Chapter 201: Chapter 201: Also a Mutant
Zhang Aihua wanted to speak but held back, watching helplessly as Jiang Si and Qin Shen left.
Zhang Yiwen excitedly gathered around Zhang Aihua and asked, "Dad, the clothes on you are moving! Can you control them like Superman?"
Zhang Aihua glanced at the vines on his body. He subconsciously held out his hand, and another vine sprouted from his fingertip.
Zhang Yiwen’s eyes widened in excitement. He reached out to touch the barbed vine, which instantly retracted its thorns and gently nuzzled him like a puppy.
Zhang Yiwen’s admiration for Zhang Aihua soared. "Dad, Dad, you’re amazing!"
Zhang Aihua, also amazed by his own power, glanced at the dumbfounded Brother Qiu and Lao Er. He flicked out his hand, and with a thought, a thick vine erupted from the ground and shot toward them both.
The sharp tip of the vine was like a dagger poised to stab them, scaring Brother Qiu and Lao Er into covering their heads and screaming.
Suddenly, Zhang Aihua made the vine stop. It then picked up a small pebble from the ground and presented it to a stunned Song Yufang.
"Honey, I can protect you now! I can protect you all!"
Song Yufang snapped back to reality, overjoyed. Not only was Zhang Aihua alive, but he had even gained such a strange power.
Just like Zhang Yiwen, she cautiously touched the vine. Feeling how gentle it was, she said happily, "This is wonderful!" Then she asked Zhang Aihua, "Can you use it to catch fish?"
Zhang Aihua laughed. "I think so."
Zhang Yiwen immediately tugged on Zhang Aihua’s arm. "Dad, let’s go try it!"
Song Yufang, however, wanted Zhang Aihua to use his power to excavate a building buried under the snow and retrieve more supplies.
Zhang Aihua smiled. "Let’s listen to your mom first. We’ll dig for supplies."
Brother Qiu and Lao Er asked cautiously, "Boss, how did you get like this? Can you make us like this too?"
This power was just too cool.
If they ran into danger, they figured they’d be able to protect themselves.
Zhang Aihua shook his head. "I’m not a zombie, how could I ’infect’ you? To be honest, this only happened because I was on the verge of death. The vines nearly drained me of all my blood."
Brother Qiu and Lao Er glanced at each other. "On second thought, never mind."
The vines seemed to have eyes as they moved through the snow, and their detection ability quickly located a building buried deep beneath it.
It looked like a campground restaurant.
A campground restaurant was sure to have plenty of stored supplies: food, tents, outdoor stoves, medicine, and other daily necessities.
When Zhang Aihua told Song Yufang the news, she got very excited. "If we find the right tools, I was thinking we could dig out a space for a flush toilet in our little cave."
The communal toilets and bathrooms in the cave were rather inconvenient, after all.
’Actually,’ Zhang Aihua thought, ’if she really wants to, it shouldn’t be a problem for us to move out and live on our own.’
’We could carve out a better cave for ourselves, just like Jiang Si’s group.’
’With my current power, I can definitely provide a good life for my family.’
Zhang Aihua summoned all his strength, commanding the vines to clear away the deep snow.
As the snow billowed up like a sandstorm, a building gradually emerged into view.
Zhang Yiwen cried out in amazement, "Dad, you’re so incredible!"
The next second, Zhang Aihua felt as if all his strength had been sucked out of him. He collapsed weakly to his knees.
At the same moment, the vines vanished from sight.
"Dad!" Zhang Yiwen cried out.
Zhang Aihua clutched his chest in pain, his breathing growing short.
’Does using this power cause a backlash?’
Tears streamed down Song Yufang’s face in panic. "What’s wrong? What’s happening? You were perfectly fine just a second ago!"
She was terrified that his revival had been just a fleeting miracle.
Zhang Aihua fought through the intense pain and said to Brother Qiu and Lao Er, "Take me to Jiang Si! Take me to her!"
Looking at his wife and child, he was even more determined not to give up this life he had fought so hard to regain.
Brother Qiu immediately got him on his back. "President Zhang, hang in there!"
Lao Er, Song Yufang, and Zhang Yiwen followed close behind, ignoring the restricted area Jiang Si and her group had marked off.
The moment they crossed the perimeter, Qin Shen wasn’t the only one to notice. Little Chun cried out from the sky, and inside the boat cabin, Jiao Chunzi, who was looking after Bao’er, instantly smelled the scent of unfamiliar blood.
Everyone turned to look in the direction that Brother Qiu and his group were coming from.
As he ran, Zhang Yiwen shouted, "Save my dad! Please, save my dad!"
Jiang Si stepped forward and saw Zhang Aihua’s face contorted in agony.
The pain was similar to what she had experienced after absorbing the energy stone from Gao Yuanshan’s body.
Seeing Zhang Aihua’s condition, she remembered how agonizing it had been for her.
She reached out and placed a hand on Zhang Aihua. The instant her unique energy flowed into his body, the pain wracking him subsided, and the deathly pallor of his face began to fade.
Like a man suffocating who could finally breathe again, Zhang Aihua began to gasp for air.
Watching Jiang Si ease Zhang Aihua’s suffering with a simple touch, Brother Qiu and the others immediately sensed something was out of the ordinary.
’Could it be that Jiang Si is a Mutant, too?’
’Is that why she was so fearless when she took that zombie-like woman away before?’
’What is her superpower?’
As they stared at Jiang Si, speculating, a sudden chill ran down their spines.
Qin Shen’s terrifying gaze was like a bottomless abyss, threatening to devour them with a single look.
Brother Qiu and Lao Er hastily averted their eyes.
’No matter what superpower Jiang Si has,’ they thought, ’Qin Shen is definitely even more terrifying.’
As she channeled her energy into Zhang Aihua, Jiang Si felt another stream of energy flow into the energy stone within her own body. This new influx made her own stone fuller and more powerful, allowing her to generate even more energy to soothe Zhang Aihua’s pain.
’In short, no matter how much pain others were in, it was always a benefit to her.’
’Combined with my Barrier ability, I could be considered invincible, if I wanted to be.’
’The only condition is that my Barrier has to be strong enough.’
’But then again, who could predict if someone might use something like an atomic bomb against me?’
’So, no matter how powerful I think I am, I must always be cautious.’
After a session of Jiang Si’s energy infusion, Zhang Aihua’s complexion finally returned to normal, but he remained unconscious.
Song Yufang asked anxiously, "Miss Jiang, what’s wrong with my husband? When will he wake up? Why did he collapse?"
Jiang Si could only guess based on Bo Xi’s symptoms. "He likely overexerted his power. As long as he’s more careful in the future and acts within his limits, he should be fine."
"He’s in a dormant state right now. He’ll wake up on his own once he has fully recovered."
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