No matter how hard the man tried, the iron rod could not move down an inch.

"Get lost!!!"

This time the anger was successfully transferred to Fu Tianhe. The man didn't think that he would be no match for Fu Tianhe on his own. He was about to pull out the iron rod and beat Fu Tianhe up, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull the rod out at all.

Fu Tianhe's hands held tightly like pliers, and his body didn't even shake.

The man was so angry that he tried his best to pull out the iron rod for the last time. If it failed, he would rush up and fight with this suicidal man with his bare hands!

At this moment Fu Tianhe suddenly let go.

The man originally used all his strength to pull the stick, but the force was suddenly removed. He lost his balance and fell backwards suddenly. He hurriedly took a few steps back and then fell heavily to the ground.

He had difficulty walking to begin with, and it took him some time to get up. Fu Tianhe did not chase after him, but immediately went to look at the child he had hit, and clearly saw the blood flowing from the back of the child's head.

"What's the matter?" Fu Tianhe asked in a low voice. Even if this child stole something, he wouldn't be beaten to death, right?

The child raised his head slowly, he looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, and shook his head towards Fu Tianhe with difficulty. He was obviously in great pain, and his facial features were distorted.

Fu Tianhe tried to pull him up, but when he exerted force he found that the child was lighter than he had imagined, not even as heavy as a bag of rice or flour.

"Why don't you run?" Fu Tianhe was a little annoyed. "Running is better than being beaten to death here."

The boy just looked at Fu Tianhe with a blank and timid look, without saying a word. Fu Tianhe was very familiar with this look. He had the same look when he once wandered around alone.

But he knew how to resist. If he was really forced into a corner, he would definitely rush forward regardless of the consequences and vent his fear with his teeth and nails.

Seeing that he was like a mute, Fu Tianhe gave up on communicating with him.

Alpha searched his pockets for a while, but couldn't find anything like a piece of cloth. He immediately said, "Let's go. I'll take you to the clinic and treat the wound on your head."

The man was propped up on the ground with an iron rod, swearing and not getting up yet, his mouth was extremely dirty.

Fu Tianhe no longer gave him any unnecessary glances. This kind of situation was too common among scavengers, and he himself had experienced quite a few of them before. However, Fu Tianhe was tall and strong, and not many people dared to provoke him.

The original intention was to recruit subordinates but ended up doing a good deed. Chen Ci didn't say anything, as they had plenty of time anyway.

The two of them accompanied the boy, who looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old, to the nearest clinic. Soon, the boy's injured head was wrapped in gauze. He still pursed his lips tightly and refused to let go of the thing in his arms.

Chen Ci recognized that it was an electric rice cooker, a bit old but still quite complete.

Fu Tianhe paid the medical bills to the clinic when he suddenly heard a very small sound coming from below.

"Thank you." The boy's voice was hoarse, and it was obvious that his throat was very dry. He looked up at Fu Tianhe, who was much taller than him, and said, "Thank you for saving me."

"Now you know how to speak, why were you silent just now?" Fu Tianhe said with a smile, "What's your name?"

Boy: "...An An."

Fu Tianhe: "Where is your home? I'll take you home."

"It's nearby." The boy named An An walked in front, leading Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe to his home. He looked back every few steps, fearing that the two people behind him would suddenly disappear.

Chen Ci tilted his head and looked at Fu Tianhe silently.

Fu Tianhe said that when he was a child, he would also pick up trash with his mother in the neighborhood. Has he ever experienced something similar? Is that why he was so eager to help this child?

Like the underground city of Cinnabar, there are also many huts built illegally by homeless people near the garbage dump in this area. Some three or four-year-old children are running around in them with laughter, while the older ones have all gone out to find ways to make money.

The boy led them to one of the low sheds. The door was so low that even Chen Ci had to lower his head to get in.

The area of ​​the shed is quite limited, just a square room with a blanket on the ground, which serves as a place to sleep and rest.

