Chapter 430 Safe House
The next day, Xu Zhiyan found that he woke up from the dream unusually early today.
The sky outside the window was still dark, but Xiao Zhiyan had already climbed out of bed and went to wash up skillfully. When Aunt Qin came to wake him up, he had been sitting by the window, ready to go, waiting for a long time.
[The weather is fine, the temperature is good, and today is Saturday, so the amusement park is open for business! ]
It turned out that today was Xiao Zhiyan’s birthday. The system shouted excitedly, listing various information, as if it was about to turn the tables and win the bet.
[The most important thing is that Aunt Qin has not received any news about the change of itinerary location! ]
"Oh?" Xu Zhiyan raised his eyebrows.
The amusement park was crowded on Saturday, and mimics were already ostracized by the real world. If the child could really take the opportunity to sneak away to another province, there might really be a glimmer of hope.
After breakfast, Aunt Qin changed little Zhiyan into new clothes.
Martin boots, dark long coat, camel scarf and woolen hat, plus the child's cute face, anyone who saw him would have to praise him. Before leaving, Aunt Qin also brought a small black cloak and draped it over her arm, probably because she was worried that the child would catch a cold when he came back at night.
The system became even more excited, but Xu Zhiyan remained silent.
He could feel that Xiao Zhiyan's inner desire was about to overflow, and his heart was beating much faster than before.
A feeling of anger and despair suddenly surged in his heart. It was not Xiao Zhiyan's emotion, but his own inexplicable emotion. Xu Zhiyan didn't know how to explain it to the system, so he simply closed his mouth and watched everything from a first-person perspective.
The unexpected happened as expected.
When Aunt Qin led little Zhiyan to change clothes and walked into the yard, they bumped into the tall bodyguard who was usually taciturn. The doctor followed behind the bodyguard with a box in his hand.
Xiao Zhiyan tightened his grip on Aunt Qin’s hand for a moment.
He stared at the box in the doctor's hand, and a bad premonition had already set in.
"I forgot to tell you, let's go to the amusement park at another time. I have other tests to do today." The doctor didn't waste any words and got straight to the point. He didn't even specify who gave the order.
Aunt Qin was stunned for a few seconds and nodded in agreement.
"good."
A crisp and clear answer.
She didn't care about the playground, nor did she care about Xiao Zhiyan, and she didn't care whose request it was.
From beginning to end, no one present said a word to Xiao Zhiyan, and no one noticed that the child's hands hanging by his side were clenched into fists, with his nails digging deep into the flesh, almost drawing blood.
He knew that if he couldn't leave the Xu family's door today, he didn't know when the next opportunity would come.
Finally, when the adults finished talking and Aunt Qin was about to take the children directly to the new experimental site, the boy next to her suddenly spoke.
"Aunt Qin, can I go change my clothes first?"
Children's ability to disguise is always inferior to that of adults. Although Xiao Zhiyan wanted to remain calm, his voice trembled slightly and was a little angry when he spoke.
The tall bodyguard took a glance and nodded slightly to Aunt Qin.
After returning to the room, Aunt Qin did not explain. She turned around and went to the closet to get old clothes. Perhaps she knew that this matter was a bit unfair to Xiao Zhiyan, so she did not explain anything and let the silence spread.
"Aunt Qin, I really want to go out and play. I haven't been out for a long time..."
A lost voice sounded from behind, and then Xiao Zhiyan slowed down his voice and pleaded in a low voice: "Aunt Qin, you are my only relative. I promise I will be good. Can you take me to the amusement park when no one is around at night?"
Aunt Qin turned around holding the clothes, with a hint of hesitation in her eyes.
She has taken care of this child for too long.
There is no way to contact the outside world here, and to her, the child in front of her is her only one.
Compared to last winter, Xiao Zhiyan had grown a lot taller. He approached the person he was most familiar with intimately, pulled the other's sleeve, and added: "I know how to get out. I promise that we can play all night and sneak back. No one will find out. Aunt Qin, or we can wait a few days. Can you promise me?"
He was unwilling to give up this opportunity.
The failure rate for a person without cover is too high, even if it's just to get a promise.
As long as Aunt Qin agreed, he would be sure that she would fulfill her promise.
