Chapter 57
"Isn't that Wang Hu?"
Old Li said in surprise when he saw the man being carried out on a stretcher.
Wang Hu? You mean the boss lady's husband?
Tang Yu'an remembered that Grandpa Li said that the husband of the proprietress of Meiyu Pavilion was a squad leader of the town guard. The couple supported each other and lived a good life in the apocalypse.
He couldn't help but stand on tiptoe and look carefully at Wang Hu on the stretcher.
As the squad leader of the guard, Wang Hu was indeed quite strong. He was lying on his stomach, his face could not be seen clearly, and his upper body was naked.
From a distance, you can see that his back is covered with abscesses, and even the intact skin is abnormally red. The whole person looks like he has been roasted, which is a bit scary.
"I heard that Wang Hu was burned by a fire snake. I'm afraid he can't be cured."
"Is it that serious? Isn't it just a burn?"
"That's not just a simple burn, it's fire poison!"
People around were whispering and discussing in low voices.
"The most famous doctor in Jufeng Town is Dr. Zhang. He also came to see Wang Hu and said he only has a few more days to live. He told Lin Meiyu to prepare for his funeral."
"Fire poison? This is the first time I've heard of it. Is it that the flame itself contains toxins?" Old Li also joined the discussion.
"It should be. All those who encountered the fire snakes before were rescued. Some of them were fine when they just came back. They were just licked by the flames, but the burns were not serious."
"Yes, I saw it too. Who would have thought that those people's burns hadn't healed. Not only did they have fevers and delirium, but their wounds also began to fester and spread to the surrounding areas."
"Did you see that? Wang Hu's entire back is rotten! I think he was burned in his shoulders before, but I didn't expect it to be so serious now..."
Everyone spoke of this, feeling a sense of empathy.
Some crushed herbs were applied on Wang Hu's back. As he was carried out of the house, a smell of medicine filled the air. However, it was obvious that these medicines could not effectively heal his injuries.
Tang Yu'an remembered hearing the boss lady crying last night, and then thought of... Wait, fire poison?
He remembers...
Tang Yu'an hurriedly opened the identification album and took a look. Sure enough, the mutated lantern fruit can cure fire poison!
However, after looking at the huge crowd around him, he calmed down a little.
Although he was protected by the halo of the little savior, it was impossible for him to take action in front of so many people.
Brother Xiaoqi and he analyzed it, and the description of the Savior Halo is that the person who is rescued will not be able to do anything to harm you, and the people who witness or hear about your deeds will have their favorability towards you increased to "respect".
They were already more or less able to understand the way the grocery store system was described.
It's just that the favorability has been raised to respect, which doesn't mean that he won't be hurt. Otherwise, there would be no need to express it separately from the previous one.
In the wasteland world, one must speculate on some people's bottom line to the greatest extent possible.
Therefore, Tang Yu'an would never do such a thing as exposing himself in public, but... maybe he could go to the boss lady in private?
At this time, the proprietress Lin Meiyu also came out.
She followed the stretcher expressionlessly. Although her face looked haggard, she did not show any vulnerability in front of outsiders.
Despite this, her appearance still caused a round of whistles from the crowd.
There are many people who covet Lin Meiyu, but because of her bad reputation, they only dare to hide in the crowd and talk nonsense. They dare not appear in front of her at all, for fear of being cursed by her.
"This woman is so beautiful, she's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my life!"
"Wang Hu is so lucky! Who would have thought that his sickly wife could awaken such a powerful supernatural power and even open a hotel like this, charging exorbitant fees!"
After Lin Meiyu came out, the discussion around her suddenly changed direction and everyone started gossiping.
Soon, Tang Yu'an learned about the boss lady's background.
Lin Meiyu has been without a mother since she was a child and was raised by her father. Her father is also a person with special abilities. His abilities are not very strong, but he still lives a good life in the market town by relying on his abilities.
However, her father was very old and knew that he only had a few years left to live, so before his death he adopted Wang Hu from the orphans in the town, hoping that he could take care of his daughter in the future.
Sure enough, within two years, Lin's father passed away.
Wang Hu kept his promise and took care of the frail Lin Meiyu without giving up, and was often ridiculed by people in the town for this.
Who would have thought that one day, Lin Meiyu would suddenly awaken and master such powerful abilities.
With the completion of Meiyu Pavilion and the booming business, Lin Meiyu became healthier and more beautiful, truly living up to her name.
I don’t know how many people are secretly hating me.
"Lucky? Hahaha, didn't you see Wang Hu lying there almost dying? He just has little luck and can't be suppressed!"
"Tsk tsk, I wonder which guard will get Lin Meiyu in the future? I heard those guys in the garrison are starting to get competitive!"
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but frown as he listened to their dirty talk.
