the redness of his eyes.

Su Shi was silent for a moment, and eventually nodded.

He didn’t take the hand that the other person had stretched out, but Yuan Zheng didn’t mind. Yuan Zheng clasped him on the shoulder, gave him a pat, and led him away.

After a long night of action, the sky was already faintly turning white. The rest of the team members who were waiting in the armored car finally saw three figures coming towards them and they were very ecstatic.

Ignoring the defensive regulations, the team members jumped out of the car. They scrambled around Su Shi, rubbing and kneading him playfully in reprimand. It wasn’t easy to find him and bring him back. Don’t know who it was, but someone started cheering and everyone else followed, no longer suppressing their emotions. Sky-shaking cheers rang out all around.

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Su Shi sighed extremely lightly, curved his eyebrows helplessly, and finally allowed the corners of his lips to curl up.

He had to change his identity sooner or later anyway, and it didn’t seem to be a bad thing to let this misunderstanding continue.

The mission to collect supplies has been completed, and everyone has gained a lot from the supermarket. On the way back to the base, the car was filled with a relaxed and happy atmosphere.

The petardier coaxed Su Shi to drink two sips of alcohol. Seeing the always cold and reticent young man look around blankly with bright eyes, another round of laughter went through the car.

“Okay, stop messing around with him you guys.”

Yuan Zheng chuckled lightly. He cleared up some space next to him and sat down with Su Shi. “You were kept busy with us all night, are you tired? Close your eyes and sleep for a while. We will arrive at the base very soon.”

Su Shi was not sleepy at first, but was moved by the familiar tone, and couldn’t help but set his eyes on him again.

His mind was still sober, but the original body has lived in isolation since childhood, so he obviously never had a chance to drink any alcohol before, and only a few mouthfuls were enough to get a reaction from the body.

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Chapter 111

Mu Shi must also know that, so he pushed Yuan Zheng, who was originally determined to stay behind, and stayed outside instead of him. He even closed the door before the ten seconds were up.

Yuan Zheng half knelt on the ground in silence. His fists were tightly clenched and his eyes were already faintly turning red.

“Then what about him? Captain! Are we just going to leave him?”

The striker rushed forward with red eyes and squeezed Yuan Zheng’s shoulders firmly: “Captain, we said we would bring him back! Can’t we go out now and take a look? Look now, at least there is still a bit of hope…”

He couldn’t even persuade himself. His voice gradually lowered until he choked off with his head bowed and squatted weakly on the ground.

Although the others didn’t speak, they couldn’t relax at all in their hearts, and the warehouse fell into repressed silence.

Right now was not the time to be depressed. The deputy team leader took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and stepped forward: “Captain, we still have a mission…”

“Let’s complete the mission first.”

Yuan Zheng spoke slowly, and he felt like there was blood in his throat, but he stood up again: “You lead them inside to collect the things, leave a few people to guard the door, and I will go out and have a look.”

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“Captain!”

The deputy team leader had only just started to breath a sigh of relief when he heard the rest of the captain’s sentence, and he couldn’t help but raise his head angrily: “You are the captain, how can you also act willfully like this!”

“I have just used my spiritual powers to probe around outside, and the Class-B zombie have already left. Sometimes they might not immediately feed on their prey, I just–”

He just couldn’t help but want to take a look again.

If there were no traces of being attacked, then he could still convince himself that the other person was still alive…

Yuan Zheng took a deep breath and did not continue to speak, but walked towards the door with his back to the group.

The sniper took a step forward and stopped the deputy team leader who wanted to say something more: “Let’s go, the captain is hurting.”

The deputy team leader was not reconciled and wanted to persuade again, but several people came forth to cover his mouth and drag him into the depths of the warehouse together.

It was very quiet outside.

The Class-B zombie not only took away Mu Shi, but also took away the group of zombies that they were struggling to deal with just then. Only the messy battlefield from the previous fight was left outside, leaving no trace of that young man.

The striker rushed over to speak, met Yuan Zheng’s gaze, swallowed the words again, and then whispered: “Captain, can we still find him?”

Yuan Zheng didn’t answer, just raised his eyes in silence.

The night was getting darker and darker.

Su Shi was carried by the Class-B zombie all the way, and he couldn’t help but suspect he might fall apart from all the jolting, when the big bad zombie finally came to a stop.

The group of zombies who were chasing along had already dispersed. The big zombie placed him on a flat rock, and squatted down in front of him. Its eyes flashed red and it kept roaring with ambiguous and broken syllables.

……

Su Shi was angry and reopened the instant communication with the system.

“—Host I was wrong. I will never dare to do it again!”

The broken syllables were instantly translated into human words. The big zombie squatted miserably beside him rubbing its eyes, grieving terribly: “It wasn’t intentional…”

Su Shi was starting to get a headache. He took a deep breath and rubbed his forehead: “So you controlled a Class-B zombie and carried me away?”

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“The system cannot control the characters in the plot, otherwise it would be considered cheating.”

