Chapter 47 Little Black Has Grown Up and Left the Base
Seeing Zhou Min say offensive things time and time again, Tian Qiao wanted to slap him. What was wrong with him all of a sudden?
It wasn't until Zhou Min suddenly said that Zhang He was lying that Tian Qiao was taken aback and finally understood what Zhou Min meant.
At this moment, Zhou Min was hiding behind Cheng Zhiyu, holding onto the other's clothes with both hands, feeling very safe. When he looked down, he found that Xiao Hei was staring at him quietly.
Zhou Min coughed lightly and loosened his grip on Cheng Zhiyu's clothes.
Wu Mengting paused, then asked anxiously, "What did you mean by those words?"
Zhang He frowned and pulled Wu Mengting aside, saying, "Mengting, don't pay attention to her. You don't even know what she's talking about."
However, Wu Mengting stared stubbornly at Zhou Min, who cautiously peeked out and said, "It means exactly what he said. He said your daughter's death had nothing to do with him. I felt that was a lie."
Wu Mengting suddenly looked at Zhang He, her eyes bloodshot, looking somewhat frightening.
Zhang He swallowed hard and said cautiously, "Wife, you can't just listen to everything others say. I know you care about Xingxing, but didn't we consult a psychic? Xingxing herself said that her death had nothing to do with me."
After saying that, he looked at Zhou Min with a not-so-pleasant expression: "I don't know why you want to sow discord between my husband and me. If it weren't for the fact that you are a friend of my benefactor, I would definitely not be polite to you."
Zhou Min was displeased upon hearing this: "What do you mean I deliberately tried to sow discord between you two? Am I secretly in love with you? I just can't stand people lying to my face. Go ask around, my superpower can sense whether you're lying or not, my track record is verifiable, okay?"
Zhang He frowned and tried to pull Wu Mengting away, but she shook off his hand and walked a few steps away from Zhou Min: "What do you mean by that? He's lying... Is Xingxing's death related to him?"
Zhou Min shrugged: "How would I know? I only know he's lying, nothing else... I can't read minds."
Wu Mengting clenched her fist: "Is it possible for you to tell whether what he says is true or false just by listening to it?"
Zhou Min could still guarantee that: "Of course."
Tian Qiao and Tian Manman huddled up to Cheng Zhiyu: "...What's going on?"
Cheng Zhiyu: "I don't know, let's see first."
Anyway, we can't leave anytime soon.
Wu Mengting seemed to have made a decision. She walked up to Zhang He, looked at him, and he swallowed hard: "Mengting, don't believe everything you hear..."
"I'll ask, you answer," Wu Mengting said.
Zhang He: "Mengting..."
"I'll say it again, I'll ask and you answer!" Wu Mengting raised her voice, staring at Zhang He with a stubborn expression, unwilling to compromise in the slightest.
Zhang He was helpless and his mood became increasingly irritable.
Wu Mengting: "Did you bribe the psychic?"
Zhang He breathed a sigh of relief: "No."
Wu Mengting looked at Zhou Min, who said, "That's true."
Wu Mengting frowned: "Did you kill Xingxing?"
Zhang He turned his head away: "No."
Zhou Min looked disgusted: "It's fake."
Wu Mengting's fingers trembled as she tried to calm herself, but she couldn't. She almost questioned, "Zhang He! Xingxing is your daughter, why did you kill her? Do you know how much she loved you? Every time you left, she would snuggle in my arms and cry, saying she missed her father..."
Zhang He seemed to have been struck by something and retorted loudly, "Even if I killed her, it was by accident, an unintentional mistake, and I regret it very much!"
Zhou Min: "It's fake, it's fake, it's fake."
He said, "Every single one of them is a lie."
As if afraid that others would not understand his meaning, he made a special explanation: "He did it on purpose, it was not an unintentional mistake, and he does not regret it at all."
Cheng Zhiyu and the others were speechless. They knew Zhou Min wasn't lying... Even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs.
Tian Qiao muttered to herself, "That's too strange. Why did the psychic reading result say that Zhang He didn't kill her?"
Cheng Zhiyu said, "Some victims may not even know the cause of their death. Moreover, as Wu Mengting said, Xingxing had deep feelings for Zhang He."
