Chapter 100 The Person Who Didn't Have Time to Say Goodbye
Qi An was somewhat dazed.
That sense of disorientation intensified as they flew 50 kilometers with Xu Zhuoxing and stopped at a lakeside willow embankment.
The lake is a deep, mysterious, dark blue ancient mirror, and the lush willow branches that brush the water's surface are like a layer of ever-changing dark green mist on the mirror.
Amidst the lakes, grassy areas, and swaying vines, there are slender figures crouching in a ball.
The figure was also dressed in a green dress, almost perfectly blending into the world, unrecognizable, but the song guided the way;
"It goes on year after year."
I'm doing everything I can to resist the possibility of being forgotten.
People I didn't have time to say goodbye to.
I want to cherish our destiny~
Even if the light and shadow are intricate~
I believe you will see it one day...
I'll still be singing here.
"Always here, singing..."
The singing was completely unaccompanied, yet it was so pure and beautiful that it touched the heart!
It felt even more unreal. Qi An stopped in his tracks a long way off, not daring to go any further.
“I…” she said.
Before she could finish speaking, the person squatting on the lake shore turned around in a flash.
The night was long, but our gazes met without any obstruction.
Ye Xiao stood up and walked towards them with somewhat hurried steps.
She stopped 5 meters in front of Qi An and the other person, staring at Qi An for a moment.
How many seconds was that moment? Two minutes? Or maybe a century? Qi An's mind was both empty and full, a jumble of thoughts, and he couldn't remember it at all.
She only heard Ye Xiao chuckle:
"The temple on the mountain next to our house is truly efficacious! Your dad's wish came true, and your maternal grandparents' wishes also came true. You really look like me!"
The scene before Qi An's eyes was instantly obscured by a blurry filter.
Ye Xiao paused for a moment, then jogged up to give Qi An a big hug!
However, a thin bone blade emerged from Xu Zhuoxing's palm, its tip pressed against Ye Xiao's neck!
"Step back and go to the lake to calm down," he said calmly.
Qi An froze, watching as Ye Xiao lowered her eyes, glanced at the blade gleaming with a ghostly light, and her smile vanished like a shattered illusion, dissolving like ripples on water, revealing a cold, mocking expression.
"The High Priest's judgment remains as accurate as ever." She turned away, her voice as cold as ice: "May your judgment always be accurate!"
Xu Zhuoxing replied, "I don't need to be accurate all the time; I just need to always be better than you."
He sheathed the bone blade, tilted his head and nodded at Qi An: "Your daughter isn't easy to kill either. Your chances of successfully assassinating her are really slim. Why not give up?"
Ye Xiao ignored him completely and squatted back down by the lake.
Qi An was stunned for a long time before her voice rose involuntarily: "She...she was faking it just now? She's not like this at all?!"
"Don't rush," Xu Zhuoxing said, "It's just a matter of degree."
If there were a progress bar for schizophrenia, I'd be at 80%...85%, while your mom would be at most 40%.
The moment she saw you, that was probably her true feeling; only after that did she start pretending.
Qi An's mood was like soaring to the clouds and then plunging headfirst into a mud pit.
She asked, "This progress bar, is it dynamic? When you first mutated, wasn't it less stable than it is now? My mother is on the battlefield in South China..."
On the battlefield in South China, Ye Xiao showed no mercy when killing her comrades!
Ye Xiao paused for a moment after seeing her up close.
“Yes.” Xu Zhuoxing said with his hands behind his back, “Didn’t humanity already have purification technology and the ability to fight against pollution?”
We, who are not fully transformed, are also fighting against the will to pollute.
Before the great battle in South China, your mother was probably only lucid about 10% of the time, and at most she could restrain herself from killing you in critical moments.
After the Battle of South China, she came to me severely wounded and asked me for help.
At this point, the man glanced at Qi An again and said, "It's only been half a year, but she's already achieved what I've accomplished in 10 years."
"Comparison is the thief of joy!"
Qi An knew that Xu Zhuoxing was somewhat jealous of her seemingly natural 100% talent, a talent that was a pain in the neck!
But wasn't Qi An upset? She spun around twice and kicked a willow tree trunk next to her.
The willow catkins fluttered down, and she swatted them away haphazardly, angrily shouting, "But I! Don't know! Why am I 100%!"
