Chapter 10, Combat Power Ceiling
You just have to believe in me.
Her heart felt as if being pulled by an invisible hand, making it difficult for her to breathe. Jiang Ran stared blankly into the man's light brown eyes, and it took her a long time to understand the meaning of his words.
The temperature of her cheeks began to rise uncontrollably. She hastily looked away and nodded vaguely: "I understand."
Damn, how can this paper man be so flirtatious?
Wait, isn't she a naive person? Why can she say such sweet words so easily?
Or... She secretly glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, but unfortunately the man's attention was no longer on her.
He patted the back of the passenger seat, waited for Gu Yunqing to turn around, and said, "It's time to go. Let's go first."
The man glanced out the window: "Looking at the weather, it's likely to snow soon."
Snowy weather is not suitable for traveling.
"Will it?" Gu Yunqing didn't doubt his words. He sighed and said, "We've been out for too long this time."
More than three months, from early autumn to early winter, was more than thirty days longer than originally planned.
"If it really snows, it will be troublesome." Xiling Base is located in the north. If it snows heavily, they can only wait until next spring to return to the base.
Ignoring Gu Yunqing's nagging, Si Xu leaned back in his chair, glanced at the dazed Jiang Ran, and reminded her: "Seat belt."
"Oh." Jiang Ran, who was still thinking about what topic to chat with him, quickly pulled the seat belt and buckled it.
The man leaned back in his chair, exhaled softly, and closed his eyes.
Jiang Ran hesitated: "Your seat belt..."
"No need." He said calmly without opening his eyes, "Don't worry about me."
Jiang Ran: “…”
Seeing her embarrassment, Gu Yunqing used the intercom to contact the companions in the other car, and said without looking back: "Sister Ranran, don't worry about him. He is like this when he doesn't sleep well, he has a bad temper."
Didn’t sleep well…Oh, he was on duty last night.
The car started and drove out of the small Western-style building.
Jiang Ran glanced at Si Xu, who was resting with his eyes closed, and whispered, "Are we going to Wuzhong City next?"
"Yeah." Gu Yunqing was opening a map and drawing various symbols on it. "I'll pass by there on my way back anyway, so why not just pick it up together?"
"I see."
"As you know, after the disaster, every base was short of supplies, whether it was daily necessities like food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, or seeds for various crops needed for the future. Although the labs were diligently researching the virus, hoping to find a reagent to contain it, they were already busy just treating the wounded and the sick. It was unclear when the disaster would be resolved."
"It's been six months since the disaster, and many things may still be within their shelf life."
"That's right." Gu Yunqing smiled, "So, we have to hurry up."
Jiang Ran thought for a moment and said, "Are there any survivors in Wuzhong City?"
"I guess not." Gu Yunqing said, "Wuzhong City has no base, and it's the provincial capital. To maintain life in such a place for half a year..."
It's almost impossible.
Jiang Ran was silent.
As a newcomer to the book, although she had the original owner's memories of the apocalypse in her mind, she had never experienced it personally, so until now, she did not have a particularly clear concept of the apocalypse.
However, from Gu Yunqing's tone, one can tell that it is very difficult to survive in this world.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Ran asked: "If there are any survivors, will you bring them back to the base?"
"Of course." Gu Yunqing said, "In today's world, nothing is more important than human life."
After hearing this answer, Jiang Ran asked tentatively: "How do ordinary people in the base... make a living?"
There wasn't much description of ordinary people in the novel - compared to people with special abilities, ordinary people had limited supplies, and if anything unexpected happened, it was ordinary people who were left behind... Just from these descriptions, and the tattered clothes on the original owner when Jiang Ran crossed over, he could roughly guess how difficult it was for ordinary people to survive in this apocalyptic world.
"Hmm?" Gu Yunqing glanced at the nervous girl in the rearview mirror and smiled, "Don't worry, as long as you follow Si Xu obediently and don't get into trouble, he won't treat you badly."
Jiang Ran: “…” Wait, why did the topic suddenly become this.
