Chapter 81: Being alive is more important than anything else.
A beast roar came from a distance, disturbing people's sleep. When Lin Mian opened his eyes, he saw dim light coming in from the car window. It was not yet fully bright.
The arm around his waist retracted, pulling him into the arms of the person behind him, and his whole body was wrapped in a warm embrace.
"Altered Specimens attack," Jiang Jie Chenqi's slightly hoarse voice echoed in his ears, not even bothering to open his eyes. "Those mutants can handle it."
Judging from the noise just now, it was indeed some distance away from them, probably on the north side of the village. Places with many living people always attracted more alien creatures.
Lin Mian felt relieved and snuggled into his arms. As he did so, a corner of the quilt flew open, letting in the cold air from outside. Goose bumps appeared on his arms. "It seems the temperature has dropped again."
Jiang Jie placed his palm on his arm, the warmth from his palm dispelling the slight chill. "You have such a small body, wear something thicker today."
Lin Mian nodded, but before he could say anything, the sounds of fighting in the distance became more intense, with roars of beasts ringing out one after another.
The sensitive hearing of a mutant made it difficult to ignore the noises. Sleeping was impossible in this situation. He listened with his eyes open for a while and said, "From the noise, there's only one mutant, but after fighting for so long, it should be a B-level."
It is impossible that three or four psychics cannot deal with a C-level mutant in half a day.
Jiang Yan, who had his eyes closed to rest, heard that he was still focusing on that, so he opened his eyes and said, "I see you don't want to sleep anymore."
Lin Mian blinked. He was indeed not sleepy anymore. After all, it was almost dawn outside and he slept well last night.
Jiang Yan looked at his innocent expression, raised his lips and smiled, and moved his hand around his waist downwards, "Then do something meaningful."
Afterwards, Lin Mian's attention was no longer divided. He didn't even notice when the fight over there stopped. All his thoughts were focused on the man.
By the time everything was over, it was already noon and the sky was bright.
Jiang Jie brushed away Lin Mian's wet hair, lowered his head and kissed his forehead, teasing him, "Don't you feel cold now?"
Lin Mian looked at him weakly. It was not just that he was no longer cold. He was now very hot and sweating all over.
Knowing that he usually didn't want to pay attention to her at times like this, Jiang Jie pinched his face, picked him up and took him to the bathroom to take a shower.
The space inside was small, and it was inevitable that the gun would go off accidentally during cleaning. Another hour passed before the two came out.
Jiang Jie carried the person out and put him on the small sofa to sit and rest, while he worked hard to tidy up the messy bed.
Lin Mian took a dry towel and wiped his hair from time to time. Ever since his superpowers awakened and his hearing became more sensitive, he didn't like using a hair dryer much anymore.
When his hair was half dry, he heard footsteps approaching. He paused and turned to look at the rear of the car.
Jiang Yan came over with the changed dirty bed sheets, threw them to the side of the sofa, gave him a look that told him to stay put, and went to the door.
Wu Yan had just walked to the front of the car when the door was opened from the inside. He paused with his raised hand, but he was not surprised.
He didn't deliberately lower his footsteps when he came over, just to make the other party notice. He looked up at the man standing on the steps and said, "Don't you two plan to leave today?"
Seeing that they hadn't left by noon, they came to "evict" them. Jiang Jie crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the car door. "My boyfriend isn't feeling well, so we might have to stay for two days."
Boyfriend? He was so straightforward that Wu Li was stunned. He didn't expect that they had such a relationship. Yesterday, they thought they were brothers.
Of course, he doesn't have any discrimination. Not to mention that it's the end of the world now, even in the past, it was a personal freedom to like anyone.
Although he didn't have much education, he worked outside for many years, so his horizons were not that narrow and he didn't like to meddle in other people's affairs.
After a two-second pause, he continued, "Is he okay?"
"It's okay," Jiang Jie said, leaning towards the car. "Maybe I caught a cold yesterday. I have a slight cold. I'll be fine after resting for two days."
Having said that, Wu Lie couldn't ask the other party to leave. Although the village was theirs, he couldn't be too forceful without knowing the other party's strength. He thought for a moment and extended his hand towards the man, "My name is Wu Lie."
Jiang Jie lowered his eyes to glance at his outstretched hand, and shook hands briefly with him out of courtesy, "Jiang Jie."
Then he raised his chin towards the car and said, "His name is Lin Mian."
Wu Yan withdrew his hand and said, "Then I won't bother you two anymore."
He came suddenly and left suddenly.
Jiang Jie leaned against the car and watched him walk away before turning back into the car.
Lin Mian was still sitting on the sofa and heard everything they said just now clearly. "Are you here to test me?"
Jiang Yan nodded, walked over to sit beside him, and casually put his arm on the back of the sofa behind him. "It's normal for two strangers to be wary of you suddenly, but you're still a smart person."
