Chapter 42 Are you talking to your imaginary friend? System:! ……
There was a dead silence all around, only the lion boss's wild laughter still echoed in the air.
The head of the Hu base had a bad feeling and quickly lowered his head to avoid the oncoming gaze from the front, concentrating on observing the pattern of the board of his own headquarters. Even if he was only lightly brushed by that gaze, he felt as if he was locked in by a terrifying murderous intent. His scalp instantly went numb and his whole body went cold.
There are many people like him. At least in this corridor, except for Boss Lion who dares to laugh at Zhang Chun in person, others don't even dare to breathe heavily.
At this moment, although he didn't want to admit it, Zhang Chun, who had indeed raised the black-haired boy as a child, finally came back to his senses from his astonishment.
He first glanced in the direction where the boy was running, feeling something strange in his heart, and then he looked back at the blond man who was still laughing, staring at him quietly, with no expression on his face.
Boss Lion never considers the atmosphere when doing things. He does what he wants? In this weird situation? He laughed for two minutes before putting away his smile. He said to Zhang Chun with a hint of amusement: "Why don't you just let your bangs down? Come on, wait until someone dares to disobey you? Change your face to intimidate?"
Zhang Chun didn't say anything.
Boss Lion pinched his chin and enthusiastically suggested: "Or you can put a name tag with your name on the chest of your clothes? If you are afraid of embarrassment, you can ask everyone in the headquarters to wear an ID card. Oh, by the way, you can even hang a colorful halo on your own name tag, which will definitely make Yunyan see you at first sight in the crowd! It makes sense, right!"
"Jing Heng, are you free?"
Zhang Chun spoke slowly, his tone neither light nor heavy, with a dangerous tone that made people's scalps tighten.
His gaze was fixed on the lion boss's eyes. When his bangs were hidden behind them, his aggression was released without restraint.
When the work was suddenly mentioned, Boss Lion's expression froze, and he recalled the fear of being dominated by two workaholics... He was indeed slacking off these two days.
"Hahahaha, I suddenly remembered that there is an important matter that I haven't dealt with yet. I'll leave first, hahahaha..."
The lion boss turned and ran, but the ground below suddenly rose up in a second, and the sharp earth spikes flashed with a sharp cold light, brushing against the hem of his clothes and rising rapidly, piercing deeply into the ceiling of this floor.
The wall plaster and rubble fell down with a rustling sound and hit the head of the lion boss, who was so stiff that he dared not move.
Zhang Chun calmly said to his stunned subordinates, "Give me the third version of the plan for post-disaster rescue and exploration work."
The subordinate tremblingly took out a document from a pile and handed it to Zhang Chun. Then he saw this man with a terrifying aura walked straight to the current head of the ruined city base who was sidelined not far away, and gave the order in a straightforward manner.
"East 1, East 2, East 4, East 5, the four edge defense lines have all fallen. We have designed the shortest and fastest route for you. You have one day to search for survivors and record the extent of the damage on site and report it back to the A3 base headquarters. You can do it, right? After you set off, other special teams will follow and carry out rescue operations. You only need to be responsible for the initial exploration work, and deal with any high-level monsters you encounter."
Zhang Chun slowly revealed an emotionless smile, "Although you have a poor sense of direction, with Mo Wei's remote assistance, it shouldn't be a problem."
The stunned Lion Boss felt the vibration coming from his bracelet. It was a call from the ruined city. He clicked it and saw a familiar figure sitting behind the desk reviewing documents and greeting him.
"Hey, you're still alive, President."
Boss Lion couldn't believe it: "Mo Wei? You actually betrayed me——"
Mo Wei on the other side of the screen pushed up his glasses, his eyes dark. "When I knew you were still alive, but refused to return to the ruined city, and made me stay up all night for three consecutive days to deal with all the troubles after the disappearance of the parliamentary group, in my eyes, you were already dead."
