Chapter 128 Hostage
In the middle of this fortress, there was actually just a man locked up?
"Who is this man?" someone couldn't help but ask with a disappointed look on their face. They had run towards the most heavily guarded area, wanting to enter Yao Mengzhi's laboratory, but they ended up only seeing a man? They felt like they'd been fooled.
"Did Yao Mengzhi plan this?" Shi Shiqing said, leaning against the wall in exhaustion. They had just barely managed to break into this fortress with all their power, but now...
"Oh my god!" The foreigners had bitter expressions on their faces. They knew some Chinese and had understood Qi Jingchen's plan earlier, so they had used up all their bombs to rush in, but why was it like this here?
Was this that woman's scheme?
Most of the people were very disappointed, but Qi Jingchen felt like his luck was really too good.
He had asked Yu Xuguang for detailed information about Yao Mengzhi's affairs. According to Yu Xuguang, Yao Mengzhi had once deeply loved a man, and the flesh she had cut from him back then was probably all given to that man to eat.
At that time, no one knew that his flesh was actually poison. Everyone thought that it was a panacea, and they had tried every possible way to eat it so that they could resist the zombies and improve their abilities. In such a situation, Yao Mengzhi did not eat any of it, instead giving it all to that man. This showed how much she valued that man.
Unfortunately, they had no idea who that man was...
When Qi Jingchen heard of his existence, he had wondered what would happen if they caught him. Now, he would soon know the answer.
"Take him with us," Qi Jingchen said.
The few people from B City's safe zone had been with him for a few days and had been taught by Yu Xuguang so they were relatively obedient to Qi Jingchen. When they received this order, they were tired, but still rushed towards the man sitting on the sofa and quickly captured him.
"Who are you guys?" Chu Zhen didn't resist, but just frowned and looked at the people in front of him. These people were aggressive and imposing. He knew he couldn't win, so he didn't fight back. He has actually hoped someone would come and rescue him from imprisonment anyways.
"We are from B City's safe zone, and are being chased by Yao Mengzhi. We need to borrow you," Nie Yi said.
"You...I'm imprisoned. It's probably not useful for you to use me to threaten her." Chu Zhen sighed. He had no idea what Yao Mengzhi was thinking now.
"I know," Nie Yi nodded, and then immediately had him tied up tighter. He also had two people hold knives to his neck.
Chu Zhen was speechless. Finally, he said, "What do you want to do?"
"We've said it before. We want Yao Mengzhi to let us go. Don't you understand?" Qi Jingchen was uncomfortable, so he didn't have a good tone when he spoke.
But after speaking, he looked at Chu Zhen sympathetically. He had already examined the room and knew that the place was very secure. It was impossible to get in or out. Yao Mengzhi had really locked up this man...He was really unlucky!
But it wasn't surprising. He suspected that Nie Yi also wanted to lock him up, but didn't have the courage to do so.
Chu Zhen opened his mouth to say something, but in the end, didn't speak. He actually wanted to negotiate with these people, telling them that as long as they could let him go, he was willing to do everything he could to help...
However, he quickly suppressed that idea.
He decided to do nothing, neither seeking Yao Mengzhi's help, nor resisting.
Although Chu Zhen was tied up, he remained calm.
At this time, Yao Mengzhi was furious. "Where did they run to?" she realized that she had really been careless this time.
She should have found a way to kill Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen as soon as possible, instead of giving them the opportunity to flip the tables. But what was the stone in Qi Jingchen's hand?
In his last life, there were no items related to a light ability, so why did a stone suddenly appear in this life?
She berated herself for being too impatient. She should have waited until the world was shrouded in darkness from the dark energy... Even if Qi Jingchen was a light ability user, could he still go against the whole world?
"Have the researchers take the data and evacuate through the tunnel." Yao Mengzhi said.
"Yes." The person next to her retreated.
Yao Mengzhi glanced at the corner of the fortress that had been destroyed and walked in with two oracles and two shadow guards.
The path was unobstructed but also in ruins. Yao Mengzhi saw that the many traps she'd laid out had been destroyed.
Nie Yi and his team had used brute force, making her traps obsolete.
