Chapter 53 The Freak Show is Discovered
When Ji An arrived, those superpowered human traffickers and Yuan Ming'an and the others had already run away without a trace. Ji An could only identify the direction Yuan Ming'an and the others left by the traces left by the superpowered fighting on the road.
At first, it was fine. With these traces to guide the way, Ji An was able to track smoothly. But as he continued to identify them, the traces of the supernatural fighting completely disappeared.
Ji An's heart sank as these traces disappeared. This was not a good sign. It was almost certain that Yuan Mingan was robbed by those superpowers, otherwise she would never give up the fight.
Of course, another possibility is that Yuan Mingan was killed in the battle, but fortunately, no one saw Yuan Mingan's body along the way. This is probably Ji An's only consolation.
There were no traces around, and Ji An had no choice but to look for clues while walking around based on his own judgment.
Ji An even pulled through all the weeds on the side of the road, but still couldn't find any useful clues.
At this time, the distance to where the last clue appeared was about three hundred meters, and Ji An even suspected that he might have gone in the wrong direction.
Suddenly, Ji An's sight fell on a bush beside the road. Ji An ran over and pulled apart the bushes, and found a piece of cloth in the middle of the bushes.
The cloth looked new and had definitely not been exposed to any wind or rain before. Moreover, Ji An was very familiar with this cloth as it was worn by Xiao Shitou a few days ago.
Ji An was delighted, as this proved that he was searching in the right direction. He hurried forward, searching in the grass and on the ground as he walked to see if he could find any more pieces of clothing.
At a distance of about 100 meters, Ji An actually found the second piece, and then at a distance of about 100 meters, he found the third piece...
Ji An was almost certain that this was a mark that Xiao Shitou deliberately left for someone who would catch up with him later.
Ji An couldn't help but admire Xiao Shitou's calmness and intelligence. Even adults may not have the ability to remain calm in the face of danger.
If we train Xiao Shitou well, he will become a great boy in the future.
Following the clues left by Xiao Shitou, Ji An walked and stopped along the way and finally came to a somewhat messy residential area.
Before the end of the world, this place should have been a rural suburb of the capital. It was surrounded by low, messy bungalows with no regular layout. There were some houses scattered here and there, a bunch here and a bunch there.
Ji An was afraid that everyone here was in the same group, so he didn't dare to make a sound and quietly found a secret corner to hide.
He peeked out from behind the wall, making sure the environment was safe and no one was around, then he closed his eyes and released his mental power.
The mental power of psychic psychics is not invisible, it is tangible like other psychic powers. Ordinary people cannot see the mental power of psychic psychics, but psychics can see it and feel the energy fluctuations.
The most primitive form of psychic power is energy fluctuation, which looks like catkins flying in the spring.
But at this moment, Ji An couldn't let his psychic ability be like Liu Xu, because that would immediately attract the attention of the psychic.
He transformed all his psychic abilities into something as thin as spider silk. Of course, it was spider silk before the apocalypse. The mutated spider silk after the apocalypse could be as thick as a baby's arm.
Thousands of thin spider silks quickly climb along the ground or roofs, and in a flash they cover the entire house and penetrate into thousands of homes.
Everything about this small area flooded into Ji An's mind.
Ji An closed his eyes, pressed his back against the wall, and held his breath. At this moment, he seemed to be a god high above the nine heavens, closing his eyes and listening to the sounds of everything in the world.
Ji An saw many unfamiliar faces. Some of them were playing cards while swearing and smoking cigarettes. Some were sleeping soundly on straw mats. Some were simply bored and hanging out at the door playing with weak mutant beasts...
The mutant beast cub was a pure white tiger. It was still very weak and could not even crawl steadily, so the man played with it however he wanted.
The man was acting as a tigress - a mutant blue-eyed winged tiger. A winged tiger is a tiger with wings. In the apocalypse, all kinds of animals have mutated. Some have two or three heads, some have one extra or one less leg, and there are all kinds of mutations.
The man cruelly tortured its cubs in front of the blue-eyed mother winged tiger, breaking the cub's legs with his bare hands, smashing the cub's hind legs into comminuted fractures with an iron rod, or cutting the cub's ears with a blunt knife. The cub lay on the ground crying in pain, trying to seek the protection of its mother.
