Chapter 92: The Power of a Fart

A new day, new companions arrived; in Chen Mu and Tang Jing's plans, this was a relatively smooth step. Originally they thought that under the influence of Yi Zhong and Qingbei, it would be hard to find new people, but now it seems that even just within the school, the number of survivors exceeds their imagination.

"Speaking of which, it's really not easy for just the four of you to have survived this long," Tang Jing said casually with a grin.

Since Lu Shanshan and the others appeared, Tang Jing, aside from interrogating Cao Zishan, had hardly spoken, seemingly not wanting to steal Dong Junwei's spotlight; at this moment, a casual inquiry, to Chen Mu, sounded loaded with meaning.

This doubt had also arisen in his heart.

The abilities of these four people could be called miraculous.

But in terms of self-defense and combat, they also seemed to have no particular strengths.

The only one, Cao Zishan, could only fight alone.

Lu Shanshan seemed to have thought of something hard to speak about, her face a little conflicted as she glanced at her three companions, then she said helplessly:

"Actually, we often encounter danger outside, but fortunately we have Xue Xu…"

"Xue Xu?"

Everyone focused their gaze on this farting guy.

Could this guy actually be an expert?

But then Lu Shanshan said, "Xue Xu's… fart is very powerful; it can scare away all kinds of messy things. The most extreme time, it even drove off a rat."

"Holy shit!"

I didn't see it coming, but this fart brother is actually a master?

Given the size difference between humans and rats now, it's surprising it could still drive the latter away.

The power of a single fart is actually this terrifying!

This should be called the Fart God!

Chen Mu suddenly felt grateful to still be alive.

Earlier, this guy probably just let loose a random fart in a panic, its power clearly insufficient; if he seriously stuck out his butt and let one rip, everyone present would likely pass out.

Thanks, Xue Xu, for sparing us with your fart.

Xue Xu scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly and chuckled, "Exaggerated, exaggerated; actually I can't control it well myself, the effect is hit or miss. I originally thought I'd practice more when I had nothing to do…"

"Don't!"

Together with Lu Shanshan and her three companions, everyone spoke up to stop him.

Although Dong Junwei and the others hadn't experienced it themselves, hearing Lu Shanshan and the others' descriptions and reactions, they could imagine the power of that fart.

One can imagine how embarrassing it is for these people: on one hand they need Xue Xu's fart for protection, on the other they must endure its horrible smell.

Chen Mu said somewhat helplessly, "Training one's ability is necessary, but Xue Xu, your situation is special; from now on, it's best to find a secluded spot and practice alone."

"Mm-hmm."

Xue Xu seemed to be meeting for the first time someone who seriously discussed training special abilities with him; his face showed excitement as he said, "I think the same, but I'm just too scared to run off alone too far."

Lu Shanshan said embarrassedly, "Actually, we don't dare stay too far from Xue Xu, fearing that if danger arises there'll be no one to protect us; strictly speaking, we're holding him back."

"No way, no way." Xue Xu gave a silly hehe laugh twice.

……

Although the four of them hadn't officially joined yet, after a morning of casual chat, everyone's relationships became much closer; after all, they were all students from the same school, so their mutual guard wasn't that high.

After the newcomers joined, Chen Mu and the others made slight adjustments to their original plan.

Sealing the door gaps remains a top priority.

Especially after someone sneaked in at night, everyone realized even more how necessary this is.

Dong Junwei also restarted the night-shift work; the specific personnel schedule was handed over to Zhao Xiao Yan, and the Chief Decision Officer obviously intended to let existing members participate in the management of Qiming.

The door-sealing project still had about two days' worth of work, but beforehand Chen Mu felt it necessary to first conduct an in-depth assessment of the abilities of several newcomers.

Especially Lu Shanshan—Chen Mu held high expectations for her.

Tang Jing's thought was obviously the same; before Chen Mu could speak, she had already called out Lu Shanshan and Lu Liangliang.

Dong Junwei continued leading everyone in sorting the cardboard boxes, while Chen Mu, Tang Jing, He Ying, Lu Shanshan, and Lu Liangliang five people went to the area beneath the door gap.

Because of last night's incident, Lu Shanshan still felt a bit wary of Chen Mu in her heart, but with her brother and two other female companions present, she relaxed considerably.

"We plan to seal the door gap with iron bars."

Chen Mu first gave the two newcomers a brief introduction to what he was currently doing.

Lu Shanshan nodded and said, "We were just watching you block the door gap, afraid we wouldn't get another chance, so we hastily chose to sneak in last night."

"Why not seal it all?" Lu Liangliang couldn't help asking.

"Mainly we're considering ventilation; otherwise, by July or August we wouldn't know how hot this room would become."

"Oh."

"Or if you have any better ideas, feel free to bring them up, after all this concerns everyone."

"I... don't have any opinions." Although he is the older brother, in many matters Lu Liangliang actually tends to follow his younger sister Lu Shanshan's wishes; Chen Mu's impression of him is only from their brief clash last night, after which he hardly spoke at all.

Lu Shanshan said somewhat helplessly, "After the disaster, we haven't gotten a single peaceful night's sleep; we've been stumbling along, anxious and fearful, with today but no tomorrow, so we simply haven't had time to consider this kind of long-term planning."

"It won't happen again." He Ying apparently recalled her former self, feeling a special closeness toward Lu Shanshan—first because they shared similar experiences, second because their abilities somewhat overlapped.

Tang Jing asked, "Have you ever summed up your own abilities?"

Lu Shanshan nodded: "I've thought about it some, but I still don't quite understand, and I don't know why; whenever I try a few more times, I get a headache. Oh, right, Xue Xu also said he's had this experience."

"That's a manifestation of overexerted mental energy."

"Mental energy?"

"We call the resource that fuels special ability use 'mental energy,' which can be roughly likened to physical stamina; however, if mental energy is overused, it results in headaches."

"In other words, everyone's the same?"

"Yes."

Tang Jing nodded and then curiously asked, "Has Xue Xu also experienced headaches?"

"Mm." Lu Shanshan nodded.

He Ying laughed and said: "How did he manage that? He let out a really long series of farts?"

Lu Shanshan also let out a puffed laugh.

But everyone immediately felt it wasn't right to joke about companions behind their backs, and they all turned serious.

Lu Shanshan said: "That time when we smoked out the mice, perhaps we were too frightened, and in the panic we overexerted ourselves—the smell then was……"

Speaking of this, Lu Shanshan clearly felt that the past was hard to recall; that fart saved them, but also suffocated them enough, and even now the memory remains fresh.

Chen Mu could somewhat understand her feeling.

Such a non-discriminatory biochemical weapon truly makes people both love and hate it.