Chapter 185 Dilemma
Chapter 185 Dilemma
I didn't tell anyone about the latest upgrade of my space with fresh vegetables, so they didn't know there were vegetables in my space. But now I filled the original bathroom space in their house with food, water and daily necessities.
For dinner, I had a pot of instant noodles cooked in a large battery-powered rice cooker. I also added several boxes of beef slices and seafood meatballs, and I threw in some vegetables.
The aroma of instant noodles attracted the family upstairs. Seeing them swallowing their saliva, we generously invited them and gave each of them a bowl of hot noodles to take home.
After everyone had finished their meal, those who needed to clean up their rooms continued to do so, while the children in the house gathered together in a corner of the living room to play house.
Bian Hui took away all the toys of Bian Yue, Mengjie and other girls that were in her own space.
Wang Ziyi and Bian Hui are both children with great superpowers and some intellectual disabilities. They bring their cute older sister and younger sister with them. Wang Ziyi plays the father and Bian Yue plays the mother with two little daughters. The four children have a lot of fun playing together.
There were not many rooms, so I took out Mu En's crib and placed it in a corner of the living room, and prepared some milk powder for Mu En. This child has been very well-behaved since birth. He would fall asleep after eating and never make a fuss or torture others for no reason. He was really easy to take care of. I only needed to coax him for a while and the child would fall asleep.
We took out the stove in the living room, put charcoal in it and started a fire to keep warm. We asked Song Jue to use his supernatural powers to connect a smoke exhaust pipe to lead the burning smoke out of the room, otherwise we would all be poisoned that night.
When we gathered together to warm ourselves by the fire and chat, Lin Lin and I began to ask about Brother Li's specific experiences, his understanding of superpowers, and how the crystal core appeared on the market.
Brother Li then told us about his own experiences and some issues he knew about which we were not aware.
He told everyone about his previous experience again, but this time what he said was a little different from what I said. I thought at the time that he must have made up a lie, because only lies could have different versions.
This time he talked about being enslaved and doing hard labor with others, and having basically no contact with transportation. He did not mention finding a master. He said that he ran back from a very far place by himself, and how difficult the journey was... He encountered many strange things along the way and could tell us slowly.
I interrupted him and asked the question I was dying to know, which was where did those crystal cores come from, do you know?
Brother Li looked at me seriously and asked, "Do you really know nothing?"
We shook our heads dumbly.
Brother Li's face darkened as he answered us, "I heard about this on the way back. It was reported from the capital. It is said that there was an outbreak of terrifying mutants with superpowers there. If you kill these mutants, you will get this small crystal core."
"Mutants!" We all exclaimed at the same time.
"Why kill mutants?" Lin Lin shouted.
"Are we mutants? Will someone come to kill us?" Xiaobai and I couldn't wait to express our inner fears.
"No, that mutant is different from us. That kind of mutant is a mindless mutant. Have you ever read zombie novels or watched TV dramas before?" Brother Li was guiding us.
"Are you saying that those mutants bite and eat people?" Bian Hui asked in fear.
Brother Li nodded solemnly, and continued, "You know that there was a time when troops from all over the country went to support the capital."
Xiao Bai yelled, "Yeah, my sister went there too!"
The shout was so loud that it even woke up Mu En who was just sleeping. Grandpa hurried to comfort Mu En, and I also blamed Xiao Bai: "Keep your voice down."
"This concerns my sister. How can I not be anxious?" Xiaobai still had an anxious and frightened expression on his face, but he obviously lowered his voice.
Brother Li was afraid of scaring the children playing house over there, so he lowered his voice and continued to explain to us: "I heard that there was a poisonous gas leak in a state-owned scientific research company in Beijing during the earthquake. People with special abilities appeared in that base one after another. These people have abundant physical strength, strong fighting ability and strong virus transmission ability, but they have lost their reason and emotions, and are aggressive towards living people. If they are attacked or scratched, the virus will spread to the next person. What's more, they don't know how to get tired, so we can't get rid of them all in a short time. Moreover, I heard that many soldiers who were transferred back have been turned into zombies like this after being attacked!"
This made us shudder. I suddenly remembered that Feicui was also in the capital. I immediately had a bad feeling in my heart. No, I must go to Duanmu's house tomorrow to ask about his brother and Feicui's whereabouts! I can't wait any longer.
Xiaobai and I were both worried. Bian Hui asked, "Why do people here also have crystal cores?"
Brother Li said with emotion: "That means the number of these psychics is large enough, so large that their crystal cores can be bought and sold as medicines!"
Bian Hui covered her mouth in fear: "Oh my God, I thought it was only a natural disaster, but it seems there are also man-made disasters!"
We all listened to Brother Li's remarks with despair, and a sense of helplessness rose in our hearts. We had originally held on to a glimmer of hope, but now we felt that the future was bleak. If the capital city really fell, the consequences would be disastrous. Would humanity be doomed to extinction? This question was very heavy.
I have watched many movies and TV shows about zombies before, and those scenes are still vivid in my mind. The speed at which the zombie virus spreads is shocking, often sweeping across a city or even a country in a short period of time. Now, facing this disaster in reality, we can't help but worry whether this scene will repeat itself in real life.
Thinking of this, my heart became heavier, as if a huge rock was pressing on my chest, making it hard for me to breathe.
I didn't want to just accept my fate and asked again, "Then how can we improve our abilities to protect our families? Do we need to eat more crystal cores?"
Brother Li quickly shook his head and explained: "Although the crystal core can provide energy, it cannot completely replace the real battle training. Only by struggling on the brink of life and death can one truly stimulate one's potential and improve the level of superpowers. This is like a person who wants to become a master. Not only must he have good equipment, but he must also constantly practice and challenge himself. This is even more true for those of us with superpowers!"
But who should I fight with and train myself?
Brother Li sighed, "Xiao Huo, you haven't seen the outside world. Although people with special abilities like you and me are different from those zombies, they are no longer human! Because they have some special abilities, they gather together, form cliques and gangs, bully the good people, rob women, and do all kinds of evil all day long. They even treat women as trading items and don't regard them as human beings at all. All of this will subvert your cognition. The outside world now is like the tribes in the past. Whoever has the ability has the final say. Naturally, there are a group of like-minded scums who join in and become accomplices to the evil. There are too many who set up their own mountains."
Has it developed to this point? Will the country not do anything about it?
"We are too busy dealing with mutants now, how can we send troops to deal with them?" Brother Li muttered that this was why he resolutely ran back, because he still had two daughters, and he had the responsibility to protect them, but now it was definitely not possible to fight alone. He was now a fourth-level speed mutant, and the thin and tall man who helped us deal with last night should be a fifth-level lightning mutant. Lightning mutants are born with attacking abilities, and high-level lightning mutants have very strong martial arts values, so he should be one of the leaders of the Fugui Gang! If we kill him, this matter will definitely not end, and we will definitely be retaliated by them.
I suddenly felt a little panicked. Although we changed our residence today, it would not be difficult for the people from the Fugui Gang to find us. Will they retaliate as Brother Li said?
A fifth-level lightning mutant almost wiped us out, so wouldn't their sixth-level gang leader easily crush us to death?
Brother Li saw my anxiety and advised, "So we, the superpowers, must stick together, and we must be good superpowers. If we stick together with bad superpowers, it will be like bad money driving out good money. Sooner or later, we will become scum like them, and then my two daughters will be harmed by them sooner or later!"
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