Chapter 661 Extra: Xu (5)
Xu has never tried to take care of others.
But there were no nurses or doctors now, so he could only try to take care of Qiao Xi in the same way he was usually taken care of.
only.
It’s okay for now, but after a while, I’ll have to start cleaning Qiao Xi’s body.
What should I do then?
The young man stood beside Qiao Xi's bed with a distressed look on his face. He had changed a lot now and could feel the aura of Qiao Xi.
The girl seemed to be in a deep sleep.
It was a bit like the state he was in when he was unconscious and seeing dreams.
Qiao Xi's coma usually lasts for about a few months.
Therefore, Xu did not expect her to wake up soon. He took care of Qiao Xi while adapting to his own body changes. However, something strange happened.
Two days ago.
He could still touch Qiao Xi normally and massage the girl's muscles.
However.
From the third day on, Qiao Xi seemed to be surrounded by an invisible barrier. Xu couldn't get close to her, and couldn't touch her.
And the instrument that Qiao Xi originally wore on her body.
It was also at this time that the instrument that maintained Qiao Xi's nutrition fell down, which naturally scared Xu.
The boy wanted to put it back on her.
However, the transparent barrier prevented him from touching Qiao Xi. However, the girl's face was still rosy, just like when she fell asleep before, and she didn't seem to have any problems.
so.
He also relaxed a little.
But he couldn't relax, he was always paying attention to Qiao Xi's behavior. Several days passed, and Qiao Xi still didn't change.
He still couldn't touch Qiao Xi.
But it's nice to be able to watch her quietly like this.
Half a month later, the hospital completely lost water and electricity.
Three months later, the base was completed, and people with special powers began to travel in an organized and disciplined manner, forming teams to hunt zombies.
The virus arrived in the cold winter.
Now spring has passed, and Qiao Xi still shows no signs of waking up.
but.
There is good news.
Water and electricity will be restored to the entire area during a specific time period every day, which is quite good.
Then you can watch it on TV in the hospital.
As usual, after turning on the TV, Xu would often see news about people fleeing or heading to some base.
Or maybe.
Now we are recruiting people with powerful abilities to join the team and introduce the benefits of the base.
There are still some zombies wandering around the hospital.
However, it is much less than before, after all, some of it has been eaten by Xu.
Just beginning.
He naturally found it difficult to accept. How could he possibly eat something like that? But it seemed like his sense of taste was also at fault. Or rather, his entire senses were at fault.
Something is fading.
He wanted to stop it.
But he seemed to have no way to stop the changes in himself. Moreover, at that time, his body was in urgent need of energy, and the amount of energy required was also very astonishing, so he had to eat something to replenish it.
He finally became.
The him in the dream.
Huh? In a dream? No way, isn't that what he really looks like? Ah, it's really strange to have such thoughts now, when it's all just happening again.
There is no difference from last time.
The only change is that Qiao Xi is now by his side.
My thoughts seemed to be getting confused again.
Xu sat near the rooftop and frowned in distress, but decided not to think about it anymore.
With the fusion of power.
His body began to slowly become healthy and strong, and his memory, like a veil, began to fade away along with certain emotions.
However, he still wanted to stay here.
It's almost become an obsession.
He has no plans to leave the hospital, and this kind of life is pretty good now.
Xu does remember it.
Later, he was taken to Base D by Qiao Xi for treatment. After his body recovered and there were no zombies in the world, he traveled around the world.
Although I don't want to say that.
But the situation abroad was indeed not very good. Later, he found some ways in the rainforest to get to know some foreign traders, and took advantage of their opportunities to successfully go abroad.
The trader also advised him not to go to those places.
After all, everything had fallen, and there were no survivors except for a few surviving camps on the edge of the land.
But Xu still went.
Although he had been cured at that time, he would no longer show symptoms that would infect and kill anyone who approached him.
But what if...
If the zombie virus in his body takes over again, he will return to his original state.
So it is still quite troublesome, in order to prevent the virus from spreading from him and being brought back.
He still takes his medicine on time.
But even after so much time has passed, the zombies won't bite him, maybe because there's still the zombie virus in his body.
There are also some zombies that are relatively low-level and have no thoughts.
When it smells a human, it will rush over and try to bite him.
only.
When I got closer, I could smell his scent more clearly, but he seemed to find it strange and walked away.
In summary.
He is equivalent to a zombie in the zombie group. Except that he no longer has the ability to control them as before, there is no other difference.
The zombies in the country have been completely eliminated.
However, all foreign countries are still in a state of collapse, but this does not prevent Xu from visiting and checking in at various once famous tourist attractions.
People in China pay more attention to him.
