Chapter 110 Rong Shuyao is really dead
Gano seemed to sense Shanran's thoughts and stammered, "Sister, if you don't like me using synesthesia, I will try my best not to. I won't pry into your privacy. Please don't hate me."
Shan Ran pursed her lips and sighed softly.
She reached out and touched Gano's hair; because he was bent over, she could easily reach it.
His hair was soft and jet black, as dark and unfathomable as his eyes. But when he looked at Shan Ran now, the fierceness within him vanished, and his eyes became remarkably clear.
Their twins' appearance is extremely deceptive; at first glance, one would not think they are death warriors who have crawled through bloody battles, but would only think they are harmless teenagers.
"Sweetie, I don't dislike you."
After saying that, he walked forward.
Gano straightened up from behind.
He raised his eyes and stared at Shan Ran's back, a fleeting, inscrutable madness flashing in his eyes.
He smiled again and followed after him.
Shan Ran went to the basement and found the room where Rong Shuyao was being held.
When Rong Shuyao saw the person who opened the door and came in, she stared wide-eyed in disbelief and stood there stunned.
Her body stiffened, and her arm felt a little numb; it took her a while to recover.
The two, one standing and one sitting, sized each other up, remaining silent for a moment.
Compared to other imprisoned superhumans, Rong Shuyao was not strictly guarded. Her superhuman ability was very weak, so she was only shackled on her hands and feet, without any other restraints, and could move freely in the room.
After the incident at the laboratory building, no researchers came down to draw blood or bone marrow. Apart from being bored because she couldn't go out, her life was alright, and her complexion even improved.
Indoors, one cannot distinguish between day and night, is completely cut off from the outside world, and has no idea what has happened outside in the past few days.
She counted the days on her fingers, hoping someone would come to rescue her and take her out of there.
She prayed in her heart that if someone could rescue her, she would do anything, and she would belong to that person alone from then on.
Unexpectedly, it was Shan Ran who walked in when the door opened.
The overwhelming screams in her heart finally subsided. Rong Shuyao took a deep breath, managed her expression, and gave a proper smile.
"What? Shanran, you've been arrested too?"
Although she knew it was impossible, Rong Shuyao still harbored a secret hope in her heart.
She hoped that Shanran, like her, was captured and studied because of the uniqueness of her superpowers, rather than being mocked for her pitiful state by someone who was free.
Shan Ran glanced at Rong Shuyao with amusement, her gaze sweeping over the shackles on the latter's body.
She didn't speak, but her eyes answered everything: I'm not even in shackles. Do I look like I've been arrested?
That mocking look irritated Rong Shuyao, and she could no longer maintain her composure. She said angrily, "What are you doing here? Do you think I'm down on my luck and locked up here, so you want to laugh at me?"
Let me tell you, my mother is the younger sister of the head of the Gongyang family. Do you know the Gongyang family? They are the top families on the First Continent, ranking among the top three powerful families.
"I'm here because I'm useful to my family; they need me. They'll release me once the research is complete! You're just the daughter of a nouveau riche family from the Second Continent; don't be so smug. I advise you not to even think about harming me, or my family will definitely not let you off!"
"Sister, this woman is so noisy, should we tell her to shut up?"
Before Shan Ran could speak, Gano spoke first.
So shocked by Shan Ran's appearance that Rong Shuyao didn't even notice the man beside her.
Her pupils contracted sharply. This...this is the person who brings her meals every day.
His face was expressionless, his pupils narrowed to thin slits, staring intently at her like a cold snake, waiting for its master's command to strike without mercy.
"What... what do you want to do? I'm warning you, this is Solomon family territory. If you want to make a move, first consider your own strength and whether you want to make enemies of all the noble families on the continent!"
She shouted fiercely, but her body involuntarily shrank back until she was pressed against the corner of the wall.
Shan Ran stopped Jia Nuo, looked at Rong Shuyao, raised an eyebrow and smiled: "To be enemies?"
Such a smile gave Rong Shuyao a bad feeling.
"We've been enemies with them for a long time, but don't overthink it, it has nothing to do with you."
"......"
Rong Shuyao wished she could shrink into the wall and hide in another room so she could get as far away from him as possible.
Something earth-shattering must have happened outside during this time, otherwise how could Shan Ran have broken in unscathed?
She must have killed everyone in the lab. Although Rong Shuyao had fantasized that someone would destroy the lab building, she never expected that the person would be Shan Ran.
Also, what does she mean by being an enemy of powerful families? If it's true, wouldn't I be in great danger?
Rong Shuyao was inwardly uneasy, but on the surface she still pretended to be calm: "What exactly do you want from me?"
Shan Ran took a few steps forward, her gaze fixed on her opponent, firmly keeping Rong Shuyao within her attack range.
