HISO Chapter 24
by VolareChapter 24: My Man Is Definitely Not an Infected
“Xie Jinsheng…”
The spray bottle in Yu An’s hand fell to the ground. The taut string in his heart finally loosened the moment he saw the Alpha.
His eyes suddenly moistened, and he couldn’t help but feel emotional. He threw himself into the man’s arms. “You should tell me when you come in. It’s not like I wouldn’t open the door for you.”
He had been so startled just now.
He thought some strange infected creature was targeting him.
Fortunately, it was Xie Jinsheng who came.
The boy whimpered, his body trembling slightly, even the end of his sentences were shaking, clearly terrified.
And so dependent on him…
Xie Jinsheng was stunned for a moment. The wanton, dark emotions he had felt earlier were suddenly replaced by a sense of pity. All his madness from tonight vanished.
Even the strong scent of sandalwood Alpha pheromones around him subsided, only soothing the thin, fragile little Omega in his arms.
After a long while, Yu An finally calmed down.
He realized he had been burying himself in the other man’s solid chest the whole time, and felt quite embarrassed. His ears even burned a little. “But it’s good you came.”
At least he wouldn’t be afraid to be alone.
Only when the Alpha was around did Yu An realize how strong his sense of security was next to this man.
At this moment, the sound of military boots echoed from the corridor outside.
Yu An reacted quickly and leaned over to the window, dragging the rest of Xie Jinsheng’s tentacles into the room. “Something’s happening outside. Quickly retract your tentacles.”
Xie Jinsheng paused for a moment. Seeing the boy’s worried expression, he slowly retracted his black tide-like tentacles bit by bit.
A thin layer of sweat appeared on Yu An’s forehead. He didn’t blame him for climbing through the window this time, only saying, “There are humans all around now. It’s easy to be discovered if you transform into your original form. You can’t do this again, okay?”
He was worried about him.
Xie Jinsheng inexplicably enjoyed this. He “mm”ed in response.
He retracted every last tentacle.
Although Yu An didn’t know why the Alpha had come over in the middle of the night, with the most powerful villain by his side, his life was somewhat guaranteed.
Gradually, the alarm subsided.
But 089 still hadn’t returned.
It seemed something big really had happened.
Yu An curled up in the blanket, his mind racing through the relevant settings.
Because it was marginal information, there weren’t many descriptions of this train in the plot he had received. He pieced things together with a pen for a long time before coming up with this:
The train would encounter an infected tide on the eighth night.
After sending out a distress signal to the base, no one on the train would survive.
But from the starting point, Ruined City, to the destination, Rong Nan Base, even if there were places to stop in between, did it really take eight days to travel?
And how could an ordinary infected tide destroy such a high-tech doomsday train?
If it were the once-in-a-century infected tide in Ruined City, that might be possible. But those contaminated creatures were born in the Yōugǔ Valley and were naturally dependent on dampness. They could only travel in the rain at night.
They obviously couldn’t keep up with the train’s progress.
So, what caused the train to be destroyed?
And could the current train, which was running two hours ahead of the original plot, avoid this crisis?
Yu An filled a piece of white paper with the special font used by the Space-Time Bureau, but he always felt like he was missing some key information.
The more he thought, the colder his back became.
He didn’t notice that his feet were exposed outside, frozen stiff.
Xie Jinsheng scanned the boy’s slightly pale feet and went to the shower room to get a basin of water.
After doing all this, he paused in place for a few seconds.
Why was he so skilled at wanting to get hot water to soak the Omega’s feet?
Yu An crumpled the paper into a ball. As he was thinking, he suddenly heard the door of the compartment open.
It was Xiaoji returning.
“Xiaoji, where did you go just now?” Yu An asked.
But the Beta didn’t say anything, only lowered his head. His black-rimmed glasses covered most of his face. He didn’t know what he had experienced, but he looked completely dejected.
As if his soul had been taken away.
Yu An realized something was wrong. When he caught sight of the bloodstains on the other person’s sleeves, and the ashen, dead scales on their neck, he froze in place.
The next moment, 089’s voice exploded in his mind: [Host, get out of the way! This person is infected!]
No sooner said than done, “Xiaoji” jumped up and tried to pounce on him, his fangs sharp and gray, his blood-red eyes unfocused.
Yu An reacted and threw the little bear doll in his hand out.
The other person opened their bloody mouth, not expecting a doll to be thrown in. When they bit down, it was so hard it hurt their teeth. In a fit of rage, bloody wings grew out of their back.
The black-rimmed glasses fell to the ground, crushed under their feet, and the medical book on the ground was also soiled.
…This person was no longer Xiaoji.
Yu An’s eyelashes trembled. The spray in his hand suddenly wouldn’t open—
Although it could stop the infected from attacking, it would also accelerate the infection rate.
