Chapter 884

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Inside and outside the shelter were two different worlds.

The residence where Shen Yao and the others stayed was of medium-to-upper conditions inside the shelter; not only did it have usable water, electricity, and gas, but also a supermarket where daily items could be purchased, but these conveniences were almost entirely related to Shen Chengyi—once Shen Chengyi got into trouble, they would be immediately kicked out.

During this period, Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning did nothing but train and gather information about the teams going outside.

The Ability User Center was their main source of news—not only was Chen Xuanxuan there and their relationship good, but more importantly, it was a gathering place for ability users where they could get all sorts of rumors; summarizing them, they might even run into an outside team.

"Mom, if Big Sister and the others don't come back, the temperature outside the shelter will drop below minus ninety degrees," that was a temperature humans simply could not survive, even wearing protective suits developed by the laboratory—external force ultimately couldn't compare to anything.

"Your Big Sister and the others will come back," she had already found a means of transportation; next was relying on the means of transportation to hurry along the way, of course, if they ran into trouble on the road and accidentally lost the means of transportation... a hint of worry and fatigue flashed in Shen Yao's beautiful eyes, "News inside the shelter is lagging and not circulating; you two train well, no need to worry excessively about Chengyi's matter."

Mainly because worrying wouldn't help, Shen Chengyi had her own path to walk; the three of them had different arrangements with Shen Yao anyway.

Receiving affirmation from their birth mother again and again, Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning found it hard not to doubt Shen Yao's abilities—perhaps there really was content they didn't know about; could their birth mother possibly see Big Sister's situation outside?

The two younger ones knew their birth mother was a mental ability user; although her training intensity wasn't as high as theirs, mental ability was inherently different from other abilities and couldn't be lumped together; the previous control over Shen Chengyu still left them with lingering fear—if their birth mother had other secret weapons besides this, it seemed understandable.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning didn't continue asking about Shen Chengyi's situation; the two of them used the excuse that they needed to continue training tomorrow, turned around, and returned to their rooms to rest.

On the surface, only Shen Yao remained in the living room—oh, the system in her mind didn't count as a person.

"Host, if you don't tell them the truth, they'll randomly make things up," by then who knew if good deeds would be turned into bad ones.

As a system that had seen all sorts of beginnings and ends long ago, it knew too well the harm caused by unequal information.

Even if they were biological children, what the end of days couldn't test the most was the human heart.

"What say? The truth is just that Shen Chengyi's own safety isn't a big problem," Shen Chengyi had always been able to protect herself; her main problem was whether she could protect that group of official people around her.

Raising her hand to rub her forehead, Shen Yao asked if there was any danger around Shen Chengyi.

System:...

Hey, she asked the right person! Ever since Shen Chengyi's group left the temporary camp, the system had devoted itself to circling around Shen Chengyi; occasionally leaving a few times was also considering that Shen Chengyi staying behind was too safe—whether it was there or not made no difference.

"Saying it's safe is safe, saying it's not safe isn't safe either."

The system suddenly dragged out its words in a hesitant manner; Shen Yao couldn't be bothered to correct it, only tilting her head, lowering her eyes, supporting her forehead with one hand, and listening to the content.

"The place where Shen Chengyi and the others are currently staying has experienced several great battles; negative energy has long filled the inside," even if they had taken precautions, it was useless.

This had to mention the benefits of having experienced many things—the system was well-informed; it hadn't come to this kind of global ascension plane much, but it knew other planes were similar; anyway, the World Consciousness itself wanted to become more powerful, and as for the creatures on the planet, it was survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest.

Negative energy was actually various killing qi and death qi left behind by slaughter; their most important effect was interfering with creatures' minds, especially humans whose minds had been shaken after experiencing great battles.

Shen Chengyi and the others returned to Xiao Shan Hollow again for those drivable trucks, and these trucks were exactly the bait left by the creatures that wanted to hunt humans.

"Host, do you want to remind them?" There would definitely be a blood battle over the trucks; Shen Chengyi was one of the main forces, even the key to success or failure.

"No need, trust that she has already prepared," besides, even if the system disguised itself to remind her, Shen Chengyi might not necessarily believe it.

The system said Shen Yao was making things worse by trying to help; actually, Shen Yao was also worried the system might make a mistake; they were currently inside the shelter, the safest thing was to wait and see; if Shen Chengyi's side truly reached the point where they had to act, exposing the system wasn't impossible either.