If there weren't so many people around, he really wanted to give these foul-mouthed people a happy shot of marbles.
"So why is she carrying Wang Hu out now? Looking for a place to bury him?"
"I remember her special ability is a crow's mouth. Good things don't work, but bad things do. It shouldn't be possible for her to save Wang Hu, right?"
Obviously, there were many people in the crowd who had just arrived like Tang Yu'an and the others and had no idea about the situation. When Tang Yu'an heard someone finally asking, he couldn't help but prick up his ears.
"You don't know, do you?" someone asked mysteriously, "Because the manager is back!"
"What's the relationship between the manager and Wang Hu?"
"You're too stupid, you can't even guess this? The mountain master possesses powerful fire abilities, and Wang Hu is infected with fire poison..."
"No way? Are you saying that the mountain master can help Wang Hu detoxify?"
"Yes, as soon as the mountain master returned, he ordered the gathering of those burned by the mutant snakes to detoxify them."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
Most people had happy expressions on their faces. After all, the mutant snakes threatened everyone's safety. If the managers could deal with the fire snakes and eliminate the troublesome fire poison, it would undoubtedly be great news for everyone.
Of course, there were still some people who were indignant and complained in low voices about why the manager didn't come back a few days later. They finally shut up after being confronted by those who disliked them.
Tang Yu'an was just thinking that this manager was pretty good when he saw the crowd getting riotous again.
"The mountain master is here! Make way!"
"Get out of the way! Back off!"
Following the shouts, people around retreated to the sides of the road, and guards holding sticks cleared the way to maintain order.
In the chaos, Tang Yu'an was directly pulled into Zhou Qi's arms for protection. The two were quickly swept aside by the crowd, while Old Li was pushed to the other side.
After the pushing and shoving stopped, Tang Yu'an poked his head out of Zhou Qi's arms and looked curiously at the team coming down the mountain path.
I saw a tall figure slowly descending, surrounded by a team of guards in front and behind.
She was a red-haired woman with a neat high ponytail. She was wearing a dark combat uniform and looked very heroic.
In the dim sunlight of the early morning, she was like a burning flame. People dared not look at her for too long, for fear that they would be hurt by her brilliance.
The woman's facial features were undoubtedly beautiful, but no one would pay attention to this. Her aura was enough to make everyone ignore her appearance.
The red-haired woman walked towards the Jade Hall with a serious face under the gaze of everyone.
He didn't know if he was seeing things, but Tang Yu'an felt that when she walked past him, she seemed to suddenly look at him.
"The mountain master just looked at me!" a young man next to him suddenly said.
"He's obviously looking at me!"
"Nonsense! Why don't you take a piss and see what you look like?"
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but feel embarrassed, thinking that it must have been an illusion, and then he quickly collected his thoughts and continued to pay attention to the development of the situation.
"Lord Mountain Master..."
After seeing the red-haired woman appear, Lin Meiyu, who had been wearing a tense face, finally showed some joy. She walked over and was about to say something when she saw the woman raised her hand to stop her.
Lin Meiyu stopped talking and stepped aside, looking eagerly back and forth between herself and Wang Hu on the stretcher.
The red-haired woman came to the stretcher and placed her hand on Wang Hu's back.
Her hand was only about two centimeters away from Wang Hu's wound. Under everyone's nervous gaze, a ball of light red light lit up from her palm.
Wang Hu, who was lying on a stretcher and dying, suddenly clenched his fists and let out a scream.
The guards who had just carried him out quickly held down his body.
As time went by, the color of the abscess on his back became darker and darker, and all the red finally gathered at the position corresponding to the palm of the red-haired woman.
Slowly, unidentified objects ranging from red to black began to seep out from that area.
Almost in the blink of an eye, as the red-haired woman withdrew her hand, the black and red substance that was not sure whether it was liquid or gas also disappeared.
Wang Hu, who had just been struggling and screaming, calmed down again.
He lay back on the stretcher, his red skin visibly returning to its normal color, and the abscess on his back no longer oozing blood. His condition looked much better than before.
Lin Meiyu, who had been nervous and dared not show her sadness in front of outsiders, finally felt relieved when she saw this, and her tears couldn't help but burst out.
"Thank you! Thank you, Master of the Mountain..." She almost fell to her knees.
But not many people paid attention to her at this time.
Everyone's attention was drawn to the red-haired woman. They looked at her as if she were a god descending from the sky. Led by someone, everyone who witnessed this scene began to applaud and cheer.
It is conceivable that after this move, the manager's prestige in Jufeng Mountain will definitely be further enhanced.
After curing Wang Hu's fire poison, the red-haired woman did not look at him again, but looked at the captain of the guards who followed her.
"How many more people have been poisoned by the fire?" she asked.
