The members of the Dawn team widened their eyes in astonishment.
Chen Jiahua looked at the young man in front of him. It was obvious that this was the mysterious lover of their captain, who had always been well-protected.
Indeed, he had outstanding looks and a gentle temperament, evoking a strong desire to protect him at first sight.
But, how could he be a man?
Chen Jiahua scratched his smooth and shiny head in confusion.
If the captain’s partner was a man, then how did they meet the captain’s son whom they had seen before?
He hadn’t heard that science and technology had advanced to the point where same-sex couples could have children!
Could it be that the captain’s partner was disguised as a man?
Chen Jiahua’s gaze secretly swept over the young man’s prominent Adam’s apple. Leaving aside the obvious male characteristics, even this well-defined face had absolutely nothing feminine about it.
He indeed bore an extraordinary resemblance to Zong Lian.
— Zong Lian’s appearance was simply a perfect blend of their captain and the young man in front of them.
Chen Jiahua was confused, what on earth was going on.
Could it be that Zong Lian was really some kind of genetically engineered creation from black technology… It didn’t seem impossible either; he knew that those guys from the research institute had been eyeing their captain’s genes for a long time.
Zong Lin hadn’t noticed that his team members’ thoughts had already flown to the clouds.
He turned his head slightly, his expression softened a bit, and he said to Shen Jie, “Xiao Jie, meet them, they are companions who usually go on missions with me.”
“Chen Jiahua. The team’s defender.”
Chen Jiahua regained his composure, stood upright, and said, “Sis… Ahem, hello!”
Shen Jie: “…Hello.”
“Yan Hua, scout.” Zong Lin rarely introduced each person.
The woman with fiery red long curly hair nodded towards Shen Jie. “Hello.”
“Chen Yi, auxiliary attacker.”
The man who had been lounging on the sofa with sunglasses perked up, placing two fingers on his temple in a greeting gesture, and smirked, “Hey.”
Zong Lin looked around the hall but didn’t see the last person. He asked, “Where’s Qi Xiu Yun?”
Chen Jiahua replied, “He went out around six, said he was buying something, but he hasn’t come back yet.”
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Yan Hua interjected, “He’s probably not stuck in the mist. But with his healing ability, he should be fine and might even rescue other survivors.”
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The eyes of several members of the Dawn Team widened as they watched.
They had never seen their captain treat someone with such care before. It was a stark contrast to when he wielded his spear to slaughter the aliens.
Shen Jie held the Samoyed plush toy, and amidst the powerful ability users of the Dawn Team, his ordinary aura was like a lost chick among wolves.
He lowered his gaze, slowly sipping the water Zong Lin handed him, looking very obedient and harmless.
Meanwhile, Zong Lin sat beside him, watching him drink.
“Let’s talk about what’s happening in the city,” Zong Lin said.
As the team’s scout, Yan Hua had first-rate information-gathering abilities. Upon hearing this, she quickly reached into her spatial space, pulled out a stack of black flyers, and put them on the coffee table, saying
“These are the flyers circulating in the city since last night. They bear the mental imprints of ‘Soul’ category. Ordinary people and low-ranking ability users who see the imprints will be confused and become puppets of the other party’s consciousness, joining the ranks of distributing the flyers. That’s why overnight, these flyers have spread like a plague into every household.”
“And to be able to influence multiple people remotely with just a bit of mental imprint on the flyers, the troublemaker must be at least a Rank Three alien, or higher. Speaking of which,” Yan Hua paused, “the city has been invaded by this kind of alien, and the City Defense Bureau is really too lax. However… the contents of this flyer…
The flyers covered several topics, mainly focusing on the issues of infection prevention and treatment pills, and the “Bait Plan” for cloning humans. The aim was to incite panic and rage within the populace.
As an ability user, Yan Hua didn’t need to take infection prevention and treatment pills. At the same time, most of the people who participated in the “Guardian Plan” with her were orphans, so they didn’t have many relatives and friends who had been replaced by clones. Therefore, their emotions were relatively stable.
But stability didn’t mean agreement. She looked at the captain. “Is what the flyers say… all true? Now, the streets are full of people who are being led by their emotions to march and protest.”
Zong Lin pursed his lips.
During his time at the Research Institute, he had actually had a conversation with Shi Chen.
Although the Psychological Treatment Center had been destroyed, and the mastermind behind the plan, Senior Researcher Zhang Shihe, had been identified by him and Shen Jie as one of the top executives of the institute, Shi Chen, as the director of the institute, was definitely tacitly supportive, allowing the long-term existence of the Psychological Treatment Center and the “Bait Plan.”
The “Bait Plan” sacrificed a small number of people as bait to reduce the frequency of mist in the city, protecting the majority of normal humans from mist invasion.
This plan had been ongoing for many years, even before Shi Chen took office. Behind the operation of this vast survivor city lay layers of bloodshed.
Shi Chen advocated order and had no intention of making significant changes to the protective measures that had already been established by previous generations.
Despite this, after the destruction of the Psychological Treatment Center, Shi Chen promised him that he would not establish a second Psychological Treatment Center again.
