Qi Heng tried to escape as the woman pressed him relentlessly, but her hands gripped him tightly.
He can't use his superpowers, because that would hurt her.
Luo Xiuqin's eyes quickly filled with tears. "You are Xiao Heng, right? You've always been like this since you were little. Whenever you have something on your mind, you go to your mother, but when I ask you, you lower your head and refuse to talk."
“You child, why don’t you come to find your mother while you’re still alive? Yue’er and I are your only family! Do you know how much we’ve missed you all these years?” Luo Xiuqin cried bitterly.
He knew.
How could I not know?
Whenever he went out to deal with the monsters outside, or during holidays, Qi Heng would come to this neighborhood and sense them from afar through the windows.
He knew that his mother would wipe the only family photo in the house every day, and he also knew that his mother liked to talk to him about her feelings while looking at the photo when she couldn't sleep at night.
A few years ago, when supplies were scarce, the mother and daughter only received six meat dumplings during the Lunar New Year. Even so, they still managed to set aside two for the family photo frame...
Sometimes, Qi Heng really wanted to cry his heart out, but that had become an impossible dream.
"Mom... I'm sorry." Qi Heng used his mental power to transmit his voice to the woman in front of him.
Luo Xiuqin froze. She looked up at her son and reached out to take off his helmet. "Xiao Heng, what's wrong?"
Qi Heng dodged away immediately and transmitted his voice, "Mom, don't ask anymore, and don't look at me. I feel disgusted with myself looking like this."
"Silly child, what mother would dislike her own son?"
Luo Xiuqin smiled and raised her hand to wipe away her tears, but she couldn't stop them. "No matter what you become, you will always be your mother's most beloved son."
“Good boy, let Mommy see you…” Luo Xiuqin reached out to grab his helmet.
Qi Heng suddenly pushed her away.
Luo Xiuqin lay on the ground in a daze, seemingly not expecting her son to push her.
"Mom, I'm sorry..." Qi Heng was a little flustered and hurriedly went over to help her.
"Who are you? Why did you push my mother?" A nimble figure suddenly brushed past him and stood between Qi Heng and Luo Xiuqin.
Qi Yue has grown up; her face is delicate and pretty, and she dresses in a youthful and beautiful way.
Qi Heng still remembers the last time he came back, he saw her kissing a boy at the door of her house.
The boy's name was Wang Feng, he was twenty-two years old, and both his parents died when the apocalypse came.
He is now a Tier 3 All-Round Evolver, ranking among the top in the base's intermediate training camp. He has a good personality and character, no bad habits, and at a young age, he already has over a thousand merit points (obtained by killing zombies).
Although he approved of the young man's relationship with his sister, Qi Heng still went to the intermediate training camp where Wang Feng was the next day and personally "instructed" him under the guise of teaching. He instructed him so much that he couldn't get out of bed for a month and still regarded himself as a super idol.
At the end of this year, Wang Feng and his sister had already come to their house for dinner.
That's good. After I'm gone, he should be able to take good care of his mother and sister.
"Don't think you can bully people just because you're wearing advanced combat gear! This is Yunze Base!"
When Qi Yue uttered the words "Yunze Base," she proudly puffed out her chest.
"Besides, I'm a second-tier wood-type ability user. Even without calling the police, I can beat you to a pulp. You'd better be smart and get lost!"
As Qi Yue spoke, she summoned several vines from the ground and pointed the sharp thorns at one end at him.
Qi Heng trembled, then suddenly stepped in front of her, his voice filled with rage as he transmitted his thoughts through his mind: "Who told you to awaken your superpower!"
Qi Yue was terrified. Only after hearing the telepathic transmission did she realize that the person in front of her was incredibly powerful, far beyond what a mere second-tier wood-type ability user like herself could contend with.
"You, you let me go..." Qi Yue was terrified. The vines that had been standing upright were now lying prostrate on the ground, revealing their owner's current mood. "What does it have to do with you that I awakened my superpower?"
"Put it away!" Qi Heng commanded with his mental power.
Looking at his head wearing a combat helmet, Qi Yue felt wronged and scared, and tears welled up in her eyes. However, she held back her tears and simply put away the wooden stick that she had summoned with her superpower.
"Never use it again!" Qi Heng transmitted his voice again.
"Why should I..." Qi Yue complained softly, but she still backed down under Qi Heng's fierce aura, "I know!"
But in his heart he was thinking, "Why is this person like this?"
