Chapter 35: I’m a Vibe of Delicate Weakness (4)
The four of them sat in silence, until Si Xu finally broke it: “What do we do now?”
They definitely needed to meet up, and since she was the one who made the call, she couldn’t just abandon them.
“Lure them away outside, then the remaining three go in first. The last person should be fine hiding. For these level one ones, as long as you don’t move or make any sound, it’s fine. Worst case scenario, just play dead.” Qian Rongrong said. “There must be other evolved humans inside, we’ll think of a way to save the fourth person.”
This plan was feasible, but the question was who would take the risk.
“I’ll lure them away.” Si Xu said. She could tell that she was the strongest of the four and had the most combat experience.
“No need for that.” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Huang Le. “Can’t you control objects?”
As she mentioned Huang Le, the others also reacted. Huang Le could remotely control objects to make sounds.
“But my ability is limited, I can only control things within five meters of me, and there are restrictions on size and weight.” Huang Le frowned.
“Can you control a rock to smash a window? Throw the rock out.” Si Xu asked.
“Well… I can try.”
For the next twenty minutes, Huang Le practiced throwing things. Si Xu looked at him disapprovingly. His accuracy was poor, his strength was also poor, and he seemed to be getting weaker and weaker.
“Find a loudspeaker, would he be able to control that?” Jiang Zhiyan suggested.
“That’s way too big.” Huang Le waved his hand, collapsing on the floor. “I can’t.”
Jiang Zhiyan glared at Huang Le. What use was this person?
“There’s another problem. After luring all the monsters away, how do we get the people inside to open the door for us?” Qian Rongrong raised her hand and asked.
Jiang Zhiyan stood by the window, looking at the situation below: “There are more and more of them. They should be able to communicate simply. It’s impossible to lure all the aliens away, after all, there are more humans inside.”
“The top floor of this building is connected to the building next door. If we make noise in the next building and lure them to the bottom of that building, then we can go down from this building, is that feasible?” Si Xu asked.
“No, it’s too close. They can call for their comrades, and we still need to communicate with the people inside to get them to open the door, we might not have the time.” Si Xu rejected her own suggestion.
“What if we take a gamble and trap them inside the building? One person at the front door, one at the back door. When the aliens enter, we close the doors. Senior Qian is fast, she should be able to maintain a safe distance from them.” Jiang Zhiyan paused. Si Xu looked at Jiang Zhiyan, encouraging her with her eyes to continue. “Even if they break down the door, we can still buy ourselves a few dozen seconds. We can set up obstacles in advance to buy more time.”
“We can try that.” Si Xu said.
“I want to try something first.” Jiang Zhiyan said.
“What?”
“I can mimic atmospheres, or maybe auras?” Jiang Zhiyan didn’t know how to describe it. “I want to see if they’ll still be interested in me if I mimic a dead person.”
“I’ll go with you.” Si Xu stood up, replicated four crowbars, and distributed them.
After leaving the building, Jiang Zhiyan activated her ability. Si Xu stood on the steps, watching her without moving, her gaze fixed on Jiang Zhiyan. She was nervous; she could hear her own breathing and heartbeat.
Jiang Zhiyan didn’t go far, just wandered around the entrance. No aliens paid her any attention. She raised an eyebrow, then tried to mimic the aura of an alien. This time, it didn’t even last half a second before her ability automatically deactivated.
The nearby aliens all looked at her. She quickly switched back to “corpse” mode and ran back inside, pulling Si Xu away from the aliens’ line of sight.
Actually, when mimicking the alien’s aura, Jiang Zhiyan’s energy was completely depleted. Using her ability afterward was overexerting herself. Her internal organs felt like they were being churned together from forcefully activating her ability, and the moment she reached safety, she collapsed into Si Xu’s arms.
“Don’t push yourself.” Si Xu felt a pang of distress and carefully picked her up, carrying her back to the room.
“What’s wrong with her?” The two inside immediately stood up anxiously.
“She overexerted herself.” Si Xu said, letting Jiang Zhiyan lean against her.
Qian Rongrong looked at Si Xu several times. She wasn’t that close to Si Xu, but being classmates, she knew Si Xu wasn’t someone who liked close contact. She had run into Si Xu before and tried to strike up a conversation, but Si Xu wouldn’t even let her hold her arm!
Jiang Zhiyan’s face was pale: “I just wanted to mimic those aliens outside, who knew… cough, cough, but mimicking a dead person is feasible.”
She could currently only mimic things with weaker energy. As for the duration, she still needed to figure it out herself. If she kept practicing, could she possibly change other people’s auras?
“Wait, they won’t notice the movements of a dead person, but will they come if they hear a sound made by an inanimate object?” Huang Le asked.
“Yes.” Si Xu had already verified this. “They’re different. If a basketball falls from a rack and makes a noise, and you’re not in that room, you will go check it out after hearing the sound. But if a basketball rolls past you and bumps into something, you probably won’t care.”
“I would still pick it up.” Huang Le muttered.
“Don’t be a smartass, just understand the general idea.” Qian Rongrong glared at him.
Jiang Zhiyan covered her mouth and coughed again: “I’ll go… cough, cough… and talk to the people inside later. Maybe the two groups can cooperate. Give me ten minutes.”
After saying that, she closed her eyes and buried her face in Si Xu’s embrace, clinging to her tightly.
“Host, you seem to have recovered already.”
“Yes.” Jiang Zhiyan responded. It only hurt for a while.
“A friendly reminder, there’s someone inside whose evolution direction is healing.” The system chuckled. “Let’s see how you fake being sick in the future.”
