It was not only Ding Shiang who didn’t get a good night’s sleep last night. When they remembered the playground they saw while checking the terrain, they ran over in the middle of the night and cleared the zombies there, waiting to give Qing Yun a surprise in the morning.
Qing Xiaoyun was very curious about everything and naturally will not refuse Ding Shiang and Li Ye.
The entire playground is empty and neglected. The originally most lively place is left with only patchy colors. All sorts of equipment have stopped turning and are stationed there alone.
But it was different in Qing Xiaoyun’s eyes. Every single thing here was new to him.
Looking at the cheerful and curious youth in this quiet to eerie playground, a trace of sourness flooded the hearts of the adults present.
There was a photo wall standing alone in the playground, and the laughing faces of the people on it attracted Qing Xiaoyun to come closer. He looked at the photo of the colorful and gorgeous playground, the blue sky, and the green grass and trees. Then, he turned around and looked behind him, and his heart also felt that something was amiss.
This world, it’s like it’s sick.
Sheng Feng and the others also could not help but come over and see the scene in the photo with a bitter smile.
“It has been so long since I have seen a scene like this, I thought I had almost forgotten.” Ding Shiang raised his hand and rubbed his face, tears glittering in his eyes. Before the end of the world, he had a young son who had just turned three years old and a gentle and caring wife. The three of them often played in playgrounds in their free time.
But such cheerful smiles made the bitter memories in Ding Shiang’s mind extremely horrifying. The morning the end times came, he opened his eyes and saw his son, who had turned into a zombie, biting his wife’s throat.
He witnessed as his beloved wife and son became rotten, festered, and transformed into disgusting monsters that chased him frantically. And after breaking down and suffering, Ding Shiang took the knife himself and chopped off their heads with tears in his eyes.
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Chen Min and the others also lowered their heads to hide the nostalgia in their eyes.
Sheng Feng did not have the same feelings as Ding Shiang. He was a retired soldier and had always been alone. However, out of some deep-rooted sense of responsibility, he would help those around him after the end of the world.
But for himself, Sheng Feng was passive. He does not have a big goal, and even his desire to live was not very strong. He seemed to be in a state where he was full of love for the world and indifferent at the same time.
He just used his ability as a tool, traveling around to see the whole post-apocalyptic life and giving a helping hand when necessary.
But now it’s different. For the first time, Sheng Feng has someone he wants to protect.
Sheng Feng went up, carried the child to the carousel that he was obviously interested in, and asked him, “Want to play?”
“Want!” The hint of something wrong slowly hid in his heart, and Qing Xiaoyun nodded excitedly towards Sheng Feng.
Sheng Feng’s ability activated, then the carousel slowly turned. There was no pleasant music, and the only accompaniment was the creaking sound of the long-unused machine.
But Qing Xiaoyun enjoyed it, sitting and spinning around again and again.
Sheng Feng watched with a smile on his face. After a long time, he felt that something was not right. The young man sitting on the merry-go-round who had collected his smile but remained calm and gentle was Qing Yun.
Often, Sheng Feng would always be able to spot the difference in the youth’s state as soon as he could. But this time, perhaps because the distance was too far, or maybe Qing Yun’s eyes were too calm, he fell into a trance for a moment before realizing it.
Qing Yun looked up at this dilapidated machine, and then looked at Sheng Feng, who was standing nearby and extending his hand to him. He thought that he would be angry and furious in this situation, but in fact, his heart only had a faint peace of mind.
Because, in this desolate playground, Qing Xiaoyun was greatly comforted, and this soothing feeling even reached Qing Yun’s mind, calming the hostility that was difficult to disperse in his heart inch by inch.
Qing Yun looked at Sheng Feng. This man was the strangest protagonist he had ever seen.
He did not build his army, nor did he have an exact upgrade route like other protagonists. Sheng Feng was simply a man who traveled almost halfway across the world, and every time he stopped, his power and bursting sense of responsibility left an unforgettable memory for the local people.
In the original course, Sheng Feng and Lu Changfeng still picked up Qing Yun, the experimental body. Lu Changfeng likewise discovered the body’s godlike ability, and just when Lu Changfeng was about to absorb the ability, he was discovered by Sheng Feng.
Of course, Sheng Feng wanted to stop Lu Changfeng’s cruelty to this experimental body, so in the collision of the three’s energy, the experimental subject’s ability riot surprisingly used Lu Changfeng’s absorption ability to transmit his own mental ability to Sheng Feng.
The loss of Lu Changfeng and the experimental body resulted in a powerful Sheng Feng.