Zhang Chun slapped the third version of the case on Boss Lion's chest and said, "Go ahead. We trust you, Base Commander."
Completely? The sidelined Lion Boss: "..."
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Chu Xiuyan ran from the third floor to the first floor hall in a few steps. He stopped in confusion and looked at the giant earth spike that almost occupied one-third of the hall and even penetrated into the upper floor. He stopped a stranger who was about to pass by and pointed at the earth spike and said, "Is this a new type of special decoration?"
The stranger who was pulled back: "No... this doesn't look like a decoration at all, right?"
Chu Xiuyan was confused? He tilted his head. This earth thorn was a bit like Zhang Chun's ability... But the uncle was not so ostentatious on weekdays, right?
At this time, at the gate, two people came over with their arms around each other. They were Choi Ji-young and Captain Ye, who seemed to have a good relationship.
They were also a little puzzled when they saw Chu Xiuyan.
"When did you wake up?" Cui Zhiyong asked?
"Didn't Boss Shi and Brother Zhang follow you?" Captain Ye added.
Cui Zhiyong looked at Captain Ye and said, "You got it wrong. It should be why this kid didn't follow those two people."
Captain Ye also looked at Cui Zhiyong: "Do you think Boss Shi and Brother Zhang can convince Teacher Yun to stay well?"
Cui Zhiyong suddenly realized: "That makes sense."
Chu Xiuyan wondered: "Why should I stay here?"
"A large-scale pollution detection is being carried out in the A3 base. It is said that a strange person has sneaked into the base, so you should not go out for the time being."
Cui Zhiyong said casually.
Captain Ye looked at him and asked, "Why did I hear that Teacher Yun had just finished a battle and was seriously injured, so he needed to recuperate?"
Cui Zhiyong fell silent.
Captain Ye also fell silent.
Chu Xiuyan punched each of them? He ignored the two men who were holding their stomachs and grimacing, as if nothing had just happened, and said very quickly: "Have you seen the uncle? Where is he?"
The system suddenly said: [So you rushed out just now, to go? To find Zhang Chun? ]
Chu Xiuyan: [Yes, what's wrong? ]
The system fell into a strange silence.
Before Chu Xiuyan could react, Captain Ye answered his question.
"He's on the third floor. Didn't he go there to look for you? Didn't you see him?"
Cui Zhiyong rubbed his aching stomach and said lazily, "Come on, judging from his appearance, I guess you didn't recognize the elite version of Zhang Chun."
Chu Xiuyan: “Ah?”
He slowly recalled a scene, a few minutes ago, on the third floor, among a group of people walking towards him, that man with a strong aura but a little familiar...
“Fuck!”
He was horrified, "That guy who looks so cool, so cool, and so scary is an uncle?!"
Cui Zhiyong gloated: "Yes, he used to be called the God of Killing."
Chu Xiuyan: "It's not as good as my title."
Cui Zhiyong: "? Your dark shadow destroying king?"
After punching Cui Zhiyong again, Chu Xiuyan hurried to the third floor, screaming in his heart.
[System! What's going on! Why didn't you remind me that it was an uncle?!]
The system lights a cigarette for itself: [I thought you wanted to go jogging like crazy, but who knew you were going to go? To find Zhang Chun.]
[Damn it——We don’t have any tacit understanding anymore! ]
Soon, he ran up to the third floor in a hurry. Zhang Chun happened to be coming downstairs with a group of people, and the two sides bumped into each other on the staircase landing.
Being stared at by those almost emotionless eyes for the next second, Chu Xiuyan shuddered all over, and immediately stuck to the wall to make room for the group of people, and then moved to the third floor little by little.
Zhang Chun noticed that the black-haired boy was staring at his face as if he was thinking hard, but he didn't seem to recognize him, so he said helplessly: "Don't move, wait for me?"
The subordinate next to him froze, somewhat bewildered and at a loss.
"Not to you."
Zhang Chun said something to his subordinate, then quickly assigned the remaining tasks one by one, and disbanded the team two minutes later.
