Chapter 31: Younger Brother Xiao Bao Yu
“Hey, what’s the big deal? Maybe you’ll get a villa too once you enter the city.”
Xiao Yi Fei: “What do you mean?”
“It’s the apocalypse now. The original villa owners, as long as they weren’t supernatural ability users, were all driven out. The villa complexes were all occupied by supernatural ability users. Later, rulers appeared, and some order was restored. Now it’s basically stable. Only supernatural ability users have the right to live in villas. Those civilians have been driven to live in the slums!”
Hearing this, Xiao Yi Fei gritted his teeth in anger, but couldn’t show it on his face: “I didn’t expect supernatural ability users to be treated so well!”
Jin Yuan: “Exactly. I heard the research institute recently launched some kind of detector that can check the supernatural ability situation within the human body. Didn’t many people pretend to be supernatural ability users to get into the city before? With this detector, such things can be largely prevented!”
Hearing this, Xiao Yi Fei wished he could kill himself. Why did he have to mention that Sang Jing Wen was a supernatural ability user!
What if he gets detected?
He glanced worriedly at Sang Jing Wen, who winked and comforted Xiao Yi Fei.
Sang Chu: 【 Little Rabbit, is there any way my brother can escape the detection? 】
Although Tu You was still sulking, she still replied: 【 I need to see what their research is and how they detect it specifically before I can think of a countermeasure! 】
【 Okay, I’ll leave it to you then! 】
Tu You rolled her eyes at her: 【 Hmph, you only need a little rabbit when you need something, but you call me a little bald guy when you don’t. You have no conscience! 】
Entering the city was very smooth.
When they learned that Sang Chu was a Level Two Wood Element supernatural ability user, the city guards said they could take them to the camp for external supernatural ability users to rest.
They followed them into a building.
After the others left, Xiao Yi Fei wandered around the house: “Tsk tsk, what’s the difference between these people and bandits!”
Sang Jing Wen: “No difference. A Yi, I remember your parents seemed to live in the place Jin Yuan mentioned!”
“Yes, I just didn’t expect my home to be occupied. What do we do now?”
Sang Chu looked at the old, slightly moldy house and thought for a moment: “Brother, I just asked Little Rabbit to investigate what the instrument Jin Yuan mentioned for detecting supernatural ability users is. Before he gets back, we need to quickly find Brother Yi and Lu Min Feng’s parents. Once that instrument is real, we need to leave immediately by hovercar.”
Xiao Yi Fei: “It’s all my fault. I wish I hadn’t said you were a supernatural ability user!”
Sang Jing Wen: “It’s not your fault. You just wanted me to be able to openly take out supplies without being looked down upon. Now we should think about how to find people.”
Sang Chu: “Brother Yi’s parents are probably in the slums that Jin Yuan mentioned. If they had supernatural abilities, they definitely wouldn’t have been driven out of their villas. So, Brother, you and Brother Yi go search that place. I’ll go to the address Lu Min Feng gave first.”
“You alone?”
Sang Jing Wen was very worried. Sang Chu said: “Brother, I am a Level Three Wind Element supernatural ability user and a Level Two Wood Element supernatural ability user. I also have a hovercar, a divine artifact for escape. What are you afraid of? I’m letting you and Brother Yi go together because you have a hovercar. If there’s any unexpected situation, you can leave immediately.”
Xiao Yi Fei: “Exactly, Sister, don’t worry. Shall we set off now?”
Sang Chu nodded. The three of them noted down the location, hung up a so-called sign at the door indicating they were out on business.
Xiao Yi Fei and Sang Jing Wen walked directly towards the slums.
Along the way, Xiao Yi Fei did a lot of mental preparation. He thought that New City was, after all, a major city. There were many supernatural ability users here, so even the slums wouldn’t be too difficult to live in.
But when they actually arrived, they realized they had been too optimistic.
The streets reeked of foul odors, were filthy, and people lay scattered on the ground, emaciated, a shocking sight.
Hai Shi was just a small place, but even the ordinary people in their base wouldn’t starve to this extent!
Some people even died by the roadside with no one to care for them!
Here, Xiao Yi Fei felt his understanding of the apocalypse become clearer.
Sang Jing Wen patted his shoulder: “Don’t think about it. Let’s search first. If we can find them, we’ll take them away. Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”
Xiao Yi Fei’s eyes reddened: “It’s okay, I just, I just…”
“Not all supernatural ability users are human.”
The higher the strength, the more likely they are to not treat people as humans. Conversely, those with average strength might still have some humanity.
They couldn’t take care of everyone. All they could do was take care of themselves and their families first.
Xiao Yi Fei and Sang Jing Wen looked like they didn’t lack food or clothing, but as they walked along the dirty streets, none of the ordinary people dared to approach them.
They all humbly hid in their houses, or tried to make themselves as small as possible, for fear of being discovered by these two supernatural ability users.
“Big Brother, Big Brother, please help us. He’s your nephew!”
“That’s right, Big Brother, just let Xiao Bao Yu go!”
“Big Brother, I beg you!”
This voice?
Xiao Yi Fei suddenly stopped. Sang Jing Wen looked at him and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“I, I think I heard my uncle’s voice?”
“Where?”
“This way!”
Xiao Yi Fei followed the wailing sounds.
It was an old garage, the walls mottled and covered in mold, and from inside came sounds of blood and tears.
He heard his mother’s trembling cries.
“Second Brother, Second Brother’s wife, you, you are too cruel. Your son is a treasure, but is mine not? How could you, how could you say such a thing as letting Bao Yu feed the zombies!”
“Get out, get out of my house!”
Xiao Bao Yu, holding a broom he found from somewhere, fiercely hit Xiao Er’s family.
Xiao Er snatched the broom, raised his leg, and kicked Xiao Bao Yu: “Brother, look, this is your son. I’m his uncle, and he treats me like this. Let’s send him to feed the zombies. That way, we can get a batch of food. When Ah Hao becomes a member of the Guard Team, I’ll have him support you, okay!”
Seeing Xiao Da’s silent, thoughtful expression, Xiao Bao Yu looked at him in terror: “Dad, Dad, say something!”
“Husband, you can’t let Bao Yu feed the zombies!”
“Why not!”
“Exactly, the captain of the Guard Team said that if one person from our family goes to feed the zombies, he’ll let Zhi Hao serve in the Guard Team. Big Brother, this is a rare opportunity! Sacrificing just Bao Yu can exchange for Zhi Hao’s future, and even the chance of survival for our entire family!”
Xiao Er and his wife kept persuading him, and Xiao Da seemed to be wavering: “Bao Yu, Bao Yu, how about…”
“No, absolutely not. Xiao Jian, I absolutely will not agree to let Bao Yu feed the zombies!”
