Chapter 387 New Hope

After walking a short distance along a narrow corridor, I saw a steel gate.

Yan Zijin opened the door with his key and rushed in hurriedly.

When Qiao Yu and his companions entered, they were overwhelmed by the strong smell of blood, which almost made them vomit.

After everyone got used to the smell, they saw a huge stone bed placed in the center of the cave.

At this moment, lying on the stone bed was a pale red, giant, oval object that looked like a cocoon.

There are many smaller stone beds around the big stone bed, and on those stone beds there is also a similar object lying, but the size is relatively smaller.

Each of the things on the small stone beds has an external red tube connecting them to the things on the large bed in the center.

Densely packed red hoses, like blood vessels, weave into a large red net that tightly binds the objects on the central stone bed. It looks depressing and sad from a distance.

After Yan Zijin entered the cave, he did not waste a moment and ran directly to the large stone bed in the middle. He looked at the things on the bed and did not move for a long time.

Seeing this, Qiao Yu and others slowly walked over.

It was not until they arrived in front of the stone beds that everyone realized that whether it was the large stone bed in the center or the small stone beds around it, the people lying on them were all living people.

And without exception, they are all women.

Luo Zhenzhen took a deep breath and covered her mouth.

She simply couldn't imagine how much pain these women had endured to become like this.

Their bodies have been completely deformed.

The area below the chest bulged out, becoming long and round, and the legs could not be seen at all.

Except for the head and two arms, the whole body is unable to move.

They all closed their eyes at this time and just lay there quietly.

If it weren't for their steady breathing that was still rising and falling slightly, Qiao Yu and the others would probably have thought that they had died.

At this time, Yan Zijin was lying next to the largest figure in the middle, stroking the woman's face sadly over and over again with trembling hands.

"Ranran, I'm sorry... I'm late..."

Yan Zijin's voice became more and more choked, and tears slid uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes, dripping heavily onto the woman's face.

It was a delicate and smooth face.

She has pretty facial features and a rosy and fair complexion.

Although her eyes are closed, I can still imagine what she will look like when she opens her eyes: "smiling charmingly and looking with beautiful eyes."

But such a beautiful girl was tortured into what she is now!

Qiao Yu looked at the scene in front of him. Finally, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He took out a Tang sword from the space and chopped off Han Ming's legs with his backhand.

Although Han Ming's sensitivity to pain was already very low, under Jiang Zhan's mental stimulation and pressure, he soon endured the pain brought by the pain that was dozens of times more sensitive than before.

"Ah--" Han Ming wailed, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.

"You deserve to die! Han Ming, you deserve to die!"

"Why are you still alive now—why don't you just die!"

Every word Qiao Yu said was like a stab in the back of Han Ming.

There were tears in her eyes, and she didn't know whether it was for these girls, or for her past life self... or... maybe both.

After stabbing more than a hundred times, Qiao Yu finally withdrew her hand, crying.

Jiang Zhan pulled Qiao Yu into his arms and hugged her tightly with a distressed look on his face. While comforting her softly, he continued to use his mental power to put pressure on Han Ming, making him wish he could neither live nor die.

"Ah—kill me—kill me!"

Han Ming kept wailing, but everyone here hated him to the core, so how could they possibly meet his demands!

"Oh right..." Qiao Yu took a while to calm down and whispered to Yan Zijin, "What did Han Ming mean by the new offspring and children he just mentioned? You seem very nervous..."

Upon hearing this, Yan Zijin finally wiped away her tears, took a deep breath, and whispered, "Did you see the bulges on those seeds?"

"In each of those bulges, there is a new species about to be born."

"Alien?"

"Yeah. To put it simply, it's the same person as Han Ming is now."

"Live forever half human, half ghost."

"So what should we do now? Can we still save them?"

Yan Zijin shook her head. "It's too late... These aliens are about to be born. We can't save them..."

Although Yan Zijin was answering Qiao Yu's words, his eyes were always on the woman on the stone bed, as if he could never see enough of her.

His eyes were gentle, doting, and full of love, yet they inexplicably made people feel sad.

Qiao Yu pursed his lips, and once again stabbed the Tang knife in his hand into Han Ming's stomach, and stirred it vigorously, causing Han Ming to wail again.

Just as everyone fell silent, Yan Zijin suddenly stood up slowly.

"Captain Qiao, I'd like to use your favor now, is that okay?"

Qiao Yu was slightly stunned when he heard this, but still nodded.

"Captain Qiao, the people under my command are all carefully selected. They are all excellent in both character and ability. If possible, let them follow you in the future."

"If it's inconvenient, then please find someone trustworthy to dismiss them."

"Captain Yan...you are..."

"Captain Qiao, listen to me." Yan Zijin smiled slightly and continued, "I did lie to you about Huayue and Xiang Heng. When Han Ming arrested them, my people happened to see it and rescued Huayue and Xiang Heng. The reason I kept it a secret from you was because I was afraid you wouldn't want to come..."

"Don't worry, I've already told my people that once you get out safely, they'll take you to them."

"Finally, I have a small request."

"...When you return to the base, can you help me and my fiancée erect a couple's monument?"

Qiao Yu gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and nodded heavily, "Don't worry, I will definitely do it."

"That's good." Yan Zijin smiled softly again, "Everyone, it's an honor and a pleasure to meet you."

"If we are destined to meet, we will meet again in the next life."

"This is the only nest of the mother species. As long as this place is destroyed, the remaining nests of the daughter species will be deprived of the mother species' care and can be slowly destroyed."

"Captain Yan... then you don't have to..."

Yan Zijin shook her head. "Ranran is afraid of the dark. I've already lost her once. This time, I absolutely cannot leave her alone again..."

"Captain Qiao, you guys should leave quickly... The mother species will conceive and give birth during the day, so once daybreak arrives, these aliens will be successfully hatched. The alien species attach great importance to their offspring. If they find you, it will be difficult for you to leave!"

"As for Han Ming... let him be buried here with all the female aliens he persecuted!"

"……good."

Under Yan Zijin's urging, Qiao Yu and his companions finally left the cave, looking back every few steps.

When Jiang Zhan's barrier withdrew from the cave where Yan Zijin was, everyone clearly felt that the alien species around them became more violent, roaring and trying to rush into the cave.

But just as Qiao Yu and his companions were meeting up with Yan Zijin's team outside, explosions began to erupt from the mountainside...

Qiao Yu sat in the car on the way back, looking back at the gradually collapsing mountain, as if he saw Yan Zijin and Ranran snuggling together happily and sweetly.

Qiao Yu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, took a deep breath, and looked forward again.

There is no need to look back at the past, and there is no need to recall yesterday.

Everyone has their own choice.

No matter for whom the sacrifice is made, it is worthy of respect.

Now that the mother species has been wiped out, how long will it take for humans to escape the apocalypse and return to normal life?