HISO Chapter 18
by VolareChapter 18 “I don’t want you anymore if you’re with another man.”
The young man’s tone was gentle, yet irrefutable.
“…”
Min Xi was instantly speechless, but a rebellious energy brewed in his heart.
He was from Rong Nan Base, a B-level ability holder. What right did an ordinary Beta from Ruined City have to lecture him?
“No wonder you empathize with them so much. It turns out you’re just as useless as they are, without even an ability.”
Min Xi said mockingly, suddenly feeling much better, a sense of superiority rising within him.
He casually raised his hand, displaying his wood-based ability at his fingertips.
He expected the young man before him to show the kind of bumpkin-in-the-city look, full of admiration and inferiority, not daring to argue back and wanting to slink away.
After all, he was a B-level ability holder, and an Omega! Enough to make a Beta feel ashamed to the point of collapse, right?
Unexpectedly, the young man was unmoved.
His expression remained indifferent, as if he couldn’t be bothered.
Min Xi thought his ability wasn’t obvious enough, so he increased its level, thinking that would definitely get his attention.
But before he could feel superior and smug,
he saw the young man turn to look at him.
Min Xi:?
The “Beta” wore a black mask, with a pair of slightly round eyes, but when he didn’t smile, the corners of his eyes were deep and long. A small patch of light pink was dyed at his temples, making it clear that he was extremely beautiful even with most of his face covered.
His figure was so fragile.
Yet his core seemed to hold a cluster of flames that could cut through the darkness, sharp and bright.
Min Xi’s heart uncontrollably rose with embarrassment, especially the moment his dark inner thoughts were completely seen through by the other party—
“So, what you’ve cared about from beginning to end is just their status as non-ability users.” Yu An’s voice cooled down, word by word, “But their lives are for them to decide, and have nothing to do with you.”
So what little watermelon are you, daring to make noise in my host’s territory.
089 snorted inwardly.
If it didn’t need to stay in the system pod, it would really want to rush out and slap this pretentious, discriminatory Omega.
Min Xi, like a rat crossing the street and having its tail stepped on, flew into a rage, “You…!”
“Min Xi, shut up.”
The voice of a soldier Alpha came from behind.
It was unknown how long he had been watching.
Min Xi suddenly panicked, “Brother Lin, listen to my explanation, I swear, I really don’t mean to look down on ordinary people…”
The change in attitude was too fast.
089 was stunned by this shameless display.
“Apologize to him.” The soldier Alpha said.
Min Xi struggled for a while, but finally bit his back teeth and reluctantly said to Yu An, “I’m sorry.”
“You should apologize to more than just me.”
Yu An knew that the train would encounter danger on this trip.
Although he wasn’t sure if the earlier time could be avoided, having one more person in times of crisis meant one more strength.
In this dangerous post-apocalyptic world, human unity was always better than infighting.
“Is your attitude the same?”
Yu An looked at the soldier Alpha. Not getting an answer, he turned to leave.
“Wait a moment.” The soldier Alpha finally spoke. “Turn left for a hundred meters, there’s an abandoned broadcast station. I can take you there, but I have a condition—”
Yu An stopped and looked at the soldier surnamed Lin, sniffing his own scent. He had hidden it well, so it shouldn’t have leaked. He asked, “What is it?”
“—If you still can’t persuade them in the end, please don’t feel any burden.”
Yu An was stunned for a few seconds, “Thank you.”
After the other party finished speaking, he hesitated as if wanting to say something, coughed, and added, “That… little brother, don’t put your inhibitor on the outermost layer of your backpack, it’s easy to see the outline of the syringe.”
Yu An: “…………”
He quickly embarrassedly covered his backpack.
Suddenly being taught online how to be a qualified fake Beta.
Ten minutes later.
A broadcast mixed with crackling static suddenly sounded in the lifeless Ruined City.
—The last train to Rong Nan Base will depart on time at 5 PM today. Please check your tickets in time.
