Shen Jie: “Alright.”
Zong Lin lowered his head and handed the phone back to him, lightly brushing his forehead with his thin lips.
The kiss, as light as a dragonfly skimming the water, with an attitude of treating a treasure, made several people around them speechless.
Chen Jiahua, Chen Yi, Yan Hua: Never did they imagine that one day, they would actually witness their usually aloof and reticent captain feeding someone dog food!
Shen Jie took the phone and lightly tapped Zong Lin’s palm with his fingertips like a little cat.
“I’ll wait for you,” he said.
Yan Hua opened the gate of space, and several people quickly entered before it closed.
In the hall, only Shen Jie, Xiao Qing, and the researcher pushing Xiao Qing’s wheelchair remained.
Xiao Qing was wrapped tightly in bandages, like a mummy. The researcher behind him was a gentle-looking man with a level “A” badge on his chest. He had long hair that fell to his shoulders, tied back in a half-ponytail. A tear mole graced the corner of his eye..
“Hello,” the researcher greeted with a smile as he pushed Xiao Qing next to Shen Jie, bending slightly, “I’m Qi Chu. Mr. Shen, if I remember correctly, we should have met a few times when you first joined the research institute.”
Shen Jie recalled for a moment, indeed having a slight impression of Qi Chu, so he nodded, “Qi Ge, long time no see.”
When he first joined the research institute, Qi Chu was the coordinator of District Seven, and also the top performer, their senior.
With a somewhat similar resume to his current one, Qi Chu had a high satisfaction rate among the superpower users, and he had even been responsible for coordinating the suppressor for the former strongest ability user.
The former strongest human.
Shen Jie rubbed his fingers together.
If he remembered correctly, the name should be… Yan Feng Qing.
He glanced at Xiao Qing, who was wrapped in bandages from head to toe.
Nine years ago, Yan Feng Qing burned his life to advance, and used the ‘Space’ ability “Eternal Exile” to expel the super S-class disaster “Nest Egg”, disappearing from people’s sight along with the disaster.
The city had confirmed Yan Feng Qing’s death.
So who was the Xiao Qing in front of him now?
Just as Shen Jie was pondering, he suddenly heard a faint voice drifting past his ears.
【Can you… please… eat me?】
Shen Jie looked at Qi Chu.
Qi Chu seemed to be completely unaware of this voice, still smiling at him and saying, “Although it’s been a few years since leaving District Seven, Professor Xu and I have always kept in touch. He often mentions you to me, saying you were the best student he has taught in recent years— he has never praised me like that before when I was under Professor Xu’s tutelage. Initially, I was a bit unconvinced, but after learning about your resume, I can only say, indeed impressive.”
He gave Shen Jie a thumbs-up.
Shen Jie: “Thank you…”
【Eat me… please?】
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The murmuring voice continued.
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“Ability backlash?” Shen Jie asked.
Qi Chu nodded, saying, “Something like that.”
Shen Jie: “Can he speak when bound in bandages?”
Qi Chu smiled bitterly, “Even if he’s not bound, Xiao Qing… he can no longer speak.”
Accompanying his words was Xiao Qing’s faint voice:
【I’m very tasty… sir… would you eat me… please?】
Shen Jie remained silent.
Thank you, he didn’t like eating humans. He had never eaten a human before.
However, judging from Qi Chu’s reaction, Xiao Qing probably hadn’t made a similar request to anyone else. Otherwise, they would have realized what he was asking for earlier.
But then came the second question. The last time Xiao Qing saw him, he was still wearing an exoskeleton, and even Zong Lin couldn’t immediately recognize him. How did Xiao Qing recognize him now?
[Warning! Warning! External mist fluctuations detected, protective alert activated.]
At that moment, the system voice sounded.
Shen Jie wasn’t very surprised: “You’re awake again.”
