Chapter 12 A Boy

Before the hospital was engulfed in a wave of contamination, this morning, like any other morning, was filled with orderly tranquility.

The short male soldier strolled to the entrance of the clinic.

He was quite interested in the outpatient building, wandering around the lobby on the first floor for several minutes, looking at the triage desk, the pharmacy, and the scrolling electronic notices.

He still didn't talk to anyone and would avoid people who approached him. However, when a group of people rushed up to the fourth floor through the side door, he hesitated slightly, wanting to follow them and see what was going on.

But I didn't go, because I thought there were too many people. I was afraid that the excitement wouldn't be worth it, and I'd get jostled and disturbed.

It was almost 8:40. The male soldier glanced south of the base and walked out of the outpatient building.

As if stretching his muscles, he stretched out his arms on the empty driveway, his fingertips seemingly flashing with a transparent fluorescent light, and his pupils instantly dilated to a pitch-black color.

Then, many people were contaminated.

The doctor pulled back the curtain and saw a mass of gray flesh and countless eyes; Chen Yuezhou, lying on the operating table, began to have his brain cells mutate; everywhere there were people, mutations were erupting!

The fourth floor did regain order after the chaos, but Qi An could sense a terrible source of pollution within the hospital.

She just couldn't pinpoint the location, and her strong sense of danger prevented her from fully committing to searching that spot!

Qi An could only repeatedly instruct Yu Shuang to tell everyone coming downstairs to be vigilant and to immediately move away if they saw anything suspicious, or even a suspicious "person"!

Shi Zhuangxiao and his group were rushing towards Dongying. In such an emergency, they certainly wouldn't go through the gate, but would go directly through the driveway and then climb over the wall.

They were once less than 100 meters away from the male soldier who was following along the east wall!

Gu Liansheng was the fastest, and he was almost within 50 meters when he suddenly stopped!

The building was in chaos, both inside and outside. He even killed two fallen insects when he left the main hall. Why was this male soldier strolling around like that?

Five seconds earlier than him, Zhuang Xiao, who usually jinxed people, suddenly felt a strong sense of danger, as if his heart had been pierced by a needle!

He lunged forward and grabbed Gu Liansheng. After being reminded, Gu Liansheng realized something was wrong. Their limbs went weak, but with the will of battle veterans, they took their steps and turned to run faster in the opposite direction!

This action made the male soldier turn his head and glance at them.

After giving instructions to Chen Xi upstairs, Qi An went into the operating room.

Her arrival was like a lifesaver for Xu Le!

Xu Le could only maintain his resonance with Chen Yuezhou; he couldn't take care of the remaining four doctors and Qin Tianshuo!

The source of pollution persisted, the heart rate monitor kept ticking, and they could hear some of the noise outside. Everyone was too tense, and the pollution level would only continue to rise!

Qi An said, "I resonate with Chen Yuezhou. Go and purify the doctors!"

Xu Le felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He stepped aside, swallowed a small blue pill, and quickly meditated for a moment before purifying Liao Yang and Zhou Yanying.

Zhou Yanying maintained her surgical wound, while Chen Yuezhou's blood pressure continued to drop.

However, Qi Anyi resonated with Chen Yuezhou, and his heart rate stabilized.

While suppressing her own pollution and maintaining stability in her hands, Zhou Yanying couldn't help but take a closer look at Qi An.

In Chen Yuezhou's mental world, even the boy on the throne in the castle is asleep.

The gray rock fortress teetered precariously in the storm, seemingly on the verge of disintegration and collapse.

The sun-like eye in the sky tried to squeeze out of the thick clouds and press down lower, but it was blocked by the rain curtain and knocked back by Qi An's palm.

During this scene transition, without any resistance from the conscious owner, Qi An clearly saw that memory!

Chen Yuezhou's memories, like those submerged in water, were vague and unclear; they were only real when she saw them for the first time.

In this memory, Chen Yuezhou, as thin and pale as the boy in his spiritual world but even younger, fled in panic through the jungle.

No one was holding him back; he was running alone. His shoes fell off, and his feet were covered in blood and gore!

But he didn't know if he had already strengthened his training, but he persisted in running for nearly 5 hours and ran onto the road at dawn.

He was exhausted, thirsty, and in pain, and his mind was somewhat hazy, but he dared not stop. He stumbled forward on the road, leaving a trail of bloody footprints.

As dawn broke, vehicles finally began to appear on this quiet mountain road.

However, as several cars passed by the boy, the seemingly pampered people from the pre-apocalyptic world inside all looked at him with a mixture of horror and confusion, yet none of them stopped.

The only off-road vehicle, with its flamboyantly painted surface skid-to-the-ground and a camping tent strapped to its roof, seemed about to stop, but the young driver was slapped by a girl in a pink tank top next to him.

"This child... I'm terrified! Did he escape from some human trafficking den?!"

I fucking told them it wasn't safe in these mountains, let's get going!

The car sped away again.

The boy watched the car drive away, and could only continue to move forward, leaving bloody footprints, glancing back in panic every now and then.

Qi An could truly feel the immense panic and despair in the child's heart.

But he didn't cry.

The morning sun bathed the mountains in gold, and as the sky brightened, another car finally appeared around a bend in the road.

It was a plain black family sedan. The middle-aged man driving saw the boy, who was already parked by the roadside, bent over and vomiting, and slammed on the brakes to stop.

The family consisted of four people: the male driver, the female owner and her 3 or 4-year-old daughter in the back seat, and an indifferent teenager playing video games in the passenger seat.

Also startled and puzzled, the male homeowner got out of the car, wanting to approach but hesitant, while the female homeowner took two steps forward and tentatively called out, "Little boy, what...what's your name? Where do you live? How did you get into this mess?"

“I want to go to the city. My home is… Xieyou Welfare Home…” Chen Yuezhou murmured.

The man and woman looked at each other, their expressions shifting, while the boy in the passenger seat shouted, "Let's call the police! Let's take him to the hospital! Was he a victim of domestic violence, or was he kidnapped by human traffickers?!"

The boy felt a mixture of sympathy and inexplicable excitement, and he even tossed the game console aside.

The couple definitely called the police, but after hesitating for a while, seeing that the boy looked like he was about to faint, they finally took him into their car.

The man was connected to the police, but still felt extremely uneasy, so he sped up to 100 miles per hour.

But they drove safely for less than an hour and saw the somewhat congested highway exit ahead!

During this time, the woman laid a blanket under the boy, gave him bread and bottled water, and used the first-aid kit in the car. She was a little scared, but she tried her best to treat the wounds that could be treated.

Both children looked on with a mixture of fear and curiosity.

In the warm carriage, with the help of food and a little bit of disinfectant iodine, the boy quickly recovered, regained consciousness, and his wounds even began to heal! This made the family of four feel even more strange.

Whether they were panicked or excited, they were about to make contact with the police car and the ambulance!

But the male homeowner suddenly felt unwell.