Chapter 49: A Good Death
The promise was awkward.
The two of them were going to look for mutants. She could obviously walk, but Qi Qian insisted that she had just recovered and her mental strength was not enough, so he wanted to carry her away.
Just carry her. It’s not uncommon for a guide to be carried by a sentry on the road, but what’s strange is that her heart beats faster.
She felt panicked.
I always feel that there is something different about Qi Qian.
Or rather, what is different between them.
But he still called her sister, respected her, and obeyed her as always.
So she couldn't find the difference for a while.
He held Xu Nuo like a child, with one hand supporting her knees and the other around her waist, her upper body resting on his shoulder, and in front of her was a rapidly receding sand scene.
The young man's hands were very hot, and the heat spread from the part where their palms touched to the bottom of her skin, making her feel hot as well.
"Qi Qian." She couldn't help but say.
The young man looked up when he heard the voice, and she happened to lean over and suddenly got very close to him.
Just a little bit, the nose tip was about to touch the nose tip, and in just a few seconds, their breaths were entangled.
Qi Qian did not retreat, his eyes fixed on the person in front of him.
His pupils were different from those of ordinary people. They were a pair of deep, vertical pupils unique to animals. The tails of his eyes were narrow and sharp, like an emerald with a tail in the dark night, with a mysterious luster at the edges, wild and dangerous.
Ordinary people would feel like being watched by these eyes, as if they were being watched by some ferocious beast. Their every move was locked onto, waiting to be killed with one strike.
In Xu Nuo's eyes, although the pair of vertical pupils looked inhuman, there was nervousness and uneasiness in the bottom of the eyes, as if a giant beast with great power was constrained by some weak restraints. However, the giant beast was unwilling to break free and just stared at her longingly.
Xu Nuo turned his face away, avoiding the young man's gaze: "Nothing."
It was that strange feeling again. They had clearly done nothing wrong, it was just a careless act, and Qi Qian hadn't even said a word, but she was utterly unaccustomed to it.
Because he was once Wei Yan?
There was no word, only the wind and sand blowing. Xu Nuo didn't know what to say, he could only look at the retreating yellow sand and feel entangled in his heart.
After an unknown amount of time, silence became an invisible shackle. The young man glanced at the person in his arms and whispered, "Sister, I shouldn't have been so close to you just now, right?"
Xu Nuo was suddenly struck in the heart of his matter, and subconsciously said: "Nothing, just be careful next time."
"I'm sorry, I won't do it again next time." The young man said solemnly.
"It's been a while since we've met, and I've been wanting to get along as we did when we were kids. Is that causing you any trouble?"
He slowed down his pace a bit, and Xu Nuo stole a glance, and sure enough, he saw that Qi Qian's mouth was tightened, his cold and majestic eyes were half-closed in self-blame, and the corners of his eyes and lips were curved downwards.
Recalling his childhood, Xu Nuo felt a moment of guilt: "It's not that serious."
He had been treated inhumanely since childhood, and no one taught him the proper separation between men and women. After they met, she had no scruples due to the need to make a living, and the two of them were always closer than ordinary siblings.
They have only been separated for three years now, and he has been careful in everything, but he just can't help but follow her every move. It's really not his fault.
When they were at their poorest, they even slept in one big cotton coat during the winter.
But the young man's eyes still didn't warm up, and he said darkly: "Don't you hate what I did just now?"
Xu Nuo sighed softly.
Qi Qian's mood was obviously low. His green eyes drooped pitifully, his eyebrows were wrinkled, the corners of his mouth turned down, and the color of his lips was three points lighter. Combined with his tall and straight figure, he looked like a big bitter melon.
"No," she heard herself say.
After all, he is the younger brother I raised since he was a child, so I have to be soft-hearted.
It's a pity that after so much effort I taught him to be more talkative, he became even worse after three years away from home and turned into a bitter gourd jar.
"Oh." She sighed again.
Bitter Melon Jar didn't know what she was complaining about, but the corners of his mouth finally raised a little, and his hand around her waist tightened: "Sister is so good to me."
