Chapter 350, The Light of Redemption
He stayed in that room of eternal night for three months, gradually collapsing from his initial struggle and resistance.
He began to lose the ability to eat and would vomit out whatever he ate. The strength in his limbs was stripped away and his eyes gradually lost their function.
The child who had been trying to escape the laboratory finally gave up at some point. It seemed alright to die here. After all, even if he escaped, there was no place for him outside.
That's it.
Just like this, sleeping in the eternal night, how nice it would be.
No more pain, no more...
In the last moment before closing his eyes, the pitch-black glass suddenly rose up, and the strong light fell into the dark room, stinging his eyes.
He could not see anything, only a dazzling white in front of his eyes, but he did not look away, greedily enjoying the moment of seeing the light of day again.
"Hey." As his vision gradually cleared, a little girl in a white princess dress squatted down in front of him. "Who are you?"
He heard her clear voice, soft and gentle, asking his name.
She looked very young, with a fair and clean face that was a little chubby, and her eyes were clearer and brighter than he had ever seen before. She was completely different from the lifeless experimental subjects in the laboratory.
He stared at her blankly and forgot to answer her question.
"Can't you speak?" She said with a hint of regret. Then, as if remembering something, she pulled out a White Rabbit candy from her small bag and handed it to him. "Here, for you."
He didn't move, so she simply stuffed the candy into his hand and whispered, "I secretly took this from my uncle's office. It's for you."
He stared at her.
"Hey? Your hand is injured." She saw his bloody fingertips and cried out in surprise. She took out a white embroidered handkerchief and put it in his hand. "Wait for me. I'll go find grandpa. He can call a doctor..."
All his memories of the laboratory were confined to the little girl's soft voice.
The little girl was unable to call a doctor because researchers who discovered the situation rushed over. They carried the little girl away and took her into the laboratory for a physical examination.
He no longer tried to escape, and the men did not continue to throw him into the dark room.
He returned to the bright light, carrying a soft handkerchief and the milky-smelling White Rabbit candy.
…
"Qin Huai."
The young man, lost in his memories, heard a girl calling his name from afar, and he looked towards her.
She stood at the foot of the Star-Picking Tower and waved at him.
Behind me, tall buildings reach into the clouds, and above my head, stars flow.
Time has passed, but even in the dim night, he can still clearly see her smile.
Qin Huai walked towards her slowly.
…
Thinking about what Qin Huai said, Shen Yao walked for a while, turned around and found that Qin Huai had not caught up, so she turned around and called him.
"Qin Huai!"
The girl's clear voice was carried in the wind, and the leaves next to the Zhaixing Tower were blown by the wind, making a rustling sound.
The cold wind blew into her neck. Shen Yao shrank her neck and looked around, her eyes falling on the tree whose name she couldn't tell.
When Qin Huai approached, she pointed at the tree curiously and said, "Qin Huai, what kind of tree is this?"
This kind of tree has never been seen at the Xiling base - the trunk is as thick as a man's embrace, and the palm-sized emerald green leaves, when the branches rustle in the wind, they make a light sound like flowing water.
Qin Huai only glanced at it and said casually, "I don't know. There are many ancient tree species on Qingcheng Mountain. Perhaps even scholars who do research in this area may not be able to name them."
He glanced at the towering Zhaixing Tower and remembered something: "Zhaixing Tower is an observation deck built on Qingcheng Mountain. It is said to be a good place to watch the sunrise. There used to be an elevator up and down, but now there is a power outage, so..."
"We're going to climb up?" Baptized by the fresh mountain air, Chen Yao was in a good mood. Upon hearing this, she rolled up her sleeves and worked hard. "Isn't there a saying that things gained through hard work are more precious to people? Let's go!"
She pulled Qin Huai into the hall, found the staircase, glanced up with the help of the flashlight, and consoled herself: "It doesn't look particularly high."
Qin Huai chuckled: "Well, not particularly high." Only 666 steps.
Chen Yao walked in front, and when she passed the second-floor platform, she could just see the top of the ancient tree she had just seen.
The rustling of leaves sounds like people whispering.
Shen Yao subconsciously stopped.
The tree seemed to be talking to her.
She was about to move closer to find out what was going on when someone grabbed her wrist.
Turning back, Qin Huai's eyes were filled with a gentle smile, and he said softly, "Are you tired after just climbing one floor?"
Shen Yao retorted: "No!"
"Then why don't you leave?"
"Let's go!" Feeling looked down upon, she angrily shook off his hand and continued to climb.
After the girl left, Qin Huai walked to the outside of the platform, tapped his fingers on the railing, and sneered: "Don't mess with me, or I'll burn you."
The leaves rustled, and if you looked closely, you could see that the palm-sized leaves were slightly curled up and shaking in the wind.
Qin Huai snorted, turned around and followed the girl's steps.
After climbing more than 400 steps with high morale, Shen Yao leaned against the wall, bent over and gasped for breath.
Qin Huai walked over to her side and patted her back leisurely to help her calm down.
"Qin, Qin Huai..." Shen Yao finally caught her breath, "Aren't you a high-level psychic? Why don't you fly up?"
Qin Huai said simply: "I am a psychic and cannot fly." Not only can he not fly, but his overall combat capability is not as good as that of other types of psychics.
Although psychic powers are dangerous and offensive powers, they have no strengthening effect on the psychic user himself.
In other words, once he encounters an enemy whose superpower level is higher than his, or who is immune to psychic powers, his chances of winning will be greatly reduced.
"So that's how it is." Not realizing that the man had exposed his weakness to her, Shen Yao simply waved her hand in disdain, "Then your special ability is really useless."
When someone said his supernatural powers were useless for the first time, Qin Huai didn't refute it. He just asked, "Can you still walk? Do you want me to carry you?"
Chen Yao refused without hesitation: "You carry me? Look at your fragile little body, I'm afraid I'll hurt you."
"Hmm?" Qin Huai looked at her calmly. This kind of words were not something this girl would say normally.
As if he had discovered something interesting, Qin Huai paused for three seconds and smiled, "Yes, then Yaoyao, you should work harder, we will reach the top of the building soon."
Chen Yao stood up straight and stretched her arms and legs. "Need you to tell me? I counted them. There are still two hundred and twenty steps left before I reach the top."
After saying that, he patted his face and said, "Hey, Miaomiao is right. I've been staying in the lab all the time, and even my bones have become stiff..."
Qin Huai touched the top of her head to comfort her.
Instead of dodging his hand as usual, the girl rubbed his palm gently when his palm fell.
Qin Huai: "Puff."
Chen Yao, this is trouble you caused yourself, I won’t help you solve it.
(End of this chapter)
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