“You really don’t have to! If you don’t have the strength and something happens later, relying only on the green bullet-like green jujube from the little tree won’t be enough to handle it,” Seeing that Yue Zheng was about to carry himself again, Xu Song’s ears turned red.
He felt that after he woke up from his injury, Yue Zheng treated him like a three-year-old child! Although his physical strength was indeed not high, he wasn’t completely helpless. His fire-based superpower was still very powerful, just a bit slow in response. He just needed more practice!
Looking at the face that was almost as red as an apple, Yue Zheng raised his hand and rubbed his head.
“Okay, if you can’t walk anymore, let me know. We will rest then, don’t push it.”
Xu Song couldn’t help but roll his eyes. He was only five years younger than Yue Zheng! Not fifteen!
The two of them continued on their journey, with the little tree swaying its small waist and shaking its small yellow flowers happily as it followed behind them. It had just stolen and enjoyed the leftover eight-treasure porridge!! It was so sweet~ After eating it, the whole tree looked beautiful~
At noon, all attempts to receive radio signals ended in failure. Not only could they not receive signals from the central radio station, but they couldn’t even pick up signals from the local area or S City. Did the base stations in S City encounter some problems? Or did the interference from the mutation become stronger, preventing radio waves from reaching such a long distance?
In the morning, the two of them and the little tree only traveled about seven to eight kilometers. Their speed was almost as slow as a turtle’s pace. However, considering that there was Xu Song, who hadn’t fully recovered, in the group, this speed was acceptable.
Yue Zheng had considered carrying Xu Song on his back several times. Although the vegetation was dense on this road as well, there were no aggressive animals, so the two of them and the little tree were enough to handle it.
But Xu Song firmly refused. It wasn’t that he was being fussy to show his manliness, but it was just… he couldn’t bring himself to do it after using Yue Zheng as a mattress to sleep on last night. Today, he didn’t have the face to be carried.
Even if Yue Zheng treated his own son like this, it still seemed a bit overindulgent, let alone himself, who had no blood relation to Yue Zheng.
Calling him “brother Yue” was just a polite and respectful way of addressing him. After all, Yue Zheng was older than him, so it was appropriate to call him that.
Moreover, Xu Song couldn’t help but feel a bit uncomfortable, an indescribable discomfort. Since he became an adult, he had never relied on anyone like this, not even his own parents. When he woke up in the morning, he had a feeling of “it’s so comfortable like this, it wouldn’t be bad if it could be like this every day.”
This thought made him anxious, so anxious that he started to resist Yue Zheng’s care for him. Of course, he couldn’t show it too clearly because Yue Zheng might just be taking care of him as a matter of course, treating him like a brother.
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Yue Zheng, completely unaware of Xu Song’s low spirits, lit a pile of fire with a matchstick and set up a cooking pot, pouring in water from the small tree’s “piu” and putting the previously air-dried sparrows in to make soup to replenish Xu Song’s blood…
“Well… it feels useless except for combat situations. It’s not very useful in daily life…” Xu Song’s fire, regardless of what he tried to burn, turned it directly into charcoal.
It couldn’t even be used as for hunting, as it would instantly turn the prey into ashes. Moreover, the color of this fire was different from normal fire, so he had to be careful when using a flamethrower to spray fire, not to let anyone notice that something was off.
“Why is it useless?” Yue Zheng didn’t understand, picking up a piece of charcoal that Xu Song had burned.
“Like this, it turns into charcoal directly. Although it can’t be used as wood, it saves us the trouble of collecting charcoal. If it weren’t for the small tree not being able to hold it, we could have used the charcoal stove we brought earlier.”
While others with fire-based superpowers could start a fire, Xu Song, on the other hand, ended up burning things into charcoal directly, requiring a secondary ignition to start a fire…
Xu Song silently accepted Yue Zheng’s well-intentioned comfort and pondered how to strengthen his alertness. Since the main purpose of this superpower was for combat, he needed to enhance his fighting ability!
Most of the rich and flavorful sparrow soup went into their stomachs. Besides the meat and vegetables, they also put a few pieces of instant noodles into it. Eating the delicious noodles with the fragrant broth made them break into a sweat.
Although it was still midsummer, the weather suddenly cooled down a bit. They weren’t sure if it was due to excessive vegetation causing a global temperature drop or if there was some problem with the climate.
At this moment, the little tree approached again, twisting its branches and begging for food from the two of them. In the morning, when it sneakily ate the eight-treasure porridge, it thought they hadn’t noticed, but they had seen it all along and just ignored it.
