Chapter 1: Past and present life
In the seventh year of the apocalypse, it was raining heavily outside the window. The crackling sound of the rain hitting the ground made the already tense strings even tighter, as if they would suddenly break in the next second. The air was filled with anxiety, pairs of numb and frightened eyes were wide open, skinny arms tightly wrapped around the skinny body, and occasionally a low sob was heard.
Ji An stood in the corridor, looking down at the rain outside. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether it was the heavy rain falling from the sky, or the water barrier built by the psychic that could isolate him from all harm.
"Brother Ji An, I'm scared. It's raining so hard outside, but Brother Chen and the others haven't come back yet after going out to get supplies." Tang Tang's big eyes were filled with anxiety, and her toes were scratching on the ground without any rules, and each stroke echoed with the sound of rain, making people even more upset.
"I remember that the night before the apocalypse, there was also a disturbing and frightening heavy rain. The apocalypse came in the morning when the rain stopped, and the streets were full of zombies that only knew how to bite people.
I don't know if it's because of that night, but since then, I've always been afraid of such heavy rain. The rain tonight reminded me of the rainy night before the end of the world. I was panicking and always felt uneasy, worried about Brother Chen and the others. Will they get into trouble? "Tang Tang said, as if she felt cold, rubbing her arms with both hands and hugging her shoulders.
"No!" Ji An said firmly.
The tone was so firm, as if he didn't even want to assume anything. Anyone could hear the care in it, a firmness that didn't even allow for doubt.
It was like this again, every time. Whenever she made an uneasy sound out of worry about Brother Chen, the man in front of her would not allow her to ask questions in this tone. It was as if she was born with a bad mouth, and if she asked, it would become a reality.
But the fact is, if someone truly cares about you, how could he not be worried and anxious when his close ones are out on a mission? Isn't it normal to ask a few questions?
Why is it that when it comes to Ji An, it seems as if she is the ignorant person who only knows how to cause trouble, while he is the one who has the overall situation and is calm.
Tang Tang raised her head and looked at Ji An with resentment in her eyes. However, when she met Ji An's brown eyes, she couldn't help but be stunned.
The eyes of the man in front of him were distant and deep. They were not the numbness and uneasiness in the eyes of ordinary people in the base who had not awakened their superpowers, nor were they the hopeless and drifting eyes of those with superpowers. Instead, they were a look that was still full of infinite expectations for the future, as if the stars in the night sky before the end of the world were pouring back into his eyes, piercing the darkness of the night, and were incredibly bright.
For a moment, Tang Tang was stunned, drowning in such a starry sky.
By the time she reacted, the man in front of her had already turned and left, leaving her with only a cold back, just like every time in the past seven years in this apocalypse.
Tang Tang bit her lip, a hint of ruthlessness flashed across her eyes, and she followed.
Sure enough, upon hearing that Chen Chen might be in danger, the man couldn't help but go out to help.
Tang Tang followed the man and searched along the route that Chen Chen and his team might have taken on their mission.
Suddenly, Tang Tang pointed at the zombies in front of her and shouted in panic, "Brother Ji An, look over there, isn't that Brother Chen? Ah! That green dress, I remember you gave it to Brother Chen on his birthday last year, and he has been wearing it all year round since then. Could the person surrounded by zombies be Brother Chen?"
Ji An, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. When he turned around, he saw the familiar green and his eyes turned red in an instant.
"Achen!" Ji An screamed, and sprinted into the zombie pile with all his strength, swinging his arms, without caring about the danger. It was as if those were not zombies, not zombies that would be assimilated with just a bite, but some creatures that posed no threat at all.
Ji An did not activate his superpowers in the apocalypse, so he did not have the agility and powerful superpowers of a superpowered person. All he had was the agility brought about by day-to-day inhuman mechanical training.
He wielded a machete and charged forward fearlessly among the zombies, attacking left and right. His target was clear: the man surrounded by the zombies.
When his eyes were dyed red with blood, Ji An finally came to the tall green figure. The figure had his back to Ji An. Ji An stretched out an arm and impatiently turned the figure around. However, what was waiting for him was not the familiar eyes and eyebrows, but a bloody mouth. Blood dripped from the corners of the unfamiliar mouth. The zombie with yellow teeth smelled the scent of a stranger and bit Ji An's arm.
Before he could digest the shock, the muscle memory acquired through years of training prompted Ji An to retract his arm.
Before I could think about it, I heard the panicked cry for help from the girl behind me, "Brother Ji An, save me, save me!"
The girl behind him was surrounded by seven or eight zombies, and was at a disadvantage. Ji An knew that although the girl was a superpower, she could only activate non-combat space-related superpowers, and was not good at fighting at all. Without thinking too much, he turned around and rushed back to rescue the girl.
He swung the knife in his hand with great force. He finally got to the girl and found that although the girl was struggling, she was not injured. She let out a long sigh, but before she could finish her sigh, a huge force suddenly hit his chest. Ji An was caught off guard and was thrown backwards.
It was too late to steady himself. He felt a piercing pain in his back. He seemed to hear the sound of the zombies' long nails piercing his flesh and bones, and he could smell the fishy smell of his own blood.