There were two younger girls sitting on the floor. When they heard someone coming back, they immediately looked up with joy. However, when they saw two strangers, Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe, they suddenly became afraid.

"Where are your parents?" Fu Tianhe asked.

An An: "My mother went out to work. My father fell off the scaffolding in the factory two years ago and died."

Fu Tianhe was stunned: "Didn't the factory compensate you for your losses?"

The boy shook his head: "Mom said the money was taken away."

Fu Tianhe: “………………”

The father died in a work accident but received no compensation. The widowed mother had to raise three young children and could only live in a single room of less than five or six square meters. Anyone who heard this would be angry.

"I usually go to the garbage station to pick up some waste and sell it for money." An An carefully placed the rice cooker on the windowsill.

Chen Ci saw a pot on the shabby stove, but there was a fist-sized hole in the bottom of the pot and it could no longer be used.

He finally understood why the boy would rather risk being beaten to death than let go.

Fu Tianhe pursed his lips and said, "Actually, we want to recruit some people to help us now."

An An was stunned for a moment, then she understood what Fu Tianhe meant, and her dark brown eyes suddenly lit up.

Fu Tianhe was afraid that he might misunderstand, so he quickly said, "But it does require professional skills. What do you know?"

An An immediately said, "I can polish shoes, pick up trash, clean, and take care of children. I, I am very efficient at doing things. Even if you don't know how to do something, you can learn it right away."

Fu Tianhe sighed silently. It was just as he thought. How could such a young child master the professional skills they needed?

Although he felt that An An's family was very pitiful, Fu Tianhe knew that they were not there to do charity, and now that they had rescued him from the iron bars, they were already doing him a great favor.

Fu Tianhe glanced at Chen Ci. The Omega boy remained calm, just silently looking at the two little girls huddled in the corner.

"I'm sorry, we may not be able to provide you with a job." Fu Tianhe made up his mind and said, "I'll go buy you some food. You should stay at home and take good care of yourself in the next two days. Don't go to the garbage dump again."

As soon as he finished speaking he walked out of the shed, and sure enough, the boy immediately caught up with him.

"M-my benefactor! I can learn from scratch! Although it will be a bit troublesome, I can work sixteen hours a day! Please be kind, I won't ask for too much salary--"

He kept begging Fu Tianhe, and was so anxious that he could hardly speak clearly. He was trying hard to prove that he really had enough working ability.

It's not a question of how many hours they can work. They are doing something extremely dangerous. If they rashly bring the boy with them, they will be harming him.

Seeing that the two were determined to leave, the boy suddenly groaned and knelt straight in front of him. He choked and tried hard to hold back the tears that were about to burst out:

"Please, two kind people, take me away. I really need a job... Mom can't support the three of us alone. I don't want my sister to beg. I--"

Chen Ci, who had been silent from beginning to end, suddenly spoke at this moment.

He stared at the boy who was about to cry, and his voice was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly:

"You are an Omega, sister."

There was a moment of silence.

younger sister?

Fu Tianhe immediately looked carefully in surprise, and the "boy" froze for a moment, her face turned pale, and there was a little more fear in her eyes when she looked at Chen Ci: "I, I..."

"Don't be nervous. I don't mean any harm." Chen Ci said calmly, "I can probably understand what you are afraid of. But as you can see, I am also an Omega."

This child has to help the family make money. It is much safer for a boy to hang out outside than a girl, not to mention that she is an Omega. The innate difference in physical fitness will make survival more difficult.

Chen Ci: "Do you have mental strength?"

"W-what?"

"I asked you if you have any mental strength."

She hesitated, then nodded timidly.

Sure enough, the tiny energy he felt just now was not an illusion. Chen Ci continued to ask, "How old are you?"

"…sixteen years old."

Chen Ci: "Hasn't it just been a while since we split up?"

An An nodded.

"Okay, you can just follow us for the time being." Chen Ci made up his mind, "We need someone with mental strength. Although you are still very weak now, I will teach you."

An An's eyes sparkled with joy. She immediately kowtowed to Chen Ci and became his disciple on the spot: "Thank you! Thank you, Master!"