Now, seeing its eager expression, Xu Song dug a small pit on the ground with a stick and poured some broth into it.
Taking a lesson from the incident with the instant noodle broth, the little tree cautiously extended its stems and sucked up a tiny bit of the broth. Instantly, all the broth in the small pit disappeared!
Twisting and turning, the whole tree exuded an aura of “I want more, I want more.” Xu Song looked at Yue Zheng speechlessly, and Yue Zheng shrugged, indicating that he didn’t mind.
Since there isn’t much soup left, let’s give it to the little tree anyway.
After having its fill of the broth, the little tree twisted in place for about five minutes, considering it as post-meal exercise to aid digestion. Xu Song, having lost a lot of blood, felt much better after drinking the broth, but he didn’t feel the need to celebrate by twisting his waist like the little tree.
“Are we ready to move, or should we take a nap?” Yue Zheng tidied up the remains and looked at Xu Song, who was leaning against the little tree. The eerie tree behind him continued to twist, but Yue Zheng didn’t feel any swaying.
“No need, let’s go! We’re almost there!” Xu Song was a little drowsy, but their destination was not far away. It would be better to discuss rest once they reached the main road, rather than now when there was no flat ground nearby.
The two of them, along with the tree, set off once again. After walking for about an hour, Yue Zheng’s eyebrows suddenly raised, and he stopped in his tracks. “There are people.”
“Huh? Where?” Xu Song was startled and immediately became alert. How did he not notice at all?! He must have been too relaxed!
“About a kilometer away.”
Luckily, it wasn’t because Xu Song had poor observation skills or lack of vigilance; it was Yue Zheng’s abnormality, how did he know there were people a kilometer away?!
Seeing that Xu Song seemed to be looking at him, Yue Zheng turned to look at him. The shocked expression on Xu Song’s face made Yue Zheng realize how astonishing his previous words were. He quickly tried to rectify the situation, “There might be a group on the national road. Look, there’s smoke ahead in the sky. People might be camping.”
“Brother Yue, I thought that was just a cloud.” A thin line so far away, Xu Song wouldn’t have thought it was smoke if it were any other time!
“Alright, it seems those people have the same destination as us. When we get closer, let’s observe the situation before deciding whether to approach or not.”
Yue Zheng rubbed his head as he discovered that he seemed to enjoy ruffling Xu Song’s hair. His hair was soft and loose, and even though it hadn’t been washed for a few days and was a bit greasy, it didn’t bother him. It was like ruffling the fur of that little wolf dog in the team. Unfortunately, that little dog was probably no longer around… either transformed or ran away.
Xu Song tried to dodge his hand but inexplicably didn’t want to move away from it. He shook his head playfully and finally left Yue Zheng’s large hand alone.
“Okay, let’s get closer and assess the situation.”
A long line of people, men, women, and children, all looking like refugees, wearing tattered clothes with many of them covered in bruises. It was unclear if it was due to difficult roads or some other special circumstances.
“What’s the plan, brother Yue?” Without binoculars, Xu Song was afraid the reflection from the lenses would attract attention. Both he and Yue Zheng climbed onto a relatively sturdy branch, this was another use the little tree had developed. They would make the tree smaller first, then climb up, and afterwards, the tree would grow larger, allowing them to move to even higher trees.
Yue Zheng didn’t need binoculars. His eyes were now equivalent to high-powered binoculars, and his hearing seemed to have improved as well, not to mention his physical strength and power. However, it seemed that the human body still had its limits, so his growth appeared to have stabilized in recent days.
After Xu Song asked, Yue Zheng briefly explained what he saw. “There are quite a few people, at least five to six hundred of them, mostly walking on foot. There are people of all ages. It’s hard to hear their exact conversation from this distance.”
“…,” Xu Song looked up at the sky in frustration. From this position, he could vaguely see several people resting not far away on the road. He couldn’t even see their specific situation, let alone hear what they were saying.
“What should we do? Should we go closer and investigate?” Xu Song asked.
“That’s a good idea. Let’s see how things unfold.” Yue Zheng pondered for a moment and nodded. “Let’s not carry too many things with us. Many people in their group don’t have any luggage, and we need to find a way to hide the little tree.”
“It followed us all the way without being detected, didn’t it?” Xu Song relied on his elevated position and leaned on the tree, patting the top of the little tree in exchange for its twisting branches.
“Yes, even so, we still need to be cautious. After all, many people have undergone transformations in their bodies, and there’s no guarantee that there won’t be someone like you with enhanced memory.”
Large group may bring large problems… Thanks for the update ❤️😁😊🌳❤️