Chapter 551: Affected
When he entered the lounge, Wu Yue had already dug out a piece of flesh from his chest, with a small piece of jade wrapped inside. His face was pale, and he forced a smile and handed it over, "Don't be shy, take it and wash it, I'll bandage it."
"Thanks, brother." Zhuang Mingxu said nothing else. He went out to call the military doctor and returned to his bedroom with the jade.
Taotao, who had been hidden in his clothes, was finally released at this time. He looked around curiously and was stuffed with a piece of jade by Zhuang Mingxu.
The child's eyes lit up instantly, and after holding the jade in his little hand for a few moments, mottled cracks appeared on the milky white and warm jade, and finally it broke into residual powder, and his body visibly returned to its previous size.
"Big Daddy?" Taotao looked at Zhuang Mingxu helplessly.
"It's okay." Zhuang Mingxu wiped the dust off his hands and found some clothes for him to change. He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the child returning to normal.
"Taotao, do you remember what happened before?" Zhuang Mingxu put the lollipop back into the child's hand and asked.
Taotao tilted her head and thought for a long time, "I took out Xiaohua's energy and gave it to my father. There was a very powerful bad guy, and after I was injured, my father hid me in the space."
Taotao's description was confusing, but Zhuang Mingxu had already restored the original battle situation from different people's accounts, and quickly understood what he meant. It should be that after taking the crystal core of the SS mutant plant, he was injured by the final burst of energy from Gu Sheng and was taken back into the space by Lu Weiyi.
"I was injured, so I went back to the big tree and slept for a long time. Later, I heard Grandpa calling me, and I woke up." Taotao sucked on his lollipop, looking naive and ignorant of the world. Zhuang Mingxu, who understood his words, felt distressed, wondering how serious his injury must have been to make him fall into a deep sleep.
"Big Dad, I think I saw you," Taotao said with obvious confusion on his face. He reached out and touched Zhuang Mingxu's cheek, "I saw two fathers. I called you, but you ignored me."
"?" Zhuang Mingxu, "Where did you see it?"
Taotao thought about it seriously and shook her head.
"Can you describe what you saw?"
"See..." Taotao frowned tightly, "Seeing dad using a flying knife to kill zombies, one father didn't say anything, you helped him put on his clothes, and the other father kept talking to you..."
"Say "give up on him" "leave him alone"..."
Zhuang Mingxu tried his best to imagine what he meant and asked, "What flying knife?"
"It's the kind of flying knife that Uncle Blue Eyes uses," Taotao said, gesturing with two fingers in the air.
The blue-eyed uncle he mentioned was Antonio. As the name was too long for the child to remember, Zhuang Aiyi simply named him after his blue pupils. Taotao followed suit and kept calling him that.
"You see where they are? In our house?"
Taotao shook her head, "It's... a place I don't know... I didn't see my brother."
The information he said was too general. Zhuang Mingxu thought about it for a long time but still couldn't understand the specific meaning. "When did you see it?"
"Just...you'll be able to see it when you wake up."
wake up……
Thinking that the place where he was was exactly covered by Lu Weiyi's mental power, a bold idea came to his mind.
If he was affected by mental power, then these scenes were too complicated for a young child.
Would it be possible...
This is Lu Weiyi's illusion...
In his illusion, does he have super powers?
Zhuang Mingxu felt a little sad for a moment. In the five years since the end of the world, he had silently assumed the responsibility of the captain, leading everyone to build the base and becoming the backbone of everyone. But at midnight, he also hoped that there would be a stronger person who could take on these responsibilities for him.
That's why I am immersed in this illusion and don't want to wake up.
"Big Dad?" Taotao saw that Zhuang Mingxu didn't say anything and shook his arm, "Where is my brother? I miss my brother."
"Brother is at home, and father is sick now. You stay here with dad to take care of father. When he wakes up, we will go back to find brother, okay?"
"Okay." Taotao was very easy to talk to. After he finished the lollipop in her hand, she immediately looked around dishonestly.
Hearing the sound coming from outside, he leaned over to look out and saw a face pressed against the glass. Wu Yue, who had just bandaged his wound, passed by and saw a flat face pressed against the glass. He was so scared that he took two steps back.
But Taotao was not aware of it and waved at him excitedly with her big eyes.
"Uncle, it's Taotao," Taotao said excitedly while knocking on the window.
Wu Yue walked in quickly, and when he saw Taotao suddenly appear, he grabbed the little cannonball that had bumped into him and lifted it high, causing Taotao to giggle.
"Taotao, come down, Uncle Yue is injured," said Zhuang Mingxu.
"It's okay, just a minor injury." Wu Yue leaned close to Taotao's little face and rubbed it on his soft cheek. He was guessing in his heart about the person who suddenly disappeared and suddenly appeared. In the end, he didn't ask anything, but just said, "Let's stew big bones tonight, Taotao, eat more."
"Okay, Taotao eats the marrow and uncle knocks."
"Okay, I'll give you the most bone marrow to eat."
Wu Yue spent some time with the kid and then took him out to eat.