She hadn't been controlling this base for very long, only a few months, so the two fortresses were naturally not large.
Soon, Yao Mengzhi arrived in front of the door that she frequently opened.
The door had been destroyed. Her heart couldn't help but skip a beat, but soon she calmed down - she believed that Nie Yi and his team wouldn't hurt Chu Zhen as long as they weren't stupid.
"You're here." Nie Yi sat on a chair by the door when she arrived. He was using a knife to cut a piece of skin off his shoulder.
An oracle had scratched him. But probably because Nie Yi had drunk a lot of Qi Jingchen's blood, he didn't turn into a zombie. But a black mark was still left on his skin.
He really didn't want marks left on his body by another person so he just cut it off. As soon as the piece of skin was removed, Qi Jingchen threw a small ball of light on his shoulder, and instantly healed his wound.
Yao Mengzhi saw all of this and felt disgusted by Qi Jingchen's ball of light, feeling an impulse to tear him apart.
But she suppressed these emotions and turned her head to the tightly tied Chu Zhen beside her, "What do you want?"
"Bring the helicopters onto the square. We're leaving." Nie Yi said.
"What if I don't want to?"
"He only has one life, but he has ten fingers, two hands, and a core ability." Nie Yi chuckled.
Yao Mengzhi's expression remained unchanged, but she quickly said, "I'll have someone bring the helicopters."
"That's good. Let's rest here first." Nie Yi said, then looked at the earth ability user beside him, "Okay, you can block the door."
The earth ability user quickly blocked the door and kept the displeased Yao Mengzhi outside.
It was at this time that the people who had been tensely standing all relaxed. They had expended too much energy in the previous battle, and now everyone was at their limit.
"Will she comply?" someone couldn't help but ask.
"She will." Nie Yi said. If someone tried to threaten him with Qi Jingchen, he would definitely agree to anything.
"I didn't expect her to be so committed..." A woman in her thirties said, then stood up and walked towards Nie Yi, "Hi, my name is Ma Yihong and I'm one of the people in charge of the safe zones in T City." She was one of the people who came to pick up oracles but stuck around.
T City was a small city near S City. They were afraid of the S City safe base and didn't really like the Dark God Cult, so when they saw the conflict between the people from the B City safe zone and Yao Mengzhi, they stayed.
"Hello." Nie Yi nodded at her.
"If we can leave, can you help our safe zone in T City?" Ma Yihong asked.
"Yes." Qi Jingchen said, walking to Nie Yi's side.
Although Ma Yihong was talking to Nie Yi, she trusted Qi Jingchen even more, and getting his agreement made her even happier. She grinned, but because she hadn't smiled for a long time, her expression looked a bit strange.
"I'll watch him. You guys rest." Nie Yi pulled Qi Jingchen to sit on the sofa and said to the two people holding Chu Zhen at knifepoint.
The people present believed in Nie Yi's strength, and when they saw that he was watching Chu Zhen, everyone relaxed.
At this point, even Nie Yi relaxed. He stared at Chu Zhen with his mental power while holding Qi Jingchen's hand tightly. He felt his heart swell when he remembered that Qi Jingchen had stood up for his friends earlier.
At this point, Nie Yi realized that he had done too little before. Because he thought Qi Jingchen would awaken to as a dark ability, he had never thought of forming or controlling a large safe zone. And now, Yao Mengzhi's power was greater than his...
Nie Yi regretted feeling this way, but at the same time, he felt Qi Jingchen's hand squeezing his. He couldn't make these mistakes again…
Qi Jingchen smiled at Nie Yi again.
Nie Yi wanted to hug him to truly feel his existence.
Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen were "watching" Chu Zhen while everyone else had already settled down.
They planned to rest for a while. Nie Yi's four injured and frozen friends were arranged in the bedroom, while the others found a place to rest. Some people, including Shi Kun, simply collapsed on the ground. And beside him lay Yu Xuguang, who had been carried in on his back.
"Thank you," Shi Qing said as she moved closer to Shi Kun and sat by his side.
"Why are you thanking me?" Shi Kun was a little puzzled as he didn't even know Shi Qing.
