Chapter 98: Battle of Sorrow

The car door opened, and the people inside got out one by one. The death and destruction that had raged on finally came to a temporary halt.

Many people had died, over a dozen, all drained dry by the green fluorescent worms, leaving behind desiccated corpses.

Old Cui mechanically directed a few men to lay the bodies side by side. The families of the deceased knelt on the ground nearby, their tears long since dried up, their expressions vacant, and their bodies occasionally twitching, a sign that they were still alive.

The cook had ultimately died and could not be saved. The only person with healing abilities, the witch, was in a semi-comatose state. The ancient book contained a third-stage healing talisman, the Yu Gong Yuan Fu, which could heal and save lives, but Chu Yunsheng could not inscribe it, as he could not fully understand the inscribing rules.

Chu Yunsheng had never spoken to the cook, who was always silent. No one knew his past or where he came from; they only knew he was a cook. He was like a stranger on a bus, getting off at his stop, except he left behind his life.

"Let's bury them!" Chu Yunsheng climbed down from the roof of the car, and the little tiger immediately pounced on him. However, it had grown heavier, and the weakened Chu Yunsheng found it difficult to carry it.

"Huh?" Old Cui looked up, his eyes dazed.

"Let's bury them all!" Chu Yunsheng sighed, looking at the cook's body, which was gradually growing cold. He thought of Jiang Ye from the Dongshen University Awakening Guard Team, the first person to die fighting alongside him. Chu Yunsheng had stubbornly insisted on burying him, as if he were burying himself.

"There are no shovels, no way to dig graves," Old Cui said mechanically.

"Use this!" Chu Yunsheng swiftly drew the Qian Pi Sword and stuck it in the ground. The Qian Pi Sword could cut through metal like butter, making it easy to dig a grave.

Old Cui led the others away. Zhao Shanhe and several others who were severely injured were carried together. Besides the five surviving awakened warriors, about seven to eight ordinary people were also severely injured.

Everyone was in low spirits, and no one spoke.

At this moment, the only doctor came out with a newborn baby, who was crying loudly. Everyone turned to look at the baby.

"This child shouldn't have been born, it will only suffer!"

"What a sin! It's a sin from heaven!"

"This is fate! A bitter fate!"

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"Old Cui, the baby's mother has no milk, and the baby is starving. Think of a way! The baby won't last long," the doctor said pitifully, holding the baby.

"Think of a way? What way is there!?" Old Cui trembled as he took the baby from the doctor, standing among the pile of bodies, tears streaming down his face. He choked out, "This is his fate, he shouldn't have been born, it's his fate!"

"Wah~~!" The baby cried loudly, whether from hunger, cold, or a refusal to accept its fate.

"Heaven is blind! It doesn't give people a way to live!!" Old Cui looked up at the endless darkness of the sky, crying hysterically.

His anguished and fierce voice echoed in the cold air, making everyone shudder.

This battle had been devastating, even Chu Yunsheng had been lightly injured, and the other awakened warriors had temporarily lost their fighting abilities, some even in a coma.

"Doctor Li, come here!" Chu Yunsheng checked the injuries of Zhao Shanhe and the others. They could not recover quickly on their own, and this place was not safe to stay in for long. The ground was littered with the bodies of green fluorescent worms, and who knew if more monsters would be attracted?

"Mr. Chu, I can do my best to help them with basic treatment, but without medicine, I can do nothing!" Doctor Li knew what Chu Yunsheng meant without him saying it. Unfortunately, he had the heart to save people but lacked the resources.

"Medicine is not your concern. Tell me what you need, and I'll get it as soon as possible to help the injured recover and leave this place!" Chu Yunsheng's Wunashu contained a large number of medicines collected from hospitals in Shen City and Kun City, but he knew nothing about them and would have a hard time finding them.

"Huh?" Doctor Li was taken aback. In this desolate area, there were no hospitals, not even a farmhouse. Where could he find medicine?

However, seeing Chu Yunsheng's unquestionable gaze, the strongest of the seven awakened warriors, he felt a bit frightened and, without asking, rattled off a list of medicines.

