Chapter 64: Drive Out of the Base and Awaken the Power
In the Salesian Home, a little boy named Ma Zi was telling his companions with great excitement: "The situation was very dangerous at that time. You don't know. I fell down and the trafficker could reach my legs with just one hand. I was scared to death."
“Those human traffickers are so cruel. I always hear that pretty boy at our base say that they will turn the people they catch into human pigs!” These children who were originally in the orphanage were not allowed to watch the live broadcast, so they had no idea how cruel the human traffickers were.
The children surrounding Ma Zi screamed in fear.
Ma Zi was very satisfied with the children's reaction and continued, "I don't want to become a human pig. Just at this time, the saint Xiaomei came back to help me.
You all know that she is the most hypocritical, pretending as if she is the kindest person in the world.
Isn't she kind? She must be willing to die for me, so I pushed her out, and the traffickers tried to catch her, so I took the opportunity to escape.
Ma Zi was very proud, "You should learn from me. I told you that when it comes to the critical moment, no one can help you. You have to save yourself."
Some of the children surrounding Ma Zi shook their heads in disapproval, while others actually seemed to agree with what Ma Zi said and nodded thoughtfully.
Ma Zi added: "Let me tell you, it was Little Rose who was captured that day. If it was me, that psychic would not have saved me."
A little boy immediately said, "I've seen that a long time ago. Brother Ji An has always liked Little Rose and Little Stone the most."
The little boy who was talking and the pockmarked boy were not companions of Little Stone and Little Rose. They were street children who were picked up and sent here by the staff after the orphanage was established.
"Do you really think so?" Ji An walked out from the darkness. He never expected to hear such words from the children today.
Ma Zi and the little boy who had just spoken in agreement turned pale with fright.
"I, I..." Ma Zi is just a child after all. No matter how precocious he is, he is just a child. He was so scared that he was incoherent and didn't know what to say to save himself.
Ji An didn't need Ma Zi to explain anything. Since Ma Zi could say such words, there was no need for any explanation.
Ji An did not resolve this matter privately, but called all the children in the orphanage together.
This matter was no small matter, not because Ma Zi said bad things about Ji An, but because of Ma Zi's own behavior. If it were an adult, he would be executed directly by the Jingshi Base for this behavior alone, pushing his companion out to die at a critical moment.
In fact, Ji An saw the process of Ma Zi pushing Xiao Meigui, but so many things happened later that Ji An was so busy that he forgot about it.
Unexpectedly, Ma Zi did not feel ashamed of his behavior afterwards, but even used it as a capital to show off.
If Ji An doesn't deal with this seriously, Ji An can almost foresee that he will spend his time, money and even his life to raise a bunch of bastards!
He does not ask these children to make great contributions to society in the future, but he asks them not to become the scum of this society.
Ji An explained the whole story in a very serious manner. Little Stone and Little Rose did not show any surprise or anger. Ji An knew that Ma Zi had probably said this more than once after he came back, and Little Stone and Little Rose had heard it a long time ago.
"I don't know what kind of mentality you have as you tell these things so proudly. I just want to ask you, do you really think so?" Ji An looked at Ma Zi expressionlessly.
Ji An was always gentle and soft-spoken in front of the children. This was the first time he was so strict. Although there was no hysterical quarrel or even beating, the children in the orphanage were scared to the core.
"I'm sorry, Brother Ji An." Ma Zi knelt down in front of Ji An, crying bitterly, "I know I was wrong, Brother Ji An, I shouldn't have said that, I was just talking nonsense, please don't be angry with me."
"Stand up, I told you that the children in the orphanage are not allowed to kneel down to others at every turn." Ji An said.
Ma Zi refused to get up, so Ji An forcibly pulled him up. When Ji An let go, Ma Zi wanted to kneel again, but Gu Jinsheng used his supernatural power to restrain him, so he stood obediently.
Ji An said to Ma Zi, "It seems that you really didn't listen to what I said before. I said that our knees are our backbones. We kneel to the heavens and the earth, but not to people."
None of the children in the yard dared to say a word. The child who had agreed with Ma Zi would have knelt down if Ji An had not forbidden him to do so.
"The Salesian Home is a big family. We live here every day. This is our home. The people in the home are our brothers and sisters. Even if you can't play with each other, you can choose not to play. Why push your companions to the enemy, and even when you know that the enemy is cruel?"
