Chapter 900: Bound to the Childbirth System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 901: Global Evolution (61)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

The atmosphere in the shelter grew tense.

Some people didn't know what had happened; although they survived in the shelter, their daily routines never took them outside the shelter's perimeter, and regarding outside matters, aside from official channels, they only knew bits and pieces.

What's more, the officials strictly restricted outside news from entering; after all, every shelter's situation differed, and some people lacked their own judgment, making them easily brainwashed by rumors, which would then spark new incidents — an unprovoked disaster for the shelter.

When Shen Yao went out, she happened to run into a neighbor heading downstairs; the two parties weren't very familiar, but Shen Yao's family situation was an open secret on the floor, and they all envied her conditions — ability users differed from ability users.

Smiling, they greeted Shen Yao; among them, a young girl surnamed Zhou stepped up to Shen Yao, feigning calmness as she mentioned that the officials had arranged quite a few staff members recently, "Does Auntie Shen know the reason?"

Shen Yao shook her head with a puzzled look, "I rarely go out lately."

A middle-aged woman beside them chimed in, "Your family has several ability users; if the officials had any news they'd definitely tell you. You really don't know?"

This person's manner of speaking was rather aggressive; when she counter-questioned, she glared sideways, as if she didn't believe what Shen Yao said.

The young girl was startled by the middle-aged woman; she hurriedly grabbed the woman's arm and whispered to soothe her, telling her not to speak recklessly — even when fishing for information, one couldn't talk like that; their two households' situations weren't the same.

Shen Yao still shook her head, "They rarely come back; maybe they've been busy with wild ability users' affairs lately.

Didn't the officials broadcast a notification before? Wild ability users act without scruple; they are the greatest danger."

This was common knowledge; compared to civilian ability users still living in the shelter, wild ability users acted even more crazily, and the reason was simple — they weren't shelter residents to begin with; whether surviving alone or forming small groups in the wilderness, it proved they didn't trust crowds.

Such people rarely had stable emotions; they mostly only considered themselves, and no matter what they did, one had to guard against them taking an extreme path.

"Not only wild ability users; I heard there are mutated creatures inside too," the middle-aged woman's voice suddenly rose, as if trying to prove something.

The young girl hurriedly raised her hand to cover the middle-aged woman's mouth, signaling her to stop talking; they were here to probe for information, not to leak it.

Shen Yao: ……

With a *ding*, the elevator ahead arrived; several people quickly entered, and the topic dropped there.

As the elevator descended, stopping floor by floor, people constantly got on and off.

Shen Yao stood toward the back; a circle of people in varied clothing surrounded the front — men and women, old and young — Shen Yao didn't scrutinize them closely, until the elevator stopped again at the tenth floor.

In the elevator's narrow space, someone muttered something about a smell.

Sour and stinking with a hint of rot, it emanated from a man who kept his head down and didn't speak; this man was the one who had just boarded from the tenth floor, so that despite the cramped elevator leaving no gaps, a small empty circle remained around him.

Shen Yao noticed this man because his mental state seemed abnormal; he wore long clothes, long pants, a hat, and a mask, revealing only a pair of turbid eyes; even his hands were wrapped in gloves.

Energy fluctuations were mixed and chaotic, as if they would burst out of his shell (body) at any moment.

Shen Yao's hands hung naturally at her sides; taking advantage of the elevator's descent, she secretly moved her fingers, and an invisible mental ability appeared, swiftly traveling through the surrounding gaps to reach the man's side.

From the tenth floor to the first was only a few seconds; there was only one strand of mental ability, and it vanished the instant it lightly touched the man.

The man had no reaction, like a puppet standing in place, not stepping away until almost everyone else had exited the elevator.

Shen Yao kept her distance from the man the whole time; the feedback from her mental ability was very abnormal — there existed a large quantity of unstable items on this man.

She took out her communication device and reported the situation to the officials; Shen Yao exhaled, only hoping the officials would act swiftly and subdue the man before he erupted.

She turned and walked toward the mall, mentally planning today's purchases — she had to prepare according to a week's usage; the outside situation was worsening, and to avoid official attention, she had to stay in character.

Bang!

A deafening explosion rang out from not far away, followed immediately by sharp, piercing cries and shouts.

Shen Yao turned her head, looking toward the position blocked by buildings not far off; if she remembered correctly, the man had just walked in that direction.

