Chapter 43: Infected?
After an unknown amount of time, Gu Qinyuan let go of her hand.
"Now, gather the energy into your fingertips."
This is much more difficult than gathering it into the palm of your hand.
But for some reason, she felt more and more clearly that something in her body was converging to her fingertips along the blood vessels or meridians.
Yan Chu's originally relaxed body gradually tensed up, and he tried to gather all his energy into his fingertips.
The next second, a cluster of flames suddenly appeared at her fingertips.
Yan Chu opened his eyes instantly and looked at the flickering flame on her fingertips in surprise.
It actually worked!
Although I don’t understand what’s going on, Gu Qinyuan is so amazing!
After the first successful fire production, the next steps were very natural and soon Yan Chu was able to control the flame flexibly and freely.
In order to avoid accidentally setting fire to the mountain, Yan Chu quickly learned to control the size of the flames.
She was very happy and showed off to Gu Qinyuan: "Look, look, am I really awesome! Am I also a fire-type mutant now?"
After hearing this, Gu Qinyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and the corners of his mouth curved up: "Indeed, he is more powerful than the previous guy."
Yan Chu was puzzled: "That guy from before? Who was he?"
Gu Qinyuan did not answer her, but urged her: "Okay, Miss, it's time to go back to bed."
That’s right, it’s already very late and we have to drive to Yue City tomorrow.
As Yan Chu walked down the old wooden stairs, he suddenly remembered the question she had not finished asking.
If cells and microorganisms can be controlled, are viruses also included?
She shook her head and continued walking downstairs.
Gu Qinyuan didn't mention the virus, so it shouldn't be possible, right?
Otherwise it would be too invincible.
After returning to his room, Yan Chu tried his little flame again, then lay down on the bed contentedly.
This time she slept particularly soundly and fell asleep quickly.
The next morning.
The birds outside the window were chirping. Yan Chu opened his eyes drowsily and saw the sunlight shining into the room through the gap in the curtains, casting a spot of light on the wall.
It was dawn, and it was time for them to set off for Yue City.
She rubbed her eyes and sat up from the bed, vaguely hearing crying sounds outside.
What's going on?
After staying in the apocalypse for a long time, Yan Chu became much more alert. The sleepiness that had been plaguing her just now quickly dissipated, and she quickly woke up.
Yan Chu got up and opened the door. He looked down from the second-floor corridor and saw several people already standing in the living room.
Chen Qianxing and Lu Yuanze stood aside, not knowing what they were talking about.
Su Su sat on the sofa somewhat dejectedly, with red eyes, and it was obvious that she had just cried.
Luo Yu sat beside her and comforted her in a low voice.
Yan Chu hurried downstairs and asked them, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
Everyone else looked at Su Shu at the same time.
Su Su looked at her with a wronged expression, opened her mouth to say something, but didn't utter a word.
Perhaps because he felt that this matter was difficult to explain, Lu Yuanze simply suggested: "Why not just take you there to see it."
Puzzled, Yan Chu followed Lu Yuanze to the room where Su Shu had rested last night. As soon as he entered, he saw Xiao Huai tied tightly to the edge of the bed.
That’s strange. Didn’t I untie the rope for him before going to bed last night?
Why is it tied up like this again?
Xiao Huai was half leaning on the bed, breathing rapidly and weakly, with his head drooping low, and he seemed to be in a bad condition.
When Yan Chu took a few steps forward to see what was going on, Lu Yuanze grabbed her.
"Don't go near him, he seems to be infected."
Infected?
Yan Chu looked at Xiao Huai in surprise, and caught a glimpse of a pair of scarlet eyes from his messy hair.
Not only that, his entire skin was abnormally flushed, and purple blood vessels appeared on his temples and the sides of his neck.
It does look like a sign of impending mutation.
Yan Chu frowned: "Didn't you check him when you took him away yesterday and said there were no wounds?"
Lu Yuanze was also puzzled: "We were just discussing this matter. When we checked yesterday, we indeed did not find any wounds on his body."
Chen Qianxing spread his hands helplessly: "If he has any wounds on his body, there's no way I'll let him get in our car."
This is too strange. When they left the apartment building, they did not encounter any danger of being surrounded by zombies.
Where was Xiao Huai infected?
"How long has he been like this?" Yan Chu asked.
"Su Shu said he started to have a fever last night, but the temperature wouldn't go down. Later, I saw his eyes started to turn red. Su Shu was afraid something might happen, so he came to us for help," Lu Yuanze explained.
Chen Qianxing added: "We saw that he was not in good condition, so we just tied him up."
Yan Chu was even more confused.
fever?
Did those people who had mutated before have a fever?
Aren't they all just direct mutations?
In the living room, Su Su was fidgeting. Finally, she couldn't help but get up and go into the room: "Um, Xiao Huai...how is he?"
"It's still the same," Chen Qianxing raised his hand to stop Su Shu, "Don't get too close, be careful not to get hurt by him."
Perhaps Su Shu's arrival attracted Xiao Huai's attention. Xiao Huai, who had been keeping his head down and motionless, slowly raised his head and looked in the direction of Su Shu.
Su Su looked at him from a distance across the crowd.
Xiao Huai, who was usually so arrogant, now looked isolated and helpless. Su Shu's heart was filled with indescribable complex and bitter emotions.
Yan Chu, who was standing aside, looked at Xiao Huai's red eyes, and the more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong.
She remembered that when those who were bitten showed these obvious zombie-like characteristics, they would basically lose their minds, become extremely manic, and have the urge to bite others.
The thirst for blood will gradually erode his brain until he turns into a complete zombie.
But there was no trace of bloodthirsty desire in Xiao Huai's eyes, nor did he show any manic tendencies.
It doesn't look like it's going to mutate.
At this moment, an outrageous yet reasonable guess suddenly popped up in Yan Chu's mind.
If it's not a mutation, could it be the awakening of superpowers or something?
When she read the original book, she skimmed through a lot of the content and didn't pay any attention to how the book described the awakening of superpowers.
Since she came to this world, she has never seen anyone with superpowers other than Gu Qinyuan.
In addition, her own special abilities were also granted by the system through card drawing.
Yan Chu really didn't know what state humans should be in before awakening their superpowers.
But she didn't know that Gu Qinyuan, the only person with superpowers present, must know.
Yan Chu turned around and looked at Chen Qianxing: "Hurry up and call Gu Qinyuan for me."
When Lu Yuanze heard this, he immediately became dissatisfied: "Why are you calling him? Is there anything I can't do?"
Yan Chu blinked: "But...it seems that he is the only one who can help with this matter."
Lu Yuanze: “…”
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