What exactly happened in the delivery room back then? How can I help you?
“You probably can’t help us.” Xu Zhuoxing dodged Qi An slightly, slowly brushing the willow catkins off his body, and denied it.
But these were two voices colliding. Qi An quickly looked towards the lakeside.
Ye Xiao stood up again! This time, she seemed clear-headed, but she avoided Qi An's gaze.
"Nothing much happened in the delivery room back then," she said softly, turning her head away.
"The doctor cut open my stomach, and then the doctor collapsed."
The assistant was terrified. I told her to quickly take the baby out, and she fainted!
It could be from shock, or it could be from an infection; either way, it's quite a mental challenge.
In the operating room, I was the only one still awake in the blink of an eye.
Qi An was stunned. Ye Xiao spoke as if it were something lighthearted and amusing, but what a terrifying situation it was!
"You...you don't have any anesthesia?" she blurted out.
"Yes, but I was scared at the time, so I had to use my mental energy. My body was numb, but my mind was still awake."
However, the numbness in my body quickly subsided, and I heard the operating room door banging. Someone... oh, it was bugs hitting the door.
I'm a little anxious and a little scared.
I shouldn't have been in such a hurry, because when I was in a hurry, it seemed like the anesthesia wore off faster.
"It started to hurt, it hurt so much..." Ye Xiao's gaze sharpened for a moment, as if she were clutching a clump of bushes beside her.
But she glosses over the description of the pain: "When I'm in pain, my mind goes blank, and that's when you start moving."
You tore it...that should be called the uterine lining, right? That's what your dad said.
You little thing, you tore your uterine lining and crawled out!
Of course, I can't blame you for this, because I was already undergoing a transformation at that time, and my stomach was healing on its own.
If you don't come out on your own, you might suffocate inside.
However, your forearm isn't very strong, so you only got a small tear.
I am the Ash Priestess! That little wound in my stomach can heal in no time, but you're still going to have to swallow it back down.
I pried open the incision myself and pulled you out.
Xu Zhuoxing had never heard such a detailed version before, and he fell silent upon hearing it.
He said that this mother and daughter were really something else!
Ye Xiao continued, "When I picked you up, I thought you must be a very powerful little baby insect."
But you came out completely, covered in blood, as small as a mouse, yet you looked like a human baby.
But when you opened your eyes—the first time you opened your eyes—everything was black!
Ye Xiao's voice was tinged with fear, and she frowned in confusion:
"Back then, as an Ash Priest, I actually felt a kind of... a kind of pressure! I almost accidentally threw you away!"
Thankfully I didn't throw it away; I regained my senses.
I later realized that when I wanted to kill you or hurt you, I would suddenly become more sober.
Ye Xiao glanced quickly at Qi An, this time with a hint of a smile in her eyes, yet also a touch of grievance:
"Isn't it amazing? I'm still very good to you!"
I was clear-headed then, and I was fully aware that if I were to fall into a state of unconsciousness again, I might kill you or take you to the insect nest.
I'm so conflicted. I miss your dad so much. There's no one around, no one to help me make a decision...
Anyway, in the end I still don't want to kill you, or throw you into a pile of tentacles.
I burst open the operating room door and slapped each of those lowly worms at the door!
They moved aside, and I led you to a restroom, rinsed you off, and wrapped you in a towel.
I found the exit from the bunker again... That bunker was such a pain! The path was so winding and it took me ages to find it!
Who knows how long I'll stay sober? I was so anxious I almost tore the whole castle apart!
But I still found it!
I got to the ground. That dilapidated place was still on the outskirts of the city, but if you walked a little further onto the main road, you could see residential areas and living people.
The virus doesn't kill everyone; those who survive can run and jump.
I saw a girl in her early twenties quickly climb up to the third floor and carry a little boy, who seemed to have a leg injury, down from the balcony.
The little boy must have lost all his relatives; he was crying so hard he could barely breathe.
The girl comforted the little boy, saying she knew where the soldier was and told him to go with him.
I didn't have time to observe further. Seeing this, I suppressed my aura of pollution, rushed to the girl, and shoved you into her arms.
Ye Xiao crouched down in the bushes again, her voice very low:
"I didn't dare to turn around at the time, and it seems I didn't have time to say a few more words of advice."
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