The mother animal was also very close, and the fur of the mother and child could touch each other, but there was only a cage between them, and the mother animal could not do anything.
Even though its voice was hoarse from roaring, its teeth were broken from biting on the iron cage made of supernatural power, and its front paws were digging until blood was dripping...
The man who was torturing the cub seemed to enjoy the feeling of being powerless as the blue-eyed winged tiger faced the cub being tortured, and he showed a perverted smile.
The man plucked a nail from the cub's paw, then used the cub's own nail to pierce the cub's eyes. While piercing, he looked at the mother beast, his expression full of enjoyment...
However, the expression of enjoyment did not remain on his face for just a second, and the next moment it turned into horror!
Because the cage, which had been impossible to open no matter how hard he tried, was suddenly opened by the blue-eyed winged tiger for some reason, and the female beast had already jumped out of the cage and pounced on the man in an instant. The man only had time to let out a scream before the blue-eyed winged tiger bit through his throat.
This was not enough. The blue-eyed winged tiger was too hateful. It bit the man madly, devouring his flesh and blood in big mouthfuls, and even tore one of the man's arms off his body.
The companion who was sleeping soundly in the room was awakened by the man's screams, and lazily cursed in the room: "MD, if you want to play, keep your voice down and don't disturb me when I'm sleeping, or I'll chop you up!"
The companion cursed the man several times but didn't hear any response from him. Then he realized something was wrong and came out of the house in his slippers cursing.
Then we saw the man die tragically, and the blue-eyed winged tiger, who should have been locked in a cage, was lying on top of him and feasting on him.
"MD, you damn hairy beast actually dare to resist, I'm going to kill you!" said the companion as he used his supernatural power to attack the blue-eyed winged tiger.
The blue-eyed winged tiger spat out the bloody meat in its mouth and jumped to the side. It picked up the cub in one mouthful and kicked its hind legs hard, easily jumping onto the roof. Before leaving, it glanced vaguely under the tiles where the little spider was hiding, then jumped away with a few leaps.
His companion cursed angrily but did not chase after him. Instead, he went to check the iron cage that held the blue-eyed winged tiger. This iron cage was specially made using supernatural powers, and there was no way the blue-eyed winged tiger could bite it apart.
It turned out that the blue-eyed winged tiger didn't bite it off, but somehow the padlock was open and fell off the iron cage.
His companions suspected that the man was too careless and did not lock the door properly, and in the end the anxious Blue-Eyed Winged Tiger somehow knocked it off.
As long as the problem does not occur in the cage itself, it will be fine. After all, there are other mutant animals locked in these cages. If they run out when there is a problem, it will be a big trouble.
His companions wrapped the man's body in a straw mat and threw it into the weeds nearby, then went back to sleep.
Only then did the little spider dare to stick its head out from under the tiles on the roof. It shook its head and swam back quickly the same way. It came to Ji An and started dancing for him like a little child.
Ji An rubbed Little Spider's head and praised: "You did a great job!"
Yes, the lock on the cage was not unlocked, but was pried open and taken down by Little Spider Silk. The female blue-eyed winged tiger was released by Little Spider Silk.
The little spider rubbed Ji An's hand happily, then went back into Ji An's brain.
The little spider silk is the result of Ji An's mental power. It's not the little spider silk herself who wants to take care of it, it's clearly Ji An who wants to take care of it.
Intellectually, Ji An knew that he shouldn't alert the enemy, after all, he was responsible for not only his own life, but also the fate of Yuan Mingan, Xiao Shitou and others. But he couldn't just watch a little life being tortured in front of him.
But in the final analysis, these are not what Ji An is looking for. Ji An continues to close his eyes and carefully sorts out the information seen by other little spiders.
Suddenly, his spiritual spider silk caught a familiar voice amidst the noisy sounds.
"MD, I didn't expect the guy with a broken leg to have such high superpowers. Luckily our people ran fast, otherwise we would have all died there!" The man who was speaking turned his back to the small spider silk that was found here.
The little spider silk shook, and like a little snake, it stuck to the tile and swam quickly and slowly. Soon it swam to the side of the man. The little spider silk couldn't wait to stick out its little head and take a look.
He had a flat nose, squinted eyes, and bulging eyes. He was exactly the man from that day.
