HISO Chapter 8
by VolareThe Ruined City where the original host lived was a city with formidable defenses ten years ago.
Therefore, the facilities in the house were complete and allowed for normal living.
It’s just that in recent years, the infected creatures have become increasingly powerful, and the outer defense system has failed.
This has led to monsters running rampant within the city.
A month ago, a warning alarm sounded here, indicating an impending monster tide. Several thousand households in the city accepted the transfer to Rong Nan Base.
Unfortunately, in the apocalyptic era, the strong are respected.
Even when disaster strikes, those with strength are prioritized.
Therefore, the two previous trains were only open to ability holders.
The original host, lacking any abilities and being sickly, was left behind with the other elderly, weak, and disabled.
In ten days, the last train to Rong Nan Base will depart.
“Thankfully, there’s still a way out.” Yu An breathed a sigh of relief.
He thought he would be abandoned by the plot within the city to fend for himself.
[No.] 089 interrupted gloomily: [That train encountered a monster tide halfway, and everyone on board perished.]
Yu An: “…”
“…Is it too late for me to go to Rong Nan Base on my own now?”
As expected of cannon fodder.
They encounter so many life-threatening situations.
[It’s too far. I estimate we’d be bitten to death by infected creatures halfway there.] 089 paused, then added:
[However, when one door closes, another opens! As long as you can find a way to get Xie Jinsheng on the train as well, with his super strength and the halo of a villain, I believe this trip will definitely be safe!]
[Moreover, after getting on the train, you can use this time to gain Xie Jinsheng’s trust. Perform well in Rong Nan Base, and you can even obtain a Main City residence permit. We’ll be one step closer to the mission, with nothing but benefits.]
The system lit up with encouraging little lights.
Yu An: “…”
“Isn’t this a bit too fast?”
He and Xie Jinsheng had only just met, and he had just barely escaped with his life from Xie Jinsheng’s clutches tonight.
He had to trick the other party into getting on the human train within ten days.
Xie Jinsheng’s whereabouts were uncertain, and he might not even be able to see him every day.
As a highly intelligent monster, the other party wasn’t stupid either. If he realized halfway through, he would definitely try to kill him.
Don’t even mention lying to him that he was his boyfriend.
Even if he said he was pregnant with a baby, it probably wouldn’t work. Xie Jinsheng wouldn’t be merciful.
When Yu An thought of this, all that came to mind was the man’s cold and dangerous appearance.
[Host, you need to have confidence in yourself. There are still ten days. We can take our time to plan! You haven’t slept with a man yet, and I haven’t even had a love affair with a handsome system yet, boo hoo.]
Hearing this, Yu An couldn’t help but laugh.
His system really was like him.
But he also cheered up again: “You’re right. We can’t die.”
From the moment he arrived in this world, every step was like walking on the edge of a knife. Even if it was difficult, he had to try his best.
Yu An looked at the sticky note.
He needed to go to the city to collect the train ticket in seven days.
After noting the location, he decided to pack his bag while the water was still heating up.
Since he was going on a long trip, he naturally had to prepare food.
Originally, Yu An didn’t have high expectations, as resources were scarce in the apocalypse. However, when he saw the newest compress biscuit and energy can in the original host’s backpack…
He was stunned.
Especially the bag used to carry them, which was printed with the words “Main City.”
How did the original host have these?
Because the original host was just an insignificant cannon fodder, Yu An’s received information was also very simple. He needed to explore a lot of the details himself.
After searching for a long time.
Finally, he found the answer at the bottom of the box.
It was a record of a transaction.
The original host had reached an agreement with an old researcher from the Main City. As long as he could bring Xie Jinsheng back to the Main City, the old researcher would give him a sum of money.
A sum of money sufficient to cure his illness and live comfortably in the Main City until old age.
In the original plot, the original host wanted the money too badly tonight and planned to cripple Xie Jinsheng and bring him back, but was directly killed instead.
But because he was a transmigrator, he recognized Xie Jinsheng’s terrifying nature and was relatively cowardly. After realizing he couldn’t win, he protected himself in time.
Therefore, he had luckily survived.
But if Xie Jinsheng knew about this…
“Too terrifying.”
Yu An’s spine trembled, and he quickly looked behind him, afraid that Xie Jinsheng would appear if he wasn’t careful.
He quickly took out a lighter and burned these things.
Fortunately, the infected creatures were rampant tonight, and Xie Jinsheng wasn’t interested in coming to see him.
Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Yu An quickly searched the original host’s house, before collapsing on the sofa, suppressing the lingering fear.
However, this wasn’t entirely bad news for completing the mission.
Once he reached the Main City, he could look for that old man to control Xie Jinsheng…
It’s just that Yu An always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
After a while, he said:
“Is solving Xie Jinsheng the only way to prevent this world from being destroyed? Can Xie Jinsheng… be reformed?”