Ji An's eyes, which were always calm, were filled with disbelief. Before he could ask, he started fighting again.
During the battle, he turned his head and met a pair of eyes full of resentment in a trance. The owner of these eyes had retreated from the zombie group and hid in a safe corner without knowing when. At this moment, he was folding his arms and looking at him coldly.
It was not until this moment that Ji An realized that the girl whom he rescued from the pile of zombies and raised by him actually hated him!
It seems that he is still full of resentment and hatred!
I don't know how long the battle lasted, but my body was numb from the pain, and the battle finally ended. All around were zombies with their heads chopped off, and only Ji An stood in the middle, covered in blood, with a long machete standing on the ground, and Ji An was holding it with both hands to support his exhausted body.
Like a hero who fought to the end.
This made Tang Tang even more jealous. Jealousy was poison that corroded her limbs and bones. It was like thousands of ants densely gnawing at her heart. She was jealous beyond words. Why was it that no matter when and where, no matter how miserable, this man could always be so strong and unyielding, as if he could never be defeated?
Even though he is covered with scars now, he will turn into a zombie in the next moment.
"Why?" Ji An had calmed down by now. The disbelief in his eyes had completely faded, leaving only a simple question.
Tang Tang, who had been forbearing and seemed always innocent and harmless, finally revealed her true colors. Her face was distorted and her expression was horrible. "Why? You still have the nerve to ask me why? Do you think I don't know what you are planning? You saved me, but was it out of your true heart? You just used me as a tool to show your kindness!"
You want to take advantage of the base commander, you want to win people's hearts, and I am just a gimmick, if not me, then someone else, you are a complete hypocrite!"
Tang Tang yelled in one breath, saying out all the words that had been pent up in her heart for seven years, "You are nothing, you haven't even activated the most common superpowers, how dare you monopolize the best brother Chen in the world!
Brother Chen is the commander of the base and the most powerful person with the dual abilities of thunder and fire. He should be matched with me, a person with the equally rare and precious dual abilities of space and healing.
But just because you met Brother Chen a few years earlier, you can shamelessly cling to him. You really make me sick!"
"He is my boyfriend and has been since before the end of the world." Ji An did not defend himself at all. He only stated this fact calmly when Tang Tang mentioned Chen Chen.
But it was this very fact that made Tang Tang's fur stand on end like a cat whose tail was stepped on. She suddenly pulled out the long knife for self-defense, stabbed it into Ji An's chest, and twisted it hard. A mouthful of blood spurted out of Ji An's mouth, who had fought to the point of exhaustion and was unable to resist.
Tang Tang grinned like a devil, "Nonsense, disgusting, you like men, but you shamelessly pester Brother Chen, I am really disgusted!
Brother Chen said that he didn't like you at all, he just had no choice, because you accompanied him through the last seven years of the last days, through life and death, so he couldn't let you down. So, as long as you die, Brother Chen will be mine. "
Tang Tang suddenly pulled out a long knife, blood gushing out, "Brother Ji An, goodbye!"
Ji An fell powerlessly in a pool of blood, his eyes wide open, dying with his eyes open.
The pair of dilated pupils reflected the girl's figure with a knife in her hand. He watched his head and body being separated, and then the girl dug out the mutant crystal core from his brain.
Ji An didn't understand why Tang Tang knew that he was a psychic. Because of the special nature of his abilities, he had never told anyone that he was a psychic.
Then he watched the girl throw his body into the pile of zombies that were quickly attracted by the blood.
The girl clutched the crystal core tightly and retreated.
Then, Ji An saw the girl return to the base. Chen Chen was also there at that time and had changed into clean clothes, but not the green clothes that he always wore.
He asked the girl where she had been and whether she had seen Ji An.
The girl blinked her innocent eyes and shook her head innocently.
Chen Chen asked her where the blood came from, and the girl said harmlessly that she was worried about him, so she went out to look for him, encountered zombies, and finally killed the zombies and escaped, leaving the blood on her body.
The man hugged the girl distressedly.
After a few days, Ji An did not show up, so Chen Chen started to panic. After searching for a few days, he finally found the pieces of Ji An's bloodstained clothes, and Chen Chen seemed to realize that Ji An had been killed long ago.
He cried for several days in agony, and then, he was with the girl.
In just a few months, they held a grand wedding at the base. As the base commander's wedding, everyone blessed it. And that was the wedding that Ji An and Chen Chen had been holding hands for seven years in the apocalypse, countless lives and deaths, and also looked forward to for countless days and nights, but they never got it.
Amidst the blessings and at the happiest moment of exchanging rings, the girl took out the superpower crystal core that belonged to Ji An and gave it to Chen Chen. Chen Chen was so moved that tears filled his eyes and he cried with joy.
Later, Chen Chen absorbed the crystal core dug out from his brain, and his superpowers increased by several levels. He became the strongest in the base and firmly sat on the position of base commander.
The girl who made great contributions became Chen Chen's treasure. He held her in his hands for fear of losing her, and held her in his mouth for fear of her melting. He pampered her all his life.
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