Ji An said: "This is a very despicable behavior. Do you know what will happen if such behavior is exposed in public?
You will be despised and criticized by everyone, and even if people know that you are such a person, they will exclude you and be wary of you.
If this kind of behavior occurs during a battle between psychics, it would be a violation of the laws and regulations of the Jingshi Base, and the base would directly impose the death penalty according to relevant regulations afterwards. "
death penalty?
The children understood. What they feared most was death. Wasn’t the reason they were wandering so hard just to survive?
Ma Zi finally felt scared. He burst into tears and said, "I don't understand any of this. I'm just a little kid."
"No, you know. You know better than anyone else." Ji An looked at Ma Zi coldly, "You said it yourself. You know what those traffickers will do if they catch you. You said they will turn you into a human pig. You didn't want to be a human pig, so you pushed Little Rose out and let her take your place."
Ma Zi added: "But I'm just a child."
"This is not an excuse. You are a child so you can hurt people at will, even if you hurt or kill someone, you don't have to pay with your life, and you can continue to live happily. But what about the people you hurt?
They did nothing wrong, but they lost their lives because of your selfishness, and you just brushed off all the sins by saying you were just a child, right?"
Ma Zi is not a stupid person. In fact, children who can survive in the end times by begging are not stupid people. Otherwise, they would have died from various accidents.
Ji An said: "I can't control what happens in other places, but such behavior is not allowed in the Salesian Home. My punishment for you is to expel you from the Salesian Home."
Ma Zi opened his eyes wide, never dreaming that things would turn out like this. But, but he is still just a child?
This sentence, which had always been effective in the past, finally became so pale and powerless at this moment.
This punishment was quite severe for the children. In their eyes, the salesroom was a paradise. Being kicked out meant having to live a precarious life like before, facing the danger of death at any time.
The children were so scared that the one who agreed with Ma Zi was paralyzed on the ground.
Seeing that it was useless to ask Ji An, Ma Zi went to ask Xiao Meigui, "Xiao Meigui, Xiao Meigui, you are the kindest. Can you tell Brother Ji An that you forgive me? As long as you don't drive me away, I will work like a slave for you in the future!"
Little Rose bit her lips tightly and turned her face away, not looking at Ma Zi.
Little Rose will never forget the day when she went to rescue Mazi and how Mazi pushed her out with his own hands. She was so scared at that time, thinking that she would never see Xiao Shitou and the others, as well as Brother Ji An and Brother Commander Gu again.
Little Rose still dreams about that fear at night. She will never forgive Ma Zi, and she cannot even say the words of forgiveness.
Ji An did not let Ma Zi continue to harass Xiao Meigui, but directly asked someone to open the door and drive Ma Zi out.
Ji An led all the children to stand at the door and watch how Mazi was driven out. Mazi refused to leave. Ji An walked out of the gate of the orphanage step by step, came to Mazi, and looked down at him.
"You said that if it was you that day, I would not save you! But have you forgotten that the reason I appeared there that day was to save you, and you were one of them.
Also, the reason why I lost my powers was because I transformed my psychic powers into armor to protect you. You also had a piece of armor at that time, so your share is not missing."
After saying this, Ji An went straight back to the orphanage without even looking at Ma Zi's expression. The door of the orphanage slowly closed, and Ma Zi cried and begged at the door.
Ji An said to the children, "This is the fate of betraying your companions. I hope Ma Zi is the first and the last one.
I don’t want you to be one person, but when you are in danger, I hope you can unite as one and face the outside world together, because we are a family! ”
After Ji An finished speaking, he let the children leave on their own. The little boy who agreed with Ma Zi didn't seem to expect that he would be let off so easily, and ran away as if he was escaping.
Little Stone and Little Rose did not leave with the children. Little Rose held the little tiger in her arms. The little tiger nudged Little Rose in her arms, trying to lick the tears on Little Rose's face.
Ji An rubbed Little Rose's head and said, "I'm sorry, so many things happened to me these days that I forgot about this matter and made you suffer for so many days."
Little Rose shook her head and burst into tears. She hugged the little tiger and threw herself into Ji An's words, crying loudly: "Thank you, Brother Ji An, for saving me. I was really scared that day. I thought I would die and never see you again. But I don't want to die."
"Don't be afraid, it's all over, it's all over. Those human traffickers have been killed. No one will harm you again." Ji An comforted.