"Thank you for carrying Yu Xuguang out," Shi Qing said. If Yu Xuguang had stayed there, he might have become a shadow guard. For Yu Xuguang, who detested all of this, encountering such a thing after he died would undoubtedly be difficult to accept.
"Yu Xuguang? Xiao Jiu is also called that?" Shi Kun was baffled, then looked at Yu Xuguang's comrades next to him, "Who are you guys? Why are you with us? What are you doing in our team?" By the end of his sentence, Shi Kun was getting angry—he had been fooled by these people! He had no idea how he ended up on their ship!
One of Yu Xuguang's comrades felt guilty. "We're all from the B City Safe Zone. Sorry we hid our identities before."
"We didn't intend to involve you, but unfortunately things happened suddenly…" another person said.
"Thank you for carrying Yu Xuguang's body," someone else said.
"Wait, what body? Xiao Jiu is still alive! But his chest is too flat, I didn't even feel them when I carried her just now!" Shi Kun said in frustration.
Alive? Shi Qing immediately pressed her hand against Yu Xuguang's chest where she indeed felt a heartbeat. Not only was there a heartbeat, but Yu Xuguang also had no wounds on his body…he was only unconscious.
"Hey! How can you just touch a girl's chest?" Shi Kun directly pushed Shi Qing's hand away.
"He's not dead," Shi Qing's voice trembled with excitement, and the other people were also surprised.
At first, Nie Yi didn't pay much attention to their conversation, but this statement made him turn his head in surprise and raise an eyebrow. He had never seen anyone who could survive their own explosion before. Could it be that it was because Yu Xuguang had experience? Come to think of it, Yu Xuguang was so lucky. As soon as he exploded, Qi Jingchen activated the light energy stored in the stone. It was probably due to this that he managed to save his life.
But even so, Yu Xuguang's ability was probably gone.
Several of Yu Xuguang's comrades subconsciously wanted to listen to his heartbeat, but they were stopped by Shi Kun, "What do you want to do? No touching!"
"…" Shi Qing now understood that Shi Kun probably mistook Yu Xuguang for a girl. She didn't think it was necessary to continue lying to him, but it was meaningless to say it now.
She simply ignored him and started to restore her own ability. The others looked at Shi Kun and did the same.
For a while, everyone quieted down. Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen sat close together and their hearts calmed down.
The monkey in Qi Jingchen's arms was fine, so it climbed out and onto the coffee table, where it started eating the snacks.
Seeing the monkey, Qi Jingchen suddenly thought of everyone's stomachs and threw a few vegetable seeds to the monkey.
They were all common vegetable seeds, and the monkey soon labored to sprout each one, attracting the attention of a few people who were awake. They finally understood why vines had appeared by Qi Jingchen's side before…fortunately, Qi Jingchen didn't awaken with dual abilities, or they would have felt useless…
Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Qi Jingchen smiled and kissed Nie Yi's face. Nie Yi naturally wouldn't pass up the opportunity to get close to him, and
immediately hugged Qi Jingchen's head.
Shi Kun closed his eyes for a bit, then, after recovering some of his ability, he couldn't help but look towards Qi Jingchen.
Since Qi Jingchen's ability was useful for treating injuries, and Yu Xuguang had been unconscious for some time, he hoped that Qi Jingchen would help him restore his ability.
Shi Kun looked toward him with anticipation when he unexpectedly saw…
The shy, tan boy was kissing his dad!
Shi Kun had seen this before, but that time it was just a kiss on the cheek. This time it was a kiss on the mouth!
Shi Kun felt like his values had been shattered and couldn't come back to himself.
In the past, Nie Yi would have used his ability to block himself and Qi Jingchen, but now he didn't have enough of it, so he didn't bother. He just kissed Qi Jingchen fiercely.
"You guys…" Chu Zhen who was sitting next to them was baffled. These two had quite a big age difference, but they were a couple?
"Dad, I'm not used to it when you do this, it's weird when you kiss me," Qi Jingchen pushed Nie Yi away, then laughed when he saw Nie Yi's "old" face.
