Chapter 456 A Big Ice Block in the Stomach
Hua Yang and the other three followed He Lanxun into Lingyun Base. The gatekeepers of Lingyun Base were three high-level first-level earth-type ability users.
Because Hua Yang and the other three were so confused that everyone thought they were members of the Helan Patrol Team, no one asked them any questions, let alone registering.
This was what Hua Yang wanted. If she came in rashly, once her identity was exposed, it would definitely be bad for her father and the others.
Helan Xun's team was located on one of the floors of a building. The lobby was spacious, with many chairs, sofas and small wooden tables that didn't fit in with the interior.
Although the environment is not very good, it can be seen that although this team of people lives a hard life, their daily life is still well organized.
What Hua Yang didn't expect was that there were actually thirty people in Helan Xun's team. Although this floor was large, after everyone was assigned some space, there was not much space left except for the aisle.
Each divided space is about three or four square meters. The place where the women live has a wall specially built by earth-type psychics to separate them.
The men were not so particular. They just slept in a dormitory with a mattress or mat on the floor, but it was kept clean.
But what Hua Yang couldn't stand was that even though the windows on all sides were open for ventilation, conditions in the apocalypse were limited and most people would only take a bath once a week or more.
More people, especially those without special powers, cannot take a bath for a month or two due to limited resources.
The smell in the room was of sweat and the rotten smell left by long-term hunting of wild beasts and zombies. Hua Yang felt the urge to escape as soon as she entered.
As soon as Helan Xun and his six companions entered the house, a large group of people gathered around them. Among the thirty people, there were eight white-haired old men who were estimated to be over seventy years old and had not awakened their special powers.
Although the remaining twenty-odd people are all psychics, except for Helan Xun's six people, five of whom are high-level and one of whom is mid-level, and five of whom are high-level psychics, the rest are psychics ranging from low-level to high-level.
The eight old men could not go out hunting. It would be extremely dangerous for low-level psychics to go out without following high-level psychics.
It seems that this team is also having a hard time.
"Captain! You're back! Who are these people?"
"Captain, where are the other two brothers?"
"Where's Awei? Why hasn't he come back? Where's Hemu?"
When they talked about this, the six people suddenly showed sadness on their faces. Especially Li Minglan, tears flashed in her eyes but she tried her best to hold them back, "Awei and Hemu died in order to lead the mutant panda away for us..."
"What? Is it the mutant panda we found last time? But..." A woman in the team had a strange look on her face, but it disappeared quickly. "Oh, maybe I'm thinking too much!"
"Where are the bodies of Awei and Hemu? Let's find a place to cremate them!"
"Yeah! In this world, if they mutate into zombies, I'm afraid..."
"But we only heard their screams, and then there was a lot of blood and Hemu's arm outside the bamboo forest! The body... was not found!" Helan Xun said with a complicated expression.
"Yes, and then suddenly Wang Bing and Sima Yiren stopped us and took away the panda cub. We had a conflict and didn't pay attention to it."
"What? That bastard Wang Bing actually betrayed us?"
"What about the panda cubs?"
"Yes! Could it be that Sima Yiren really took it away?"
"Then the mutant panda chased us and knocked us out. Oh, they were the ones who saved us!"
Xing Lie nodded to everyone, looking like he was not willing to talk to them. At this time, Yan Suan acted as a social tool and greeted everyone.
Naturally, their purpose of coming was to rescue people, so they had to use indirect methods to get information from everyone.
"By the way, when I came here, I saw that the building to the east of Lingyun Base was guarded by many people. Is there any important person there?"
"Humph! That's Sima family's territory!"
"Sima family? Is it the family of Sima Yiren?" Hua Yang asked curiously.
A white-haired old man suddenly sighed, "Yes! We old guys have been staying in the base and haven't gone out. I heard that the Sima family is the largest family in the original universe and they are not from Earth at all.
Except for the leader Sima Jun who is a planetary-level psychic, the rest of them are all nebula-level. Alas, it's a pity that even the lowest level of them is nebula-level, but what about us!
We are old guys who can’t even awaken our special powers! How can we fight against others! "
"Yes! That Sima Yiren is only at the second level of the Nebula Class, and she alone is not afraid of five or six of us high-level psychics! That shows how powerful Sima Jun is!