Little Rose sobbed, "But it caused Brother Ji An to lose his psychic abilities. Brother Ji An, you are so powerful, your abilities must be able to do many things, and those things must be much more valuable than those of orphans like us."
Ji An shook his head, "Little Rose, human life is not meant to be compared like this. If you are really uneasy, then study hard, grow up seriously, grow into a person with good character, and grow into a person who is strong enough to help others.
Then go and help your brother help more people, and pass on love. Then your brother saving you today will be worth it, and it will be something you will never regret. "
"I definitely will." Little Rose said firmly with tears in her eyes.
Ji An rubbed Little Rose's head and asked, "Brother Ji An forgot why you didn't tell Mother Yuan. She didn't know. If she knew, she would definitely not sit idly by."
When a hint of confusion flashed in the eyes of Little Rose and Little Stone at the same time, Ji An realized that no matter how happy Little Stone and Little Rose were now, they still lacked a sense of security deep down.
Perhaps it was because life in the orphanage was so happy that the two children became more cautious and tolerant, because they were afraid of losing this kind of life.
Little Stone lowered his eyes and said, "Brother Ji An, it's not that we don't believe Mother Yuan, it's just that we didn't expect Ma Zi to be driven away.
After all, this is our home and Ma Zi’s home as well.”
Little Rose also said: "We don't want to cause trouble for Mother Yuan. Mother Yuan already has a lot of things to do every day."
These two little kids are always so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.
Ji An held Little Rose and Little Stone in his arms, one in each hand. "Don't hold it in if you're wronged again. You can tell Mother Yuan or me. There is no order without rules. It's just like the Beijing base. We all live in the base and are part of this big family. But if anyone makes a mistake, the base will punish him."
Little Rose and Little Stone nodded.
"We understand, Brother Ji An."
Little Rose looked at Little Stone, who nodded to her. Little Rose then said to Ji An, "Brother Ji An, can you come with me to a secluded place? I want to show you something."
"Sure." Ji An asked Little Rose, "Can I show it to your brother Gu?"
"Sure." Little Stone said, "Brother Gu is also our savior. There's nothing he shouldn't know."
Ji An and Gu Jinsheng followed Little Stone and Little Rose to a secluded place. Little Rose raised her hand and said to Brother Ji An, "Brother Ji An, I will only show it to you."
Then Ji An saw a very thin wisp of energy, which could be described as thin as a gossamer, floating out from the palm of Little Rose's hand.
That energy is in its most primitive form, somewhat like densely spun willow catkins.
Gu Jinsheng's eyes changed a little, because he recognized that the power released by Little Rose was psychic, but what made Gu Jinsheng nervous was not because Little Rose awakened her power, but because of Ji An.
Now that Ji An has lost his psychic powers, he is just an ordinary person, and ordinary people cannot see psychic powers. Gu Jinsheng doesn't want Ji An to feel bad. He also knows that Ji An has always been strong and he definitely doesn't want to be a blind person.
Gu Jinsheng explained to Ji An: "Little Rose has awakened her psychic abilities."
Ji An said: "I saw it."
When interrogating the human trafficker before, Ji An knew that he could see other people's psychic abilities, but there were too many people at that time, and Ji An didn't want so many people to know, so he didn't say it.
Now Gu Jinsheng was the only one here, and Ji An didn't want to hide it from him, so he told him.
A hint of surprise flashed across Gu Jinsheng's eyes, but considering the presence of Xiao Shitou and Xiao Meigui, Gu Jinsheng did not ask any more questions.
Ji An said: "Little Rose, you are great, you have awakened your superpowers."
Little Rose looked up, and after receiving Ji An's praise, she felt a little proud. "I knew it, I must have awakened a superpower. Brother Ji An, what superpower did I awaken?"
"Psychic ability." Ji An said.
Little Rose smiled happily, "That's great, it's the same superpower as Brother Ji An. I've fantasized before that if I could awaken a superpower one day, it would be great to have the same superpower as Brother Ji An.
Now I have truly awakened the same supernatural power as Brother Ji An."
Little Stone couldn't wait to ask: "Brother Ji An, what are you looking at me? What superpowers have I awakened?"
After Xiao Shitou finished speaking, he also released a supernatural power from his palm, which turned out to be a psychic power.
"It's also a psychic ability." Ji An said.
