The purge lasted for three days, and by the end, some people in the base even felt insecure.
They didn't know when someone would suddenly break into their home and tell them to pack up and leave. It was even worse for those with special abilities, because all the special abilities that had gotten into trouble so far had their abilities crippled and they were thrown out of the base in a very miserable way.
People only just realized that supernatural powers could be abolished, but they had no idea what means were used.
Those who had said bad things about Lin Tan behind his back were worried and couldn't sleep at night. Many of them chose to flee the Zhengyang base and never came back.
Some people also felt that the base was too overbearing and was depriving everyone of their right to free speech. For this reason, some people decided to leave the Zhengyang base.
But Ye Xiao didn't care about all these. Even if some people labeled him a tyrant, it didn't matter at all. Bai Cheng was a little worried. He was worried that it would be detrimental to the development of the base, and he was even more worried that if Ye Xiao continued like this, he would lose control of himself.
But his worries were unnecessary. Ye Xiao went out to cause trouble at night, and quietly followed the old Taoist priests to learn things during the day. He studied very seriously. He was a smart person and could quickly learn these things that were completely unfamiliar to him.
The old Taoist priests wanted to teach him with all their knowledge, but they were worried that he would learn too fast. By the time he learned everything, many of them would be dead.
During the day on the third day, Ye Xiao went out to execute Zhao Fei and his gang.
For this purpose, the base specially set up a sentencing platform, and the base's law enforcement personnel read out the crimes committed by these people, including colluding with people inside the base to attack the deputy leader and kidnapping and killing more than 700 ordinary survivors. Each of these crimes was enough to make people hate them, and the death penalty was not a light punishment for them.
Ye Xiao personally carried out the execution. He asked someone to find a large rusty machete. He did not remove the rust or care that the blade was bent. He also deliberately did not put much strength in his hands. One blow was not enough to cut a person's neck, so he had to cut it several times.
Listening to the people's shrill screams and pleas for mercy, the people watching the execution below were happy at first, but then gradually became uneasy and afraid. They were afraid of Ye Xiao, who was holding a machete on the stage and chopping people again and again. He did not use his special powers to prevent the blood from splattering on his body, so the blood of those people splattered all over him, and even his face was splashed with blood stains.
He was indifferent to their wailing, and would even let them wail for a while longer. Only when he had enjoyed it enough would he slowly pick up his knife and chop.
Human heads rolled to his feet, each with eyes wide open and filled with fear. This scene was so frightening that many people had nightmares the next night after returning home.
Ye Xiao calmly chopped down everyone, walked down covered in blood, refused the towel that was offered to him, and walked back covered in blood. No one dared to get close to him along the way.
He returned to where the Taoists were. When the old Taoists saw him like this, their faces turned pale with fright, fearing that he would suddenly attack and chop them to pieces. After all, they were also people who should be executed together with Zhao Fei.
Ye Xiao ignored their expressions, sat down, and said calmly: "Continue the class."
From then on, Ye Xiao's bloody reputation spread throughout the base and even spread far away. Compared with his previous reputations, this reputation was obviously much more important.
That night, Ye Xiao did not sleep again. After hesitating for a long time, he finally went to find Xu Tianjin.
Xu Tianjin was also asleep, wandering along the path beside the fields near his residence. Their eyes met, and Ye Xiao slowly approached: "You and Tan Tan are from the same place, right?"
Xu Tianjin's lips moved, he seemed a little hesitant, but finally nodded: "Yes."
"Tan Tan tells me that she is living well in the future. Is this true?"
"Really," Xu Tianjin whispered, "She's a valuable national talent. She holds a high position, is well-paid, and is highly respected. She's a role model that many people aspire to emulate."
Ye Xiao squatted down on the side of the road: "Can you tell me more about her?"
Xu Tianjin looked at him and started talking a lot.
"I was her patient, but I didn't have much contact with her, and most of these things I heard about her."
Ye Xiao listened silently, and suddenly said: "Do you know why she traveled through time and space, and why did you follow her?"
Xu Tianjin's brows jumped: "I don't know either."