And Sheng Feng made the world a better place. He was the savior of the last days, the man who brought hope to the world with his life, and the existence that was called God by later generations.
The key to the ending of the end of the world was Qing Yun’s ability. He let Lu Changfeng go and hinted at him to go to the capital, just to see who Sheng Feng, the “protagonist”, would choose between the whole world and him?
Chris made that choice for the sake of the Federation and the people, Qing Yun accepted it well and even watched that man’s struggle and will with a touch of admiration.
But in this case, no.
The carousel wobbled to a halt, and Qing Yun hid the thoughts in his eyes. He smacked Sheng Feng’s hand away and jumped down himself.
Sheng Feng’s eyes flashed helplessly, but still took the young man’s waist, moved over, and said: “Don’t ignore me.”
As he said this, he brushed the corner of Qing Yun’s lips, and before he could move, he suddenly heard two “pops”.
Not far away, Chen Min, who came over to bring them water, stood frozen. She stared wide-eyed at Sheng Feng and Qing Yun, who almost kissed each other, with an expression as if the sky had collapsed, and even the two bottles of mineral water under her feet rolled away unnoticed.
Seeing the person, Qing Yun slightly narrowed his eyes. He has not forgotten that Chen Min is the female lead of this world. Sheng Feng traveled through the end times, attracting countless women, and this was the only woman accepted by Sheng Feng. She followed him on his travels and watched him save the world.
The next second, the “female lead” who was frozen took two steps over and violently pushed Sheng Feng away and pulled Qing Yun behind herself.
“You! You……” Chen Min pointed at Sheng Feng, and her fingers were shaking with anger, “He’s only a child in his mind! How could you do such a thing!”
Sheng Feng: “……”
The corners of Qing Yun’s mouth stiffened, obviously not expecting Chen Min to react this way.
Chen Min seemed to be really stimulated. All day long, she dragged Qing Yun to hide from Sheng Feng and even took out her treasured disinfectant tissues to wipe Qing Yun’s mouth.
Even at dinner, Qing Yun still heard Chen Min squinting at Sheng Feng and muttering in a low voice.
“Damn, was I blind in the beginning and actually fell for this beast with a human face?”
Sheng-Beast-Feng crouched expressionlessly to the side, gazing at the pleasant-looking Qing Yun.
Sheng Feng’s base was eventually stationed next to the playground. He began to recruit more people slowly, and the number of seeds collected in his team gradually increased. As the only base that could grow normal plants, it slowly became famous, and countless ability users wanted to get in. However, the base was very strict in its recruitment, and the people who came from inside were very tight-lipped, so most of the ability users could only sigh in disappointment.
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Lu Changfeng went around the capital. Eventually, his habit of collecting broken limbs and arms was noticed, and he was taken into the laboratory.
He was marked with a number and thrown into a “cage” like cargo.
Next to him, there were also other ability users. These people seemed to have grown up in the laboratory since childhood as there was no discomfort with the life in the laboratory. And even when they see their companions being taken away from time to time and never returning, there was no violent reaction, as if such things were as common as eating and drinking.
But Lu Changfeng still reacted, and he was almost frantic as he grabbed the railing and roared, “I want to get what I want, I want to get what I want! Qing Yun, bring Qing Yun to me!”
After screaming for a while, he squatted down nervously and frantically grabbed his hair. He covered his face and cried out. It seemed that his heart’s desire was something he had to do.
Lu Changfeng cried and reached out to grab the pants of the laboratory personnel: “Let my wish come true, let my wish come true……”
Professor Wu of the laboratory walked past Lu Changfeng with his record book. He looked up, and his old but wise and calm gaze examined Lu Changfeng through his lenses.
“How is the condition of this subject?”
His assistant replied, “Brain trauma. He cannot be used for psychic ability experiments, but he has a space ability, and the contents of his space are still unknown.”
Referring to his research direction – psychic abilities, Professor Wu sighed: “If Experiment No. 3 had not been lost, the research in this direction could have continued.”
Hearing the professor talking about Experiment No. 3 again, the assistant did not say anything. When Experiment No. 3 disappeared after an accident, it was a big blow to Professor Wu.
In the beginning, Professor Wu’s research direction was very heavenly. When the end times came, one of the clones in his laboratory turned out to be mutated and could change the morphological characteristics of matter with his mental ability.
This mutation made Professor Wu feel like he had gone mad. He decided that the key to solving the end times lay in this experimental body and put most of his energy into researching mental psychic abilities that others did not value at first.
Now, the new people in the laboratory only heard this as a rumor, but not Professor Wu’s assistant, who had followed Professor Wu throughout the way and had seen with his own eyes the godlike powers of that artificial man.
