Chapter 53: I’m a Vibe of Delicate Weakness (22)
Jiang Zhiyan clearly knew the crisis was drawing nearer. The people in the base also sensed something, the atmosphere heavy, everyone’s tempers short, any little thing could spark a fight.
However, Jiang Zhiyan’s daily life remained the same—clinging to Si Xu.
“We’re leaving the base in two days.” Si Xu said.
“Okay.” Jiang Zhiyan replied.
Si Xu looked at Jiang Zhiyan: “Aren’t you going to ask me why?”
“The reason isn’t important, just take me with you.” Jiang Zhiyan lay on Si Xu’s bed.
Si Xu sat beside Jiang Zhiyan: “I have a feeling that the base might face a catastrophic event in the next two days. I told the base leader, but he didn’t agree to a phased evacuation, he thought my idea was nonsense.”
“Perhaps for many ordinary people, staying here is no different from leaving.” Si Xu twitched her lips. “But I think we should inform the others, but he disagreed, saying I’m trying to cause panic.”
She rubbed her temples, chuckling dryly, perhaps finding it ridiculous.
“Do you think we should leave or stay?” Si Xu looked at Jiang Zhiyan.
“Leave.” Jiang Zhiyan stared at the ceiling. “Senior, I’m very selfish, as long as you survive, I’m satisfied. I don’t really care about the others.”
Si Xu didn’t know what to say: “There’s no point if only the two of us survive.”
“There is, can I sleep here tonight?” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Si Xu and asked.
“No.” Si Xu refused, her tone slightly annoyed.
Although they had confirmed their relationship, Si Xu still refused to share a room with Jiang Zhiyan. They did sleep together for three days initially, but Jiang Zhiyan always moved closer in her sleep, her entire body restless.
Si Xu always knew that Jiang Zhiyan wasn’t as innocent as she appeared, but she hadn’t expected her to be this uninhibited.
“Hmph, wasn’t it because you were in a bad mood?” Jiang Zhiyan said, acting aggrieved.
Si Xu covered her face with the blanket, not wanting to see her pitiful expression.
The system burst out laughing: “I’m dying of laughter, she’s not falling for it anymore, you’ve failed, you’ve failed!”
Jiang Zhiyan ignored it, fumbled under the blanket, and held Si Xu’s hand. Si Xu struggled a bit but couldn’t break free.
The next day, Si Xu went to talk to the other members of their team. Not many were willing to leave, not because they thought the base was impenetrable, but because they felt there was nowhere else to go, leaving the base was no different from staying.
“I’m already this old, if I die, I die, I’m too lazy to move.”
“If it were just humans, I could still fight, but…”
“We all know there’s something dangerous up there, but what can we do? Someone flew up there to take a look, but they didn’t see anything. We can’t go any higher, and even if we could, what then?”
…
Si Xu said a lot, but they were still dispirited. However, some were willing to leave with her, such as the people from A University, those who had been with her along the way, the male lead, and a few other young people.
They planned to leave the day after tomorrow. Si Xu negotiated with the base, and they allowed them to take three vehicles and some supplies. The base actually didn’t want to give them anything, but as the saying went, it was better to leave some leeway.
They didn’t bring much luggage, Jiang Zhiyan only brought a few changes of clothes, after all, Si Xu’s ability could satisfy their basic needs.
“Other bases might not be as good as ours, just live your lives peacefully, why bother?”
Knowing Si Xu was leaving, many people came to see them off.
“I’m not going to another base, I just think there are too many people gathered here, it’s dangerous.” Si Xu said, glancing at the base leader, whose face had darkened.
“That’s just your speculation, don’t spread fear.” The base leader said unhappily. “If you want to leave, then leave, no need to incite others.”
Si Xu twitched her lips: “I’m just stating my speculation, everyone should have their own judgment.”
“People are already anxious at a time like this, unnecessary speculation will only make them more uneasy. You’re young, you don’t understand these things, I can understand.” He said with a fake smile. “If you can’t survive outside, you’re welcome to come back.”
Si Xu nodded and replied calmly, as if she didn’t hear the sarcasm in his words: “Thank you for taking care of us during this time.”
The others had already boarded the vehicles, Jiang Zhiyan still standing outside, arms crossed, waiting for Si Xu.
The luggage was already loaded. Because there were only three vehicles, and many people, each vehicle was packed like a sardine can, very uncomfortable.
The sky darkened. This time, it was different from before, like the shadow of a giant object covering the area.
Jiang Zhiyan looked up, slightly annoyed, why couldn’t it just wait until they left before appearing?
This time, everyone saw the strangely shaped, gigantic object. It was slowly descending, clearly preparing to land in City A. It was so huge, almost the size of the entire city, like a city falling from the sky. It was still a long distance away, but it felt like it was directly above their heads.
