Chapter 13 Evolution Again
A frosty white flashed before my eyes.
Qi He took off his clothes smoothly, his flowing lines disappearing below the waistband of his pants. The T-shirt was still hanging on his arms, and the wet marks above his chest were reflected by the firelight, giving it a warm jade-like luster.
Yan Chuanbai paused, his forehead twitching violently!
Then he opened his eyes to the side before the man completely pulled his clothes off.
Qi He took off his clothes, wrung them out, squeezed out a puddle of water, and shook them. Although he was still wet, he felt much better.
Suddenly, a voice came from the quiet space:
"What are you doing?"
Qi He looked up and looked forward.
Yan Chuanbai sat directly opposite him, his gaze fixed on his face. One hand rested on his knee, his short-sleeved shirt, also half wet, tied tightly to his body, and his tactical harness still attached.
"My clothes are wet and uncomfortable."
After Qi He finished speaking, he turned around and took off the tactical strap from the passenger seat, slammed the car door shut, walked to the fire, and started to warm himself on the left and right.
"Do you want to take it off and roast it too?"
Yan Chuanbai sighed, "No need."
"Isn't it uncomfortable?"
"I'm used to it."
Qi He remembered that he used to be in the army and had probably rolled in the mud during training. He stopped trying to persuade her and started to warm his clothes over the crackling fire.
The firelight cast swaying shadows on the rock wall.
After a long moment, a trembling voice echoed in his mind: […Why didn’t you even say hello and took off your clothes in front of Yan Chuanbai!]
"What's the greeting?"
Qi He turned his clothes over: "——'I'm going to take it off, you get ready'?"
system:【……】
He held it for a while and then let go.
He let the T-shirt and suspenders dangle by the fire and sat down beside it, leaning against the rock wall. The other side seemed to glance at the "fully automatic baking process" above the fire.
But Qi He didn't have the energy to take care of anything else for the time being.
He rested the back of his head against the hard rock and felt a surge of heat rising from his body.
It’s not quite the same as the first time.
The first time he felt weak all over and sweating, but this time at least he still had the strength, but he felt something in his blood was differentiating and reorganizing, which made him close his eyes uncomfortably.
Sweat oozed from the corners of his forehead and slid down his cheeks.
…
The wind was blowing outside the two-meter-wide cave, the leaves in the forest were rustling, and the unabated rain was washing the branches and mud.
Yan Chuanbai looked for a while and then moved his gaze away.
Qi He raised his head, his brows slightly furrowed, and his face flushed.
Even on a cold, rainy day like this, he still broke out in a light sweat. He rested his arms on his knees, shielding himself in front of him. He couldn't explain why, but now he felt a little more natural.
His gaze lingered for a moment longer, observing the details.
"Very uncomfortable?"
A faint inquiry sounded.
Qi He opened his eyes again, his eyelashes a little wet.
He blinked and saw Yan Chuanbai looking at him, as if objectively assessing his physical condition: "Not bad."
Yan Chuanbai asked, "Do you feel anything unusual?"
Qi He felt it and said, "I feel that you are unusually warm."
“…”
Yan Chuanbai sneered, "Heh."
After a moment, he threw two sticks of wood into the fire. "Get yourself ready." He paused, then said meaningfully, "I don't want you to suddenly appear in front of me carrying something the next day."
Qi He sighed softly and closed his eyes peacefully:
"Alas, the system. He is as paranoid as you are."
The system said coldly: [After all, we encountered a perverted plant.]
-
But no matter what, with Yan Chuanbai guarding the night in such a wilderness, Qi He felt much more at ease when he rested.
He didn't sleep very soundly either.
I dozed off for a while, and suddenly I felt a dazzling light coming in from outside the cave.
Qi He's eyelids moved, and he opened them——
At the same time, soft and warm fabric fell on him.
Yan Chuanbai was already standing at the entrance of the cave with his back to him, looking outside, "Someone is coming."
Qi He looked at the clothes that fell in seconds, then grabbed them and put them on. He also grabbed the dried tactical harness and snapped it on. Just as he was dressed, a car braked outside.
The car lights illuminated the fine and dense rain.
The car door slammed open, and a familiar voice rang out: "Oh? Is anyone there?"
Then, a tuft of red-dyed hair emerged.
The two sides met each other.
The red-haired man was stunned at first, "Colonel...Yan?" He turned his eyes and saw Qi He, and curled his lips, "Tsk, you're here too."
The car door was pushed open again.
The big guy and the woman with the long whip also came down.
Five people gathered together.
The last time they used this lineup was when they robbed Qi He and the other two, but now both of them have become S-level——
Neither the woman with the whip nor the big man said anything.
