Chapter 145 Seeking Cooperation
There was a moment of confusion on her face, and then it disappeared.
"I don't need you to save me. You are just pawns in my game. I can abandon you if I want to. The way I act in front of you is just a fake."
Looking at the dying Matthew, she hoped that he could look at her with hatred, hate her, and curse her.
But Matthew just smiled and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "I'm glad you're okay."
Rossetti shouted angrily: "Asshole, why don't you hate me? You hate me. Human nature is so fragile. Both the Blue Star people and the Flame Star people are selfish guys and should be destroyed."
But the other person's head drooped and he had lost consciousness. No matter how Rossetti shook him, he did not respond.
"Wake up, wake up!"
Gracie, who was standing by, carefully checked his breath and said in a crying voice, "He's not breathing. He's dead."
Rossetti still refused to believe it, "Impossible, he hasn't answered me yet!"
Matthew's body gradually softened, with a smile on his face, but his life was gone...
Gracie looked at Rossetti in horror, "You deliberately gave us those canned foods to eat, and you killed Matthew too?" Only now did he react.
"Yes, you hurt your sister. Do you know that your sister is dying? It's all because of you."
Gracie couldn't believe it. "It's all because of you."
"I didn't ask you to do this. It's all because of your own inner desires. Human nature is like this and can't stand the test. You hurt your sister and stole other people's things. You are a bad person and bad people shouldn't stay in this world!" Rossetti showed a sinister expression, which was different from her usual friendly look. Gracie now felt terrified.
"But you are obviously the same as us, both of us are imperfect?"
She sneered, "I'm different from you! Do you understand? I'm not the same as you at all!"
She let go of Matthew's body, turned away from him, and shouted to the rioters beside her: "Kill him."
At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew in the desert. It seemed that a new round of sandstorm was about to come, and this time the sandstorm would definitely not be small. The strong wind almost blew people away.
No matter how strong the rioters are, they are powerless in the face of such a natural disaster.
Rossetti's eyes darkened. "Everyone retreat. We can't have any more losses. These are just small fry. We still need to conserve our strength to deal with those Blue Star people."
The rioters began to retreat in large numbers, no longer paying attention to Gracie and Qin Muxue.
In just a few minutes, they had disappeared from their side.
Qin Muxue covered the wound on her chest. This minor injury was nothing to her, but Shi Yan still carried her on his back nervously, "Let's leave here first."
"There is no place in the desert to hide from sandstorms."
Suddenly, the emerald on Qin Muxue's chest glowed green, and she felt the emerald was heating up.
Her consciousness suddenly came to another place. When she opened her eyes again, Qin Muxue found that her space had been activated again.
She looked at the supplies in the storage area excitedly. Nothing was missing and all were there.
Then they went to the planting area. The vegetables, fruits and rice here were all ripe. The ripe grapefruits exuded a fragrance. Qin Muxue couldn't help picking one and came to the breeding area while peeling the grapefruit.
Pearl smelled her scent a long time ago, and after seeing her, she excitedly jumped onto her shoulder. The environment in the space had not changed, and the animals were all alive and well. This was the thing that made her happiest.
With no time to rest, she brought Pearl into reality, and Grisi was almost startled by a giant creature that suddenly appeared in front of her.
Qin Muxue excitedly told Shi Yan, "My space is back. Let's go find Qu Yanbai and the others. A sandstorm is coming. Let's hide in the space first."
Then he changed his expression and said to Grisi, "Take Matthew and leave here with us."
Grisi had no choice but to do as he was told.
After sitting on Zhenzhu's back, they quickly ran towards Qu Yanbai and the others' location.
Qin Muxue didn't care about the wounds on her body and shouted loudly: "Come into my space quickly."
In just a moment, they seemed to have arrived at a paradise. The children looked around in surprise, "Is this the place where people go after death?"
"What's this?"
The children looked around curiously, and their fear at first turned into exploration.
Qin Muxue covered her chest, which was still aching slightly. She searched for a long time where the medical supplies were kept and finally found the vaccines she had stockpiled before.
There are also many bottles of tetanus vaccine, "it should still be in time."