After hearing this, Tian Qiao was speechless, and looked at Zhang He as if he were an animal.
"Zhang He, you're a complete bastard!" Wu Mengting roared, her body and mind trembling, and she immediately attacked.
Zhang He hurriedly dodged away, saying as he did so, "Mengting, don't believe him. Xingxing is also my daughter. How could I bear to kill her?"
Zhou Min clicked his tongue, adding fuel to the fire: "Still lying."
Zhang He couldn't take it anymore. He yelled and glared fiercely at Zhou Min: "Why are you talking so much nonsense? What does our family's business have to do with you?!"
Zhou Min snorted: "Can't I stand up for what's right?"
Zhang He gritted his teeth: "Mind your own business!"
Before he finished speaking, a hard and sharp clod of earth flew towards Zhou Min, as if it wanted to kill him directly.
Zhang He seized the time last night to absorb all the absorbable crystal nuclei, and now he is a level two soil system.
Those clods of earth were even harder than rocks.
However, a large knife slashed directly at it, and the clod of earth instantly crumbled.
Tian Manman held the large knife and glared fiercely at Zhang He. He didn't care about anything else; he only knew that Zhang He dared to lay a hand on his friend and was courting death!
Cheng Zhiyu's face also turned cold: "Zhang He, do you want to fight us?"
This statement was blatantly protecting Zhou Min, and if Zhang He continued to attack Zhou Min, they would not be polite.
Zhang He's face darkened: "Brother Cheng, I'm just helping you. With someone like this always causing trouble in the team, aren't you afraid he'll get burned one day?"
Cheng Zhiyu: "That's our own business, you don't need to worry about it."
Zhou Min was deeply moved: "Waaah, I love you all so much."
Xiao Hei: "They're always talking about love and romance, so frivolous."
Cheng Zhiyu found it funny.
Seeing that he had run into a brick wall with Cheng Zhiyu, Zhang He had no choice but to say to Wu Mengting, "Mengting, we are husband and wife, you're trying to kill me, how can you be so cruel!"
Wu Mengting's eyes were bloodshot: "Then let me ask you, why were you so heartless towards Xingxing!"
"Ha, she's putting on a good act, looking so innocent, but she's actually very cunning!" Zhang He had already given up, since Wu Mengting already knew, he simply blurted out everything he had been holding back.
Wu Mengting exclaimed in disbelief, "Xingxing is only five years old! How could you say that to her?!"
Zhang He said impatiently, "Am I wrong? If it weren't for her, would my son have died? She was afraid that my son's birth would take away her favor, so she was heartless enough to kill my son!"
He questioned, "Wu Mengting, you keep saying you love Xingxing, but what about our unborn son? Don't you love him too?"
Wu Mengting was speechless for a long time. Zhang He muttered to himself, "If it weren't for her, my son would definitely be a year old by now, right? We are both superhumans, so he must be a superhuman too. Our family was so happy and harmonious, but it's all her fault! My mom said she asked an experienced aunt, and that baby was definitely a boy. She ran around while you were pregnant, making you look for her all day. I think she deliberately wanted you to miscarry!"
“Xingxing got lost by accident. I asked you to look for her that day, but you didn’t want to, so I had to look for her myself. Didn’t you ever think that my miscarriage was related to you?” Wu Mengting was also sad when she had her miscarriage, but she knew it wasn’t Xingxing’s fault. On the contrary, it was Zhang He’s behavior as a husband that made her heart turn cold.
He didn't care that his daughter was missing. Because of that incident, Wu Mengting always felt that Zhang He was the one who killed Xingxing after Xingxing died.
"And Zhang He, don't think I don't know. That time Xingxing got lost, it was because your mother took her out. Your mother wanted to get rid of Xingxing!" Wu Mengting had always known that her mother-in-law didn't like Xingxing because Xingxing was a girl. She had some suspicions about that incident, but she had no evidence. In addition, her mother-in-law didn't live with them, so she could only give up.
But this incident remained a thorn in her side: "It was your mother who killed the unborn child!"
"Can you blame my mom? If Xingxing hadn't been making a fuss about not wanting a younger brother, and you hadn't even considered aborting the child, would my mom have done that?" Zhang He had been influenced by his mother's ideas from a young age and had long accepted that theory of valuing sons over daughters.
