Chapter 5: Emergency

Silence, silence for ten seconds.

After a while, the muzzle of the gun against his waist loosened a little.

Yan Chuanbai stepped away from him, his tall figure swaying in front of the desk, and then with a "click", the room lit up.

Qi He regained his breath and stood up to look.

Yan Chuanbai was leaning against the table and had lit a kerosene lamp.

The slender fingers turned the lampshade, and the shadow of the eyelashes fell faintly under the eyelids, lazy and unable to see through the mind.

Qi He sat up from the sofa:

"System, is this plot over?"

The system had been stunned the moment he chose "steal." Now that it had come to its senses, the entire system was trembling: [With only five seconds of plot, couldn't you have chosen a better person to steal?!]

"It's all tainted with theft, what good can come of it?"

Qi He shook his head. "Eavesdropping? Peeping? Stealing a moment of leisure from this busy life?"

[You can steal books.] The system gritted its teeth, its face flushing: [Students' business is not called stealing.]

“…”

While they were arguing, Yan Chuanbai put the kerosene lamp on the table and turned around. "Are you planning to do something bad to me?" He raised his arms.

"Really? Let me hear your plan."

Qi He looked straight at me: System, he hasn’t v50 me yet.

【……】

After a moment, he said under Yan Chuanbai's gaze, "There is no plan, it's just improvisation."

Yan Chuanbai's eyes fell on him. "You are like this now," he said blankly for two seconds. Under the dim yellow light, Qi He was half leaning on the sofa, his T-shirt wrinkled and his skin burning red. He continued, "What can you do to me?"

Qi He remained silent, "There's a lot that can be done."

"Oh..." Yan Chuanbai pushed his hands back, with an attitude of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, "Then I'll give you a chance, let me see what you are going to do."

Qi He was tired, "I'm not interested now."

“…”

He stood up and said, "It's getting late, let's all go back to sleep."

After saying that, he walked towards the inner room.

Yan Chuanbai followed the situation without asking further questions or stopping him. Qi He had just opened the inner door when he heard someone behind him say, "

"Whatever you're after..."

He turned around and saw Yan Chuanbai sitting at the table. His shadow on the wall shifted slightly, and a faint warning came out in his voice, almost inaudible: "If you threaten the rest of the team, I will not show mercy."

"That's the same for everyone."

Qi He paused for a moment and said, "Okay."

The door closed with a click.

The inner room returned to darkness. Qi He leaned against the door, thought for two seconds, and then said:

"His first sentence meant, 'It's up to me what I want.'"

The system suddenly choked: [His emphasis should be on the second half of the sentence.]

Qi He had already reached the bed and laid down: "I do have some plans for him, let's talk about it tomorrow."

-

When I woke up the next day, it was already bright.

Qi He didn't know how long he had slept. It was already past the time to set off, but Yan Chuanbai didn't come to call him.

He stood up, feeling less dizzy, and said, "Tong Yiji."

【？ 】

"What's the temperature now?"

[…37.2℃, please don’t call me names casually.]

Just as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open.

Turning around, I saw Yan Chuanbai standing at the door.

Bright light from the window illuminated the entire room. Qi He's eyes were clear and his face was normal. Yan Chuanbai saw his expression but did not mention what happened last night:

"How are you feeling?"

Qi He, "The fever is basically gone."

Hearing the "hmm" sound, he quickly said, "I'm sweating a lot, I want to take a shower."

Yan Chuanbai frowned, then nodded, "Okay."

Qi He had been coveting it for a long time and finally got the bucket of bath water.

…

He came out of the shower.

The others were sitting downstairs. When Meng Yan saw him, she immediately asked, "Are you feeling better? Are you still feeling unwell?"

"The fever is gone, and I'm not feeling any worse."

Zhou Ziqian was also relieved. "That's good. Then should we stay one more night to observe the situation, or continue on?"

Yan Chuanbai, "Supplies are running low, let's move on."

After they had discussed it, they took their things and got in the car.

As usual, Zhou Ziqian sat in the driver's seat.

Meng Yan was about to open the car door when she heard Yan Chuanbai say, "You sit in the front, and he and I will sit in the back."

Meng Yan didn't understand, but did as she was told. "Oh."

Qi He glanced at him: The three-day incubation period had not yet passed, and Yan Chuanbai was still worried about him.

Zhou Ziqian started the car cheerfully, like a paramecium: "Oh, if the person Brother Yan brought back is sick, of course he has to take care of him personally!"

Meng Yan suddenly understood.

Qi He felt that he was good at annoying Yan Chuanbai.