The mobile phone he was given had a positioning function. During one of my regular checks, I discovered that he had gone abroad, and the base in China also called to express condolences.
He said it was pretty good and the scenery was nice.
Think about it now.
The memory of traveling around the world was really happy, but it was a bit lonely after all. He remembered that he often sent messages to Qiao Xi and took photos to share.
but.
Girls generally feel disgusted after seeing a screen full of zombies.
Because the country is still under construction.
The top leaders had no intention of interfering in other countries, so naturally they did not eliminate the zombies in other countries. After all, the leaders of other countries were still alive, so how could they make decisions on other people's territory?
However, other countries received the news.
Knowing that they were rebuilding and had already cleared out the zombies, other countries began to request support.
However, Xu was not quite sure how those things were handled later.
It has nothing to do with him anyway.
After visiting Qiao Xi in the ward as usual, Xu also left the room and went outside the hospital.
He now has some time to go out looking for food every day, and today he saw the news on TV saying that the fourth base has been completed and put into use.
He was also very curious.
It took a year to build three bases that could accommodate all the remaining survivors, which is quite impressive. Initially, there was only one base, and I saw on the news that people were even sleeping crammed together.
There is simply no room for more.
So the second base was also built as quickly as possible, followed by the third and fourth.
When the four bases are built.
There were fewer survivors than before, most of whom were overwhelmed by the zombie tide on the way to the new base. Although there were psychics protecting them, the aroma of a group of people huddled together was the most attractive to zombies.
So fragrant.
It's like a piece of cooked steak placed cleanly on a table by the roadside. Not only people but even dogs passing by would scramble to eat it.
Like now.
Xu was wandering around the city when he caught a glimpse of a gradually growing aroma. From his zombie perspective, it smelled like fried dumplings, fragrant and delicious.
That's right.
Zombies can distinguish the smell of humans. Everyone's smell is different, and he just describes the smell as best as possible.
Just like.
Just like everyone has their likes and dislikes for food, zombies are the same. Unless the smell is particularly strange and the zombies are repulsed and unwilling to eat it, it generally smells like a normal person.
Noodles with soybean paste, pancakes or roasted sweet potatoes, etc.
These are things that most normal people can eat.
Sometimes, just eat when you want to.
The same goes for zombies. Although they have their own favorite or preferred foods, they will not refuse food that [normal people can eat].
Not to mention.
Zombies are like cancer cells, they require a lot of energy, so they have to eat a lot. However, they themselves will not do anything beneficial to humans, but will instead kill people.
so……
From a human perspective, it's a disaster. Xu also thinks so, but there are also zombies that can continue to eat without any problems, and then absorb enough energy to slowly begin to change.
This is commonly known as evolutionary variation.
Therefore, zombies have levels, just like the superpowers of psychics have levels.
And people with special abilities are more likely to attract zombies.
Because compared to ordinary people, the fragrance of people with special abilities is more intense, just like fresh and hot food just out of the oven.
This metaphor is easy to understand, right?
The hot lamb skewers just out of the oven and the half-cooled lamb skewers already on the plate, the ones that are freshly grilled definitely taste better.
Xu thought about it.
He also wrote these words in the notebook in his hand. He knew that he was forgetting a lot of things.
What is the moral bottom line for human beings?
Whatever feelings there are, they fade away quickly.
so.
Compared to his previous life when he was more careless, he is now more serious and finds a notebook to write down his things.
It was also to prevent Qiao Xi from being scared when she saw him like this.
By the way.
It also allowed Qiao Xi to understand zombies. From his perspective as someone who could empathize with zombies, it would be much easier to understand.
"Okay, that's it then."
After writing down what he thought of today, Xu closed the notebook and stuffed it into his backpack.
There was only a pack of biscuits in his backpack.
It's a bit miserable.
Although his stomach had already been dissolved by the original strange disease, the powerful ability of the zombie virus had penetrated and prevented the dissolution. The body's self-healing ability also integrated the zombie virus to repair it.
so.
His stomach is also a synthetic product. No, his internal body is basically a completely reorganized and regenerated synthetic product.
His body is half zombie and half human.
However, zombies' stomachs can only eat and digest humans, or other fresh meat. And he has the ability to heal himself, so eating zombies is no problem.
Of course, there is also the human part.
You can also eat normal food. But in this world, normal food is hard to find.
So Xu goes out for a stroll every day.
It was a way to kill time and avoid being too bored. He had finished reading all the books in Qiao Xi's room, and the little girl hadn't woken up yet, so he was indeed a little lonely.
well.
There is nothing that can be done about it, as Qiao Xi already had superpowers in her previous life.