One person and one system discussed the outside situation like this, little knowing that Shen Chengyi wasn't doing well at this moment—she always felt her emotions tonight were somewhat urgent.

Tsk

This wasn't right, or rather, this wasn't her; she shouldn't be like this.

Unable to sit still, she got up; Shen Chengyi got out of the sleeping bag with an expressionless face, put on the clothes she had taken off, and didn't forget to pack the sleeping bag into her backpack.

Because she had eaten a lot of grilled rabbit meat before sleeping, there were quite a few bonfires around; fire ability users and wood ability users took turns resting, just to ensure these bonfires didn't go out.

"Deputy Captain Shen"

A team member with night watch duty saw Shen Chengyi and hurriedly lowered her head to greet her.

Shen Chengyi waved her hand; first, she used the camp's light to survey the surroundings—hmm, pitch black, nothing seen—then she went to check the place where Wei Ran and the others were resting; after ensuring the camp's supplies were fine, she relieved the yawning team member: "I'll take the night watch; you go rest."

After speaking, Shen Chengyi plopped down beside the bonfire, the warm firelight casting her shadow flickeringly.

Hearing she could rest early, the team member pressed her mouth corners and said thanks, then left happily.

Shen Chengyi watched the other person walk away, then turned her gaze back to what was in front of her.

The bonfire was kept unextinguished by fire ability users; the burning wood was provided by wood ability users; daily water came from water ability users; the resting place had earth walls built by earth ability users to block wind and rain; metal ability users were responsible for strangling visible risks.

Shen Chengyi raised her hand and tapped the air; her emotions became more and more urgent, and even a desire to vent faintly arose in her chest, like a heart fire that could burn people—if not vented, it would scorch herself.

Where was the problem?

Environment? Air? Intuition?

Shen Chengyi drew her long blade from its sheath with a clang; the silver blade exuded a cold and stern aura; if observed carefully, one could see the patterns around the blade, and a faint yet deterrent presence, as if it were a living thing that could move.

"Quiet!"

Shen Chengyi lightly patted the blade; the indistinct sword hum exploded by her ear; then she stood up and walked toward the distant, dim night.

Wei Ran slept very restlessly, as if something was chasing her.

No matter how she shook it, she couldn't shake it off; Wei Ran was anxious, wishing she could wake up directly; finally, relying on her strong will, she opened her covered eyes.

The bonfire was burning, others were sleeping, fighting sounds came from the distance—fighting sounds from the distance?!

Swish!

Wei Ran hurriedly got up from the sleeping bag; she clutched the weapon beside her in panic, then shook Liu Mingfeng and the others awake desperately.

"Something happened, get up quickly!"

In an emergency, who cared about sleeping or not; Wei Ran was panicking beyond measure, wishing she could rush over to help directly.

The quiet camp suddenly became lively, even the sound of the bonfire burning became much louder.

Liu Mingfeng slept in a daze, completely unaware of what happened, but his strong physical condition told him this wasn't the time to talk—taking up a weapon to protect his own safety was more important.

"Everyone, do not leave the camp;" with bonfires providing light and warmth, they held the initiative; once they disappeared into the dark environment, they could only passively endure the enemy.

Wei Ran pursed her lips, then had the aggressive Ability Users hold the front while ordinary people without abilities assisted with firearms.

Bang bang bang!

The explosions by their ears accompanied by thrown creature corpses dyed their resting camp red.

The blood smell began to spread; the ordinary people in the team wavered after ten-plus days of calm life. Ability Users might still hold out, but self-preservation was already extremely difficult for them, and they had no spare strength to protect others.

Wei Ran's eyes turned bloodshot; she recalled the moment Cheng Nan sacrificed herself. They had clearly agreed to return to the Shelter together, yet Cheng Nan was so unlucky as to leave a step ahead.

"Wei Captain, Wei Captain"

Liu Mingfeng looked at Wei Ran with a frightened heart, thinking: what on earth is wrong with this person? Sure enough, the old injury hasn't healed cleanly? Suddenly insensate, eyes vacant — he truly worried Wei Ran would drag them down.

"I'm fine, have the Team Members hold the line," Wei Ran snapped back to her senses, then instructed Liu Mingfeng, "Fight while retreating, head toward the Trucks.

Regardless, we must break out; without Trucks we cannot return to the Shelter."

Staying outside is a dead end — die today or die tomorrow; the Trucks must be taken.

Liu Mingfeng answered with a yes, then turned and shouted at the most unstable batch: "Get on the Trucks fast."

