Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Outside, the wind was blowing hard and cold...

Outside, a strong wind and a cold current were approaching. Si Ruxu dragged Si Qi back to the cave. Eating the meat of the mutant wolves outside could strengthen the body, and even if it was buried in the snow outside, it could be dug out.

She blocked the door again with dry firewood and hay, and held it tight. Then, a fourth-level crystal core reappeared in the palm of her hand. She put the fourth-level crystal core back to its original lighting position. She sat on the hay, supported her chin, and looked at Si Qi.

The abilities Si Qi had just displayed were completely unheard of, and there were at least two of them: teleporting a wolf several meters away in an instant, to slicing a Level 2 mutant wolf into pieces with just a few taps.

Moreover, her supernatural power aura is very weak. It seems that it was consumed violently just after awakening, causing the supernatural power to lurk in the body. It will only awaken when the owner is in life-threatening danger, similar to what happened just now. Si Qi fell into a coma, probably because he overdrew his supernatural power.

Si Ruxu pondered for a moment, then flipped her fingers, her slender fingertips grasping a seventh-order superpower core. She herself was a seventh-order superpower user, and the seventh-order superpowers of other creatures were clearly much stronger than those of humans.

This energy core was obtained by her at the cost of almost half her life, but her current physical condition was not able to absorb it.

Si Qi is currently pale and her breath is getting weaker and weaker. If she does not replenish her superpowers in time, she will soon explode and die. Si Ruxu wants to give it a try. If Si Qi can absorb the seventh-level superpower core as a first-level superpower user, then she will definitely be a potential helper for the base.

If you can't absorb it, you will die.

The last few years of the apocalypse consumed all her personal feelings. To her, the affairs of so many people in the base were much more important than Si Qi's life.

She stared intently, and the blue energy core spun a few times in the air and landed on Si Qi's brow. Her forehead was suddenly covered with blood-red lines, strangely like dancing vines.

Si Qi groaned softly, her brow furrowing unconsciously. Her bones creaked softly, as if in agony. After a few breaths, tiny cracks appeared on her skin, and trickles of blood oozed out.

Si Ruxu lowered her eyes, as if she had expected it. It was really difficult for a first-level psychic to bear the seventh-level crystal core.

It’s not that she doesn’t want Si Qi to grow gradually, but the latest information discovered by the base... first-level psychics and lower-level psychics will all die in a large-scale purge after the extreme cold.

Forcing things to grow is the only way to survive, and the way to break the doomsday deadlock may lie in the great encirclement and suppression.

Si Ruxu thought Si Qi was doomed to die. Just as she pursed her lips and her eyes revealed a hint of determination and reluctance, something strange happened.

Within Si Qi's body, it felt as if an ancient and powerful force quietly awakened. The blood-red veins on her forehead flickered, as if imbued with life, flowing slowly, emitting a soft yet undeniable light. As this power surged, the tiny cracks in Si Qi's skin healed at a visible speed. The bleeding quickly stopped, and her skin returned to its original smoothness, flawless. Her brow gradually relaxed, and her pale complexion slowly regained its color. Her entire body was enveloped in a faint, warm aura, as if a new power was quietly growing within her, ready to be unleashed.

At the same time, she felt the supernatural energy in the other person's body becoming stronger and stronger. The seventh-level crystal core, which had turned blood-red, came out from her forehead and fell into Si Ruxu's palm.

Si Ruxu stared at the energy core, slightly stunned. After absorbing an energy core, a typical psychic would either explode and die, or the energy core would be completely absorbed and shattered.

As for Si Qi's, the color changed from blue to blood red, and the energy contained in it also dropped from level 7 to level 3. In other words, Si Qi's current condition can only passively absorb the energy of the fourth-level superpower core, and the superpower in her body has a strong desire to survive.

So when Si Qi's body couldn't bear it anymore, she split the energy core in half and forcefully squeezed the other half out. But she was afraid that it would be gone once it came out, so she marked it and dyed it a color.

Si Ruxu felt a little amused and helpless. She placed the red supernatural core next to Si Qi, and the blood-red lines on Si Qi's forehead faded.

She sat next to Si Qi, with something complicated in her eyes.

There was a traitor in the base. When she was escaping with a quarter of the base's resources and taking advantage of the tide of zombies, she sensed a human presence here. She fell into the bushes until she could no longer hold on.