Chu Yunsheng couldn't remember all the strange names, so he asked Doctor Li to repeat the most important ones. He patted Doctor Li on the shoulder and said, "First, save the witch. I'll go find the medicine!"

Although Chu Yunsheng had no particular fondness for the witch, her miraculous abilities, combined with the doctor's treatment, were the fastest way to help everyone recover.

Doctor Li didn't know where Chu Yunsheng would find the medicine and didn't dare to ask. He reluctantly examined the semi-comatose witch, grateful for the green fluorescent light on the ground, which allowed him to see and work.

Chu Yunsheng walked around the back of the car and saw Old Cui, his eyes bloodshot, hands trembling violently, placing the crying baby on top of the bodies in the grave. He raised Chu Yunsheng's Qian Pi Sword, ready to strike!

"You're crazy!!" Chu Yunsheng shouted, trying to rush over to save the baby, but his legs were weak.

Seeing the baby about to be killed by the Qian Pi Sword, Chu Yunsheng's heart felt as if it had plunged into an ice cave!

"Roar!..." At the critical moment, a shadow darted from under Chu Yunsheng's feet, rushing forward at lightning speed. A tiger roar, filled with wind energy, formed a vague tiger head, instantly colliding with Old Cui and throwing him away.

The Qian Pi Sword clattered to the ground a meter away. Chu Yunsheng hurried over, picked up the sword, and, with a cold gaze, pointed it at Old Cui, who was lying on the ground.

"Don't kill my child! I beg you, I beg you!" The baby's mother, who had crawled out of the car at some point, her clothes not even buttoned, was held back by others. She stretched out her arms, fingers spread, as if trying to grab her child, and cried out in despair.

"Are you crazy!" Chu Yunsheng pointed his sword at Old Cui, his voice icy.

Old Cui stumbled to his feet, tears blurring his vision, and muttered, "He shouldn't have been born. There's no milk, no food, only a world of worms. It's better to end his suffering early than to let him starve to death or be eaten by worms."

"Then why don't you kill yourself!" Chu Yunsheng shouted angrily, pointing at Zhao Shanhe and the others, "The cook died for you, the witch is in a coma, and Zhao, Tian, and Li are all severely injured, on the brink of death. What were they fighting for? To let you kill the person they risked their lives to save!?"

"Mr. Chu, do you think I want to? The baby's father is my nephew, and this child is my great-nephew, the bloodline of the Cui family!" Old Cui looked up, his eyes empty, and cried, "You are awakened, you don't understand the hardships of ordinary people, living in constant fear and terror, watching your loved ones die one by one without the ability to resist. Hunger, cold, waiting to die, despair—it's worse than death!... It's heaven that doesn't let people live, that doesn't give them a way out!"

Chu Yunsheng was stunned, his words stuck in his throat, unable to speak.

"Uncle, you're crazy! That's Yuqing's son!" Cui Yuquan tumbled over from Zhao Shanhe's side, his fingers digging into Old Cui's shoulders, shaking him desperately. "We still have Big Brother Chu, Big Brother Zhao, and the car has worm meat that can be made into a meat broth to feed the baby. We still have hope! Didn't you tell me never to give up? Why are you giving up now!?"

"Uncle, Uncle, it's useless, Uncle is useless!" Old Cui kept repeating, seemingly blaming himself or lost in confusion.

"He has broken down and is no longer fit to lead you. Cui Yuquan, from now on, you will take over," Chu Yunsheng sheathed his sword, speaking without room for argument.

The baby's mother was still kneeling on the ground, repeatedly banging her head, saying, "I beg you, I beg you, I beg you..."

Chu Yunsheng picked up the baby, wrapped in a cotton coat, whose face was already turning blue from the cold. The baby had been crying for a long time and had not been fed, and its breath was very weak.

"Cui Yuquan, come with me!" Chu Yunsheng said coldly, walking to the baby's mother, lifting her, who was trembling all over, and heading toward the back of the car.

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