Little Stone and Little Rose hugged each other and jumped and danced. The little tiger seemed to feel their joy and started to roar along with them.
Gu Jinsheng looked at Ji An and found many suspicious points.
For example, how did Little Stone and Little Rose awaken their superpowers?
So far, the only way to awaken superpowers is to be infected with the zombie virus.
Being infected with the zombie virus itself is a very dangerous thing. After being infected with the zombie virus, less than 20% of people can survive, and among those who survive, less than 10% can awaken their special powers.
But Little Rose and Little Stone have been living in the Jing City base all their lives. They have never been infected with the zombie virus, so how did they awaken their special powers?
Ji An asked, "Little Stone, Little Rose, did you two feel anything wrong before you awakened your powers? For example, you didn't want to eat, wanted to eat raw meat, or craved blood?"
Little Stone and Little Rose showed disgust on their faces, "I don't like eating raw meat, and I don't like drinking blood either, it's so fishy, it's disgusting just thinking about it."
Little Rose blushed and said, "I, I am a little abnormal. My appetite seems to have increased. I could eat a full pill before, but during the days when I had a fever, I felt very uncomfortable and couldn't eat anything, but I still felt very hungry.
As a result, Xiao Shitou often secretly saved his own nutritional supplements for me. Later, his stomach growled with hunger and Uncle Zhou heard it. Uncle Zhou gave us more nutritional supplements, and we finally had enough to eat. "
When Little Rose said this, she felt embarrassed, as if she felt that she ate too much.
Little Stone also said: "Me too, my appetite has become very big, and one nutrient is not enough."
Little Rose was very surprised when she heard this. Little Stone had lied to her before, saying that he had a fever and a poor appetite and couldn't eat. It turned out that he was also very hungry and saved the nutritional supplements for himself.
Little Rose's eyes were red, "Little Stone, why are you so stupid!"
Little Stone just smiled foolishly.
Ji An looked at the two children like this, and the bad mood caused by pockmarks just now disappeared. He comforted the two little guys and said, "It's nothing, this is normal. After you awaken your superpowers, the energy required by your body will increase, and ordinary nutrients will no longer be able to meet your daily energy needs, so your appetite will increase.
Later I will tell Mother Yuan to replace your nutrients with first-level psychic nutrients."
"Yeah." Little Stone and Little Rose nodded.
“However, you have to promise me that if someone asks you how you got your superpowers, you will not say that you got them because you had a fever. You have to tell them that you got them after being accidentally infected with the zombie virus.
When people ask you about the process of becoming a zombie, just say you were burned so badly that you can't remember it." Ji An said.
If they can awaken superpowers without being exposed to the zombie virus, once this news gets out, Little Stone and Little Rose will become the target of public criticism. Everyone wants to awaken superpowers without any danger, and by then the two children will probably be killed by those with ulterior motives.
"Okay." Little Stone and Little Rose agreed obediently, with confusion clearly in their eyes.
Both children are sensible children. Ji An knows that they understand the importance of the matter. It is better to explain it clearly to the two children than to hide it, so that they will not be unable to help but show off one day.
Ji An explained the seriousness of the matter to Xiao Shitou and Xiao Meigui in detail.
As expected, Little Stone and Little Rose understood what he said, and their faces turned pale with fright.
Ji An said, "Don't be afraid. The only people guarding you at the time were Yuan Ming'an and Zhou Qin. I will report this matter to them. They will explain to the public that you turned into zombies during the days when you had a fever, but they concealed it because they were afraid that the children in the orphanage would be scared."
Xiao Shitou and Xiao Meigui knew the importance of the matter, so they agreed to whatever Ji An said.
"Where's Ji An? Get out here!" As Ji An was speaking, he heard a burst of shouting and cursing coming from far away.
Although the voice was unclear, it sounded familiar.
Ji An walked out from the path and entered the front yard, where he saw a pig's head.
It is no exaggeration to say that it was a pig's head. The man's face was swollen to twice the size of a normal face.
When the man saw Ji An, he rushed over angrily, "Ji An, you dare to come out to see me!"
The man was about to get five steps closer to Ji An when he was stopped by Gu Jinsheng using his special power. A blue-eyed winged tiger appeared out of nowhere and stood in front of Ji An, staring at the man with cold tiger eyes, as if it would swallow him up in one bite if he dared to touch Ji An.
