Chapter 171 Holding the Tai'a Axe Upside Down (8)
"Then don't use it."
The man in the front seat looked away, but couldn't help coldly retorting, "Don't say things like that with my face on your face."
Weston, resting his chin on his hand, said, "You don't exercise at all?"
"Of course, I can't compare to your monstrous physical abilities." The real Weston, sitting in the front seat driving, couldn't take it anymore: "Change back to normal."
Shu Ningmiao swaggered over his face, one hand covering her arm, a halo of his healing power floating in her hand: "Wait, my injury hasn't healed yet."
After her fractured arm was treated, she took an empty test tube out of her coat pocket and tossed it to him: "You handle it yourself, so that they don't find any trace of your genes in it."
"You really drank it?"
Now it was Weston's turn to have a subtle expression.
A few days ago, she asked him to extract a vial of her own serum. Although he didn't understand, he still drew it for her.
Then she said, "Remember to use food-grade test tubes."
Weston believes she is under a lot of pressure.
Of course, Shu Ningmiao didn't want to drink other people's serum, but she didn't want to touch other people's saliva, skin, or anything else.
One of her superpowers is "Gluttony," which allows her to consume any part of a body's tissue, temporarily mimicking the shape of the tissue's original form, and randomly inheriting some of its abilities.
She's never activated this state before, so she can't just randomly ask someone to bite her and see what happens.
Moreover, mimicking someone else's organization is tantamount to temporarily giving up her own body and abilities. For example, she feels extremely uncomfortable and insecure using Weston's body right now.
Weston's office had a full set of spare name tags and clothes. After activating her binge-eating state, she went directly into his office, changed her appearance, and successfully left Union Building.
She never expected things to turn out this way. Lucico died too quickly, and Zhao came unexpectedly. Fortunately, she still had a final escape route prepared.
Now that Zhao has taken control of the political core, and Wei Shengqianheng is about to make his move again, what should she do?
Weston put the serum tube away and asked her the same question: "What are you going to do now?"
He rushed over to the research center after receiving a call from his office, without asking her why she would become the assassin of Lucicolay. Even if she had actually assassinated Lucicolay, it wouldn't have made any difference to him: "How long can you maintain this state?"
"Twenty-four hours, at most forty-eight hours." She hadn't tested it and wasn't sure.
Weston put his hands on the steering wheel and took a deep breath: "We can't stay in Pigne. Even if I provide you with serum every day, it will be troublesome if we are both photographed at the same time."
The surveillance cameras at the Union Building malfunctioned today, and they might not be so lucky next time. If a photo taken at the same time is captured, Shu Ningmiao will be exposed immediately.
"It's alright, just take me to the restroom." Shu Ningmiao's expression was calm, clearly indicating that she already had her own plan: "Find a secluded place for me to get off the car."
"You're going to New Land?"
Weston frowned, instinctively sensing something was amiss, but didn't immediately deny it.
The new land is her best option right now; there are no Pignes's complete surveillance and checkpoints there. But if she leaves like this, he feels an uncontrollable resentment for her. She should be full of vigor and ambition; leaving Pignes, everything will turn to dust—status, reputation, a place to live… Is she really willing to accept that?
Weston glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and saw an unusual, unfamiliar expression on his own face.
Shu Ningmiao leaned back in her seat, recalling Wei Shengqianheng's words.
It doesn't seem like a big deal.
Stripped of that identity and the loss of her family's wealth, she is still herself.
She has something even more important, something she hasn't lost, and she will absolutely take back from those who took it away, many times over.
Shu Ningmiao snapped out of her daze and met his gaze in the rearview mirror.
She said, "I have other things to do."
“What do you want to do?” Weston pursed his lips. “Once you really leave Pinneco, it will be very difficult for you to come back.”
"Manla disease." Shu Ningmiao placed her hands on her knees, always speaking casually yet with an unusually terrifying tone: "I want to find the source of Manla disease and then kill Wei Shengqianheng."
He turned around abruptly.
"You're going to Pingyi?"
He truly regretted speaking carelessly. He had previously assured her that Lanxi would definitely return to Pingyi, but he never expected that she would keep it in mind.
“Manla disease, Pandora, string flow, contaminant, and micro-elemental balance.” Shu Ningmiao’s expression was not joking: “There must be some kind of relationship between them. I’m going to find Lanxi and find out the origin of these things. Even if he doesn’t know, I’m going to find out why he’s still alive and bring him back to help you research a way to cure Manla disease.”
Both of them knew very well that if the Manla disease could not be stopped, it would eventually sweep across the entire planet at this rate of spread, and no one living on the planet could remain unaffected.
Your predicament will eventually become my predicament.
The world's predicament is the human predicament.
Just as Lucicoles could not fundamentally change Pignes no matter how she changed her policies, her attempts to gain access to power in Pignes were merely a temporary fix. Only by addressing the root cause could a solution be found.
This isn't the first time she's tried to be a savior.
Weston took a deep breath: "There are traffic restrictions in Pine right now, and there are no flights to Pingyi at all."
Do you think I can still fly now?
“I want to cross the border illegally.” Shu Ningmiao glanced at him, as if she thought he had asked a stupid question: “New Land is a port where illegal immigrants gather.”
She had heard Rennagi mention this before; Rennagi had smuggled herself over from Shinchi, and she could use the same method.
“I can’t imagine anyone being that stupid. Has your brain turned into a useless, smooth sphere?” Weston’s brow furrowed with anger. “People from Pingyi want to smuggle themselves into Pine? Have you ever seen a Pine person try to smuggle themselves into Pingyi?”
People strive for higher positions, just as water flows downhill. Even if you live in a place like Xindi, no one would really want to go to Pingyi, which is full of pollutants.