Ye Xiao looked at him for a long time before turning his head away, not knowing whether he believed this statement or not.
Xu Tianjin said, "I also want to ask you something."
"you say."
"Why did you keep those old Taoist priests? Didn't they deserve to die? But they were not among the people who died today!" Xu Tianjin looked very angry.
Ye Xiao: "They have other uses."
"What's the use?"
“I’m learning their skills.”
"What's the point of learning that?"
"They can see souls and attack them. After learning their skills, perhaps I can also see a different world."
Xu Tianjin was shocked: "Do you think Doctor Lin is still here?"
Ye Xiao shook his head. "I don't know, but maybe I can do something in the future. Tan Tan can make it, so maybe one day I can make it too?" This was the first time he had shared his plans with anyone. He knew the possibility was slim, but maybe one day the opportunity would come. All he could do was make himself as strong as possible before that opportunity arrived.
So he not only has to learn this, but also other things; not only has to study by himself, but also has to do other things.
"Lin Tantan is in my hands. I think she is a good training target. I also plan to set up a research lab and find some professionals to study things about the soul and time travel. I don't have anything else, but I still have financial resources and enough time. If ten years doesn't work, then a hundred years will do. If a hundred years doesn't work, then two hundred years will do. Tan Tan said that people with superpowers can live long. I will try to live longer." He didn't say these words even to Bai Cheng and others, but he said them all to Xu Tianjin.
Xu Tianjin looked at him in surprise, never expecting that he had such ambitions. Then he lowered his head, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and shook his head secretly, sighing a little. Even without his roundabout hints, he was still working hard. Tan had a good eye for choosing this guy.
How much you do is one thing, but whether you can succeed in the end is another.
Individual power cannot compete with the rules of the entire world.
He asked, “What if we fail in the end?”
Ye Xiao was silent for a long time, then said calmly, "Then I will try to live to be three hundred years old, at least... to see her again."
Ye Xiao left. Xu Tianjin squatted there for a long time and sighed. "How stupid! Even if you become an old monster, don't even think about seeing people in the future. This is just a parallel world. Since Lin Tantan came here, she would not be able to be born again three hundred years later."
Even her parents and her family would not be able to appear in this world.
"It's really pitiful. If I don't help him, who else can help him?"
Ye Xiao had no idea that he was being regarded as stupid and pitiful. He had been feeling very depressed these past few days. After talking with Xu Tianjin, he felt a little relieved from his tense and depressed state.
He went all the way to Lin Garden. This was the first time he came back here since Lin Tantan's accident.
Ye Xiao reached the closed house and touched the door, but didn't go in. He was afraid that seeing the furnishings they had personally arranged would make him lose control. He turned and entered the garden. There were many streetlights on here, and many mutant beasts were still there, but they were silent and unhappy, completely different from the lively and cheerful appearance when Lin Tan was there.
The owner of the garden left, and it seemed that he took away all the vitality here, leaving only a heavy and dead atmosphere.
He came to the lake. Two swans were floating on the lake bored and looked listless. The big tree was still standing there quietly, dripping with water.
He came under the tree, where there was a lounge chair. Lin Tantan liked to lie here for the whole afternoon. Ye Xiao brushed away the fallen leaves on the tree, lay down on it, and closed his eyes.
As if sensing that another person who could be considered half-owner of Lin Yuan had arrived, the mutant beasts gathered around and lay down again beside Ye Xiao. Now they were no longer afraid of Ye Xiao.
The night wind blew by, and the branches of the big tree trembled slightly, as if watching this scene curiously. A green leaf fell from the branch and landed on Ye Xiao's face, as gentle as a kiss.
His days became routine and dull. Every day he studied with the Taoists and went to bed on time. Since he wanted to live a long life, he naturally couldn't torture his body any more. As for the base, he left it all to Bai Cheng, and he rarely appeared in public.
As the days passed, Lin Tantan finally woke up. She controlled her stiff body, her face was pale, but she was extremely excited. She finally got her body back!
Ye Xiao would pay attention to her changes every day. At this time, she was just a living dead. Her movements were stiff, she had no breathing or heartbeat, and her speech was slow and unclear, but her consciousness was quite clear.