With such a huge mutant tiger watching closely and Gu Jinsheng beside him, the visitor did not dare to act rashly, but he still shouted, "Ji An, you must give me an explanation today?"
Ji An still didn't know who the person in front of him was. He asked in confusion: "Who are you?"
The visitor became even more angry, and he almost shouted, "I am Zhao Zhen."
Ji An couldn't help but blurt out: "During the commendation meeting, you were fine, weren't you? How did it become like this in the blink of an eye?"
"It's all because of you!" Zhao Zhen shouted, "I just can't stand your hypocritical and pretentious appearance. You asked someone to intercept me on the way and beat me up like this. You are going too far."
Ji An's face turned cold, "Zhao Zhen must have evidence when speaking. Without evidence, it is slander. I'm going to call the patrol team over."
"Ji An, how dare you, you made me like this and yet you dare to be so arrogant..."
Before Zhao Zhen could finish his words, Gu Jinsheng had already released his supernatural power, tied the man up and blocked his mouth.
"Leave it to the patrol."
"No, no, no." Han Yaokun and others who had been chasing after them finally caught up.
Han Yaokun said: "It's all a misunderstanding. It's his own fault that he got beaten."
Ji An looked at Zhou Fanxiu who had come with him, and Zhou Fanxiu said, "Well, Zhao Zhen said something bad about you at the commendation meeting before, and several people in the command center heard it.
You know, many people in the command center admire you and regard you as a hero.
Zhao Zhen openly disrespected you at the commendation meeting, and many people felt uncomfortable. Before the commendation meeting was over, they blocked Han Yaokun's car and beat him up.
But those people acted with discretion, and no one touched anyone except Zhao Zhen."
Ji An's mouth twitched, "Then he should look for those who beat him, why is he looking for me?"
The problem is that I can’t find those people!
Those people obviously had a plan in mind, as they covered the license plates. They were wearing protective clothing from the base, which covered them so tightly that even the zombies couldn't break through. How could Zhao Zhen know who was who?
However, Zhao Zhen had a suspect in his mind. In fact, the car model and other things could match, but the problem was that Zhao Zhen had no evidence, so the other party would not admit it.
If this was something else, such as a researcher being attacked in the base, he would definitely be investigated thoroughly. Not to mention that the other party was just wearing protective clothing, even if he turned into a rat and crawled into a rat hole, he would still have to be pulled out.
But the problem now is that everyone in the base knows why Zhao Zhen was beaten. There are so many people in the base who admire Ji An, and no one wants to take care of it. They all say that they can't find out.
Zhao Zhen had no place to vent his anger, so he could only find Ji An.
Ji An spread his hands, "I didn't order them to do this, believe it or not, if it doesn't work just go find the patrol team, don't harass me."
Han Yaokun said, "It's all his own fault. He deserves it! We won't pursue this matter any further. Commander Gu, please release the man. I'll take him away right away."
Gu Jinsheng released Zhao Zhen, and Han Yaokun took him away.
As soon as Zhao Zhen left, Little Stone and Little Rose clapped their hands and laughed.
"It's what he deserves. He always goes against Brother Ji An."
The blue-eyed winged tiger came over and rubbed its head against Ji An, asking Ji An for the reward for protecting him just now.
Ji An gave the big tiger another basin of water. The big tiger seemed to be full. This time it did not drink it immediately, but hid the water.
Ji An and Gu Jinsheng had nothing else to do. They were busy all day and left with a headache. When they left, they told Yuan Mingan about Xiao Shitou and Xiao Meigui's situation and told her what to say before leaving.
On the way, I also called another party involved, Zhou Qin, and gave him some instructions.
After returning home, Ji An was still thinking about the sudden awakening of superpowers of Xiao Shitou and Xiao Meigui.
"I've asked people to check what Xiao Shitou and Xiao Meigui have been in contact with recently. Their activities leave simple traces, and we'll have news in the evening." In fact, Gu Jinsheng already had some guesses in his mind, but it was related to the water that Ji An gave him.
This matter was somewhat sensitive as it concerned the space necklace, so Gu Jinsheng did not say anything.
But Gu Jinsheng knew that with Ji An's intelligence, he must have noticed something.
Ji An did think about it. He had given Little Rose and Little Stone spiritual spring water to drink before, and he wondered if the awakening of the two children was related to the spiritual spring water.
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