Maybe it’s time to catch up with the awakening of superpowers.
Most people awaken when they are awake, but Qiao Xi awakens when she is sick. Perhaps due to the influence of the disease, her awakening path becomes extremely difficult.
Xu followed the source of the fragrance.
He could sense the smell of humans and zombies at the same time. The smell of zombies always had the same unchanging barbecue smell, which was not as rich as that of humans.
And now.
The rich smell of barbecue, sesame, hand-pulled pancakes and desserts mixed together, making Xu feel sick.
He walked over there.
I could see the people standing on the roof from a distance. It was obvious that they were in a desperate situation.
Surrounding below were densely packed zombies.
It was only a matter of time before this small two-story house was conquered by zombies.
Xu held his chin with one hand.
He sat lazily in the cafe, looking out through the window, as if he was admiring some art, with no intention of going forward.
He no longer has much human feeling left.
Become extremely indifferent.
Especially when integrating past life memories, the symptoms became more severe.
Just like now, the reason why I stand by and watch is that I don’t want to meddle in other people’s business and I’m too lazy to care.
but……
Qiao Xi's figure suddenly appeared in my mind.
He recalled the night when they watched the stars together, when Qiao Xi and he walked side by side in the hospital corridor, the way the girl smiled as they talked, and the expression on her face when she said she was worried that he would catch a cold or get sick.
If it were Qiao Xi, what would she do?
What about her?
If she were here, would she save these desperate people?
The answer is obvious.
Just by putting himself in his shoes, Xu immediately understood.
She will.
Even if these people are strangers she has never met before, she will save them as long as she has the ability.
This was the Qiao Xi he knew.
Although she is very distant from others, she is actually a gentle person at heart, and she probably doesn't even realize it herself.
Whether in the past life or now.
Her apparent indifference and alienation, her inability to fit in with the crowd, cannot change her essence.
Just like he gave up on himself.
Qiao Xi wanted to hold his hand, rescue him and leave together.
He didn't want to see Qiao Xi's lost expression.
I also don’t want Qiao Xi to know that I am so terrible.
Although he could no longer understand this feeling, he was still very clear that he didn't want Qiao Xi to hate him.
Even if I can't feel those emotions.
But his memory of Qiao Xi is still clear, unchanged, and will not fade like a painting over time.
The emptiness in my heart cannot be filled.
He has lost some of what makes him human.
But he thought, at least in front of Qiao Xi, he should behave a little more like a human being.
Although for him now, doing these things is a complete waste of time, energy and trouble.
Xu casually put down the racing magazine in his hand and didn't continue reading. He walked out of the cafe and came to the group of zombies outside.
There are a lot of zombies here.
It can basically be called a zombie tide.
At this time, the people on the roof also discovered that the zombies that were originally restless and growling suddenly became quiet, and then automatically separated to both sides as if avoiding something.
They look dull.
No, to be more specific, it's more like timidity, as if afraid of something.
"Hey, hey that..."
A boy covered in blood was stunned. His name was Liu Bai, who had wind-related abilities.
"It's over there, look!"
A girl shouted excitedly, a glimmer of hope soon appeared in her eyes, and she pointed in one direction.
She is Fang Mengqi, a space-based mutant.
"Is it a person? No, that's not right, he's infected!"
The other boy quickly looked over, but when he noticed Xu, his expression quickly became serious.
He is the captain of this group, Yang Jiajun, a fire-type mutant.
"But, but the zombies have given way..."
There was also a petite girl who spoke weakly, Dai Qianxue, a water-type mutant.
All the other team members died.
Only four of them escaped, but now it seemed they were going to die in the zombie tide, but they suddenly saw this strange scene.
Xu walked over slowly.
He was still a long distance away from them, and then he stopped there and spoke to the people above.
"Those of you up there, you can leave now."
"Ah? Who are you?!"
Liu Bai, the wind-type mutant, was the first to react. From this angle, he could see the boy's appearance clearly. He was clearly showing the early symptoms of infection!
Logically speaking, it should have been bitten not long ago.
But why can he separate the zombies?
And it seems that those zombies are quite obedient to him.
"Alright, what's wrong with your tone? He saved us after all. Well, thank you! Little brother, see you someday if we're lucky enough!"
Fang Mengqi quickly tugged at the corner of Liu Bai's clothes.
He raised his voice to thank Xu who was walking away on his own, but he didn't know whether the boy heard him or not.
“I, I…”
Liu Bai's face turned red when she said that.
"No matter what, try to get out first."
Captain Yang Jiajun said in a deep voice, and Dai Qianxue beside him nodded. Several people quickly descended from the roof and followed the path that the zombies had separated.
