Chapter 50: Arc 5 - Choice
The young man turned around and looked at the clothes he had thrown on the ground. He was obviously having a hard time and stood there lost in thought, but he didn’t ask Sheng Feng and the others for help. He completely ignored them all and just looked like he was thinking on his own.
“Go get him some clothes.” Sheng Feng whispered to the people behind him. He swept his gaze over the youth’s naked body, only to feel as if his eyes had been pierced by the sunlight outside the window, and immediately turned away from it.
This is a large mall, so it was easy to find clothes.
It was the teenager who had shouted about the water ability and looked incredibly thirsty who neatly brought a set of clothes. However, the teenager was obviously still a bit afraid of the young man standing there, so he gave the clothes to Sheng Feng.
“Here you go.” Sheng Feng’s deep voice sounded, attracting the youth’s attention.
The youth tilted his head and stared at Sheng Feng for a long while before carefully reaching out his hand to receive the clothes in Sheng Feng’s hand.
But after receiving it, the young man immediately threw the clothes to the ground for some reason.
Sheng Feng’s face instantly sank. He felt that the youth seemed slightly different from ordinary people, but this strange action still bothered him.
The young man didn’t say anything, nor did he look at Sheng Feng. He just stared at the clothes on the ground, and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.
“What do you want?” Sheng Feng asked with slight displeasure.
As soon as he finished asking, he felt the teenager behind him, who had just taken the clothes, lean over to him and whispered. “Captain……he probably blames you for getting his clothes dirty, so he doesn’t want to wear them.”
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Sheng Feng choked, and only then did he see an extremely noticeable black handprint stuck to the snow-white shirt on the ground.
Looking at his hands, Sheng Feng was filled with absurdity. This was the end of the world, where lives were at stake. Who still thinks about the cleanliness of clothes? Can’t you just wear it?
The teenager was probably thirsty, so he didn’t need to be told by Sheng Feng and immediately ran over to get another set of clothes. This time, he carefully took an unopened set.
This time, the young man standing there took the clothes from Sheng Feng’s hand. He took them out and began to work on how to wear them.
As soon as he saw that the youth had his back turned, Sheng Feng immediately coughed, turned around, and said, “Go back first and let him put his clothes on.”
The young man’s clothes seemed to be extremely difficult to wear, and Sheng Feng waited impatiently. At this moment, the team put away the supplies, and the young man’s clothes finally managed to be worn.
The sound of voices stopped, and Sheng Feng was stunned when he turned his head. He saw the young man standing in the sunlight, wearing a white knit shirt and dark blue jeans. His soft black hair was now half-dried and softly hanging around his ears, with only a few playful roots sticking up.
“F-ck, how does this guy look like a star.”
This sentence simply spoke the thoughts of everyone present. After the end of the world, even the stars look like messy dogs. How long has it been since they have seen such a clean person?
This cleanliness refers not only to the appearance but also to the eyes of the young man, which were that of a child.
“Who are you? Where did you come from? What does it have to do with those people out there?” Sheng Feng saw that the young man had finished dressing and walked over to him.
Unexpectedly, the young man really spoke up.
“My name is Qing Yun.” The young man’s voice was clear and soft. It sounded extremely pleasant to the ears, but Sheng Feng felt that something was not right.
This person looked too strange. Perhaps there was some mental problem?
As for Sheng Feng’s other questions, the young man thought about them briefly. He didn’t know how to answer them or simply didn’t want to, so he ignored them and looked down at the shoes on his feet.
The shoes were also sent by the teenager just now, but Qing Yun was not very good at wearing them, so the laces were tangled in a mess.
Seeing him like this, Sheng Feng only felt that he was suffocating in his heart. He has always been straightforward in his communication with people. He really didn’t know how to resolve a situation like this.
At this time, the team doctor Ding Shiang came up. He first went over to tie up Qing Yun’s shoelaces and then softened his voice and asked: “Hello Qing Yun, can you tell me how old you are?”.
On hearing this, Qing Yun turned his head sideways to think carefully and then held out five fingers to him: “Five years old!”
The answer shocked everyone present, and the way they looked at Qing Yun was like looking at a fool.
Ding Shiang’s eyes, however, flashed with a hint of clarity. He knew at first glance that this person’s state of mind was not right, and now when he asked, it turned out to be so.
“Well then, Qing Yun, where are your parents?”