Fu Tianhe hesitated to speak, and asked in a low voice: "Aren't you afraid that we are bad people and want to take you to do something bad?"

An An hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid, but I believe in you."

For her, the pressure of survival is already too much to bear, making her willing to take any risk.

Chen Ci: "Go tell your two sisters that you may have to stay with us most of the time in the future. I will pay you."

"Okay." An An immediately stood up, not caring to shake off the dirt on her knees, and went back. Two minutes later, she came out again and said to Chen Ci, "Master, I'm done."

"Let's go." Chen Ci took a step forward.

An An had just been injured and was still a little dizzy, but she still tried her best to keep up with Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe.

Chen Ci first took her to a nearby store to buy her a new set of clothes. The clothes she was wearing before were a bit smelly, and the sleeves and collar were worn out.

After making her choice, An An went to the dressing room alone to change clothes, while Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe waited in the store.

Suddenly, that feeling of being watched returned.

However, this time Chen Ci didn't even turn his head. His mental power quickly dissipated and gained nothing.

If it was Sanshui's surveillance camera, was it necessary to avoid him so vigilantly? He had already had an encounter with Lan Lu.

Chen Ci always felt that something was not right. At this time, An An came out of the locker room. The little girl had an unconcealable joy on her face. The new clothes fit her very well.

Since he found nothing, Chen Ci put his suspicion aside for the time being. He took An An to a restaurant for dinner and waited until she was full before taking her to the hotel.

Chen Ci checked into a new room and handed the room card to An An: "Go take a shower first. Be careful not to let the wound come into contact with water. After you're done, call us next door and I'll start teaching you."

An An nodded: "Okay, Master."

After watching her enter the room and close the door, Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe returned to the next room. Since Chen Ci revealed An An's true identity, Fu Tianhe had not spoken much, and his expression was full of confusion.

Chen Ci: "Don't you want me to bring her back?"

Fu Tianhe: "Of course not. I also feel sorry for her. It would be great if we could provide her with a job opportunity. But... wouldn't it be a bit inconvenient for us to keep a little girl like her around?"

In fact, when Fu Tianhe rescued Matchstick in the abandoned suburbs, he didn't have that much trouble, but the encounter with Aurora on the island really left him with a huge psychological shadow.

What's more, what they are doing is quite dangerous. An An is too young and doesn't look like he is capable of doing it.

"I will teach her step by step." Chen Ci said, "She has a good talent in mental strength. If she is willing to study hard, she should be able to become a helper soon."

Fu Tianhe observed Chen Ci's expression and suddenly asked, "Jiuyue, do you also feel that she is pitiful?"

...Is that so?

Perhaps when he saw An An being beaten to a bloody pulp for a pot, he really felt sympathy.

Chen Ci raised his hand and touched his chest. His heartbeat was as steady as ever, 75 beats per minute, like a well-wound machine.

But he did seem to feel a tiny bit of sympathy for a moment.

An An washed herself quickly. She put on the new clothes that Chen Ci bought for her and looked much fresher. She still had a wound on her head, so she didn't dare to wash her hair, but at least her face looked much whiter.

Fu Tianhe looked at her and felt that she looked a bit like a little girl.

An An said that she was already sixteen years old, but due to long-term malnutrition, she was extremely thin, like an undeveloped child of thirteen or fourteen years old, and even her Omega pheromones were so faint that she could not be smelled.

Chen Ci gave her a piece of isolation tape and stuck it on the back of her neck. He patted the edge of the bed and motioned for her to sit over. He then moved a chair and sat opposite An An.

Chen Ci: "When did you discover that you had spiritual powers?"

"About two months ago." An An's voice was very low. "I've had very accurate intuition since I was a child. After differentiation, it seems to have become even more accurate. Last week, I was picking up bottles in the backyard of a bar and heard someone mention mental power. Then I thought I might have it too."

Chen Ci hummed and asked, "Will you release him voluntarily?"