He can love Xingxing, provided that he will have another son. Xingxing has become an obstacle to the birth of his son, which he cannot accept.
Wu Mengting sneered: "So you admitted it after all!"
Zhang He said coldly, "She deserves to die. As long as she's alive, you won't have any more children. Also, after the apocalypse, when I returned home, my mother was already dead, but she was alive. She was the one who killed my mother. She's a demon!"
That's not how it happened at all. It was Grandma who insisted on going out to see the world despite Xingxing's objections, and as a result, she was bitten by a zombie.
She had been bitten and was turning into a zombie. She knocked on the door, wanting to come inside, but Xingxing, seeing her mother-in-law about to become a zombie, didn't open the door.
Wu Mengting didn't think Xingxing had done anything wrong. Before she left, she had told Xingxing not to open the door no matter what happened. To be honest, if it weren't for the apocalypse, she would never have allowed her mother-in-law to be in the same space as Xingxing.
Wu Mengting seemed to have calmed down, and looked at Zhang He, asking, "How did you kill Xingxing?"
Zhang He retorted, "She was bitten to death by a zombie, what does that have to do with me?"
Zhou Min listened indignantly: "You're lying!"
Wu Mengting's fingers trembled slightly: "You deliberately pushed her into the zombie horde, didn't you?"
Zhang He didn't speak, but changed the subject: "Mengting, as long as we're both alive and well, that's enough. It's the apocalypse, so separation and death are normal. If you like children, we can have another one."
Speaking of this, Zhang He hated Zhou Min to the core. He had just recently coaxed Wu Mengting back, saying that if they had another child, maybe Xingxing could be reincarnated into his family again.
Of course, these were all lies, but as a mother who had just lost her child, Wu Mengting was easily persuaded by such reasons. After all, all she wanted was another son.
Wu Mengting didn't speak, she just looked at Zhang He. The latter felt something was wrong, but by the time he realized what was happening, he felt an intense heat around him and was engulfed in flames.
Zhou Min: "...I'll go."
To be honest, this scene was really a bit scary, especially Wu Mengting, who looked at that ball of fire and even showed a strange smile.
An ordinary person would die instantly if engulfed by fire, but Zhang He was a superhuman, so he was still alive. However, the burning pain on his skin was worse than death. He screamed and struggled in agony. He heard Wu Mengting say, "Xingxing must have been in this much pain back then."
Zhang He cried out, "Help!... Help me..."
People were coming and going at the base, and soon someone noticed the commotion and was startled by the burning figure.
When a person with superpowers ran over to put out the fire, Wu Mengting warned, "Whoever dares to save him, I'll burn you all down with him."
Seeing that Wu Mengting's mental state was not quite normal, the other ability users hesitated, after all, no one wanted to mess with a madwoman.
Zhang He roared in agony. The fact that superhumans are stronger than ordinary people made him suffer terribly at this moment. He was in so much pain that he even wanted to die to end it all.
He had never imagined his life would end this way. For some reason, he suddenly thought of Xingxing's desperate eyes as he led her into the zombie horde and she was being torn apart by the zombies, crying out, "Daddy, come save me, please... save me..."
Xingxing didn't even know how she ended up surrounded by zombies; in her dying moments, she thought her father would come back to save her.
The fire died down, turning into ashes.
Wu Mengting twitched the corners of her mouth, looked up at the sky, stretched out her palm, and wanted to slap herself to end her own life.
Cheng Zhiyu sighed: "Xingxing wouldn't want someone like you."
Wu Mengting paused, and she burst into tears, something she hadn't shed before. She remembered when the psychic communicated with Xingxing, and Xingxing said, "Mom, Xingxing hopes you're doing well."
Cheng Zhiyu: "As long as you're alive, at least there are still people in this world who remember the stars."
Zhou Min coughed lightly: "Run quickly, killing someone in the base is a pretty heinous thing."
It's estimated that the authorities have already sent people to arrest them.
Wu Mengting was a little stunned. Tian Qiao reminded her, "Don't think too much about it. Let's run first. Are you willing to get arrested for this scumbag?"
One sentence brought Wu Mengting back to her senses. She thanked him sincerely and ran out of the base as fast as she could.
