Chapter 15 Questioning "The Ground Should Be Human"

Thick octopus tentacles slammed into the car, and Baili Yunle practically crawled to raise his gun and engage the mutant octopus. Xie Shuqin immediately activated his supernatural powers to erect a sonic barrier. The immense force of the collision and the debris struck the barrier, crackling and shattering.

At the same time, the aliens screamed in unison, and the mental waves were overwhelming, causing the rocks above their heads to fall continuously.

Xie Shuqin held up the barrier with all her might, her whole body felt like it was falling apart, her vision blurred. She took the time to wipe her face, only to find that blood was flowing from all seven orifices.

The strong smell of blood filled the air. She glanced at Xu An, who was covering his head and making an impatient "tsk" sound. Then he raised his head and glanced at the mutant. A red light flashed instantly, and the attack will of the mental wave suddenly stagnated. Then a powerful wave swept over, and the dizziness in her head deepened, as if being pinched by an invisible hand, getting tighter and tighter. Jie Shuqin felt that her brain was about to be crushed.

Suddenly, with a "ding" sound, the force was suddenly released, and there was a blood mist in front of the eyes. The stones were blown away and disappeared. In the blizzard, there were only the sounds of alien species exploding and the fragments of colorful crystal cores.

Before he could be shocked, a cold wind blew in, and the icicles hit his face and body, causing many tiny wounds.

Xu Anqiang stood up by holding on to the chair behind her. The blood on her arm had not stopped yet, and as it dripped down, it froze into pieces of blood crystals.

"Jie Shuqin." Her voice was extremely hoarse, as if she had used up all her strength. "Give me some more blood."

Xie Shuqin wiped the blood next to her ear and uttered, "Ah!" "What did you say? I can't hear you clearly."

Baili Yunle climbed up, not caring about Xu An's powerful ability just now, and generously stretched out his arm, "Drink my sister."

Xu An gave him a look of disdain.

The temperature dropped quickly, and the few of them didn't have time to talk about anything else. They quickly dug through the gravel and ran inside.

The entire room seemed like an icehouse, a thin layer of ice slowly forming on the ground. In the distance, the roars of alien species could be heard. Just as Xie Shuqin and Baili Yunle were about to repeat their old trick, igniting some of the alien species to increase the temperature, they suddenly shone with tiny pinpricks of light beneath their feet.

"It's not the ground that's glowing, it's overhead! There's a starry sky on the ceiling!"

As he spoke, the spots of light on the ceiling grew larger and denser, and a blue hue replaced the dim steel ceiling. Along with the crystal core fragments that had not yet fallen to the ground, the scene before the new century, when the ground was full of stars and fireflies, was recreated.

The strong cold wind was blocked by a strange light wave. Gray snow particles mixed with soil and blood hit the light wave and were sucked in by the strange polka dots.

Xie Shuqin's eyes widened. "What is this?"

Xie Shuqin boasted that she had fought on the front lines for five years and had seen everything, but this time, it was simply unbelievable.

Baili Yunle, who had also been fighting on the front lines for five years, was also shocked.

Xu An ignored their reactions, suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and slowly leaned against an abandoned long table. His eyes reflected the brilliant Milky Way on the ceiling, which was a transition from purple to white.

After their shock, they recovered and saw the crystal core fragments, which hadn't yet fallen, inexplicably levitate in the air. As if sprouting wings, they slowly gathered, exploded, and gathered again... Beneath the Milky Way, a brilliant, multicolored rainbow of light shone. Whether it was an illusion or not, the room seemed to warm up. A current of heat emanated from the crystal core, seeping into their fingertips and spreading throughout their bodies.

They looked in the direction where the debris was floating. In the dim and vast venue, Xu An was in the place where the light gathered. Colorful stars floated beside her. It was clearly just physical light waves, but at that time, there was a force that seemed to have generated consciousness and was cheering excitedly beside her.

What was even more shocking was that Xu An's injuries were recovering rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

She raised the corners of her lips slightly, and her usually stern face suddenly showed a soft feeling at this moment. She gently raised her hand and picked up a piece of debris that was "flying" less carelessly beside her. In just the time it took to raise her hand, the crack on her palm healed in the light.

Under their gaze, Xu An slowly lifted his eyelids and glanced at them. As if on command, the fragments quickly enveloped them. The pain dissipated, and Xie Shuqin felt her ears suddenly clear. She casually wiped away the sticky sensation and saw Xu An watching them, chuckling.

"Xu An!"

Just as Xie Shuqin was about to pounce, she was suddenly lifted up by someone's armpits.

Baili Yunle's face was serious, the weapons in his hands kept changing, shaking but holding them tightly, "Who the hell are you?"

Xu An didn't say anything. He tiptoed slightly and sat on the table. He crossed his legs leisurely and stared at him with a smile.

Baili Yunle felt a chill.

Xie Shuqin blinked blankly, and after a few seconds the halo in front of her eyes slowly dissipated. She looked at Xu An, then at Baili Yunle's cautious face, and was stunned for a moment: "What happened?"

"I told you to be careful of her, and you almost got into trouble with her." Baili Yunle saw Jie Shuqin break free from the illusion, so he put her down, quickly took out his gun, and pointed it at Xu An: "I should have known that all this was your fault."

"From the moment we first met you in that underground garage, to being chased by aliens and forced to hide in this godforsaken place. It's been decades, and the flyers, aside from being a little dusty, look like new. And they were still printing so many paper flyers before the era of widespread electronic devices. Do you really think we've never lived above ground?"

When he said this, Xie Shuqin silently looked up at him.

Baili Yunle ignored him and continued, "The incredibly broken chip you threw at Captain Feng passed through my hands. Yao Yin interpreted some of the content and showed it to me. I didn't pay much attention to it before, but now it seems that your concern about the progress of the humans on the ground on the bionics and the battle for humanity before the base construction must have ulterior motives! What exactly do you want to do?"