Better not have shouted — because everyone had just woken, brains not quite right, and under the all-night journey conditions they simply couldn't think there were still Trucks.

Now after Liu Mingfeng's reminder, aiyo, they should get on the Trucks!

They came out from inside the buildings precisely to return to the Shelter; two legs alone can't make it back. Trucks are their transportation, and there are very many Trucks here — as long as they can be repaired they can be ridden.

Whoosh — a crowd moved toward the Trucks; those with quick hands and feet were already aboard and seated, and conveniently they still had spare strength to help pull others up.

Wei Ran did not see Shen Chengyi; she was doing exactly as she said — fighting while retreating, while also intercepting the Mutant Creatures attacking them outside, reducing Team Member deaths and injuries.

"Wei Captain, didn't see Shen Deputy Captain," Liu Mingfeng mentioned Shen Chengyi. She wasn't worried for Shen Chengyi's safety, but he especially needed the sense of security Shen Chengyi provided.

"Should be outside. Have Team Members get on Trucks fast." They currently needed to kill their way out; maybe after the Trucks started Shen Chengyi would return.

The few parked Trucks were soon filled. As the Trucks beneath them started one after another, the originally panicked people slowly calmed down.

However, in the fluster they left quite a lot of things at the Original Place. What they could carry on their persons were only close-fitting items; a detailed reckoning still came out rather miserable.

Wei Ran sat at the position nearest the Che Xiang Edge; a slight turn let her see the outside scene. In her hand was only a black Backpack, inside which were her change of Clothes, a small amount of food, and a bag of ashes.

A pair of beautiful hands appeared at the Che Xiang Edge, then a double-shoulder bag was tossed in, and the vanished Shen Chengyi appeared before the Wedding Guests.

Shen Chengyi carried a heavy blood smell on her body; compared to others' Clothes, hers was obviously more filthy and disordered.

Casually padding the Backpack behind her, she sat down, stood the Long Blade she held upright, and unfastened the head part of her Protective Suit, slowly exhaling.

The scabbard had disappeared at some unknown time. Shen Chengyi had still wanted to find it, but seeing the Trucks parked at the Camp starting up one after another, getting on the Truck was more important after all. Other External Possessions still had chances to be obtained.

Rabbit Meat entered her belly, relieving Shen Chengyi's bodily pain from consuming abilities.

The fragrant Rabbit Meat Jerky was very tasty, but the blood smell lingering at Shen Chengyi's nose tip was no mere decoration. She ate the Rabbit Meat Jerky slowly, until the several strips she had taken out were all eaten.

Shen Chengyi closed her eyes, sensing the Internal ability recovery situation, then signaled Wei Ran to take out the map, then used the Flashlight to illuminate and compare their Route.

"Here, here, here — all cannot go." Shen Chengyi pointed out several. Half were intelligence Wei Ran herself had obtained by penetrating the tiger's den; the remaining few were content Shen Chengyi had long known.

Wei Ran gave an "mm" and nodded. She pushed Shen Chengyi's sore shoulders. "Rest. Today's escape owes much to you."

Every time it is Shen Chengyi holding the very front, lightening their pressure and winning time. If not for Shen Chengyi protecting them again and again, their fate would likely be no better than others'.

Of the so many Teams that came out, most are in unknown life-or-death status. Even the Temporary Camp suffered heavy Damage. Wei Ran is very worried about the Canned Food Factory Holiday migration arrangement. Can the Shelter's strength truly protect so many unarmed ordinary people?

The more she thought, the less bottom her heart had. But these words, Wei Ran cannot say.

Besides, what would saying change? They were assigned to handle clearing risks around the Shelter. One can only say the Mission was completed barely Jiu Jiu Ba Ba — not reaching a particularly good degree, but able to Weaken part of the Shelter's pressure.

Once they return to the Shelter this time, they should be able to stay peacefully until the Canned Food Factory Holiday.

Wei Ran finished pondering these messy matters, then discovered they had already left the Xiao Shan Hollow and were heading toward the Mountain Down Avenue.

The sky was still pitch black. Fortunately the Trucks had their own lamps for illumination. One Truck after another followed. Unless a Truck truly couldn't run, they brought all of them out this journey.

"Is there something up ahead?"

A Team Member inside the Che Xiang pointed outside and said uncertainly.

"Yes, Tents?" Someone supplemented.

"Go look. Where there are Tents there are people. Might run into companions and bring them back along the way."