Soon, only Zhang Chun and the black-haired boy were left on the staircase.
Seeing that the other party was still leaning against the wall with a vigilant expression, Zhang Chun reluctantly put down his bangs and said, "Can you recognize me now?"
In fact, I have already recognized it this time, but I still want to observe it carefully? Chu Xiuyan, the elite uncle, opened his eyes wide: "Oh, it appears! The bangs-lifting magic! The legendary setting? And the setting that when you take off your glasses, you become a different person!"
Zhang Chun: "In fact, I am also curious why some people would mistake me as two different people, with and without bangs."
Chu Xiuyan stroked his chin and stared at Zhang Chun's face. He stretched out his hand and lifted up the other's bangs, then put them down, then lifted them up again, then put them down again... After doing this several times, he showed a shocked expression.
"No, uncle! There really are two of them! How scary—Ouch, it hurts!"
Zhang Chun took back his hand that was about to hit the boy's head, paused in mid-air, and then rubbed his black hair as if pretending not to care, and then said: "It's not easy to talk here, go back to your room first."
"What room?"
"The room you woke up in."
Chu Xiuyan racked his brains for a long time, but still couldn't remember what the room looked like when he woke up.
So after pushing open the door, she immediately shouted with joy: "Uncle! This room is so beautiful and big! I love it!"
Zhang Chun: “…”
He looked at the missing corner of the table, the teeth marks on the flowerpot, and the crooked crystal chandelier, and fell into deep thought.
Chu Xiuyan pretended not to notice the complex expression on Zhang Chun's face. He sat cross-legged on a high chair, hugged the back of the chair, and swayed as he asked, "Uncle, what do you want to say?"
Zhang Chun brought a chair and sat opposite the boy. The moment he met the pair of clear and bright black pupils, the question that he had decided after three days of careful consideration suddenly got stuck in his throat.
He looked away, thankful that his bangs were covering his eyes, and adjusted his mood, trying to soften his tone, and asked, "Jing Heng said that your gray fog was mixed with blood... Are you feeling uncomfortable now?"
"I feel very well, can I go out and play?"
Zhang Chun: "Don't go out recently? You want to go? I haven't settled the score with you about Yuexing City yet...Wait, don't fight me? You're interrupting my train of thought."
He paused and continued, "Yun Yan, you should have discovered that you are slightly different from us. For example, we cannot control the pollution level, nor can we use blood crystal energy at will, let alone reduce the pollution level of others..."
"Ah uncle, you reminded me!"
Chu Xiuyan suddenly yelled, then muttered something and slapped Zhang Chun's thigh hard, making a crisp sound.
Zhang Chun was forced to interrupt and ask: "...What are you doing?" His thigh hurt a little.
Chu Xiuyan whispered like a spell: "I heard the beating of the heart..."
“Bang!”
There was the crisp sound of palms slapping thighs again.
Zhang Chun: “……?”
Chu Xiuyan muttered "weird", and then quickly slapped Zhang Chun's thigh, trying to draw out the blood crystal energy, but it was ineffective.
Real-time system observation: [Boss Lion's pollution value has been cleared, but Zhang Chun is still in a relatively low pollution range... It seems that you can't turn an alien back into a human as easily as you did back then. ]
Chu Xiuyan racked his brains: [Isn't the password "I heard the beating of my heart"? ]
System: […No matter how you think about it, it’s impossible.]
Zhang Chun rubbed his temples. He was not surprised by the boy's crazy behavior. He just sighed slightly and tried to return to the previous topic.
Just as he was about to speak, the black-haired boy in front of him suddenly met his gaze. A hint of smile spread across his dark eyes, and when illuminated by the light, they appeared as bright as stars.
Zhang Chun was stunned.
At the very beginning, he discovered that this boy had a pair of eyes that did not belong to this world, too bright and clear, somewhat naive and simple.