Xu An was still smiling, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

"And Jie Shuqin..." As he said this, Baili Yunle silently protected Jie Shuqin behind him, "You... want her to be like that mechanic..."

"Tsk." Xu An frowned slightly and stood up. Just as he took a few steps forward, Baili Yunle immediately pulled Jie Shuqin back, pointing the gun at her. "Don't come over! Who knows if you are a bionic person! Don't think that only Yang Gui knows that you are bloodthirsty. Who knows if you want to eat her!"

The base currently knows very little about androids. The only thing they know is that they were once the most powerful military weapon of the human race.

A high-level bionic human used in warfare goes haywire, with a devastating impact comparable to a simultaneous earthquake, flood, tsunami, and other natural disasters! After all, centuries ago, bionic humans were the ultimate weapon to start a world war. However, before they could be deployed on the human battlefield, they were interrupted by the arrival of alien species, who then used them in the long battle for the land.

The bionic humans were basically destroyed in the confrontation with the alien species. Now the only two bionic humans left in the base have only ordinary household functions, and only senior military commanders and senior researchers can access them. He also entered the Advanced Research Institute after being seriously injured, and accidentally saw one from a distance while lying in the hospital bed.

But Xu An's provision of these leaflets was definitely not accidental. If she really was a bionic person used in war...

Baili Yunle didn't dare to think too much about it.

But surprisingly, after he said this, Xu An did not take another step forward.

The air fell into an eerie silence. The shattered crystal cores rustled as they fell to the ground, and the bright light in the sky slowly dimmed.

Xu An looked up, his lifeless eyes combined with the dim tables and chairs were actually a little scary.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think it through." She spoke softly. For some reason, Baili Yunle felt that her words were a little lonely. "I'll go back when Feng Lan comes."

After she finished speaking, she slowly retreated into the darkness. The room was no longer bright, except for the light screen that blocked the cold wind and mental wave attacks. Outside, she could hear the roars of aliens eagerly eating and the sounds of footsteps on the snow. Apart from that, there was no other sound.

Xie Shuqin looked back and saw that the snow outside had stopped, but she felt that it was snowing inside.

"It's impossible to go out now. The temperature outside is too low. Even if I have superpowers to protect myself, I will be discovered by the aliens. Let's stay here and see what Xu An wants to do." After Baili Yunle finished speaking, he quickly squatted on the ground and fiddled with his chip.

"Damn it, there's no signal again!"

Xie Shuqin looked at him a few times, then looked at the shadow curled up in the corner in the dim light, pulled out a dagger from her leg bag, and walked over silently.

Without any lights, the room was terribly dark. Xie Shuqin carefully stepped over the rubble and broken bodies and walked in front of Xu An.

She lowered her head and didn't look at her. But Xie Shuqin knew she was secretly watching her. Just like a puppy that has done something wrong, it will lie down in the corner unhappily, but once it sees its owner approaching, its tail will still wag uncontrollably. Xu An is exactly the same.

She squatted down gently, trying to see Xu An's face, but she buried her head too deep between her legs. Even though she was half a head shorter than Xu An, she still couldn't see it.

"Xu An, you're wagging your tail~"

When Xu An heard the sound, she suddenly looked up and looked back. There was nothing behind her. She turned her head back in annoyance and didn't look at her.

"Aren't you going to stay away from me?" She paused, "Baili Yunle is right, I do like your blood."

"Then just drink it. I'll just consider it as donating blood." As he said that, Xie Shuqin stuffed the dagger into Xu An's hand and rolled up his sleeves to expose his arms.

Xu An was stunned.

"you……"

"Xu An, I don't think I've ever said you're important to me." Xie Shuqin looked at her, her eyes still shining even in the darkness. "I was born with special abilities. Although my awakening value is only 25%, my actual operation can reach 29. This means that the two-man mecha can only cooperate with people whose awakening value is above 29%."

"Besides you, the only other people above the 29th level in the entire base are Captain Feng and Yang Gui from nine years ago. Unfortunately, the Captain and I only have a 20% genetic match, which means it's impossible for us to enter the same mecha, let alone operate it together." She took a deep breath. "And Yang Gui, you know."

"You are the only one who can enter the double mecha operating room with me now."

Xie Shuqin chuckled. "Perhaps you think this is nothing... My physical fitness is very poor, and I have to spend twice as much time on physical training every time. Driving a mecha is the key condition for me to enter A061. If I can't operate the more explosive two-person mecha, I will retire immediately. A061 will recruit new members, and I will lose the chance to reach the ground forever..."

"I don't mean to stop someone from entering A061 in my place. I just want..." She raised her head, tears welling in her eyes. "I want to see what a world without aliens looks like. I want to see blue and pink flowers, clear rivers, and see how dogs wag their tails and cats do backflips..."

"I heard that before the New Era, there were flying toys that were modeled after flying animals. They would spread their wings and soar freely in the blue sky. Sometimes when I fly a falcon, I wonder if it feels like this when they fly."

When the wind blows across your face, it is not a violent storm, nor a low-temperature burn, but gentle, soft and warm like a mother.

"I always boasted that I was young and had plenty of time to participate in ground missions. I always thought, if I could work harder and fight harder, if I could defeat all the alien species, could we return to the ground and watch things that only appeared on electronic screens?"

As she spoke, she covered her face with her hands, her voice choking. "I'm sorry, I was too fanciful. I was just worried that humans wouldn't be able to defeat the aliens and would be flying aimlessly in the sky. I still have at least ten years of experience on the ground to recall..."

Xu An threw away the dagger and patted her back silently.

"The ground should belong to humans. The alien species will always disappear."