Chapter 128 Hostage
In the middle of this fortress, there was actually just a man locked up?
"Who is this man?" someone couldn't help but ask with a disappointed look on their face. They had run towards the most heavily guarded area, wanting to enter Yao Mengzhi's laboratory, but they ended up only seeing a man? They felt like they'd been fooled.
"Did Yao Mengzhi plan this?" Shi Shiqing said, leaning against the wall in exhaustion. They had just barely managed to break into this fortress with all their power, but now...
"Oh my god!" The foreigners had bitter expressions on their faces. They knew some Chinese and had understood Qi Jingchen's plan earlier, so they had used up all their bombs to rush in, but why was it like this here?
Was this that woman's scheme?
Most of the people were very disappointed, but Qi Jingchen felt like his luck was really too good.
He had asked Yu Xuguang for detailed information about Yao Mengzhi's affairs. According to Yu Xuguang, Yao Mengzhi had once deeply loved a man, and the flesh she had cut from him back then was probably all given to that man to eat.
At that time, no one knew that his flesh was actually poison. Everyone thought that it was a panacea, and they had tried every possible way to eat it so that they could resist the zombies and improve their abilities. In such a situation, Yao Mengzhi did not eat any of it, instead giving it all to that man. This showed how much she valued that man.
Unfortunately, they had no idea who that man was...
When Qi Jingchen heard of his existence, he had wondered what would happen if they caught him. Now, he would soon know the answer.
"Take him with us," Qi Jingchen said.
The few people from B City's safe zone had been with him for a few days and had been taught by Yu Xuguang so they were relatively obedient to Qi Jingchen. When they received this order, they were tired, but still rushed towards the man sitting on the sofa and quickly captured him.
"Who are you guys?" Chu Zhen didn't resist, but just frowned and looked at the people in front of him. These people were aggressive and imposing. He knew he couldn't win, so he didn't fight back. He has actually hoped someone would come and rescue him from imprisonment anyways.
"We are from B City's safe zone, and are being chased by Yao Mengzhi. We need to borrow you," Nie Yi said.
"You...I'm imprisoned. It's probably not useful for you to use me to threaten her." Chu Zhen sighed. He had no idea what Yao Mengzhi was thinking now.
"I know," Nie Yi nodded, and then immediately had him tied up tighter. He also had two people hold knives to his neck.
Chu Zhen was speechless. Finally, he said, "What do you want to do?"
"We've said it before. We want Yao Mengzhi to let us go. Don't you understand?" Qi Jingchen was uncomfortable, so he didn't have a good tone when he spoke.
But after speaking, he looked at Chu Zhen sympathetically. He had already examined the room and knew that the place was very secure. It was impossible to get in or out. Yao Mengzhi had really locked up this man...He was really unlucky!
But it wasn't surprising. He suspected that Nie Yi also wanted to lock him up, but didn't have the courage to do so.
Chu Zhen opened his mouth to say something, but in the end, didn't speak. He actually wanted to negotiate with these people, telling them that as long as they could let him go, he was willing to do everything he could to help...
However, he quickly suppressed that idea.
He decided to do nothing, neither seeking Yao Mengzhi's help, nor resisting.
Although Chu Zhen was tied up, he remained calm.
At this time, Yao Mengzhi was furious. "Where did they run to?" she realized that she had really been careless this time.
She should have found a way to kill Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen as soon as possible, instead of giving them the opportunity to flip the tables. But what was the stone in Qi Jingchen's hand?
In his last life, there were no items related to a light ability, so why did a stone suddenly appear in this life?
She berated herself for being too impatient. She should have waited until the world was shrouded in darkness from the dark energy... Even if Qi Jingchen was a light ability user, could he still go against the whole world?
"Have the researchers take the data and evacuate through the tunnel." Yao Mengzhi said.
"Yes." The person next to her retreated.
Yao Mengzhi glanced at the corner of the fortress that had been destroyed and walked in with two oracles and two shadow guards.
The path was unobstructed but also in ruins. Yao Mengzhi saw that the many traps she'd laid out had been destroyed.
Nie Yi and his team had used brute force, making her traps obsolete.
