Chapter 596: The Mystery of Origin
Ji Wan yawned, sleepiness hit, and before she knew it, she fell asleep. Maybe even she didn't know that she had an extraordinary trust in this strange teenager, and she could even do it, in such a wilderness, hand over her safety to the other party and sleep with peace of mind.
Yan Xi looked at Chi Wan's sleeping face meaningfully, frowned slightly, but didn't say anything again, just picked a distance not far from Chi Wan, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
The wind blew, bringing the rustling of leaves, and suddenly, Yan Xi's ears moved slightly, and he opened his eyes suddenly, and the movements in his hands did not stop, and a black and shiny dart broke out of the air, with extreme speed, as if even the air was distorted a little.
The dart slashed through the tip of Chi Wan's nose and nailed to the trunk of the tree, where a spotted python twisted violently, but the dart seemed to be coated with poison, and the snake only struggled for a while, then twitched and stopped moving.
At the same time, a few strands of broken hair broke in response to the sound and silently landed at Chi Wan's feet.
This scene happened between the lightning and flint, and it did not alarm Ji Wan. But when the dart was fired, several masked figures appeared behind the countless branches.
If Chi Wan was awake at this time, she would definitely be surprised to find that these masked people were the mutants who had been chasing and killing them.
The mutants didn't arrest them, but instead gathered around Yan Xi and saluted respectfully, "Lord." β
At this time, Yan Xi's aura around him changed greatly, and he no longer had the timid appearance he had before, he stood with his hands in his hands and said "um" casually.
Those mutants didn't feel offended, but became more and more respectful, and a few of them even flashed a little fanaticism in their eyes.
"Lord, do you need your subordinates to take her back?" One of them asked cautiously, this scene seemed very strange, a group of tall mutants were trembling in front of a thin teenager, but everyone present felt that this was a matter of course.
Yan Xi glanced at him, "No need. β
The mutant with the strongest fanaticism in his eyes smiled flatteringly, "The Lord must have his own ideas, and his subordinates will do their best to provide you with conditions." β
Who knew that this sycophant seemed to be slapped on the horse's leg, Yan Xi sneered, "When does this seat do things and need you to question the beak?" β
"The subordinates don't dare." When the mutant man heard this, he quickly knelt on one knee, not even daring to raise his head, and his whole person trembled with fright.
After Yan Xi said this, he fell silent, and for a while, only the rustle of leaves remained in the woods. Chi Wan's long breathing was intertwined with the mutant's rapid breathing, and the atmosphere became more and more solemn.
I don't know how long it took before Yan Xi spoke, "You all go back, this seat has its own opinions." β
As soon as these words came out, the mutant seemed to have received an amnesty order, and the cold sweat that had been stagnant for a long time slowly slipped down his sideburns, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Subordinates obey orders." β
After speaking, he retreated with the other mutants, and in just a few breaths, only Yan Xi and Ji Wan were left around.
Yan Xi looked thoughtfully at the poisonous snake nailed to death by the dart, he slowly raised his hand, just a false grip action, the poisonous snake and the dart instantly turned into powder, a gust of wind blew, and disappeared without a trace.
After destroying the corpse, he sat on the trunk of the tree again, and his face returned to the timid appearance he had before, as if the ruthlessness just now was just an illusion.
When the first rays of sunlight in the morning, through the dappled leaves, fell on Chi Wan's face, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she opened her eyes in confusion.
The scene in front of her gradually became clear from blur, Chi Wan rubbed the corners of her forehead with a headache, and when she was about to get up, a surprised voice suddenly came from her ear, "You're awake!" β
She subconsciously turned her head and found that Yan Xi, who was a colleague yesterday, didn't know when he had woken up, and he was still holding a handful of strange-shaped fruits with leaves in his hand.
Seeing Chi Wan's slightly tightened brows, Yan Xi smiled knowingly, "This is a bamboo joint, don't worry, although it is a little ugly, it is not poisonous and can be eaten." β
Thinking of the oolong she made yesterday, Chi Wan coughed embarrassedly, she took a bite of the bamboo knot, and opened the topic vaguely, "How do you know if these fruits are poisonous?" β
She just asked casually, but she didn't expect Yan Xi's face to suddenly darken.
Thinking that when she saw Yan Xi yesterday, the other party was chased and killed alone, and she didn't see any relatives around her, Ji Wan instantly realized that she might have said the wrong thing.
"Sorry, if you don't want to say it, you can be when I didn't ask."