The little spider found its target and was a little excited. It shook its little head twice. Suddenly, it squinted its eyes as if it sensed something and turned back to look in the direction of the little spider.
"What's wrong?" The tall man also turned his head and looked in the direction the squinting man was looking. There was nothing, nothing. "There's nothing, why are you so startled!"
The squinting man seemed to be unconvinced and actually picked up a ladder from the corner and climbed up to the roof to check.
Fortunately, the spider silk was not hidden on the roof, but under the tiles. It was as thin as spider silk and tightly attached to the tiles. It was not easy to see even if you looked carefully. The squinty man found nothing even if he turned over the tiles.
The squinting man looked left and right and found that there were many spider webs made by mutant spiders on the roof, some in the east and some in the west, and there were quite a few of them.
He was furious at his own previous panic, so he used a stick to disturb the few spider webs he could reach.
At the same time, Ji An almost screamed out in pain, and he had to bite his arm to stop the scream that was about to come out.
That’s right, the mutant spider webs that the man crushed were not the webs made by real mutant spiders, but the webs created by Ji An’s mental power.
The man's intuition was too sharp at that time. When he looked over, it was too late for Ji An to withdraw all his mental power. He was bound to be seen.
Ji An could only transform his mental power into mutated spider webs on the spot. He didn't expect that the man would vent his anger on these spider webs.
In fact, with Ji An's level of mental strength, it would be impossible for the squinting man to destroy his spider web so easily, but Ji An could not resist at all, otherwise he would be exposed.
The squinting man's destruction of the spider webs was equivalent to directly hurting Ji An's spiritual power and sea of consciousness, and the degree of pain was far beyond what an ordinary person could bear.
Finally, the squinting-eyed man finished the destruction, felt relieved, and went down the ladder.
"Nothing, right? You're too timid. They just caught a few people, and you're so scared!" the tall man laughed.
The narrow-eyed man said angrily: "You know nothing. If it weren't for our keen intuition, we would have capsized long ago and would not have been able to hide until now!"
"This time it's not you who's perceptive, it's you who's timid. You're just a government official, what are you afraid of? If it weren't for the fact that she can perform, I would have killed her long ago. We've killed quite a few government officials, are you really that scared?"
"I'm always feeling uneasy this time. The man with the broken leg has such a high level of ability. I always feel that his identity must be extraordinary!"
Although Zhou Qin is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Beijing base, he does not often appear on TV. Kong Zhongcheng and Wan Xueying are the representatives among them.
Moreover, in the apocalypse, televisions and mobile phones are no longer something that everyone owns. Many people don’t have them, which leads to some people still not knowing Zhou Qin and the others.
Of course, desperate criminals like these men must have some electronic devices in their hands, but they are just a small gang. Even if they have electronic devices, they can only see a few base commanders through electronic screens, and they can't get more information.
Since Zhou Qin broke his leg, he has lost more than 10 pounds. He often forgets to take nutritional supplements and becomes depressed. He is a completely different person from before. People who are familiar with him dare not recognize him, let alone those who are not familiar with him.
Even if these people knew that a commander in the base had his leg broken by betrayal by his brother, they would not have thought that it was Zhou Qin. There were many people with broken legs these days, but who would have thought that the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jingshi base who had just broken his leg would appear in such a remote place like Xicheng at this time.
The tall man taunted, "You're really getting less courageous."
For some reason, the squinty-eyed man was still feeling uneasy. "No matter what, it's better to be cautious. We'll be leaving after this, so safety comes first."
"Let's go into the house. Lao Gao just sent a message saying that their people will be here soon and this batch of goods will be shipped away immediately." The squinty-eyed man glanced at the place where Little Spider was hiding before entering the house, but saw nothing.
After the two of them entered the house, the little spider quietly poked its head out from under the tiles, then turned into a small hand and patted its chest, looking frightened.
At the same time, the other spider silks receded like a receding tide and disappeared without a trace.
Ji An, who had taken back all the shattered spiritual spider silk, once again felt as if his sea of consciousness was shattered by an invisible giant hand. He rolled on the ground holding his head, and couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.
Ji An endured the pain in his brain, quickly took out a bottle of spiritual spring water from the space and drank it down, finishing the whole bottle before stopping.