The car door slammed shut, and Yan Chuanbai stared at his brain. "I brought you in too. Do you need me to look after you?"

Zhou Ziqian: "Yeah? I'm not sick."

Qi He, “…”

The rain has stopped today and the sky is clear and cloudless.

The car drove into the mountains and forests.

Surrounded by tall and dense trees, Qi He looked out the window and saw some "mutated plants": some had flowers growing from the trunks, some had roots that became unusually thick, and even grew in the middle of the road.

Then he was run over by their wheels.

"Have these mutant plants been studied?"

The one who answered him was Yan Chuanbai, "Yes."

Qi He asked, "What's the result?"

"I don't know. This is a matter of the laboratory. We haven't been in contact with the base for a while." After he said that, he glanced at the instigator lightly.

Qi He looked straight ahead and said, "It's okay. You don't have to be so omniscient."

This area is entirely mountainous.

After driving for a while, it was lunchtime before they knew it. Zhou Ziqian was just looking for a place to park when he saw a flat meadow.

It seemed to have been cleaned up, with signs of garrisoning and setting fires.

"Let's do it there." Yan Chuanbai said.

The car turned onto the lawn and they got out.

Yan Chuanbai glanced at the supply bag and said, "Let's cook those two buckets of instant noodles and eat them. If we drive fast, we can reach Base I tomorrow afternoon. There's no need to save them."

Meng Yan and Zhou Ziqian cheered.

Qi He asked, "So close to Base I?"

Yan Chuanbai hummed, "The closer you get to the base, the easier it is to run into other people. Just like..."

As he was speaking, he suddenly heard a voice: "Huh?"

Meng Yan walked over to the fire with her instant noodles in her arms. The surrounding weeds had been cleared, and there was a fallen tree stump serving as a seat.

She stared at the ground below her feet. "What is this?"

Qi He and Yan Chuanbai walked over to take a look.

The soil was soft after the rain, leaving traces easily. Next to the burnt-out fire, a few lines of inscriptions were boldly written:

"To those who come later: The air after the rain is so fresh, the branches so damp. And we just had a sumptuous bonfire feast. It can't be helped, fire-type psychics are just so convenient."

By the way, we have picked up all the branches around.

Alas, I wish you good luck in making firewood, and don't make it too difficult.

There is also a Q-version avatar next to it, with a bar carved through the hair, which clearly points to the direction.

Qi He and Yan Chuanbai stared at it, and a face appeared in their minds at the same time.

Zhou Ziqian couldn't help but say after reading it: "Damn! This guy is really..."

Qi He said, "Even two drops of vinegar can produce carbon dioxide."

Zhou Ziqian was confused:?

Qi He, "Pure alkali."

“…”

After Zhou Ziqian finished admiring his exquisite language skills, he turned to see Yan Chuanbai squatting on the ground. He had just finished carving the last stroke and put away his knife. "Brother Yan, what are you doing now?"

Yan Chuanbai stood up casually and said, "Nothing."

Qi He took a look and saw another line of words on the empty row: "Come and kill me if you dare~"

“…”

He: System, Yan Chuanbai is not a pushover either.

The system doesn't want to talk.

-

They finally went to the nearby woods to chop some wood for a fire.

Meng Yan's wood-related ability came into play.

Soon, a cluster of raging flames rose from the fire, and water was boiling in the bucket to cook instant noodles.

Four people sat around.

Qi He used a knife to open a can. When he played survival games before, he had stayed in the wild for up to half a month. He pried open the lid with a "click" of the knife, and his movements were very skillful.

Yan Chuanbai glanced at him.

Qi He distributed the food.

Zhou Ziqian and Meng Yan were extroverts. They chatted with each other while heating canned meat over the fire.

They were halfway through their conversation when Yan Chuanbai suddenly laughed, "When you mentioned birthdays, I remembered something."

He rarely mentioned his own affairs, so Zhou Ziqian was immediately curious, "What's the matter?"

Qi He saw Yan Chuanbai's gaze falling on him.

"I've never celebrated my birthday before, except once. Aunt Wen and Uncle Qi came to the city where I study on a business trip and took me out for dinner. That day happened to be my birthday."

"Uncle Qi..." Zhou Ziqian reacted and looked at Qi He, "Qi He's parents?"

"Yeah." Yan Chuanbai said to Qi He, "They told me a lot about your family and showed me your photos." He smiled, "You've changed a lot."

Qi He met his gaze and paused for a second, "Really? I haven't heard them mention this. But boys change a lot when they grow up, so it's normal for me to grow up."