It is difficult for people who have never been exposed to the cruelty and darkness of the world to survive in this wasteland, so the idea of picking up the boy came to mind.
But after remotely monitoring the battle between the boy and the alien leader in the blood crystal mine, he discovered something.
That is...
"Uncle, I am not a [God], I am a human."
…
"So you were moved by this short sentence and didn't ask any other questions?"
A3 base? On the fourth floor of the headquarters, in the temporary office, Cui Zhiyong sat on the sofa, flipping through the latest pornographic book on the market, with his legs crossed on the table, looking lazy and without a trace of energy.
Ask? After he spoke, he still received no response, so he raised his eyes, put his left elbow on the sofa, looked far away at the man standing in front of the floor-standing window, and said casually:
"Hey, Zhang Chun, even I can see that the little brat is constantly involved in all kinds of dangerous troubles, some of which are even things that humans cannot even touch... You know what I mean, right?"
The man with his back to the room remained silent.
Cui Zhiyong was a little annoyed, "Zhang Chun! You've already left the vortex, why do you have to step back in? Go?!"
"Don't make any noise, I'm thinking."
As if he felt Cui Zhiyong was too annoying, Zhang Chun finally responded with a word.
Cui Zhiyong frowned. Before he could say anything, Zhang Chun suddenly turned around and asked him seriously, "Do you think my chances of winning the Ruins City now are high?"
"…than the possibility of me publishing a pornographic book? More likely."
After a while, Cui Zhiyong seemed to have given up something, ruffled his hair, and muttered, "Forget it, whatever you want. Let me make it clear first, there is a price for letting me do something."
"A box of pornographic books?"
"What kind of image do you have of me?" Cui Zhiyong said angrily, "You'll get tired of reading pornographic books all the time!"
Zhang Chun laughed, turned around again and looked at the forest not far from the window, where a large cloud of thick dust was being raised.
The black-haired boy was chopping trees there with great energy. The chopped trees were transported back to the base in truckloads for recycling.
Zhang Chun calculated that at this rate, he would have to give the boy more than a hundred blood crystals by tonight.
Just then, he suddenly thought of something and was stunned.
Forgot to ask? Backtracking!
…
[Luckily, I reacted quickly and played the emotional card in time, using "I'm not a god" to launch a group attack, successfully breaking the uncle's defense card and even giving him a stun debuff, hehehehe...]
Chu Xiuyan pulled out the machete that had been cut into the tree trunk and kicked it. With a dull creaking sound, the tall tree slowly fell to the ground, raising a large cloud of dust.
Not far away, there was a group of workers driving loaders to transport trees.
Chu Xiuyan's face was covered in dust, but he was in a happier mood.
The system looked at the photo in the material library that was specially taken close to the face, was silent for a moment, and asked: [So when you said that sentence, this was what you were thinking? ]
Chu Xiuyan said proudly: [That’s right! ]
System: […Your uncle really understands you.]
It's going to shut itself off.
【System san? 】
Chu Xiuyan called the system several times, but still got no response, so he burst out laughing.
【Can you please play a song for me before you shut yourself in? 】
System: [Go away.]
But it still plays songs, and the songs it plays are from the playlist in the host's phone.
In the next two days, Chu Xiuyan hid in the forest and cut down trees as much as he wanted. He worked very hard. The forest east of the A3 base was directly reduced by more than half, leaving an area almost half the size of the base.
Boss Lion was busy searching for survivors and investigating the damage to the settlements on the eastern edge, but because he was bad at finding directions and was running too fast, he ran in the wrong direction many times and had to run back again in a daze. He couldn't understand the route map Zhang Chun gave him at all, and Mo Wei pointed him in the right direction several times but was too busy to take care of him. So in the end, Boss Lion walked by feeling and almost ran out of the territory of the ruined city... He probably couldn't go back in a short time.
As for Zhang Chun, he was extremely busy coordinating the affairs of the entire A3 base, and also the reconstruction work on the eastern front.