Ji An finally felt a cool and comfortable feeling in his brain. At this moment, his brain seemed to be a piece of dry land, and the spiritual spring water flowed slowly to moisten the land, and every inch of the land was moistened.
Ji An's pale complexion eased, and he sat up again, continuing to send the remaining little spiders out to explore.
The little spider became more cautious. It moved quickly with its almost transparent body, and looked through the window of each room. Finally, it saw the person it was looking for in the innermost room.
Several people were tied up like dumplings and their mouths were stuffed, while Yuan Mingan, the only adult, lay unconscious beside them.
The little spider found someone and excitedly shook its straight body, then swam in through the window like flying.
Ordinary people cannot see the mental power of psychics, but Xiao Shitou inexplicably felt a fluctuation of energy. He looked in the direction of the small spider silk, but saw nothing. At this time, the small spider silk was actually right in front of Xiao Shitou, only one centimeter away from his face.
Xiao Shitou's sensitivity made Ji An once again marvel at the child's sharpness.
Ji An controlled the spider silk and rubbed Xiao Shitou's face, and then he saw a look of confusion on Xiao Shitou's face, and he seemed even more confused.
He glanced at Yuan Mingan who was sleeping next to him, and tried to move over to Xiao Meigui to wake him up.
But Ji An didn't let him do that. He controlled the spider silk and patted Xiao Shitou's shoulder. Xiao Shitou must have felt it, and he stared at the sky with big eyes, confused and puzzled.
The little spider quickly wrote the two words "Ji An" on the ground in front of the small stone.
Although Little Stone couldn't see the spider silk, he could see words appearing out of thin air on the ground. He immediately knew that it was Ji An who came to save him, but he didn't know what means Ji An used to do it.
Little Stone was not afraid. Instead, he nodded excitedly to show that he understood.
The little spider silk then struggled to use its two newly formed little hands to pull out the rag ball that was stuffed in Little Stone's mouth, and then untied the ropes tied to Little Stone's hands and feet.
The other children watched helplessly as the rope on Xiao Shitou's body and the rag in his mouth were being pulled off by something, but there was nothing in front of them and there was horror in their eyes.
Little Stone immediately scolded in a low voice: "Don't make any noise, this is Brother Ji An's ability, he is here to save us."
As Little Stone spoke, he untied the rope on Little Rose. The other children calmed down after hearing Little Stone's explanation.
At this time, Ji An sent the location of his mobile phone to Gu Jinsheng and turned it to silent mode. He was afraid that the phone would ring suddenly and alert the guards.
He sneaked in quietly and climbed into the house from the roof.
"Brother Ji An!" Xiao Shitou, who had already untied the rope on Yuan Mingan and was trying to wake Yuan Mingan up, called out in a low voice in surprise when he saw Ji An.
Ji An raised his index finger and hushed all the children. The children immediately covered their mouths tightly, not daring to make any sound, as if they were afraid that their breathing would alert the bad guys.
Ji An walked over to check on Yuan Mingan's condition. Fortunately, he was still breathing and seemed to be stable. He only had some superficial injuries on his body. As for whether his internal organs were damaged, Ji An didn't know since he was not a healing psychic.
But no matter what, the people must be woken up. The situation is critical now. From what I heard, the other side will send help immediately. If they are allowed to transfer the people away, it is very likely that these children will never be found again.
It was impossible for him to escape alone with so many children and an unconscious Yuan Mingan in a small village with 20 households, all of whom were members of the same gang. He needed a helper, at least not a burden.
Ji An took out the mineral water mixed with spiritual spring water from the space, and then threw a white pill into the water in front of Xiao Shitou. In fact, it was just an ordinary cold medicine, which could not wake up people's consciousness at all. It was just to deceive people. Then he poured half a bottle of mineral water into Yuan Mingan's mouth with skillful force. Within two minutes, Yuan Mingan woke up.
Ji An quickly covered Yuan Mingan's mouth to prevent her from making any sound, and whispered, "We are still in the wolf's den. I am here to save you. Don't make a sound and follow me."
Yuan Mingan nodded.
Ji An then let her go, Ji An's mental power had already mastered the entire small village, he knew which route to escape to avoid encountering anyone, or where the guards were weaker.
He waved to the people behind him, indicating that everyone should follow him.