The captain of the guard said respectfully, "About three or four people. These are no longer guards, but ordinary civilians."
"Yes." She nodded, "Lead the way."
Hearing this, the captain of the guards did not dare to delay and was about to take her up the mountain.
The red-haired woman passed by Tang Yu'an and the others again, but this time, she suddenly stopped.
At this time, the cheers had not stopped yet, and Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were still feeling the joy of the people.
Such a scene is rare in the end times.
When Zhou Qi noticed that the manager stopped in front of them, he paused, and Tang Yu'an looked up curiously, and then met a pair of black and red eyes.
The woman's eyes had not yet completely transformed. A hint of fiery red could be seen faintly in the black. Under the gradually rising sunlight, they were crystal clear, like beautiful gems.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but look at her a few more times, and then he found out...
The woman's eyes scanned their area for a few times, and finally landed on him.
Their eyes met in mid-air.
Tang Yu'an's body couldn't help but stiffen.
This manager was indeed looking at him just now! Tang Yu'an finally confirmed this.
But why?
Did he reveal something? Facing the gaze of such a powerful person, Tang Yu'an felt a little scalp numb and a little confused.
"you--"
The red-haired woman pointed at Tang Yu'an.
The people around who had been arguing about who was being watched by the manager now quickly stepped aside, exposing the two teenagers.
The manager paused, then looked at Zhou Qi, who was protecting Tang Yu'an tightly and staring at her warily, and said, "And you."
She pointed at Zhou Qi and said, "You two, come with me."
It is obvious that within the scope of Jufeng Town, the manager has the final say.
Her words were orders. The captain of the guards who followed beside her had already put his hands on his weapon and was glaring at the two teenagers with a fierce look on his face.
It seemed that as long as Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi did not cooperate, he would draw his weapon and fight for the manager.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
However, thinking of the token Chi Hao gave them, Tang Yu'an quickly calmed down.
Just let them follow. As long as you don't directly order them to be killed, there is still room for maneuver. At worst, when a real conflict occurs, take out Chi Hao's token, which should be able to save the situation.
Tang Yu'an took a deep breath and then walked out from behind Zhou Qi.
"Let's go."
The woman nodded, without saying what she was calling them to do, and continued to let the captain of the guard lead the way.
"Okay, Lord Mountain Master."
The captain of the guards led the way, the red-haired woman walked in the middle, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi followed behind her, and several guards maintained order in the back.
Seeing them leave, the crowd behind couldn't help but whisper, discussing why the administrator took the two teenagers away.
Old Li showed a surprised expression as soon as the manager called out to Tang Yu'an and the others.
Because he had not lived in Jufeng Town for a long time, Old Li only found out today that the person who took over Jufeng Town a few years ago was actually a female mutant.
However, he didn't feel very surprised. Perhaps it was because the manager was a woman that she gave ordinary women and children a place to stay, allowing them to barely gain a foothold in Jufeng Mountain.
But he never expected that the manager would suddenly call Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi and take them away!
Old Li wanted to rush forward, but was stopped by the people around him. The mountain path was narrow and he couldn't squeeze through at all.
He could only watch the two teenagers disappear from his sight, feeling anxious.
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Soon, led by the captain of the guards, Tang Yu'an and his party arrived at the entrance of a cave.
Guards had already brought out four stretchers, all of which had people lying on them, including a woman.
Tang Yu'an temporarily forgot his fear and couldn't help but look at it twice more, then frowned strangely.
The woman lying on the stretcher had deep eyes, a high nose, and messy reddish-brown curly hair. Her tattered clothes covered her skinny body.
The same festering and bleeding abscesses as the one on Wang Hu's back spread from her neck down to her arms.
Her skin was also red, obviously injured by the fire snake.
Compared to the three men wailing on the other stretchers, she looked surprisingly calm, with empty eyes, as if she had lost hope in life and had no light in her eyes.
Tang Yu'an stared at her for a while and couldn't help but look at Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi was also looking at her. Noticing Tang Yu'an's gaze, he turned his head to look at the young man, grabbed his hand soothingly, and told him to calm down.
While they were communicating silently, the manager had already walked towards the woman on the stretcher.
"What's your name?" she asked.
The woman did not answer, her eyes still dull and empty.
The captain of the guards took the initiative to say, "Master Mountain Master, although her eyes and hair are different colors, she does not have any special abilities. I heard from the elders in the town that she must be from another country or another ethnic group before the disaster."
As for the new humans born and raised in the wasteland after the catastrophe, they no longer have the concept of nation and country.
The administrator nodded, but continued, "What's her name?"
"My name seems to be A-Lian."
Seeing that the administrator seemed quite interested in this woman, the captain of the guards quickly added, "She actually had a daughter. They were digging wild vegetables together in the mountains when the accident happened."
