Jiang Chen didn't want to dwell on what happened in the sewer that day.
He only remembered that he vomited, a lot. Yaoyao comforted him, patted his back, and helped him take off his dirty clothes. Even if she didn't feel good, after surviving in the apocalypse for so long, she was no stranger to death.
Later, Jiang Chen used a gun to blow up the gas tank in the house.
Looking at the filth engulfed in flames, he didn't say another word.
Holding onto the shivering Yaoyao, Jiang Chen stepped over the bodies and left this horrible place.
Sun Jiao's wound had stopped bleeding, and when Jiang Chen returned, she had recovered to the point where she could walk. Three bullets hit her in the stomach, and one in the shoulder. When Jiang Chen heard Sun Jiao said she took out the bullets herself, other than shock, he didn't have any other thoughts.
This strong woman always did things that exceeded his common sense.
That night, when Jiang Chen returned to the mansion, he was drunk. He drank almost all the beer stored in the mansion. Sun Jiao, because of her injury, lay down early. It was Yaoyao who took care of him. She helped him change into a clean set of clothes and helped him to bed.
Yaoyao was very sensible, even though she was also in pain. Seeing such a tragic scene almost caused her spirit to collapse even though she had worked so hard to stay strong. But she understood that she needed to take care of Jiang Chen more.
The kind man looked like he just came out of the fallout shelter.
Yaoyao recalled the first time she saw the pile of dead bodies, and she almost fainted immediately. But when she realized that even in the survival camp, death was a common thing, she gradually became numb.
Kindness was a luxury, and squandering it was a waste.
It was silly in the apocalypse, but it was also cute.
She heard about the cannibals. They hid in the shadows, hiding in the dirty sewers. They worshiped a heretical belief, and they didn't shy away from eating the flesh and blood of their own kind. They were the enemy of almost every human organization. Even the anti-human mutated human groups despised them. Even the Sixth Street, which prided itself on freedom, prohibited them from approaching.
She put the wet towel on Jiang Chen's forehead and looked at Jiang Chen's face with heartache. Then she silently left the room and gently closed the door.
"Is he asleep?"
Yao Yao was slightly taken aback. Sun Jiao had woken up for some reason. She was wearing thin underwear as she leaned against the door with a complicated expression.
"En … Weren't you asleep?" Yao Yao asked in confusion.
"Yeah, I can't sleep … Forget it, since he's already asleep, I'll talk to him tomorrow." Sun Jiao smiled bitterly as she scratched her head. She turned around to return to her room.
"Are, are your injuries better?" Yao Yao looked at the bandage around Sun Jiao's waist and mustered up the courage to ask.
"It's not a big deal. I'm pretty confident in my recovery ability." Sun Jiao weakly forced a smile as she waved her hand to tell Yao Yao not to worry.
"Oh right …"
"Mhmm?" Just as Yao Yao was about to turn around, she heard Sun Jiao stop her. Confused, she turned around again.
"… Thank you."
In the shadows, Yao Yao couldn't see Sun Jiao's expression. She went back into the room after she finished speaking.
Yao Yao paused for a moment before she covered her mouth and chuckled.
To be honest, she wasn't good at dealing with the domineering "Mistress."
But from the looks of it, she was actually quite a nice person.
…
The next morning.
Jiang Chen rubbed his sleepy eyes as he sat up on the soft bed. The sunlight outside the window was a bit blinding as he squinted his eyes.
Did the radioactive clouds finally disperse? It looked like the weather was going to get hotter since it was midsummer in reality.
The door slowly opened as Yao Yao's petite body dashed into the room.
"Um, wash your face," Yao Yao said in a small voice as she placed the basin on the bedside table.
Looking at the cute face, Jiang Chen's stiff face couldn't help but show a pleasant smile. He rubbed the fluffy hair as he said.
"No, I'll do it myself. What time is it now? "
"Nine o 'clock … Let me do it." Yao Yao gently wrung the towel dry and began to wipe Jiang Chen's face.
Because it was comfortable, Jiang Chen didn't insist as he let Yao Yao's hands rub his face with the towel.
"Do you feel better?"
"Much better, Yao Yao is such a good girl." Although the back of his head and the muscles all over his body were still sore, it didn't affect his normal activities anymore.
"Hehe." Perhaps because of the compliment, Yao Yao had a soft smile on her face.
"You, do you feel better?" Sun Jiao seemed to have noticed the commotion as she also came into the room and looked at Jiang Chen worriedly at the door.
"I feel much better, but you … Are the injuries on your body okay?"
"I'm fine … There are some things I need to explain to you." Sun Jiao suddenly put on a serious expression which made Jiang Chen's face turn serious as well.
Although Sun Jiao was usually "mischievous", when it came to things that needed to be taken seriously, she was never careless.
But in this tense atmosphere, Sun Jiao suddenly smiled and turned around in front of Jiang Chen's surprised gaze.
"Let's eat breakfast first."
