HISO Chapter 30
by VolareChapter 30: A Certain Alpha Who’s Very Good at Staring at His Wife
But, what reason could that man possibly have to be here?
Just as Yu An was lost in thought.
“…” The man in the black robe in the corner suddenly put a finger to his lips and coughed softly.
He seemed to be a sickly person.
There wasn’t a trace of sharp aggression around him, and he stood quietly in the corner, unremarkable.
The blue volunteer badge pinned to his sleeve had a ‘B’ written on it – this person was a Beta.
Seeing this, Yu An’s eyelashes lowered slightly, and he immediately dismissed his earlier thoughts.
Xie Jinsheng didn’t care about the fate of humanity, nor did he care about this “wife” who had suddenly appeared halfway through, so how could he possibly come here?
A faint sense of loss flashed through his heart.
But only for a moment.
Yu An quickly adjusted himself, and after gathering, followed the others off the train.
At this moment.
In the very last carriage, a man who had been unconscious groggily woke up.
He only remembered that he was on his way to the gathering point when someone knocked him out on the road.
Could it be that he was robbed?!
He hurriedly checked himself, but his crystal core, money, and ID card were all there.
Only the things related to the volunteer work were gone.
There were over forty soldiers and volunteers participating in this Old City energy source operation, and they were divided into three teams.
They would take different routes to reach the Old City.
This arrangement was obviously to prevent emergencies.
Yu An was assigned to the third team, which departed last.
It was the team led by Lin Si.
There were two elite military Alpha with fire abilities, as well as a veteran soldier, Feng Shu, a highly intelligent teenager, Cheng You, and a female military doctor, Ling Xiaoxi.
They were all colleagues Lin Si trusted very much.
And the remaining eleven people were volunteers.
Would that troublesome contaminated beast, K6, be in this team?
Yu An was thinking about the important matters.
But 089’s mind was already wandering: [Host, look, there are so many Alphas nearby, are there any you like!]
Yu An: “…”
“089, be serious, we’re still doing the mission.”
He glanced at the high-quality Alphas beside him.
Although they were all tall and handsome, Xie Jinsheng’s figure involuntarily appeared in his mind.
Compared to that tentacled monster.
Everyone else seemed to be lacking something in his eyes.
He wouldn’t have thought about it if System hadn’t mentioned it, but now that he had, he couldn’t help but think of the other person.
He hoped that Xie Jinsheng would be well-behaved on the train during these few days he was gone.
“Yu An, I didn’t expect you to be a volunteer too.”
A male voice suddenly came from behind.
Yu An turned his head and saw a familiar man.
It was Zhen Yuan, who had helped him in the Ruined City before.
“What a coincidence.” Yu An replied politely, then, remembering something, quickly reached into his pocket, “Oh right, I’ll return the crystal core from the train ticket back then.”
Zhen Yuan wanted to refuse.
But Yu An’s attitude was firm, he didn’t want to owe anyone.
Although Zhen Yuan seemed very friendly, he was a little wary.
“Then call me anytime if you need anything along the way.”
Zhen Yuan accepted it, didn’t get too entangled, and went somewhere else, without any abnormality.
However, Yu An always felt a chill down his neck when he was talking to Zhen Yuan just now.
Like being crushed by some gaze.
Making his scalp tingle.
Yu An turned his head and saw several Alphas taking advantage of the time before departure to memorize the map. Except for that black-robed young man – who was playing with a few pebbles in the corner, seemingly bored.
Yu An scanned around, but didn’t see anyone suspicious.
After all, it was a tense moment just before embarking on an adventure, even the contaminated beast K6 would have to prepare, right.
No normal person would be idle and staring at him for no reason.
Thinking this, Yu An went to re-check his small satchel, he should have brought everything he needed.
And a dozen meters away.
After Yu An withdrew his gaze, the black-robed man turned his eyes and looked over again.
Xie Jinsheng stared at the young man’s thin figure as he lowered his head to check his bag.
His eyes were filled with a heavy, undisguised possessiveness.
“Hey buddy, can you help me pull the zipper on the back of my backpack?” A blue-haired Alpha suddenly approached him, wanting him to do him a favor.
Accurately blocking Yu An from view.
Xie Jinsheng: “…”
The young man’s slender body was completely obscured, and his eyes turned cold.
The blue-haired man didn’t get a response for a long time, and curiously looked over.
And met the man’s gaze, which looked at him as if he were already dead.
The pebbles in his slender fingers instantly turned into powder.
An oppressive aura from a 3S-rank spread through the air.
Blue-haired Alpha: “…”
Holy crap.
“I, I, I suddenly realized, bro, you don’t need to pull it, I can do it myself.” After saying that, he quickly ran away.
The blue-haired man recalled the feeling of being intimidated by the top Alpha just now, and felt a chill in his heart.
He couldn’t afford to offend the big boss, he really couldn’t.
That look was as if he was disturbing him from staring at his wife.
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After a two-hour car ride, they stopped at a certain place. The road ahead was not suitable for driving, and they would have to walk the rest of the way.
