Chapter 254 Lin Mo's Superpower "Shall we go now?" Sang...
"Shall we go now?" Sang Zhitao came out of the tent, looked at the sun hanging high in the sky, and couldn't help but rub her eyes.
When Lin Mo saw that she was awake, he handed her a bowl of noodles and cakes.
Sang Zhitao saw that there were already three or four fruit shells at Lin Mo's feet, and more than thirty pastries piled up in the cloth bag next to him.
"Did you already go pick it up?" Sang Zhitao frowned. "Why didn't you call me?"
Lin Mo smiled slightly: "Children need to sleep more."
Hearing him say that, Sang Zhitao pursed her lips.
She originally thought that she could use her experience to help out here, but she didn't expect to win without lifting a finger.
Lin Mo smiled and patted her head: "I'm your father, you can rely on me."
Sang Zhitao rubbed her hands together, revealing a well-behaved face.
“There are still many over there. Let’s continue collecting them after we finish breakfast.” Lin Mo pushed the wooden bowl towards her again.
Sang Zhitao obediently took the bowl and quickly ate all the cakes in it.
Lin Mo quickly finished the remaining flatbread, then wiped the bowls and chopsticks with water before getting up to pack up the tent.
After a flurry of activity, it was 7:30.
The father and daughter didn't linger, carrying their bags and picking up noodles and fruit along the edge of the quarantine area.
Before they knew it, the sun had reached its zenith.
Sang Zhitao wiped the sweat from her brow and took a big gulp of water from the bottle.
"Let's take a break," Lin Mo said to Sang Zhitao, looking around and finding a relatively shady spot.
Sang Zhitao glanced at the place he had found, which turned out to be under a patch of mutated plants. Upon seeing this, she couldn't help but look hesitant.
"It's nothing." Lin Mo could read her thoughts from her face.
As she spoke, Sang Zhitao saw that the mutated plant seemed to have had all its colors absorbed by some mysterious force. Its emerald green branches and leaves turned grayish-black in an instant, and the leaves curled up and drooped down.
"What is this?" Sang Zhitao asked with surprise.
Lin Mo's expression darkened: "This is my special ability, the Realm of Despair."
He didn't explain the specifics of the ability, but Sang Zhitao could sense the intense negative emotions within it.
She obediently hugged her backpack and hid in the cleared-out area.
Perhaps due to the supernatural ability, this shady place was much cooler than other ordinary shady places.
As soon as she sat down on the ground, Sang Zhitao couldn't help but sniff, and a familiar scent rushed into her nostrils.
Sang Zhitao's expression changed immediately, and she stood up warily, looking around.
"What's wrong?" Lin Mo asked, puzzled by her expression.
Sang Zhitao shook her head. She didn't know how to explain to Lin Mo that she had actually smelled the real scent.
Lin Mo frowned, looking at her as if she were facing a formidable enemy, and couldn't help but feel worried.
Sang Zhitao had no time to pay attention to Lin Mo's emotions at the moment. She tentatively walked around and found that she could only smell a trace of the real aura within Lin Mo's ability range.
Not only that, but along with the real scent, there was also a strange smell that followed it like a shadow.
"You..." Lin Mo hesitated for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly stood up alertly and threw his superpower directly onto the open ground opposite.
In an instant, the open space was enveloped in a light gray mist, and then the lawn gradually faded to grayish-white.
Then a young woman appeared on the other side of the fog.
This woman was extremely beautiful; her eyes were like stars, her eyebrows were dark and delicate, her hair was held high, and her lips were like cherries.
Upon seeing Sang Zhitao and her father, the woman greeted them with delight.
Lin Mo nodded silently, and the light gray mist engulfed the woman.
The smile on the woman's face vanished abruptly, and her bright eyes lost their color.
She stared blankly at the two of them, then silently squatted down, her face ashen as if she had lost everything.
"What's wrong with her?" Sang Zhitao looked at the other person with some curiosity.
Lin Mo glanced at them indifferently and explained nonchalantly, "Those with superpowers who exist within my barrier will lose the ability to feel joy and will be constantly pulled by despair until they die."
Sang Zhitao raised an eyebrow: "Impressive."
Lin Mo's cold gaze softened when he touched her: "Be good, ignore them, let's rest for a bit and continue."
"Will she...die?" Sang Zhitao looked at the woman who was now desperately biting her arm, and especially when she thought of the woman's bright smile just now, she felt a strange emotion welling up in her heart.
Lin Mo looked at her face, remained silent for a moment, and then withdrew his superpower.
Sang Zhitao was taken aback and subconsciously looked up at him: "What's wrong?"
“…It’s alright.” Lin Mo paused for a moment before continuing, “She doesn’t deserve to die.”
Sang Zhitao instantly realized that Lin Mo was considering her feelings, so she looked up at Lin Mo and said, "Actually, there's no need to pay attention to my feelings. I can adjust myself quickly."
"You're only four years old." Lin Mo sighed silently. "You're still a child..."
“…Three hundred years old.” Sang Zhitao opened her mouth and softly replied.
Lin Mo pretended not to hear and looked at the woman in the formation.
This woman was Maya, who had been tricked into a honey trap by the Spiral Tower.
She snapped out of her despair, staring intently at her blood-soaked arm. A strange sense of relief washed over her, and she collapsed to the ground.
