"So that's how you got hurt," An Ran sighed, "I'm afraid you're the only posthuman in Fan Jia City who would take a blow for us."
Ye De awkwardly cleared his throat.
Other than when he needed to get a visa, he didn't even remember that he was an posthuman most of the time. He could take more damage than the people in front of him, so he stopped and let the damage land on him. It was as simple as that. It wasn't a spirit of self-sacrifice, it was more like … a reasonable allocation of resources.
"That's not important. How's your eye?" He changed the topic and looked at the bandage on An Ran's face. "Did you take out the wooden spike?"
Ye De tried his best to avoid talking about the mutation. An Ran didn't want to talk about it. He seemed to be calm, so he must have controlled the mutation. He might be able to live like a normal person in the future.
The young man with half of his face wrapped in bandages nodded.
"It's all thanks to Anna." He looked at his sister and smiled, "Who wouldn't be afraid of my injury? She cleaned my wound and bandaged it … If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't know what to do. "
Anna stood beside Ye De with her hands hanging down, saying nothing.
"Fortunately, you and your sister can help each other." Ye De shook his head and patted the armrest of the chair, "I've rested enough. Let's go. I want to know what happened in the city as soon as possible."
"Are you sure? Let me take a look, "An Ran said worriedly.
As he spoke, he walked closer to Ye De and blocked Anna's view. When he bent down to look at Ye De's back, Ye De smelled a hot and fishy smell. Perhaps An Ran didn't have the chance to take a bath, so he smelled a little. However, it didn't smell like sweat. Ye De exhaled and held his breath.
He was too embarrassed to say anything, so he lowered his eyes and saw Anna's hands hanging in front of her.
The two hands were tightly twisted together, pale and bloodless. It was as if the two hands were going to be twisted into one, but also as if they were going to break each other. After An Ran straightened up, he glanced at Anna. On her face, there was a pair of round and black eyes staring at him.
Ye De felt slightly uncomfortable, as if he was startled.
"Your injuries are too severe." An Ran's voice came from above his head. She was shocked and seemed to be a little interested. "You can still walk into the city? The physical qualities of evolvers … are actually this good. "
Ye De was just about to talk about coffee when he saw Anna's dark eyes in the corner of his eyes, so he didn't say anything.
"It's hard for me to walk and talk now," he said, stifling the gasp in his chest.
Anran nodded and put an arm under Ye De's armpit. "Let me help you," she said. This was the first time Ye De felt the strength of an ordinary person since he evolved. He was tall and strong, but he was easily picked up by Anran like a rag.
… The smell became stronger.
It didn't really smell like a stench, but it made people feel uncomfortable when they smelled it. It was as if every time they breathed in, a greasy worm was stuffed into their nostrils and dug out their throats.
"Is your physical condition … stable?" Ye De blurted out.
"Quite stable," An Ran answered without turning her head. "I have a very strong self-control."
[Does he mean that he hasn't transformed again?] [It seems that only the first mutation is uncontrollable … As they gradually get control of their physical condition, they should be able to stop the mutation.]
Ye De knew that he should be relieved, but he didn't know why he felt a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't tell why. [What's wrong with this sentence?]
"Brother," Anna suddenly whispered behind him, "you're also injured. Let me help you."
Without waiting for the two to respond, she crawled under Ye De's other arm, grabbed his hand, and put his arm around her shoulder. She was small, so she couldn't really support him. Ye De felt even more embarrassed when he thought that even a little girl like her felt the need to support him. He quickly said, "Cough, I don't need you …"
He had only just begun his sentence, but he didn't say anything else.
An Ran turned her head and looked at him. "Is Anna kind and warm-hearted? There's no sister better than her. "
"… Yes, she's a good girl." Ye De felt the "S" that Anna kept drawing on his palm as he slowly answered.
There were not many things that were passed down from human society before the apocalypse, but this kind of simple and clear distress signal became even more popular after the apocalypse. Everyone in many worlds knew about it, even ordinary people were no exception. Anna crossed the "S" twice and then stopped.
Ye De used his thumb to slowly draw a question mark on her palm.
Anna didn't reply, but suddenly called out, "Brother."
After a moment of shock, Ye De immediately understood, and his heart sank uncontrollably.
This was … her answer to herself.
"What's wrong?" An Ran seemed to dote on her, "What's wrong?"
"No, nothing. I thought I saw a shadow, but I was mistaken," Anna whispered.
In the dark and silent city, Ye De heard An Ran laugh. He didn't laugh out loud, but Ye De could still hear the soundless laughter. When An Ran's cheek muscles pulled his lips to make the corners of his mouth open, it would make a moist, soft sound, as if the flesh was being torn apart from the gums.
The three of them walked forward in silence for a while. Ye De's wounds were stinging from his cold sweat. He was very aware that his arm was stuck to the back of An Ran's neck through his sleeve, and his right wrist was tightly grasped by An Ran. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to break free from An Ran's grip for a while.
