“Is he the Savior we’re supposed to protect?”
Chen Jiahua reacted immediately.
Right as he spoke, Su Shiyu resolved another infected patient, walking steadily towards the next stretcher.
Chen Yi, wearing sunglasses, was astonished, touching his chin and admiring, “There’s indeed something about him.”
Perhaps because of the sounds of the discussion, Su Shiyu paused in his movements and looked up towards them.
His face could only be considered ordinary, with only a pair of bright green eyes. His gaze swept lightly over the group, finally meeting eyes with Zong Lin.
As their gazes met, Zong Lin felt like he was peering into a cold and dark pool.
He had seen many such looks in the wilderness, mostly belonging to lone wanderers, full of vigilance, like solitary wolves warning strangers not to approach.
However, he couldn’t quite place it, but he felt a strange familiarity from Su Shiyu.
But at this moment, the situation didn’t allow him to ponder further. Observers next to several monitors shouted loudly.
“There’s a new swarm of aliens appearing in the southwest… They’re closing in!”
The white-eyed test officer, who was pacing anxiously, saw them and hurried over, saying, “Captain Zong, you’ve arrived just in time. Please assist our team in exterminating the aliens outside.”
Zong Lin glanced at the monitors. At this moment, the alien siege was coming from six directions, almost blocking all outward passages of JW03 bunker.
He stated, “The reason for the clustered appearance of aliens is due to gaps in the surrounding mist that haven’t been sealed promptly. If we don’t eliminate the mist, the aliens will continue to reproduce endlessly. Please provide us with the locations of the observed mist entrances, especially where the ‘Soul’ aliens are hiding.”
“However, the advance team hasn’t completed the detection fully…” The white-pupiled observer hesitated, “And your current task should prioritize protecting Mr. Su…”
Mr. Su?
Zong Lin thought, this address should refer to that savior.
“I believe the safety of the city should be the top priority,” he said, “I’ll go deal with the surrounding mist. Chen Jiahua, you stay here and protect Mr. Su. Chen Yi, you cooperate with the team here to combat the aliens. Yan Hua, assist the spatial defenders here, reinforce the surrounding spatial defense magnetic field, and prevent the invasion of ‘Space’ aliens. If necessary… take him away from here.”
“Understood!” Several people responded in unison. With years of coordination, they instinctively obeyed Zong Lin’s orders.
Zong Lin’s crimson pupils fell back onto the white-pupiled test officer.
The pressure from the strongest ability user, even if somewhat restrained, still made low-level users feel as if facing a mountain.
The white-pupiled test officer thought, if even Zong Lin couldn’t resolve the mist, what could the advance team bring back by exploring it?
With no response from the Observation Center and no way to ask for instructions, they had to make decisions on the spot… The white-pupiled test officer nodded reluctantly and provided precise locations of several mist entrances.
“Understood,” Zong Lin nodded slightly. He also wanted to resolve this turmoil quickly.
After all, his lover was still waiting for him.
However… before dealing with the mist outside, Zong Lin strode up to the green-eyed savior.
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Apart from the initial glance, the other party had lowered his head again, his slender fingers covering the wounds of the injured, systematically clearing the infection one by one.
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He felt like laughing. Or maybe leaning in to kiss Zong Lin’s lips. He had just tasted those lips in the cinema not long ago, and they tasted good.
But he also knew that his current appearance might scare Zong Lin.
So, he obediently extended his hand.
Zong Lin took his hand. A very serious grip. Then, he injected a bit of power into the rubber glove on his hand.
“If you encounter danger, tear the glove apart,” Zong Lin said. “I’ll be able to sense it.”
This was a small-scale soul imprint, similar to the one Zong Lin injected into Shen Jie’s phone earlier.
However, the difference was that the soul imprint on the phone could be activated to become a bomb through specific key combinations, while the one on the glove could not. After all, the explosion caused by a Rank Two soul imprint was extremely powerful. Only those who have merged their breath and soul with Zong Lin for a long time would not be harmed by the explosion of the imprint.
Regardless of whether the soul imprint shattered or exploded, Zong Lin would be able to sense it.
“Okay,” Su Shiyu said.
—-
Ability Center, Seventh Floor.
“Dawn” lounge.
Qi Xiu Yun walked from the elevator area into the hall with a bag of beer, the cans clinking against the ice cubes.
Shen Jie held a white Samoyed plush toy, sitting on the sofa, looking still and harmless. However, at this moment, he seemed to sense something, squinting slightly.
Qi Chu didn’t answer Qi Xiu Yun’s question, just briefly introduced, “He is Shen Jie, my former colleague.” His gaze shifted to the bag Qi Xiu Yun was holding, “Cousin, are you planning to drink all this beer by yourself?”
“Yeah,” Qi Xiu Yun grinned, showing his white teeth, “If Big Cousin wants to drink, we can have it together now.”
Qi Chu said, “No need. You know I never drink, right?”
Qi Xiu Yun’s expression stiffened for a moment, then he chuckled, “I know, I know. I thought since it’s low-alcohol beer, you wouldn’t mind, Big Cousin.”
He placed the large bag of beer on the table, conveniently covering the black flyers underneath. A cold chill emanated from the bag, and it felt like the room temperature dropped a few degrees because of it.
In the wheelchair, Xiao Qing moved his neck slightly forward.
【Want… to drink…】
Shen Jie glanced over, but neither Qi Chu nor Qi Xiu Yun reacted. It seemed that only he could hear this voice for sure.
This time, Xiao Qing didn’t ask anyone to eat him up again. Instead, he seemed to show a strong interest in the beer in the bag.
Qi Xiu Yun sat down familiarly next to Shen Jie, took out a can of beer, opened it, took a sip, and then handed another can to him with a smile, “Do you want some?”
