Chapter 122. Rhine Lawrence, unfortunately...
The young man's physique was imposing; as he flew through the wind, he carried a chilling aura that swept over the mountainside.
“Are you worried about me?” he asked again.
"I....."
"Senior!"
"Dye it!"
A sudden shout from afar interrupted Shanran.
Three figures walked toward her together: Ennia was supporting Wuchuyu, and Gano was beside her.
When Gano saw Shan Ran, he stumbled and rushed over.
Shanran ignored Rhine, ran forward a few steps, and caught Gano.
The black snake scales that hadn't faded from his neck were still there, cold and sharp. This was a side effect of overconsuming crystal cores; animal-type ability users would temporarily lose control, their bodies partially turning into animals, and it was difficult to retract them.
A strong, pungent smell of blood wafted over, causing Shan Ran to frown.
After confirming that Shan Ran was unharmed, Gano fainted.
His head was buried in Shan Ran's neck, and even in his unconscious state, his hands were still tightly holding her, refusing to let go.
"Ennia! Ennia!"
On the other side, Ennia also fainted.
If Ennia hadn't been continuously treating them, they wouldn't have been able to escape.
More than an hour later, the members of the Kunwu team arrived.
Shan Ran was surprised that Kunwu Yecheng would come to pick them up in person.
After getting off the bus, Kunwu Yecheng was stunned when he saw the boy clinging tightly to Shanran.
"How's it going at the villa?"
Wu Chuyu, the only one still awake after escaping from the villa area, didn't have time to speak. She first gulped down the coconut water that Chu Liuxing handed her. After finally quenching her thirst, she mumbled, "Most of the people from the Poison Scorpion base are dead, right? The Poison Spider is dead too. Without a leader, they stopped chasing us."
Those people in the villa area... sigh, they're probably all dead. There weren't many left to begin with, how could they withstand such an attack? They're inhuman! At that time, I could only think of myself and Ennia; I couldn't help them. Life is hard enough as it is, and they still try to kill us! Those bastards!
"Oh, right, we were so focused on escaping that we didn't bring any supplies, and we don't have Captain Kunwu's spatial abilities. We're completely broke right now. I'll pay you back when I earn some money."
The last sentence was said to Chu Liuxing, who smiled and waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to worry about it, and then handed him a coconut.
Shan Ran pursed her lips, lowered her eyes and remained silent, but tightened her grip on Ganuo's arms.
Rong Shuyao wanted revenge, so she attacked the entire villa district. Even though the environment in the villa district was deteriorating, she accelerated the destruction of the villa district.
I want power, I want power, I want power...
Her inner desires were roaring wildly.
She thought of the voice that had just entered her mind.
Was that her own inner voice, or some unknown entity?
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After arriving at the safe zone, Shan Ran was assigned to the Plant Group in the inner city as a clerical staff member to assist in the research of plant-type ability users.
Besides those with superpowers, there are also some positions in the inner city that require ordinary people to do some mundane daily tasks.
However, these jobs are highly sought after, and usually only those with connections can get in.
Gano accepts missions in the mission hall. He doesn't team up with others, not even with Wu Chuyu, with whom he had previously worked. He's used to being alone, going out and coming back alone.
Throughout the entire base, he was only close to Shan Ran.
However, their work schedules are different, so they actually have very little time to meet.
Not long after the Rhine crossed the safe zone, the ocean shipping route began trial operation and then officially opened to traffic.
He returned to the Second Continent.
Before leaving, Rhine found Shanran and asked her if she would like to come with him.
Shan Ran refused. Although she came from the Second Continent, she had no reason to go there now.
"Am I... not a reason for you?"
Shan Ran paused for a moment, then chuckled softly and extended her hand. "Rhine, we will always be good friends."
Rhine looked down at the outstretched hand, remained silent for a moment, and then grasped it.
Gano, who had been hiding in a dark corner, gradually transformed his originally gloomy vertical pupils into moist, round pupils.
My sister is mine.
[My senior is mine, mine, mine, mine, mine...]
Network Director and Secretary General Cheadle would occasionally come to inspect the site, mainly to check on the progress of the plant group.
Resources dwindle with use, and if production ceases, they will eventually run out.
Marine life cannot be eaten, and most of the animals that still survive on land have special abilities. The few that do not have special abilities have all been kept in captivity, with the hope that they will reproduce.
With less and less food available to humans, the plant community is under tremendous pressure.
It is said that a team found a rice-based superpowered individual, but by the time they found him, he had already gone insane.
I don't know what happened, but that rice-type ability user killed all her companions.
She was extremely aggressive and would attack or kill anyone she saw. We had to inject her with sedatives before we were finally able to bring her back.
Unfortunately, despite the combined efforts of the mental, light, and healing systems to treat her, the results were minimal.
