Chapter 15 of 29

Chapter 9

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Due to the large quantity of food and water that they were carrying, they did not bring tents. They only brought the sleeping bags from the car and slept directly on the ground. The conditions indeed became more simplistic, yet Qin Chu could never imagine that the person who was unable to adapt to this kind of circumstance was not Jing Xia.

Qin Chu asked in a disbelieving manner, “Little bastard, you actually do not disdain the filth? With your body directly against the stone floor, along with the small insects crawling back and forth outside the sleeping bag, are you really not afraid?”

Contrary to Qin Chu’s expectations, Jing Xia calmly revealed a perfect smile, before facing away from Qin Chu and turning in for the night. He slept without even a trace of movement, so that even Qin Chu had no opinions. She could only dumbfoundedly say, “Even the little bastard is no longer so delicate. It seems that this variation phenomenon does have some palpable effect.”

Hearing Qin Chu’s words, Jing Xia could only put away the rest of his materials and smile helplessly.

If this was still in the past, he may be as Qin Chu said, disdaining this and disdaining that. However, after the end of the First Beast Tide, when humans lost B city as a base of operations and could only assemble in other large gathering areas, the circumstances that he met with were a lot more challenging than what they are now.

They didn’t have the luxury of sleeping bags, directly sleeping on the dusty ground. Nor did they have food. They could only dig for tree bark to alleviate their hunger. Fortunately, he had a water ability, so his team did not lack water at the time, and could occasionally exchange water for some food. These circumstances only improved after they had reached the S city base.

This was already the fifth day after Jing Xia’s team of four had abandoned their car to walk on foot. In the past, there was only one person on night duty in the evening, but this time, Ji Chuancheng suggested for two people to do it together. Probably due to the growth speed of the vines increasing again during the daytime, causing Ji Chuancheng to become somewhat uneasy.

The smoldering fire flickered due to being blown by the cold wind from the mountain stream. Jing Xia sat to the side, propping up his chin, and seeing that the flame seemed to become smaller, he grabbed a wooden stick and threw it in. The crackling of the flame was particularly clear in the calm mountains, as the flame swallowed the wooden stick, once again igniting.

Jing Xia calmly gazed towards the orange flame, softly calling, “Sister Qin.”

Qin Chu originally had lowered her head to look at some “weeds”. After hearing Jing Xia’s voice, she lifted her head and quietly replied, “En, what’s wrong?”

“Grandpa Wang… his condition isn’t as simple as a cold.”

Qin Chu’s body stiffened, placing down the long-tassel herb in her left hand and turned to look towards Jing Xia.

The night was already pitch black, the bright moonlight obscured by a faint layer of mist and clouds, hazy and indistinct, unable to be clearly seen. The flame contrasted against Qin Chu’s charming face, half in light and half in shadow.

Qin Chu slightly hooked her lips, smiling as she returned the question, “If it’s not a simple cold… then what is it?”

Jing Xia’s line of sight still did not move away from the flame, but his back unconsciously straightened. His expression looked calm and collected, but the small wooden stick in his hand almost snapped. “Sister Qin, do you have a way to save Grandpa Wang? He has watched me grow up since I was a child. He is my only family in this world.”

Hearing this, Qin Chu suddenly stared blankly.

She could understand him disregarding the illegitimate child of the Jing Family directly, but she did not think—Jing Xia would even disregard his own father. This reminded her of something she had heard before. The main wife of the Jing Family was said to be angered to death by the family head. If this was the case, then Jing Xia’s attitude towards his father was understandable.

And now, this little bastard said… Grandpa Wang was his only family.

Qin Chu sighed helplessly as her beautiful almond eyes filled with regret and said, “I’m sorry, Jing Xia. Currently, I have no equipment and from checking his pulse I can only see that Steward Wang’s metabolism is too fast, but… I can’t do anything about it.”

Jing Xia’s eyes suddenly flickered with a ray of hope, “What if we had equipment?!”

Qin Chu had an astringent feeling in her throat, and said in a low voice that was almost a sigh, “Did you forget? All the medical equipment from the hospitals have long been out of commission. The vast majority of the electromagnetic waves in the world have already disappeared, and the history of Western medicine can be said to have come to an end.”

Jing Xia suddenly felt a spanse of darkness covering his eyes, and only when his spirit returned did he discover Qin Chu anxiously looking at him. Seeing that he sobered up, Qin Chu finally let out a sigh and said, “You also have to take care of yourself, little bastard. I also brought some well-processed morinda root. While walking, you should eat some to alleviate your fatigue.”

Jing Xia dazedly took the dried ingredients, and continued to unflinchingly stare into the flame.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Jing Xia suddenly asked, “Sister Qin, if you have an ability, what kind of power do you wish for it to be?”

Hearing this, Qin Chu pondered for a long while. Unknown what went on in her mind, her bright red lips suddenly curved up, saying, “Superman’s ability then. Extraordinary strength, able to fly, and can… also live in a harmonious world.”

The mountain wind mournfully whistled past. The late night was very quiet, silent to the point where the trees’ growth can be heard. The atmosphere around him seemed to freeze in awkwardness, and Jing Xia forced a smile to adjust the mood, saying, “Sister Qin, if you become a Superwoman, then your muscles will become much more… impressive.”