Xu Nuo hesitated for a while, then put her hand on his head and rubbed it: "It's good that you know it, I will never let you go."
"Um."
"I've always known."
…
"arrive."
Qi Qian landed on the ground and carefully put the girl down.
The S-class mutants he mentioned were in an area with more ruins, where large sections of buildings had collapsed and waste was scattered everywhere. In some of the garbage that had not yet been completely decomposed by microorganisms, one could glimpse a hint of life before the wasteland.
They settled on a flat foundation with cement slabs under their feet.
Xu Nuo looked around: "Where are the mutants?"
Qi Qian: "Right here."
Xu Nuo thought that he had not observed the situation well enough, so he looked around carefully.
Still not found.
Logically speaking, at the S-level, the mutant's body should be very large. Even if it can change its body shape, its aura should be very abrupt and obvious.
But there was nothing nearby except some garbage and ruins.
Could it be a mutant with camouflage skills?
Mutants with special skills are usually not pure combat types, such as the centipede mentioned above. Compared with the absolute combat power of 1V1, they are weaker than those of the same level.
From this point of view, it is somewhat possible for Qi Qian, an S-class Sentinel, to kill an S-class mutant.
Xu Nuo planned to forget what he had learned from the textbooks, such as "An S-class mutant can easily defeat three S-class sentinels alone", "An S-class mutant is the most powerful species known on Earth", "The appearance of an S-class mutant means that all of humanity must join forces to fight together", and so on, and find excuses for Qi Qian.
But she obviously didn't know that the condition of the sentinel in front of her had already gone beyond human explanation.
"Do you feel something strange on the soles of your feet?"
Xu Nuo pounded the ground with his feet and nodded. "It's softer than ordinary cement and has some elasticity. Is it some special material from the wasteland?"
Qi Qian: "This is the mutant."
Xu Nuo: “?”
Seeing her shock, Qi Qian smiled slightly: "When I found him, his body had already merged with the collapsed building, buried dozens of meters deep in the sand. What was exposed outside was just the tip of the iceberg."
"It's unknown how many years he's existed. His entire body has eroded the surrounding area, centered around this building, causing the entire area to become part of him. His powerful transformation ability has transformed all inanimate objects in the area into organic flesh like his."
Qi Qian pulled out a dagger from his bosom and slashed the concrete floor. "Due to the nature of his growth, even if he becomes S-rank, it will be difficult for him to leave this area. But he hasn't forgotten his devouring nature. Any living thing that comes near will become part of his body."
"In other words, everywhere you look, it's his body."
The slits created by the dagger revealed blood-red chunks of flesh, pus, and strands of pink flesh threads underneath. These chunks of flesh were pulled closer to each other by the flesh threads. Soon, the two ends of the slit came together, the red flesh re-adhered, and the slit disappeared.
Terrifying healing abilities.
Xu Nuo rubbed the goose bumps on his body: "Isn't it dead? Why can the corpse heal?"
"In a sense, he's still alive."
Xu Nuo was shocked again: "But it didn't attack us. And you said you ate it?"
Steamed, boiled, fried, stir-fried, and pan-fried. For such a large area, it will take at least ten years to eat all the food.
Or eat it alive.
A black fog storm arose on the sand, and when the sand and dust settled, a bottomless hole appeared on the ground.
Qi Qian said to the girl, "Over the past period of time, I've discovered that the black mist can devour mutants and convert them into energy. Fifteen days ago, I devoured the core of this mutant."
Xu Nuo frowned: "The mutant has no core, so it should be dead for sure."
But if you feel with your heart, you can clearly feel the ground moving silently.
It agitates and contracts, agitates and contracts, like an inexhaustible machine running day and night.
The floating frequency is not fast, and the intervals are long, as if... breathing?
Xu Nuo's heart tightened and she met Qi Qian's eyes, who had been staring at her.
Since the S-class mutant is alive and so dangerous, why bring her here?
The young man moved his hands at his sides imperceptibly and called softly, "Sister."
Xu Nuo took a step back.
As if she sensed something was wrong, she stopped at the second step and swallowed her saliva: "What...what happened?"