Gracie quickly vaccinated her sister, and she was still trembling beside her. "You almost killed your sister. If you were a step later, she would really be incurable."
Gracie asked in a trembling voice: "Is there any hope for Matthew?"
Sheng Xingyuan squatted down and felt Matthew's pulse, looked at the wounds on his body, checked his pupils, and shook his head, "There's no hope."
When the children heard the news, they all gathered around, "Matthew, what happened to Matthew?"
"Matthew is dead?"
"Matthew won't die." One of the children shook Matthew's body hard, but he still didn't respond.
"Wow!" One of them started crying, and then all the others. They all had disabled children who had managed to survive in this harsh desert environment. When Matthew died, they lost their backbone.
Qin Muxue felt a headache when she heard the crying. Shi Yan noticed her discomfort and said, "Your wound has not been treated yet."
"I'm fine."
"We can't delay any longer. It's not convenient here. Let's go over there."
The two came to the house in the breeding area. Shi Yan wanted to treat her wound, but Qin Muxue covered her chest and said, "Otherwise, I'll do it myself."
Shi Yan smiled softly, "It doesn't matter, I have nothing else to do."
Qin Muxue's heart was beating fast. It doesn't matter to you, but it does to me.
The wound was located just below the clavicle, which was a rather awkward position.
Shi Yan was disinfecting the wound carefully and seemed to be focused, but in fact, Qin Muxue found that his ears had turned red and his hands were trembling slightly.
Qin Muxue hissed, and Shi Yan immediately stopped what he was doing and asked with concern, "Does it hurt?"
"It's okay. I can bear it."
"The wound isn't very deep, but I'm afraid it will leave a scar. It would be such a pity to leave a scar in this place." Shi Yan's tone revealed a hint of loss.
"I don't care, why do you care? We are all wearing clothes anyway, and no one can see us."
After Shi Yan bandaged the wound, he quickly stood up. Qin Muxue then discovered that his back was also injured because he was protecting her.
"How careless of you to get hurt too."
Shi Yan shook his head, "It doesn't hurt." He was used to getting injured. He had many wounds on his body anyway, so even if there was one more, he wouldn't feel anything.
Qin Muxue found that Shi Yan's temperament had softened a lot. "Shi Yan, you seem to have changed, but you also seem to have not changed. I hope you can take good care of yourself. You should know that I care about you, and I am afraid that you will get hurt."
It's not that he has changed, but that he has someone he likes and something he feels is important, and the person he likes just happens to like him. When he feels the sweetness of love, the hostility around him dissipates a lot.
"Come, come, let me help you treat your wound."
Hearing this, Shi Yan nervously covered his clothes and said, "I can do it myself."
"Your wound is on your back, how can you do it by yourself?" Qin Muxue ignored him and quickly pulled off his coat.
In the desert, everyone was wearing little, and Shi Yan's clothes were torn in an instant, exposing Shi Yan's upper body. The two of them remained still in an awkward posture for five seconds.
"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it."
At this time, Qu Yanbai was looking for Qin Muxue, wanting to ask her if she had any food to eat, when he saw this scene.
He immediately covered his eyes and tried to explain, "I didn't see anything. You guys continue."
But in his heart he was thinking, young people are really amazing, they are not out of danger yet, but they are already impatient.
"It's not what you see!" Qin Muxue wanted to explain, but found that no matter how she explained, it was pale and powerless.
Sheng Xingyuan looked at the house in front of him and wanted to come in, but was stopped by Qu Yanbai. "The couple is being affectionate, we should not go in and disturb them. Let's look for food later."
Sheng Xingyuan's expression changed immediately and he pushed the door open regardless.
Qu Yanbai shouted from behind: "How can you be so tactless?"
Fortunately, Qin Muxue was just silently treating Shi Yan's wounds. Seeing Sheng Xingyuan suddenly barging in, she felt strange, "What's wrong? What's the matter with you guys?"
Sheng Xingyuan breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that what he had imagined did not happen. "I just wanted to ask where the food is. The children are hungry."
"Oh, I'll be right there. Shi Yan's wound will be taken care of soon."
After bandaging Shi Yan, Qin Muxue put on his coat for him and said, "Be careful."
"I'll go get some food right away."
