Chapter 119: A nap in the infirmary

"But I'm really sleepy." Xu Lingqu looked up at the door number. They had already sent her to the infirmary.

Since he was already here, it was relatively quiet and there was a bed to sleep on. Xu Lingqu pushed open the door, walked into the compartment and fell onto the bed very skillfully and consciously.

Not long after, she fell asleep.

Xu Lingqu hadn't dreamed about the end of the world for a long time. When he saw the familiar streets in his dream, he felt a little dazed for a moment.

In her dream, she went back to the day before she traveled through time. She came to the North District of Lake Arden to deal with a vicious assault case by a law enforcement officer.

A law enforcement officer named Yuk shot ordinary humans in the street, and the information of the shackles on his body was transmitted to the central tower.

The shackles are a tool recently developed by the human upper echelons to supervise law enforcement officers. Once an ordinary human nearby uses a specific instrument to input the law enforcement officer's number, the central tower will receive it and send a law enforcement officer to deal with it. If there is a genuine incident, the law enforcement officer responsible will be dealt with, and if there is a false report, ordinary humans will be dealt with.

They only started to add them after Xu Lingqu dealt with the evolved human organization that recruited law enforcement officers.

The body of the person shot dead by Yuke fell to the ground. No one around dared to make a sound or run away, because Yuke said that whoever ran would be killed first.

They knelt on the ground, holding their only possessions in Lake Arden - some food and supplies that they had saved or just received.

Yuke looked at them teasingly, not as if they were his own kind, but as if they were lambs to be slaughtered.

When he looked up and saw Xu Lingqu coming, he put away his playful smile.

"Sir."

Xu Lingqu took a look at the corpse on the ground. It was an ordinary human being, a middle-aged woman.

"The reason for the shooting," she began.

"Who of you leaked the secret? How dare you report me to the Central Tower?" Yuke didn't dare to answer Xu Lingqu directly, and kicked a child next to him.

The child's father let out a shrill whine and said to Xu Ling, "Law Enforcement Officer Yuke wanted the supplies in this man's hands, but he refused to give them, saying that his daughter was still at home waiting for food to save her life, and then..."

In Lakeyardon, when there were no shackles, the only thing that constrained the law enforcers was the mutual supervision among their companions, or the three words "law enforcers", which were entirely based on responsibility and conscience.

Situations like this happen frequently, and some law enforcement officers believe that killing mutant beasts to secure living space for ordinary humans is a right they should have.

Therefore, after the infected humans were killed, the outburst of the victims' families was not only due to their inability to accept the death of their loved ones, but also the accumulation of long-term dissatisfaction with the tyrannical law enforcement officers.

"Is that so?" Xu Lingqu raised his head and stared at Youke.

Yuke's scalp tingled under her stare. This Law Enforcement Officer Xu from China was the highest-ranking Law Enforcement Officer of Lake Arden. She never showed mercy to mutant beasts, infected humans, or Law Enforcement Officers who made mistakes.

"I can't help it. She pissed me off, sir. I just went on a mutant beast-killing mission, and I'm in a state of stress..."

Xu Lingqu raised his hand and fired a shot. The bullet pierced Yuke's brain. His eyes were full of disbelief before he died.

The mutant beast killing mission he went on ended with a kill count of 0. He probably thought Xu Lingqu couldn't remember it and wanted to find a legitimate excuse for himself.

Law Enforcement Officer Yuk was dead, but the ordinary humans around him still didn't dare to move. They adjusted their posture, and the look of offering supplies turned to face Xu Lingqu.

Xu Lingqu glanced at them, asked the central tower to send someone else to deal with the body, and left. There were no shackles on her feet.

"You still don't want to wear it?" On the rooftop in the evening, a female law enforcement officer, Chen Shiran, sat on the ground, smoking a cigarette, looking at Xu Lingqu next to her.

"No." Xu Lingqu frowned.

Almost all the law enforcement officers in Lake Yaton were wearing shackles, except Xu Lingqu.

Chen Shiran sneered and exhaled a puff of smoke. "You did this, and you killed Yu Ke again. Those idiots will have another reason to drag you into the courtroom for questioning. This despicable law enforcement officer's life is worth more than an ordinary person. They just wanted you to punish Yu Ke a little, but you killed him directly. They will definitely use the shackles to punish you."

"A life for a life, that's normal. If they want to ask, then let them ask." Xu Lingqu lowered his head, watching the sunset at dusk, making everything warm.

“…Is it worth it?” Chen Shiran was silent for a while and put out the cigarette in her hand. She felt a little sad, after all, cigarettes were too scarce at this time, but she remembered that Xu Lingqu hated the smell of cigarettes, so she put it out anyway.

She stood up and walked over to Xu Lingqu. "No one here is grateful to you, no one likes you. The law enforcement officers think you're cold-blooded, and the human leaders are wary of you. You protect ordinary humans, but ordinary humans basically only fear and hate you. If I had your ability, I would have abandoned this broken base long ago. Is it worth it?"

To Lake Arden, Xu Lingqu is a knife without a scabbard or a handle. She is powerful enough, but no one can restrain or control her.

When faced with such people, everyone feels only fear.

Xu Lingqu suddenly sighed, "If the misery competition was still going on, I think your words would be in the top three."

Chen Shiran: ...

Well, she already knew that Xu Lingqu would react like this.

"Don't worry, my life is not that miserable." Xu Lingqu said with a smile.

Chen Shiran was so angry that she lit another cigarette and deliberately moved closer to Xu Lingqu to puff out smoke.

"As for whether it's worth it... I don't know." Xu Lingqu whispered, his voice so soft that it seemed to be shattered by the afterglow of the setting sun and fell on the streets of Lake Arden.

…

She suddenly woke up from her hospital bed. She had been sleeping since the afternoon and it was already dark outside.

Xu Lingqu thought she'd take a nap and would soon be woken by the noise of someone coming in and out, but perhaps because of this dream? She never woke up.

She got out of bed and pushed open the door of the compartment, coming face to face with Li Haisha and Olev.

Both of them had serious expressions on their faces. The door of the infirmary was locked, obviously refusing anyone else to come in. It was unlikely that they didn't know that there was someone lying in the cubicle.

However, we are still in the league venue. The students should have left on their own by now. Are they locking the door not to prevent students, but to prevent Skynet staff?

"Lingqu, come with us first." Li Haisha said seriously.

Xu Lingqu didn't understand why, but he still got on Li Haisha's aircraft.

Only after they brought her back to the infirmary of Moye Military Academy, a place they thought was relatively safe, did Li Haisha and Olefu breathe a sigh of relief.

Xu Lingqu glanced at them for a few seconds and then took the initiative to ask, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the Skynet staff?"

Olev was startled: "You, how do you know?"

"A simple guess." Xu Lingqu lowered his eyes. "Judging from your reactions, they should be coming for me."

Li Haisha nodded: "You guessed right."

She was clearly still furious. "To put it simply, the Imperial Physician and Skynet collaborated on this Xilake Condensate you're very familiar with. Skynet has provided a dedicated dose to each student at each military academy. It's not normally used, but in emergencies, the school doctors would definitely prioritize it. In your dose, they replaced it with the original Xilake Condensate mixed with Blue Jay Fruit powder. This stuff is highly addictive."

She was so angry that her body couldn't stop shaking. Someone actually wanted to use this thing to destroy Xu Lingqu.