The word "sister" sounded a bit resentful, especially when there was an S-level mutant under her feet, it became even more weird.
Everything after waking up was too bizarre. First, Qi Qian, who had not been seen for a long time, appeared. She always felt that something was wrong. Then, an S-level mutant appeared in the world, and this mutant was alive and dead...
S-rank, mutant, Qi Qian, eating...
Normally, the probability that these four words can be combined together is close to 0.
The only reasonable explanation for all this is dreaming.
She was dreaming, no kidding, but... she was really dreaming.
The memory of the battle with the centipede was still clear. She was poisoned and her body could not hold on, and then she came here.
Could it be - a near-death dream after being poisoned?
She longed for Qi Qian to appear so much that he appeared in her dream. However, she hadn't eaten or drunk anything for days, and her physical and mental state had reached its limit, causing her dream to develop uncontrollably into a nightmare...
It all makes sense.
"Sister." Qi Qian walked towards her, and Xu Nuo stepped back reflexively.
"Wait, don't come over here!" she said nervously.
The breathing rate of the mutant under her feet became more and more strange, suggesting that she was dreaming!
There was a look of wariness in Xu Nuo's eyes.
Although she would feel safer if Qi Qian appeared in her dream, considering that the dream was out of control, she was afraid that the scene would change drastically in the next second and Qi Qian would pounce on her with his bloody mouth wide open.
She had just defeated the centipede and reached A-level. If she was trapped and died in a dream, it would be a complete waste!
Qi Qian paused, looking a little hurt: "Sister, you are still afraid of me."
Xu Nuo frowned and said nothing, not noticing the storm in the young man's eyes.
If this was a dream, then in reality she was lying next to the corpse of the centipede. If she didn't wake up quickly, the mutants attracted by the fight would kill her in her dream.
We must find a way to wake up as soon as possible!
"what to do……"
Qi Qian looked at the girl from afar, just like he had stood behind her countless times in the past, but received no response. The black mist around him grew more and more like a rising tide.
really......
Once she discovered that he could consume pollutants, just like an S-class mutant, she became as terrified as everyone else.
So... the claim that she "will never abandon him" is fake, and the excuse she makes to keep him stable is real?
He just revealed a little bit of his true face, and they were so scared that they wanted to run away. Even if the person under their feet was an S-level mutant, they had to draw a clear line between themselves and him.
It is clear that she is safest under his protection.
Obviously, they are the people who have spent the longest time with each other in their lives.
When he was hesitant and didn't dare to meet her in this state, she insisted on breaking in, being chased by mutants and covered in wounds, as if she could disregard life and death for him.
But why should we be afraid of him?
…
Qi Qian's condition was obviously not right.
Black fog gathered around him, ice crystals spread from the soles of his feet to the surroundings, the temperature dropped sharply, and black lines appeared in his emerald eyes.
Xu Nuo looked up and saw a scene like that from a horror movie.
She scratched her head, becoming even more annoyed.
At the moment of life and death, she had a nightmare, and he chose to scare her with Qi Qian's appearance.
She Xu Nuo had been afraid of ghosts and people countless times since she was a child, but she was not afraid of Qi Qian.
This is her capable teammate who raised her since childhood and fought with her in the scavenging area. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the most trusted person in the world.
How could it be Qi Qian? Or a dark Qi Qian!
It must be Zhou Xuanyi's work again. He is so insidious and cunning, so hateful!
Xu Nuo was so angry that he lost his fear and pointed at the person in front of him and shouted: "This is my dream, you are not allowed to turn evil!!"
The roar shook the sky.
Qi Qian was already being corroded by the black energy, but was interrupted by this angry shout. A look of confusion flashed across his eyes, which were filled with dark lines.
"Pretending not to understand, huh?" Xu Nuo sneered, clenching his fists. "Just in time, I need to wake up..."
The next second, she jumped up, grabbed the young man's neck, and yelled: "I'm going to fight you!!"
Qi Qian was thrown to the ground without any preparation. In a daze, the black mist and ice crystals spontaneously dispersed, and he subconsciously held her waist.