An An shook her head: "I, I still don't understand anything."

Chen Ci: "So what can you sense from your surroundings now?"

An An closed her eyes and felt with her heart. After ten seconds, she said, "It feels like there is something warm surrounding me."

Chen Ci: "That is my spiritual power. Now I am trying to contact them."

Fu Tianhe, a man without any mental strength, could only watch from the side.

He stared at Chen Ci who was concentrating on guiding An An. The young man had a calm expression, and crisp words came out of his light-colored thin lips. His amber eyes appeared as honey-like under the light.

Over the past few months, he had witnessed the Omega's transformation from being aloof and distant from the real world to being touched by what he saw.

It's so charming.

Fu Tianhe simply changed into a comfortable position and waited. When he was young, he was frustrated because he had no mental strength, but as he grew older, he gradually became more open-minded.

But jealousy still emerges. If, if he also has mental power, can he work with Jiu Yue right now?

Fu Tianhe couldn't help but raise his hand and touch the artificial eye on his right side.

It only took An An two minutes to trigger the mental power emanating from Chen Ci.

"Not bad." Chen Ci continued to guide her, "Do you have any more energy left?"

An An's thin eyebrows were knitted together, and she tried her best to control this very unfamiliar and weak energy to her, to get closer to the majestic and frightening existence.

Like a trickle of water emerging from a crevice in the rock, groping its way into the vast ocean.

Suddenly she opened her eyes and took a deep breath.

"It's already pretty good to be able to achieve this level." Chen Ci was quite satisfied.

He could indeed go directly to find someone who already possessed spiritual power, but picking out a good candidate and educating him personally from the beginning would have a better final effect.

An An's forehead and nose were already covered with sweat. When she heard Chen Ci's praise, she smiled particularly happily. She was recognized, which meant that there was a greater possibility that she would stay.

Chen Ci knew that this was her limit, after all, the little girl had only just split up: "Okay, let's stop here for today, you go back to your room and rest, and then we can go out for dinner together in the evening."

"Okay." An An stood up and bowed deeply and sincerely to Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe:

"Thank you, Master, and thank you, Master's Wife!"

Fu Tianhe:…………? ? ?

Fu Tianhe was dumbfounded.

Chen Nian sat on the aircraft and went to the sea-encircling platform at the bottom of Cinnabar with Shafla.

After two weeks of learning, his swimming skills have been very good, and his speed is even comparable to that of Shable. However, his physical strength is not as good as Alpha for the time being.

After making sure that he would not drown even if he fell into the sea in an accident, Chen Nian immediately put the plan of heading to the Huanhai Platform on the agenda.

When Chen Nian learned from Chen Ci that mental power could block the perception of primitive creatures, he planned to go there again. However, he was unable to set off due to various accidents. During this period, Shafulai broke his leg again and could no longer teach him to swim.

Now that all the mess had finally been dealt with, Chen Nian looked at the sea surface gradually approaching below him and couldn't help but feel excited. He took a deep breath and clenched his fists tightly, but his heart was still beating violently in his chest.

I don't know why, but I suddenly felt very nervous.

Chen Nian's life has been very regular in the past two weeks. She attends classes during the day, practices swimming at night, and logs into the game and plays for a while before going to bed.

His character is quietly changing. It's not that his belly is getting bigger as imagined, but the patterns on his belly are changing into new ones every day, forming mysterious patterns.

Therefore, Chen Nian’s most important task became to go online and take pictures of the patterns on his belly, and then upload them to the guild group for everyone to study.

After a while, Chen Nian actually thought it was pretty cool. He had a tattoo in real life that changed color with body temperature, and he had a similar one in the game, which was even cooler.

As for the alien that had taken root in his stomach, it didn't cause any more damage.

Chen Nian didn't feel any discomfort, and even the panel didn't show any negative status, as if the cub had drilled into Chen Nian's stomach just to display the pattern.

It's just that the cub moves occasionally, causing the character's belly to swell like a fetus, indicating that it still exists.

