"I...I...I don't know what you mean?"
The middle-aged man's disheveled hair swayed wildly, seemingly casually tossing it around, but actually to conceal his panic.
"Is that so?" Zhang Yang took advantage of his unpreparedness to pull down his collar, revealing his chest that he was trying so hard to cover.
"What are you doing!" The uncle was alarmed. He had just been a little flustered, but now he seemed to be in a state of extreme fear.
It was only because he had a deep brand on his chest, and the wound was still oozing pus. Because of the intense movements just now, drops of blood slowly dripped down, blooming into bewitching flowers on the white ground.
It possessed a captivating beauty that aroused the onlookers.
Jiang Ruan handed the girl in her arms to An Xia, and then stepped forward to stare at the man who was being held down by Zhang Yang and Qing Feng. His chest was exposed, and the edges of the wounds showed faint traces of dark blue tattoos.
"What was this originally?" Jiang Ruan asked, pointing to his chest.
The man's lips were trembling; he was clearly terrified.
Jiang Ruan realized that it was the thing on his chest that frightened him. The thing he had gone to great lengths to cover up, even risking burns to his skin amidst the zombie horde, must be a matter of life and death.
"No, no, no..." he stammered in fear, the words coming out of his mouth indistinctly.
"Zhang Yang, Qingfeng, let him go."
Upon hearing this, the two were afraid of causing trouble and dared not let go until Gu An also told them to release their grip, at which point they moved to the side.
The man, who had just been released, immediately knelt on the ground, his lips barely able to speak, "Please, let me go. I finally escaped with great difficulty. I really don't want to go to that hellish cage. Please save me, just let me go."
Jiang Ruan looked down and had her answer in her heart. "If you want us to save you and take you in, then you need to provide equivalent information. We are not saviors, and we don't have the time or energy to deal with your affairs.
The middle-aged man fell silent, the 1.8-meter-tall man slumped to the ground in despair, pondering whether to drag everything out.
"I can tell you, but you have to promise to save me and not let me die. Then I'll tell you everything!"
The uncle's unwavering will to survive didn't deter Jiang Ruan; she simply nodded and made a soft promise. "A month ago, my brother and I were preparing to cross the Western Continent to escape our predicament, but we got lost."
We arrived at a place we'd never seen before. There were no zombies, only walking corpses, people with numb faces. We wanted to leave as quickly as possible, but they gave us food and water.
The man swallowed hard and continued, "We haven't eaten for three days, and we haven't even had a sip of water, so we couldn't wait to drink and eat."
"Who would have thought..."
As if recalling some painful memory, the man choked up.
The middle-aged woman next to her sighed and continued, "He's right, we had the same experience. After eating that stuff, we were in pain all over our bodies. By the time we realized something was wrong, we had bruises on our necks and a dragon-like tattoo on our chests."
The woman's eyes were glistening with tears; that memory had caused her immense pain.
"What kind of place is that?" Jiang Ruan guessed a bit from their answer.
"Qinglonggang, a place whose origins are unknown. Although the people there are numb, they go mad and devour each other every night, which is extremely fierce and terrifying."
The woman also sat down on the ground; she really didn't want to go back to that place again.
How did you escape?
Such a dangerous place must have a closed security system, so how could two people who don't seem to have any special abilities have escaped? Jiang Ruan felt something was wrong.
“But we did escape. No one stopped us. Maybe we were lucky, or maybe they saw that we were too old and didn’t want us to stay there.”
The woman had lost her earlier arrogance.
She knew from the moment she heard the question of whether or not to save her that they would definitely save her, so there was no point in keeping those secrets.
It's better to tell everything and get it over with once and for all.
About an hour later, Jiang Ruan sat in the courtyard and sorted out the information she had collected.
According to the two men, Qinglonggang has indeed appeared. As for why they were released, Jiang Ruan guessed that someone did it on purpose.
"Why? Is it possible that besides Zaizai and Gu An, there's a fourth person who knows about my rebirth? That's really strange."
Seeing Jiang Ruan sitting there deep in thought, Gu An thought for a moment, then took a glass of water and went over to her.
"What are you thinking about? Are you still thinking about the Qinglonggang incident?"
Jiang Ruan took the cup and lowered her head. "Perhaps we should go over there."
Gu An paused in his drinking, "Have you thought it through?"
"Yes, there are some things that should be taken care of there."
Some of the things Jiang Ruan mentioned were related to the deaths and injuries of more than 10,000 people in Qinglonggang. Although she didn't want to get involved and act like a saint anymore, there were many times when not getting involved wasn't the answer.
These three people appeared here for no reason. Since the people over there let them escape, it means they were certain that they were here.
Instead of waiting passively, it's better to take the initiative and see what's going on.
Furthermore, less than a month has passed since the Qinglonggang incident. Why did it happen? What caused it? Why did they slaughter their own kind who were not zombies?
These are issues that I must address in person.
“Alright, but this time is different from the past. We both remember the bloody scenes from the previous life, so you decide whether or not to bring other people.”
Gu An felt that although those people with superpowers were powerful and had a greater chance of winning due to their numbers, sometimes it wasn't simply a matter of having more people to win.
"Let me ask. I think they might not want to stay here. Whether it's dangerous or not, sometimes it's not something we can just talk about."
Jiang Ruan stood up. She had made up her mind. She would also inform Duan Yu and Jiang Yan. Although this was dangerous, it was a really good opportunity.
She remembered that after the Qinglonggang disaster, the apocalypse suddenly accelerated, with earthquakes and mudslides everywhere, the ground splitting, zombies mutating, and everything becoming somewhat difficult.
Without a strong enough superpower, I'm afraid I'll get hurt.
Their own protection is ultimately not enough; they must become stronger on their own.
Therefore, this trip is a must.
This is a golden opportunity for them to enhance their superpowers.
“Okay, I’ll bring Qingfeng and Mingyue with me too. They’re both pretty reliable.”
Gu An smiled and glanced at the group of people making a ruckus on the side.
"Okay, then we'll leave tomorrow! As for those three people, we'll leave them to Du Chong. He's not going, so it's good that Li Ming asked him to find them."
Jiang Ruan thought the arrangement was good, and suddenly looked up, wanting to say something more to Gu An. However, because she looked up too quickly, she accidentally bumped Gu An's chin.
Gu An winced in pain, clutching his hand and letting out a muffled groan, "Ugh..."
"No... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Jiang Ruan saw Gu An in pain, blood flowing from his mouth...
I'm so panicked!
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