Chapter 296: Not the Only Option
After Pei Xiao rushed out, Huo Lingyin could only follow him out with the other members of the Ability Team.
Si Xu did not leave the Dongchao base. With Si Xu around, these people were dispensable.
The moment she saw Si Xu, Huo Lingyin's tense heart inexplicably relaxed. But after hearing Si Nian's words, her heart, which had finally relaxed, became tense again.
She cursed Si Nian hundreds of times in her heart, and she wished the woman would slip and fall off the tower and be smashed to pieces.
However, no matter how angry she was, she knew that Si Nian still held the most important card at the moment - as long as Huo Zhiju was in her hands, they would be helpless against her.
Hearing Pei Xiao's response, Si Nian didn't even look at him: "I'm so sorry, your promise is of no use to me."
In the current situation, as long as Si Xu doesn't say anything, even if the Pei family agrees to let her go, she will not be able to leave the Dongchao base alive.
"Oh, you're also Huo Zhiju's son." She remembered something and smiled with interest. "How about this? You kill Si Xu for me, and I'll release your mother. What do you think of this proposal?"
Pei Xiao's face was gloomy and he didn't reply immediately.
Killing Si Xu is impossible.
Even if he really agreed to this condition, he couldn't do it with his current strength.
Si Nian said this simply to humiliate him.
Not expecting Pei Xiao to agree to her request, Si Nian mocked Pei Xiao and then turned her attention back to Si Xu.
"Si Xu, I don't have much patience. I'll give you one minute to think about it. After one minute, the virus in Huo Zhigui's body will take effect."
She tutted her tongue twice and added, "Once she mutates, even if I give you the antidote, she won't be able to return to her previous state. Si Xu, you don't have much time left."
That person was Si Xu's mother. Even though Si Xu had never revealed his care for her in his words, Jiang Ran knew that the woman had a place in his heart.
She recalled his many times of tolerance towards Pei Xiao, and how he had inexplicably lost his temper with her after meeting Pei Xiao... In fact, every time he met Pei Xiao, it would evoke the special feelings for his mother deep in his heart. Whether it was love or hate, he would never be willing to watch Huo Zhiju die in front of him.
Jiang Ran held Si Xu's hand tightly and was about to speak when a burst of orderly footsteps came from downstairs on the city wall.
Jiang Ran looked over in the direction of the sound.
The neatly-uniformed psychics lined up in five rows under the city wall. The team of hundreds of people instantly made the deserted north city wall lively.
Pei Qing walked out from behind the team and looked towards the watchtower.
"Dad!" Pei Xiao breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing his father. Even though he had long been able to stand on his own, when it came to matters concerning the life and death of his loved ones, he still habitually relied on his elders.
Huo Lingyin clearly felt Pei Xiao's tense body relax.
Following Pei Xiao to Pei Qing's side, Huo Lingyin whispered, "Uncle, my aunt is still in that woman's hands."
Pei Qing nodded, walked to the bottom of the watchtower, looked up at the woman who was strangling his wife, and said loudly: "Si Nian, I already understand your situation. If you release my lover, I can guarantee your safe departure from the Dongchao base."
He is the head of the Pei family and the person in charge of the Dongchao base. What he said is far more convincing than Pei Xiao's promise.
Si Nian showed a strange expression: "Your lover?"
She sneered and said sarcastically, "I only just now realized that this woman who gave birth to a child with my brother is the lover of your Pei family master, haha."
Her words insulted both Pei Qing and Huo Zhijue. Pei Xiao was furious: "You!"
"That's enough."
Huo Zhijue's gaze remained fixed on Si Xu. Her eyes were gentle, with a faint smile in them: "I'm glad you didn't break up."
She felt uneasy when she heard that Si Xu and Jiang Ran had left the Dongchao base after their quarrel.
The boy finally met a girl who was willing to lend him a hand. If they were separated, would he return to his previous life?
Being alone, even if misunderstood or hurt, I will not defend myself, but just bear it foolishly.
He finally met Jiang Ran... Silly boy, why didn't he hold her hand tightly? Didn't he understand that there would never be another Jiang Ran in this world?
Fortunately, they were just acting, and the little girl was still willing to hold his hand after losing her loved one.
Her eyes reluctantly moved away from Si Xu's face and looked at the girl beside him: "Ran Ran, Si Xu is a very stupid child. Please bear with me in the future."
Suddenly realizing something, the fingers that were hooked by Jiang Ran subconsciously tightened. Si Xu said coldly: "S, I will let you go, and you give me the antidote."
She didn't understand why Si Xu suddenly gave in, but she knew that the dominant power was in her hands now.
The woman said with a drawn-out smile, "I regret it now. I didn't expect this woman to be so useful. Si Xu, how about this? I have a tube of virus reagent here. Inject it into your body, and I'll let this woman go. How about that?"
This woman is getting more and more aggressive! Jiang Ran took a step forward, his fist itching: It seems that when I beat her last time, I was too gentle, and she didn't remember it.
Grasping Jiang Ran's wrist tightly, Si Xu sneered: "I am a superpower, the virus has no effect on me."
"No, no, no, my virus reagent is newly developed. You'll know if it works after you try it." Si Nian chuckled, "If you become a zombie, with these superpowers, you might become the zombie king."
The woman smiled triumphantly.
Si Xu was silent.
Jiang Ran grabbed his sleeve and whispered, "Si Xu, don't fall for her tricks."
Even if she agreed to her request, she might not give Huo Zhiju the real antidote.
This woman is a pervert.
They cannot use ordinary people's thinking to consider a perverted idea.
Feeling subtle changes in his body, Huo Zhijue knew that what Si Nian said was true.
Soon, she would become like those ugly experimental subjects, losing her human consciousness and obeying her orders blindly.
She will become her puppet.
Fortunately, she has no regrets now.
Huo Zhiju didn't look back at Si Nian. She lowered her head, restraining her gradually disintegrating consciousness, and smiled softly: "Niannian, what do you want from me?"
Si Nian was stunned.
After Huo Zhiju and Si Yue got together, she followed Si Yue and called her Nian Nian in a gentle voice.
Later, she stabbed Si Yue during an argument and was caught by her. Since then, she never called her like that again.
When Si Nian suddenly heard this long-lost name, he was stunned for a moment.
At the moment she lost consciousness, the woman suddenly turned around, grabbed her hand holding the knife, and without hesitation, struck the sharp dagger between her fingers.
The sharp blade did not penetrate the woman's soft body, and blood flowed out.
She looked into her eyes with a smile, and whispered hoarsely, like a curse: "Si Nian, no matter what you want, it will never come true."
She let go, and her slender body fell straight down from the tower.
There were exclamations from all sides below the tower.
The moment the woman's body fell out of the watchtower, Si Xu jumped down, supported her body, and landed steadily on the ground.
"mom!"
"Auntie!"
Pei Xiao and Huo Lingyin, who were guarding under the tower, no longer cared about anyone else and ran straight to Si Xu.
The woman's eyes had turned pale due to the erosion of the virus. She looked straight at the young man's face close to her and slowly raised her hand.
The blood-stained fingers touched Si Xu's cheek. She raised a satisfied smile and murmured: "Ayue, you came to pick me up..."
(End of this chapter)
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