Almost everyone who knew about this expressed great interest in Mono's belly.

This is an alien that has entered the stomach and its pattern keeps changing! They have never heard of such a situation before!

It has become a conditioned reflex for Chen Nian that whenever he sees a slightly flattering and apologetic look in the other person's eyes, he will boldly rip open his shirt and allow the other person to touch him with amazement.

Baige Yingtao and Caigeou both knew that Chen Nian was an Omega, and they felt that this was not a good thing. They wanted to post a notice in the guild group to ask everyone not to touch her casually.

But Chen Nian said it was okay. In the game, he was a big man over two meters tall. Besides, there wouldn’t be anyone who couldn’t tell the difference between the game and reality, right?

Before setting off today, Chen Nian also logged into the game.

The baby was struggling in his belly, and the blue lines changed from one shape to another, complementing the Peppa Pig on his chest.

Chen Nian took a photo as usual and uploaded it to the group. He looked down and found that the pattern had quietly turned into the shape of an eye, staring at him intently.

It has snake-like, long pupils, inorganic and cold.

Chen Nian felt horrified just thinking about it. He quickly sent the photo to Shafley and logged out in a hurry.

After all, he has experienced many strange things, so he should be strong enough inside.

The aircraft was decelerating. Chen Nian opened his eyes and saw the endless sea outside the window. They had already landed on the Ocean-Rounding Platform.

Chen Nian opened the terminal and sent a message to Chen Ci.

[I have already reached the Ring Ocean Platform. I hope my mental power is strong enough to block the perception of the original creatures, so that I will not be left behind by you too much.]

[Sure.] Chen Ci quickly replied, [Believe in yourself.]

His brother's answer gave Chen Nian confidence, and he casually asked: [What are you doing now? ]

Chen Ci: [Ask for information in a tavern. ]

The two brothers often communicate with each other when they are free. There is a time difference between them, so they can usually only chat together in the morning and evening.

They talked about almost everything, and Chen Nian also knew that the Moon Rain that shocked the entire online world was created by Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe, and that the two of them also accepted a little girl as their apprentice.

The cabin door opened. Chen Nian stopped chatting with Chen Ci and walked down from the aircraft with Shafley. A military officer came forward to greet them immediately.

The last time the princess came to the Ring Sea Platform, she encountered an unexpected attack by primitive creatures, so this time everyone paid more attention and made many arrangements in advance.

Chen Nian listened to Shafley exchanging greetings with the officers. He no longer looked around absent-mindedly as usual, but listened attentively and smiled at the unfamiliar officers.

Shafley saw all of this and was quite surprised. When the officer left temporarily to make the next arrangements for them, Alpha lowered his head and asked in a low voice, "Why are you so honest today?"

"I have to at least act like a prince's consort." Chen Nian blinked, "to prevent someone from taking advantage of the situation and accusing me of being a fake."

Shafulai laughed. He could feel that at this moment Chen Nian was wrapping himself tightly with his mental power, looking towards the distant sea, and it seemed that he did not notice any other movement for the time being.

Since Chen Ci has succeeded many times, with Chen Nian's current level of mental strength, it shouldn't be a big problem.

"Last time I came here, I was able to do everything in time. I'll try to make up for it today." Shaflay took a step forward. "Let's go."

The place they came to was not the same area as last time. After a few months, the platform that was previously destroyed by the giant primitive creatures must have been rebuilt.

Shafley took Chen Nian into the building. There was a square pool in the middle of the room with a submarine docked in it.

"Can we finally dive this time?" Chen Nian couldn't help getting excited. He rubbed his hands and got a positive answer from Shafley, and he couldn't help but cheering.

After Shafulai and the officer finished communicating, the officer pressed a button on the control panel, and the cover on the top of the submarine opened. Shafulai walked up first and held out his hand to Chen Nian: "Come on, watch your step."

Chen Nian stepped onto the elliptical shell of the submarine and reached the circular door. With the help of Shafley, he went down the ladder and entered the interior of this big gang.