Just as he was hesitating, the Xiaoji opposite him looked at him, seeming to be recalling something.
At this moment, the sandalwood scent swept past his side, creating a gust of wind. Then, the infected was pushed into the corridor by the Alpha.
The surrounding alarms blared and red and blue lights flashed.
“Xiaoji seemed to be conscious just now. He’s not completely mutated yet.” Yu An’s heart couldn’t help but pound. He rummaged for things, anxiously and worriedly saying, “089, is there any way to save him?”
[There is, but…]
“089.” Yu An interrupted him.
The System was silent for a few seconds, finally sighing and saying: [There’s a medical kit under the bed. Draw half a tube of your blood and inject it into Xiaoji’s arm.]
This way, you can temporarily draw the infected pathogen that has invaded the brain towards the arm, delaying the infection time. The smaller the degree of mutation of the contaminated creature, the more likely the military can rescue them.
Perhaps he could save a life.
But almost no one would use this method.
One is that the mutation speed of the infected is too fast, and it is useless even if injected; the other is that fresh blood can arouse the desire of the contaminated creature, and it is easy to be targeted by the source of infection.
Scenes of eating with Xiaoji flashed through Yu An’s mind.
The weak Beta’s hopeful appearance was enough to wash away the gloom all over this doomsday, bringing new hope to mankind…
Such a person should have lived well.
Why should he die?
He wanted to save him, even if there was only a glimmer of hope.
Yu An quickly drew half a tube of his own blood. But before he could take a few steps, someone grabbed his forearm and yanked him back.
“Xie Jinsheng, let go of me first, I need to give him the injection…”
The boy was so weak that he could be torn in half as soon as he approached the infected, but he still wanted to go over there.
“Inject where.” Xie Jinsheng asked.
Yu An looked at him blankly and said, “…Arm.”
Xie Jinsheng took the syringe and turned to go to the corridor. At this moment, the light in the corridor was flashing, half bright and half dark, and countless glass shattering sounds exploded in his ears.
Yu An didn’t expect that he would help, and was a little worried about him being alone, so he followed the sound.
He walked for who knows how long.
He saw Xie Jinsheng stopping the riotous infected.
The syringe next to him was already empty.
Xiaoji seemed to have regained a little consciousness.
Footsteps came from afar, it was the soldiers arriving. Seeing this, they immediately hung the restraining shackles on the infected’s hands.
In the chaos, Yu An saw Xiaoji’s eyes were slightly red, and he was mouthing the words, thank you.
Then he was taken away in handcuffs.
This panicked change finally passed.
Yu An wanted to take a few breaths, wanting to walk towards the Alpha.
Who knew that the remaining guns would suddenly be aimed at Xie Jinsheng.
“…”
“Are you a passenger too?” The soldiers’ eyes were sharp, obviously wary of this man who could control high-level infected with his bare hands.
Xie Jinsheng hated having a gun pointed at his head.
It would stimulate his primitive desire to kill.
Just as he was about to raise his hand, the black tide gradually grew from the depths of darkness. Who knew that at this moment, a thin figure stood in front of him, protecting him behind their back.
“…”
Xie Jinsheng was stunned for a moment.
“Everyone, is there some misunderstanding here? I… I am his wife, I can prove his identity.”
Yu An looked at the dark gun muzzle, trembling, “We are both from Ruined City, we both have train tickets that can be verified. You can also check his body, there are no wounds, it is absolutely impossible to be bitten by an infected. I swear, he is just an ordinary Alpha with a bit of strength.”
The boy was extremely fragile, easily broken at a touch.
Clearly, he was very timid.
But under so many gun muzzles, he stood in front of him… shielding him.
The thought of strangling everyone in the room suddenly disappeared from Xie Jinsheng’s mind.
Yu An had already said so much.
But for some reason, the soldiers were still unrelenting.
Yu An’s nerves were stretched to the limit.
If Xie Jinsheng was taken away, and Xie Jinsheng was angered, he would kill the entire train!
A tentacled monster a hundred times more dangerous than the infected.
If things really had to come to this…
Yu An was anxiously running around, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind. He felt ashamed for a few seconds, but hardened his heart.
Lin Si had just walked to the end of the corridor when he heard this sentence—
“You really can’t take him away. My man is definitely not an infected, sob sob.”
The well-behaved, soft, pretty boy buried himself in the cold, handsome Alpha’s chest, shouting in a trembling voice, “We’ve already had husband and husband relations dozens of times. If he really had a problem, I, I would have little infected ones long ago. There’s no reason why there’s still no movement!”
Xie Jinsheng: “…”
Everyone: “…”
089: […]
The host should really go to a debate world.
With that little mouth, he can just walk sideways.
He can argue until everyone shuts up.