The atmosphere should have been a little awkward.
But soon, Redhead swaggered in, looked around, and said critically, "Oh, it's really damp in here. Did you just build a fire? On a rainy day like this, how can a fire be enough?"
After he said that, he snapped his fingers proudly here and there.
Crackling, crackling, a circle of fire was lit all around.
"Ah, fire-type abilities are so convenient~"
Qi He, “…”
Yan Chuanbai, "..."
Two teammates, "..."
Qi He narrowed his eyes slightly: "System, it's not unfair for him to be beaten up by the group." Those exaggerated words were just a true reflection of his inner thoughts, unspoken words.
The system rarely argued: [He deserves it.]
Yan Chuanbai squinted his eyes and said nothing.
The big guy looked at the two people in front of him, and suddenly shuddered, and reacted instinctively: "Our boss is not in the right place."
Red-haired turned his head:?
Yan Chuanbai stood up and said casually, "It's raining heavily, come in."
The two teammates looked at each other awkwardly and followed in, "Well... excuse me for disturbing you."
…
There were three more people in the small space.
The surrounding firelight scorched Qi He, making him feel even hotter. He wiped the sweat off his face and looked at the ID card on the red-haired man's chest. He finally knew his name: Ji Yan.
Ji Yan was still looking around. "Why are you here? Oh, right, the communication signal is down. Is it our problem or the base's?"
Yan Chuanbai said simply, "It's a problem with the base station."
"What should we do then?"
"build."
“…”
Ji Yan was choked and looked at Qi He again, "You..." He paused, "Why are you sweating so much?"
Qi He, "I'm so hot because of you."
Ji Yan didn't think much about it and put out the fire. "Tsk, you are also unworthy."
The fire was out, but Qi He was still sweating.
Yan Chuanbai suddenly spoke up, interrupting the conversation: "It's raining heavily outside, we can't leave, let's rest here tonight."
After a busy day, everyone stopped talking after hearing what was said. After arranging the order of the night watch, they took turns to rest by the fire.
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I didn't sleep well that night.
After a long time of hazy sleep, a strange sound suddenly came from outside. It was like the sound of a branch breaking, and then it hit the ground with a "boom" -
Everyone opened their eyes at the same time.
Qi He stood up and felt that the heat in his body had subsided.
The entrance to the cave was blocked by two cars, revealing a gray sky. It was still dark, but the rain seemed to be easing.
Ji Yan jumped up and walked out. "What's going on outside?"
Qi He loaded the bullet in one second.
At the same time, a "click" sound came from the opposite side, and Yan Chuanbai also picked up the gun in his hand, and the two followed him.
When I walked out, it was dark outside.
There were shadows of trees all around, and with the light coming from behind, I could vaguely see a flower-like plant swaying on a tree about six or seven meters ahead.
In the end times, such plants are everywhere.
Two seconds later, a spark suddenly lit up between the stamens, twinkling.
"What is that?" Ji Yan frowned and walked forward.
Qi He blurted out in an instant, "Don't go over there!"
An ice cone flew out at the same time and was swallowed by the flower plant in the next second!
Ji Yan fell to the ground with a thud.
Ji Yan: “Oh my god.”
The ice pick made a crackling sound as it was chewed, and Yan Chuanbai withdrew his hand. Ji Yan got up from the ground and glared at Qi He with his teeth bared. Before he could say anything, the big guy turned to Qi He, still in shock, and bowed:
"Thank you for saving the boss again."
Ji Yan: “…”
Qi He was humble and said, "It just happened to happen."
Ji Yan's breath was stuck in his chest, unable to rise or fall. But Qi He really wanted to save him, so he finally let out a long sigh, hummed, and turned around. This time he was cautious, raised his hand and waved -
A flash of fire illuminated the front.
I saw a flower bigger than the mouth of a water jar coiled on the tree trunk. A circle of fine teeth grew in the middle of the pistil. As it opened and closed, a little light flickered inside.
Qi He stared at the light.
The mutant plants have learned to trap.
And that circle of teeth seemed to be fused with zombie genes.
…
Everyone present was silent.
Yan Chuanbai was silent for two seconds, then waved his hand and the Piranha Plant snapped in half and fell to the ground. He walked over to pick it up, opened the trunk and threw it into the car.
"Bring some gifts for You Tianxing."
Qi He praised, "You are still so thoughtful."
Yan Chuanbai closed the trunk and said, "I know."
It was still raining outside, so they went back.
Everyone gathered around the fire. Qi He didn't take off his clothes this time. He just pulled at his collar and let it slowly evaporate the moisture. The firelight reflected in his eyes, and he thought for a moment:
"System, I seem to have evolved."