After staring at each other for a few seconds, Yan Chuanbai casually said, "That's right."

The topic quickly turned to other things.

Qi He was roasting meat over the fire with a crackling sound, his expression calm: "System, Yan Chuanbai is doubting me."

The system didn't even dare to breathe from that moment on.

These are stories that are not in the script, and it is not clear.

You denied it without hesitation.

"When I don't know if he's deceiving me, it's safest to deny it. The original owner and I are so different, it's only a matter of time before Yan Chuanbai becomes suspicious."

I just wouldn’t think of “traveling through time”.

But the fact that they didn't suspect him when they first met him suggests that he bears some resemblance to the original owner or his parents. It's likely that they suspected the original owner had another brother who had taken his identity.

What should we do now?

"Now that things have come to this, let's eat first."

-

The meat is burnt and the water hasn't boiled yet.

Zhou Ziqian squatted nearby for a while, then asked Qi He, "By the way, how are you feeling now? Are you still dizzy? Has the condition relapsed or anything?"

Qi He felt it after hearing this.

Zhou Ziqian hadn't noticed it before: he felt unusually relaxed and his fever had completely subsided. He figured it was probably because he'd eaten some meat.

"I'm fine now. I feel full of strength."

Three people: "..."

Yan Chuanbai glanced at him and said, "If there is any abnormality, tell me immediately."

Qi He nodded, "Okay."

Just as he finished speaking, a sound suddenly came from Yan Chuanbai's backpack: Beep beep... beep beep...

Several people were stunned.

Yan Chuanbai took out a communicator from his bag and said, "We're close to the base, and communications are starting to recover. I'll go answer the phone first."

After he finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards the woods.

Zhou Ziqian didn't say much. It was not an ordinary mobile phone, but a special one used for communication in their army.

Qi He didn't ask, but just focused on the fire, "Why isn't the water boiling yet?"

"Oh, this pot doesn't conduct heat well. How about... add some more firewood?"

…

On the other end, Yan Chuanbai walked out of the interception distance before answering the call.

There was a rustling sound of electricity, and he spoke:

"Major General Zhong."

A middle-aged man in his forties or fifties spoke from inside, with a hint of laughter: "Chuanbai, I finally got in touch with you. Where have you been all this time?"

"I'm near Base I. I have some personal business."

"I Base?"

The other end pondered for a moment and said, "That's perfect. Headquarters also said they would send people to take over the two major bases. Once you're there, we'll leave it to you."

Yan Chuanbai said bluntly: "I want to go back to headquarters."

When he was in the army, he was a difficult thorn in the side. If he hadn't often offended his superiors, his rank would probably have been promoted much faster.

Zhong Panqing was used to it and sighed: "The two major bases are still leaderless. Over time, it will turn into another chaos. Chuanbai, you have the ability."

Yan Chuanbai, "Others are fine too. Anyway, after I send them to Base I..."

There was a slight sound of sand behind him.

He stopped talking sharply and turned his head in an instant.

Qi He was just walking out from behind a tree and paused when he saw him.

A voice came from the communicator: "... Chuanbai?"

Qi He took a step back and said softly, "I just came out to find firewood, you continue."

After saying that, he turned and walked to the other side.

Yan Chuanbai retracted his gaze and replied, "It's okay."

"Oh." Zhong Panqing continued to persuade earnestly, appealing to his emotions and explaining things to him logically.

He spoke for three minutes without stopping.

Suddenly, a "rustling" sound came from the other side of the woods -

Yan Chuanbai turned his head and took a look.

I saw a small piece of tree canopy over there seemed to shake, but the movement was not big or small, and it soon returned to calm.

"... Chuanbai, what's wrong?"

That noise didn't sound like a zombie. Yan Chuanbai replied, "Nothing, there might be wild animals in the forest."

"Then be careful and contact us again when you reach Base I."

The call was about to be disconnected.

Yan Chuanbai looked up and saw Qi He coming back from the woods.

he:?

Qi He stopped a few steps away and explained softly, "This is it, I'm having an abnormality." He thought for a moment and raised his hands, "I feel full of strength."

Yan Chuanbai opened his mouth and was about to tell him to stop playing tricks when he saw Qi He turn around, pick up a thick tree next to him, and pull it upside down -

Crash.

Qi He carried a whole tree and looked at him.

Yan Chuanbai, “…”

In the communicator, Zhong Panqing heard the rustling sound nearby:

"Uh, Chuanbai, was the beast close to you?"

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Qi He: The sky is clear, the rain has stopped, and I feel like I can do it again!