Thinking about this, the assistant couldn’t help but open the booklet in his hand again, where a picture of a young man was neatly pasted.
Lu Changfeng got up with the help of the wall and caught sight of the photo. He was caught off guard and reached out to snatch the booklet from his assistant’s hand. He pointed at the image on the booklet, and his eyes almost filled with blood: “Qing Yun! I want to get what I want! I want what he desires!”
Professor Wu, who was about to walk away, suddenly stopped in his tracks. His gaze was like a sharp sword stabbing at Lu Changfeng, and his whole body perked up.
He instructed his assistant, “Find an experimental subject with healing abilities and let them heal this man’s brain.”
Sheng Feng’s base had been established for more than three months, and today happened to be the second time when this base was recruiting people.
Wang Sen was fortunate to get the opportunity to enter this legendary base. He was lucky that he was a rare water ability user, so he was not surprised that he would be chosen. After all, water irrigation is essential for plant cultivation.
The two young men in the same car with Wang Sen supported an older man in his sixties and introduced themselves to Wang Sen with a smile. “My name is Zhang Yonglin, and this is my brother Zhang Yongmu. I have an earth-based ability. We brought our father to join this base; I heard that the owner of this base is very kind and does not reject ability users bringing their families with them.”
Wang Sen did not have the stance of an ability user. He glanced at the old man who was weak but obviously in good spirits and said to the two young men in surprise, “You two brothers are quite good to have taken care of this old man so well in this environment.”
“You flatter us, father is still in good health, and we have met many good people before……”
The younger brother was exchanging pleasantries with Wang Sen. The older brother, Zhang Yongmu, took advantage of it to examine the base in front of him. There seemed to be a strange flicker of energy in his eyes, allowing him to penetrate the extremely thick walls and see directly into the base’s interior.
Zhang Yongmu was surprised. It can be said that this group of newcomers entering the base were all astonished.
This base is relatively small, and there are few people. However, even if it is just a regular field and although it is not large, the green color can make people cry.
After all, with these plants, you can say that there is hope.
Some plant ability users were walking through the fields, occasionally removing some plants that had mutated in the growth process. These ability users no longer carry just the end-of-the-world decadence on their faces but have bright eyes and smiles on their faces, as if they have a head start on life.
Seeing these hydrated plants in person, the entire car was in a commotion.
The car stopped, and a woman came out from inside the base and spoke to the person leading the group.
Chen Min glanced at the newcomers poking their heads out of the car and asked Ding Shiang, “How many people did you bring this time? What are the power levels?”
“There are seven ability users, all under level four, and three ordinary people who are family members. This time, it is hard for you.” Ding Shiang wiped his sweat and said towards Chen Min.
“It’s okay.” Chen Min shook his head towards him.
Every time a newcomer enters the base, Chen Min has to give them a psychological hint silently. This psychological hint only makes them loyal to the base, not “loyal to Qing Yun” that Ding Shiang accepted at the time because Sheng Feng will not give these later entrants the opportunity to come into contact with Qing Yun.
After all, there are many people, and Sheng Feng does not dare to risk anything.
In just three months, Chen Min and the others have advanced in their abilities several times with Sheng Feng’s help. Especially Ding Shiang and Li Ye, who often use their powers. Their abilities have already reached level seven. Although their advancement has slowed down now, they were already an existence capable of crushing most people in the last days.
Chen Min’s psychic ability was practiced on some animals and has also advanced to level six.
Now Ding Shiang and Chen Min cooperate and have been able to plant a psychological hint to the people present silently.
However, the moment Chen Min’s psychic power was unleashed, the two Zhang brothers and the old man’s eyes suddenly changed, and an energy shield quietly opened, resisting Chen Min’s psychic ability.
Not noticing anything wrong, Chen Min said to Ding Shiang, “You should go back first if you’re tired, I’ll take these newcomers and introduce them.”
Chen Min took these newcomers around the base, and at the same time, introduced their work and compensation: “Your abilities should be earth, water, plants and so on. Your work on a regular basis is to take care of these plants, and someone will take care of you. You will be paid according to your workload, including water and food, and those who perform well can get the opportunity to get the captain to guide your supernatural abilities.”
Hearing Chen Min’s words, these seven people suddenly gasped. They were initially surprised to see Ding Shiang’s power level, and when they saw Chen Min, this surprise became confusion. Why are the psychic power levels of this base so high?
It turns out that someone is guiding them!
Chen Min calmly looked at these people with excitement on their faces. These people still need to be observed, and the dishonest ones will soon disappear without a trace. Chen Min and Ding Shiang already regard this base as their own home, and they absolutely will not allow any assholes to destroy it.
