Chapter 421: Extraterrestrial Entity continues to exert force

Bad egg human!

Don't set off firecrackers at me!

Zhang Jie wordlessly plucked the bitter tea Xiao Jiu had flung onto his head, and as he took it off he couldn't help but sniff.

Although he smelled nothing, Zhang Jie swore that his action just now was completely unconscious, not something he himself wanted to do!

"Xiao Jiu, could you pay a little attention to your image?"

"Image?"

Xiao Jiu gave a harsh, dry laugh twice, gritting her teeth as she said to Zhang Jie.

"You dead human! Want to take a look at my face?"

Xiao Jiu's fair face was now coated with a layer of black soot, leaving only her eyes and teeth visible after the firecracker blast, and Zhang Jie couldn't hold back his laughter.

"You're still laughing!!!"

Xiao Jiu punched Zhang Jie, knocking him flat like a folding screen; the saying "full of donkey strength" is no exaggeration.

However, Xiao Jiu definitely pulled her punch to about ninety percent; otherwise this punch might have gone straight through Zhang Jie....

"You've successfully developed a powerful explosive! Although it's nothing like a nuclear blast, it's still tremendously powerful."

"And now your situation: you lack the capability to develop atomic-level bombs, i. e., nuclear bombs; you need more precise equipment."

"All this requires you to obtain Luzhou's residency permit before it can be done; you've begun the long process of wealth accumulation...."

"Age 21: Although you're on the wasteland, your life is very comfortable; this period is Xiao Jiu's most comfortable days."

"Here there are no sudden radiation storms, no radiation beasts, and that delicious cake is always available."

"Although that delicious cake costs a lot, Xiao Jiu herself picks up trash to exchange for it, so you don't have to spend money buying it; she's a disciplined ship girl!"

"However, the conflict certainly won't be lacking; because you and Xiao Jiu's Taobao speed is terrifyingly fast, many wasteland dwellers have set their sights on you, and taking advantage of Xiao Jiu's inattention, they launched a sneak attack."

With the sound of breaking air and flesh being pierced, Xiao Jiu realized instantly, but it was already too late.

The bullet had already pierced Zhang Jie's body; his tall frame slowly collapsed, sticky blood spreading rapidly; in an instant, Xiao Jiu felt her mind go blank.

The body reacted faster than thought; by the time Xiao Jiu came to, the wasteland dwellers lay dead in gruesome heaps, some even torn in half alive, as if ripped apart instantly by something horrible.

"Human....?"

The events happened too suddenly; just moments ago he had been nagging her about eating too much cake, while Xiao Jiu walked forward with pursed lips.

The next moment, Zhang Jie collapsed in a pool of blood, leaving Xiao Jiu unable to react.

The bullet pierced his most vital organ, killing him instantly; blood kept flowing from his heart, and in Xiao Jiu's scan he showed no signs of life.

"How could this......"

Xiao Jiu fumbled to staunch Zhang Jie's bleeding; the wound in his chest kept oozing blood, she tried everything to plug it, fortunately the blood stopped flowing.

Seeing her hemostatic measures taking effect, a glimmer of hope rose in Xiao Jiu's eyes; she hurriedly used her small frame to hoist Zhang Jie and rushed toward their shelter.

Little did she know, all her efforts were futile; she was merely staunching a corpse, for Zhang Jie's blood had already drained completely.

Yet even so, Xiao Jiu persisted in bringing you back to the shelter and tried to treat you with medicine; only when night fell and she faced the gradually cooling corpse did she truly realize Zhang Jie might already be dead.

"How could this be...."

"Human.... human, wake up...."

Xiao Jiu pleaded humbly, gently pushing his body with her hand.

In the end, his whole body simply leaned weakly against the wall, like a discarded rag doll, his eyes vacant as they gazed toward the outside of the shelter.

Can humanoid lifeforms cry? They probably could, but their logic core forbids such behavior.

They need to stay calm in such moments until the pilot escapes danger, so they do not allow weeping or collapse.

A full twelve hours passed before the first tear slipped from Xiao Jiu's eyes; one drop, two drops, like an approaching rainstorm gradually building, until it finally burst forth completely.

The nihility master within the logic core again fermented; she sat like a rag doll silently beside Zhang Jie's bed, not knowing how long had passed, she never moved again.

"Simulation...... surely not over yet; how could your story possibly end this early? Remember, you're not merely human."

"In a civilization where biotechnology has reached a certain level, bodily death is no longer something to fear."

"They have already dissected all of life, understood everything between life and cells; if possible, life is their ultimate plaything, and the only thing they need worry about is mental burden."

"And you, as an extraterrestrial entity, are inseparable from that civilization; your miserable life is worth more than the entire scrap planet! Piercing the heart? Hah, a cricket's fatal wound!"

"Life Talent 'Extraterrestrial Entity' continuing to exert force...."

Xiao Jiu hadn't noticed how much time had passed; perhaps she didn't care at all, just sitting there blankly, even if a layer of dust had settled on her she didn't mind.

Perhaps before long she would be able to smell the stench of Zhang Jie's corpse.

But she hadn't noticed that the 1.9-meter-tall 'corpse' on the bed behind her was constantly shrinking....

The dead body seemed almost conscious, continually using the muscles and fat already built into it to repair the damaged flesh.

Compared to the highly differentiated cells of a normal human, Zhang Jie's body seemed to ignore that rule, constantly reverting differentiated cells and reshaping....

One day....

Two days...

Ten days....

One month....

At this moment Xiao Jiu, though still motionless, her mind remained active.

She was recalling; humanoid lifeforms have strong memory, and past scenes play back in her mind like a movie.

"Human...."

"Xiao Jiu really misses you...."

On the ash-covered face, a tear rolled down, carrying dust with it.

And the next moment, a small hand rested on Xiao Jiu's head, brushing away the dust like one would pat a dusty sofa.

"Cough cough.... Xiao Jiu, what's wrong with you, did you burrow into a dirt pile?"

How come this head is still emitting ash?