Liu Bai used the wind-based ability as a barrier.
The group walked out in fear, but the zombies didn't pounce on them or bite them. It was really strange.
"Oh, that person...?"
After safely retrieving their car, Liu Bai couldn't help but think about it again.
"I don't know, but he's infected. He probably won't live long. What a pity."
Fang Mengqi sighed.
When people with special abilities like them are infected, they can still maintain their self-awareness for a while, but they are basically beyond help.
Can only wait for death.
That person is probably also a person with super powers. He trapped the zombies there, and he might have some unknown super powers.
after all……
The base is just getting started now. There are five known types of superpowers: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. The other special ones are space and spirit. Other superpowers are yet to be discovered.
After all, there are very few people with special abilities.
The loss of any one is regrettable.
That person was obviously also lost, but no one knew which base this psychic was from.
"Let's go back to the base quickly."
Yang Jiajun also sighed.
This time they were ordered by the base commander to explore the dead city and look for supplies. Such things happen frequently, and someone always has to step forward. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
They didn't take this incident seriously.
Just think it was a coincidence that I was saved by a kind-hearted psychic who was infected.
Until a week later.
They received another mission and went out. When they arrived at a convenience store, they could see a figure wandering around on the third floor of the opposite building from a distance through the window.
there……
If I remember correctly, it was a bookstore when I was exploring before.
"Hey, look at that guy!"
Liu Bai quickly pulled their captain Yang Jiajun over, and raised his trembling hand to point to the man on the third floor of the opposite building who was holding several books.
"What?"
Yang Jiajun also looked over, but was stunned when he saw it.
That person...
Isn’t this the person who saved them a week ago!
"Am I dazzled? Is this an illusion?" Fang Mengqi murmured as she rubbed her eyes. Logically speaking, an infected person would definitely not survive a day.
It's been a week.
Is the other party not dead yet?
No, although it may be a bit rude to say this, this is too... too weird.
"Captain, what should we do?"
Dai Qianxue looked at Yang Jiajun, whose eyes flickered slightly, and knew that he had some ideas.
"Follow him."
Yang Jiajun gave instructions to the people around him without thinking.
That person was infected but is fine, maybe he has antibodies.
It's worth taking back and sending to the higher authorities for research.
This is a contribution to humanity and can save humanity. The other party has no reason or position to refuse.
Sacrificing one person can save all mankind.
"Okay." Dai Qianxue was the one who listened to him the most, and she nodded and agreed without even thinking. Liu Bai, on the other hand, was a little surprised: "Why would we go with him? This isn't a good idea."
After all, he had saved them before.
this……
Why follow him?
I don't have the time to care about others.
"Oh, the captain's order is absolute, don't push it." Fang Mengqi slapped him on the head without thinking. Liu Bai felt a little aggrieved, but he couldn't resist those people, so he had to reluctantly agree.
They found a spot.
Ambush in the dark, waiting for that person to come down.
About two hours later, the man finally came out of the building, even pushing a shopping cart full of books.
He seemed quite happy.
but.
When the young man's gaze fell on the place where they were hiding, they didn't know if it was an illusion. The moment was very short and disappeared in a blink of an eye. They could only regard it as an illusion.
The boy was walking in a certain direction.
They were about a hundred meters away, and they had to shorten the distance to catch up.
One hundred and thirty meters, one hundred and twenty meters, one hundred and ten meters, one hundred meters...
As the distance gets closer.
The distance was shortened to less than 100 meters. When it was about 90 meters, Dai Qianxue suddenly covered her chest and her face became painful.
"Qianxue, what's wrong?"
Yang Jiajun, who was beside her, quickly noticed something unusual.
"No, I don't know. It hurts so much all of a sudden..."
Dai Qianxue's lips were trembling, her face was pale, and she looked very weak. It didn't seem like she was pretending at all.
“Hmm…”
But that’s not all.
A painful groan reached Yang Jiajun's ears. He quickly turned his head and suddenly found that Liu Bai and Fang Mengqi had the same symptoms.
I haven't had time to think about it.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a piercing pain and Yang Jiajun subconsciously covered his chest.
I raised my head inadvertently.
He saw the young man standing in the distance with his arms folded, looking at them leisurely.
The young man's emerald pupils were filled with indifference. Being stared at by such an icy gaze, a chill ran down their backs, and cold sweat broke out uncontrollably.
The body seems to be experiencing something extremely painful.
They struggled to move a finger.
Until, as if bored, the young man turned and left, continuing to walk forward. As he gradually walked away, the sudden pain slowly faded.
They looked at each other.
It seemed that he understood that his abnormality was caused by that person.
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