Continuing to walk in the base, Chen Min looked up to see a figure and immediately frowned. Her face was serious, but a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes.
She reached out her hand to stop the people behind her: “You guys stay here first.”
And then Chen Min quickly walked forward.
Wang Sen couldn’t help but look ahead. What did this female psychic see that she was walking so hurriedly?
As soon as he looked over, Wang Sen froze.
It was a dense meadow with two people sitting on the grass. What caught Wang Sen’s eye was the youth sitting on the grass and building up blocks because he was just too clean.
The small leather shoes on his feet were polished, and his body was covered with a British style three-piece suit. He had a plush beige knitted vest without any stains and even had a bow tie on his neck.
He was simply like a noble little prince.
Looking at this scene, Wang Sen almost forgot that this is the end times.
Because in the last days, no one can live so clean.
However, the man sitting next to the youth emitted this aura that made Wang Sen fearful, Wang Sen had never seen such a powerful psychic. Even from such a distance, the man’s breath is too unfathomable, still making Wang Sen’s heart tremble, feeling like he is facing a terrifying beast.
The young man on the grass was seriously building blocks. He managed to reach the high point and was one step away from success when the man next to him stretched out his fingers mischievously and flicked them. The blocks fell to the ground with a “pop”.
The youth was obviously angry. He childishly slapped off the man’s hand, tilted his face, and said something accusingly.
The distance is too far for Wang Sen to hear the conversation between the two. He only saw the man laugh happily, holding the youth’s waist into his arms and laughing.
“Why is your temper getting bigger and bigger, huh?” Sheng Feng’s stubbled chin rubbed against the child’s face.
Qing Xiaoyun angrily slapped his shoulder: “You knocked it down again, you go away, don’t want you!”
“You have been playing all morning, are you not tired? Let’s go eat?” Sheng Feng especially likes the way the child throws a tantrum.
Slowly, Sheng Feng could see the transformation of Qing Xiaoyun. He was no longer as well behaved as before to the point of making people heartbroken. He would also be naughty, act spoiled, and be angry and wilful like an ordinary child.
In contrast, when the adult Qing Yun appeared, his temperament was becoming calmer. If Qing Yun was like a wounded beast before, the current Qing Yun is strong and calm, ultimately making it impossible to find the slightest flaw.
“Don’t go back, Da Huang has gone to catch rabbits for me.” [ T/N: Big Yellow ]
Seeing the child again unwilling to eat obediently, Sheng Feng sighed helplessly.
Chen Min walked over there and interrupted the playfulness of the two: “Captain, the new batch of aliens are here outside, do you want to……take Xiao Yun back first?”
Even though Chen Min now knows that Qing Yun is unique, the way she looked at Sheng Feng would always imply that she was looking at a beast dressed as a man.
But, because Qing Yun is not yet able to control the transition between the two states, the most intimate contact between Sheng Feng and Qing Yun was just a kiss.
“Don’t go back.” Qing Xiaoyun looked unhappy.
Just as his words fell, he heard a faint roar of a tiger. A large, splendid tiger crossed over to Wang Sen and their group and ran towards Qing Xiaoyun with a rabbit in its mouth.
Running onto the lawn, the tiger dropped the still alive rabbit from its mouth, rolled over, and made an inviting gesture.
Wang Sen and the others were astonished because this tiger was also a mutated animal that looked fierce, but they didn’t expect it to be as docile as a cat in front of the youth.
Qing Xiaoyun immediately broke away from Sheng Feng’s embrace.
Watching Qing Xiaoyun playing ball with the tiger and pigeon, a trace of doting flashed in Sheng Feng’s eyes. He turned his head to instruct Chen Min: “Take them away first. He will probably play for a while longer.”
Chen Min quickly took the group away. Wang Sen couldn’t help but glance back again. The young man, who was out of place in the whole apocalyptic world, was happily bathing the tiger lying on the ground.
A bubbling stream of water emerged from the youth’s palm, which was crystal clear under the reflection of sunlight.
Wang Sen, who was originally proud of his water powers, was filled with disbelief. Is the water in this base already so worthless? How could they even bathe a tiger?
Zhang Yongmu, who had been quiet in the group, looked stealthily behind him and then turned to the old man beside him and said, “Professor, I saw it clearly, and it is indeed Experiment No. 3.”
At this time, Sheng Feng, who was not far away, suddenly felt something was wrong. He immediately stood up and said towards Qing Xiaoyun: “Qing Xiaoyun, come here, come to my side.”
The person was taken into his arms, and only then did Sheng Feng feel slightly at ease.