She doesn't need to eat, but she needs energy, the wood energy that can repair her body. Ye Xiao asked Mingze to cooperate fully.
After more than a month of care, Lin Tantan's health was indeed getting better and better, his speech was becoming more and more fluent, and he looked no different from a normal person.
Seeing this, Ye Xiao called Zhang Jiujiu over and asked him to brainwash Lin Tantan, telling her that she was an honest person and that honest people must tell the truth. After the brainwashing was completed, they began to ask and answer questions.
He asked a lot of questions, from Lin Tantan's past to her death, Lin Tantan's arrival, and then her awakening. He took notes on every detail of what happened and her feelings. Finally, he asked, "You said that the five elements of supernatural power are yours. Is that true?"
Lin Tantan immediately replied, "Of course not. I don't have any superpowers. I failed to awaken my superpowers on the first day of the apocalypse, and that's why I died. Lin Tantan got the superpowers. It seems she used to be a five-element superpower user."
Ye Xiao was silent for a moment, then asked, "You said Tan Tan stole your body, but if it weren't for her, you would have died long ago, right?"
"Yes."
Ye Xiao turned to Master Jin and said, "You heard it."
Master Jin's face turned pale as he stared at Lin Tantan, speechless. That was not what she had said before. If it were not for the crying of her, the victim, he would not have finally made up his mind.
Ye Xiao's voice was as cold as ice as he spoke slowly, "Tan Tan could have continued to live here. She helped many people and did a lot of things. But you, just because of her background, because of the unfounded story about her destiny, because she refused to sacrifice herself to save others, so easily doubted her, denied her, and destroyed her."
"I..." Master Jin was sweating profusely.
"In order to harm her, you caused the deaths of over 700 people. You constantly claim to be righteous and right, but how could a righteous person kill so many innocent people? If you were willing to sacrifice yourself, I would still look up to you, but in your pursuit of so-called justice, you've sacrificed the lives of unrelated people."
Ye Xiao said slowly and coldly: "You have learned a lot of skills, but you haven't learned how to be a human being."
Master Jin stammered, slumped on the ground, sweating profusely, his face full of self-doubt.
Ye Xiao's words broke him down. He had always believed that what he did was right, but Ye Xiao tore off his fig leaf. Yes, he knew it was wrong to do so, but he still did it. It was not for the purpose of getting rid of the evil spirits, but because he was unwilling to do so!
He was unwilling to accept that he had worked hard for more than a year but had accomplished nothing, and he was unwilling to accept that he had all these skills but could not do anything to a little girl. Perhaps there were more reasons, such as the resentment and dissatisfaction of being a homeless old man after the end of the world after he went from being the master of a temple?
In short, he acted out of his own selfish motives.
Ye Xiao dealt him a heavy blow, and he felt so ashamed that it was even more painful than killing him.
Ye Xiao asked Mingze again, is Lin Tantan suitable for surgery in this condition?
Mingze glanced at Master Jin and said, "Although her body is still between the living and the dead, but... it can be done."
"Then give her surgery." Ye Xiao said coldly, "I don't want to see this face appear on her again, and change her voice too."
…
The leadership of the base was also in a meeting at this time. New Year's Day was approaching, and as the first New Year's Day after the establishment of the base, most people thought it should be lively.
It's just that because of some concerns, no one dares to bring it up.
Bai Cheng said he would consider this matter and then move on to the next topic.
After the meeting, Bai Cheng rubbed his brows. He had a lot of things to do recently. Ye Xiao had completely stopped caring about things. And with those incidents that had happened before, he had a heavy burden on his shoulders.
Xu Qin and Bai Cheng returned to the office together, entered his office, and closed the door: "Ah Xiao seems to be in good condition recently?"
Bai Cheng shook his head. "That's true, but he seems to want to do something. I'm worried he might get stuck in a rut."
As soon as Lin Tantan left, Ye Xiao seemed like a different person. He completely refused to let anyone get close to him. Even his comrades rarely had contact with him. Bai Cheng was better than the others. They could talk to him from time to time, but the content was always about the base's official business.