Crowds ran past from time to time; everyone harbored different mindsets, but all desperately wanted to know what had happened at the explosion site.

'What else could happen? He just didn't want to live anymore, taking others with him to die.'

The System, like a slacker, ran out and back in just a moment; Shen Yao still stood in place, unmoving, and many people around her acted the same, so she didn't attract attention.

'That man?'

'Yeah.'

The System replied, 'The explosives strapped to him detonated instantly. Host, you notified the officials a step too slow; they only arrived after he blew up.'

Moreover, the man exploded at a small park, where the elderly and children were relatively numerous; because the officials still valued the birth rate highly, the elderly and children without labor capacity received special care — though this special care wasn't much, at least it kept them from starving.

Shen Yao fell silent for a moment after hearing this, then turned and said, 'Let's go.'

The System was surprised, 'Host isn't asking what the man's motive was?'

Shen Yao's face was calm, completely different from the passersby brushing past her, 'No need to ask. That man's mental fluctuations were frequent, his whole body's energy mixed and chaotic — the exposed problem is obvious.'

"Pah! These mutated creatures are truly insidious!"

Shen Chengyu stomped her foot in anger; the moment she entered the door she complained that this mission was very hard to resolve.

"Evolution has been going on for a while; mutated creatures aren't like before, ignorant and clueless," Shen Chengning's expression was ugly, because once mutated creatures gained intelligence, their survival environment would become even harsher.

Shen Yao recounted what happened at the shelter today — that man directly detonated the explosives on his body, not only dying from severe injuries himself but also taking many elderly and children with him before his death.

"It's those mutated creatures' doing; among them are some skilled in mental control; they put things into ordinary people's or ability users' heads," Shen Chengyu looked utterly disgusted, as if she'd swallowed a fly, because they often encountered this during outside missions; though the trouble wasn't huge, these occasional little moves were quite irritating.

"Just now in the group chat there was an internal notification — not only the person Mom mentioned, but other explosion incidents too," and what's more terrifying is their targets are clear; they don't care about the aftermath at all.

Shen Yao lifted her hand and tapped her fingers, "I probed with mental ability today; their bodies are a bit strange," not hiding it from Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning, Shen Yao explained this strangeness differed slightly from mental control, "It's not like marionettes; it's more like puppets."

Whether a marionette has thoughts doesn't matter, because a marionette is controlled — just like when Shen Yao acted on Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning, they retained full awareness but couldn't break free.

But that man had already lost the thinking capacity a person should have; he was more like a soulless husk, his head installed with a single command, acting according to it with zero adaptability.

Shen Chengyu listened and slammed the table again, "This shows those mutated creatures' methods are even more brutal and bloody — destroying a person's spirit, then controlling their flesh; they're putting waste to use here, aren't they."

"All who exploded had gone outside before, no more than half a month ago."

Shen Chengning looked up, still pinching her communication device; a few new messages had just come through — a request to investigate the entire shelter, and ordinary people and civilian ability users were not allowed to leave until the problem was resolved.

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The Official investigation into this matter caused the Shelter's low-pressure Atmosphere to explode further.

Everyone was very Afraid, fearing that a person about to explode was hiding beside them.

Within half a month, Ordinary People and Ability Users who had gone out became the Main focus of Investigation; even those without problems were questioned repeatedly at their doors. Ordinary People were fine, but Ability Users' Tempers weren't good, and they would Occasionally Conflict with the Officials. Although it hadn't come to blows yet, following this situation, blows were Sooner or Later.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning were also caught to serve as conscripts; they were Mainly responsible for those Ability Users with bad Tempers. These people's Emotions were always Unstable, and they had few things around to Restrain them; once they Exploded, they would bring losses to the Shelter.

"Register, explain the Problem clearly."

Shen Chengyu Raised Hand and knocked on the Room door, her Gaze Calm as she Looked At the few people inside.

These people's eyes were excessively red, and they still held uneaten Meat pieces in their hands; Blood Silk was Distributed on the meat pieces — one look and you knew they were half-raw.

Tsk

Shen Chengyu Subconsciously blocked Shen Chengning behind her, and simultaneously Raised Head to Release her Ability; Powerful Energy Pressure made these people Rapidly Calm Down, and then they Cooperated honestly with Registration.

Soon, the Registration results had No Problem, and Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning Left.

