Chapter 102: Rebirth of the Ant Nest (I)
night.
Xie Mian lit a bonfire in front of the tent, and the dancing flames dispelled the chill brought by early autumn.
The children changed into new clothes that E Shifang took out from the space, and washed their little faces clean.
They sat around the campfire, and the younger children were crunching potato chips like little hamsters.
Those who were a little older ate slowly, without much joy in their eyes.
"What's wrong? Is the food not to your liking? Or are you feeling unwell?"
Lin Heng noticed the abnormality of these children, put down the water in his hand, and asked gently.
The children looked at each other, lowered their heads, and said nothing.
Their little hands were nervously twisting the corners of their clothes, and their skinny faces showed panic and helplessness.
Xie Mian was sitting a little further away, the butterfly wings behind him had been folded, but there was still a slight burning sensation on his shoulder blades.
The original green hair and eyebrows have changed slightly.
The green faded slightly, and some other colors appeared. E Shifang said it was like a rainbow painted on it.
The color of his pupils also changed slightly, with colorful colors flowing in his pupils. At first glance, it looked like sunlight was refracted into his pupils.
Goose Shifang was watching in a trance, stretching his neck so long that he felt like he could swing on the swing.
Xie Mian lifted E Shifang into his arms, holding him like a doll, and rested his chin on the back of E Shifang.
"Xiaohua, you speak."
"I……"
Xiao Hua hesitated, blinked, and finally mustered up the courage to look up and say, "Brother Lin Heng... Brother Xie Mian... Are you... are you leaving tomorrow?"
Hearing this, the other children also raised their heads and looked at the two of them.
They were afraid that Lin Heng and Xie Mian would leave and leave them here, but they also understood that in this world full of insect monsters, their elder brother would only be a burden if he brought them along. No one liked being a burden, and they didn't want to burden their two brothers either.
Lin Heng's heart was gripped tightly.
He ruffled the hair of the child next to him, looked at Xie Mian with tenderness in his eyes, and Xie Mian nodded.
Seeing that his brother was thinking the same thing as himself, Lin Heng's smile deepened:
"Yes, we're leaving tomorrow, but this 'we' is just you, you... and you all!"
Lin Heng lit the children in front of the bonfire one by one.
"Really?" Xiaohua's voice was filled with disbelief. "Really?" The other children couldn't help but ask.
"Of course it's true!"
Seeing Lin Heng nod, the children cheered.
The next morning, it was just dawn.
While the children were still asleep, Xie Mian took E Shifang out of the tent.
They currently only have a five-seater SUV, and with 21 children in total, the SUV is simply not enough to accommodate them. They need a car that is big enough.
He remembered that there was a parking lot near the welfare home, so he decided to try his luck.
As it turned out, his luck was as bad as ever.
The cars in the parking lot were all damaged, and some had become nests for insect monsters. If E Shifang hadn't been constantly on defense, the two of them would have been inevitably involved in a fierce battle.
Since it doesn’t work here, I have to look somewhere else.
Just as Xie Mian was about to leave the parking lot, a group of flea monsters as small as rice grains suddenly pounced on the protective shield, forming a large crowd like a red cloud.
"Bang--"
The shield crackled with a burst of electricity.
There were so many red fleas that they kept rushing forward, one after another, rushing towards the protective shield, as if they wanted to smash it through.
Xie Mian and E Shifang kept retreating.
"There are too many. Let's kill a bunch of them, otherwise we won't be able to leave."
A white light flashed in Xie Mian's palm, and a long sword appeared and chopped out quickly.
The red fleas died in the flash of the knife.
Just as Xie Mian was about to retract his sword and leave, his palm accidentally touched the bus behind him.
In an instant, the bus changed.
The deflated tire visibly filled up; the shattered glass window made a subtle "hissing" sound, as if the cracks were smoothed out by an invisible hand, instantly restored to their original state; the dents in the car body seemed to be lifted from the inside by an invisible giant hand, returning to a smooth surface; a dull "click" sound came from under the hood...
In just a few minutes, the scrapped bus was transformed into a repaired car.
"this……?"
Xie Mian looked at the car behind him, then at the palm of his hand.
"Have I gained new insect power?"
Goose Shifang flapped his wings, and the electric current became stronger, making all the insect monsters that were eyeing him dare not approach.
"Wife, your healing insect energy level has increased."
"So now I can not only treat people, but also 'treat' things?"
E Shifang nodded.
The improvement of Xie Mian Chong's ability is probably related to that cocoon.
That was the cocoon he took off, and it contained one-third of his energy. Now this energy was flowing through his body. It wouldn't be long before all his memories would return.
He had to continue to find ways to suppress these memories and never let them return.
Xie Mian also thought that the increase in insect energy level might be related to the cocoon, which was really a bit unexpected.
He was originally a little sad that he couldn't cut No. 3 into pieces.
Now considering that he did a good thing, let’s forgive him for dying early.
One person and one goose got in the car and drove back to the welfare home.
"Wow, it's a big car. Is this the big car we're going to ride in?"
When the children saw Xie Mian getting off the bus, they excitedly chattered and ran around the bus.
They touched here and looked there curiously, and one naughty kid even climbed onto the roof of the bus and jumped around on it.
After breakfast, the children all got on the bus.
Lin Heng drove the off-road vehicle in front, while Xie Mian drove the bus steadily behind.
E Shifang squatted on the roof of the bus and deployed his insect defense energy. A layer of pale purple, almost transparent protective shield, like an upside-down bowl, enveloped the entire bus.
The electric current on the protective shield crackled, forcing the insect monsters that were ready to move along the way to roar angrily and unable to get close.
Once they get close, they will be cooked by the electric current.
The car was driving very fast, and the tires rolled over the ground, raising clouds of dust.
After the initial excitement, the children gradually calmed down. Some looked at the ruins outside the window curiously, while others took out the snacks distributed by Lin Heng and shared them in small bites.
I don't know who started it, but childish singing voices rang out in the carriage and the children began to sing.
"Let's go west," Lin Heng's voice came through the intercom. "Two hundred kilometers away, there's a safe zone called 'Rock.' It's said to be quite large. Let's go check it out."
"Rock Safe Zone... received."
Night falls again.
After driving for a whole day, they did not dare to risk traveling at night for safety reasons.
Lin Heng found a relatively secluded abandoned gas station backed by a broken wall as a temporary camp.
The two cars were parked side by side.
The children had a simple dinner on the bus, but fatigue quickly set in. With Xie Mian and Lin Heng's comfort, they soon curled up in their seats and fell asleep.
"Brother, brother, can I sleep with the goose in my arms?"
The youngest girl, named "Niuniu", had two pigtails and asked Xie Mian with her big round eyes.
Xie Mian wanted to refuse, because at his feet, E Shifang stretched his neck, hugged his thighs, and stared at him with his two small eyes.
Just when he was about to reject the little girl and tell her that the goose was not a toy, he suddenly felt his butt being pecked secretly.
Then another one followed.
The face becomes red and warm.
Xie Mian changed his tone of refusal, picked up E Shifang by the neck, and placed him on the seat next to the little girl:
"Of course you can, I wish you a good dream today!"
E Shifang felt like crying after being glared at by Xie Mian. Could he say that he really didn't mean it?
The peaches were so tempting, what could he do?!
Ga!
The next morning, Xie Mian opened his eyes, suddenly stood up from his seat and rushed to the back.
The door of the bus was closed.
The carriage was empty!
The children in the carriage, along with the goose Shifang, disappeared.
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