After being blacklisted, the system suddenly had the bright idea to control this big zombie and chase after them all the way. It was quite proud at the moment and nodded vigorously.

Su Shi’s head hurt even more.

The difficulty of the official world was indeed much more difficult than that of the novice world. In the first few worlds, he at least experienced the feeling of shouldering the pot. Since entering this world, he has not even touched the edge of the pot.

After fretting for a spell, Su Shi lifted his head. Entertaining the illusion of a fluke, he said: “They misunderstood that I am not the Son of Hell. Can I still get experience points?”

“There is no such pot as [misunderstood by the others as not the Son of Hell], my great Host.”

The system shook its head cautiously and worriedly reminded: “The protagonist group has a high degree of goodwill towards you. It may not be a good thing to associate your current identity with the Son of Hell…”

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Chapter 110

“It’s too dangerous outside, tell me the password, and next time, you’re also going in.”

Yuan Zheng once again released his power in a great blast, forced the zombies away again, and hurried to Su Shi’s side.

Meeting the concern gaze of the other party, Su Shi gently shook his head. Then he turned around and entered a new set of numbers: “The password is changing.”

As long as there was still someone who had yet to enter, he must stay outside and continue to enter the password.

Yuan Zheng’s heart clenched. He turned around again to protect the young man’s back and relentlessly repulsed the zombies that tried to touch them: “Move fast, leave three people, all the rest will go in!”

The team members reacted quickly. The new ten seconds passed, the door closed again, and there were only a few people who were left behind.

They just had to unlock the door one more time. Ten seconds was completely enough time. Yuan Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, but Su Shi suddenly stopped and raised his head to look out into the darkness.

Among the zombies, he seemed to spot a strange figure jumping around…

“What is it?”

Seeing Su Shi’s movements, Yuan Zheng couldn’t help but frown, his spiritual power swept out in the direction of the young man’s gaze, and his expression shifted slightly: “It’s a Class-B zombie, everyone be careful!”

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Class-B zombies already have higher intelligence, and their power was also much higher than ordinary zombies. Unless their crystal nucleus was crushed, they could regenerate infinitely, and it was almost equivalent to a human’s Class-A superpower.

After a fierce battle, Yuan Zheng’s spiritual power has been greatly consumed. Now he was not sure if he would be able to deal with this big guy.

The situation was urgent. He flipped his hand around to guard Su Shi. His tone sank: “Next time you will go in no matter what. There are only a few of us. Believe in me, we will make it in time.”

Although he was calmly comforting the young man behind him, his heart gradually sank inch by inch. Silently, he made a decision.

Each time the door was opened, it was for ten seconds, neither too long nor too short of a time. If a Class-B zombie chased them into the warehouse, the team members would never have a chance to survive.

Extinguishing the blazing flame in his palm, Yuan Zheng took a deep breath, re-mobilized the remaining spiritual power he had accumulated, and was ready to stay outside and block the Class-B zombie by himself.

Su Shi didn’t answer, but waited for the reset time to pass, and entered the new password again.

The rest of the people were ready, and as soon as the door opened, they quickly entered the warehouse. Yuan Zheng was finally relieved. Looking at the Class-B zombie approaching quickly before him, he was about to rush up to it, but suddenly a hand grabbed his wrist.

“Mu Shi—why haven’t you entered yet?”

Yuan Zheng turned around, stunned. He couldn’t think too much anymore, he had to shove the other person inside the warehouse, but the Class-B zombie had already rushed up to the warehouse door with a roar.

There were five seconds left.

The zombies must be stopped at the door. Yuan Zheng was prepared to let his power out in an explosive burst, no matter the cost to himself, but Su Shi had deftly diverted his arm. With a twist of one hand, he used strength to pushed Yuan Zheng inside the door, while his other hand was inputting another set of numbers into the code lock at lightning speed.

The aura of a living person was always extremely alluring. Without a concern for the other person’s welfare, the B-Class zombie pounced on Su Shi and hefted him up over one shoulder. Then it also wanted to rush into the warehouse while the door was still opened.

A B-Class zombie was carrying Su Shi, but his expression was still calm. Su Shi reached out his arm with difficultly and pressed the last number.

With three seconds left, the door closed suddenly.

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There was momentary silence in the warehouse. Only the sound of heavy breathing could be heard.

“N- no, this isn’t right. The little log* is still outside. It hasn’t been ten seconds yet…”

[*T/N: This is the first time Mu Shi is being called little log. It might become a nickname in the future, in which case, I will capitalize it to Little Log, but I’m leaving it lowercase for now. The term is 小木头 (xiao mu tou) in the text, which translates to “little wood log.” I shortened it to “little log” because the meaning is still there and now it’ll be 3 syllables in both English and Chinese. This is both a sound-based and pun-based nickname. The “mu” in Mu Shi 穆拾 and wood 木头 (mu tou) are homonyms. 木头 (mu tou) or log is also an adjective used to describe someone with the personality or countenance of a log, with qualities such as being taciturn, expressionless, aloof, inflexible, and/or blunt with words.]

