She did not ask Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue for help, as her own body had also been strengthened after awakening.

Besides, Wu Di himself was not very strong, and at this moment he was in a weak and unconscious coma, which made him look like a teenager.

So it wasn't very difficult for her to carry it.

Shen Yiyue helped drag Wan Heng's body, which had been put aside before the battle with Nuhui, and was ready to give up and escape.

Now that it is dead, it can naturally take Wan Heng's body back.

Several people prepared to leave the industrial park and find a drivable car to drive back to the base.

30 minutes later.

After finding an ordinary van outside the park, they started driving back to the base.

Ji Mengyao had just used her abilities many times and was severely eroded by the hallucinations. She had been holding on and now sat in the back seat.

She stood beside Wu Di, with a hint of sadness on her pretty face, and no one knew what she was thinking about.

In her hand was the ladies' cigarette that Ning Yu had given her before. A breeze blew in from outside, carrying away the smoke she exhaled.

Shen Yiyue was sitting in the passenger seat, while Ning Yu was concentrating on driving.

There was silence in the carriage for a moment, and Ning Yu was the first to break the silence.

She was somewhat curious about Wu Di's situation:

"Why didn't you want Wu Di to use his ability at that time? Are there any side effects of his awakening ability?"

Ji Mengyao's eyes flickered, and the flame at the end of the cigarette in front of her lit up again.

"Yeah, by the way, what is your relationship with Wu Di? I'm a little curious."

Shen Yiyue on the side also started gossiping, but was immediately glared at by Ning Yu.

That look seemed to be saying "Don't ask unnecessary gossip", and Shen Yiyue immediately stuck out her tongue playfully and apologetically.

"We've known each other since we were kids."

Ji Mengyao turned her head towards the window, as if she remembered some distant story, and began to tell it.

"Didn't I tell you that I have no sense of pain since I was a child, and I have been bullied a lot for this."

She shook some cigarette ashes out of the window.

"My mother raised me alone. I was a child from a single-parent family and was discriminated against in school."

"They took my textbooks, put bugs in my pencil case, and then went even further, stuffing nails in my shoes."

"Heh, a bunch of little brats."

Ji Mengyao seemed to be talking about something that was not a big deal, but to her at that time, it was all real hurt.

Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue understood after hearing this. With a single-parent family and school bullying, her childhood must have been extremely dark.

"When I got home, I found my feet were covered in blood and the soles of my feet were punctured."

"My mother hugged me and cried for a long time. She said she wanted to transfer me to another school, but I refused because I didn't have that much money."

"I can only endure it in silence."

She lit up a new cigarette and started talking.

"That was the time when they discovered that I had no sense of pain. I thought they would stop beating me after seeing that I hadn't been to school for three days due to my injury, but I didn't expect them to get even worse."

Ji Mengyao bit her lower lip, recalling some bad memories.

She didn't go into detail about what kind of bullying she'd suffered, but it was probably worse than having nails stuck in your shoes.

“That’s when I met him.”

Having said this, the gloom on Ji Mengyao's face seemed to suddenly disappear, and she patted the shoulder of Wu Di, who was still unconscious.

"He was also isolated in class. One time his book was torn up by someone, so I lent him mine to read together."

"After that, we often acted together, two weirdos who were isolated and excluded in class."

"He used to silently endure bullying like me, but after we met, he took it upon himself to protect me."

The erosion of the hallucination seemed to ease a little. Ji Mengyao slowly leaned her head back on the seat and looked up at the smoke drifting away from her eyes.

"I can't even stop him. What a fool."

"But something happened once. I was blocked after school and a group of girls called for help and wanted to give me a good beating."

"He protected me again, but in the chaos he was hit on the head and bled a lot."

Ji Mengyao stretched out her hand, placed it on the back half of Wu Di's head, and stroked it gently. It seemed to be the place where he had been injured before.

"I cried and went to the hospital with him. I had to leave only when his family came."

"After that day, he changed a little. He used to be a very cheerful and optimistic person who would tell me jokes."

"But since that day, he has only had one expression. It must be because of the serious damage he suffered from protecting my brain."

"I asked him but he didn't elaborate. I heard it was similar to 'alexithymia'."

"From what I feel, he is no longer able to express his emotions, a bit like a person who has lost the ability to express emotions."

"But since then, he seemed to have become much stronger, and those who bullied us could no longer beat him."

Ning Yu felt familiar with this description, so she asked, "Did he awaken at that time?"

Ji Mengyao finished another cigarette, extinguished it and threw it out of the window: "I guess so."

"Since then, it has become difficult to communicate with him. He no longer expresses his emotions, and his facial expressions are invisible. He is like a robot."

"The only thing that hasn't changed about him is that he still follows me around and protects me like a follower."

She first chuckled, then frowned slightly, seeming a little sad, and looked at Wu Di with her eyes tilted.

“Ever since the end of the world, we have been acting together.”

"His awakened ability can be further used. You have seen the effect. It will have a very terrifying power."

"Once, the situation was very dangerous, and he used this trick. It really scared me at the time. He smashed a mutant zombie to pieces with his bare hands."

"Then, just like today, he passed out."

Ning Yu felt a chill in his heart. Sure enough, all these awakened abilities came at a price, without exception.

Is this what is called an equal exchange? "After he woke up that time, I could clearly feel that his emotional shackles had become more severe."

"I used to be able to feel some basic facial expressions and expressions, but after using it, it's hard for me to feel any of his expressions and emotions."

"This made me feel very scared, so I made a pact with him not to use this ability again."

She poked Wu Di gently, as if blaming him.

But her eyes were a little dark, with inexplicable emotions flowing in them: "Ever since he got hurt for the first time protecting me, I feel like the distance between us has become farther and farther."

"I'm afraid that one day he won't want to be by my side anymore and will become a completely emotionless person."