However, for the survival of the city, the “Bait Plan” still could not be stopped. However, in selecting individuals as “Bait,” the Institute would adopt a “volunteer selection” approach, gradually disclosing parts of the plan to the public and selecting volunteers with infection levels nearing the critical threshold to catalyze as bait—this was not a simple matter.
However, any change had to be gradual. The truth couldn’t be made public in a short time. Once panic spread, it would only lead to the loss of order in the city. An emotional outbreak would make the mist spread faster. More people would fall into the mist, causing countless deaths and injuries..
Emotions were highly correlated with the attraction of the mist. Infection prevention and treatment pills were a means of stabilizing emotions, as were the clones.
But now, in less than a day, everything had been exposed. The clouds of mist shrouded the entire city.
The consequences of previous choices now needed to be borne by the city itself.
Just then, Yan Hua’s communicator rang.
She picked it up to answer, her expression suddenly becoming somewhat strange.
“captain, orders have been issued from the observation center,” Yan Hua said, setting down the communicator.
“What are the orders?” Zong Lin asked.
“They want us to protect someone,” Yan Hua said.
“What?” Chen Jiahua, beside them, sounded puzzled. “Are they mistaken? We’re the city’s top cleaning team, responsible for clearing the mist, not serving as bodyguards. Is that person very important?”
“Very important. People at the Observation Center believe that person is… the savior of our human survivors,” Yan Hua said.
Her expression was complex—mixed with disbelief, questioning, and some excitement.
As voluntary participants in the “Guardian Plan,” they had always been the city’s heroes, yet even so, they couldn’t be called saviors.
Because no matter how strong an individual’s power was, in the face of this mist-covered world, they were still insignificant. Humans themselves did not know how long they could survive in this world.
This, people living in the city of “Eden” might not understand, but when they passed through the city walls and faced the most real and brutal aspects of the wilderness, no one could avoid feeling panic.
She indeed longed for the arrival of a savior, someone who could change this despairing world, even though she knew it might just be a human wishful fantasy.
Now, the savior had actually appeared.
…Has he really appeared?
Shen Jie, who had been sitting on the sofa listening to their conversation, rubbed his fingers.
At the same time, on the other end of his consciousness—
—-
“In the eyes of fate, you will become the savior of humanity. Your abilities represent hope, the hope to change the fate of the apocalypse.”
The testing officer he had seen in the ability testing room before said to him earnestly, with pure white eyes.
Su Shiyu: “?”
He was currently in a tightly guarded underground bunker, surrounded by many busy patrol personnel.
“We suspect that your existence has been observed by a ‘Fate’ alien, thus triggering this urban unrest,” the white-eyed testing officer said, “For your safety, please do not leave here until this unrest is over. We will do our best to protect you…”
His words were interrupted by the frantic alarm in the bunker.
“What’s going on?” His expression turned serious.
“The aliens! There are so many aliens! They are all coming towards us!” shouted the scout who was monitoring the outside with instruments.
“Indeed. Their target is you,” the white-eyed testing officer frowned deeply.
“Has the request for assistance to the Cleaning Center been sent?”
“It’s been sent.”
The white-eyed testing officer silently wiped his sweat. The Observation Center’s tall tower couldn’t be reached anymore. This time, the urban unrest was much more severe than he had imagined.
Nevertheless, his gaze towards Su Shiyu remained resolute.
“Mr. Su, rest assured, we will definitely protect you.”
—-
“Captain, what do you think? Shall we depart?” Yan Hua looked towards Zong Lin. At this moment, another message came through the communicator. After checking it, her expression changed. “Currently, the aliens within the city are mobilizing in large numbers towards the target of protection. The purpose of this urban unrest is to eradicate the target while it’s still vulnerable.”
Zong Lin still hesitated, glancing at his lover.
Currently, every part of the city was dangerous. Although the Cleaning Center was relatively safer, it couldn’t guarantee absolute safety. If possible, he didn’t want Shen Jie out of his sight.
At that moment, Shi Chen’s voice sounded in his ear.
“Highest priority: assist in repelling the aliens besieging JW03 bunker. We will assign personnel to protect your partner.”
At that moment, the elevator chimed, and a figure in a wheelchair, covered in bandages, was wheeled in by a researcher.
It was Xiao Qing.
Currently, there were two Semi-Rank Two ability users in the city.
Xiao Qing was one of them.
With him protecting, most aliens wouldn’t be able to get close to Shen Jie.
Shen Jie sat quietly on the sofa, holding the white plush toy, and blinked slowly at him.
It seemed that for a long time now, no matter what mission he had to undertake or how long he had to be away, his lover had always been supportive like this.
Zong Lin walked over quickly, picked up Shen Jie’s phone, and infused it with the soul imprint of protection. “I’ll be back soon. Wait for me.”
AHHHH it’s so exciting
Thanks for the chapter!!!
don’t like where this is going… i feel that won’t be soon that they’ll be reunited
Having A bad premonition ..
And here I was wandering how he would meet up with his exosceletan again.