Although Xie Jinsheng was indeed dangerous and terrifying, when he thought of the tentacle that had shielded him from the wind, he felt that the other party wasn’t completely beyond redemption.
089 sighed, propping up his chin and saying:
[Host, I know what you’re thinking. If he was still in the experimental stage, I would definitely let you try. But we transmigrated at too late of a point. We can’t change too much.]
[The only reason he spared your life now is because he has amnesia and doesn’t remember the pain of being an experimental subject. Otherwise, what would happen to you when he recovers all his memories and finds out you’re lying to him? And what would happen to this world?]
Xie Jinsheng certainly had ruthless and cruel methods.
Yu An already knew about Xie Jinsheng’s crazy actions in the later stages when receiving information—
He would lock up everyone, regardless of gender or age, and turn them into experimental subjects.
Not only that, but when a mysterious force invaded the globe, he only watched with cold eyes as blood, corpses, and ruins filled the land.
Watching humanity head towards destruction.
His madness was as if he wanted the entire world to be buried with him, with no humanity whatsoever.
To stop such a man, to reform him, was far more difficult than directly killing him.
Yu An pursed his lips and didn’t say anything more.
Indeed, 089 was right, there were many things he couldn’t control.
He only needed to complete the mission, restore peace to this S-Class Punishment World, and return to the Space-Time Bureau.
And Xie Jinsheng was just his mission target.
As a host, he had to understand that everyone in the world was just a passerby.
But why did his heart… feel a moment of discomfort?
But this thought was only fleeting.
Like something unconsciously released.
By the time Yu An came back to his senses, it had disappeared without a trace.
At this moment, the hot water was ready.
He should go take a shower first, get some rest and replenish his energy, so that he could survive in this hellhole.
Yu An took the clothes he needed to change into, but when he reached the bathroom, he found that there was no door.
“…”
Seeing that his host was going to take a shower, 089 decided to relax a bit.
So he opened a science fiction novel, a completed love story between a cold host and a perverted merman. Seeing the scene where the male lead directly dug out his heart to save the female lead in order to resurrect her.
089 shed two tears.
Boo hoo, he loved him so much, would he ever be able to see such a beautiful love in person!
Suddenly, he heard Yu An calling him.
He instantly took back his tears and poked his head out: [What’s wrong, Host? Holy crap, why is there no door here!]
“The original host probably took it apart to make a shield, 089, quickly find a way to help me hang something up.”
Even though he lived alone, he felt a little uncomfortable washing with the door open.
A cloth covered everything.
Yu An began to wash seriously.
The young man’s figure was slender and delicate.
His fair and soft cheeks were flushed with heat, revealing a faint pink color. His pair of slightly round and clear eyes were even more captivating, as if filled with moisture.
Especially the horizontal cloth, which blocked most of his body. So the exposed knees, and the smooth lines of his calves, were all reflected in the light of the cold white tiles.
As Yu An washed, he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind.
Strange.
He had clearly closed the window, so how could wind be coming in?
Yu An shivered from the cold and wanted to add hot water to warm up, but accidentally bumped into the cloth.
The next second, the cloth used to cover everything fell directly.
Yu An: “…”
He was stunned. It took him several seconds to react before grabbing a towel to cover himself.
Unfortunately, it was too short and could only barely cover him.
After covering himself for a few seconds, Yu An suddenly realized that there was only him here, so there was no need to cover up, right?
Just as he thought this, he felt a dark shadow flicker across the unlit living room.
When he glanced at it, he was so scared that he screamed.
The young man’s voice trembled.
When 089 heard it, he quickly went online: [What’s wrong, Host! I’m being blocked, quickly put on some clothes and let me see what happened.]
Yu An’s body was still covered in foam, and his rounded shoulders were shaking. However, after blinking several times and looking carefully, he found that there was no figure at all.
Right, he had locked the door, so how could anyone come in?
The indoor infected creature alarm hadn’t gone off either.
Besides, his slender and frail body wasn’t anything worth looking at…
“I must have seen wrong.” Yu An said to 089.
But even though he thought so.
He still felt that there was an invasive gaze in the dark room.
It wasn’t disgusting, but only made him feel… extremely ashamed.
So, Yu An moved to the corner.
This was precisely the position that couldn’t be seen from the angle outside the door.
His sense of security increased a lot.
He thought that he was probably too scared tonight and his nerves were too tense, so he would be fine after a good night’s sleep.
Thinking of this, Yu An breathed a sigh of relief and continued to shower.
The water in the bathroom kept flowing.
And at this moment, at the windowsill.
Xie Jinsheng, blowing in the cold wind, listened to the sound of the boy’s showering water, his eyes gradually darkening.
His mind was filled with the scene he had just seen—
The Omega was white all over, like he was dyed with moonlight.
Extremely delicate and beautiful.
Even though he looked so thin and small, his lower back was unexpectedly… fleshy.