Chapter 13 Past Life
Jiang Zhan sensed the sadness beneath her efforts to remain calm and asked softly, "Don't want to talk about it?"
Qiao Yu shook her head and leaned gently into Jiang Zhan's arms, her voice a little dull, "The National Research Institute has classified aliens according to their awakened abilities. According to statistics, aliens in the apocalypse are divided into three categories: enhanced, natural, and mutant."
"Among them, enhanced mutants are those whose physical abilities far surpass those of ordinary people, such as strength, speed, vision, and hearing. Natural mutants, on the other hand, are those who can control natural factors such as water, fire, ice, wind, and lightning. Although these two types of mutants have different abilities, they are essentially the result of viruses directly altering their genes. The third type, mutants, are a very special kind of mutant. Didn't I mention earlier that there are cases of animals and plants eating people? Mutants are created this way. They are not directly transformed by viruses, but by mutated plants and animals."
"There are two types of mutants: animal mutants and plant mutants. As the name suggests, animal mutants are eaten by animals, and plant mutants are eaten by plants. However, during the process of being eaten, a strange mutation occurs, causing them to merge with the animal or plant. So not only do they not die, they also gain the abilities of the mutated animal or plant."
"Among all the mutants, enhanced mutants are the most common. Natural mutants and mutants are very rare, especially natural mutants. It is said that there is only one natural mutant among thousands of mutants. Therefore, mutants who can awaken natural abilities will be highly valued by all parties. They may even become the targets of wooing and snatching by major bases. Of course, they may also become the target of public criticism."
"However... within the Enhancement System, there's a very special category. Although classified as such, they're uncommon, and could even be described as extremely rare, even rarer than those of the Natural System. This type of mutant can sense everything within a radius of hundreds or even thousands of meters. They can also attack the spiritual world of others without anyone noticing, destroying a normal person's sanity."
At this point, Qiao Yu paused, propped himself up, looked into Jiang Zhan's eyes, and continued word by word: "This category is called the spiritual system."
Qiao Yu's voice stopped abruptly, and his eyes were fixed on Jiang Zhan's face, but he was not focused, as if he was in some kind of confused mood.
Jiang Zhan looked at her dazed look, was silent for a while, and suddenly asked softly: "Ayu, what happened to us in our previous life?"
Qiao Yu came back to his senses in an instant, but then fell into a daze again.
She didn't expect that Jiang Zhan's first reaction after hearing this was to be curious about what happened between them.
Qiao Yu looked at Jiang Zhan's calm face, and the gentle face he had before his death appeared in front of her eyes again——
"Ayu, don't be afraid."
Qiao Yu panicked and turned away, not daring to look at him. What should she say? Should she say she was drugged and forced upon him, only to have her backlash upon him when she woke, and had been abusive and indifferent to him ever since? Or that she was foolish and naive, tricked into being used as bait to lure him into a trap, causing him to suffer in the lab? Or that she was spurned, cast into the alien tide by a scheme, forcing him, still ill and disregarding his own safety, to rush here, ultimately to die with her?
Two clear tears ran down her cheeks. Qiao Yu suddenly rushed forward and hugged Jiang Zhan, crying, "Zhan, don't ask... don't ask... I'll tell you later, okay? I'll tell you later..."
Jiang Zhan could feel her body trembling violently, her voice filled with fear and despair. His heart sank, and he hugged her tightly, soothing her with a distressed look, "Okay... I won't ask anymore, I won't ask anymore, Ayu, be good, don't think about it anymore, it's all right now..."
Jiang Zhan gently stroked her hair and coaxed her softly for a long time before Qiao Yu gradually stopped crying. She leaned in Jiang Zhan's arms and sobbed softly, "Ah Zhan... We need to prepare a lot of supplies in advance so that we can live better in the apocalypse. I, I bought a lot of food, daily necessities and clothes, and two cars... and weapons. I also got some weapons, but I can't buy a lot of gasoline and diesel, and Marauder, this kind of car is very practical in the apocalypse..." Qiao Yu was a little incoherent, saying whatever came to her mind.
Jiang Zhan hated to see Qiao Yu cry, so he hugged her tightly in his arms, "Don't cry." Jiang Zhan kissed the top of her head and said softly, "Don't worry, leave it to me."
"Yeah." Qiao Yu blushed slightly and rubbed his neck embarrassedly, "By the way, there's one more thing..." Qiao Yu seemed to remember something, sat up straight again, untied the red rope on her wrist, pulled Jiang Zhan's left hand, and placed the jade ring on Jiang Zhan's palm.
Before Jiang Zhan could ask, Qiao Yu spoke first, "Don't ask yet. Something very strange will happen soon. Don't be afraid, Zhan. Just know that I will never harm you."
Then, without waiting for Jiang Zhan's answer, he took out a jade seed from the space and began to induce birth.
Jiang Zhan obediently shut up and watched Qiao Yu perform magic to produce a pea-sized object that looked like jade. Before he could be surprised, he saw a strange vine as thick as a finger grow out of the object, and then the flower bud on the top of the vine suddenly opened, revealing five thin vines with sharp barbs on them.
"It will be a little painful, A'Zhan, just bear with it." Qiao Yu touched Jiang Zhan's hand with some reluctance, and then used the barbs on the vine to suddenly cut a gash on Jiang Zhan's palm. Bright red blood flowed out, soon overflowing from his palm and dripping onto the quilt.
Qiao Yu waited for a long time but saw no movement from Yuhuan. He couldn't help but feel anxious: "How could this happen? Why is there no response?"
"What's your reaction?" Jiang Zhan was a little worried when he saw Qiao Yu's complexion getting worse. He didn't care about the injury on his hand at all. He spoke gently, trying to divert Qiao Yu's attention.
Unfortunately, Qiao Yu was so focused on Yuhuan that he turned a deaf ear to his question. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. "No... There must be something wrong... It's obviously possible, why not?"
Qiao Yu thought about it and finally decided that the key to the problem was her blood, so he used the jade vine to cut a line on his hand without hesitation.
"Ayu!" Jiang Zhan's face changed and he immediately prepared to get up to find a bandage, but was stopped by Qiao Yu.
"A Zhan, don't move! I'm fine, I'll be fine soon, soon!" Qiao Yu dripped his blood on the jade ring. Sure enough, after a few seconds, the blood in Jiang Zhan's palm began to be absorbed by the jade ring, the wound gradually healed, and the jade ring became smaller and smaller. Finally, it seemed to be dissolved by the blood and disappeared, leaving only a small red mole on the palm of his hand.
Seeing Jiang Zhan closing his eyes due to dizziness like she had before, Qiao Yu was delighted and asked softly, "How is it? Did you see anything?"
Jiang Zhan still had his eyes closed, but his brows furrowed slightly. "Green... empty room?"
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