Since Shen Jie had already figured it out, the system simply lay flat, no longer explaining its disconnection reasons, and hurriedly asked: [Host, what’s happening in the city? Why so much mist? And why did the Research Institute explode?]
“I don’t know,” Shen Jie said. He had been having a meal with Zong Lin just fine, and then suddenly the Research Institute exploded. Shortly after, a bunch of nonsense vines came flying in, disrupting their good time together.
If it weren’t for his proper temper control, this world would have been destroyed several times over.
As Shen Jie spoke, his gaze swept towards the stack of black flyers left by Yan Hua on the table.
The system gasped, [Are those flyers from “Eye of the Unborn”?]
Shen Jie: “Eye of the Unborn?”
The system replied: [Do you remember the three-year major infection in the city? The escape of the Research Institute’s aliens was just a trigger. The disruptive aliens made the city chaotic, causing panic among the people. The aliens attempted to undermine the city from within. Originally, things wouldn’t have been so bad, but an alien with a “Soul” ability utilized its power, spreading rumors about the dark side of the Research Institute, amplifying the fear and anger of the public, and causing chaos. It is known as the “Eye of the Unborn.”]
[“Eye of the Unborn” is very cunning, able to self-divide its soul into slices and perform large-scale mental manipulation on the masses. Meanwhile, its soul can also move randomly among the manipulated masses. To find it and completely eliminate it is extremely difficult and requires a lot of time.]
[At that time, the situation of the city protectors was dire. Zong Lin needed time to recuperate due to his severe injury and uncontrollable infection value, while Zhu Wu You was fully engaged in resisting the invasion of the Rank Two alien of the “Fate” category, whom we cannot name directly. What the city lacked most at that time was time.]
[In order to temporarily appease the public panic and shift the focus, the Research Institute had no choice but to push out a young researcher to bear all responsibility for the aliens’ escape. He then committed suicide in apology. That researcher is you, the host.] the system’s voice.
[You jumped off a building.]
That was the conclusion of his story at the beginning of the book. As an unknown background character in the Research Institute, he took on all the blame for the aliens’ escape, leaping to his death from the top of the institute. Only briefly mentioned in the prologue of the three-year major infection.
The system paused, [Now, with the explosion of the Research Institute and the appearance of the “Eye of the Unborn,” along with the city’s unrest and mist reappearing, is the three-year major infection truly unavoidable? Is fate truly unchangeable…?]
Just then, the elevator made a ding sound again, and the elevator doors opened slowly.
A man entered carrying a shopping bag. He looked somewhat like Qi Chu, but with a more cheerful demeanor.
Seeing them, his expression was somewhat surprised.
“You guys are…? Big Cousin, what are you doing here?”
This was the floor specifically allocated for “Dawn” by the Cleaning Center. Only those with authorization could access this floor—either members of “Dawn” or individuals like Qi Chu who have been granted direct access by Shi Chen.
Obviously, the man in front of them belonged to the former.
Qi Chu nodded at him, “Xiu Yun, I was specially dispatched here for protection duty. Your teammates have all gone out for emergency tasks. I suggest you go to the JW03 bunker to meet up with them.”
“What? Captain and the others are out on a mission?” Qi Xiu Yun scratched his head in frustration. “I just went out to buy some beer and snacks, and ended up taking a stroll outside for a while…”
His gaze wandered, finally settling on Shen Jie.
Qi Xiu Yun curiously tilted his head, and in his ink-black eyes, the pigments seemed to undulate like waves.
“Who is he? Is he the person you’re responsible for protecting today, Big Cousin?”
As he spoke, he walked towards Shen Jie with his shopping bag.
—-
At this moment, outside the JW03 bunker.
Numerous aliens were converging from all directions, many of them resembling ants with orange eyes, and large quantities of “eggs” dropping from their eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.
Among the aliens, there were also many ordinary people holding black flyers, their minds unclear, stumbling towards the bunker.
“Report! The number of aliens and humans being manipulated is continuously rising!”
