TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 145

Chapter 145: A Familiar Faces Gathering

Those people also mentioned that Li Meng had a mother who loved her very much, and that Li Meng was also a sensible and filial good daughter. Is this “mother” a zombie? Could it be that this so-called “mother” is the breakthrough point?

Xie YunChuan decided to risk going to Li Meng’s house as they described. Li Meng, who had just been seriously injured and fled last night, shouldn’t have recovered yet. Now would be the perfect time to sneak over and quietly observe.

Once the people in the cafeteria had mostly dispersed, Xie YunChuan got up and headed in the direction of Li Meng’s house.

Luo Shuyou, following behind, felt increasingly uneasy. He spoke up behind Xie YunChuan, asking, “What are you going to do?”

This was the direction of that little zombie’s lair. Xie YunChuan couldn’t be so arrogant as to actually believe Li Meng, a Level 6 zombie, fled because she couldn’t beat him, right? Was he going to… chase after her to finish her off?

Luo Shuyou was really afraid that it wouldn’t be him finishing off Li Meng, but rather Li Meng, disregarding the stability of the virtual realm, retaliating with all her strength to destroy Xie YunChuan.

Xie YunChuan: “Going to find Li Meng’s loving family’s mother.”

Luo Shuyou: “…”

Great, he really is going to his death.

Luo Shuyou advised him: “Wait a bit longer.”

Xie YunChuan retorted, “Wait for what?”

Luo Shuyou wasn’t planning to help him, so what was there to wait for? Wait until Gu Tangxi and the others were controlled before taking them along, not knowing if they would stab him in the back, to deal with Li Meng?

“Wait for allies.” Luo Shuyou sensed that there were ability users approaching the base, and they weren’t weak. They should be able to provide some assistance to Xie YunChuan.

Luo Shuyou sighed wearily, “Is this the feeling of powerlessness when nurturing someone? If you want him to grow and become strong quickly, you can’t solve problems for him, but you really can’t stand by and watch him do stupid things, afraid that he’ll get himself killed! Ugh!”

If Luo Shuyou were to intervene even slightly, Li Meng would detect his presence. Without a sure-kill strike, Li Meng would definitely escape.

This was a dilemma! Being a zombie was so exhausting, unbelievable!

In the evening, the allies Luo Shuyou mentioned arrived at the base right on time, and they were… familiar faces.

Xie YunChuan saw Shen Ye and the others arriving at the new residential area, coincidentally, living opposite Xie YunChuan’s newly changed house.

Night was approaching, and he wondered if Li Meng would make a move against them tonight.

After Li Meng retreated last night, she hadn’t bothered with Xie YunChuan, letting him wander around the base. Was it because her injuries hadn’t healed, or…?

After pondering for a moment, Xie YunChuan knocked on Shen Ye’s door before it got completely dark.

Shen Ye opened the door and was slightly surprised to see Xie YunChuan standing there. “What a coincidence! Weren’t you supposed to be rushing to Li City?”

Xie YunChuan used the same words to reply, “It is quite a coincidence. Weren’t you supposed to be sending the things back?” Both of them should have been on their way to Li City, yet they unexpectedly ran into each other here.

Shen Ye walked back and sat down on a chair, saying, “The things have been handed over to someone. They should already be in your Xie Mother’s lab being studied. I took on a new mission.”

Xie YunChuan closed the door like he owned the place, walked to the seat opposite Shen Ye, and sat down. “So, this place is the destination of your new mission?”

Shen Ye leaned back lazily, crossed his legs, and replied casually, “Otherwise? I don’t have the leisure to go into every base to experience the people’s sentiments. Besides, this isn’t even on the way.”

“Did the people over there notice the anomaly in Shuoyang Base?”

Li City, a high-tech research city above all other bases, is a mountain city with complex terrain surrounded by mountains. Although technologically advanced and extremely prosperous, it is also an isolated city far from other cities.

The only city that has not been swept by zombies after the end of the world. Before the end of the world, it was the place that all high-end technology talents yearned to enter with all their efforts. After the end of the world, it has become the safest shelter on the continent.

Unfortunately, it is not as simple as having the ability to safely arrive there to enter the city. Whether in the past or now, only cutting-edge technology talents or dignitaries can easily enter Li City.

Even Xie YunChuan had to rely on his Xie Mother’s influence to get in.

He himself was not qualified enough yet.

Shen Ye smiled dismissively, “They noticed it a long time ago, but they didn’t have time to deal with it. It’s not like it’s something urgent. That’s why they let me take a detour to come and see what’s going on.”

Xie YunChuan narrowed his eyes, his aura becoming stern and somewhat aggressive. “No time to deal with it, not something urgent? Are the lives of tens of thousands of people so insignificant in their eyes?”

Xie YunChuan didn’t know what kind of great abilities Li City had that allowed them to detect changes and anomalies in various places at the first opportunity.

He wasn’t a saint who liked to stand on the moral high ground and presumptuously accuse others of inaction.

However, Li City was a bit ridiculous. They recruited people and amassed wealth under the banner of supreme technology benefiting mankind and everything being for the better livelihood of the people, but they were preventing ordinary people without power or influence from entering the city and disregarding the deaths of other lives.

Shen Ye said calmly, “What counts as significant? The mutation and zombification of millions of people at the end of the world, is that a big deal? Countless people being torn and eaten by zombies, is that a big deal? Tens of thousands of people isn’t a small number, but compared to the survival of mankind, it is indeed insignificant.”

Xie YunChuan scoffed, “How can you save the world if you don’t save a single person?”

Shen Ye remained as calm as ever, “Saving one person is easy, but the survival of an entire race requires trade-offs.”

Xie YunChuan mocked, “You really have inherited the true teachings of my mother.” Under the slogan of saving the world and saving the people, no one else was as… dismissive of life as she was.

Shen Ye nonchalantly admitted, “Well, I was brought up by your foster mother, so it’s normal to have some of her temperament.” Then, he looked at Xie YunChuan deeply, saying with some depth, “Xiao Chuan, one day you will understand that what your foster mother has been doing is sacrificing small love to achieve great love.”

A touch of loneliness and pain flashed in Xie YunChuan’s eyes. “So, in her heart, I am a small love that can be abandoned at any time.”

This was not a question, but a statement of fact, just like she had originally called Shen Ye to pick him up, she could abandon him, her son, midway to find the Crystal Soul.

Shen Ye: “……!”

How could someone grasp the key problem that was most detrimental to them so quickly? Didn’t they understand timely self-deception and rare confusion?

Forget it, the problems between these two mothers and sons were not something he could interfere with. He should just honestly do his own thing. Other things were not his concern.

Xie YunChuan didn’t know what kind of dangerous tasks he had been doing by his mother’s side.

Although his life was saved by Xie Mother, he had no regrets, but people’s hearts inevitably gave rise to jealousy…

A biological son, how could she not love him? If she didn’t love him, then there would be nothing for him, the foster son she picked up from the orphanage. If he were really nurtured, Xie YunChuan’s abilities would not be worse than his own.

Shen Ye thought to himself with some self-deprecation: “A biological son is so useful, but she can’t bear to use him, right?”