"It's fine." Yan Xi seemed to ease up, and he shrugged his shoulders as if he didn't care, "I come from a medical family, and those mutants don't know where they heard the rumor that my family has a recipe that can greatly increase people's skills, forcing us to hand over the recipe. This nonsense. β
Speaking of this, he hooked the corners of his mouth mockingly, not knowing whether he was laughing at the rumor, or laughing at the mutant who listened to the rumor, "Naturally, we can't hand over the formula, and those mutants think that we deliberately didn't give it to them, so they washed my house in the middle of the night, and hundreds of people in the whole house were all spared." I escaped by chance, and I met you by chance, and you know the rest of the story. β
Although it is only a few words, it outlines a bloody storm. Chi Wan was already sensitive during pregnancy, and after listening to these words, it can be said that she was full of maternal love, and she couldn't help but be a little more gentle when she looked at Yan Xi's eyes.
"Here, you're so thin, eat more." She couldn't help but stuff the bamboo knots into Yan Xi's arms.
Yan Xi took it from the kind stream, smiled shyly, and when his lowered eyes swept over Chi Wan's stomach, a greedy look flashed, and he licked the corners of his mouth, only to feel that the bloodlust in his heart became more and more intense.
The taste of this baby is so delicious, and if you eat such a pure baby, you will definitely be able to increase your strength.
Chi Wan was full of pity for Yan Xi now, and she didn't notice his abnormality at all, and after the two of them hurriedly ate the bamboo knots, they got up and went on the road again.
Along the way, Yan Xi quietly released the coercion on his body, and the tiger not far away was still waiting for the prey to approach, but after feeling the coercion, he whimpered, turned around and ran in the opposite direction, as if he regarded Chi Wan and them as flood beasts.
Chi Wan was still vigilant around, but after walking for a long time, she didn't find anything abnormal, so she couldn't help muttering, "Strange, why aren't there even beasts in this forest?" β
She didn't think much about it, she just thought that she was lucky, the two of them traveled very smoothly, and when it was dark, they finally walked out of the forest.
In front of me is an abandoned village, and it seems that it has not been inhabited for a long time.
Thinking of the current world, Chi Wan sighed faintly, "It's getting late, let's get together here for the night first." β
Yan Xi naturally had no opinions, and the two of them settled here temporarily.
At the same time, Xie Yutang on the other side was thinking about how to escape.
"It's time to eat." A mutant brought food to Xie Yutang, and then respectfully withdrew.
Xie Yutang slowly opened his eyes, and when the man came in just now, he opened his eyes and glanced at them, but closed them again.
Because the people sent by this organization to watch him were the strange people they had met before, and after these days, he also discovered that although these mutants were strong in action, they didn't seem to have the ability to think on their own.
Xie Yutang once tried to communicate with one of them, but that person was just a mechanical repetition, as if he was being controlled, which made Xie Yutang give up the idea of escaping through these people.
"I have to say, the food here is still good." Xie Yutang observed the meal that had been delivered just now and couldn't help but sigh.
Meat and vegetarian combination, nutritious and delicious.
But Xie Yutang was not stupid enough to think that an ordinary captive could be treated like this, so he must have some special use for them.
This is also what makes him anxious, these people just put him under house arrest in this room, the house is fully equipped, and someone delivers food every day, but he just can't get out, Chi Wan is still outside, and I don't know what is going on now.
"I heard that another batch came yesterday, so we should be able to change shifts, right?"
The sound of conversation sounded outside the house, and Xie Yutang stopped his chopsticks and listened attentively.
The person behind it was not stupid, and he knew that these mutants alone could not control Xie Yutang, so he also sent two team leaders and the like to stay here. Those team leaders are no different from ordinary people, and they have their own thinking ability.
And Xie Yutang has not acted since the last time he failed to escape, so their work is quite easy, which makes them let their guard down, and now they all start chatting.
"Do you still want to be swapped out? How easy it is to run errands here. β
"That kid in the house, not a person who is obediently locked up, we can't tell when, there will be a fight, change to go outside to catch those poor people, and you can grab something for yourself, isn't it better?"
Xie Yutang listened to the conversation between the two and slowly put his mind at ease.
Since they felt that it was an easy task to arrest people, it proved that their conspiracy should not have been discovered yet, and it had not reached the point of lifting the siege of the whole city.
That also shows in disguise that the people of the Northland are safe for the time being, because large-scale operations will definitely be discovered, so they should only arrest people on a small scale.
But even so, Xie Yutang still hopes that he can spread the news so that the residents of the Northland can have a mental precaution.
"I'm going out to the toilet."