"After waking up, I learned that my daughter had been eaten by a mutant snake. She became like this. She has been ignoring others and doesn't eat much."
The manager frowned slightly.
The woman lying on the stretcher finally responded. She turned her face away silently, and a tear rolled down from the corner of her eye.
Seeing her like this, the captain of the guards paused and shut his mouth in disappointment.
The manager didn't say anything else. He placed his palm on the woman's wound, just like he had treated Wang Hu just now, and quickly removed the fire poison from her.
She then treated the remaining three residents who were affected by the fire snakes.
"Let Mr. Zhang and the others come over and take a look. Make sure to rescue these people." The manager whispered.
"I understand!" the captain of the guards replied respectfully.
Before leaving, the manager's eyes fell on the woman named A Lian again. Finally, she said, "Tell someone to take good care of her and don't let the scum bully her."
The captain of the guard naturally nodded in agreement.
After doing all this, the manager finally looked at Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi.
"The others stay and do their work, you two come with me." She didn't give the onlookers a chance to inquire. After leaving the guards behind, she took the two teenagers and left.
Wherever she passed, everyone made way for her. Even without guards escorting her, no one dared to stop her.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi followed her. Although they were confused, they could roughly guess that the manager of Jufeng Town did not want to hurt them, but rather... had something to say to them?
Soon, they were taken into a house.
There were guards guarding the gate and guards stationed in the house. Judging from the location, it was most likely the Jufeng Town Guard Station that Old Li had mentioned before.
When they reached an open space, the red-haired woman dismissed the guards and then looked at the two young men. She asked directly, "Where's Chi Hao? Did something happen to him?"
Tang Yu'an was stunned. How did she know that they knew Chi Hao?
The red-haired woman raised her hand slightly, and a small object flew out from Tang Yu'an and landed in her hand. It was the piece of metal that Chi Hao had given them before leaving.
He said that if you encounter trouble in Jufeng Town, you can take this token to ask the administrator for help.
"He should have told you about me, right? My name is Hongli." The woman played with the piece of metal and said to Tang Yu'an, who looked confused.
At this point, Tang Yu'an had no choice but to nod and admit it.
"Yes, Brother Chi Hao said that if we have any difficulties, we can come to you and you will help us." He said truthfully.
Hongli hummed, "He left such a mark on the token because he saved Chihao's life. So...what happened to him, and how did you save him?"
Her eyes were as sharp as a knife, as if she would catch anyone lying.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help swallowing.
In other words, could she directly sense Chi Hao's information through the token? He instantly thought of the "big thing" he had just done at the market.
If Hongli was at the market at that time, wouldn't he be exposed?
When I think about it this way, it feels so thrilling!
Fortunately, the Thousand Faces Cloak had a time limit, so he didn't stay in the market all the time, and he ran away early.
"Brother Chi Hao was seriously injured in the battle with the mutant creatures."
Tang Yu'an organized his words, trying to describe the entire "incident" while concealing some information.
"When we met him, he was covered in blood. We treated his wounds and bandaged him. Luckily, he survived."
Hongli frowned when he heard this, but his eyes became softer and softer as he looked at Tang Yu'an.
"Is he still seriously injured? Why doesn't he come to Jufeng Town?"
"He's no longer in danger of death." Tang Yu'an directly shirked responsibility. "We asked him, but he said he didn't want to come for the time being."
I hope this mountain master won’t ask to go back with them to find her!
Hongli's brows furrowed even more tightly. Finally, she sighed softly and shook her head, saying, "This stubborn, unlucky child..."
Suddenly, she asked again: "You only saved him?"
Tang Yu'an immediately understood that she was asking about "Old Xie" and nodded in confusion, "Yes."
Looking at the boy's confused eyes, Hongli thought for a moment and nodded: "Well, thank you for saving him."
"Brother Chihao has already thanked us."
Tang Yu'an waved his hand, then asked curiously, "Master Mountain Master, what is your relationship with Brother Chi Hao?"
Could they be... a couple?
In terms of appearance, he felt that the two of them were quite a good match.
"Just call me by my name," Hongli said. "I'm his sister."
"Oh oh oh!" Tang Yu'an nodded and changed her words obediently, "Sister Hongli."
Red Carp: “…”
Hongli, who was called "sister" for the first time, looked at the two children in front of her, but of course her focus was still on Tang Yu'an.
She asked, "You came out of Qingmu Castle? Why did you come here?"
“…”
How should I answer this? Tang Yu'an was suddenly stuck.
They have already told Chi Hao that they have been living in the deserted city, but if they tell Hong Li the same thing, how can they explain the fact that they are obviously "fortress people"?
Doesn't this expose their uniqueness?
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