After a long while, she looked up blankly at the father and daughter.
After a long while, she struggled to her feet and slowly walked towards the father and daughter.
"I..." She had barely uttered a word when she felt a sharp pain in her throat, as if it were being cut by a knife.
She swallowed hard, moistened her lips, and then said in a hoarse voice, "I am Maya, a member of the 13th team of the Emotional Framework in the Seventh District of the Spiral Tower."
“…I’m here on orders from my superiors to deliver supplies to you.” Maya waited a moment, but Lin Mo didn’t respond, so she could only continue speaking softly.
"No need, leave immediately!" Lin Mo's cold gaze swept over Maya.
It was a cold, indifferent gaze, as if looking at a dead person, enough to chill Maya's heart and fill her with despair for the mission from her superiors.
Sang Zhitao's gaze swept between the two of them.
At this moment, without Lin Mo's explanation, she could understand that Lin Mo was very hostile to the people of the Spiral Tower.
Maya opened her mouth, then glanced at Sang Zhitao beside her: "Perhaps, I can help you take care of her."
Upon hearing her words, Lin Mo not only did not agree as she expected, but instead, gray mist rose from his body, and he stared at her fiercely.
Just as Maya was at a loss, the mist seemed to come alive and rushed to where she was standing.
Maya quickly dodged to the side, and the spot instantly turned to ashes.
She stared at Lin Mo, her face pale, and as the gray mist rushed towards her again, she quickly raised her hands and backed away.
"Get lost!" Lin Mo withdrew her superpower, and gray mist swirled around her, but it did not diminish the look of disgust she gave Maya.
Maya bit her lip and retreated more than ten meters before saying, "I really didn't mean any harm. I came here on orders from my superiors. I found you weren't home, so I came to check on you."
"I told you, go back." Lin Mo looked up at her, unmoved by her frankness.
Seeing this, Maya could only cover her arm and nod, saying, "Then I'm sorry to bother you."
As soon as she disappeared from sight, Lin Mo's tense emotions finally dissipated.
"Are you alright?" Sang Zhitao asked him worriedly.
Lin Mo shook his head: "It's okay, just stay away from the people in the Spiral Tower in the future."
Sang Zhitao obediently agreed.
Lin Mo held her as they continued to cool off under the mutated plant, and Sang Zhi Tao fell asleep without realizing it.
In her half-asleep state, she vaguely heard a commotion.
"I feel so hopeless..."
"I want to die..."
"Why don't you just die...?"
Along with a series of desperate groans, other chaotic sounds also reached her ears.
What's wrong with you?
"My dear sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
"Why are you trying to kill yourself?!"
"I want to die, I don't want to die, I want to die, I don't want to die..."
As the noise grew louder, Sang Zhitao yawned and opened her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Lin Mo couldn't help but feel worried when he saw that she had woken up after sleeping for less than ten minutes.
Sang Zhitao shook her head: "I heard a lot of random noises."
He briefly recounted everything he had just heard.
Lin Mo's face immediately darkened. He tightened his grip on Sang Zhitao's arms, and before she could cry out in pain, he quickly lowered his head and said to her, "Don't tell anyone about this, understand?"
Sang Zhitao was somewhat surprised. She thought it was all just a dream, but judging from Lin Mo's reaction, she must have really heard some strange noises.
"What was that sound?" Sang Zhitao asked him curiously.
Lin Mo paused for a moment, then slowly spoke: "This is the ability of the One of All Things: Listening."
"It enables the One of All Things to hear all things, whether they are animals or mutated plants."
Sang Zhitao recalled the conversation she had with someone before she accidentally fell into a deep hole while escaping the quarantine hut.
She had always thought it was just her imagination, but now it seems to be true.
"So never reveal this to anyone." Lin Mo looked at her seriously. "You're so young, and you're considered a being that will never appear again. If the Spiral Tower finds out, they will definitely take you away."
Sang Zhitao gently patted Lin Mo's arm, and after calming Lin Mo down, she said, "I know."
"How many people know your identity?" Lin Mo thought of how Sang Zhitao had traversed the entire pipe world alone to find him, and a hint of ruthlessness unconsciously appeared on his face.
“Everyone in Mutual Aid Group 773 knows that they are the ones who saved me. At the time, I didn’t know my identity, so they helped me figure it out. It was also my team member Ruyue who told me where I was.” Sang Zhitao briefly explained her situation in Mutual Aid Group 773.
Upon hearing the name 773, Lin Mo's expression relaxed somewhat.
Seeing his reaction, Sang Zhitao was somewhat surprised, but she didn't delay in explaining: "All along the way, I've been posing as a healer and a light angel, and I've only saved seven or eight people."
Lin Mo couldn't help but pull her closer, resting his chin on her head: "Okay, that's good. Just don't let anything happen to you."
The sun finally moved westward, and the heat subsided a bit.
"Speaking of which, didn't Dad lose his memory? How would he know about the All Things Being?"
Sang Zhitao had just picked up a few pastries from the ground when she suddenly looked up and asked Lin Mo curiously.
Lin Mo paused for a moment, then sighed and said, "I'll explain it to you later when I get back."
Seeing this, Sang Zhitao could only obediently nod in agreement.
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