Chapter 14 The Fourth Plot
When you open the newsletter, you’ll see a programmed message:
"There's a problem with the base station. Contact me when communication is restored."
Yan Chuanbai scratched his head, his tone still gentle, "Is there something wrong with my communicator? Where is your 'Run out to find me'?"
Qi He, “…”
He fixed his gaze on the system and said, "I've discovered that Yan Chuanbai is a very serious person."
System: [This is the consequence of your careless talk.]
Qi He said softly, "The signal must have been blocked, so the message we're most concerned about wasn't sent out."
Yan Chuanbai laughed, "That's really a pity."
Just after saying two sentences, another voice came from behind: "Hey, got it!" Ji Yan raised the communicator and said, "There is a moderate signal, let's see if I can send a message!"
Yan Chuanbai's expression calmed down, and he flicked his fingertips, "I'll contact Tianxing downstream."
Before the call was even made, a beeping sound rang out. Yan Chuanbai picked up the call, and the intermittent hum of electricity mixed with the notification tone: "Base...communication connected...Unit 138 connected...Colonel Yan's communication..."
Chi chi, the communication is connected.
A hurried call came out: "Li Zicheng team... requesting... assistance! Area II... direction, please... 9 o'clock!"
Everyone present looked solemn at the same time.
Yan Chuanbai said solemnly: "Got it, hold on."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Qi He had already climbed into the car and fastened his seatbelt when the call was connected. He glanced at the driver's seat and said, "I..." and then closed his mouth. "Nothing, let's go."
Ji Yan jumped out of the car window, "Hey! Need rescue? Then let's go too!"
Yan Chuanbai glanced over and said in a second: "Follow."
He slammed the accelerator! The modified off-road vehicle rushed through the muddy road after the rain and headed towards the 9 o'clock direction of Area II.
…
The sky was getting brighter and the rain had stopped.
The surrounding branches and vines parted as if to make way, and scattered branches and leaves slapped against the windows of the speeding car, making a crackling sound.
Yan Chuanbai suddenly asked, "What did you want to say just now?"
Qi He flicked the obstacle away, "Nothing."
The person next to him didn't ask any more questions.
After speeding off for a while, Yan Chuanbai glanced at the speedometer and said with a half-second of hesitation, "I feel like we're going faster than this."
Qi He nodded, "I was in a hurry, so I applied acceleration."
Beside: “…”
Yan Chuanbai took a deep breath, said nothing, looked ahead calmly and focusedly, and rushed forward.
Along the way, there were rescue communications.
The reported locations were all in the same direction. After the rainstorm, each team had to rush back to base. Qi He looked ahead at the signal smoke released by the psychic.
It's on the way back to the base.
"What happened over there?"
"You'll know soon." Yan Chuanbai said.
As we got closer, the scene ahead came into view.
The SUV braked suddenly! Qi Heping paused for two seconds: five or six cars were parked at the edge of the forest. The mutated vegetation had grown to the point where it blocked out the sun. Even more surprising was that after the rainstorm, the ground was not just muddy and soaked with water—
Instead, the entire land is like a "living" swamp, waiting for an opportunity to surge and devour those with special abilities.
Cries for help and shouts rang out one after another.
Low-level psychics were either eaten by plants or "swallowed" by the land. High-level psychics tried to resist and rescue, but they were unable to do anything else.
Both doors slammed open at the same time.
Qi He grabbed one with each hand and tore apart the giant vine that was devouring the psychic through the air, and at the same time dragged out the psychic who was swallowed into the swamp.
"Wow——" a layer of white frost covered it.
With Yan Chuanbai as the center, the surging swamp was frozen.
The psychics who were desperately resisting in the front turned their heads, as if they had seen salvation, and their eyes sparkled with light: "Colonel Yan!! And S-class Mr. Qi - it's rescue! Rescue has arrived!!"
There were even C-level psychics who burst into tears.
He thought they were going to die here!
Qi He raised his hand, and the entire mutant tree with vines was uprooted. He raised it high and threw it into the distance.
Boom boom!!!
Flying sand and rocks.
The crying stopped abruptly.
The C-class psychic had tears in his eyes and was stunned: ...Compared to before, it seems more like the end of the world has come.
“…” Yan Chuanbai was silent.