Upon hearing this question, Qing Yun fell silent again and looked down at his toes. There was no sadness or any other emotion on his face, and he even smiled at the sneakers on his feet when he raised his toes.
Ding Shiang knew at once that he had asked the wrong question. He looked at the time. It was already late, and the zombies might be here soon, so he cut to the chase: “Qing Yun can you go with the uncles? It will be dangerous here later, and there will be many monsters coming.”
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Qing Yun tilted his head toward him.
Sheng Feng was leaning on the shelf next to him, listening. Now he suddenly added in a deep voice: “Very dirty monsters.”
As soon as the words came out, Qing Yun immediately nodded toward them: “Yes!”
The people who held their breath and waited at the back of the room cheered when they saw the situation. Having gotten a water-system ability user, even if they didn’t get any supplies this time, it wouldn’t be a loss.
As the crowd cheered, a young man, who had been silent all along, suddenly said, “Are you guys just going to take him away? Have you forgotten what happened to the Mad Lion group outside? What if it has something to do with him?”
“Lu Changfeng you……” The thirsty teenager looked at the speaker and subconsciously wanted to retort, but felt that Lu Changfeng was right and unwillingly shut his mouth.
“Look at his silly face……doesn’t look like he can kill people ah……”.
Several people discussed the matter, and finally, Sheng Feng made the decision: “Even if he killed the man, should a water-system ability be given up?”
The rest of the people suddenly felt that it was right and would just take the usual precautions. This man killed the G Base’s Mad Lion, so it was good for their H Base no matter what.
The decision was made, and they led Qing Yun to the exit of the supermarket.
As they walked past the warehouse, Sheng Feng suddenly paused and pointed to a few bodies in the warehouse and asked Qing Yun, “Do you know them?”.
Qing Yun shook his head blankly, and a trace of curiosity flashed in his eyes. He tilted his head up and asked Sheng Feng in a soft voice, “What are they doing? Not going?”
Several of Sheng Feng’s people suddenly felt like they had suffered from this childlike question from Qing Yun. Sheng Feng looked into these innocent eyes and tried to hold back his words. In the end, he didn’t tell the truth but only spat out one sentence: “They won’t leave.”
Only Lu Changfeng yawned and asked, “They’re dead. Did you kill them?”
Qing Yun looked at him with a puzzled expression. His bright eyes flashed blankly, obviously not understanding what he meant, so he ignored it.
Just as a few people talked, Sheng Feng suddenly heard the sound of claws scratching the glass outside the supermarket. He was immediately alarmed and said, “The zombies are coming. The original exit is blocked, let’s go.”
With that said, Sheng Feng took the lead and ran towards the window where Qing Yun had just been. Going up against the zombies wasn’t a good choice since the H Base didn’t have enough weapons, so they all avoided it as much as they could.
With their strong reflexes developed in the end times, these people ran after Sheng Feng almost instantly.
However, Sheng Feng turned his head and immediately felt some headache. Qing Yun was slowly falling behind, obviously not understanding why they were running so fast. With no other choice, Sheng Feng could only turn around and prepare to carry the person on his shoulders.
Unexpectedly, the seemingly soft youth acted very quickly and dodged Sheng Feng’s hand.
Sheng Feng’s brow furrowed, but he still caught the person in his arms the second time.
Qing Yun immediately began to squirm violently. He looked down and saw that his snow-white shirt was stained with black marks. For the first time, an anxious expression appeared on his face as he punched Sheng Feng’s back desperately, “Let go! Don’t want you!”
Damn, why did I find such a burden! Sheng Feng was tempted to curse him, but he could only shout, “Don’t move!”
Unfortunately, Qing Yun was not intimidated by him, and his mind was filled with his soiled clothes.
He just ruthlessly escorted the person to jump out of the window and ran towards the car. When he stuffed the person into the vehicle, Sheng Feng’s entire body was panting. He did not expect this person to struggle so hard with his thin small arms and legs.
Sitting in the car, Qing Yun tugged on the front of his knit shirt, looking at a black stain on it, and almost had tears in his eyes.
The young man who had helped Qing Yun with his clothes came over again. He looked at Qing Yun and whispered: “My name is Chen Shen, and I have clean clothes over there. If you give me some water to drink, I’ll give you some clothes.
Chen Shen was afraid that Qing Yun didn’t understand, so he said, “That’s the one on top of your head before, water, water!”