Rong Shuyao's body trembled involuntarily. She spontaneously activated her protective mechanism and subconsciously wanted to attack Shan Ran.
A bright ball of light floated in the air, dazzling and scorching hot enough to burn the skin.
Light-type ability users are not good at attacking; this is one of their few means of attack.
The ball of light hurtled toward Shan Ran, but was swallowed up by an even larger fireball.
This fireball was even more domineering and scorching hot. Before it even got close to Rong Shuyao, the scorching heat at its edge almost burned her hair.
Rong Shuyao let out a short gasp in fright.
The fireball disappeared inside the room the next moment.
Rong Shuyao thought the fireball would fly towards her, but she didn't expect Shan Ran to stop. Before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her body.
This was the first time in her life she had experienced such intense pain. Rong Shuyao opened her mouth wide, but could only let out hoarse gasps and couldn't scream at all.
It hurts so much.
It felt like something sharp was churning inside her.
Rong Shuyao looked down and saw a short blade emerging from her skin.
A knife suddenly appeared out of nowhere inside her body!
Shan Ran actually intends to kill her!
Rong Shuyao's face contorted in pain, her complexion turning deathly pale. She gripped the blade, but couldn't do anything about it.
"You... help me, please, don't kill me..."
Shan Ran was also somewhat confused. She stared at the short blade on Rong Shuyao's wound, wondering if it was real.
She originally just wanted to test what would happen if she teleported a knife into Rong Shuyao's body. Would it be stopped by some inexplicable event? Or would her actions cause some kind of deviation?
However, none of that happened; the knife easily broke through the body.
Did Yu Yuan drag her into some kind of dream again?
She turned to look at Gano beside her, and Gano, noticing her gaze, also turned to look at her.
"Let your little black snake bite me."
"?"
"Do not release the venom."
"........oh"
The little black snake hissed, raised its head, blinked its shiny black eyes, and finally obediently bit Shan Ran's hand.
Such a clear sense of pain couldn't possibly still be a dream, could it?
However, if it's an illusion within the mist, then there will be a very real sense of pain.
Oh no, has she gone mad? Why is her left and right brains fighting each other like this? Or is it because she's experienced traumatic stress from repeatedly entering and exiting hallucinations?
The scene before me is too unreal!
Wasn't Rong Shuyao supposed to be the female lead? She was the chosen protagonist of this other world, how could she be killed so easily?
No, she's not dead yet.
Now that we can take action, let's just nip it in the bud!
Shan Ran strode forward, walked to the bedside, and stared at Rong Shuyao, who was struggling on her side on the bed.
He threw the fireball he had just put away down, and it landed on the bed.
The raging flames instantly engulfed Rong Shuyao and the single bed, burning them to ashes in no time.
Rong Shuyao is really dead.
Shan Ran stared blankly at the charred corpse in front of her, somewhat at a loss.
It's like having amassed all your troops to attack a country, and when you're at the gates ready to fight to the death, the other side opens the gates and surrenders.
At this point, one wouldn't feel that they are too strong, but would suspect that the other party has some kind of conspiracy.
Shan Ran felt dizzy and lightheaded for a moment, and almost lost her balance. Fortunately, Gano, who was standing nearby, had already noticed that something was wrong with her and took a few steps forward to support her.
"Sister, what's wrong? Are you alright?"
Shan Ran didn't speak, closed her eyes, and sank into her mental world.
She sensed something amiss in her mental world.
Upon entering, it was discovered that the ten orbs of light had become even larger.
All superpowers have been upgraded!
Space storage, space transfer, water element, agility, and horned eagle are all B-level, while fire element, immortality, and digital information are all C-level. Even the recently acquired invisibility and petrification are now C-level.
Shan Ran came to her senses and slowly opened her eyes.
"Sister, how are you?" Ganuo had no idea what had happened; he only noticed that Shanran's expression was strange.
"All my superpowers have been upgraded."
"That's a good thing!"
Shan Ran appealed to the will of the world, but there was no response for a long time.
She murmured, "Could it be because she was the chosen protagonist of another world, and she had the luck of that other world? She was captured by her own people and used as an experimental subject, which weakened her luck invisibly, so she was able to be killed by me so easily."
After I killed her, the fortune of that other world was destroyed, and its fortunes shifted from ours to ours, causing my powers to surge like this.
Gano looked bewildered: "...Sister, what are you saying? I don't understand."
Shan Ran let out a long sigh, pulled her hand out of Gano's, smiled, and indicated that she was alright.
"It's nothing, and even if something happens, it's a good thing. Don't worry."
She turned to look into Gano's eyes and comforted him.
Unexpectedly, his previously full pupils suddenly shrank to thin slits as he stared in surprise at the spot behind her.