He then raised his voice and issued an order: "All psychics below level A, stand back. Above level A, enter the battle!"
A fireball slammed towards the mutated plants in front.
Amidst the blazing flames, Ji Yan finally arrived. "Phew, just in time."
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The gap between S-level and A-level became apparent at this time.
Only two people joined.
The entire situation seemed to have undergone a dramatic reversal. Yan Chuanbai fought and directed the battle, while Qi He played freely, and they quickly cleared the area around them.
Communications are being restored one after another.
More and more teams rushed over and gathered here.
After confirming that the last team had arrived, Yan Chuanbai asked everyone to stop and said, "Prepare to return to the base."
There are twelve teams and twelve vehicles in total.
Suddenly, a weak voice came out: "Our car was destroyed by mutant plants during the battle just now."
The other end also spoke up: "We are running out of gas."
“…Is there anyone who can fix the car?”
Everyone looked at each other, but no one responded.
At this moment, Qi He said, "I can drive."
“…”
Everyone turned their eyes and hesitated to speak: Who doesn't know how to drive?
A thin white hand raised and clenched into a fist.
Bang, bang, bang. The cars parked around them suddenly formed a line! Qi He estimated the distance to the base and his remaining strength after the second evolution, and added:
"I can drive Q,Q Speed."
The whole scene was silent for a moment, and then a dreamy voice floated out: "What is...Q,Q Speed?"
Qi He, "Qi Qi Speeding Car."
Everyone: “…”
Qi He patted Yan Chuanbai's arm after he finished speaking. Their off-road vehicle was the vanguard of the entire convoy.
"Let's go, get in the car."
Yan Chuanbai looked at him for a few seconds, as if gauging his remaining strength. Perhaps he had come up with some kind of backup plan, but he finally turned to everyone and said, "Get in the car, let's go back to base."
After saying that, he opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.
Everyone got back into the car.
Qi He held the steering wheel with one hand and looked ahead. "Dear passengers, the train is about to depart. Please fasten your seat belts. It is forbidden to bring flammable, explosive, toxic or other dangerous goods on board."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone beside him suddenly glanced at him.
System: [Yan Chuanbai looks at you as if asking: Why are you here?]
A convoy of cars suddenly took off into the air. Qi He said gently, "How could that be? You must have seen it wrong."
…
ⅠAt the entrance of the base.
You Tianxing was waiting in person, looking anxiously into the distance.
Yan Chuanbai reported that they had received a message saying that the psychic was returning to the base soon, faster than he had imagined. He didn't know if it was because of too much loss...
The heavy rain has stopped now.
The sky was clear after the rain, and there was a sense of long-lost, pre-apocalyptic peace. Golden sunlight broke through the clouds and poured down, covering City Z and the mountains and forests behind it.
The anxiety in You Tianxing's heart was inexplicably relieved:
Armor shines like golden scales towards the sun, a dragon breaks through the clouds...
A swimming dragon.
Wandering Dragon???
You Tianxing stared ahead.
As we got closer, we saw a long convoy of vehicles coming from above the towering mountains and the city, heading towards the base.
“………”
You Tianxing's cerebellum shrank!
The convoy arrived in a short while.
The leading off-road vehicle had a familiar license plate and landed in front of the base. Boom, boom... The car door opened, and Qi He and Yan Chuanbai got out, facing You Youtianxing's dazed face.
Qi He glanced at You Tianxing and then at Yan Chuanbai.
…Why didn’t Yan Chuanbai tell anyone how they came back?
Yan Chuanbai's lips curled up slightly.
Qi He, “…”
Got it, intentional.
He: "System, why is Yan Chuanbai so rude?"
The system's protagonist filter was turned up to the maximum: [What dog? In front of you, even zombies look like people.]
Up ahead, Yan Chuanbai greeted You Tianxing as if nothing had happened, "There are experimental samples for you in the trunk. After the entrance inspection, have someone take them back to the institute."
You Tianxing slowly came back to his senses, "Oh."
Yan Chuanbai asked again, "Have all the teams returned to base?"
You Tianxing opened his mouth, not knowing what he was thinking about. His usually smiling brows darkened a little, "Hmm."
Qi He looked at him for a few seconds.