The striker spoke in a numb voice, shook his head helplessly, staggered up, and fumbled around for the opening mechanism: “How do you open the door? This is not good. We have to bring him in. We said we would protect him…”

“There is a B-Class zombie outside, we can’t go out rashly.”

The deputy team leader’s tone was also a little astringent. After a long stretch of silence, he said in a low voice: “Calm down. If you open the door now, everyone will be in danger.”

He did not say it bluntly out loud, but all the team members knew in their hearts what would happen to the one who was left outside in that situation.

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Chapter 109 (38.1)

“Stop talking for now.”

Yuan Zheng interjected in a low voice. His spiritual power spread out like water, and his expression became solemn in the blink of an eye: “Don’t worry about the Son of Hell, we have to leave here fast, stay vigilant, and doctor, take a look at those who are injured!”

The sky was already completely dark, and if there were indeed a large number of zombies here, they would soon gather following the smell of blood.

Everyone went silent immediately, vigilantly observed their surroundings, and quickly hurried towards the supplies warehouse, which had protective measures.

The faint white light of healing flickered from time to time. The injuries that they suffered weren’t too serious. They were only harmed by some common methods that robbers often used to escape. However, if their injuries were not handled in time, then it would be the most obvious trail for the zombies.

It didn’t take long for the zombies to chase the smell over here.

This area had fallen to zombies not long ago, and it was right at the phase where the zombies ran amuck. The group ran quickly while disposing of the zombies that pounced on them. Su Shi was guarded in the center and was unable to intervene. Just as he was considering whether or not he should take the chance to get away, the striker in front of him shouted out in excitement: “Quick, we’re almost there!”

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A tall and solid supplies warehouse was already before their eyes. As long as they could get in, they would gain a temporary reprieve to make preparations.

“Leave two here, the rest go over and open the lock!”

Yuan Zheng ordered decisively and took the lead to stay behind. Dazzling flames instantly illuminated a large area, and the photophobic zombies wailed and shrank back.

Su Shi’s footsteps stuttered to a halt.

The brilliant golden flames scorched his eyes faintly. In a split second, his breathing became slightly stagnant.

This was the second time he has seen such a flame. Only fire that carried light could be such a completely pure brilliant gold.

But the protagonist just so happened to be an extremely rare dual-ability user of light and fire, and it didn’t seem strange for him to have such a flame.

Su Shi couldn’t help but walk over, wanting to see more clearly, but in the next moment the striker bodily picked him up and rushed to the door of the relatively safe warehouse.

This time, the zombies’ attack was particularly fierce, and the numbers were increasing. Several members in charge of electronic equipment were competing with the code lock, but the more anxious they became, the more panicked they got. They couldn’t unlock the code no matter what, and cold sweat slipped silently down their foreheads.

The striker wielded long-handled fire tongs and mercilessly killed a group of zombies. In between he took the time to pat Su Shi on the shoulder, laughed, and joked: “If you know the password of this warehouse that would be even better. I will definitely do your laundry everyday after we get back…”

“This is a military warehouse, how would he know?”

The deputy team leader interrupted him with a frown. He was afraid that Su Shi would over think those words and blame himself. He nodded apologetically at him. “This guy has no filter between his brain and his mouth. We are already very grateful to find that supermarket. Don’t mind–”

Before he finished speaking, Su Shi had already walked towards the door.

He rested one hand steadily on the input pad of the code lock. The taciturn young man leaned over slightly and stared intently at the unlocking program code scrolling on the computer screen. After a while, he raised his hand and inputted a sequence of numbers into the digital pad.

“No! If you make a mistake, the self-destruct system will start!”

Everyone’s expression changed and they quickly moved to rush over, but the code lock suddenly emitted the jingle of the correct password being inputted, and the warehouse door slowly opened.

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There was a moment of silence all around him. Not only the team members responsible for cracking the code, but even the few people who were busy resisting the zombie horde couldn’t help but turn their heads and look at Su Shi with confusion in their eyes.

“Quickly go in. The password can only open the door for ten seconds each time.”

Su Shi added in a low voice. The AI* was already quickly making calculations for the new password. Su Shi’s hand still rested against the input board.

[*T/N: 智脑 zhi nao – direct translation is “wisdom” and “brain.” It’s translated as “smartwatch” in FOD:XZX, because the text says the main character, Zhou Yun Sheng, has a watch on his wrist that is invisible to others. But in LMSTB, I don’t recall any mention of Su Shi having a watch in this story arc, so I went with “artificial intelligence (AI)” as the translation this time. It’s not system, because “system” is 系统 xi tong.]

Everyone’s expression changed slightly, and they did not dare to delay. Those who were close by immediately entered the warehouse, and the rest were also moving towards the door.

Ten seconds later, the warehouse door closed again.

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