Three days passed in a flash, and Chu Xiuyan returned to the real world in a blink of an eye.
He sat on the bed in a daze. It was exactly seven o'clock.
After the system realized that the alarm could not wake up the host, it ruthlessly used electric shock.
[You don't have to go to morning self-study today, but you still have to go to 8am. It's 7 o'clock now. It takes half an hour to wash up and eat. It takes 10 minutes to get there by subway. Speed! Speed!]
The system's voice kept echoing in my mind like a loud speaker.
Chu Xiuyan was completely sleepy. He had been chopping trees for three days in the wasteland world. Although he was exhausted, he was aroused by his phone as soon as he came back yesterday afternoon. He was busy playing games and watching videos until late at night, so he felt a little depressed when he got up today.
[It feels like... time just flew by? It's gone.]
He gestured as he brushed his teeth.
The system replied perfunctorily: [Yes, yes, downstairs? There is a breakfast shop. I ordered takeout for you, steamed dumplings and soy milk. You can pick them up at the shop.]
Chu Xiuyan: [Okay...]
He dragged his heavy body, his head was dizzy, and he yawned as he opened the door. A shadow appeared in his hazy vision and he almost bumped into the other person.
"Sorry..." he said vaguely, closed the door, and walked towards the elevator.
System reminder: [The garbage was not taken. 】
Chu Xiuyan slowly turned back and picked up the garbage at the door. He looked like a wandering soul, slow and clumsy.
Suddenly, a light laugh sounded beside his ears. It was not harsh, but as clear and pleasant as a spring. Chu Xiuyan felt a chill on his scalp and woke up.
He turned his head and saw a thin young man in white standing behind him. He had a handsome face and a reserved and gentle temperament. His own figure was reflected in his amber eyes, which contained a faint smile.
"Hello, my name is Fang Si Nian, and I live across the street from your house. We actually met yesterday, but maybe you didn't notice me."
The young man looked at Chu Xiuyan intently, and said a little embarrassedly: "Your elders are a bit scary, I didn't dare to come out."
Chu Xiuyan said his name. For some reason, he was somewhat concerned about the young man who called himself "Fang Sinian", so he asked curiously, "Are you Officer Fang's younger brother?"
Fang? Si Nian smiled and said, "My brother is usually very busy, but I am still free, so if you need anything, you can come to me. We are the only two households living on this floor."
He glanced at his phone, and Chu Xiuyan noticed a clear mark of paint on Fang Sinian's white sleeves.
System: [It’s seven forty. ]
Chu Xiuyan's expression changed drastically, "Brother Si Nian, it's too late, I'll go to school first!"
"Xijiang University?"
Fang Si Nian noticed the boy's slightly startled expression and said, "I have a car, I'll take you there, right? I also need to go to school."
He was the first to leave, and Chu Xiuyan followed behind him. He heard the young man say in a gentle tone: "I am a junior in the Art Department of Xijiang University? A student, what about you?"
"Oh! What a coincidence! I'm also in the Art Department, a freshman this year."
Chu Xiuyan's eyes lit up, "Senior, let's add each other as friends!"
"OK."
The lift reaches the first floor.
Chu Xiuyan was in a good mood after successfully exchanging contact information. However, the moment he stepped out of the elevator, his mood suddenly sank.
[What the hell! Why is my uncle here?! ]
Chu Xiuyan screamed silently.
System: [Don't panic! Calm down! He might be here to take you to school!]
Chu Wenxi, still wearing a black three-piece suit, stood at the door of the apartment building, his arms folded, his fingertips tapping lightly on his elbows, his back to the light, his dark eyes deep and bottomless.
Seeing Chu Xiuyan and Fang Sinian coming out, his eyes paused on Fang Sinian for a few seconds, then he slowly moved to Chu Xiuyan without making any expression, and looked him up and down skillfully, then said casually: "Are you talking to your imaginary friend? Say hello to it for me."
This time it was the system's turn to scream.
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