The two had already passed the inspection at Gate B and got back into the car. Qi He sat back in the passenger seat, looking out the window, his eyelashes fluttering slightly.
The car started and drove back to the central research institute.
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The mutated man-eating plant was taken away by the researchers.
Qi He and Yan Chuanbai came down from the second floor of the research institute one after another. As soon as they walked out of the door, they met Zhou Ziqian and his group.
“Brother Yan…!”
Zhou Ziqian's eyes lit up for a moment, then dimmed again.
Yan Chuanbai was walking five meters ahead of Qi He. He came down the steps and stood in front of Zhou Ziqian and his group. Qi He just reached the edge of the steps and stopped when he saw this, standing in front of the railing.
Zhou Ziqian and another A-level psychic led two technicians, Xiaoting and Liu Xuan.
There were six people, and four returned.
Yan Chuanbai had his back to Qi He, so he couldn't see his expression. He only heard his voice, which seemed a little lower than usual: "What happened?"
Zhou Ziqian briefly explained the situation.
One of their team members, a psychic, had been infected with the zombie virus at some point and had suddenly mutated at the base station, biting another maintenance worker. Because they were teammates along the way, they couldn't bring themselves to pull the trigger the first time.
Until another team arrived and took care of the two infected people.
"I know this isn't right. But I..."
He paused for a moment, and silence fell on the steps.
After a long while, Yan Chuanbai said, "Let's go back."
Zhou Ziqian sniffed and left with the other three people, "...Yes, Brother Yan."
…
Wait until everyone has gone far away.
Click, a fire was lit.
Yan Chuanbai lit a cigarette and stood there for a while.
Qi He put one hand on the railing and looked at him.
But more than that, he seemed to be digesting Zhou Ziqian's words. As he was watching, the person in front suddenly turned around, and Yan Chuanbai's eyes fell on him.
Qi He didn't know what expression he had, and he blinked his eyelashes.
Yan Chuanbai looked at him for two seconds, then turned around and put out his cigarette.
She brushed off the smell on her body, then walked towards him and stopped in front of him. Yan Chuanbai looked at him and spoke in a normal voice:
"Why are you still here?"
Qi He thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid of disturbing you."
“…”
Yan Chuanbai raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and looked at the green plants on both sides of the road, "This is a very common thing."
After a while, he suddenly asked, "If I am infected by zombies one day, can you take action immediately?" After asking this, Yan Chuanbai felt a little puzzled - there was not a very deep relationship between them, not to mention that Qi He's character and judgment were much higher than Zhou Ziqian's.
After waiting for two seconds, he heard Qi He's firm voice:
"You won't get infected."
Qi He looked at Yan Chuanbai.
Are you kidding? The protagonist has been infected, so why would he leave with this terrible plot?
Yan Chuanbai's fingertips moved, and something in his heart loosened. He turned his head, raised his eyebrows and said, "If."
Qi He shook his head, "Then I won't do anything to you."
He said considerately, "I can find a place to hang you up so that you won't bite anyone else."
Yan Chuanbai, “…”
System: […What a perverted torture!]
Yan Chuanbai looked into Qi He's eyes and said slowly, "With your words, I will definitely live well."
…
Yan Chuanbai has something to do at the military headquarters.
Qi He went back to the high building first.
He walked across the lobby to the elevator and pressed up. The floors on the screen dropped down one by one, and then, with a ding, they stopped at the first floor.
The door opened and a figure came into view.
Her long, light-colored hair was gently curled and draped behind her, and her long white dress rippled like flowing clouds and water. This attire clearly showed she wasn't a combat-type esper. She was in a wheelchair, accompanied by an assistant.
Qi He stopped and moved aside to let them come out first.
Yu Jiang looked up at him and said softly, "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Qi He walked into the elevator and the door slammed shut.
Assistant Yu Jin pushed Yu Jiang out of the high-rise building, and the warm sunlight fell down.
There was no one around, Yu Jin lowered his head and said, "Miss."
Before the end of the world, Yu Jiang was the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, and she was hired specifically to take care of Yu Jiang. Even now, she is used to calling people "Miss":
"That person just now was Qi He. I heard that..."
"Yu Jin." Yu Jiang stopped her. "I don't learn about people from what others say." She looked ahead. "I only believe what I see with my own eyes and hear with my own ears."