Unexpectedly, things turned out to be the opposite of what we expected.
Aunt Qin twisted her fingers tightly around the clothes. She seemed to want to agree, but before she opened her mouth she thought of something and pursed her lips tightly, refusing to answer. Finally, as if she could no longer endure the dilemma, she threw the clothes to the ground, grabbed Xiao Zhiyan with both hands, took him out of the cloakroom and pressed him on a chair.
"It's not that I don't want to, but that I can't."
"Young Master, the money that the Madam gave me has been taken away. I must find a place to make up for my losses. I still have relatives and my own son. They are still waiting for me to take the money back..."
Her eyes were wide, the skin on her face was a little stiff, and her tone was very sharp.
"Mr. Xu said that as long as he doesn't nod, you will never be allowed to leave here without permission. No, not even half a step! I know this is very painful for you, but do you know how much money he paid me?"
Aunt Qin bent over and clasped Xiao Zhiyan's shoulders tightly with both hands.
“Do you know how much you are worth?”
"Sixty million! He said that if I could just take care of you for a few more years, he would be willing to give me sixty million!"
Her breathing became heavier, as if she was dazzled by the money. However, when she thought of the countless confidentiality contracts she had signed and the strange phenomena in the mansion, she felt that this was perfectly reasonable!
After a while, Aunt Qin calmed down a little and softened her voice in trying to dissuade him.
"Master, you can't blame me. If you can also give me 60 million, then I will definitely side with you... Don't talk about going out again. If there is a next time, I will tell them directly."
She chose money over affection.
Xiao Zhiyan was stunned.
No disappointment and no anger.
His last bit of attachment to Aunt Qin completely disappeared, and only peace remained in his heart.
Without a crack in his expression, Xiao Zhiyan narrowed his eyes and smiled, saying innocently: "With so much money, Aunt Qin will definitely keep the things here a secret in the end."
Aunt Qin nodded subconsciously.
"Of course, as long as I get the money, I won't tell anyone a word."
"Great, if that's the case, then only the dead in the world are better suited to keeping secrets than Aunt Qin." After saying that, Xiao Zhiyan slapped the stunned woman's hand away, walked back to the cloakroom, picked up the scattered clothes, and closed the door.
Aunt Qin stood there alone.
She felt that the young master's words had a hidden meaning, but she was unwilling to interpret the meaning behind them.
Dead... No, she won't die.
When everything is over, she will get the money and leave as soon as possible, hiding her identity and starting her own happy life.
In the sea of consciousness, Xu Zhiyan tried to stop the system from silencing but to no avail, so he just gave up and let the system scream.
The two of them watched the whole process. At first, the system was sad about losing the bet, but then it was completely attracted by the conversation between Xiao Zhiyan and Aunt Qin. It cursed that group of people were all bad guys, and its words were very civilized. When it saw Xiao Zhiyan calmly reminding Aunt Qin, it looked so cute again, which made Xu Zhiyan feel sick.
[My dear, Uncle Tong will help you scold those bad guys! Bah! How shameless! Aunt Qin actually knows that Xu Yan is very likely to kill her in the end, but she is still unwilling to give up 60 million.]
People die for money and birds die for food.
The rewards are too generous, and there will always be people who take risks for money.
"...Hey, hey, hey, could you please pay attention to your seniority?" Xu Zhiyan couldn't bear it anymore and spoke out.
Damn Uncle Tong, he got goosebumps just by hearing this!
The system ignored its genuine host. When it saw Xiao Zhiyan entering the cloakroom, its face instantly fell and it smashed the dressing mirror with its clenched fist.
“Boom—”
A dull sound was heard and he turned his head cautiously to look.
Aunt Qin was still immersed in her own world. She didn't notice the movement in the cloakroom and didn't ask.
Seeing this, Xiao Zhiyan picked up the clothes on the ground, apparently wanting to put them on, and then pretended to walk out as if nothing had happened... But a few seconds later, he seemed unable to bear the sadness in his heart any longer, so he tied the clothes around his hands and punched the mirror again.
It reduces the noise and also ensures that you won't get hurt.
Once he leaves the cloakroom, no one will notice what he has just done here.
The system was stunned when it saw the expression of suppressed anger in the mirror.