Who do you think you are to me?! What gives you the right to tell me what to do? Even my mom has never told me this!
Luo Xiuqin had already stood up on her own. She looked at her daughter and said, "Xiaoyue, I told you not to use your superpowers, so don't. You... he wouldn't hurt you."
"I understand!" Seeing that her mother was siding with this person, Qi Yue realized that she might have misunderstood him just now, and said reluctantly.
"Xiaoyue, you should go back first. Mom and... this young man still have something to discuss."
"What could you possibly want?"
Qi Yue sized up the mysterious Qi Heng, then suddenly her expression changed. "Mom, you're not going to make me marry him just because he's powerful, are you? I already have a boyfriend! I won't accept an arranged marriage!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Luo Xiuqin got angry and slapped her on the back. "Mom has important business to attend to, you should go back right away."
Qi Yue cried out in pain, clutching her back where she had been slapped, and walked away pouting unhappily.
"Let's go for a walk in the park with Mom." After Qi Yue left, the two were silent for a while before Luo Xiuqin spoke first.
Qi Heng nodded, and the two walked together toward the base's park.
As they walked, Luo Xiuqin chattered on about what had happened since they parted ways. It wasn't until it was getting dark that she touched the corner of her eye and said, "I've been so busy talking about my own affairs. You've always been so thoughtful. You haven't come to see your mother for so many years, but today you suddenly agreed to come out. And you wouldn't let me tell Xiaoyue who you are. Did something big happen to you?"
A wise child is better than his mother.
Even after many years apart, she remains the one who understands Qi Heng the most.
Qi Heng hesitated for a moment before transmitting his voice, "I've come to say goodbye to you."
Luo Xiuqin stopped in her tracks.
She realized that this farewell was no ordinary farewell.
Several years ago, Luo Xiuqin had a vague feeling that someone was secretly taking care of her and her daughter.
Perhaps it was a telepathic connection between mother and son. Sometimes, even when Qi Heng didn't appear in person, he would "visit" them through his senses, and Luo Xiuqin could feel a familiar gaze caring for them.
She had always believed that her son in heaven was protecting her and her daughter. Only today did she realize that her feelings were real, and that her son was indeed protecting them, not in heaven, but right beside them.
“No, no, Xiao Heng, didn’t the leader come back? Let’s go ask the leader for help. He’s all-powerful, and nothing can stump him…” Luo Xiuqin started crying as she spoke.
Qi Heng shook his head and transmitted his voice to her: "Mom, I'm sorry, I did something terrible that can't be forgiven. I can only give him my life."
"Because the leader was almost killed by me."
Upon hearing this telepathic message, Luo Xiuqin's mind went blank, and she fainted.
When Qi Yue received the call from the hospital and rushed over with her boyfriend Wang Feng, there was no one at her mother's bedside.
Looking at her mother by the hospital bedside, she suddenly felt a tightness in her chest. She ran out and shouted in the park outside the hospital where patients used to walk, "Hey, come out here!"
"What do you mean! You left without a word, and now you're suddenly back, making Mom so angry! Do you know how much Mom and I miss you? Do you know that a few years ago, Mom cried so much because of you that she went blind, and it took her more than a year to get treatment!"
She continued, sobbing, "You think you're a good son and a good brother just because you secretly helped us? Who cares about your help?!"
She cried and cursed for a long time, but there was no response.
Qi Yue lowered her head, looking dejected, and sobbed softly, "Brother, Yueyue misses you..."
Wang Feng emerged from the shadows, put his arm around her shoulder, and gently comforted her.
A moment later, the two snuggled together and returned to the hospital.
Qi Heng stood in the shadows, watching the two figures' elongated shadows cast by the lamplight, and finally felt completely at ease.
A gust of wind blew by, and he caught a familiar scent—the unique fragrance of the person he longed for.
"Have you finished saying goodbye?" Zhang Yun's voice sounded from behind him.
Qi Heng felt no pain, only the relief of impending liberation.
He transmitted his voice to Zhang Yun, saying, "Let's do it."
Zhang Yun looked at Qi Heng with a strange expression, not understanding what this guy was up to with his bizarre actions!
At first, he thought that Qi Heng betrayed them for the position of leader of Yunze Base.
But after returning to the Yunze base, Zhang Yun discovered that this was not the case at all.
During the time that Qi Heng and Yang Shize were missing, he acted as the acting governor of Yunze Base and left the position of leader of Yunze Base vacant. He even announced in front of everyone that there was only one leader of Yunze Base, Zhang Yun, and that he would never take over the position.