He couldn't understand Ye Xiao's thoughts at all. He probably hadn't given up on reuniting with Lin Tan, but he didn't know what he wanted to do specifically.
He sighed, "But it's much better than the first few days."
Xu Qin looked hesitant, and Bai Cheng asked, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know whether I should tell you this, but the more I think about it, the more I can't let it go. The day you went out to arrest Zhao Fei and his gang, I took Xu Tianjin to see them and talk to them."
"Then what happened?" Bai Cheng asked, "Xu Tianjin is a rather unusual person. He should be from the same place as Tan Tan. I don't know the details, but Ye Xiao should know."
The fact that Lin Tantan was from another world was an open secret in their small group. Although Ye Xiao did not say it explicitly, they had eyes to see and brains to think.
This gave them some comfort. Lin Tantan's sudden departure was difficult for all of them to accept, but if he just returned to his original world, it would be much easier to accept than actual death.
Although, this is really bizarre.
Xu Qin said: "I heard Xu Tianjin say something. He said that sending Tan once was not enough, and he had to send him a second time." Then he repeated Xu Tianjin's original words.
Bai Cheng's expression changed.
The word "send" is very interesting. It can mean farewell, sending someone to a certain place, or it can mean... seeing someone off to the end.
Xu Tianjin said this to the body left behind by Lin Tantan after he left, and he cried so miserably at the time, so it is very likely that...
Bai Cheng stood up and walked back and forth: "Although Ah Xiao didn't say it explicitly, what he meant was that Tan Tan returned to another world and people are still alive, right?"
Xu Qin didn't say anything.
Bai Cheng thought back to the day of the incident. Lin Tantan said something before she left. Her voice was too soft and the surroundings were too noisy, so he couldn't hear it clearly, but she seemed to say that she was going back and her family was waiting for her there.
But he remembered again that Lin Tantan took a last look at Xu Tianjin in the crowd and seemed to... shake his head slightly.
If she couldn't let go of Xu Tianjin, or was saying goodbye to Xu Tianjin, she should have nodded, but she shook her head.
Bai Cheng gasped.
He also told them about his discovery, and the two looked at each other, both feeling that something was not good.
Bai Cheng murmured, "Is there a possibility that Tan Tan is dead in that world, or can't return, but she didn't want Xiao to know, so she lied to him and asked Xu Tianjin not to tell the truth?"
Xu Qin also felt that this was probably the case: "Then this matter..." Should I tell Ye Xiao?
Bai Cheng couldn't make up his mind either.
Go ahead and tell him, but Ye Xiao has obviously accepted the current situation and has calmed down. If you tell him about this suddenly, he might really go crazy. Besides, knowing the truth will be of no use, he can't do anything.
But if I don’t tell them, it’s fine if they don’t know, but if they have already guessed the clues but don’t tell them, what’s the difference between that and cheating?
Bai Cheng was very hesitant, but soon he found that he didn't need to hesitate or worry, because the office door suddenly opened, and one of the people involved in the topic they were talking about was standing at the door, looking at them with red eyes.
He looked at me for a long time before asking dryly, "What were you talking about just now?"
…
It was rare for Ye Xiao to come to the office area. He had taken a long time to finally adjust his state. He didn't want to make everyone gloomy and cautious because of himself.
Then I heard these words.
The two people in the office looked at him dryly, speechless for a moment. Ye Xiao didn't need their guesses and analysis. He turned around and left. Only Xu Tianjin could give him an answer to this matter.
He ran to where Xu Tianjin was at his fastest speed. Xu Tianjin was startled when he saw him charging towards him like a mad red-eyed bull. "What, what happened?"
Fortunately, Ye Xiao still had some sense. Seeing that there were still a few people around, he grabbed him and pulled him to a deserted place. He asked bluntly, "Tell me about what happened in that world?"
"What's going on? She's fine."
"Is she still alive? Or..." He couldn't utter the last word. He grabbed Xu Tianjin's collar, almost pulling him off the ground, and uttered through gritted teeth, "I want to hear the truth!"