She hadn't been controlling this base for very long, only a few months, so the two fortresses were naturally not large.
Soon, Yao Mengzhi arrived in front of the door that she frequently opened.
The door had been destroyed. Her heart couldn't help but skip a beat, but soon she calmed down - she believed that Nie Yi and his team wouldn't hurt Chu Zhen as long as they weren't stupid.
"You're here." Nie Yi sat on a chair by the door when she arrived. He was using a knife to cut a piece of skin off his shoulder.
An oracle had scratched him. But probably because Nie Yi had drunk a lot of Qi Jingchen's blood, he didn't turn into a zombie. But a black mark was still left on his skin.
He really didn't want marks left on his body by another person so he just cut it off. As soon as the piece of skin was removed, Qi Jingchen threw a small ball of light on his shoulder, and instantly healed his wound.
Yao Mengzhi saw all of this and felt disgusted by Qi Jingchen's ball of light, feeling an impulse to tear him apart.
But she suppressed these emotions and turned her head to the tightly tied Chu Zhen beside her, "What do you want?"
"Bring the helicopters onto the square. We're leaving." Nie Yi said.
"What if I don't want to?"
"He only has one life, but he has ten fingers, two hands, and a core ability." Nie Yi chuckled.
Yao Mengzhi's expression remained unchanged, but she quickly said, "I'll have someone bring the helicopters."
"That's good. Let's rest here first." Nie Yi said, then looked at the earth ability user beside him, "Okay, you can block the door."
The earth ability user quickly blocked the door and kept the displeased Yao Mengzhi outside.
It was at this time that the people who had been tensely standing all relaxed. They had expended too much energy in the previous battle, and now everyone was at their limit.
"Will she comply?" someone couldn't help but ask.
"She will." Nie Yi said. If someone tried to threaten him with Qi Jingchen, he would definitely agree to anything.
"I didn't expect her to be so committed..." A woman in her thirties said, then stood up and walked towards Nie Yi, "Hi, my name is Ma Yihong and I'm one of the people in charge of the safe zones in T City." She was one of the people who came to pick up oracles but stuck around.
T City was a small city near S City. They were afraid of the S City safe base and didn't really like the Dark God Cult, so when they saw the conflict between the people from the B City safe zone and Yao Mengzhi, they stayed.
"Hello." Nie Yi nodded at her.
"If we can leave, can you help our safe zone in T City?" Ma Yihong asked.
"Yes." Qi Jingchen said, walking to Nie Yi's side.
Although Ma Yihong was talking to Nie Yi, she trusted Qi Jingchen even more, and getting his agreement made her even happier. She grinned, but because she hadn't smiled for a long time, her expression looked a bit strange.
"I'll watch him. You guys rest." Nie Yi pulled Qi Jingchen to sit on the sofa and said to the two people holding Chu Zhen at knifepoint.
The people present believed in Nie Yi's strength, and when they saw that he was watching Chu Zhen, everyone relaxed.
At this point, even Nie Yi relaxed. He stared at Chu Zhen with his mental power while holding Qi Jingchen's hand tightly. He felt his heart swell when he remembered that Qi Jingchen had stood up for his friends earlier.
At this point, Nie Yi realized that he had done too little before. Because he thought Qi Jingchen would awaken to as a dark ability, he had never thought of forming or controlling a large safe zone. And now, Yao Mengzhi's power was greater than his...
Nie Yi regretted feeling this way, but at the same time, he felt Qi Jingchen's hand squeezing his. He couldn't make these mistakes again…
Qi Jingchen smiled at Nie Yi again.
Nie Yi wanted to hug him to truly feel his existence.
Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen were "watching" Chu Zhen while everyone else had already settled down.
They planned to rest for a while. Nie Yi's four injured and frozen friends were arranged in the bedroom, while the others found a place to rest. Some people, including Shi Kun, simply collapsed on the ground. And beside him lay Yu Xuguang, who had been carried in on his back.
"Thank you," Shi Qing said as she moved closer to Shi Kun and sat by his side.
"Why are you thanking me?" Shi Kun was a little puzzled as he didn't even know Shi Qing.