Jiang Zhiyan seemed to have fallen asleep. Ten minutes passed, and no one woke her, wanting to let her rest. However, she stirred and tried to get up.
“Are you alright now?”
“Yes.” Jiang Zhiyan rubbed her chest and smiled reassuringly at Si Xu. “I just thought about it. After I go in, I’ll find a way to lure the aliens to the leftmost window, and then you guys come in through the door on the right.”
Jiang Zhiyan gestured. “If it doesn’t work, we’ll think of something else. I’ll go now.”
She struggled to get up.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” Si Xu asked again.
Jiang Zhiyan nodded: “Senior, trust me.”
“She calls her Senior, but she calls me Senior Qian.” Qian Rongrong clicked her tongue and gave a knowing look.
Jiang Zhiyan lowered her head shyly and said defensively: “Senior Qian, don’t overthink it.”
She set off with the crowbar, weaving through the aliens, her figure thin and trembling, looking as if she would fall with the slightest touch.
Si Xu’s gaze was fixed on Jiang Zhiyan. If her ability faltered, all the aliens would pounce on her, and Si Xu wouldn’t have time to save her.
“Look at him.” Qian Rongrong glanced at Huang Le lying on the floor.
Huang Le covered his face: “Leave me alone, I’m useless.”
Jiang Zhiyan reached the door. Someone had already seen her from the window. She knocked, and after seeing that the aliens didn’t react, the people inside immediately opened the door and pulled her in.
Without wasting any time, before anyone could ask, she explained the current situation. Jiang Zhiyan counted the people in the auditorium, there were actually over thirty of them, far more than she had expected. And most of them here were evolved humans, which wasn’t surprising.
Everyone immediately started acting according to Jiang Zhiyan’s plan. It just so happened that someone here had evolved a “lion’s roar” ability, which was extremely effective at attracting the aliens below. The aliens, as planned, moved towards the leftmost window.
Jiang Zhiyan stood by the door on the right, nervously clasping her hands.
“What’s your ability? Not being caught by aliens?” The person standing beside Jiang Zhiyan asked curiously.
“Mimicking atmospheres, I just mimicked a corpse.” Jiang Zhiyan looked at the person. “What about you?”
“I can see the weaknesses of my targets. For example, the aliens’ weakness is their heart, located just below their necks.” The person looked Jiang Zhiyan up and down. “Your entire body is a weakness.”
Jiang Zhiyan: …
“Thank you for telling me.” Jiang Zhiyan smiled, then her expression turned serious as she continued to wait nervously.
“But when you walked over just now, I didn’t see any weaknesses. I don’t know if it’s because of your ability or because of the corpse you mimicked.” This was the reason he approached Jiang Zhiyan. “Let me introduce myself, I’m Xue Lin.”
“Jiang Zhiyan.” Jiang Zhiyan paused. “Could you please not talk to me, I want to wait quietly.”
“Alright.” Xue Lin went to the second floor of the auditorium to direct some of the evolved humans with offensive abilities to kill aliens.
When Xue Lin mentioned his ability, Jiang Zhiyan immediately knew who he was, another member of the protagonist group, a powerful support. Later, when encountering new types of aliens, they would rely on him to identify their weaknesses. However, he was very fragile, his body only normally enhanced.
It could be said that Si Xu herself was a well-rounded fighter, and her team was also well-rounded, not many people, but with a complete range of abilities.
Jiang Zhiyan heard footsteps. After a knock, the people at the door immediately opened it. Huang Le was the first to enter, followed by Qian Rongrong.
“Where’s Senior?” Jiang Zhiyan waited but didn’t see a third person. As the aliens approached, the door closed again.
“Fuck, I knew you weren’t a good person!” Qian Rongrong was furious, kicking Huang Le to the ground. He clutched his stomach and groaned in pain. “Si Xu was covering our retreat, I don’t know how to explain it, but this idiot led her into a horde of monsters! I was surrounded too, I couldn’t get through. She moved away from us so we wouldn’t be dragged down with her.”
Qian Rongrong kicked him two more times before someone stopped her.
“We’re going out to save her.” A few evolved humans came downstairs and quickly went out. They had also seen Si Xu’s situation from upstairs. There was still a chance to save her. The loudspeaker upstairs was still diligently attracting the aliens’ attention.
Jiang Zhiyan stared at Huang Le, her fingers twitching slightly. The system hadn’t given any warnings yet, which meant Si Xu was fine, but it was still worrying. This was completely different from Si Xu going out alone. Si Xu would have been prepared, choosing routes with fewer aliens, finding places with cover, but now she was trapped in the open space in front.
No wonder this person wasn’t part of the protagonist group but appeared in front of them. He was that selfish and nameless cannon fodder. He was supposed to be dead, but he was actually alive and standing here.
“My oversight.” Jiang Zhiyan said to the system.
“Host, don’t blame yourself… even if you had noticed, with the four of you together, you couldn’t have killed him.” The system comforted her. “It’s a pity. If those monsters have already noticed a moving creature, even staying still won’t work, otherwise she could just lie on the ground.”
Huang Le had already moved to another spot: “I didn’t do it on purpose, my hand was faster than my brain, I…”
“Shut up.” Jiang Zhiyan smashed her crowbar on a chair, shattering it.
Huang Le looked at the shattered chair in terror. He felt like Jiang Zhiyan wasn’t trying to smash the chair, but him. Everyone around was startled and looked at Jiang Zhiyan.
Jiang Zhiyan took a deep breath, turned around, and wiped away her tears.
If this person was ever alone, he would definitely die.
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