Chapter 241 Fire in the Backyard
Lin Xi smiled bitterly, "But humans are not animals after all."
Song Huaijin shook his head. "Do you think humans are nobler than animals? Just because humans have certain thinking abilities?"
“All lives are equal.”
"The reason why humans can treat animals and plants arbitrarily is simply because humans have mastered abilities that are more powerful than theirs. This is the law of the jungle."
"Human society is actually the same, but it's not so blatant."
"There's nothing wrong with you not liking the indiscriminate killing of innocent people." He glanced at Zhou Ying and continued, "But this wasn't indiscriminate killing. That man died because of his own greed, and his invisibility ability is terrifying. If you hadn't been able to restrain him, we might all have suffered."
"This can be considered as solving a potential threat."
Lin Xi could only nod.
Song Huaijin really understood her and found a suitable reason.
Song Huaijin added: "However, from now on, we still need to have a bottom line when doing things."
"If we really kill people to get the crystal core, then we are no different from zombies."
He stood up, took the crystal core from Zhou Ying's hand, and placed it in Lin Xi's palm. "Since it's already been done, there's no need to think about it anymore."
"Absorb it. The crystal core cannot be wasted."
Lin Xi smiled bitterly.
It would be a waste if you don’t absorb it.
Absorb it, she felt like a hypocrite again.
The crystal core felt cold in my hand.
After a while, Lin Xi whispered, "Let's find someone else to be the captain."
"This world is becoming increasingly unfamiliar to me."
Song Huaijin didn't say yes or no, he just lowered his eyes.
Lin Xi stood up and said to Zhou Ying, "Thank you."
"I know you killed him for me. You knew I needed this, and you took the initiative because you didn't want me to get my hands dirty."
"Thank you so much."
Zhou Ying just looked at Lin Xi silently.
Lin Xi stood up and went out with the crystal core.
After Lin Xi left, Song Huaijin said to Zhou Ying, "From now on, we should be more restrained in front of her. She is not like us. Our hearts are blacker than ink."
Zhou Ying nodded and suddenly laughed, "Lin Xi doesn't want to do it anymore, so who will be the captain?"
Song Huaijin glanced at him and asked, "How about you take charge?"
Zhou Ying snorted, "I won't do this. It's a thankless task."
Song Huaijin nodded. "It's precisely because it's a thankless job. So, it's fine if she doesn't want to be the captain. Then I'll take over."
"The world has changed. These people in the institute now have their own ideas. It's not like before, when they worked for the country, had clear goals, and were united in their external relations."
"Even though we appear to be united now, sooner or later there will be different voices."
"I don't want anyone to resent her in the future."
Zhou Ying sighed and said after a while: "No matter what others think, I will listen to what she says. As long as I am alive, I will stay by her side and protect her."
Song Huaijin stood up, his eyes far away, and after a while he said, "Yeah, me too."
Lin Xi returned to her own cabin, put aside all distractions, and began to absorb the crystals.
It took a whole night for Lin Xi to absorb the crystal core completely, and then a strange expression appeared on her face.
After the crystal core was absorbed, the space did not expand.
Instead, a snowy mountain appeared out of thin air in space.
The snow-capped mountains are endless, and the melted ice and snow flow into small streams, which converge together to form a river.
A source of water appeared in the space!
Lin Xi suddenly felt as if she was doing a jigsaw puzzle.
The snow-capped mountains seemed like they were meant to be there.
She came out of the room, looked at the sky, and had a strange premonition.
When she completes the picture, perhaps the sun, moon and stars will appear.
This will become a real world.
When everyone came out of the house, they saw the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Zhou Ying and Song Huaijin looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.
Song Huaijin gathered everyone together and said, "Lin Xi has been too tired recently, so I will be the captain for the time being. If you don't agree, you can nominate another captain."
Everyone laughed, "Hey, Brother Song, what do you mean?"
"In terms of strength, you are S-rank. In terms of talent, you can manage such a large group, let alone a few of us."
"Brother Song, we have no objection to you being the captain."
Song Huaijin smiled and said, "I don't have anything else to say, but everyone should pay attention to safety and don't run away alone. In case of an emergency, I'm afraid we won't be able to rescue you in time."
"Okay, let's go."
Lin Xi suddenly felt a sense of relief.
Everyone came out of the space and cleared the zombies on the road while heading towards Shelter No. 10.
As we walked, things started to feel a little off.
There are not only many zombies ahead, but also many people.
Zombies and humans mixed together and fought in a group.
Song Huaijin grabbed a person and asked, "Are you from the nearby shelter?"
The man nodded. "Yes, we've been in the shelter for many days."
"We didn't dare to come out at first because there were too many zombies. However, there seem to be fewer zombies in the past two days. Many people have no food or water. We have to come out."
He looked at Song Huaijin and his eyes suddenly lit up. "You are people with special abilities, right? Do you want to join our team?"
"We are from the Xijing Alliance."
Song Huaijin smiled and said, "Not interested."
The man grabbed him and said, "Hey, don't leave. We plan to set up a base nearby and have already recruited a lot of talented people. It's not wrong to follow us."
Song Huaijin ignored him and joined the team killing zombies.
Lin Xi was killing zombies silently. She now felt that her and Director Wang’s plan was ridiculous.
They are not saviors, and no one is waiting for them to save them.
She couldn't save anyone, she could only try her best to reduce the number of zombies in the world.
Next, the hunting team killed in the vicinity for more than half a month. Fortunately, everyone was very cautious and there were no casualties.
At noon that day, just as Lin Xi and the others were about to return to the space for lunch, Song Huaijin received a call from Director Wang.
"You need to return to Xishan Base immediately. A lot of people with special abilities have come here, and they started killing people as soon as they arrived. We can't hold on any longer."
Lin Xi was standing nearby and heard everything clearly. She suddenly became anxious because everyone’s relatives were still at the base!
And those scientists!
She quickly put the people into the space, took out the helicopter, and Zhou Ying drove the helicopter to the Xishan base.
The helicopter headed straight for District 10.
While still in mid-air, I saw that the base was in chaos.
On the streets of the tenth district, Director Wang, Qi Mo and a few others were fighting with dozens of people on the opposite side.
All kinds of 50-cent special effects were flying around on the streets.
It seemed that Director Wang’s space barrier was about to collapse.
Before the helicopter landed, Lin Xi and his team fired a round of shots in mid-air.
The psychics were forced to put up barriers and stop attacking.
(End of this chapter)
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