"Thank you for carrying Yu Xuguang out," Shi Qing said. If Yu Xuguang had stayed there, he might have become a shadow guard. For Yu Xuguang, who detested all of this, encountering such a thing after he died would undoubtedly be difficult to accept.
"Yu Xuguang? Xiao Jiu is also called that?" Shi Kun was baffled, then looked at Yu Xuguang's comrades next to him, "Who are you guys? Why are you with us? What are you doing in our team?" By the end of his sentence, Shi Kun was getting angry—he had been fooled by these people! He had no idea how he ended up on their ship!
One of Yu Xuguang's comrades felt guilty. "We're all from the B City Safe Zone. Sorry we hid our identities before."
"We didn't intend to involve you, but unfortunately things happened suddenly…" another person said.
"Thank you for carrying Yu Xuguang's body," someone else said.
"Wait, what body? Xiao Jiu is still alive! But his chest is too flat, I didn't even feel them when I carried her just now!" Shi Kun said in frustration.
Alive? Shi Qing immediately pressed her hand against Yu Xuguang's chest where she indeed felt a heartbeat. Not only was there a heartbeat, but Yu Xuguang also had no wounds on his body…he was only unconscious.
"Hey! How can you just touch a girl's chest?" Shi Kun directly pushed Shi Qing's hand away.
"He's not dead," Shi Qing's voice trembled with excitement, and the other people were also surprised.
At first, Nie Yi didn't pay much attention to their conversation, but this statement made him turn his head in surprise and raise an eyebrow. He had never seen anyone who could survive their own explosion before. Could it be that it was because Yu Xuguang had experience? Come to think of it, Yu Xuguang was so lucky. As soon as he exploded, Qi Jingchen activated the light energy stored in the stone. It was probably due to this that he managed to save his life.
But even so, Yu Xuguang's ability was probably gone.
Several of Yu Xuguang's comrades subconsciously wanted to listen to his heartbeat, but they were stopped by Shi Kun, "What do you want to do? No touching!"
"…" Shi Qing now understood that Shi Kun probably mistook Yu Xuguang for a girl. She didn't think it was necessary to continue lying to him, but it was meaningless to say it now.
She simply ignored him and started to restore her own ability. The others looked at Shi Kun and did the same.
For a while, everyone quieted down. Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen sat close together and their hearts calmed down.
The monkey in Qi Jingchen's arms was fine, so it climbed out and onto the coffee table, where it started eating the snacks.
Seeing the monkey, Qi Jingchen suddenly thought of everyone's stomachs and threw a few vegetable seeds to the monkey.
They were all common vegetable seeds, and the monkey soon labored to sprout each one, attracting the attention of a few people who were awake. They finally understood why vines had appeared by Qi Jingchen's side before…fortunately, Qi Jingchen didn't awaken with dual abilities, or they would have felt useless…
Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Qi Jingchen smiled and kissed Nie Yi's face. Nie Yi naturally wouldn't pass up the opportunity to get close to him, and
immediately hugged Qi Jingchen's head.
Shi Kun closed his eyes for a bit, then, after recovering some of his ability, he couldn't help but look towards Qi Jingchen.
Since Qi Jingchen's ability was useful for treating injuries, and Yu Xuguang had been unconscious for some time, he hoped that Qi Jingchen would help him restore his ability.
Shi Kun looked toward him with anticipation when he unexpectedly saw…
The shy, tan boy was kissing his dad!
Shi Kun had seen this before, but that time it was just a kiss on the cheek. This time it was a kiss on the mouth!
Shi Kun felt like his values had been shattered and couldn't come back to himself.
In the past, Nie Yi would have used his ability to block himself and Qi Jingchen, but now he didn't have enough of it, so he didn't bother. He just kissed Qi Jingchen fiercely.
"You guys…" Chu Zhen who was sitting next to them was baffled. These two had quite a big age difference, but they were a couple?
"Dad, I'm not used to it when you do this, it's weird when you kiss me," Qi Jingchen pushed Nie Yi away, then laughed when he saw Nie Yi's "old" face.