With that, a huge water balloon appeared in the car.
The crowd in the car immediately howled and jumped on it, devouring the giant ball of water.
“Oh my, I finally get to drink clean water, much better than the one with the purifier!”
“Don’t take it from me!”
The huge ball of water soon disappeared without a trace, and the satiated crowd patted their bellies and gasped happily.
Sheng Feng drove the car and was unable to grab a drink. Now, he could only frown and endure the thirst in his mouth. Lu Changfeng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, didn’t lean over either. He carefully stared at Qing Yun and observed his appearance while everyone was grabbing water.
“Brother Feng, don’t you think there’s something wrong with this Qing Yun? He just suddenly appeared there.”
Hearing that it was Lu Changfeng who spoke, Sheng Feng slightly tempered his expression: “Something is wrong, but it doesn’t seem like a threat.”
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Lu Changfeng still had some doubts on his face when he heard this.
Sheng Feng chuckled at the sight, “You are usually quite sluggish, but you are actually quite alert.”
He said as he patted Lu Changfeng’s shoulder with his free hand, “Don’t worry, I’ll protect you even if it’s dangerous. I promised your father that I’d bring you back safely.”
Sheng Feng was not from H Base but stayed in B City because he had been saved by Lu Changfeng’s father, so he went to H Base to bring Lu Changfeng back to the city to repay the kindness.
This time, Sheng Feng didn’t go back to the base directly because he had saved a group of people when he first came to look for supplies. This group of people just happened to be going to the H Base, so the team decided to do a favor to bring people back. After all, there were elderly, weak women and children in this group. If they walk to the city by themselves, they might lose a lot of manpower.
It was not convenient for Sheng Feng to take them with him when he went to the supermarket, so he placed them in an abandoned gas station.
With the people in tow, Sheng Feng headed to the H Base without stopping. Don’t blame him for being anxious, but after taking a group of people with him, the whole team was slowed down more than twice as much. He was afraid it would take more than a week to get back to the h base.
The team doctor, Ding Shiang, came to see Sheng Feng because of the matter of Qing Yun.
“Captain, I gave the new water-system user a simple psychological test and found that his mind is really only five years old at most.” Ding Shiang smiled incredulously at Sheng Feng, “Not only that, he lacks common sense and can’t even distinguish between daily necessities, but his learning ability is very strong.”
“Also, I tried to ask him about his past, but I didn’t get an answer. But from this, we can also see that he is not lying to us. Otherwise, he wouldn’t avoid answering these sensitive questions.”
“Okay, I understand. You guys can just arrange his work as usual.” Sheng Feng didn’t care too much about Qing Yun. He was just a new ability user in the team, and although the way he met him was quite strange, in his mind, there was no difference between Qing Yun and the people he saved on the road.
When they reach the H Base, it would not be his responsibility. After all, Sheng Feng’s purpose was only to safely take away Lu Changfeng.
Although he is a valuable water ability user, Qing Yun’s life in the team was not easy.
At first, when they heard that he was a water ability user, all the people in the team were delighted and came over to get close to him. However, they found that this man seemed to be abnormal. He was a grown person and still acted like a child.
Since then, these people have treated Qing Yun differently than they treated other people with abilities.
They did not respect him. They just shouted and ordered him around.
But Qing Yun didn’t care. He didn’t care about anyone in the group, to be precise. He just followed the group, and when the group took a break, he just wandered around by himself, looking at the sky or the ground. There were always many things that could attract his attention.
The five-year-old Qing Yun was curious about everything in this world. Although he didn’t understand why he was here, Qing Yun felt good about it. He was also able to walk and jump for the first time with his new body.
“Xiao Bao, come back quickly! Don’t go there!”
A child who was just able to run came over to Qing Yun. His mother saw him and immediately shouted, calling the child back. Then some words reached Qing Yun’s ears: “I told you not to go over there. That’s a fool, and what if you become stupid after playing with him?
Qing Yun quietly looked at the mother. He remembered that last night, she had come to his side and begged a cup of water for the child in her arms.
The team stationed themselves, set up a pot and started cooking.
“Hey! That little idiot over there, come and get me some water!” Someone called out to Qing Yun.
Qing Yun put down the blade of grass in his hand and walked over slowly: “My name is Qing Yun.” He stressed seriously toward the cook by the pot.