Shan Ran turned her head and saw the gray mist spreading towards her. She was startled for a moment, but quickly recovered and her expression became serious.
"What was bound to happen has finally happened."
"What?"
"Xiao Nuo, you must remember to hold my hand tightly."
As she spoke, Shan Ran reached her hand behind her back, and Ganuo grasped it without hesitation, their fingers intertwined, holding it firmly.
"Sister, I won't let go."
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"Shanran! Shanran, wake up! There's danger ahead, wake up quickly!"
In a daze, I felt someone pushing me.
Shan Ran opened her eyes groggily and saw a familiar face before her.
"Zhan, Zhan Wenyuan? What are you doing here?"
Zhan Wenyuan stared in disbelief. She patted Shan Ran's head lightly and clicked her tongue: "Classmate, are you dreaming? How did I get here? We need to go back to Zone 1. Where else would I be?"
Go back to Zone 1?
Shan Ran shook her head, and a flood of memories rushed into her mind, reminding her of what had happened.
Yes, she was on her way back to Zone 1 with her surviving classmates and teachers.
The end times are coming.
People with fevers gained superpowers, but she didn't; she didn't have a fever, so she didn't have any superpowers.
He is an ordinary person.
They wouldn't have paid much attention to it originally, but unexpectedly a terrifying monster suddenly appeared.
The monster emerged from the mist, and unfortunately, there was a mist near the hotel where they were staying.
So a group of students and teachers rushed out of the hotel together, and in the process, they lost many of their companions.
When the first wave of monsters came, a lot of people died because it was too sudden. Many people had no combat experience and were so frightened that they couldn't run away and were instantly knocked down.
A group of students, living in the safest and wealthiest area of Zone 1, usually had minor conflicts, such as bickering and shoving. They had never seen such a terrible scene before.
When they finally reached a safe place, only half of the people remained.
They arrived at a closed car rental shop and knocked on the door for a long time before a man finally opened it.
This is a bus driver who, after much pleading from the students and teachers, finally agreed to take the group of students to Zone 1.
He has no special abilities, so staying here is just waiting to die. He might as well run away with this group of people with special abilities.
Maybe Zone 1 is better than Zone 5?
The driver was unlucky; his home was within the fog-covered area, and his family couldn't escape. He happened to be in the workshop at the time. After receiving his wife's message, he originally wanted to go out to look for them, but the outside was in chaos, so he had no choice but to run back and hide ever since.
And so the group set off with difficulty.
All the supplies stored in the workshop were moved to the bus, and several nearby supermarkets and convenience stores were also searched. Finally, there were enough supplies to get on the road.
At the beginning of the apocalypse, many people were caught off guard and dared not go far. They searched for supplies nearby and tried to hide in safe places.
But those who were unfortunate enough to be very close to the fog, or even whose houses were inside the fog, had no choice but to run away, and some of them thought they might as well run as far away as possible.
Of the three continents in the world, the worst is District 5. If you take advantage of the chaos to run away to another district, it can't possibly be worse than District 5, right?
Many people share this view, which is why highways leading to other places are often congested.
When the bus carrying Shan Ran and the others arrived at the highway entrance, they discovered that they couldn't get on at all.
Countless vehicles completely blocked the entrance.
On the first day the monsters attacked, many people didn't dare to confront them head-on and turned to drive away, making it the most congested time on the road.
Traffic was congested and moving slowly. A large number of monsters rushed towards the area, and people abandoned their vehicles and ran away without even having time to take their belongings.
Some people didn't even have time to run before being bitten to death by the monster that broke into their cars.
Some cars tried to ram the cars behind them to escape, but in the end, the cars broke down and they couldn't get away.
Everywhere there was dried blood, broken glass, and scattered debris.
There were no corpses or bits of flesh, because they had all been eaten clean.
Looking at the scene before them, everyone could imagine the terrible things that had happened back then.
However, they were also bold. Seeing that there was nothing unusual nearby, some of them got out of the car and used pipes to take gasoline from several vehicles.
After that, they chose to take a side path.
However, some side roads can become congested with vehicles as you walk along them.
They also considered getting out of the car, pushing it away, and tidying it up.
However, due to the limitations of his abilities, he did not know the road conditions ahead or how long it would take to clear the road before it was passable, so he gave up.
Just choosing a feasible path wasted a lot of time.
When the unknown new world arrived, there was no one to explore it in the early stages, and everything was blurry and dark. In this process, Shanran and the others wasted too much time and lost many companions.
However, they grow very quickly. Superhumans improve rapidly in battle. Although Shan Ran is an ordinary person, he can now kill some low-level monsters.
During this time, whenever their phones were able to charge, they would go online to check for news.