Shen Jie glanced at the can of beer but didn’t take it.
Qi Xiu Yun smiled and said, “If you don’t like beer, I have other drinks here too.”
He then took out various drinks, one bottle at a time. There were colas, fruit juices, and various flavored carbonated beverages.
Xiao Qing stretched his neck, and the bandages on top looked like they were about to shift.
Shen Jie pinched the soft fur of the Samoyed in his arms and said, “I thought with the city in chaos and the entire ‘Dawn’ team on a mission, you being a member, you would be anxious to go and cooperate with the operation instead of drinking here.”
Qi Xiu Yun’s smile faded slightly as he said, “I’m just the team’s healer, with no offensive capabilities. Rushing over now wouldn’t be of much help. Besides, look, they didn’t wait for me when they went on the mission.”
With that, Qi Xiu Yun shook the beer can in his hand towards him. “It’s really boring waiting here, wouldn’t you like to have something?”
As he spoke, droplets of water condensed from the cold air dripped slowly from the outside of the beer bag.
Drip. Drip.
The water droplets gathered on the ground into a puddle, then spread towards them.
“If you don’t want drinks, I also bought mineral water. You should at least drink some water, right?” Seeing that Shen Jie still didn’t seem interested, Qi Xiu Yun took out a bottle of expensive-looking water from the bag, like a wagging puppy, and looked at Shen Jie eagerly.
Suddenly, Qi Chu stepped forward and stood in front of Shen Jie, saying, “No. You’re not Qi Xiu Yun. My cousin, although lazy, would never hide and evade responsibility when the team is on a mission.”
Qi Xiu Yun chuckled, “Are you kidding me, Cousin? Haha.”
Qi Chu didn’t waste any words, directly took out the infection value detector from his research uniform pocket and aimed it at Qi Xiu Yun.
The detector immediately sounded a loud alarm.
Qi Chu immediately said, “Xiao Qing!”
When Qi Chu realized something was wrong just now, he had already disabled the isolation device on Xiao Qing. He quickly issued orders, “He’s been infected. Hurry, clear this alien.”
However, Xiao Qing showed no response.
Qi Xiu Yun remained calm and composed, still wearing a smile on his face.
Qi Chu’s expression finally changed. He doubted whether he had set up the device properly and wanted to go check, but the water on the ground acted like glue, sticking him in place.
“Xiao Qing?” Qi Chu frowned.
At this moment, Xiao Qing in the wheelchair finally slowly stretched out a hand. The bandages wrapped around it fell off, revealing pale fingertips.
A green flame, as if finding fuel, ignited on the pale skin, and the fallen bandage, driven by an unseen force, reached into the bag on the table filled with beer and drinks, as if playing around inside for a while. Then, it picked up a long bottle of cola and returned, cradled in Xiao Qing’s arms.
【It feels… so comfortable…】
Qi Chu realized something and threw the detector in his hand at Xiao Qing.
The alarm of the detector kept ringing, even louder than before.
… This was the signal of the aliens.
But he, responsible for Xiao Qing, didn’t even know when the other party had fallen.
“Why?” Qi Chu asked. His previously gentle demeanor seemed to be torn apart, his expression filled with disbelief, the tear mole at the corner of his eye turning red. He didn’t even have the energy to focus on the person he was protecting.
“Feng Qing, you promised me you would never turn into one of them. Why?” Qi Chu questioned again.
However, Xiao Qing’s face was bound with bandages, unable to speak, and of course couldn’t answer his question.
His body temperature was very high, and the cola in his arms quickly warmed up, emitting steam. So, he hooked another bottle with the bandage and brought it back to hold. This time, it was Sprite.
And soon, Qi Chu couldn’t speak either.
The water droplets on the ground climbed up his body at an extremely rapid speed, and the sticky gel enveloped him entirely, turning him into a human-shaped sculpture shimmering with water.
Shen Jie: “What do you want to do?”
Qi Xiu Yun chuckled, “Of course, we want to welcome Your Highness back to the temple and prepare for your promotion.”
He got up from the sofa, turned around, and knelt in front of Shen Jie.
“I originally wanted to take you away in a gentler way, but unfortunately, you didn’t appreciate it,” Qi Xiu Yun said, glancing at the various drinks on the table.
They were all spiked with drugs. It was the calming medicine he had specifically searched for at the hospital earlier. Its effects were gentle and beneficial to the body. Even if a human consumed it, they wouldn’t feel any discomfort. After waking up, they already went home with him.
Qi Xiu Yun’s pupils extended a few black wavy lines, which were trembling continuously at this moment.
“Please forgive my impertinence.”
He said, blood-red threads extended from his fingers, binding Shen Jie’s hands and legs. Then he turned to look at Xiao Qing: “Why don’t you give His Highness a seat?”
Xiao Qing, glanced at by him, reluctantly stood up from the wheelchair and hopped to the side a few times, like a resurrected little zombie.
Shen Jie: “.”
When he encountered that vine-like alien in the revolving restaurant earlier, he wanted to say it.
Titles like “Savior,” “Supreme Eternal King,” “King of Endings,” and so on, he could let go.
The former was a ridiculous misunderstanding.
As for the latter two, there were people who used similar terms to address him a long, long time ago.
After all, whether human or alien, imagination was always rich.
But what kind of strange title is “His Highness” again?
Is Qi Chu dead??? Hope not.
Thanks for the chapter!!
Hope none of the three is dead .. 😢
Do you actually think that the malevolent being you are waiting for will forgive you just because you ask? I don’t understand how these aliens think that he is so evil he will end the world but somehow think they are immune from his wrath. I mean he already ripped your leader to shreds for his impertinence.
Queen, king and savior…Shen Jie, so busy…
lol, good summation