She carried her most important possessions with her; there was nothing else she needed to take. Wu Mengting tightly gripped the small urn containing her ashes.
Star, Mom has avenged you.
——
Soon, people from the base arrived. Zhou Min took one look and realized, "Oh, what a coincidence!" He recognized the person leading the team; he was one of Brother Zhang's men.
Zhou Min quickly went over: "Brother Feng, what are you doing here?"
Upon recognizing an acquaintance, Brother Feng's expression softened: "We received a report that someone with superpowers is injuring people here. Where is he?"
Zhou Min pointed to the charred lump on the ground: "Here it is."
Feng glanced at the body and immediately ordered it to be collected. He then asked Zhou Min, "Where is the superpowered individual who caused the injury?"
Zhou Min patted his chest: "I am an eyewitness, let me tell you what happened."
Feng glanced at him: "You know the superpowered person who hurt her? Trying to buy her time? It's no use. The base gates have also been notified. She can't escape."
Zhou Min: "..."
"Let me tell you what happened, you'll definitely think this guy did a good thing!" Zhou Min whispered to Feng Ge, whose expression changed repeatedly as he listened, clearly angered by Zhang He.
Zhou Min patted him on the shoulder: "How about it, be lenient and do me a favor?"
As a result, Brother Feng said, "The base has its own rules."
Zhou Min was unwilling to accept this: "Rules are rigid, but people are flexible."
Feng glanced at him and said, "Without rules, there can be no order. If the rules can be changed at will, what authority does the base have?"
Zhou Min: "..."
Feng's communicator rang. Communication was now possible within the base, but this communicator only worked internally. He glanced at it; it was turned on from the doorway. After answering, he asked, "Have you caught the person?"
The guards at the gate were very strict, and Feng thought they would definitely catch them no matter what, but the guards at the gate said, "The person hasn't come here yet."
Wu Mengting didn't even go to the door, which Zhou Min really didn't expect. He and Cheng Zhiyu exchanged a glance.
Feng frowned: "Look around, they must be hiding."
He hung up the call and glanced at Zhou Min: "Don't do anything foolish. Harboring criminals in the base is the same crime."
Zhou Min looked bewildered: "I was wondering where they went."
Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, and knowing he was busy looking for someone, Feng gave him a few instructions and left.
Once Zhou Min was sure the person was far away, he approached Cheng Zhiyu and the others and asked, "Where do you think the person is hiding?"
None of them knew, but what was certain was that Wu Mengting, seeing the tight security at the base entrance, didn't try to force her way in and instead hid.
They discussed it and stayed at the base for another day before leaving early the next morning. Before leaving, Zhou Min made a special trip to inquire and heard that Wu Mengting was still not found at the base. He breathed a sigh of relief, as not finding her was good news.
"Maybe Wu Mengting has some special escape skills and has already run away?" Zhou Min smiled optimistically.
Anyway, I wish her good luck.
Zhang He was such a beast that even when Wu Mengting burned him, they didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
What kind of person has any moral compass would lay a hand on their own five-year-old child?
"Let's go, it's time to leave," Cheng Zhiyu said.
He looked down at Xiao Hei, who had grown even taller. It was originally between his calves, but now it was a little taller than his calves. Compared to when he first entered the base, it had really grown a lot taller.
Cheng Zhiyu was afraid that something was wrong, so he didn't let him see any outsiders when they came out of the forest. Now that they were leaving, he made him stay in the backpack. Xiao Hei looked a little unwilling, after all, the backpack was very cramped and must be uncomfortable.
Cheng Zhiyu gave her a comforting kiss: "It's okay, just bear with it for a little while, it'll be over soon."
Cheng Zhiyu: "Isn't Xiao Hei the best-behaved dog?"
Little Black jumped into the backpack: "...Childish!"
Cheng Zhiyu smiled and zipped up the zipper, carefully leaving a gap.
For some unknown reason, Xiao Hei suddenly emphasized, "I'm not a dog!"
Cheng Zhiyu: "Okay, okay, you're not, then what are you?"
Xiao Hei: "..." He was afraid of scaring Cheng Zhiyu if he said it out loud.
Seeing that Xiao Hei didn't say anything, Cheng Zhiyu didn't ask any more questions, put on his backpack, and set off.