…
Breakfast was very sumptuous, but of course, this was the standard of the apocalypse.
There were slices of bread and ketchup.
For some reason, when he saw ketchup, Jiang Chen had the urge to vomit.
Sun Jiao worriedly looked at Jiang Chen, who was rubbing his stomach, and sighed as she took the ketchup bottle out of the dining table.
Although she was a foodie, Sun Jiao suddenly lost her appetite.
It was not because of the cannibals. It was not the first time Sun Jiao had witnessed a similar level of cruelty in Hell. What worried her was Jiang Chen. Strictly speaking, this was the first time he saw the cruel side of the apocalypse.
And she knew that this was only the tip of the iceberg.
"I … I need to go out for a bit, and it might take a month before I come back. There's not much food left. "
If he stayed here for too long, his mind would collapse first.
Jiang Chen made up an excuse because it was too troublesome to explain the interdimensional travel.
"Mhmm, come back early." Sun Jiao opened her mouth, but in the end, she only said this softly.
"Let's eat breakfast together." Jiang Chen smiled weakly. He knew that he looked terrible right now, but he couldn't appear any stronger.
It was both physical and mental weakness.
On the dining table, Sun Jiao carefully tasted the bread as she explained to Jiang Chen what happened to his body yesterday.
The genetic vaccine, in theory, only slightly modified the genotype of the human body's neoblasts to enhance the human body's muscle strength, bone density, and nerve conduction. If he opened Jiang Chen's EP now, he could see the changes in Jiang Chen's body in the past three days.
…
User name: Jiang Chen
Body status:
Muscle strength: 24
Bone strength: 25
Nerve reflex: 28
Brain cell strength: 14
…
…
The three basic abilities almost doubled. Based on modern people's body condition, it was not an exaggeration to call Jiang Chen a superman.
"Yesterday … due to the stimulation of anger, you entered a berserk state." Thinking that Jiang Chen was angry because of her, Sun Jiao's face turned red, but she quickly calmed down and continued, "Normally speaking, the genetic vaccine will only modify the three basic abilities, but because it involves the modification of DNA, some unpredictable mutations are possible. I heard that someone grew two heads after being injected."
"Fu * k, you injected me with such a dangerous thing." Jiang Chen was so shocked that he dropped the bread on the table.
"The probability is small, negligible." Sun Jiao's face turned red as she scratched her head in embarrassment. She didn't want to admit her mistake and chose to change the topic.
"But, some people, because of the positive mutation, obtained more useful abilities. For example, me, the ability I obtained is called toughness." Sun Jiao stood up and unbuttoned her shirt.
"Ahem, what are you … Mhmm?" Jiang Chen panicked for a moment because of Sun Jiao's movement, but when he saw her slim waist, he was stunned by the shocking reality. "Your, your scars?"
There were only three faint white spots left on her wheat-colored skin. It was the newly grown skin. If she was exposed to the sun for a few more days, not a single scar would be visible.
"Resilience, in simple terms, means that when you receive a fatal injury, you can accelerate the metabolism of your cells to heal the wound in a short period of time. After using this ability, your body will be very weak, and there is a risk of sudden death if you use it too frequently. "
Sudden death …
The word made Jiang Chen unnaturally gulp.
"Your ability is the same. You need to remember that it's better to not overdraft your life force like this. Based on the name on the EP, it should be called fury, right? "
"That's right." Jiang Chen nodded. He already checked his EP yesterday. On the bottom right corner of the status bar, there was the words .
"Based on the clinical response, the person who obtained this ability will experience an abnormal metabolism in their body when their emotions are severely stimulated. Macroscopically, it will be an increase in strength and a faster reaction speed. The exact effect varies from person to person. You can check the usage record of this ability on your body to help you understand it. "
Jiang Chen didn't know the EP had this ability. Under Sun Jiao's guidance, he pulled up the usage record.
Hidden genetic code:
Fury: Muscle strength + 20, reflex + 19, brain cell activity + 17. Special effect: Killer Instinct. With any one of the five senses, you can detect the location of the heart.
Maximum duration: half an hour
Fury can increase brain cell activity? Become smarter? This made Jiang Chen feel incredulous.
"I have to remind you that it's better to use this ability less." Sun Jiao noticed the expression on Jiang Chen's face and sighed.
"Why?"
"Did you forget the side effects of using this ability?"
Jiang Chen remembered that day when he fainted and only woke up in Yaoyao's arms after a long time.
"If it's in a safe environment, it's fine. But in a battle, there are always unpredictable variables. Once you use fury, if you can't finish off your opponent in the end, then there's only one outcome waiting for you. "
After hearing Sun Jiao's explanation, Jiang Chen broke out in a cold sweat. If Yaoyao hadn't rushed over in time yesterday, he would have become a headless corpse by now … Perhaps not even a corpse would be left.
It was terrifying to think about.
