Chapter 27: Surge of Grievances
I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard Song Nanxing say this, but my mood didn't feel any lighter.
The hunger I felt in the chaos was not fake, and the feeling of chewing something in my mouth the moment I woke up was not fake either. If Song Nanxing hadn't stuffed that piece of wood in my mouth, I might have really eaten that monster.
Song Nanxing looked at me without saying anything for a long time, then took out a test tube from his bag and handed it to me.
"Drink it."
I took a look and saw that the test tube contained dark blue liquid. I looked at him suspiciously.
Song Nanxing sighed and said, "Don't you want to go east? Drink it and I'll take you there."
He really knew something.
At this point, there is no need to doubt what is in the test tube. I am most likely infected. Even if there is poison in the test tube, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Is there anything worse than infection?
I took the test tube from his hand, pulled the stopper and drank it all in one gulp. An indescribable bitterness with a hint of spiciness exploded in my mouth, and my face wrinkled.
I swear, I've never tasted anything so awful in my life.
Seeing that I drank it, Song Nanxing handed me another bottle of water and asked me to rinse my mouth.
After drinking some water to dilute the strange taste in his mouth, Song Nanxing stood up and extended his hand to me.
"Can you still stand up?"
I nodded, grabbed his hand and stood up. He smiled and turned to the man called Gang Jue and said, "Let's go."
Steel Lord nodded and walked with us.
"This is..." I glanced at Steel Lord.
"Steel Lord." He answered briefly.
…
Of course I know this, and I am speechless.
Song Nanxing stifled a laugh and answered for him: "He is my colleague. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have been able to find you."
Colleague? I had more questions. Who on earth is Song Nanxing?
However, Song Nanxing didn't seem to intend to hide it. He pointed to the east and said, "Before, you asked me why I went east, and I made up a reason."
I nodded, not surprised. I had been a little suspicious since he gave me the Miao Dao.
Seeing that I didn't interrupt him, Song Nanxing continued, "There's a base in the east, underground. It's the branch of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau in this city."
Having said this, he stopped, faced me, stretched out his hand and made a gesture to shake hands with me.
"Let me introduce myself again. I'm Song Nanxing, an investigator from the Abnormal Investigation Bureau. Codename: Xing."
The Abnormal Investigation Bureau? I was a little dumbfounded. Could it be the kind of organization I was thinking of?
As if seeing through my doubts, Song Nanxing nodded and said, "That's right, you can also understand that we are the so-called relevant departments."
I pointed at the person next to him and said, "Isn't his code name Steel Lord?"
The white-haired man nodded.
Oh my, it’s true.
I reached out and shook hands with them symbolically, then after a moment's deliberation, asked the question that concerned me most: "Am I still... human now?"
"Of course, what else do you want to be?" Song Nanxing raised his eyebrows.
Seeing that my expression was still not relaxed at all, he added: "You really did almost mutate. Let me think about where to start..."
Song Nanxing turned around and motioned for us to go into the next room first.
I turned and went into the room I had just found and sat on the sofa.
"Let's start with the farmers' market," I said.
Song Nanxing nodded and began to talk from the beginning: "After the fog started, I kept an eye on the movements in the fog. The fog was created by your friend named An Xiaowei."
I didn't interrupt and motioned for him to continue.
"If I'm not mistaken, she was once infected like us, but survived the infection and unexpectedly evolved as a human."
"Once infected but survived?" I keenly caught the key words in his words.
"In other words, even if you are infected, not only can you survive, but you may not turn into a monster. Am I right?" I asked him.
"Yes, that's right. If you can survive the contamination, there's a chance you'll survive. As long as you survive, you'll awaken abilities to varying degrees. However, the abilities awakened will vary depending on the person and the source of infection they come into contact with. Furthermore, these abilities will constantly and randomly increase in strength, or even develop into new abilities."
"You mean, there's more than one source of infection?" I frowned.
Song Nanxing nodded: "Of course there is more than one."
"Then what am I now?" I asked again.
"You're also someone who survived the infection. Don't worry, I told you before, you didn't mutate. But... you almost mutated."
He thought for a moment, as if trying to figure out how to explain it to me. After a moment's thought, he said somewhat dejectedly, "I'll explain this to you slowly once we get to the base."
"Why did you give me this knife?" I raised another question that concerned me. He had given me this knife once when we first met. Later, when I was choosing a weapon, he gave it to me with justification and even told me to paint the knife with blood.
"Because this knife should have been yours, or rather... it was left to you by your parents."
My parents?
I got a little excited and grabbed his arm: "Do you know about my parents?"
Song Nanxing nodded: "Everyone in the Investigation Bureau knows."
"Then they..." My voice trembled a little, and I didn't know how to ask the next question.
He lowered his head, looked at me with a hint of apology, and said, "I've never worked with them, but they are indeed from the Bureau of Investigation."
I was a little anxious, so I grabbed his arm a little harder and continued to ask, "Where are they now?"
At this time, Song Nanxing stopped talking. I turned to look at Gang Jue, and he also lowered his head and said nothing.
Seeing their reactions, I probably had the answer in my mind.
I let go of Song Nanxing's arm and was speechless for a long time.
The moon was hidden in the fog, and it became even darker outside the window. From time to time, the roars and gasps of monsters could be heard outside the residential building.
"One last question..."
"You ask."
I took a deep breath and whispered, "My parents...what kind of people are they?"
"Although I haven't worked with them, your parents..." Song Nanxing paused and told me solemnly: "They are real heroes."
I chuckled twice, and tears rolled out of my eyes uncontrollably.
That was enough. To hear him say that my parents were true heroes, nothing else mattered at that moment.
I lowered my head hastily, not wanting them to see me looking so miserable. I wiped my tears in embarrassment, but they wouldn't dry up.
Song Nanxing stopped lashing out at me, instead patting me gently on the back and saying softly, "You've persevered for so long, thank you for the hard work."
After hearing these words, I could no longer suppress the grievances that had been pent up in my heart for a long time. I sat on the sofa and burst into tears without caring about my image.
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