After Qin Muxue left, Sheng Xingyuan and Shi Yan were left staring at each other.
"Are you okay with your injury?" Sheng Xingyuan asked casually, not knowing how to start.
"I'm fine."
There was a strange atmosphere between the two of them, an undercurrent of tension.
…
Qu Yanbai teased, "You two were alone and sneaking around in there, what on earth were you doing?"
Shi Yan and Sheng Xingyuan looked at him at the same time with fierce, murderous eyes.
Qu Yanbai could only swallow his saliva in frustration and decided not to meddle in other people's business, otherwise he would be torn into pieces by these two men.
Qin Muxue brought the children to the yard here. They had just lost Matthew, and they were listless. Some were even sobbing. Matthew was like a father and brother to them. Now that he was dead, everyone felt very sad.
Qin Muxue found some cakes. Eating some desserts could help relieve the depressed mood of these children.
"I know you feel bad about Matthew's departure, but Matthew is here for everyone. You have to cheer up and not be so depressed for him."
“Sister, we know, but Matthew is gone, what should we do in the future?”
Grisi blushed and said with shame: "As for me, although I did something wrong before, I will always protect you. From now on, I will never think about these opportunistic things again. I hurt my sister and others."
He bowed solemnly to Qin Muxue and said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn't have stolen your things. And sister, I was bewildered and shouldn't have deceived you in such a way that hurt others."
When he saw his sister dying just now, he regretted his decision. At that moment, he seemed to have grown up, but the price of growing up was too heavy.
"By the way, where is Sister Rossetti?" a child suddenly asked.
Grisi's expression changed instantly. "She...she...she was the one who killed Matthew. She is the culprit."
As much as she trusted and admired Rossetti before, Gracie hated this woman now. All this was her plan, and they were like her dolls. No wonder they were often discovered by the rioters, but the rioters were not in a hurry to kill them.
The children showed an expression of disbelief. "Why would Rossetti harm us? Aren't we all disabled?"
Because the children have suffered hardships since childhood and their minds are relatively mature, they believe that everyone is in the same boat and should stick together for warmth.
"Rosetti is indeed not your friend. Eat some cake first. I will find a way to deal with this matter."
The whole chocolate mousse cake that Qin Muxue took out exuded an enticing sweetness, attracting the children's taste buds.
"What kind of food is this and why does it taste so sweet?" They had never eaten cake before. Looking at the black thing, they were just curious and couldn't help swallowing.
Qin Muxue cut the cakes into several pieces and distributed them to them. Some children couldn't wait to eat them, "This is so delicious."
"Yeah, it was dark, and I thought it was poison."
"Even if it's poison, I'll accept it if it tastes so good."
Qin Muxue didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "This is a chocolate cake, it's originally black, and I don't mean to poison you."
The children devoured the cake voraciously and finished it quickly.
Only one little boy hid the cake and refused to eat it. Qin Muxue asked him why, and he said pitifully: "Matthew, I have never eaten anything like this. I hope he can have a taste too."
The little boy was too young to understand the meaning of death. He just thought that Matthew had left them temporarily.
Qin Muxue sighed and touched his head, "Eat it, you don't have to stay, Matthew can't eat the cake anymore."
The little boy cried and said, "Then I will wait until he comes back and give him food. I am hiding now."
Qin Muxue didn't know how to explain it, "Okay."
It is a good thing for children to keep their childishness, but it is also a tragedy in such a cruel Yanxing, especially since their future is uncertain.
They could only stay in the space for ninety minutes, and they had no idea what the sandstorm outside was like.
Qin Muxue gave each of the children a bottle of juice. They had never tasted such delicious drinks before and they all praised the drinks.
“This water is orange and tastes sweet.”
“It’s the first time I’ve drunk water that tastes so good.”
She gave each of them a small backpack filled with food and water, "This is enough for you to eat for a few days."
Then he looked at Gracie and said, "I hope you can take good care of these children as you said."
"My sister..."
"Her fever hasn't subsided yet. We will take good care of her, but you will have to rely on yourselves after you get out. I don't know if the sandstorm outside will end."
If the time comes and the sandstorm is not over, it will depend on luck whether they can survive.