[No wonder the host is so obsessed with money...] If you have experienced betrayal because of money as a child, everything will be easy to understand.
It has been almost a year since the beginning of the story. No matter what difficulties Xiao Zhiyan encountered, he always maintained a relatively stable mood. This was the first time he saw the other party's anger and unwillingness revealed.
Xu Zhiyan was a little confused.
"…What on earth is he angry about?"
Hadn't we already determined that Aunt Qin's chances of betraying us were low? The current result should be within our expectations.
"Anger only makes people lose their reason."
Well, although it might be a bit harsh to ask such of a child, this is Xu's residence. As the chosen vessel, if Xiao Zhiyan wants to leave alive, he cannot be an ordinary child. He must be more sensitive and mature than others in order to succeed.
The system wanted to condemn its host for being so cold-blooded, but before it could open its mouth, Xiao Zhiyan's murmurs fell into the ears of the two.
"Damn it, I'm only worth 60 million?"
Xiao Zhiyan puffed up his cheeks and leaned his head against the mirror, his tone full of doubt.
He pretended to be unconscious and heard the conversation between Xu Yan and Aunt Qin. But because he was far away at the time and there was a doctor examining him, he only vaguely understood the content and could not hear the specific information clearly.
He heard the 60 million, but he refused to admit that he was only worth 60 million.
"Sixty million is just a deposit, how can it be the full payment?" Xiao Zhiyan felt that he should be worth more, at least sixty million times two.
With just two sentences, the system's words of condemnation for the host were blocked in the chip.
Even with a filter forty meters thick, it had to admit that this was too greedy! How could someone not be angry when his blood was drawn until his face turned pale, not be angry when he was imprisoned for a year, not be angry when he was betrayed by the closest person around him, but only be angry because the bad guy gave him a price that was too low?
Hearing Xu Zhiyan suddenly burst into laughter that almost made him choke, the system sighed.
[As expected of you, my young host!]
[Even the reason for being angry is so unique...]
Half an hour later, the dust settled and everything was back on track.
Xu Zhiyan, who had defeated the system again, was originally discussing what type of software he would like the system to develop. However, as soon as his vision moved a few steps, he realized something was wrong.
"This is not the way to the institute." He hesitated, feeling that the surroundings looked familiar.
The system brings up scene contrast.
[This is the road we took when we first arrived.]
About a year ago, when Xu Zhiyan first entered his childhood memories, he briefly controlled his body...
He thought of the strange room filled with ashes.
Before today, Xiao Zhiyan was trapped, moving only between the underground research institute and the yard, and had never been there again.
After walking around for more than half an hour, the group finally arrived at a quiet courtyard.
It didn't snow like last time, but the temperature was very low. The grass and trees in the yard were unusually lush, with a bright green color. One could tell at a glance that these were not modern vegetation.
I walked into the small door hidden in the courtyard and walked down the stairs for more than ten minutes.
Different from what I saw when I first came here, this place has been expanded. At the back is a wide circular venue with many people in researcher uniforms busy with something.
After walking through the crowd, Xu Zhiyan saw a strange door at the end. With the naked eye, the material of the door was almost the same as the crooked one last year, but it was much higher than the previous one, more than three meters, and there was more than one layer of doors, and no one knew what it was guarding against.
Xiao Zhiyan held Aunt Qin's hand tightly, his heart calm, and his face pretending to be scared, while Aunt Qin's face turned a lot paler, as if she thought of some horrifying scene.
The two people's completely different states are intriguing.
But soon, Xu Zhiyan no longer had time to be curious, as his attention was drawn to what the researcher said.
"I've injected too many inhibitors. Although I can detect from the blood that the trait is still there, I still need to do regular tests to prevent unexpected changes in other traits... Thank God this trait is very tenacious and has not completely entered a dormant state."
The researcher in front of him was the one who had reported to Xu Yan before.
It seems that he didn't have a good year. His hair, which was not thick to begin with, fell out completely, and there is not a single hair left on his head.
"Let him in... Never mind, let's wait a little longer." He pointed at the strange door and changed his mind halfway through his words.
"Let him in after we have cleared the area."
