Su Shiyu stayed in the room for a full two hours before coming out.
Yan Hua noticed the tiredness on his face hadn’t diminished; if anything, it seemed even more pronounced. He couldn’t help but express some concern, “Mr. Su, are you alright? If you’re tired, you can rest a bit longer. After all, Captain and the others are still in the room… I don’t know if something else has happened, but we’re considering knocking.”
“No need to knock. The treatment is fine,” Su Shiyu said, lowering his gaze to the ground. “They should still be conducting examinations.”
“Examinations?” Yan Hua was somewhat surprised. “What kind of examination takes this long?”
Su Shiyu rubbed his forehead and said, “It’s not just a regular examination. Zong… Zong Lin also needs to use his abilities to address some issues with the patient. That’s why it’s taking longer.”
Special markings that only the ‘Soul’ could do, why didn’t that count as a way to solve the problem?
Yan Hua seemed to understand, but still turned back to the others and said, “Since Mr. Su said so, let’s wait a bit longer.”
Another half hour passed before the door finally opened.
Zong Lin pushed Shen Jie out from inside.
Although the transformation had been resolved, Shen Jie was still sitting in the wheelchair.
His hair looked freshly washed, soft and flowing, with his eyes closed and a faint shadow cast, as if he were asleep. He was wearing the clothes Zong Lin had stored at the outpost, which were slightly loose on him. He also had Zong Lin’s black coat draped over him.
Sitting motionless and silent in the wheelchair, he looked like an exquisite life-sized doll.
Chen Jiahua and Chen Yi looked at him, feeling very envious.
When could they also find such a beautiful wife like Captain Zong?
On the side, Ning Ye and Tang Xiao Bao, who had been waiting for a long time, still looked vigilant, fearing that the person in the wheelchair would open his eyes and, like crushing the alien into pieces, would crush them as well.
The accompanying doctor hesitantly approached Shen Jie, took out a detector, and after some consideration, looked up at Zong Lin. “Captain Zong, can I perform a test on him?”
Zong Lin nodded.
The doctor then adjusted the antenna on the detector and cautiously touched the skin of the person in the wheelchair.
Soon, the detector displayed a blood-red number—77.
It was indeed much better than the previous 98.5.
Zong Lin’s expression relaxed a bit as he said, “Let’s head back to the city.”
Ning Ye opened his mouth to say something, but Yan Hua acted faster than him, activating her ability and smoothly opening the portal of space.
Zong Lin pushed Shen Jie inside.
Scene change.
When they stepped out of the space portal, Yan Hua was momentarily stunned.
She had originally set the location to the Cleaning Center, but where they had arrived now was a spacious room.
The room was fully furnished, with decorations rivaling those of a luxurious hotel. Large, towering glass windows surrounded them on all sides, offering a 360° panoramic view of the entire city.
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Several areas of the city were engulfed in flames, casting a reddish glow over the night sky, with groups of aliens shuttling through the streets.
They saw several tall walls separated the accident zones, built by the ‘Nature’ ability users.
The nearest accident zone was not far from where they stood.
A large area of continuous high-rise buildings collapsed due to an explosion. The excited and angry crowd surrounded the entrance in dense masses.
It was the Research Institute.
And here, was the Observation Center Tower. The core of the entire city.
Yan Hua had already realized.
Only the strong “Fate” ability users could silently manipulate the landing point of the “Space Gate”.
“Welcome back to the city.”
A voice came from behind them.
Yan Hua turned around. She saw a young man dressed in a white robe standing silently behind them.
The young man’s robe was loose and long, his long hair draped over his shoulders, his cheeks were overly sharp, like a ghost.
Yan Hua was startled.
Of course, she knew the other party.
– Zhu Wu You, the head of the Observation Center, one of the three highest managers in the city.
What surprised her was that, for various reasons, Zhu Wu You hadn’t appeared in public for almost ten years.
Yet here he was, appearing in front of so many people.
Zhu Wu You’s face was very pale, and he held a black mysterious iron longbow in his hand, making people doubt whether he could hold it steady.
He stood there, looking at everyone.
Especially looking at Shen Jie in the wheelchair.
His pupils were heterochromatic, with a faint red hue over the black, giving them a somewhat eerie look.
Perhaps because he had been staring for too long, Zong Lin frowned and stepped in front of Shen Jie.
Seeing Zong Lin’s movement, Zhu Wu You smiled helplessly. “Don’t worry. I don’t mean to harm him.”
“But you need to understand, he is the chosen vessel of the King of Endings. If we do nothing, in the end, it will only be ourselves who are destroyed.”
Zong Lin understood this, as did the two members of the Special Operations Team, but several members of the “Dawn” team heard this for the first time.
Chen Jiahua looked puzzled, “King of Endings? What does that mean?”
Chen Yi pushed up his sunglasses. Combining the experiences of the past few days, he had some guesses in his mind already.