The female mechanical voice repeated three times.
But very few people came out.
Xie Jinsheng wasn’t among them either.
Yu An looked down, his fingers unconsciously clenching the railing.
“Let’s go.” Lin Si said, not surprised.
In this era, people’s hearts had long since collapsed. Death was much easier than living. Although he couldn’t bear it, he was also powerless.
Even the people in the base didn’t dare to imagine a precarious future.
Unexpectedly, the young man took off the mechanical broadcast, picked up the microphone with some familiarity, and began to speak:
“The infection tide is coming soon. I know many of you have chosen to stay where you are, and I understand your feelings. But can death really solve everything? Think about your departed family and friends, would they want you to die?”
“Death isn’t as liberating as you think… You won’t know how reluctant you are, how precious life is, until you’re truly close to death.”
Yu An’s voice was very light. He remembered the more desolate planes he had been to before. After a pause, he raised his eyes again and said:
“So, please don’t give up and abandon yourselves. Once you die, everything is gone. What you like, what likes you, your past memories and even your future, will all disappear.”
The era was when the world was destroyed by infections.
They were still multiplying well, and living people were even less willing to die.
Was he really just going to watch them continue to occupy the entire world, stepping on the flesh and bones of mankind?
Gradually, in the previously dead city.
Someone silently shed tears.
Perhaps, language wasn’t that strong.
But wasn’t the gap between despair and hope always just a thin piece of paper?
“Mom, why are you crying? Didn’t you say we were going to a place without pain today? Dad is waiting for us there too.” The child asked innocently.
The woman hugged the child tightly, tears streaming down her face, “We’re not going anymore. Mom will take you away… Shall we take Dad’s photo and go to the base together, okay?”
People came out of the ruins one after another, surging towards the platform. Some were elderly people, others were ability users who were particularly good but had lost their wives and children in the apocalypse and were single-mindedly seeking death.
Scattered people’s hearts seemed to be twisted into a rope.
Lin Si looked at the young man in front of him in disbelief.
So thin, yet bright like the sun.
He reminded him of… his own dead brother.
Yu An paused, “The train will leave for Rong Nan Base in two hours. We welcome our compatriots to come.”
As soon as he finished speaking.
Sounds suddenly came from the previously silent Ruined City.
[Host, they’re all coming out!] 089 cheered, [It’s all thanks to the many immortal cultivation planes we’ve been to!]
He never thought that those dragon Aotian’s speeches at the immortal sect conference would actually come in handy in the apocalypse.
Yu An looked at the crowd in the distance. To be honest, he was also a little happy in his heart, but he remembered the mission, the most important mission—he was very clear, that person was definitely not among them.
So, Yu An pursed his lips and continued, “Finally, I want to say a word to someone who is very important to me.”
At this moment, in the ruins.
Xie Jinsheng was quietly wiping his scimitar.
Hearing this, the movement of his fingertips suddenly stopped.
In fact, the broadcast was constantly crackling, so it was difficult to hear the original sound, but he immediately recognized who it was from the soft tone.
The Omega’s well-behaved and soft appearance involuntarily appeared in his mind.
The slightly round eyes stared at him intently.
His body was so thin that it seemed like it would break at a touch, but his eyes were as bright as torches, making it impossible for people to look away.
“I will wait for you, until the very last moment.” After the young man finished speaking, he was silent for a long time, and seemed to make up his mind and said, “If you still don’t come, then I’ll go to the base and run off with another man, I… I don’t want you anymore!”
Xie Jinsheng’s movements paused.
They were clearly just ordinary words.
He had never been recognized by anyone, and he didn’t expect anyone to love him.
But a piercing pain surged into his heart.
Along with it, there was a sour madness clamoring, and even the tentacles twisted—
He wanted to grab that well-behaved Omega into his arms and force him to ask what exactly he meant by that sentence.
He had clearly said it before.
He would only be with one man in this life.