Xu Tianjin looked at him in shock, his eyes trembling, as if he couldn't believe how he knew this. Then his eyes turned red and he slowly lowered his head.
Seeing his expression, Ye Xiao knew everything. He just felt dizzy and let go of him in a daze. He stood there in a daze for a moment, then subconsciously turned around and walked a few steps towards a tree, reaching out to hold the trunk.
"How could it be..." he murmured, "That's not what she said. She said she would be fine and that she would look for me in the history books..."
He turned back suddenly, as if asking, or trying to convince himself: "She will return to the moment before her death, right?"
Xu Tianjin's expression slowly changed. He looked at him with some pity. "No, she's already died in that world. That world won't let her go back, and she can't go back."
"Then where is she!" Ye Xiao roared before he could finish his words. The veins on his neck popped out and his face turned red and ferocious.
Xu Tianjin asked, "Where do people go after they die?"
"No." Ye Xiao shook his head, "There are still souls. There are souls in this world."
"That's only an extremely rare case. If you don't believe me, go ask Jin Liangyu. How many ghosts has he seen in his life? Most people die, and they're truly dead. Apart from their bodies and belongings, nothing will be left."
"You're lying! You're talking nonsense!" Ye Xiao suddenly grabbed his clothes, bent down, and a look of pain appeared on his face.
Xu Tianjin understood and said, "You are too excited. Your superpowers are running rampant. You'd better control them, otherwise you will die a miserable death."
Ye Xiao took two deep breaths, beads of sweat dripping down his forehead. His supernatural powers overflowed from every part of his body, stirring up everything around him crazily, especially the tree he was holding, which suddenly exploded and turned into debris on the ground.
He seemed oblivious to the danger he was in. He stared at Xu Tianjin intently, then suddenly pounced on him and grabbed his collar. "You're not Xu Tianjin. Who are you? What do you know? Where is Tan Tan? She's still alive, right? Take me to see her!"
Just now, Xu Tianjin was being carried by Ye Xiao like a chicken, but now, even if Ye Xiao used even more strength, he couldn't move him at all. Ye Xiao's raging supernatural powers couldn't hurt Xu Tianjin at all. He showed a somewhat strange smile and tilted his head: "Do you really want to see her?"
Ye Xiao's eyes lit up.
"That's what you asked for. Fine, I'll take you to see her. But no matter what you see, you have to hold on."
As this sentence ended, Ye Xiao's vision suddenly became blurred, his body suddenly became light, the pain of the supernatural power riot went away, and his whole state became extremely calm.
Then he found himself in another completely new place.
He was on the street, but this street was different from any he had ever seen before. The road was very wide, and the surrounding buildings were very tall, very... technological. People's clothing styles were also a bit strange, and especially the vehicles on the road were something he had never seen before.
Suddenly a shadow fell over his head. He looked up and saw a strange-looking object, which looked a bit like a car but also a bit different, passing over his head. The people around seemed to be used to it and did not show any surprise.
Then Ye Xiao saw the car-like object gradually descending and stopping in front of a building. Two people walked down from it.
Ye Xiao remembered what Lin Tantan said, that cars in the future world can drive on the ground or fly in the sky. It is very convenient and there is no worry about traffic jams.
Ye Xiao's heart suddenly began beating violently.
So, here it is…
His Adam's apple moved up and down, his palms sweated nervously, he heard the sound of blood rushing in his veins, he felt the adrenaline being secreted rapidly, he was excited, thrilled and terrified, in disbelief and extremely expectant.
At this moment, the huge screen on the building in front suddenly flashed, and a news broadcast-like image appeared. At the same time, a voice came out. The host's face was sad and his voice was sorrowful:
"Yesterday was a day of national mourning. Our Ms. Lin Tantan, a national top-grade convalescent therapist, honorary vice president of the Psychic Association, reformer of multi-system psychic cultivation methods, recipient of the Purple Cloud Medal, ninth-level psychic, and the world's only five-system psychic... passed away yesterday, July 8, 2321, at the National Central Hospital at the young age of twenty..."
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