He thought to himself, "If only the system space would allow Xiao Hei to go in, then Xiao Hei wouldn't have to suffer. Staying in the system space would definitely be more comfortable than in the backpack."
Fortunately, they left the base smoothly in no time. Little Black couldn't wait to stretch out a paw, and then its head popped out of the backpack. Its fur was a little messy. It shook it and prepared to jump down.
Zhou Min leaned closer: "Come on, Brother Hei, jump into my arms and I'll catch you."
As he spoke, he stared longingly at Xiao Hei, imagining the other jumping into his arms so he could take the opportunity to give it a rub, hehe.
As a result, Xiao Hei glanced at him and jumped off from the other side.
Zhou Min: "..."
Cheng Zhiyu found it amusing and even explained for Xiao Hei, "He doesn't like being touched."
Zhou Min: Okay.
——
A few days later, Tian Qiao patted an SUV in front of her, her eyes shining: "This one's pretty good."
Cheng Zhiyu walked around the area and, after confirming that there were no problems with the appearance, thought it was fine.
We had been using motorcycles to get around, which was convenient, but the daytime temperatures made it practically impossible to move around. After discussing it, we decided to switch to a different vehicle.
SUVs have a much higher ground clearance than regular sedans and are also more durable, so they all thought they were the best choice.
Moreover, they obtained a map from the Chaoyang base and have planned the shortest route home. Most of this route is wilderness, making it the most convenient for off-road vehicles.
Moreover, with the upgrade of Cheng Zhiyu's storage space, off-road vehicles can be stored in the storage space in critical moments.
Tian Qiao found the keys to the SUV and said eagerly, "Let me try it out first."
Zhou Min stood in line behind him, saying, "I want one too! I want one too!"
Tian Manman stood next to Cheng Zhiyu, scratching her head; he couldn't drive.
Tian Qiao got into the car, started it, drove around for a bit, and then reluctantly got out: "The car is fine."
Zhou Min also went around and came to the same conclusion.
"Then let's get in the car. Maybe we can get to the beach before dark," Cheng Zhiyu said, a hint of anticipation in his voice.
The route they planned would pass by the sea, but Cheng Zhiyu had grown up inland and had never seen the sea before.
I used to think that after I started working and made money, I would take my family on a trip to the beach, but I never expected that the apocalypse would come first.
The group was excited upon hearing this and eagerly got into the car. Cheng Zhiyu patted Xiao Hei and said, "Get in the car, Xiao Hei."
In just a few days, Xiao Hei grew as tall as he had been before, when he was finally able to grow freely. He had grown from just above Cheng Zhiyu's calves to almost reaching his waist.
Sometimes when Cheng Zhiyu woke up, he would see that Xiao Hei had grown quite a bit, completely shedding its previous cute puppy appearance and becoming majestic. Its black fur was as smooth as ordinary silk, and its expression carried a sense of disdain, reminding Cheng Zhiyu of a black panther. Hmm... it had the qualities of a king.
However, who would have thought that this big dog was quite depressed lately? The reason for his depression was that he had grown up and Cheng Zhiyu could no longer hug him.
Its paws were almost as big as Cheng Zhiyu's hands. Cheng Zhiyu wanted to hold it, but alas, it was too heavy for a living being to bear.
He will be crushed to death.
Xiao Hei looked at Cheng Zhiyu: "You go first."
Cheng Zhiyu got into the car as instructed, and Xiao Hei jumped in after him. Luckily, the SUV was spacious with eight seats, otherwise it might not have been able to fit everyone in.
Xiao Hei naturally nestled its upper body in Cheng Zhiyu's arms, its lower body on the seat, and its tail wagging happily.
Cheng Zhiyu stroked Xiao Hei's thick paws and then rubbed its bouncy ears. Xiao Hei didn't seem annoyed by being petted and rubbed. When it finally couldn't stand it anymore, it used its paws to press down on Cheng Zhiyu's hand, which was quite amusing.
Zhou Min, sitting in front, would occasionally turn his head to look, his eyes filled with longing. He also wanted to pet it, but Xiao Hei was very vigilant and wouldn't let anyone other than Cheng Zhiyu get close.
depressed……
The SUV was driving fast, and soon they could smell the salty sea breeze; they were approaching the sea.
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