The monster was named the Nightmare Beast, and the world descended into chaos, officially entering the first year of the apocalypse.
Human vitality is tenacious. After the initial chaotic period, many people began to spontaneously gather together, and gradually, outstanding individuals stepped forward to take the lead, leading to the formation of organizations of all sizes.
In just half a month, some powerful bases stood out from the crowd, and their names became known to everyone.
Shan Ran didn't look at it closely; her phone battery was very low, so she could only look at the important parts.
For example, what's the situation in Zone 1 now? Is there any fog near where she lives? Does the government have a proper base to accommodate them? Where is it safe, etc...?
As for where a powerful superhuman has emerged, rescuing nearby people from dire straits, or where two bases are fighting each other for territory...
These are not topics that Shan Ran and others would be involved in.
All they wanted was to get to Zone 1 safely, go home, and see their parents.
Shanran has no parents, and she wants to go home, mainly because she likes to hoard things and shop. She has a lot of things at home, including food and drinks, and she feels safe there.
As long as she takes proper protective measures, she can stay at home for up to six months without moving.
A couple of days ago, they were taking a back road and when they passed through a village, the driver suddenly slammed on the brakes.
Shan Ran was taking a nap, but the sudden stop woke her up.
But she seemed to be under a spell, with a vague consciousness but unable to move her body.
In a state between sleep and wakefulness, Shanran saw some strange scenes—
She wasn't in the car, but outside, waving goodbye to everyone inside. The surrounding city was somewhat deserted, but it was definitely not the chaotic scene of the apocalypse.
She watched the car leave, then walked to another ordinary city SUV, preparing to drive away.
After sitting in the driver's seat, the scene in front of her suddenly changed from a city SUV to a bus, and she became a member of the bus crew.
The car door opened, and several people got on. They looked around and then rushed towards her, calling out "Ranran" with anxious yet joyful expressions.
Shan Ran could only recognize that these were several men. She could see their figures and that they all had good physiques. She could even discern their expressions, but strangely, she couldn't see their faces.
Before the group could reach Shan Ran, the figure suddenly vanished.
Then the chair beneath her transformed into an operating table, her hands and feet were bound, and a blinding white light shone overhead.
A person wearing a white coat, mask, and cap was holding a scalpel and about to cut her head.
Shanran tried to scream in terror, but when she opened her mouth, no sound came out, and she couldn't struggle at all.
Just as the scalpel landed on her head, the scene shifted again, and she found herself standing on a pile of ruins.
Looking around, all that could be seen was scorched earth, black soil mixed with deep red blood, a scene of oppression and despair.
The sky was also dyed red, merging with the deep red on the ground, stretching as far as the eye could see. A strong sense of fear and helplessness choked Shan Ran's chest, making it difficult for him to breathe.
She tried to struggle and escape, but her body wouldn't move at all.
Fortunately, someone nudged Shanran a few times and woke her up.
It seemed like a long time had passed since the incident, but from the moment the driver braked suddenly to when Zhan Wenyuan came to call her, it was less than half a minute.
Shan Ran sat up and rubbed her throbbing head.
The scene she had just experienced was too strange; she felt it was likely caused by the stress and tension from days of traveling.
"Senior, are you alright?"
A head popped out from behind Shan Ran, looking at her with concern.
Shan Ran's gaze fell on the boy's face in the back seat.
His face was exceptionally handsome, with porcelain-white skin, dark eyes, and a high, straight nose.
But like everyone else in the carriage, he was dirty with bloodstains, his clothes were torn, and he smelled strongly of sweat.
Of the entire vehicle, only Zhan Wenyuan's boyfriend, Long Zheming, is a water-based ability user. However, his ability is mainly used to condense drinking water and to assist Zhan Wenyuan, who is a jellyfish-type ability user, in combat.
With his current level of superpowers, it's impossible for him to provide enough water for everyone to take a bath.
But nobody cares about that.
No matter how clean or fastidious I was in the past, I wouldn't care about these things now.
The most important thing is to survive and make it home alive.
Shan Ran shook her head. "I'm fine, Gano. I just had a nightmare."
Gano reached out a hand and pinched Shanran's fingertips without saying a word, seemingly just wanting to give her some strength through this gesture.
Shan Ran smiled reassuringly, then turned to Zhan Wenyuan and asked, "Yuanyuan, what's going on up ahead? Is there any danger?"
"Old Dong noticed a row of pegs in front of him. They didn't look like they were just thrown around, but rather like they were deliberately placed on the ground to puncture the tires of passing vehicles."
Fortunately, Lao Dong is now very vigilant, having developed a lot of experience over this period. He noticed something was wrong in time; otherwise, if he had driven straight over, the tires would have been ruined.
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