“The targets are mixed, making it impossible to use large-scale destructive weapons to intercept!”
“Damn cunning aliens, now they’ve actually learned to use ordinary people as human shields. Despicable—”
The white-eyed test officer paced back and forth, his face tense.
Su Shiyu had been watching from the side all along and now said, “If you can bring the infected ordinary people here, I can save them.”
“The Feather of Creation” needed to be fed to evolve and upgrade. He needed to reach Stage Nine as soon as possible to help Zong Lin remove the infection from his body.
The white-eyed test officer didn’t hesitate either. “Alright, we’ll arrange for the wounded to be brought here immediately. But the situation outside is intense, so you mustn’t go out. They’re all coming for you.”
Su Shiyu nodded in acknowledgment.
The wounded were soon brought over and laid on makeshift surgical stretchers.
Half of his cheek was gnawed by ants, and the fallen orange eggs grew in the rotten flesh, wriggling one by one.
With this level of infection, under normal circumstances, he should have been on the verge of being sent to the nitrogen chamber.
The white-eyed test officer looked at Su Shiyu with some anticipation.
He really wanted to see the abilities of this Savior who had been foretold as the “Savior Star.”
Whether it was worth it to expend so much manpower and abilities to protect him at the frontline.
Su Shiyu glanced down at the wounded, habitually disinfected with alcohol gel, put on rubber gloves, white light appeared in his palm, covering the gruesome wound.
Time passed, one second, two seconds, three—
And still no healing occurred by the third second.
Su Shiyu said, “It’s done.”
“Done?” The white-eyed test officer repeated somewhat dazedly, “That’s it?”
Although rare, he had indeed seen ability users treat infections with their abilities. However, those ability users all required extensive preparation in advance, long treatment times, and consumed immense amounts of energy, which couldn’t sustain prolonged, large-scale work—the results were not always satisfactory.
To see Su Shiyu handle it so effortlessly and comfortably was a first for him.
But how fast was the treatment, and what were the results?
Su Shiyu moved his hand away.
The infection in the wound of the wounded person had completely disappeared, and there was no sign of any growth.
The white-eyed test officer stared in disbelief.
Not only him, but many ability users patrolling and defending in the vicinity couldn’t help but shift their gaze here, wanting to see the true capabilities of the Savior.
“Your Excellency, how do you feel about the energy consumption of using your ability?” The white-eyed test officer involuntarily added a title of respect.
“Not bad, didn’t feel a thing,” Su Shiyu said, raising his eyebrows slightly and urging, “Next one.”
The white-eyed test officer maintained a somewhat dazed posture. “Oh…alright.”
Soon, stretcher after stretcher was brought in.
The young and tall Savior with green eyes walked among the stretchers, with white light floating in his hand.
He didn’t possess the gentle and inclusive temperament commonly seen in “Life” ability users, yet for some reason, just by walking there, he could make people firmly believe that he could indeed save the world.
When Zong Lin and several members of the “Dawn” team emerged from the spatial rift, the first thing they saw was such a scene.
Nooo the cliffhanger 🫠🫠 btw is it just me or the last member of the dawn team is super sus? Like why are you closing in?
Thank you for the chapter!! 🫶🫶
The description of his eyes has me thinking that he is being controlled by or is himself the mind controlling alien.
Our poor boy doesn’t want to be a savour, he just wants a date with his husband that doesn’t end in chaos 😂 and to save the one person worth saving
qi xiuyun be looking pretty sus there…
Thank you for the chapters! Very sus
I still can’t get over the fact that the destroyer aka the King of aliens and the savior of humanity are the same person… It makes me cackle. The recent chapters are building tension…ahhhh!! This novel is so good.
Thanks for the chapter!!
Zong Lin has high kevel soul power.. Will he feel something amiss after meeting Green eyed Shen Jie ???
He will when he winks at him…
Stay back and what’s in your bag?!? Thanks for the update ❤️❤️❤️🦔