"Your body's condition is really bad." An Ran seemed to be worried, but at the same time, she asked as if she was evaluating, "Walking on such a messy road, is it a heavy burden for you?"
Ye De wanted to deny it, but he suddenly thought of something and answered, "Yes."
Anna, who was under his left arm, trembled a little. Her footsteps were so heavy that she couldn't keep up with his pace.
"To be honest, when I walk a little faster, I feel like I'm on the verge of losing consciousness," Ye De really struggled with fainting before he drank his coffee. He said in a low voice, "If you don't mind, can you go ahead and explore the road? I'll take the opportunity to rest for a while."
An Ran was silent for a while. "What about your ability?" He finally opened his mouth and asked, "You can just use your ability to listen for a while. I don't need to explore the road."
He didn't want to leave me and Anna.
Why?
Ye De recalled the situation when he first met Anna. She was hiding in a corner under the quilt. She didn't move or make a sound. She didn't look like she wanted to reunite with her brother. Instead, she seemed to be hoping that no one would find out that this "person" was her brother.
"Sigh, I don't have any ability," Ye De said in a hoarse voice, "When I was attacked, I used my head to block most of the damage. Otherwise, I wouldn't be alive right now … But, I can't use my ability anymore."
"Oh?" Maybe it was his imagination, but An Ran's voice seemed to contain a hint of excitement. "You can't hear or send messages out?"
"Yes," Ye De answered, "I'm completely cut off from other people. That's why I don't know anything."
"You've sacrificed so much for us. Fan Jia City won't forget it." An Ran's voice sounded heavy again. When Ye De mentioned it again, he thought for a while and finally agreed, "Alright, you two sit down for a while. I won't go far. I'll be back soon."
Ye De and Anna didn't look at each other. They nodded and sat down in silence. They didn't dare to speak until An Ran's figure completely disappeared in the dark and winding city road. After a few seconds, the little girl suddenly crawled up and whispered into Ye De's ear, "I don't think he's my brother."
Ye De was shocked, "What do you mean?"
"I … I don't know. When my brother was first injured … At that time, he was still my brother. At least, I felt that he was … After I bandaged his wound and pulled out the wooden thorns, I … "
Anna's quick-wittedness seemed to have completely left her when she recalled that moment. She couldn't help but shiver, as if she would bite her tongue if she spoke too fast. "After the wooden thorns were pulled out, there was a small bloody hole in the eyeball. It was about the size of half of my little fingernail."
Was she agitated? Looking at that kind of injury at such a close distance, it was indeed too much for a person to bear.
However, Anna's next words were far beyond Ye De's expectations.
"At first, I was just afraid and didn't dare to look at the wound. But when I bent down to take the bandage …" Anna's voice became softer and softer, "I saw something moving in my peripheral vision."
She couldn't help but make a sound that sounded like nausea. "I thought it was my own hair, so I continued to bandage my brother's eye … Then, I realized … there was more inside."
"What? There's more inside?"
Anna's face turned pale. "In the bloody hole of the eyeball … Deep inside, there was another eyeball. It was very small."
Ye De couldn't find a single word to say at this moment.
"I felt … there was more than one. The eyeball must have been full of eyeballs. That's why there was one at the hole. I saw it again … "Anna said as tears rolled down her cheeks. She stared at the ground and mumbled," No, that's not right. I must have been scared and saw wrongly, right? At that time, I also suspected that I saw wrongly. But at that time, the bandage in my hand was already pressed down. I didn't dare to pick it up and take a closer look … Moreover, my brother was also staring at me. "
She swallowed and said, "At that time, my brother didn't mutate."
As soon as the words came out, Anna couldn't hold it anymore. She poured out the fear that she had been suppressing for a long time — obviously, she was still wavering between being lucky and being afraid. "You know a lot. Do you think I saw wrongly? After all, the appearance of a mutated person is very scary. I also know that my brother had mutated once, so it created an illusion … If it was just a strange thing, I wouldn't be like this … but my brother was different from before. "
"How different?" Ye De asked with a dry throat.
Anna tried hard to suppress her sobs. She wiped her nose as quietly as possible and said, "He seemed to know that I was afraid of him."
"He knew?"
"I felt that he knew. But he didn't say anything. He didn't explain to me or comfort me. He just kept staring at me. "Anna said in a low voice," I might have gone crazy. But when he saw that I was afraid, he seemed very … happy. My brother would never treat me like this — "
Ye De pressed her hand down and cut off her unfinished words.
When Anna noticed his gaze, she slowly raised her head. Then, Anna couldn't help but clench her teeth.
From the dark corner of the ceiling, a long flesh-colored strip was sticking to the crack of the brick wall. It gradually spread toward the place where the two of them were sitting. It looked like a snake that kept expanding its body. At the place where the snake's head should be, there was an irregular shape. There was a black hole in it, and it was wrapped in the wrinkled and twisted flesh-colored shadow.
It took Ye De a few seconds to realize that it was an extremely long ear.
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