The original leader of our base has now become the vanguard of the invaders! The energy gem fragments that flowed out of the Sima family's fingers alone have allowed him to reach the nebula level! "Xiao Liu punched the wall, and even the wall was cracked by him. It was quickly repaired by the earth-type mutant next to him.
"When the Sima Yi people came, they captured many young, strong and presumptuous men in the base. Wang Bing showed disgust and disdain at first, but what was the truth?
I don’t know when they have been hooking up behind our backs! Stabbing us in the back! How shameless! Oh, by the way, where is that bastard Wang Bing! I’m going to go find him and settle the score!”
Li Minglan and the others looked at each other and signaled everyone to calm down first, so Helan Xun spoke.
"Wang Bing is dead! Let's just pretend he never existed!"
"Ah! Dead? He is the person with the highest superpower in our team now, how could he die so easily?"
"Yes, Captain, you don't have to lie to us because you're afraid that we'll cause trouble for him! We're just talking and we won't cause any trouble for you!"
"I didn't lie to you!"
"What the captain said is true!"
"I killed him."
Xing Lie finished speaking in a low voice with an indifferent expression, and then continued in silence.
Helan Xun and his companions described the process of Xing Lie killing Wang Bing in a vivid and moving way. Although it only took a few tenths of a second to kill him, it was like a picture being painted in Xiaoliu's mouth. Everyone was stunned when they heard it.
"You don't know! How powerful Brother Alie is! With just one thunderbolt, Wang Bing was blown to ashes! We can all feel the pressure of that supernatural power standing by."
In fact, this is not an exaggeration! Xing Lie is a cosmic-level superpower. Facing superpowers below the cosmic level is like a giant dragon facing shrimp soldiers and crab generals.
No matter how many come, it will only take one bite. They are not on the same level. The oppressive feeling from the level plus the explosiveness of the lightning system itself will naturally make the people around them breathless!
Everyone then began to look at the three people in front of them.
They were covered in mud and their faces could not be seen clearly. There were two men and one woman. The woman was a little girl about two years old.
"Captain, what's wrong with them?"
"Yeah? Do you want to go wash up?"
There were five water-type psychics in the team, all of whom had reached the high level. One of them walked out and looked at the others, then smiled. "This child is so cute. How about I put some water in for you, and you all clean it up, at least don't make it so sticky! You three adults can be patient, but the child is still young, don't make his face cracked by the sticky water!"
Hua Yang looked at the woman who was talking. She was wearing a cotton-padded jacket and looked a little cold. She couldn't help but put her hands together while talking, and it seemed that she felt cold.
"No need, I am a water type myself, but I didn't have time to clean up on the way here. Thank you.
Are you okay? You look sick, are you?
Hua Yang could feel the surging water energy from this woman. And there was no abnormal energy fluctuation in her body!
A high-level psychic will generally not get sick unless he is poisoned or injured by another higher-level psychic.
"I, I'm fine!" The woman smiled calmly, her eyes were a little evasive but she quickly concealed it. But who is Hua Yang? Her abnormal mental power alone is enough to sense the slightest tremor in a person's heart.
As long as she wants, she can sense changes in any part of her body!
Hua Yang glanced over and was stunned for a moment. The fluctuations in the woman's abdomen were quite similar to those in her early pregnancy.
Seeing Hua Yang staring at her belly, the woman immediately panicked. She suddenly grabbed Hua Yang's arm, looking nervous and worried, while trying to act as natural as possible.
"Captain, there are many of them. I will go and help them release the water."
Helan Xun didn't pay attention to Chen Lan's strange behavior. When Hua Yang and Chen Lan walked towards the bathroom, he didn't think much about it and just looked at Xing Lie and Yan Suan.
"You two, although our place is simple, it is not easy to find a place to stay in Lingyun City nowadays. If you don't mind, you can stay with us temporarily!"
"Ah, brother Alie, brother Ayan, I think you might as well join us! Although our team is not the most powerful in the base, we are all real men! We will not lean on the evil forces of the Sima family!
You are a thunder element, and you were able to kill Wang Bing with one move. You are so powerful. If you join us, our team can go deeper into the bamboo forest to hunt mutant beasts in the future!"