My mind was silent for a few seconds: [……???]
Qi He looked at his hand stretched out in front of the fire.
He actually used two kinds of "force" just now: one was gravity, which made Ji Yan kneel down; the other was horizontal traction, which pulled the flower plant back.
Before, he could only control one "force" at a time, but after this fever, his control ability was improved.
[What do you mean, you evolved? ]
The system was completely suspicious of Tongsheng: […Are you really some kind of plant?!]
How could someone evolve after getting caught in the rain?!
Qi He said happily: "Thank you for your good words. I am Qi Shu now."
The reply he received was a string of garbled characters.
Qi He stopped stimulating the system.
His evolution wasn't necessarily due to the rain. Besides the rain, these two events had something in common: they faced an existential crisis. One was caused by Ji Yan's actions, the other by the mutant plants invading the base station.
He still remembered Yan Chuanbai's words in front of the ranger's house, mixed with light smoke:
"Any change that is beneficial to one's own survival is called 'evolution.'"
Qi He thought about it and turned his attention to the only S-level combat-type psychic around him.
He wants to control the variables and verify his hypothesis.
Yan Chuanbai was standing at the entrance of the cave.
Perhaps because of the accident just now, he did not sit back down, but just leaned against the cave entrance and looked outside.
Qi He walked over, "Yan Chuanbai."
The person in front of me turned around and gestured with his eyes:?
Qi He said, "You can find an opportunity to attack me later. Any time, any place will do."
He added, "The kind that's going to be ruthless."
“…”
There was silence in front of the cave entrance for a long time.
Yan Chuanbai lowered his eyes and looked at me carefully. "After meeting you, I feel like I have paranoid delusions."
Qi He shook his head, "You are too prejudiced against me."
"It's not deep, it's just instinct."
The two looked at each other for a few seconds.
Finally, Yan Chuanbai looked away and put his fingers on his belt. He seemed to want to ask something, but then he changed the subject and just nodded and said, "Okay."
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An hour later, daybreak finally came.
The mountains and forests outside appeared clearly before my eyes.
Watered by the torrential rain, the plants on the mountaintops grew wildly. Two intertwined plants had even hybridized, with the more advanced ones even possessing "consciousness."
Yan Chuanbai said, "You guys go back."
Ji Yan frowned, "You two are going different ways?"
"We need to search for other teams in Areas II and III."
Ji Yan seemed to want to go, but after looking at the two teammates following him, he said, "Okay."
Qi He opened the passenger door and was about to get in the car.
Someone suddenly called him from behind, "Hey..."
He turned around and saw Ji Yan raised his chin towards him, "Give me your contact number."
Qi He:?
Ji Yan said as a matter of course, "Why? It's easier to form a team and take on missions after adding him. When we're in the wild, how can we not have a fire-type mutant in the team~" Seeing that Qi He didn't say anything, he said impatiently:
"It's just a communication, what's there to be shy about?"
Yan Chuanbai raised his eyelids and glanced at him.
Qi He, “…”
Qi He said, "There's no signal now."
Ji Yan responded, "Oh, right." Then he added, "Then tell me the number, I can recite it."
Qi He gave him a string of numbers.
After saying that, he looked at Ji Yan who was memorizing the number with his eyes rolled, and said in surprise, "You want to team up with me? I thought you would have some opinions about me."
After all, I've already knocked on two of them.
Ji Yan said, "What's your opinion? You are S-level. You should be weak when facing a strong opponent and strong when facing a weak opponent."
The system exclaimed: [He describes bullying the weak and fearing the strong in a refreshing and refined way.]
A voice came from the side: "Are you not leaving yet?"
Qi He looked up and saw Yan Chuanbai sitting in the driver's seat, steering the wheel with one hand, but his eyes passed over him and looked at Ji Yan who was still standing outside the car door.
They still have to find someone.
Qi He prepared to get in the car, "Let's go."
As one hand climbed onto the door frame, a series of "tick" and "tick" sounds suddenly rang out one after another.
The signal light on the communicator came on.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Ji Yan took out his communicator in surprise, "Holy crap! There's a signal!"
"Yeah, but it's still very weak and can't be sent out."
Two beeps were heard from the driver's seat.
Yan Chuanbai took out the communicator, and Qi He looked over. "What's going on? Is it You Tianxing? Or is it a message from the base station?"
He tapped his fingertips and paused: "It's you."
Qi He, "?"
Yan Chuanbai raised the corner of his lips and turned to him gently: "Just right, let me see what caring message you sent me."
“…”
The author has something to say:
Qi He (with a straight face): I find that you are a very serious person.
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