Yu Jin paused, wanting to speak but stopping herself, "But Miss, your hearing is not good."
Yu Jiang nodded, "Okay, let's have tofu stew for lunch."
“…” Turmeric.
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Qi He took a shower after returning home.
After staying outside for two days, I was exhausted and sweating during the evolution.
He couldn't tolerate himself being so dirty.
When he came out of the shower, he saw Yan Chuanbai had sent him a message:
"Meeting tomorrow morning at 9:30, on the fifth floor of the research institute."
Qi He, "The system, it's so programmed for me."
System: [You're not bad to him either.]
Qi He casually replied "OK," then tossed the communication aside and lay down on the bed to rest. Even a psychic's mental strength was limited. After leading such a long convoy back to base, he was now overwhelmed by a strong sense of fatigue.
"I'll take a nap first. Call me if you need anything. Otherwise, I'll leave."
The system opened its mouth to curse, but seeing that he was fast asleep with his head buried in the pillow, it retreated with a cold face.
No one looked for him the whole day.
Qi He slept until late at night.
When he opened his eyes, the room was pitch black.
Only outside the floor-to-ceiling window directly opposite, the crystal core energy reflected tiny rays of light, casting them onto the outer wall.
Qi He sat up and asked, "What time is it?"
【22:46】
It was bedtime again and he hadn't eaten yet.
His mental strength had recovered to about 70% or 80%. Qi He stood up and walked towards the kitchen, ready to make something to eat.
As he walked to the cooking counter, his eyes suddenly lit up.
【System loading...】
【■■■Loading successfully■■■】
[The key plot will begin tonight, please prepare in advance. 】
Qi He paused: "System."
system:【……】
His eyes fell on the words "tonight" and "advance" on the panel, and he had a vague foreboding: "Last time, the plot was only one sentence. How long is this one?"
The system called up a text summary: [After communication was interrupted, Yan Chuanbai was dispatched for rescue. During this time, you were unable to contact Yan Chuanbai and finally realized: As a... parasite,
The voice stumbled: […Without Yan Chuanbai, you simply can't survive. After Yan Chuanbai returned this time, you decided to change your "identity" to seek greater benefits for yourself.]
After it finished speaking, it threw out the script:
"It's late at night, and most people have gone to bed. As someone he brought to the base, you have your own way to reach the 29th floor of the high-rise building."
You put on a white shirt and went to see Yan Chuanbai.
You first lied that the water heater in your residence was broken, and shamelessly borrowed his bathroom to take a shower▇▇▇▇』
Squeak… Squeak…
"After taking a shower, you start thinking of ways to stay overnight.
Yan Chuanbai is extremely disgusted with you and is ready to force you away. You decide to go all out and take off your white shirt, standing in front of Yan Chuanbai, hooking▇▇▇▇』swish!
“………”
Qi He looked at the display panel calmly.
He finally understood why it was released so long in advance: this was not a key plot, it was clearly a big show for the whole night.
The system carefully compensates: [Although it is long, there are two black codes, so there is a lot of room for play. ]
Qi He smiled back, "Haha."
【……】
Just as the system was frightened, it saw Qi He turn around and pull out a shirt from the closet.
It was flattered: [Are you willing to follow the plot? ]
Qi He put on his shirt and said, "Of course I have to go."
As for how to go, he has the final say.
After changing his clothes, he walked straight to the French window. Then, under the system's puzzled gaze, he pushed open a movable window with a "clang", grabbed it with one hand, and flipped out -
【…？ ？ ？ ？ 】
The building has 29 floors.
The room was dark with the lights off, with only the light from outside faintly shining through, illuminating the floor on the outside.
In the quiet night, there was a sudden "bang".
Yan Chuanbai, who was in a light sleep, suddenly opened his eyes.
With the sound of the window bolt falling, he turned over and sat up in an instant, looking out the window.
The night is dark and the breeze is cool.
The window opened wide, and a familiar figure appeared outside. Qi He was hanging in the window, his white shirt fluttering gently against the nearly 30-story glass exterior wall.
Yan Chuanbai held his breath for a moment.
After staring at each other for two seconds, Qi He said, "I'm a little scared. Can you come in first?"
“………”
Yan Chuanbai stared at him and said, "I'm scared too."
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