His eyes darkened as he looked at the newly arrived ability users. There is something wrong here, this group. None of them can stay.
But before Sheng Feng could do anything, three people who had determined Qing Yun’s identity approached him on their own that afternoon.
In the humble parlour, Sheng Feng and Chen Min were there.
Sheng Feng looked at these three people, and his cold eyes were like looking at three corpses: “What are your origins, and what do you want to do by getting into my base?”
These three people did not care about Sheng Feng’s hostility, in their opinion, as long as they told the value of the No. 3 experimental body, whoever in this world would obediently hand him over.
“The three of us are from the Capital Experimental Base, and this is the most reputable Professor Wu in the base.” Zhang Yonglin, with a formal face, introduced towards Sheng Feng. They also pulled out Sheng Feng and Qing Yun’s information from Lu Changfeng and wasted a lot of effort to find the person.
“The young man on the grass yesterday was an experimental subject that escaped from our laboratory, and we are here to bring him back this time.”
“Experimental subject?” Sheng Feng’s eyes suddenly darkened, and these words spat out from his teeth with a chilling aura.
Chen Min and the others were also very shocked, not expecting Qing Yun to be from this background.
“Scram!” Sheng Feng’s already level ten ability was released without hesitation.
The child does not often mention his past, only revealing a little in his ramblings, making Sheng Feng distressed. But Sheng Feng did not expect that Qing Yun turned out to be from a laboratory, treated like a white mouse indifferently with high-sounding reasons.
The three immediately opened the energy shield developed by the laboratory to suppress the ability. However, even after blocking Sheng Feng’s attack, they still felt tremors in their internal organs.
Professor Wu finally spoke up, and he hurriedly explained to Sheng Feng: “You should also notice the special nature of No. 3, his ability to change anything in the outside world. Suppose his brain field is completely stimulated and given enough psychological hints, plus some stimulation devices. In that case, he can be completely induced to use his ability to destroy the zombie virus, and even restore the whole world as before!”
“Your laboratory spends its days doing these whimsical experiments with human lives? Instead of researching a vaccine for the zombie virus and how to make human evolution prevail, you are thinking of throwing the responsibility of saving the world on a child?”
Sheng Feng looked at these three men who still had arrogance on their faces, and his eyes turned red. He had long heard of the capital’s laboratory. He knew that they began to do human experiments after the end of the world. Still, he did not expect the laboratory to have such dumb-headed people.
“The virus vaccine development is extremely slow, and the human race can’t hold out any longer! Your base is in good condition, but the outside world is already dead, the human race is already on the verge of extinction, we had to take a shortcut!”
Zhang Yongmu and the others spoke with righteousness.
Sheng Feng and the others knew that these people were telling the truth.
This base is the perfect home that Sheng Feng built for Qing Yun. Sheng Feng only showed Qing Yun the best side, but every night the base will have ability users die silently and become a zombie because of the invasion of the virus.
Ding Shiang and others, who are responsible for cleaning up the zombies every day, are even more aware that abilities are no longer a powerful protective shield.
Humans are evolving, and so is the virus.
Even if Sheng Feng gave Qing Yun the perfect protection, the result would just be……the child would be the last human in this world, and he would face the extinction of the entire human race alone.
Sheng Feng’s eyes turned red. He could hardly imagine if there would really be such a day……
“He is the only one who can save this world.” Professor Wu’s words dropped to the ground.
The room was silent, Chen Min closed his eyes full of sorrow, and her inner struggle was revealed.
“If……according to the method you said, Xiao Yun……what will happen to him?”
Finally, someone’s hesitant voice rang out, Sheng Feng’s gaze immediately pierced like a sharp sword.
“In the end, we will use radiation to carry his ability to spread to the whole world, so the death or survival of the experimental subject cannot be guaranteed.” Professor Wu pushed his glasses, and his tone did not fluctuate.
Zhang Yongmu also followed and added: “Experiment No. 3 is an artificial human born in the laboratory. Using the life of an experiment to save the entire world, this does not need to be weighed at all.”
“Shut up!” Sheng Feng’s hoarse roar rang out as he fiercely squeezed Zhang Yongmu’s neck like a beast struggling on the verge of death.
Sheng Feng’s eyes were flushed with red, and it seemed that there was a thought in his mind that didn’t belong to him. It wanted to control his mind, control his body, and push him to hand Qing Yun over to save the world and carry the name of the savior.
Finally, Sheng Feng’s flickering eyes became firm. His dark pupils did not reflect any light at all, and he rasped out, “I would rather……this be the end of humanity, the end of all living beings, than just the end of him alone!”