Shu Ningmiao was stunned for a moment; she really hadn't thought about such a common-sense question.
She calmly said, "Then I'll just kidnap any boat and have them take me to Pingyi."
Weston, seeing that she was already acting like a lawless outlaw even before she was wanted, was speechless: "Be careful, don't get sold out."
She wrapped herself in her coat, bent down to close the car door, and gave a "yes" sign.
Concealing her figure, Shu Ningmiao quickly disappeared into the night streets of Yingjian District. Weston sat in his car, watching her figure disappear before leaving.
He wasn't worried about how she would get into the new land; after all, she was capable of anything, going anywhere before.
Shu Ningmiao reverted to her original appearance as she approached the checkpoint. If Weston's face were discovered, it would lead to a whole host of clues, making things even more troublesome.
Moreover, Weston's healing abilities are applicable in too few situations; she can't do anything while using his body.
Today, Lucico was assassinated, and the patrol forces were concentrated in the capital. She had been squatting in the distance for a long time. When the guards came out to smoke, she took the opportunity to slip past them. She passed through the scanner, but surprisingly, no alarm sounded.
Shu Ningmiao thought that heaven had given her a little bit of belated luck.
Upon closer reflection, it seems that Zhao directly deleted her citizen ID, but hadn't had time to issue an arrest warrant, which allowed her to take advantage of the situation.
The search of the Union Building is still ongoing, and he never expected her to slip away so quickly right under his nose.
She breathed a sigh of relief, removed her hand from the hilt of her sword, and headed straight for the orphanage where Erigie was. Her thinking was quite normal; once Yuan left Pine, he would inevitably return to Prometheus's base first.
She didn't know where Prometheus was now, but Erigee certainly did.
This is also why her movements are getting faster and faster. The inextinguishable flames, whose nature has been redefined by Zhao, have returned to You An's body and will burn him alive.
She pulled her coat tighter and walked quickly forward, then suddenly stopped and looked up.
There were no streetlights in the new area, only burning garbage lying haphazardly along the roadside, thick smoke and flames turning the world in front of us into waves.
She doesn't need to look anymore.
Someone was curled up, lying in the garbage, their whole body engulfed in flames.
She didn't expect that he wouldn't dare to return to Prometheus.
Many people stood scattered around the garbage, their clothes yellowed and dirty, washed in different shades of color.
They watched from afar as the boy huddled in the burning garbage heap, the flames burning his limbs.
As Shu Ningmiao approached, she noticed that each of them was carrying a basin of varying sizes, with residual water stains inside.
The person standing closest was still futilely pouring water on the burning man. No matter how many basins of water were poured on him, it was as if they were just weak raindrops. His skin and flesh were still being burned by the flames, showing no sign of being extinguished. Just by getting close, a wave of intense heat would hit you in the face, as if you were stepping into a new sea of fire.
He opened his eyes wide, lying on the garbage heap gazing at the starry sky. The sky above the new land was so narrow, already filled with buildings, leaving no space for others to look up.
The flames were burning his limbs out of control, and he was about to be destroyed in this sea of fire, his body, eyes, and even his soul burned to ashes.
His eyes were moist as he gazed at the sky.
He gave up everything: his soul, his dignity, his companions, his self, and his place to live.
The fire burned away all hatred, and in the end, it also uncontrollably destroyed him.
He dared not return to Prometheus, dared not face anyone, dared not face Erice, and in the end, the ones who watched him die were a group of strangers from the new land.
What will he see in the last moments of his life?
He thought he saw Mimi and heard her hoarse cries.
You An smiled.
And there's Shu Ningmiao.
The water around him was poured over him, but he still felt thirsty. Shu Ningmiao knelt down beside him, reached out and grabbed his wrist. The powerful Pandora instantly surged into his body, trying to squeeze out the flames within him. Only then did he realize that this was not an illusion.
The fire is still burning.
Shu Ningmiao tried to forcibly change his body using Pandora, but failed. It was also the first time she had faced such a superpower, and she couldn't think of any other solutions for the time being.
In her desperation, she had no time to think about why You An's body showed no rejection of her Pandora.
Yu An's eyes were clouded with a deathly pale light from the burning fire as he slowly looked at her: "...It's alright..."
"Don't waste your energy," he said softly. "I'm already dead."
Shu Ningmiao said, "Not yet."
“Even earlier.” You’an knew she didn’t believe him, so he continued, “I was already dead back in Gab. Pine’s weapons were specifically designed for superhumans, so how could I possibly have survived?”
She preferred to believe that even though his entire body was melted beyond recognition, he was still lucky enough to drift in the sea for a few days and survive.
Shu Ningmiao's pupils suddenly contracted, as if they were also on fire, and a wave of sweltering heat rolled down her back.
Something was weighing on my heart, and the cruel truth was gradually revealed.
You An grabbed her wrist, the scalding heat radiating from it. Yet, despite the burning sensation, his skin hadn't charred. Like Wei Sheng Qian Heng, his body was lifeless, devoid of any vitality, only the will to die.
"Aren't you curious about where my ability comes from? I didn't have this ability before, and I don't know any teleportation fire at all."
You An cried out intermittently, "Ah...ah...I'm sorry."
He managed to utter a few words, but then, unable to bear the intense burning sensation, he clutched his head with both hands and screamed in agony: "Ahhhhh—it hurts so much, it's so hot...it's so noisy."
Crying and screaming mingled together.
His screams echoed throughout the block as he writhed and struggled on the garbage heap.
“A tiny organism can generate a thousand things.”
After struggling for a long time, You An convulsively raised his head to look at her, his eyes bloodshot: "He helped me... come back to life."
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