After a person with superpowers goes insane, for some reason, it stimulates the light clusters in their mental world, causing their superpowers to increase dramatically.
An out-of-control, mentally ill superhuman is extremely dangerous. In a post-apocalyptic world, encountering such a superhuman usually means trying to eliminate them.
But this person is unacceptable; the safe zone must keep her.
Because the supernatural rice is so precious, we can only hope that she will recover one day.
District Chief Lu would occasionally come to check on the plant group.
Shan Ran also met this legendary woman. She had a serious expression but a gentle demeanor, and her eyes revealed an undisguised weariness.
When she reached Shan Ran's side, Lu Wenrou stopped.
“I’ve heard Cheadle mention you. Although you don’t have any special abilities, you’re very capable, Miss Yamazaki.”
Shan Ran turned her head and looked at Chandler beside her. He smiled gently and nodded to her.
"Thank you, District Chief Lu. I just did what I was supposed to do."
Lu Wenrou praised not only Shan Ran, but also all her colleagues who were working diligently.
She remembered everyone's face and name, and recounted each person's contribution.
She wasn't just making empty promises; she genuinely valued the members of the plant group.
Shan Ran felt that if the entire continent were led by such leaders in the future, life would definitely be better than before.
But the peaceful days were destined not to last long; this was the end times, not a time of peace.
The relentless bombardment by the high-tech weapons of the First Continent triggered retaliation from the other world. Even after the high-level monsters disappeared, the amount of mist did not decrease; on the contrary, it increased from time to time.
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After Hainan Airlines officially commenced operations, some people from the First Continent migrated to other continents, and the human population continued to decline, leaving less and less space for human habitation.
However, the top families still survived well. After the network barriers between the three continents were broken, everyone gained a clear understanding of the diversity of this world.
The First Continent suffered greatly from the impact of the other world, but under immense pressure, the superhumans there grew rapidly.
After migrating to other continents, the territories that had been somewhat out of control gradually returned to their hands.
Not long after, the Yu family shipbuilding, which was originally in charge of the Hainan Airlines, lost control of the shipbuilding business due to a mistake and it was transferred to the Gongyang family.
After that, the Yu family gradually declined. The head of the Yu family died suddenly, the family fell apart, and it gradually withdrew from the stage of power among aristocratic families.
Those who were on the opposite side of the powerful families were all led by the Yu family. After the Yu family fell, those people either quickly submitted to the powerful families or were purged.
Even the relatively neutral Lawrence family was forced to take sides and stand with the top families.
Rhine and Xie Qingheng, who used to frequently contact Shan Ran, rarely sent messages after that.
Sometimes she would send a message and take a very long time to reply, and her reply would be very brief, until one day, she could no longer receive any messages from the other party.
Not long after, she saw the news on the forum: the Lawrence family had issued an obituary—the family heir, Rhine Lawrence, had passed away.
Shan Ran held her phone, looked down at the message, and blinked.
After a long while, a drop of water slid down the phone screen.
My old classmate Zhong Xia is also in the inner city. She is a high-level earth-type ability user and has participated in the construction of many houses in the city. She is usually very busy. In addition, Zhong Xia is a serious social phobia and rarely has contact with Shan Ran.
Long Zheming, who left with Zhan Wenyuan's ashes, is already dead.
This is what Lingling told Shanran.
After arriving at Zhan Wenyuan's home, Long Zheming couldn't find her parents and grandmother, so he searched everywhere, looking through nearby bases and organizations.
However, he did not join any base and remained alone.
Having ability but going it alone makes one easy to be targeted and to make enemies.
He fell into a trap set by an organization, was besieged by monsters until his powers were exhausted, and ultimately his body was never recovered.
The other surviving classmates were in different bases, and Shanran never saw them again.
From the beginning of the apocalypse until now, the only person who has stayed by Shanran's side is Gano.
That evening, she couldn't help but sigh to Gano, her tone tinged with regret.
Ganuo raised his hand and gently stroked Shanran's cheek, gazing at her with adoration, feeling the warmth of her skin.
"Senior, I will always be with you, forever."
Shanran has become accustomed to the other person's contact and does not reject it at all.
She nuzzled Gano's hand, pressing her face against it gently, using the support to ease herself, and sighed, "Life right now is so beautiful it's unreal, it makes me a little uneasy. I wish I could live like this forever, even without superpowers it wouldn't matter."
One day, an ordinary person who was also doing business in the inner city, and an older sister who usually had a good relationship with Shan Ran, suddenly asked Shan Ran a question.
"If there were an experiment that could grant you superpowers, would you participate?"
Shan Ran frowned, somewhat puzzled: "An experiment that can grant superpowers? Where in the world is there such a good thing?"
"Hey, don't worry about all that, just tell me what you think?"
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