Not only that, but in order to avenge himself and Yang Shize, he led the people from Yunze Base into the capital and destroyed Ye Hui's stronghold.
Afterwards, he signed an alliance agreement with Elder Shen and joined the New Human Alliance. He then put He Jiajia and Yang Yiyi forward as representatives, showing no concern for his reputation.
He has no interest in power or fame, and there is no enmity between them. What exactly is Qi Heng after?
Now that he and Yang Shize are back, he's actually here solemnly saying his final goodbyes to his family, preparing to face death with equanimity!
"Why?" Zhang Yun couldn't hold back any longer and asked the question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time.
Qi Heng "saw" Zhang Yun with his mind. He was still so beautiful, like an angel, noble yet not aloof, making people feel at ease with him.
Who wouldn't love someone so perfect?
But he already had his own soulmate.
Qi Heng felt envious and jealous, tormented by his feelings, yet he didn't even have the courage to confess.
He didn't even dare to show the slightest bit of concern for him in front of him.
Because he was so ugly and despicable.
If he knew that someone like him was interested in him, he'd probably be so disgusted he wouldn't be able to eat.
Someone like me doesn't even deserve to like someone.
Qi Heng thought he could endure it indefinitely, but as they spent more time together, he realized he was already deeply entangled.
Zhang Yun's unguarded smile, Zhang Yun's encouraging pat on the shoulder, Zhang Yun's adorable expression when he occasionally looked confused in front of him... everything about him made him unable to extricate himself.
Every time Qi Heng saw him disappear into the base after that, he would think of the first time he "saw" him.
Beneath that man, her innocent and charming appearance was so sweet and captivating.
The vines of jealousy in Qi Heng's heart grew wildly, as if they had been forced to ripen prematurely.
If only that person didn't exist!
In that case, will he only rely on himself?
He can do what Yang Shize can do for him, and he can also do what Yang Shize cannot do for him!
He was willing to be his most loyal dog, his most obedient knife, and would do anything for him! Kill anyone!
He didn't ask to be with him, he only asked that his reflection could be seen in his eyes.
But that's impossible.
Qi Heng knew that Zhang Yun's heart was already filled with that man, and the expression on his face when he thought of that person could drive him crazy with jealousy.
This twisted and perverse love ultimately turned him into a demon, leading him to take a sinful step.
He told Ye Hui about Yang Shize's undercover identity in the capital.
They thought Ye Hui would only use this information to secretly get rid of Yang Shize, but they didn't expect that Ye Hui didn't take Yang Shize, a mere seventh-level evolver, seriously at all.
His target is Zhang Yun.
When Zhang Yun's vital signs disappeared, Qi Heng felt guilty and wanted to kill himself.
It was his selfishness and jealousy that killed the person he loved most!
He killed Zhang Yun!
The only light in my life has gone out.
Qi Heng hated himself for being so foolish!
On the night Zhang Yun's vital signs disappeared, Qi Heng had already decided to follow him in death, waiting for him to kill all those who had framed Zhang Yun and avenge him.
That night, he advanced to the seventh rank.
Everyone says that people with superpowers are God's favorites, able to awaken amazing abilities simply by sleeping.
Little did they know that all the gifts of fate come with a price tag.
Upon reaching the seventh rank, his body was completely devoid of moisture, and he transformed into a skeleton, a skeleton with red flame patterns on its bones.
Every time he uses his powers, his bones suffer the pain of being burned by flames.
Qi Heng had no complaints about this.
He made a mistake and deserves to be punished.
I originally thought that only I would have to pay the price.
But he inadvertently "saw" Yang Yiyi, the base's little princess, who was being pampered like a star, lying pale-faced against the wall, clutching her stomach and convulsing, in a secluded place. He also "heard" people gossiping that she had rejected the confession of her beloved, with whom she shared mutual affection.
Also, he hasn't sensed the little girl named Yunmeng since the Battle of the Capital.
He Jiajia, who has always had a plain and natural face, has recently taken to makeup. However, foundation can only make people unable to see her wrinkles with the naked eye, but it cannot fill the details that his spiritual perception can "see".
It turns out it wasn't just him.
Each of them borrowed power from heaven, and the moment they reached the seventh level was the time to repay their debt.
The more powerful the superpower, the heavier the price to pay!
Qi Heng suddenly became curious: what price did Zhang Yun have to pay for his special ability?
But this question was destined to remain unanswered, because he was about to die, to atone for his sins.
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