Panic erupted in the base, screams and cries filling the air.
The aliens wandering outside the base became excited, various sharp, piercing cries mixing together.
Clearly, they couldn’t leave now.
Several aliens, at the cost of their lives, broke through the reinforced walls, shattering not only the walls, but also everyone’s psychological defenses.
There had been aliens trying to breach the defenses before, but they hadn’t succeeded, leading many in the base to believe the walls were safe. This felt like a cruel joke, mocking their efforts, their wishful thinking.
The people in the vehicles wanted to drive out, but the aliens were too densely packed, it was impossible to drive through them, they could only get out of the vehicles.
Once the walls were breached, the aliens outside swarmed in, wreaking havoc. They didn’t even need to do anything deliberately, just charge forward blindly.
Several flying aliens swooped down from the sky, grabbing three people at a time with their claws, carrying them high into the air, then dropping them into the crowd. Those with weapons instinctively fought back, the sounds of gunfire and explosions filling the air, but it was useless, at most disrupting their flight, it was almost impossible to kill them.
The evolved humans battled the aliens. Xue Lin finally came into play, cooperating with another evolved human with a loudspeaker ability, quickly pointing out the weaknesses of various aliens.
“Be careful.” Si Xu, looking at Jiang Zhiyan, only had time to say these two words before disappearing into the horde of aliens.
Jiang Zhiyan stood there, watching Si Xu’s back.
“So annoying.” Jiang Zhiyan exhaled.
“Stop complaining, get to work.” The system said.
The evolved human with the fast counting ability quickly reported the number of aliens, over three thousand, with more approaching. Their intention to flatten the base was very clear.
At the same time, other human settlements also came under fierce attack. Their target this time was densely populated areas.
Jiang Zhiyan stabbed two aliens through their hearts.
Compared to the ones on the ground, the flying ones were more troublesome. There were only three evolved humans who could fly. Qian Rongrong had already taken to the skies, screaming as she pecked at the aliens’ hearts.
Jiang Zhiyan moved closer to where Si Xu was, who was pushing ordinary people into her protective barrier, her clothes stained with blood, unclear whose, but judging from Si Xu’s expression, it wasn’t hers.
Jiang Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief, stopped approaching, and focused on dealing with the surrounding aliens.
“I want to go directly to their spaceship.” Jiang Zhiyan said.
“That’s something the female lead does, take a break, Host, just hold on a little longer, this attack will last about an hour, after all, they treat you as toys, they don’t intend to kill you all at once.”
“This feeling of being completely overpowered is really unpleasant.”
A pile of alien corpses had accumulated around Si Xu. She used the abilities she replicated freely and coordinated them effectively, clearly having practiced many times in private.
The group of survivors behind her was also growing. To prevent Si Xu from being distracted, Jiang Zhiyan helped eliminate the aliens approaching the barrier and used her ability to conceal their presence.
The people inside the barrier looked lifeless, staring blankly at the carnage outside, unable to even cry, let alone speak.
This attack lasted for about two hours. As soon as the two hours were up, all the aliens retreated in an orderly fashion, even placing the people they had captured on the ground.
“Hahaha, hahaha, what… what are we even?” Someone clutched their head and started crying.
The aliens didn’t say a word, but the mockery was clear, even without seeing them, they could still feel their condescending attitude.
“So cruel, either killing people, or crushing their spirits, driving them to the brink of collapse, tsk.” The system was speechless.
Jiang Zhiyan sat on a rock, Si Xu collapsing beside her, holding Jiang Zhiyan’s hand.
“Let’s rest for a bit, and then go check that area over there.” Si Xu’s voice was soft.
“Okay.” Jiang Zhiyan replied, carefully wiping the blood from Si Xu’s cheek, then pulling her into an embrace.
Qian Rongrong sat beside them, holding her severed arm: “It hurts so much, I’m so tired, I really want to sleep, but I don’t dare to.”
“No one’s treating your wounds?”
“I’m not in critical condition yet, so they won’t treat me.” Qian Rongrong instinctively wanted to smile, but she couldn’t, she didn’t have the energy. Her face was pale from blood loss, her head slightly dizzy. She could fall asleep the moment she closed her eyes, but she knew she couldn’t.
Si Xu struggled to sit up and placed her hand on Qian Rongrong’s arm.
Qian Rongrong looked at Si Xu in surprise. Si Xu coughed twice, then her hand went limp, and she fainted.
“Why, why does Si Xu have so many abilities?” Someone nearby looked over and asked suspiciously. “Did she kill Jiang Zhou?”
Jiang Zhou, the one who could steal others’ abilities, Jiang Zhiyan glanced at his ID card, he was from Chen Yang’s team.
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