Qin Muxue hopes that they can be happy for at least the ninety minutes they are in this space.
"By the way, there are a lot of clothes here. You can take a shower here and change into new clothes."
Their clothes were as tattered as beggars. It was the first time I saw such short-sleeved shirts and pants. The temperature here was very high and it would burn if exposed to the sun. Qin Muxue also prepared a sun-proof jacket and a sun-proof umbrella for each of them.
Qu Yanbai helped them cut off all their long hair. The boys had a flat head and the girls had a refreshing short haircut.
Gracie dutifully took care of her younger brothers and sisters as they went to the bathroom to take a bath. These children had only taken a bath a handful of times since they were born. This time they took a good bath, and after coming out, the little beggars had turned into energetic children.
The time is almost up, and when the time comes, they will be teleported out.
Qin Muxue looked at the time on her watch and said in a deep voice, "It's almost time, everyone get ready."
In the blink of an eye, they appeared in another place, a place everyone had been to before, the entrance of Euphemia tribe.
It turned out that after the sandstorm started, they were swept into the strong wind along with the emerald necklace. The strong wind blew here, and they happened to be standing on the mud and sand, and sank into it along with the mud and sand, and came to the underground city of the tribe.
The second time they came here, they were not VIPs but rather the targets of hunting. After the tribal guards discovered them, a group of strong Yanxing people immediately surrounded them.
The high priest sneered at everyone, "It really took a lot of effort to get all these children, but where did you find so many children?"
The children had never seen such a scene before, and they were so scared that they burst into tears. The deafening sound deafened the high priest's ears, "Shut up, you are so noisy, or I will make you into jerky."
After receiving the threat, the children immediately shut up.
Qin Muxue was not afraid of the threat from the high priest at this moment. She raised her head calmly and said, "High priest, if you keep us alive, it will be more beneficial to you than killing us."
The high priest looked at the tied-up people suspiciously, "You are prisoners now, and you still dare to speak nonsense. I haven't settled the score with you for killing Luna before."
When talking about Luna, Qu Yanbai's face immediately turned ugly. "To be honest, it was you who killed Luna. You shot her to death!"
"You are the most hateful one. If it weren't for you, how could Luna be like possessed!"
Originally, Luna was the future daughter-in-law of the high priest. Now that she was dead, her son was devastated. He was also criticized by his tribe members because of these people...
"High Priest, we are all very sad about Luna's death. If you could sit down and communicate with us calmly, this wouldn't have happened."
Shi Yan whispered in her ear: "Do you have any ideas?"
"Um."
She continued to speak to the high priest: "Do you know where we came here from?"
The high priest did not respond, "No matter what you say, I will not let you go this time. If that group of people find you, they will definitely not let us go!" He showed a horrified expression.
"But we came from the base of the group of people you are afraid of. I guess those people have already tracked us here." This was of course just to blast him.
"What did you say?"
"As you know, we disappeared in the oasis area. We went to that huge base and saw many of their secrets. If you are interested, High Priest, we can explain it to you slowly."
At this time, Shi Yan had already cut all the ropes, "Also, I forgot to tell you, you can't trap us at all. You also know that we have superpowers."
Seeing that all the ropes were broken, the high priest began to get scared, "Someone, someone, someone!"
"It's useless to send more people because we can easily deal with you. However, we want to make a deal with you."
Qu Yanbai's vines directly wrapped around the high priest and held him in the air. "Before, I didn't want to fight with you because I didn't want to hurt you, but you insisted on bumping into me."
The high priest was hung in the air, trembling with fear. "Whatever deal you want, I will agree to anything you ask. Please let me down."
Qu Yanbai exerted force, and the vines wrapped around him even tighter. The high priest hurriedly shouted, "I was wrong. I admit that I was wrong before. I will listen to you. I will listen to you in everything. Please let me go!"
"We can't kill the high priest yet. If he dies, the people of the tribe will not be willing to cooperate with us."
Only then did Qu Yanbai let him go. He would definitely find an opportunity to settle the account with him.
"Just now, you said that I wanted you to join me in attacking the rioters' base!"
"What? Impossible, we can't beat them, they are very scary. You want all the members of our tribe to die!" The high priest shook his head in horror.
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