Chapter 82: Memories (Part 4)
The three of them were the youngest in the base, and the people there gave them all their hope for survival.
Her two older siblings, who were with her, took her to other surviving human settlements. They were a couple who had stocked up on enough food before winter and planned to hold a wedding at the base.
The twenty people in the base, who huddled together for warmth, had long since become a family. They were all preparing for their weddings. In this apocalypse, hope brings peace of mind and gives people the courage to survive.
Children and love are sources of joyful hope.
But they didn't make it to that moment. The older brother's wounds became infected due to the severity of his injuries. At this time, wound infection is extremely dangerous, and medicine is too precious. In order to find medicine for him, the older sister risked going to the abandoned town, but was captured by people stationed in a small base there.
Her brother, dragging his injured body, took her to find her sister, only to find her ragged and filled with despair.
Her brother told her to hide and not come out, then transformed into a giant dog and charged out to tear them apart like a madman.
She hid inside an abandoned car, clutching their only gun, her body trembling slightly. Through the crack, she saw her brother fall to the ground and her sister being dragged into the house by her hair, like a dead dog.
She just watched, gripping the gun tightly to memorize their faces, her eyes turning from initial fear to icy coldness.
Her gaze was fixed on a tanker truck parked in front of their fence.
As night fell, she hid in the pile of junk outside their house, listening to them drinking inside.
She quietly crept onto the tanker truck, unplugged the wires inside, and started the fire.
Fortunately, she learned a lot at the base, where the older brothers and sisters taught her various survival skills in this post-apocalyptic world.
After starting the tanker truck, she alerted the people inside. She placed a large rock on the accelerator, then jumped off the truck and fired a shot at the fuel tank as the people inside rushed out.
An oil tanker exploded, turning the area into a sea of fire.
That was the first time she killed someone.
She saw the group of people writhing in the fire, screaming in agony. Wiping away a tear, she walked into one of the houses, intending to continue her journey as soon as it was light.
In winter, without food, her body grew weaker and weaker. She dared not approach small groups of five or six people. She listened to her older siblings and kept walking south. There was a large base there where people would take in a child as young as her.
She didn't know how she got to that large base, and she had lost count of how many dangers she encountered along the way. Every time she felt like she was going to starve to death, she would wake up after fainting and find that she had a little strength left to stand up again.
As the snow piled up to her waist, she finally saw the towering walls of the large base and successfully entered it.
However, her life was no longer as happy as it had been in the small base before. This base was surrounded by a large city and had to support tens of thousands of people. Resources were very limited, and she had to fight for food if she wanted to get it.
She often couldn't compete with the children who had mutated abilities, and was frequently beaten until her head was bleeding and her body was covered in injuries.
She grew up amidst this competition, transforming into a fierce wolf. Anyone who dared to steal food from her would be relentlessly bitten and killed, and the other children began to fear her.
But she still couldn't beat those children with superpowers. But she wasn't afraid. She wasn't even afraid of death, so why would she be afraid of these children?
Eve watched as she struggled to survive in the apocalypse, getting injured and falling into danger time and time again, only to find a way to escape each time.
Seeing their base destroyed, they could only go to the next large base. This time, during gene monitoring, they were captured and taken away for research and experimentation because of the detection of special gene fluctuations.
She was subjected to electric shocks, constant blood draws, and forced to experience various painful stimuli. Under this inhuman torture, her mind was on the verge of collapse.
She was only twelve years old at the time.
Finally, Ivana's gaze lingered on the image of her being stabbed through the heart from behind.
When Evena was pulled out of Anno's memories, she felt as if she had been pulled out of the water; her consciousness had just been withdrawn, and she was still somewhat dazed.
All I could see were images of Anno hatching from her shell and crying out in the heavy snow.
What did they do?
What did they do?
Suddenly, Evena dared not look at Anno's face. Those memories, that excruciating pain and hatred, that helplessness, insignificance and despair in the face of that world, all seemed to have been experienced by her.
She was so uncomfortable that she couldn't breathe. She suddenly stood up, her head spinning, and she staggered a couple of times.
"Ivna!"
Luo Jin tried to help her up, but she pushed him away, saying, "I'm sorry, sister, I need to catch my breath."
Eve pushed open the door and walked outside. Conson and Doris, who were waiting outside, stood up in surprise and looked into the ward when they saw her rushing towards the bathroom.
"What happened to Evena? Is the baby alright?"
"It's alright, Father and Mother, don't worry."
The two were relieved to see the baby sleeping peacefully on the bed. However, Eve's reaction seemed a bit strange to them. Why did she look like she was in a lot of pain and discomfort?
Ivana had never been so distraught. She went into the bathroom, locked the door, turned on the tap, and, with her hands on the edge of the sink, burst into tears.
She possesses the ability to sense the consciousness and memories of others through the Spark. This ability allows her to feel the same emotions and memories as the person she senses. If they experience joyful emotions and memories, she will also feel joy; if they experience sadness, she will also feel it.
Unless there is a special need, she will rarely use this ability.
Anno's memories were too painful; they were like a file relentlessly scraping at her heart, making even breathing painful.
Lokin was worried about Eve and kept knocking on the bathroom door, calling out to her.
"Ivana, Ivana?"
Seeing that Ivana wouldn't open the door and hearing faint crying coming from inside, she thought something had happened, so she drew her knife and slashed the door open.
She pushed open the door and saw Ivana with tears streaming down her face.
She stood there, stunned.
She had never seen Ivana shed a tear since she came of age.
Even though she's an adult, she's always been the most beloved child in their family, and she rarely sheds a tear as a child.
When Ivana saw Lokin, she went up and hugged her. She didn't want to cry, but her mind hadn't fully recovered from Anno's memories, and she needed to release these negative emotions.
Logan held Ivana and patted her back gently, letting her vent her emotions.
After a long while, Ivana finally calmed down and stopped crying.
Her slightly hoarse voice whispered in Luo Jin's ear, "Sister, I don't know what to do to make it up to Zai Zai."
Although Lokin didn't know what Evena saw in Anno's consciousness, he could guess from Evena's pained expression that it must have been a terrible memory.
She stroked Ivana's back and whispered, "Just love her."
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