“Puchi.” Qin Chu laughed out loud, stretching out her hand to once again squeeze Jing Xia’s cheeks, while saying, “You little bastard. Actually daring to laugh at your Sister Qin! Are you tired of living…” Her action froze in midair, and her sentence also remained unfinished as Qin Chu’s voice stopped abruptly.

“Be careful!” Qin Chu and Jing Xia simultaneously exclaimed in surprise.

Only to see a black shadow swiftly rushing past Jing Xia’s feet. It’s appearance was also not clearly seen, only making out a round shadow, before it completely disappeared into the darkness that seemed to engulf everything, unable to be seen.

Ji Chuancheng asked alertly, “What was that?” When Jing Xia’s voice suddenly sounded, Ji Chuancheng instantly stood up. He did not sleep in a sleeping bag like Steward Wang, instead directly leaning on the cold and slippery mountainside, not yet deeply asleep. Therefore, as soon as there was movement, he immediately entered the battle state and calmly scanned the surroundings.

Steward Wang was also jolted awake from his sleep, hurriedly walking towards the fire. Qin Chu also pulled out an available short dagger, vigilantly guarding against her surroundings. Jing Xia put the small bag of dried morinda roots into his pocket as he said, “A’Chuan, looking at its appearance, it seems to be a small animal. There are many small animals in the mountains, maybe we were not careful…”

His words were not yet finished, when a black shadow suddenly appeared in Jing Xia’s peripheral vision, directly rushing towards him. He subconsciously stepped half a step back, precisely into the trajectory of the shadow. Jing Xia had yet to react, only to see that small black shadow take advantage of his momentary pause and pounce towards his face.

“!”

The speed was very fast, fast to the point where even Ji Chuancheng barely had enough time to run to Jing Xia’s side, with no time to take any action.

The small black shadow flew up with a “whoosh”, going straight for Jing Xia’s eyes. In this split second, Jing Xia looked at the little thing with bright eyes, big eyes looking into small eyes. It was as though he had suddenly returned to the ruins of the former S City base, and the same could be said of the handsome and apathetic man, not giving a sound of warning before giving a flying hook.

At that time, his reaction seemed to be——

Lean back, bend down, successfully evading the attack. Then use the back muscle, to directly stand up straight again…

Stand up…

Up…

……

…

Ji Chuancheng was expressionlessly supporting Jing Xia’s back and hip, slightly using some force, only to hear a “kacha” sound. Jing Xia felt as though his body was crushed by a car, with every cell screaming in pain, yet there was a refreshing feeling.

“Now it’s alright.” After a pause, Ji Chuancheng added, “Rub your back muscles every day. Don’t do such a… dangerous action anymore.”

Jing Xia: “…”

He had once again forgotten that this body had not yet been trained. Let alone the lowering of his waist to such a disproportionate degree, just mountain climbing can cause him to gasp for breath. The move just then… almost caused him to faint! How shameful!

Qin Chu picked up a wooden stick from the bonfire and ignited it. The four people then gathered together to observe the agile little guy.

Ji Chuancheng only used two fingers to pinch the four little feet of the little guy together. The slender fingers formed a sharp contrast with the short and fat legs, causing Jing Xia to feel an inexplicable… species advantage.

“What is this?” While rubbing his aching waist muscles, Jing Xia said, “Was it this guy who pounced at me just now? Looks quite like a mouse, but I have never seen a mouse with two little horns.”

Qin Chu looked up and down, carefully observing the small ball for a long time, before finally concluding, “It is only a variation of the common black hamster, but its evolution is a little strange. Having two horns on its head, it seems to evolve in the direction of the Swedish Black. Probably wanting to be a dragon amongst the rats? Haha.”

As though to protest against Qin Chu’s speculation, the little black ball immediately struggled with its short legs, calling, “Jiji, jiji!”

But apart from this little black ball, Qin Chu’s joke did not receive any response. She curled her lips in boredom and said, “But this little thing is really very fast. If it wasn’t for the fact that suddenly flying in midair caused it to have no way of having purchase to use as a spring point, it would not have been caught in the hands of the young master so easily. But based on the harmless claws of this little guy…” Qin Chu considered the soft nails and clicked her tongue. “It can still give the little bastard a scratch.”

Regarding the startling speed of this little black ball, Jing Xia only felt his old back hurting a lot more. He fiercely stared into those little eyes, then looked up to say to Ji Chuancheng, “Whether or not it can do evil, we still must punish it. Punish it by… tying it to a big rock and throwing it down the mountain.”

Qin Chu: “…”

Steward Wang smiled and nodded kindly. “Good. The young master can decide.”

Ji Chuancheng lifted his gaze and lightly swept Jing Xia a glance. Then coldly snorting, he said, “A place with fire. Even the beasts know that they can’t approach. Why did this kind of mouse with no lethality appear?”

Jing Xia immediately voiced a reminder, “It is a mutated black hamster!”

Ji Chuancheng turned a deaf ear and looked towards Qin Chu and asked, “Before this mouse appeared, what were you guys doing?”

“We were just chatting as we sat around the campfire. We didn’t do anything particular…” Qin Chu stroked her chin and thought about it for a long while. Suddenly a spark of inspiration flashed through her brain, and she immediately exclaimed, “Morinda root?!”

“Jiji, jiji, jiji!”

Kicking its short short legs, the little black ball cried out excitedly.

“Jiji, jiji, jijijijijijijijijiji!!!”

Ji Chuancheng frowned at the small animal and said in a commanding tone, “Shut up.”

“Jiji QAQ!”

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