There is no need to confront someone head-on. In the apocalypse, when you don't know the details, the best option is to not act rashly.
It was precisely because he still had some brains that Jiang Jie was willing to find a reason for them to stay. If they had a tough attitude, he would have suppressed them violently, regardless of whether they were willing or not.
Lin Mian felt a little relieved about this. As long as they didn't provoke each other too much, they would be able to live in peace from then on.
Turning his head to look at the man's still wet hair, he placed the towel in his hand over his head and helped him wipe it, "The temperature is low, don't catch a cold."
Jiang Jie looked up at him, smiled, lowered his head cooperatively, and let him do what he wanted.
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"Brother Li, haven't those two left yet?" Lin Kegang burned the body of the mutant creature, threw the crystal in his hand, turned around and asked.
Wu Yan was still paying attention to the movements around him and shook his head when he heard this.
"Two days have passed. They don't want to stay here, do they?" Lin Xiaoyuan followed beside him, pouting a little unhappily.
He didn't like the tall man very much because he teased him when they first met.
"I don't know." Wu Li couldn't figure out what the other party was thinking. Logically speaking, there was nothing worth staying in their village. Even he had been considering taking everyone to the nearest safe zone.
There are more and more alienated creatures, and Class B ones are even more frequent recently. The village is no longer safe. They can't protect it for long just by themselves. If they continue to live here, it may fall one day.
No matter how reluctant you are to leave your hometown, the long-term solution is to seek refuge in a safe zone. Staying alive is more important than anything else.
So he couldn't understand why those two people stayed here.
"Forget it, let's go after we've cleaned up here." Wu Li stopped thinking about it for the time being. Since those two people hadn't shown any ill intentions at the moment, they could still live in peace for the time being.
"roar--"
He had barely finished speaking when the roar of a strange beast suddenly came from the direction of the village, and the expressions of the three men suddenly changed.
"Oh no, I don't know if Xiaoyun can handle it alone. Let's go back quickly!" Lin Ke cursed softly and ran quickly towards the village.
Hearing two more beast roars, they became even more anxious, worried that the people left behind would not be able to deal with those alien creatures.
Hopefully, the other party can hold on before they go back.
With anxious concern, they rushed back to the village as quickly as possible and headed towards the direction of the fight.
Still at a distance, they saw several alien creatures being suddenly swept out by the flying water current, and fell heavily to the ground with a "bang".
The next moment, he tied up another alien creature that seemed to want to take advantage of the situation to escape, hung it directly in the air, and whipped it severely several times, making it scream in pain.
Then it roared, and flames flew around it, trying to stop several streams of water, but they were pulled apart in a few seconds. One of the streams was wrapped in a ball of fire and hit the face of the alien creature directly, with great lethality and insult.
It struggled angrily, but could not shake the water that bound it and was firmly restrained.
"Damn, when did Sister Xiaoyun become so awesome?!" Lin Xiaoyuan was stunned by this scene. That was a B-level mutant, and it was actually being beaten.
Lin Ke didn't care about his brother's swearing at this time, and his eyes were also wide open.
Wu Yan vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he didn't stop and quickly approached.
They thought that Zhao Xiaoyun, whose strength had suddenly increased, was protecting several villagers at this time. They stared in amazement at the man standing not far away. He just raised his hand casually, and the alien creature that they usually had to work together to deal with was completely suppressed.
She even saw that the alien creature was frightened and wanted to escape for a moment when the man appeared, but was pulled back.
How powerful must someone be to be able to scare B-level mutants!
She couldn't help but look down at her hands. Could their water abilities be so strong? Or...
She looked up at him again. This was just a unique case for this man...
Jiang Jie originally didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but since this alien creature was riding on his face, wouldn't it be a shame to not kill it for its courage?
The lesson was enough, he beckoned his hand downwards, and the water flow directly bound the alien creature and hit the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
“Ahem…”
The three people who had just arrived were covered in dust and couldn't help coughing.
When the force subsided and he turned around to look, the mutant had been hollowed out by the water and was completely dead, along with the other two C-level mutants.
The scene was silent for a moment.
Jiang Yan reached out to catch the crystals sent by the water flow, and without paying attention to what they thought, he turned around and handed them over, "Keep the rations."
Lin Mian took it and put it in his pocket.
They were just taking a walk in the village when they heard the movement of the mutant creatures and came over to deal with them.
He turned around and looked at the few people who were still in a daze, leaning close to Jiang Jie's ear, and said, "Are they scared silly?"
Jiang Jie nodded in agreement and said seriously, "It's possible."
The people who were being bullied by the crickets finally reacted at this time. Without caring whether they were mutants or not, they went to check whether Zhao Xiaoyun and several villagers were injured.
After making sure they were safe and just frightened, Wu Li paused for a moment and turned his gaze to Jiang Jie and the others.
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