Bang!

The Room door closed, and Shen Chengyu continued walking to the next household, Raised Hand to knock.

Still the same process as before; the only difference was that this Building housed all Ability Users, and these Ability Users were all the typical "drink today's wine today" type — even if they had Points they would spend them Clean, completely different from other households.

The Two People busied themselves for a small day and only finished Registering less than one-third of the Quantity; there were also Ability Users not Home — whether they ran, hid, or died, perhaps only the person themselves knows.

"Is doing this Useful?" Shen Chengning Uploaded the Registered content to the Officials; at this time the two were walking Homeward. The Residential Area was strip-shaped; the Buildings ranked at the very Front were Safer, and the Surroundings Environment was also better.

"Who knows, better than nothing," Shen Chengyu felt one must still start from the Source/Origin. There aren't many Mutant Creatures skilled in mental control; as long as Concentrated Force Eliminates it, naturally there is no possibility of continued Explosion.

Shen Yao had long since Prepared the food in Advance; no matter the Outside situation, Home has always been Peaceful Years.

The dishes were what Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning liked; Meat cooked Soft and delicious, Fragrance spreading through the whole Room, also arousing the appetite of the two who had just entered Home.

Shen Chengyi was nowhere to be seen as usual; after Capability Improvement, Shen Chengyi's Elusive appearances became more and more frequent. Aside from Shen Chengyi Occasionally Actively Contacting them, other times both sides Mutually Did Not Disturb.

This time too; Shen Chengyu ate Delicacies while Complaining about Civilian Ability Users being hard to deal with. Conflicts injuring people often appeared in the group, and these Problems would become increasingly severe; wanting to alleviate them was very Difficult.

Shen Yao could not help regarding this; Mental Ability could Control, but facing Large-Scale rioting it still appeared stretched thin. Perhaps the Officials have other Plans, just unknown when they will Implement.

"Captain, do we really have to act?" The speaking youth swallowed saliva, Gaze horrified as he Looked At the sky-covering, earth-covering Vines ahead.

It was truly sky-covering, earth-covering — wishing to Occupy all Heaven and Earth. Dark Vines constantly entangled, and White Bones occasionally Fell Down from inside.

People in the Squad had those who couldn't bear it start retching; only Shen Chengyi at the very Front, body not the slightest Affected by the Surroundings Site, just steadily Looked At the Vines ahead, one Hand Gripping the Long Blade, one Hand Condensing Thunder.

"You Cooperate with One Another, do not advance further." This Mutant Man-eating Vine possesses Mental Control Capability; as long as one enters its Hunting Range, whether Person or Object, there is No Escape.

This Mutant Man-eating Vine's position is very Subtle; their Discovery Timing was earlier than the Shelter's Explosion time. Originally they should have Formulated a more detailed Plan to Eradicate it, but the Shelter Internal couldn't hold on, hence the result of Shen Chengyi leading the Elite Squad to appear here.

"Captain, if we don't go over, only you alone" This is Not Safe.

Someone disagreed with this Arrangement; they came prepared for Sacrifice, how can they let the Captain alone fall into Danger.

"I can Self-preserve myself; you being here would Tie My Hands," Shen Chengyi Raised Hand to Press Down the Opposing voices, then continued explaining the Plan Arrangement.

No major difference from the Official Arrangement; the only Discrepancy was probably that Shen Chengyi Refused the Elite Combat Team's accompanying cooperation, instead letting them Stand By at Original Place, Conveniently Relying on Ability to provide some Support.

"Temporarily just this much; if anything, wait until I return to speak."

Voice Fell, Shen Chengyi Carrying Long Blade Directly Charged Forward; Condensed Thunder Thrown Out, in just a moment several Purple Thunder bolts Arm-Thick Fell From Thin Air.

The originally Quiet Mutant Man-eating Vine Moved; as if Provoked, Vines Wandered Everywhere, Constantly Attacking everything in Surroundings.

Shen Chengyi with Clear Target Wielded Long Blade to Chop Toward the Vine Core's Root; that place was a location similar to a Tree Trunk, Surroundings Hung Full of Human and Animal Corpses, some Looking very Fresh.

Puff puff puff

As Shen Chengyi Swung Blade Forward, these Corpses constantly Fell from the Vines, then with Stiff Straight Bodies, Step by Step Walked Toward Shen Chengyi and Exploded.