The car was driving steadily on the road. Jiang Ran looked back - several trucks loaded with supplies were following closely behind.
Xiling Base... Actually, she didn't quite understand. As the person in charge of the Xiling Base Laboratory, Si Xu had no power conflict with the Shen family in power. Why did the Shen family have to kill Si Xu to feel at ease?
The novel simply emphasizes Shen Lang's concern that Si Xu will become too powerful and lose the power to restrain him, thus putting both the Shen family and the base in a passive position... Why does Shen Lang have such concerns? Are there other irreconcilable conflicts between Si Xu and the Shen family?
Jiang Ran thought so and couldn't help but secretly look at Si Xu - he has such long eyelashes and a straight nose. He doesn't look fierce at all when he closes his eyes, like a child who has relaxed his vigilance... He looks so cute.
She was still in a daze. The man's eyelashes trembled and he slowly opened his eyes.
Their eyes met.
There was a clear light in his light brown eyes, like the undercurrent hidden beneath the calm sea, making her unable to look away.
Until Si Xu blinked his eyes: "Have you seen enough?" A faint smile could be heard in the low and hoarse voice.
Is he laughing at her...?
Jiang Ran hastily looked away: Well, with such a beautiful woman in front of her, I can't blame her for losing her composure.
After all, a car is not like a bed, so it's impossible to rest properly. Si Xu pressed the back of his neck with one hand, stretched it, looked out the window, and suddenly frowned: "Is that a mutant beast following us?"
"Although I really want to answer no, but unfortunately..." Gu Yunqing spread his hands, his tone quite helpless, "It's a mutant beast."
Mutant beast?
After listening to the conversation between the two, Jiang Ran hurriedly looked out the window - there were endless fields on both sides of the road, on which were originally scattered slow-moving zombies. However, at this moment, there were black shadows moving in the weeds, following the convoy not far away.
"Is that... a mutant beast?"
In the apocalypse, not only did humans mutate, but many animals and plants also changed due to exposure to the virus.
Compared with humans, the changes in animals are even more terrifying, because unlike slow-moving zombies, many animals will have enhanced functions of their bodies after being infected with the virus.
For example, the mutant beasts that are now following the convoy.
"Let me take a look..." Gu Yunqing had already discovered the mutant beast's tracking, so he slowly opened the skylight, took out the telescope, stood up and looked back.
"They seem to be mutated wolfhounds. One, two, three... six, not many."
"Oh." Si Xu was not very interested. "Maybe he was attracted by the smell of fresh flesh and blood."
"That makes sense." Gu Yunqing replied with a half-smile, "After all, there are many beautiful women in our team."
"Don't dilly-dally, get it over with quickly." Si Xu glanced at Jiang Ran, who was staring intently through the window, and said impatiently, "That kind of thing is disgusting just to look at."
"Hey, I know. I'll take care of it right away..." Gu Yunqing responded, flexing his wrist and muttering, "You just order me around. Hey, I'm destined to work hard and never complain~"
Before the man finished speaking, he suddenly raised his hand - a small airflow flowed from his fingertips and quickly formed into the shape of a sharp blade.
This was the first time Jiang Ran saw a mutant beast. She was staring at the moving black shadows and vaguely heard the sound of wind whistling outside the window. The jumping shadows were cut in half the moment they jumped.
Jiang Ran: “…”
After quickly clearing out the mutant beasts that were following the convoy, Gu Yunqing returned to the car and patted his face: "It's really cold outside, Xiao Chen, close the sunroof quickly!"
Jiang Ran sat down again.
He dealt with the six mutant beasts that were tracking him so easily that she didn't even see how he did it.
Is this the experimental subject from the laboratory? Gu Yunqing is a wind-type mutant. With such strength, is he really only at the fourth level?
If Gu Yunqing is not just at the fourth level, then... Jiang Ran quickly glanced at the silent Si Xu: Then how powerful is this person's supernatural power - the so-called ceiling of combat power in novels?
(End of this chapter)
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