I don't know which kid was too nervous and stepped on a dead branch on the ground, making a not-so-loud noise.
Ji An's heart skipped a beat, and sure enough, the next second, a little squinting eye turned in from outside. When he saw Ji An, he was surprised at first, and then a burst of ecstasy flashed in his eyes.
That is the excitement that only the most confident hunter in the world feels when he sees the most satisfying prey.
The squinty-eyed man didn't even call his companions, but quietly closed the door, his eyes flashing with lustful light, "You are a third-level psychic, right? At most, third-level psychic power. I can probably sense your level of psychic power."
The man with the narrowed eyes looked at Ji An from head to toe like he was looking at merchandise, and he was extremely satisfied. "I originally wanted to get a few goods and leave, but I didn't expect you to fall into the trap. It's worth it. With top-notch goods like you, whether you are a freak show or sold, you can definitely get an incredible price.
But don't worry, with your current unparalleled beauty, no one would be willing to use you as a freak show. They will have to wait until you are old and ugly in a dozen years.
At least you can live a good life in a few years at the dock."
Freak show!
These three words made Ji An feel sick to his stomach. What is deformity? It means making a person neither human nor ghost, cutting off ears, nose, eyes, and tongue, chopping off limbs or other body parts, and turning a healthy person into a human pig. This is a freak show.
Such a disgusting thing has a nice name, called vase girl.
Ji An couldn't understand how there could be people in this world who liked to watch that kind of thing, such a cruel thing!
He finally understood why these people wanted to capture Xiao Shitou and his gang when it was obvious that they couldn't make any money as homeless beggars.
Ji An's gaze towards the man changed from disgust to deep disgust, and the little man naturally noticed it, and immediately became angry and said, "MD, pretty boy, I gave you face but you don't want it. If you are willing to serve me well, I am going to let you have a good life for two days, and from now on you just need to serve guests comfortably in bed!
But I gave you the face but you refused to accept it and even dared to look down on me!
Believe it or not, I will let you perform those freak shows. Those little R people have high-level healing psychics on their hands. No matter what you do, they can heal you and guarantee that you will not die.
Then you will feel what it means to live a life worse than death. Those little R people are the most perverted. They like to see pretty girls like you being tortured and showing a piteous expression that is worse than death. But you have no ability to resist and can only lick their toes like a dog and wag your tail to beg for mercy! Hahaha..."
The squinty-eyed man became more and more excited as he spoke, and it seemed that a certain part of his body was bulging as he thought of certain scenes.
Ji An wanted to vomit, and the children around him had been wandering for so long that they were no longer children in the true sense. They knew everything they should and shouldn’t know. After hearing what the squinty-eyed man said, they were so scared that they huddled together and even Little Rose hid in Little Stone’s arms in fear.
The little man looked at the children's terror and felt an unprecedented satisfaction in his heart. He enjoyed the fear of his prey and asked Ji An with a smile, "Do you regret it? Kneel down and lick me now, and I might consider it again."
Ji An sneered and summoned a bow and arrow made of his spiritual power, "I regret not sending you to death earlier!"
The squinty-eyed man was not afraid at all when he saw the bow and arrow transformed from Ji An's mental power. It's not like he hadn't seen on his phone how Cruz was shot into an idiot by three arrows. He just simply didn't believe that Ji An would be the one who shot the arrow, or be such a master.
The small-eyed man raised his hand and casually launched a supernatural attack on Ji An, full of confidence, "Oh, you are imitating that big guy! Unfortunately, you are not that kind of big guy, and I will not end up like that American guy..."
The squinty-eyed man couldn't utter a single word. The expression on his face changed from confidence to fear, and when he collapsed, he was left with a drooling look of dementia.
At this time, Ji An also saw the tall man who had just walked over and witnessed everything. The tall man's eyes flashed with panic and he shouted, "Someone come...ah..."
After a scream, the tall man fell down and became the second idiot!
"Run!" Things had turned out like this, and Ji An didn't think about escaping secretly with these kids, so he could only fight his way out.
"Kids, follow Brother Ji An closely. I'll be the last one to leave." Yuan Ming'an yelled.
With Yuan Mingan's strength, he has no chance of winning against those people, but there is no other way now. He can't let these kids cover his retreat!
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