"But you don't have to be nervous. This type of ability is usually controllable. Using a special drug to activate the ability, then using a special drug to stop the ability, this will allow you to use the ability more efficiently. After a period of training, it's not impossible to use your own will to control the activation and termination of the ability. For example, I don't need the drug anymore. " Sun Jiao handed two plastic tubes to Jiang Chen. "Put this in the empty slot of the EP. Remember the corresponding color, and don't put it in the wrong way. If you need to activate fury, you only need to press a button, and the drug will be injected into your body through the EP's nano needle. But my advice is … don't rely too much on this ability. "
"Mhmm." Jiang Chen nodded cautiously.
After breakfast, Jiang Chen packed his backpack. Although the backpack felt a little loose, it was very heavy. After all, it was filled with several kilograms of gold.
The two girls came to the living room to say goodbye to Jiang Chen. Although Jiang Chen repeatedly said he would be back soon, Sun Jiao and Yaoyao insisted on doing this for him.
He hugged Sun Jiao's hot body, and Sun Jiao offered her own passionate kiss. The hot and moist taste, no matter how many times he tasted it, he would never get tired of it.
"The food is all in the freezer. The food inside is enough for the two of you for half a year. Remember to eat fresh vegetables first. It's better to eat less canned food … "
"I know, baby, can you say something romantic at a time like this?" Sun Jiao rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen as usual, but her eyes were full of attachment.
After he put down Sun Jiao, Jiang Chen hugged Yaoyao.
"Take care of your body. When I come back, it would be great to see a cute Yaoyao."
"Mhmm!"
Yaoyao nodded. Feeling Yaoyao's chin on his shoulder, Jiang Chen smiled and put Yaoyao down.
"One, you have to come back." Yaoyao bit her lips and looked into Jiang Chen's eyes with her pleading eyes.
Jiang Chen paused for a moment before he used a gentle smile to dispel Yaoyao's worry.
"Of course."
Jiang Chen rubbed Yaoyao's hair as he prepared to leave.
But there was a slight resistance from his waist. Jiang Chen looked at Yaoyao's hands that were still hugging him, and just as he was about to ask her if there was anything else …
His lips were blocked.
With a hint of fragrance, there was a hint of vanilla.
Yaoyao tiptoed and kissed Jiang Chen on the lips before she ran away with a blushing face.
Jiang Chen touched his lips blankly as he noticed Sun Jiao's murderous stare.
"You can't blame me for this."
Looking at Jiang Chen's flustered expression, Sun Jiao sighed and hugged Jiang Chen again as she moved closer to his ear.
"You don't need to say anything, come back soon."
"Mhmm."
Jiang Chen opened his mouth, but in the end, he only left a simple response.
Looking at Jiang Chen's back, Sun Jiao's expression was a bit complicated.
Women were sensitive creatures.
She could vaguely guess that Jiang Chen came from a country similar to before the war. Only in a place with order would something like gold have value. Based on what she knew, in this world, there was no place that could use gold as a currency.
Would he return to this world?
She didn't know.
If it was before, she would have chosen to keep him by her side. It was also what most people did in the apocalypse. But she didn't do that.
From the very beginning, she could see the fearlessness in his eyes. Even when she tied him to the chair with a gun pointed at his head, although he was scared, he wasn't scared.
Accomplices were all lies, the so-called organization was also made up. Sun Jiao didn't understand what his trump card was.
It wasn't fearlessness because he was brave, but fearlessness because he had something to rely on. She even had a feeling that if he wanted to leave at the Sixth Street, no one in the world could stop him. Also, he would have an easier time than her.
She even had the idea of hiding the gold to control Jiang Chen, but she gave up on the idea.
She chose to believe.
[He won't leave me behind. He will come back …] Sun Jiao believed in her heart.
Although she could discover Jiang Chen's secret by secretly following him, for some reason, Sun Jiao didn't have the desire to do so.
Surprisingly, this was the first time she had any feelings of trust since she stepped into the apocalypse.
…
Although Yaoyao didn't know Jiang Chen's secret, she was smart enough to detect the hesitation in Jiang Chen's eyes. She didn't know where the hesitation came from. Perhaps it was because of the fierce battle with the Huizhong Mercenaries, or the mental pollution in the cannibal camp.
She read the hesitation in Jiang Chen's eyes. Perhaps it was because of this hesitation that he temporarily canceled his plan to enter the bank vault and chose to leave for a while.
His choice made Yaoyao feel fortunate. Although it was hazy, she had a hunch. If Jiang Chen had already obtained the tons of gold in the bank's vault, it would be a long time before he would return here.
If Jiang Chen disappeared, she would feel pain. She didn't want that.
So, at the last moment, Yaoyao chose to follow her heart and kissed Jiang Chen's lips.
For the same reason, Sun Jiao didn't stop her. Even if Sun Jiao was possessive.
At least, he had to feel something in his heart, the heavier the better.
That way, he wouldn't be gone forever.
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