On the way, Yu An asked, “089, is K6 really in this team?”
During the previous team assignments, he took out the special scent agent that Lin Si had given him and sprayed it near the third team, hinting that there was a small Omega pretending to be a Beta in this group.
[Of course, the more advanced the contaminated beast, the more it wants to leave a seed, to see if its offspring will evolve to be even more awesome.] 089 said.
Yu An: “…”
Then he would wait for K6 to reveal his true colors.
According to the original plot where no one survived, this contaminated beast would definitely come out and cause a big wave at some point.
He hoped he could successfully stop it.
Unconsciously following the team, they had been walking for an hour, and were much closer to the Old City. It was estimated that it would take three more hours to reach it.
But the night would be extremely dangerous, unsuitable for traveling, but suitable for exploring the city.
So, at dusk, Lin Si chose a place to set up camp.
“Everyone, split into groups of two and go explore the surrounding area. If anything is abnormal, immediately press the alarm.”
After Lin Si finished speaking, he walked to Yu An’s side and said to him, “You and Feng Shu go install the alarm. Don’t worry, he will protect you on the way, don’t be afraid.”
Yu An nodded.
Although K6 came for a purpose and wouldn’t reveal himself in advance, it was better to be safe than sorry. Lin Si didn’t want to risk his life.
“Also, this is a positioning chain to hang on your hand, no matter where you are, I can receive it.”
Yu An was holding a bag in his hand, making it a little difficult to take it.
He saw the other person already holding his hand through his sleeve. The uniformed Vice Captain Lin lowered his head slightly and helped him fasten the locator.
“Thank you.” Yu An said.
“You’re welcome.”
But after a moment, Lin Si’s gaze suddenly froze for some reason, and he asked with slightly fluctuating emotions, “How did you get the scar on your hand?”
This…
Yu An was squeezed a little painfully, lowered his head to look, and remembered.
He had accidentally injured himself during a mission to a plane before, but for some reason, the marks couldn’t be removed.
And had remained there ever since.
But there was no way he could reveal the Space-Time Bureau, so he only asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Sorry, I just suddenly remembered an old event…” Lin Si let go of his hand, calmed down for a while before returning to normal, “My brother’s hand was also burned, and like you, a scar was left on the position of the wrist bone.”
However, in the end, it was different.
Even if he was unwilling to believe it.
His brother, Lin Xuanning, had already been dead for five years.
The young and promising Vice Captain Lin, no matter how many honors he received, but when he took out a tattered little bear keychain.
At this moment, he was just a brother who had lost a loved one and missed his deceased brother, like millions of ordinary people in the apocalypse.
“Little friend, let Little Lin be quiet for a while.” Feng Shu couldn’t bear to say.
“Okay.” Yu An followed behind him, and when they were far away, couldn’t help but ask, “Uncle Feng, do I really look like Vice Captain Lin’s brother?”
Feng Shu sighed, “About four or five points.”
He was also an extremely well-behaved Omega, who grew up in a small base called Lin’an.
A few times by chance, when he came to the military academy to find Lin Si, he would stand under the tree outside and wait when Lin Si hadn’t finished class.
His facial features were somewhat similar to Yu An’s.
The only difference was that Yu An’s appearance was more well-behaved, soft, and pretty.
And Lin Si’s brother had a slightly obvious birthmark under the corner of his eye. But the other party didn’t care, nor would he be inferior because of it.
“It’s just that I didn’t expect that later, the Lin’an base would be raided. A vast wave of infections completely broke out, and the Lin’an base was the first to bear the brunt.”
At that time, the entire city was almost crushed into ruins.
Lin Si chose to stay behind to protect the people of the base, only allowing his brother to find a convoy going to the Main City.
But unexpectedly, an accident happened on the road, and Lin Xuanning didn’t board the vehicle at all. That day, it was the end of July, but it snowed heavily.
Lin Si searched against the crowd for a long time.
His shoulders were covered with snow, and he was almost frozen stiff, as if his soul had been drained, and he fell to the snow.
And couldn’t find that familiar figure.
From that day on, this matter became a shadow in Lin Si’s heart.
Yu An didn’t expect that there was such a regrettable story behind it, “…Then, did Vice Captain Lin’s brother really die in the end?”
“Yes, he’s already gone.” Feng Shu said, “Little Lin has always refused to believe it, and hasn’t given up searching for his brother’s traces. Until recently, during a mission, he accidentally saw a black and white video from five years ago.”
In a dark and damp cage, there was a thin and weak young man.
A timid and delicate Omega, forced to curl up next to a monster.
That was Lin Si’s own brother, Lin Xuanning.
“No one knows how Little Ning was locked up, or what he experienced inside. And the Main City laboratory had already been destroyed, all the data was burned, and there was nothing to check. The only thing that could be known was–”
“Little Ning’s remains were taken away by a tentacle monster four years ago, and their whereabouts are still unknown. They all suspect that the tentacle monster killed Little Ning.”
Main City laboratory.
When Yu An heard this, he was already sweating profusely.
Isn’t that the place where Xie Jinsheng grew up?!