"Old Wang, please stop talking nonsense!" Helan Patrol looked at Xing Lie and apologized, "We don't mean to force you to join us! You saved us, even if you don't join us, I will provide you with a place to stay!"
Xing Lie narrowed his eyes slightly and turned to look in the direction of Hua Yang in the bathroom.
"I don't have a problem with that. If my wife agrees, then there's no problem with us joining in!"
Helan Xun's face flushed with excitement, "Really? You can really join us?"
Li Minglan and others also stared at Xing Lie and Yan Suan eagerly.
"Everyone, stop surrounding us! We just came out of Lingyun Base and we don't know anything yet. Can you tell us about some of the base's regulations?"
"Rules? Oh! There used to be some! But now because of the Sima family's arrival, the base is in chaos! It's common for some powerful people to bully others by relying on their supernatural powers in order to expand their settlements and consolidate their power!
The Sima family didn't care, and the original leader didn't care since he became a running dog, and he also brought a large number of superpowers to join the Sima family. He is really a running dog!"
There were four bathrooms on this floor, each with a large bathtub, three tubs and several small water jars.
As soon as Shen Lan entered the door, tears suddenly burst out of her eyes and she cried silently.
"Don't cry! If people outside hear you crying like this, they will think I'm bullying you!"
"Yes, I'm sorry! I, I just want to ask you not to tell this to anyone!"
White mist filled the air around the two of them.
"What is this?" Shen Lan asked with eyes wide open.
"Don't worry, this can block out the sound inside." Before, Hua Yang's water mist only had the effect of covering her body, but since her water ability was upgraded to the cosmic level, the water mist can now block out the sound inside and outside.
Of course, it has no effect on creatures with higher levels of supernatural powers that rely on heat perception or those with the ability to see through things.
"Why didn't you tell everyone about your pregnancy? I thought Captain Helan was very nice to everyone. How can anyone help you if you keep it a secret from them?"
"I, I'm just scared! I'm only twenty years old! I never thought I'd get pregnant! In today's world, giving birth is as dangerous as it was in ancient times. Every time I think about it, I get scared!"
Hua Yang frowned. This might not be what she was worried about! The chill emanating from this woman's body must be related to the fetus in her belly.
"You're afraid that everyone will know whose baby you're carrying, right? Once a superpower's life level reaches a high level, it's very difficult for them to give birth to the next generation.
Once you have it, the child will be born with superpowers. You look cold all over, so the child probably inherited his father's ice power. So much so that he has not yet fully developed, like a frozen energy, and from time to time he will conduct energy in your lower abdomen.
Ice-type abilities are water-type mutated abilities, but they are not. In Lingyun Base, I know of only two people. One is Sima Yiren. She is naturally impossible, so the only one is the dead Wang Bing?"
Shen Lan avoided her gaze and nodded weakly. Then she looked at Hua Yang nervously, "You, you must not tell anyone else!"
"You're reacting so strongly even though you're not even pregnant yet. Have you ever thought about how big the risk is of having a child born with ice powers? It's very likely that you, the mother, will be frozen to death before your child is born?"
"Ah? So serious?"
"It's like there's a piece of ice growing in your stomach. When it grows to a certain size, it's still a big question whether the mother can withstand the cold!"
Chen Lan only knew that pregnancy and childbirth were very dangerous for women, but she didn't know that the baby in her belly, which had not yet taken shape, would bring her such great danger.
In an instant, her nervousness and fear turned into panic.
"Don't be afraid! I can keep your affairs a secret for the time being, but you should first think about whether you want this child or not. After all, if you want him, then when you become pregnant, you won't be able to hide it even if you want to."
"I, I don't know! I'm just scared!"
Hua Yang patted it and said, "Calm down! If you decide not to do it, I can help you, but the prerequisite is that you really trust me."
Not only does he truly trust her, but he must also be someone she trusts. Haicheng Base has Gu Renbin and Qin Mei, as well as better medical facilities. If she doesn't want the child, she can help her.
But Hua Yang always subconsciously felt that since she was pregnant, in such an environment, if she had an induced abortion, the danger would be no less than giving birth.
But now she didn't want to say anything.
She just happened to find out that this woman was pregnant, but why did this person suddenly pull her aside and start talking about private matters, crying and aggrieved?
Hua Yang will always be careful about anything that is not normal.
(End of this chapter)
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