But she didn't expect that since this human was Si Qi, shouldn't she have been abandoned outside the base as a meat wall?

Moreover, she also stored a lot of food and dry firewood, and even found a suitable cave to avoid the coming cold wave.

Considering that Si Qi's supernatural powers had been over-consumed as soon as they awakened, she felt that he must be hiding a huge secret.

Si Ruxu suddenly felt fortunate that she did not completely break up with Si Qi at that time.

In her impression, Si Qi was gentle and kind. He would feed the stray kittens downstairs in the community, pack up empty bottles and give them to the scavenging elderly, and reject everyone's advances for her.

But the better they were, the more unreal it felt to her. After the breakup, her friends asked her why and whether she would regret it, since they were so compatible and had spent their entire youth together.

She just smiled gently, shook her head and said she didn't love him anymore. She didn't know why, it seemed like the days were always as dull as white water. She felt bored, both for Si Qi and for life with Si Qi.

She considered herself a cold-hearted person, and she thought she would prefer a love madman, someone who could ignite her blood, burning it so hot that even her ashes would be blown away by the wind.

She thought again of the things Si Qi had hidden behind him on the day they broke up. She didn't even want to look at his expression. She knew that today was their tenth anniversary, and she also knew that Si Qi would definitely give her something that had been in her shopping cart for a long time, something she had occasionally mentioned wanting.

These little details that she herself doesn't even remember will not move her if others remember them.

She just found it boring.

But she still smiled gently and wished Si Qi to find a good match and have a bright future.

A low groan woke Si Ruxu from her memories. She looked up and met a pair of emotionless eyes.

Si Qi sat up, stretched out her hand, and a little blood-red light came out from her fingertips. She had memories before she fell asleep, and she knew that she couldn't hide it from Si Ruxu, so she might as well give it a try.

She felt a small flame ignite within her withered heart, igniting hope for life. Having superpowers meant a chance to live better, to live until the day the apocalypse was over.

"I fed you a seventh-level crystal core, but your body couldn't bear it, so your supernatural power split it in two. This is the other half that was not absorbed." Si Ruxu curled her lips, and her caring tone almost made Si Qi feel that she cared about his safety.

Si Qi thanked him and picked up the blood-red energy core that had turned into the third level. She felt the energy in her body tremble slightly as it absorbed the crystal core in her hand.

Of course, she wouldn't be stupid enough to think that Si Ruxu wanted to save her. She would die if her superpowers were exhausted, but there were clearly three fourth-level superpower cores next to her, but she chose to absorb this seventh-level one.

Since Si Ruxu was speaking freely, Si Qi also found a more comfortable place to sit down, facing her.

Si Ruxu lazily leaned against the soft goose down quilt, the firelight filtering through the cracks, casting a faint golden glow on her soft features. A gentle smile curved her lips, like the warmest spring breeze, capable of dispelling all the world's gloom. However, when she gently lowered her eyelids, a boundless glacier lay hidden deep within them, cold and deep, as if capable of freezing all warmth and hope. Her expression was complex and difficult to discern, revealing a subtle concern for Si Qi's current situation, yet also concealing a deeper calculation and deliberation, making it impossible to discern her true feelings.

"Am I qualified to be used by you now, Si Ruxu?" This was the first time Si Qi called Si Ruxu's name since their reunion. Unlike the clingy and affectionate tone a few years ago, her voice was capable and indifferent, like a partner she was meeting for the first time.

But this is exactly what Si Ruxu wants. If her partner is her ex-wife who still has feelings for her, she will have to spend time dealing with the emotional entanglement, which is really troublesome.

"We've been together for so many years, there's no need to talk about taking advantage of the relationship." Si Ruxu curved her lips and smiled slightly.

"It's cooperation. Your powers are very strong. Tell me what they are, okay?"

The request was made with an incredibly firm tone. Even the most powerful superpowers take time to develop. Si Qi saw that Si Ruxu could easily produce a seventh-level superpower core. So, when she said she only had so many on her, she had created the illusion that her third superpower was known only to herself, and she had even concealed the base.

She can understand that it is a crime to possess a treasure.

Therefore, Si Ruxu must have something that can make her disappear instantly. If she doesn't cooperate, the other party will be able to make sure that she doesn't even have a place to scatter her ashes in an instant.