A little kid appeared among the group of men, and the atmosphere immediately became much more lively. Taotao was sweet-spoken, and she made everyone smile in no time as she walked through the crowd.
Even though some people were curious about where he came from, no one asked openly.
The temperature continued to drop that day, and a thin layer of white frost had already fallen in the yard early the next morning. Taotao wrapped herself up into a round ball and ran behind the morning exercise team, praising the people in front of her for running faster with a crisp voice.
After falling behind in the team for a while, he ran to the canteen where the food was cooked and watched the big steaming buns coming out of the oven. He enjoyed the meal so much that his belly was already full by the time the meal started.
After dinner, Zhuang Mingxu carried the thermos bucket and prepared to feed Lu Weiyi, and shouted to Taotao from afar, "Taotao, go see your father."
"Taotao is here." The child waved goodbye to the new uncle, climbed onto the electric scooter using his hands and feet, and was carried onto the scooter by Wu Yue, holding the back of his clothes like a little turtle.
Zhuang Mingxu was wearing a mental blocker, and Wu Yue then remembered that there was no equipment suitable for Taotao to use, "Why not not let him go? I'll watch him."
Zhuang Mingxu glanced at Taotao and paused for a moment on his confused face, "Go ahead."
"You wait for us here."
Wu Yue raised his eyes to look at him, their eyes met, and he understood what he was planning.
He put Taotao on the electric bike and reminded her, "Hold on to your father and tell him if you feel any pain."
"Okay."
Zhuang Mingxu rode forward on his bike, and Taotao turned around and waved happily at Wu Yue.
As soon as the two of them entered the range of Lu Weiyi's mental power, Zhuang Mingxu began to pay attention to Taotao's reaction and talked to him from time to time. Until they arrived at the cabin, he could finally confirm that Taotao was not affected by Lu Weiyi's mental power at all.
so……
The scenes he saw must have been Lu Weiyi’s illusions.
Zhuang Mingxu thought of what Lu Weiyi said when he taught Gu Qingji how to subdue mutant plants at the beginning of the apocalypse, "It feels like a contracted plant, and a mark appears in my consciousness."
At that time, they always thought it was that plant, but now it seems that it should be one with Taotao. Could it be that this relationship is the reason why he can enter Lu Weiyi's illusion?
He quickly injected the food he brought into the nasogastric tube, and Zhuang Mingxu deftly helped him press the skin under his body, while asking Taotao if there was any way for him to see Lu Weiyi again.
"Isn't father here?" Taotao was puzzled.
"It's... the two fathers and another dad who can throw knives."
Taotao crossed her legs like a little adult and thought for a while, then disappeared from Zhuang Mingxu's sight. Time passed by, and the time limit was almost up, but he still had no intention of showing up. Zhuang Mingxu could only fiddle with the small green plant on Lu Weiyi's wrist to call Taotao, but the small green plant seemed to have lost consciousness and didn't react at all.
After much hesitation, Zhuang Mingxu decided to leave first.
When he got on the bike, he already felt a light feeling in his head.
This situation had occurred countless times when he was testing the time limit before, and he knew clearly that he was affected by mental power.
Fortunately... there is a road ahead.
Zhuang Mingxu increased the speed to the maximum and drove towards the end of the road.
The scene in front of me began to blur, and the weed-covered wilderness turned into a city built of reinforced concrete with towering skyscrapers.
An urban beauty in high heels hurried by with documents under her arm, while a young man in a suit exuded an elite temperament.
Everywhere you look, you see the business empire he built with his own hard work.
Zhuang Mingxu kept reminding himself not to get addicted, saying that this was an illusion, but the scene before him was too real.
The secretary asked in a low voice, "Mr. Zhuang, Young Master Lu's psychiatrist called and said that his condition has improved a lot and he can communicate with people normally. We just need to guide him to speak and there is no need for the psychiatrist to intervene."
"Is... is that so?" Zhuang Mingxu's mind was in a daze for a moment, as if something flashed by, so fast that he couldn't catch it. He frowned and thought for a while, but couldn't think of anything. The secretary spoke again and completely diverted his attention.
"Yes, congratulations, Mr. Zhuang. The doctor said that Master Lu has been sent back and will be here soon..."
"Zhuang Mingxu" As soon as the secretary's voice fell, the office door was pushed open and a handsome figure walked in. His cold voice was like an icy spring in an empty valley, striking people's hearts, "You're home."
Zhuang Mingxu subconsciously felt that something was wrong, but it did not stop him from getting up and walking towards the person at the door. He reached out to hold the hand that he extended to him, and a smile just broke out on his face, "Okay, let's... bang..."
In the darkness, the scene in front of him was like a faded oil painting being erased bit by bit. Zhuang Mingxu felt pain all over his body, and then the scene in front of him changed again.
"Big Daddy!"
Taotao's voice appeared in his mind. He looked around but didn't see the child, but -
He saw Lu Weiyi.
To be precise, he saw what Taotao mentioned as "the two fathers and the big daddy with the flying knife."
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