After he finished speaking, the bald researcher directed the people around him who were still busy, asking them to quickly remove the materials in their hands.
There was no chaos during the process; everyone moved things in an orderly manner, and in less than an hour the large area outside the strange gate was cleared.
The system has begun to get excited.
[Wow, is this another characteristic of the host? What kind of characteristic should be treated so seriously?]
In addition to the semi-awake dream characteristics and the time characteristics that Xu Yan longed for, there was another suppressed characteristic that no one had mentioned in the past year. Even though it could explore the surrounding scenes at will, it could not create clues out of thin air.
Xu Zhiyan was no longer as enthusiastic as before, and there was a hint of worry in his tone.
"It feels like the little kid is going to suffer."
As we all know, the stimulation of characteristics is often between life and death.
After taking suppressant drugs for a whole year, it is not easy to wake him up again.
Everyone had different thoughts. Before Xiao Zhiyan could do anything, he was pushed into a room blocked by a double strange door.
As soon as he came in, he shuddered.
It was too cold. Apart from the suspended lighting and the 360-degree surveillance cameras, the place was filled with ice, and thick white frost formed on the ice...
Xiao Zhiyan didn't understand what was going on and looked stunned.
He turned around, but the door behind him was already closed, and a layer of white frost was quickly spreading on the door.
Xu Zhiyan could feel the hidden fear coming from the child's heart.
Yes, no matter how smart he is, he is just a six-year-old child. When facing humans who can communicate, he can still be more active, but standing in this temperature that is enough to freeze a person to death, all struggles are in vain.
The hot air he exhaled turned into swirling white mist, and his exposed fingers turned red from the cold.
Xiao Zhiyan couldn't help rubbing his hands, trying to keep them warm.
However, the highlight does not seem to be the low temperature...
Hearing the system screaming again, Xu Zhiyan originally wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere and reassure the system that it would not die, but as soon as the words came out of his mouth, his tone changed.
"The oxygen is decreasing..."
"Fuck, how come I can feel it too?!"
He had never had any empathy with Xiao Zhiyan before, and at most he could only feel the other's inner fluctuations. But this time, as the oxygen in the room dropped sharply, Xu Zhiyan not only felt suffocated, but also felt cold.
In an instant, he felt his vision change.
The system sound in my ears disappeared.
The child's body was simply unable to withstand the double torture of low temperature and lack of oxygen, and he lost consciousness without doing almost anything.
Xu Zhiyan looked down at the small hand, his eyes went dark, and he almost fainted. What the hell? So as long as the child fainted under special circumstances, he would take his place, right?
Inner complaints cannot isolate physical pain.
Probably in order to quickly activate the almost dormant characteristics in Xiao Zhiyan's body, the temperature here is incredibly low and the oxygen is being drawn away very quickly.
He took a step forward, but his legs were numb from the cold and he couldn't move flexibly. Xu Zhiyan staggered and fell to the ground. He subconsciously supported himself with his hands, and the exposed skin on the side of his palms was instantly frozen to the ground.
It's bad news, but it's not that bad given the circumstances.
Xu Zhiyan bit his back teeth and raised his hand.
“Shua——”
The skin on the side of the palm was forcibly torn, but fortunately the blurred consciousness prevented the wound from causing any immediate pain. Unfortunately, the price of this dullness was death.
No, I'll die if I continue like this...
In less than three minutes, his vision began to go dark.
Xu Zhiyan pursed his lips and took a deep breath before the oxygen completely disappeared. The air that poured into his lungs was so cold that it almost froze his beating heart.
There is no way out.
He closed his eyes and warned himself.
Don't panic, he can do it.
Perhaps his childhood self would have died here, but his arrival changed everything. The person he wanted to save was himself.
Only he can find a way out.
Calm down, Xu Zhiyan, all skills are concrete manifestations of power, which means that the essence of everything is the same. Since you can perceive dreams and time, you should be able to perceive new characteristics now.
I remember! I remember Xu Zhiyan...
Think about being in a dream, think about the ability to control dreams...
This is the power that belongs to you!
…
Just before his consciousness fell into complete darkness, his eyes became blank, he knelt on the ground, and placed his palms on the ground, and bright blood dripped onto the ground.
The next second, flames exploded into the sky!
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