He emphasized earnestly toward the cook by the pot, but his tone was too soft and gentle to attract anyone’s attention.
“I know, I know, quickly fill the pot with water and the two buckets beside it.” The cook ignored him and just brought out two more buckets, “Hurry up and do it, or you won’t be fed tonight.”
Ding Shiang came out of Sheng Feng’s car and frowned at the scene, but he didn’t say anything.
It was not suitable for those with abilities to settle common disputes within the team. In fact, they even lived and ate in separate places during ordinary days. Qing Yun should have joined them, but he was not particularly accepted by the ability users. After the initial excitement passed, there was only cold treatment.
Although Qing Yun is not intelligent enough, he was unwilling to use his handicap to please others. He has always been indifferent. Even if no one plays with him, he can play with his fingers for half a day. If someone talks to him, it depends on whether or not he was willing to pay attention to them.
Qing Yun looked at a pot and two buckets in front of him but did not move.
Lu Changfeng got down from Sheng Feng’s car and walked over to this side: “Master Zhang, what are you cooking for tonight?”
“Yo, Young Master Lu!” Master Zhang’s face immediately changed, and he leaned over with a smile on his face and asked, “Does Captain Sheng want to eat here tonight?”
“It is because I wanted to try the food from your side, and Brother Feng will accompany me.” Lu Changfeng arrogantly smiled.
“Then I’ll have to do it right tonight!” Master Zhang immediately turned around and went to work, not forgetting to reprimand Qing Yun, “Why don’t you hurry up? What have you been doing all this time? A fool is a fool……”
Lu Changfeng hooked his lips and smiled.
Lu Changfeng did not reveal his ability, but because of Sheng Feng’s favor, he was still treated with courtesy in the team. Master Zhang even heard that it was for the sake of this young master Lu that Captain Sheng, who has level 8 ability, rushed from B City to the H Base. As a result, he was even more accommodating to Lu Changfeng.
Master Zhang wasn’t that uncomfortable with the child. Qing Yun was actually very nice and didn’t act like an ability user. But because of the hostility that Lu Changfeng showed towards Qing Yun, many people in the team stayed away from him.
After all, Qing Yun, a water ability user, could only emit a water balloon and had no other exceptional abilities.
Lu Changfeng frowned at Qing Yun, who had been bad-mouthed but still did not show any anger.
He did not mean to target Qing Yun, nor was he really so bad as to bully a fool. He just felt something wrong with him, so he used all kinds of bad words to test Qing Yun. He didn’t believe that Qing Yun had such a simple child’s mind.
What made Lu Changfeng unable to get over it was that his ability had a great reaction to Qing Yun. Lu Changfeng’s ability was so unique that they were unlike anyone else’s in the world, so much so that he didn’t dare to tell them.
He could absorb other people’s abilities. No matter what kind of ability they had, as long as they were of a lower level than his and he could figure out what they could do, they could be absorbed by him. The person whose abilities are absorbed by him will die without exception. At the same time, Lu Changfeng will acquire that person’s abilities intact.
Scary, isn’t it?
However, Lu Changfeng did not have the kind of obvious reaction to everyone’s abilities. Qing Yun was the first one, so Lu Changfeng believed that Qing Yun was definitely not a simple water-system user.
Especially recently, Lu Changfeng also noticed that the clothes on Qing Yun’s body were not dirty anymore after arriving at the base. Even the stains that Sheng Feng had put on them when he carried him had disappeared.
Thinking this way, Lu Changfeng leaned in close to Qing Yun again and said, “Hey, little fool, did you have any nightmares last night? Did those dead people come to you?”
Afterward, he withdrew his body and raised his chin toward the pot on the floor, “Hurry up and put water in it, or you won’t even have leftovers tonight!”
As soon as Lu Changfeng finished speaking, he saw a flash of fire, and then suddenly there was a loud boom, and the whole pot exploded.
There was a burning sensation. When Lu Changfeng lifted his hands and wiped his face, he saw black ash and noticed that his eyebrows were all burned clean.
Master Zhang, who was standing beside him, was stunned. The people sitting far away outside were also staring at this side in shock.
What did they just see?
Did that idiot Qing Yun throw a fireball into the pot? Wasn’t he a water user who could only make balls of water?
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The author has something to say: When the MC’s mind is only five years old, the ML will not have any unusual actions or thoughts, so it is not pedophilia!
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