Chapter 485 - 481: A World of Difference
Chapter 485: Chapter 481: A World of Difference
"You mean, there’s still hope for me?" the middle-aged man asked, his face filled with excitement.
Of course. A miserable life was still better than a good death.
Who wouldn’t grasp a chance at life if they had one?
’It seemed these rescuers really had some skills, but he wasn’t sure if they were just bluffing.’
Xie Ning shook her head and replied expressionlessly, "Not necessarily. You have an unlucky look about you, which isn’t a good sign. It’s very possible that after the examination, all we’ll have for you is more bad news."
"So, before we start, you need to decide if you even want to be examined. We can’t guarantee everything will be fine afterward. In fact, things might turn out to be even worse!"
"That wouldn’t be good. You already have a very weak mental fortitude. If Dr. Yu’s findings push you over the edge, you might even lose the courage to die."
Everyone: ...
’Such a pretty girl, why did she have to have a mouth...’
’Just look at the middle-aged man’s face—it had gone from being as dark as parts of a sooty wok to completely pitch-black.’
’If not for their overwhelming numbers, he probably would have rushed over to strangle Captain Xie.’
Lu Wei gave a light cough, took half a step forward, and said to the middle-aged man, "Whether you try it or not is your decision."
Yu Tianfeng had already pulled a toolkit from his Space and was putting on a fully sealed raincoat over his existing protective suit.
With his protective measures now in place, Xie Ning took two steps to the side.
The middle-aged man suppressed his fury and ground out through clenched teeth, "I’ll do it!"
"Go lie down over there." Yu Tianfeng pointed to the nearby sofa.
The middle-aged man fought back the urge to punch someone, his expression thunderous as he reclined on the sofa.
Yu Tianfeng took out a small instrument and scanned the man from head to toe. "Sir, this doesn’t look too good."
The middle-aged man’s heart was in his throat, but then he heard Yu Tianfeng continue, "But it’s still manageable."
"The mutated insects you inhaled can be eliminated with a special vermicide."
The middle-aged man’s expression instantly lit up. "Are you serious?"
"But, sir, you have to be honest with us. Where did you pick up these mutated insects?"
’They had been vigilant the entire way here but hadn’t spotted a single mutated insect.’
’Could it be that these little mutated bugs also knew to bully the weak and fear the strong? Did they know Ningning was here and flee in advance?’
At this thought, Yu Tianfeng glanced over at Xie Ning.
Xie Ning, stared at for no apparent reason, had no idea what he meant and just stared back in confusion.
With his life on the line, the middle-aged man of course answered honestly. "The sandstorms here started half a month ago."
"At first, no one paid much attention, thinking it was just a weather change after the apocalypse."
"But the sandstorms got more and more intense. The first person to show strange symptoms was a keeper at the breeding farm."
"The keeper usually cultivated some post-apocalyptic mutated plants—flowers and such. Occasionally, he would also find a few dying mutated animals and raise them there as well."
"One day, the keeper inexplicably started glowing green all over. At first, he just said his head hurt, his feet hurt, everything hurt. Three days later, he turned into a skeleton in the sandstorm."
"The flesh on his body seemed to have been gnawed clean in minutes."
"Later, we discovered his skeleton was covered in dense, green specks of light."
"Those things can fly! They’re mutated sand worms!"
"They fly everywhere and attach themselves to people’s bodies."
As he spoke, Xie Ning silently pulled two bottles of special insecticide from her Space. Turning to her dumbfounded teammates behind her, she gave them a thorough dousing. PSHHH PSHHH PSHHH.
’Truth be told, they’d already been sprayed once before setting out. They had no idea if it was effective or if it was just for their captain’s own peace of mind...’
After dousing Gu Chen and Lu Wei, Xie Ning sprayed herself a little before asking coolly, "What’s the solution?"
’That was a leader’s question for you—no interest in the process, only the results...’
"It’s okay. First, have him take a dose of the special vermicide to stabilize his condition."
"Are there other residents upstairs? Do you have a way to contact them? Have the people upstairs come down together." Just as Yu Tianfeng took a vial of medicine from his medkit, Sister Huang lunged from the side to grab it.
With so many people present, there was no way she would succeed.
Before Sister Huang could even touch the hem of Yu Tianfeng’s coat, a twisting vine shot out, snagged her, and flung her toward the window.
At that moment, everyone noticed several faint green lights flying out of Sister Huang’s hair.
They looked a lot like fireflies, but no one dared to let their guard down.
"Those are the mutated insects!" someone shouted. "Fire Element, Fire Element!"
"Forget the Fire Element!" Song You’ai stepped forward and waved her hand. Several ice needles shot out, swiftly piercing through the bodies of the firefly-like mutated insects.
The green light surrounding the insects suddenly vanished, and they tumbled to the ground one by one.
"Aunt Song, you’re incredible!" a team member exclaimed in pleasant surprise.
’As expected of Captain Xie’s mother! To be able to control her Ice Element with such precision.’
Song You’ai was quite pleased with herself.
’Seriously, you probably couldn’t find many powerful older ladies like her in the entire world...’
’Hehe, practicing my superpower in secret and then dazzling everyone at a critical moment... My daughter was right after all. The only thing that truly matters is your own strength.’
"Ningning must have taught Aunt Song this ice needle trick." Gu Chen nodded in approval. "Truly impressive."
"I’ve been practicing for a long time," Song You’ai said modestly. "My aim still isn’t great! Ningning says I won’t have even a minor accomplishment until I can practice enough to pierce a fly’s wing."
Everyone: ...
’It felt like the mother-daughter duo was engaged in some next-level humble-bragging, but damn, they wished they had the skills to humble-brag like that too.’
Song Kexin squeezed over to their side. Seeing a few more glowing green mutated insects fly from Sister Huang, she quickly shouted, "Watch me!"
In the blink of an eye, a streak of blue light flashed through the air, landing on the small green insects.
The poor little bugs had just flown off Sister Huang and hadn’t even had time to find a new host before the fluorescent blue flame burned them to ashes.
No, there weren’t even ashes. The flames had completely incinerated them, making them vanish into thin air.
The young members of Team A all stared with wide, curious eyes.
’So amazing! Holy crap, the boss’s girlfriend’s family is stacked with powerhouses.’
’Sure enough, riding our big bro’s coattails was the right call.’
’Thank you, Boss! Thank you, Big Bro, for leading the team down the easy road to success...’
Xie Ning glanced over and nodded. "Xinxin, your aim needs more practice. You should learn from your aunt. Only when you can burn off just a fly’s wings can you say you have a minor accomplishment."
"Okay, Sis. I’ll practice more."
Everyone: ...
Across from them, Sister Huang and the others had long been watching, so dumbfounded they couldn’t even make a sound.
’They were Superpower Users too, so why did these people seem so damn incredible?’
’They could unleash their superpowers at will, and the powers were so obedient to their commands.’
’Superpower Users of this caliber... they were in a completely different league from them.’