Chapter 123: Han Song
The dim basement reeked of mildew everywhere.
Han Song lit a candle and placed it nearby for illumination. “Where did you guys come from?”
Sang Chu: “Just wandering around. What about you? How did you get trapped here? Can you tell us about the situation here?”
Han Song sat on a stool that made a sharp, piercing sound, and looked at her calmly. “Food.”
“Here you go!”
Mu Xue took a steamed bun from her space and handed it to him. His eyes lit up, and he snatched it, devouring it ravenously.
After eating, he still looked at Lin Mu Xue expectantly. “Are you a space ability user?”
Seeing his gaze was off, Lu Min Feng immediately stood in front of Mu Xue, blocking his view. “We gave you food, you should give us the crystal cores.”
“Tsk, brat!”
Han Song leaned back lazily, pulled crystal cores from his pocket, and casually threw them to them. “I don’t know how much food you brought in, but it’s very difficult to get out of here. If you want to leave, you’ll need my help. Let’s cooperate.”
As he said this, he looked at Sang Chu. Although this woman looked frail and unassuming, he knew that the one in charge of this group was definitely this woman!
Sang Chu smiled. “Cooperation is fine, but you have to tell me, what’s the current situation in Qing Liu City?”
“Food.”
“Mu Xue, give him the remaining steamed buns.”
Hearing Sang Chu’s words, Mu Xue pouted her red lips, somewhat displeased, and took them out, throwing them to him. “Uncle Gao specifically made these. They’re so fragrant and delicious. You’re really getting off easy!”
Uncle Gao?
Han Song listened to her seemingly unintentional words, and was deeply shocked. These steamed buns were still warm, and the meat filling was fresh. But Qing Liu City was already overrun by mutated plants, so there couldn’t be any bases, and even less so any living creatures!
This group of people might actually be able to take him away.
Han Song ate while thinking about how to get them to take him away.
The feeling of starving and freezing was too unbearable.
Even though his supernatural ability was very high, already Level Seven, he still couldn’t leave. If he hadn’t met Sang Chu and the others, in a few more days, he would have starved to death on the road like the other Level Seven and Eight ability users, and then been completely eaten by mutated plants.
Han Song, with his mouth full of grease, wiped his lips haphazardly. “I don’t know how many people are left in Qing Liu City, but I do know that the mutated plants here eat people. I suspect they throw out crystal cores precisely to keep us alive!”
Sang Jing Wen glanced at Sang Chu, and inexplicably thought of the plants outside the base. Sang Chu knew her brother’s worry and nodded, signaling him not to worry.
“So you can’t get out because of these mutated plants?”
Han Song shook his head. “I don’t know. I only know that everyone who tried to leave died mysteriously. Ordinary people’s corpses were left by the roadside, while mutated plants would feed frantically after ability users died.”
Mu Xue: “But we didn’t see any corpses when we came in?”
If he was right, there should be many corpses, especially if those mutated plants didn’t eat ordinary people.
Hearing her words, Han Song suppressed a smile. “It seems you’ve had a good life in the apocalypse.”
“Ah? Well, I guess so.”
Han Song said with a bitter smile, “When people are starving to the extreme, they’ll eat anything.”
As soon as he said this, everyone present, except for him, changed their expressions.
They truly hadn’t expected the situation outside to have deteriorated so badly!
Lu Min Feng, however, was anxious. He was terrified that his parents might have been treated this way!
If only he had known, he should have come earlier.
Seeing Lu Min Feng’s eyes turn red with anxiety, yet still maintaining his composure, Sang Chu sighed slightly. “Can you find a way to gather all the people in Qing Liu City? Including ability users and ordinary people. Just say that I need a large number of crystal cores. I’ll give food for every one I get.”
Han Song: “Do you have that much food?”
“I’m a dual water and wood element ability user. I can afford to give out this much!”
Han Song suddenly stood up, knocking over the stool with a loud clatter. “You’re a water element ability user!”
“Yes, as long as you can gather all the people of Qing Liu City, I can give you water and food.”
Han Song: “You guys are here to find someone, right?”
If they were just passing through, they wouldn’t do this. The only possibility was that they were here to find people, seeking relatives.
Sang Chu: “Yes, I won’t hide it from you. However, I don’t want people to know I’m looking for someone, so I hope you can keep it a secret. As long as you can gather everyone and find the person we’re looking for, I can promise to take you with me.”
“What makes you guarantee you can take me with you!”
Sang Chu smiled. “Just because the entire base has no life supernatural ability users, and I appeared, and I’m still alive.”
Han Song: “Alright, I’ll help you, but ordinary people won’t easily show themselves. I can’t guarantee I can get everyone out.”
“That’s your problem. I’ll only leave after I find the person I’m looking for. If you don’t want to be trapped and die here, you can only do your best to help me.”
Han Song was amused by Sang Chu’s words. “It’s as if you’re not in a hurry to leave!”
“We’re really not in a hurry. I have a way to deal with mutated plants. They can’t do anything to me. Abilities are useless against mutated plants, right?”
Sang Chu’s words were spoken lightly, but Han Song’s eyes widened as he looked at her. “You, you know?”
“Of course. That’s why I said I can leave. Whether you can leave depends on whether you can do what I’ve asked. If you do well, I can even take you back to our base. There, there’s food and drink, and you won’t go hungry or cold.”
Han Song looked at them, all well-dressed and with rosy complexions, and unconsciously believed them a bit more.
“Okay, I’ll go. But you’d better keep your promise. I can’t deal with mutated plants, but I can fight you to the death if necessary!”
After speaking, he turned and walked out. But then he seemed to remember something. “You guys wait here for me. I’ll be back soon.”
After confirming he had left, Lu Min Feng walked to Sang Chu’s side and said, “I’ll follow him to see.”
“Okay, be careful yourself.”
“Alright.” He glanced at Mu Xue before leaving.
Sang Jing Wen: “Little Sister, what about us?”
“Brother, you and Brother Yi take the particle transformation hovercar and drive around Qing Liu City. There shouldn’t be any mental supernatural ability users here, otherwise, the mutated plants wouldn’t be so arrogant. Use the optical computer to sync. If you see Lu Min Feng’s family, notify everyone.”
“Okay.”
Watching Sang Jing Wen and Xiao Yi Fei leave, Mu Xue leaned against Sang Chu listlessly. “What should we do then?”
“Wait, wait for that person to come back.”
“Sang Sang, do you really want to take him back to the base?”
Seeing Mu Xue’s somewhat fearful expression, Sang Chu helplessly comforted her. “They were also forced into it.”
“I know, but, but it just feels a bit scary.”
Eating human flesh, just thinking about it made her scalp tingle.