Xu Nuo immediately mounted his waist and continued to strangle him, shouting, "Kill me! Come on, kill me! Do it!"
"You can't move, right? This is my dream, you have no say in it!"
"You're pretending to be Qi Qian! I'll strangle you to death!"
She used all her strength, and Qi Qian was pressed under her body. His face was stained with a thin layer of red due to the loss of air, and his chaotic mind regained a bit of clarity due to lack of oxygen.
He opened his eyes and saw the furious Xu Nuo riding on him, shouting that he wanted to kill him.
To be fair, even when she was furious, the girl in his eyes was still lively and lovely. Her face, which was originally pale due to injury, finally had color. Her round eyes were glaring, and her rosy lips were opening and closing, full of vitality.
When she was angry, her body was tense, but her strength was like a tickle to him. If he didn't deliberately relax, he wouldn't be able to move at all even if his hands were sore.
Like an angry kitten, it meows and waves its claws at humans.
"Change now! Bite me!"
"Why aren't you moving? Come on, bite me to death!"
The young man under his command was not sure what he was thinking of. The corners of his lips raised high, and his eyes curved into crescent shapes, which was rare.
He looked happier than ever. He placed his hands on the girl's wrists, wrapping his palms around hers. His voice was muffled by the thin air: "Promise."
Xu Nuo looked at him subconsciously and was stunned at the first glance.
Qi Qian's usually cold and sharp eyebrows now shone with light, his smile was as bright as stars, and there was a hint of tenderness on his raised lips, just like a glacier melting, and dew-stained flowers blooming in the barren land, shimmering without knowing it.
"you……"
The person underneath supported her, and with just the force of his waist and abdomen, the two of them began to spin around and switched positions.
Xu Nuo was pinned down and started to panic. While struggling to slip out, he held her hands tightly against her neck, preventing her from moving.
"Let me go! This is my dream!" Xu Nuo couldn't pull his hand away, so he kicked him.
The young man restrained her restless legs with his long legs, leaned down and put his lips close to hers.
Xu Nuo glared: "...Qi Qian, you are crazy!!"
Qi Qian ignored her and moved closer and closer until their noses were touching, their lips touched, and he began to suck on the corner of her lips.
Crazy!
Qi Qian is crazy!
This dream is so scary!
Xu Nuo struggled to turn her head, and Qi Qian's lips deviated from their original trajectory and landed on her neck, tickling her lightly, like sprinkling a handful of popping candies on a lotus leaf. Just a small bump and tremor was enough to shake the two of them deep in their hearts.
Xu Nuo felt numb and itchy all over. The wetness and heat on her neck made her feel confused for a moment, and then she quickly got goose bumps: "Qi Qian, do you know what you are doing?"
"I'm crazy, sister." Qi Qian said with a smile in his eyes.
The strength in his hands suddenly increased. The young man grabbed her hand, held it tightly, and pressed down to help her exert force.
In an instant, he dropped all resistance, even his body's instinct for survival. The pain of prolonged oxygen deprivation and the increasingly heavy restraint around his neck made him frown, but his lips tirelessly pressed against the person beneath him, kissing him over and over again. Those dark-lined green eyes showed no sign of struggle, simply staring at her unblinkingly.
Why? Xu Nuo was panicking.
Their eyes met as they looked at each other, one full of doubts, the other indifferent.
Qi Qian closed his eyes and exerted force again.
It would be better to kill him.
In his impoverished life of more than twenty years, apart from the suffering of being reformed and the torture of the dark fog that deepened over time, the only comfort was the promise.
No matter the pain brought by the black fog riot or losing consciousness and being swallowed by the darkness, as long as it is a promise, it can restore his sanity and make him willingly struggle to wake up and continue to suffer.
But now, in her eyes, he had become a monster that was no different from a mutant.
She was afraid of him and wanted to escape. She wanted to throw off the shackles he had placed on her with her own hands and didn't want to be his only comfort.
He finally lost the meaning of struggling.
I lost the reason I had to keep living for the past eight years.
It would be better to die in her hands.
Her hands were the home he had been searching for all his life.
Dying at her hands was a worthy death.
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