"Space and time." Si Qi paused, "But my spatial ability seems to be different from yours."

Si Qi stretched out her hand, and the jar that Si Ruxu always used to drink water immediately appeared in her hand, five meters away from her.

Then she gently put it down and the jar returned to its original position.

"So the power you used to attack the mutant wolf is another power?" After all, Si Qi and the mutant wolf have been in a face-to-face confrontation.

Si Qi shook his head. "It's a spatial ability. I can tear a small inch of space, calculate the killing line, and keep tearing the space along the killing line to tear the enemy into pieces."

Even though he was mentally prepared, Si Ruxu was still shocked for a while. If he could tear apart a small space at just level one, then if he grew up... it might bring huge changes to the end of the world.

"Then what is your second superpower, teleportation?" Si Ruxu blinked curiously as she recalled how she and the mutant wolf disappeared in an instant and reappeared a few meters away.

Having seen his ex-wife's iron-blooded heart, Si Qi felt an inexplicable joy in his heart when he saw her gentle and curious expression, looking at her with a pair of smiling eyes.

"My second ability... time. When the mutant wolf pounced on me, I felt time stop around me, so I pounced and knocked it out."

Speaking of the second ability, Si Qi paused, a serious expression on his face, "But I can't use it now. I always feel that the second ability is not just as simple as time. It is more like a passive, life-saving thing."

Si Ruxu thought of the blood-red lines on Si Qi's forehead when he was unconscious. That's right, not only was he trying to save his life, but he was also fighting and scrambling for it. He even had to mark any uneaten energy cores for next time.

"I have another question." Si Ruxu looked at Si Qi and said word by word, "Why did you leave the base early and build a shelter here to avoid the cold wave?"

"I don't know. It might be the intuition brought by my second superpower. I feel that if I continue to stay in the base, I will die."

Si Ruxu had no reason not to believe it as he was trying to put the blame on the second superpower.

Si Qi roughly understood that Si Ruxu was now asking her to prove her worth. She couldn't possibly tell anyone that she was killed by the base in her previous life, otherwise she would not be able to make the other party believe her position.

Si Ruxu is not alone, she belongs to the base. She is trying to win her over in order to recruit a useful talent for the base. Then Si Qi has to play the role of a dog loyal to the base, well-behaved but not OOC.

Well, given her personality, it's time to start exchanging.

"This is all I know. As for you, partners must always be honest with each other, right?" There was no timidity in Si Qi's eyes that should be seen in the weak.

Si Ruxu's eyes flashed with a subtle admiration, "My space contains a quarter of the base's contents, including food, utensils, weapons, and crystal cores." She deliberately emphasized the word "weapons."

"There's a traitor in the base. He attacked when the zombie horde was about to start, and he hacked into the base's defense system beforehand, causing the base to become paralyzed. They had to use ordinary people's bodies as a wall to temporarily hold off the zombie horde."

When she said this, she paid close attention to Si Qi's expression. When she saw the complexity and disbelief on his face, she felt a little relieved.

"That person was definitely an insider. He knew I had a quarter of the base's supplies on me, so he secretly expelled me from the base when no one was paying attention. My special abilities were severely damaged from powering the base system, and it took a while for them to recover. I had no choice but to get rid of him and hide."

Si Qi thought for a moment, then whispered, interrupting what Si Ruxu was about to say next, "If Miss Si is so sincere, then I think the risk of cooperating with you is too great. After all, you should have absolute trust in the other party you're working with, right?"

"Oh?" Si Ruxu chuckled. It seemed that Si Qi had changed a lot. He was not so easily fooled anymore and believed everything he was told. He was a completely different person from before.

"I want to know what you have that would allow someone to set up such a big trap, leaving three-quarters of the supplies within easy reach when the base system is paralyzed, and instead come to hunt you down." Si Qi leaned forward slightly, like a murderer staring at his prey, ready to strike.

Si Ruxu didn't feel embarrassed at all about being exposed. Instead, she gave her an approving smile.

"If you keep being so clever and catching people off guard, it wouldn't be a bad idea for us to continue being together. I wonder if you're interested."

The ending of her tone curled up like a hook or a silk thread, entangling Si Qi's heart inch by inch.

Si Qi looked at the woman's face so close to him and smiled slightly, "Not interested."

She suppressed her anxious and longing heart and looked directly into the other person's eyes.

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