Chapter 486 - 482: As One Pleases
Chapter 486: Chapter 482: As One Pleases
The young woman beside Sister Huang edged closer to the middle-aged man.
A glimmer of hope now appeared in her eyes as she looked at Xie Ning and her group. "You... you’re really here to save us? Then... then please, help us."
Xie Ning stared at her. "That’s quite a quick turnaround. Weren’t you just righteously berating Sister Huang for going back on her word a moment ago?"
The young woman’s face flushed red as she stammered, "W-Well, I... I thought we were hopeless. I mean, who would choose to suffer if they had a better option? I... I don’t want to die."
The last few words were barely a mumble from her lips.
The other two men in the room quickly came forward. "Doctor, please check us too. Can we take the deworming agent?"
"Will we be saved after we get rid of the worms?"
Yu Tianfeng, holding a small device, looked up and gave them an exceedingly friendly smile. "For now, this can suppress the reproduction rate of the mutated worms inside your bodies."
"But as for how to eradicate them completely, we’ll likely need to concoct another medicine."
"But those are just minor issues. The most important thing is that you all cooperate with me, alright?"
Within those upturned Rui Feng eyes, a river of stars seemed to flow, sparkling brilliantly.
Sister Huang and the others were completely bamboozled by the young man, left in a daze. They nodded repeatedly, all saying, "We’ll cooperate, we’ll cooperate, we’ll definitely cooperate with you."
Xie Ning shot the young man a speechless glance.
’This kid’s got skills. He could sell them off, and they’d probably help him count the money!’
’These people clearly have no idea that in Dr. Yu’s eyes, there are likely only two kinds of living beings.’
’The healthy, and interesting test subjects.’
’Whether it’s plants, animals, or humans, if his eyes light up while he’s staring at you, then congratulations, you’ve become a test subject he’s set his sights on.’
’Thankfully, this research maniac doesn’t do anything awful like dissecting people. At most, he’ll just draw a bit of blood for research. Otherwise, he’d be a real headache.’
"Go get everyone from upstairs and bring them down."
"Are they also up there, living in a drunken stupor?"
The young woman blushed, lowered her head, and ran past them. "I’ll go get them."
’How mortifying.’
’Originally, they really had planned to party one last time and then jump off the building to their deaths.’
’Who knew a team of powerful rescuers would show up out of nowhere, and now suddenly no one wants to die...’
"I... I feel like I can use my superpower again," the middle-aged man cried out excitedly.
Xie Ning blinked. "What? You couldn’t use your superpowers before?"
"Yes. Ever since being infested by the mutated sand worms, we haven’t been able to use our own superpowers."
"I feel much better now."
"It has that effect, too?" Yu Tianfeng was already grinning as he took out a syringe. "You don’t mind if I draw a little blood, do you?"
"Not at all, not at all." The middle-aged man cooperatively rolled up his sleeve.
’Are you kidding? The guy was drawing his blood to save his life. What was there to object to?’
’He wished the man would draw even more, so he could develop the complete cure sooner and pull them out of this abyss of misery.’
"You’re a great guy," Yu Tianfeng said with a smile. "Don’t worry, when the medicine is developed, you’ll be the first to use it!"
"Okay, okay. Thank you, young man."
Xie Ning turned her head away, unable to bear watching. "How many more residents are upstairs?"
"Why didn’t you move to the underground shelter?"
The middle-aged man sighed. "You don’t know the whole story. A week ago, we were all hiding in the underground shelter."
"But ever since the breeder at the farm fell ill, these worms started appearing on people everywhere."
"Several of the base’s leaders died, too."
"A rumor started spreading among the ordinary people in the underground shelter, saying that those mutated sand worms only eat Superpower Users and have no appetite for ordinary people."
Xie Ning’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Song Kexin’s jaw dropped. "So you’re all Superpower Users? Were you driven out?"
The middle-aged man gave a bitter laugh. "You could say that. The base’s leadership didn’t explicitly order us to leave. Instead, they had us Superpower Users stay together in one room for the time being."
"They said it was to ’observe and restrain one another.’"
"But in reality, they had already ostracized us."
"And strangely enough, the mutated sand worms really do only attack us Superpower Users."
"That’s because mutated creatures instinctively pursue superpower sources."
The middle-aged man and the others beside him stared with wide eyes as they processed this. "M-Miss, are you saying these mutated creatures are truly only interested in Superpower Users?"
Xie Ning nodded. "That’s most likely the case."
"They attach themselves to the bodies of Superpower Users and absorb energy from the superpower source. That’s why you can’t even use your superpowers. I believe that’s the principle at work here."
"Yes, yes, yes, that’s it!" The other two male Superpower Users nodded repeatedly in sudden realization. "Exactly! Why didn’t we think of that?"
"So that’s how it is."
Sister Huang slowly crawled over from the window, unable to resist piping up, "So, so you can cure us now, right? Huh? Just save us already and stop chatting!"
Xie Ning glanced at her. "The stench of rot is strongest on you. You’re probably beyond saving. You should just jump off the building."
Everyone was speechless.
Sister Huang cried out, "I’m not jumping! Why do they get to be saved while I have to jump off a building? No, I’m not jumping! I want to live. I want to survive! I... I still have to find my eighty-year-old mother. I still have to take care of her."
"Alright, alright, just hurry over and lie down here." Yu Tianfeng cast a helpless glance at the expressionless Xie Ning.
’Ningning is so mischievous, scaring people just for the fun of it!’
Sister Huang scrambled over and lay down obediently on the sofa.
Yu Tianfeng first scanned her entire body with the small device, then gave her two vials of medicine. "Your condition is a bit more serious, but you’re not a completely lost cause. But you absolutely must cooperate with me!"
"Young man, I will absolutely cooperate with you. I’ll do whatever you say. I’ll cooperate, I’ll cooperate with everything."
"Let’s draw some blood first."
"Okay, okay! Go right ahead. If I so much as make a peep, my name isn’t Huang Genmei."
Everyone was speechless.
After that, one by one, the residents who had been living in a stupor upstairs were all dragged down by the young woman.
The squad members blocking the doorway quickly parted, making way for these sallow, emaciated, and pitiful-looking Superpower Users.
They looked absolutely wretched.
Worse than beggars on the street.
And these beggar-like Superpower Users who came downstairs all stared dumbly at Song Kexin, her group, and the members of Team A.
There’s no harm in not comparing, but the moment you do, the disparity is instantly obvious.
Look at the rescuers, fully armed and kitted out—they looked rich enough to be dripping oil.
And then look at themselves—every single one with cheeks sunken and cheekbones jutting out from starvation. One of them, a boy in his early teens, was so starved that his head looked too big for his tiny body, his eyes practically bulging out.
"You’re all Superpower Users??" Song Kexin asked, her face a mask of disbelief.