“Our world, on that day more than forty years ago, had a void appear,” Zhu Wu You explained, “Mist came out of the void, and those chosen by the mist became calamities. The higher the level of mist, the stronger the power of the chosen vessel.”
“And my teacher once predicted that the highest level of mist would come to this world one day in the future, bringing destruction and devastation. That day would be the ‘End’.”
“He is the chosen vessel of the ‘End’, which means the mist will be drawn to his soul’s aura and come to this world.”
Zhu Wu You waved his sleeve.
Suddenly, runes appeared one by one on the originally transparent glass of the room.
When the runes appeared completely, the windows were densely covered with them, leaving no gaps.
He waved his sleeve again, and the runes on the glass disappeared.
Zhu Wu You looked at Zong Lin.
“As you can see, this is a seal that can tightly isolate soul auras. I hope you can let him stay here and delay the time when the ‘End’ arrives as much as possible.”
Allowing a time bomb that could become the King of the aliens at any time in the city was not a wise move, but if he fell into the aliens’ hands, this world would only accelerate its destruction.
Of course, they could also choose to kill Shen Jie. But the arrival of the “End” was inevitable. Without this host, there would be another one.
For many years, Zhu Wu You had been thinking and pondering ways to break the deadlock.
Yan Hua had been frowning, and at this moment couldn’t help but ask, “And then?”
“Our only way now,” Zhu Wu You said, “is to repair the sky with human power before the End arrives.”
Shen Jie, who had been closing his eyes as if asleep, moved his fingers slightly.
—-
Research Institute.
The bustling and noisy crowd echoed around the perimeter as Steven hurried up the stairs.
Finally reaching the rooftop, he only saw the back of a figure wearing a white lab coat standing at the edge of the rooftop.
“Luo Shuang!”
Luo Shuang was a friend he had known and worked with. Like himself, lacking in talent and achievement, just an ordinary researcher at the District 2’s Genetic Treatment Center, responsible for the development of various flavors of infection prevention and treatment pills.
He never expected Luo Shuang to add illegal addictive drugs to the pills for the sake of performance.
Now that the truth was out, the Institute was going to hold Luo Shuang accountable. Summoned by the Institute, Luo Shuang came straight to the rooftop after leaving Shi Chen’s office.
“Luo Shuang! Don’t do anything stupid!”
But Luo Shuang couldn’t hear his shouts anymore. Because he had already jumped off.
—-
“Now a special report. In recent years, Senior Researcher Zhang Shihe has illicitly conducted gene cloning research underground at the Psychological Treatment Center, abusing her position, causing significant losses to the lives and properties of city residents.”
“The Public Security Bureau has arrested her and she will be executed.”
“The Psychological Treatment Center is temporarily closed, but free counselors will continue to serve city residents in need online. Please call the psychological counseling hotline at 60084XXXX if needed.”
“Currently, the city is facing an invasion by aliens. Residents are advised not to panic and to remain calm. This will all pass, and the future is full of hope.”
—-
Dark Domain.
Temple.
Because His Highness disappeared without a trace, Hein was furious.
Xiao Qing and the Repairer huddled in the corner. Before this, they had already been scolded by Hein.
When the incident happened, they were both ordered out by His Highness because he suddenly wanted to drink chilled watermelon juice made from humans.
But when they came back with the watermelon, His Highness was already gone. Only the bodies of aliens were left behind.
As aliens, they did not have emotions like sadness or mourning. In fact, killing and devouring each other were normal occurrences among their kind.
His Highness was missing. This was the most urgent matter.
In the temple’s backyard, the Repairer sighed, his tentacles drooping, and he listlessly retracted his neck into his shell.
Meanwhile, Xiao Qing squatted under a tree, feeling very aggrieved. Many bandages had fallen off, and the green flames on his body continued to burn, scorching the surrounding flowers and grass, causing him great pain.
But suddenly, he seemed to sense something, and his movements of drawing circles stopped abruptly.
A leisurely yet rhythmic footstep echoed behind him.
The clash of boots against the temple’s marble floor was elegant and melodic.
Xiao Qing turned his head to look at the newcomer, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
The newcomer was slender and tall, dressed in a black formal suit. His long black hair was tied with a ribbon at the back of his head, and his facial features were exquisitely beautiful, with a radiant appearance.
He had a face almost identical to Shen Jie’s, but his pupils are blood-red, like dried blood seeped through, giving off a palpable sense of evil and danger.
At this moment, there was a slight smile on his face as he looked at Xiao Qing.
Then he waved to Xiao Qing, his tone leisurely, as if coaxing a pet.
“Feng Qing, come here.”
Is it the MC’s little brother?
Oh? We have a twist
Who dat?
Uh oh. Is this Shen Jie’s mysterious younger bro? Or the alter ego that he heard in his head given life?
What what what? But no matter what, nothing can be worse than the destruction itself, this little brother poses no danger…I hope