Chapter 466 Revenge on Society
The wife remained silent, torn by her conscience. Seeing this, the man's eyes reddened, and he began to appeal to her emotions: "Wife, how good have I been to you? I did all the housework, you never had to do anything. When you went out for social events, you always informed me, and you never cheated on me. When your brother got married, I even paid the down payment for his house…"
As he said this, tears welled up in his eyes.
"Don't say that. After the apocalypse, I awakened my superpowers, and haven't I been taking care of you ever since?"
When the man's wife heard him talk about the past, she was a little displeased: "I did nothing wrong to you. If you hadn't caught a cold, I wouldn't have wanted to abandon you. But the M1 virus is something even superhumans can't withstand. Whether you take care of someone or not is a matter of material things, but this is a matter of life and death."
"I see."
The man suddenly said this, as if he had suddenly given up hope of living.
In fact, he had a premonition. He had noticed his wife's growing impatience and bossy attitude towards him, as well as her flirting with other men.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought up the past; he could only say that he had anticipated the outcome.
Indeed, only when you encounter trouble can you see a person's true nature.
The man got up and silently sat in a spot some distance away from them, leaning against a tree with his eyes closed, seemingly lost in thought.
The calm didn't last long; a series of coughs drew more and more gasps from the crowd.
Looking at this scene, Luo Hongying suddenly said, "Someone here must be infected, otherwise so many people wouldn't be coughing at the same time."
Upon hearing this, everyone moved far away, covering their mouths and noses with their clothes, and looking around warily, trying to figure out who the source of the infection was.
Luo Hongying, however, directly pointed the finger at Yuan's mother: "Yuan Chengfei, it must be your mother who infected everyone."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Yuan Chengfei was both speechless and angry: "My mother had only been coughing for a short time when you separated from us. How could it be that my mother infected you?"
"Your mother was the first to show symptoms, who else could it be but her?"
"Heh." Yuan Chengfei sneered: "I was thinking of saying that there was a superhuman in the team who was infected and was secretly hiding it. After all, we've been away from the Weiyang base for so many days, and my mother has been fine. But we've only been in the team for four days, and my mother has caught a cold. If she was infected with the M1 virus first, then please tell me, where did she get it from?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately realized what was going on.
Yes, Yuan's mother was fine for the past few days, but today she suddenly started sneezing and coughing. If it's a latent virus, the incubation period for ordinary people is only 24 hours. After 24 hours, the symptoms will definitely appear.
If the person has superpowers, the incubation period for the virus is between 48 and 72 hours, depending on the level of the superpower user.
However, symptoms will appear after this period of time.
However, there were almost no cases of superhumans being infected, so no one suspected anything.
But now it seems that ordinary people can't hide their infection at all. Only when people with superpowers are infected will they not suspect anything and the other party can easily conceal it.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on one place.
The person was completely covered by clothes, and their body was twitching. They had previously thought the person had some kind of illness, but now it seemed they might have been infected and were coughing uncontrollably.
Because Mo Yu was a level four ability user, no one suspected anything.
After all, even if a superhuman was infected, they couldn't possibly be a level four superhuman. But knowing the outcome, and working backward, no matter how unbelievable the truth may seem, it is still the truth.
Mo Yu was completely shrouded in black. After being watched by everyone, he took off his large hat, revealing his face, which was abnormally flushed.
"Cough cough cough."
He coughed a few times: "Finally, I don't have to hide it anymore. Hiding a cough is really uncomfortable."
"Why did you do this? You were infected, yet you still mingled among us. Do you know how many people you've infected?" One of the superhumans couldn't help but shout at them because his family member had been infected.
Mo Yu laughed, followed by a cough, and said, "Why should I be the only one infected? I'm a level four ability user, why should I be infected? If we're going to get infected, let's all get infected together and die together!"
Indeed, it is true that people with superpowers are not easily infected, and high-level people with superpowers are even less likely to be infected, but this only means that the probability is low, not that it is impossible.
It is indeed possible that Mo Yu was infected; it's just unlucky that a level four ability user like him was infected.
But it's wrong for him to come out and take revenge on society; it wasn't them who caused him to get infected.
"We didn't harm you, so what does it have to do with us!"
"Neuropathy!"
Mo Yu sneered and remained silent.
He took out the fever reducer he had just bought and swallowed it.
The abnormal flush on his face was because he had started to have a fever.
Even after fever-reducing medication lowers the body temperature, the fever will return repeatedly, eventually leading to death.
As for those with superpowers, they can probably only hold on a little longer. Without a vaccine, the virus is still in their bodies, so no amount of fever reduction will help.
Mo Yu's actions actually stemmed from a severe imbalance in his mindset.
He was a level four superhuman with a bright future ahead of him, but he ended up getting infected with the M1 virus, which even superhumans struggle to contract.
On what grounds?
Why should I?!
He's going to die, so why should those people live? They should all be buried with him!
The others looked at Mo Yu's fearless demeanor but couldn't do anything about him. Firstly, he had already been infected with the virus and his death was imminent, and secondly, he was a level four ability user, which they couldn't defeat.
After cursing Mo Yu, all that's left is to face reality.
Those with superpowers who didn't have ordinary family members immediately distanced themselves from them, while those with ordinary family members faced the same problem as Yuan Chengfei.
However, Yuan Chengfei was determined to take care of his mother, while the others seemed hesitant, just like the couple from earlier, who abandoned each other when disaster struck.
Luo Hongying had originally planned to temporarily share a room with a man, but upon seeing that the man's son showed symptoms of viral infection, she immediately broke off the partnership.
In an instant, the people who had just been united scattered in all directions.
Some people made the same choice as Yuan Chengfei, while others made the choice made by the wife in the couple just mentioned.
Some were moved, some were disappointed, and some were heartbroken.
Those who abandoned their children all looked distressed: "You have to understand me. You're infected with this virus, and even a god can't save you. You don't want to infect me, do you? I'll leave you enough supplies so that at least you won't leave hungry."
Those who were abandoned knew that, rationally speaking, they hadn't done anything wrong. After all, they were truly beyond saving, and it wouldn't matter whether they were taken along or not. But humans are emotional beings, and the bond they had built up over time made it hard for them to accept being abandoned by the people they were closest to and trusted most in the first place, even if they could understand it.
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