OBS Chapter 328 Children's Chapter
Chapter 328 Children's Chapter
The next morning, everyone got up early to pack their luggage and prepare to leave Moon City.
The familiar RV reappeared, and the group loaded some medical equipment that Yan Shuzhou needed onto the vehicle before greeting Hu Hai.
Although Moon City lacked medical equipment, Hu Hai readily agreed since it was Miao Yin and the others who needed it.
After lunch, Hu Hai and his group came to see Miao Yin off.
Just yesterday, the army from Dream City left first.
Miao Yin went out yesterday because Peng Si wanted to meet her.
The other party received orders from higher-ups that they wanted her and her people to join Moon City, so they sent Peng Si to recruit her.
But Peng Si wouldn't be so naive. He knew that neither Moon City nor Dream City could contain Miao Yin; the other side simply looked down on these bases.
Therefore, he only informed Miao Yin about this matter yesterday and did not actively recruit her.
Just as he thought, Miao Yin had no intention of staying in any base.
However, in Peng Si's view, Miao Yin's precognitive abilities were more important than staying at the base.
The Yecheng Experiment, the emergence of the Scarlet Catastrophe, the rampage of the Black Tide... everything that Miao Yin told them came true.
History has been altered, and the future is once again unknown.
Peng Si just wanted to know if such a terrible thing would happen again, so that Meng Cheng could prepare in advance.
Miao Yin simply stared at him for a while without saying anything.
Mengcheng cannot lose someone she has never had, and Pengsi naturally cannot get any news about the future from Miaoyin.
But no news is also a kind of news.
Peng Si tidied up his team and, filled with speculation about the future, embarked on the road back to Dream City.
When he returns this time, his status will be even higher than before.
I wonder when the next time the mark on my forehead will feel hot will be.
And just as Peng Si left yesterday, Miao Yin is leaving today as well.
"Although I knew you would all leave, I didn't expect it to be one after the other." After resting for the past few days, Hu Hai's health has improved a lot, and he looks radiant.
The renovation project in Moon City is progressing smoothly. Taking this opportunity, Hu Hai also renovated many houses to make the area more suitable for post-apocalyptic living conditions, and at the same time expanded Moon City's territory considerably.
The pain of death gradually subsided with the passage of time, and laughter and joy once again filled the streets. It is believed that before long, this place will return to its prosperous state before the Kuroshio Current.
“Yan Shuzhou is awake, so there’s no need for me to stay here.” Miao Yin’s gaze fell on the group of people busy packing their luggage in front of her.
They not only had to arrange the car, but also had to bring Yan Shuzhou down from the top floor of the hospital and put him in the car. After all that trouble, it took them quite a bit of time.
“I still have places to go,” she said.
Hu Hai didn't ask her where she was going next, but just sighed and expressed his regret.
"My promise remains valid. You are welcome to return to Moon City anytime you wish," the city lord said.
"Sister Yin, we're all packed up, we can go now!" Yao Yue called out.
"Then, goodbye," Hu Hai said.
"Goodbye."
Miao Yin got into the car and sat in the passenger seat. The car she was in was the RV where Yan Shuzhou was. There were only two seats in the front row, and Tu Hao was driving.
Apart from this one car, everyone else was in an off-road vehicle for easy road use.
"Let's drive," Miao Yin said, holding up the map.
With a press of the accelerator, the RV led the way, followed by the other vehicles, and they finally left the city.
The shadow of Yuecheng receded further and further behind, gradually disappearing from sight. The memories and bloodshed that lingered there seemed to vanish along with the tire tracks of the car.
Miao Yin leaned against the car window, letting the wind of approaching winter blow across her cheeks.
It's cool and the air is very fresh.
Soon, the year will be over.
Miao Yin recalled that at this time in her previous life, animals had not even begun to mutate.
Now, not only are the animals undergoing premature mutations, but she has also opened the arsenal, and the Black Tide has arrived ahead of schedule.
Aside from nearly perishing together with divine retribution at the end, her plan was flawless.
They were unaware that, with the added punishment from heaven, she had already successfully killed three Crimson Calamities. If word got out, the world would be in uproar.
So much has happened in less than a year. Looking back on my past life, it feels almost like a dream.
"What are you thinking about?" Tu Hao asked casually when he saw her leaning against the window.
Miao Yin snapped out of her daze, lazily leaned back in the passenger seat, and then closed the window to shut out the howling wind.
"Thinking about the past."
"The past?" Tu Hao was somewhat surprised by her answer.
Miao Yin has always been a forward-looking person who never looks back, yet today she has the leisure to reminisce.
This made Tu Hao curious about what kind of event would make her recall it.
However, speaking of the past, Tu Hao remembered something he had always wanted to ask her.
"Miao Yin, I have a question for you."
"what?"
Why were you at the gas station at that time?
Miao Yin's pupils flickered slightly as she replied, "I was looking for you."
"Because I was in your premonition?"
"Ah."
"So you came to me just to use me?"
"..."
Miao Yin's gaze shifted to his profile. The other man's expression remained unchanged, as if he were just chatting casually. But Miao Yin, who knew him well, knew that he was not as calm as he appeared.
"Why do you ask?"
"I just can't figure out what I did to offend you in the future that made you want to kill me at the source."
Admittedly, Miao Yin treated each of them differently, wearing so many masks that it was impossible to see through any of their true feelings.
But Tu Hao could still keenly sense that he was the one being targeted.
Haven't you heard a fairy tale?
Tu Hao: "A fairy tale?"
"Legend has it that there is an evil dragon in the ancient Black Forest. It possesses all the wealth of the cave and has greedily taken away the king's most beloved princess."
Tu Hao frowned, not understanding what the other person was trying to say.
"At this moment, a righteous prince from a neighboring country stepped forward and said that he would eliminate the evil dragon and restore peace to the forest and the kingdom. So he took his sword and stepped into the dragon's cave, killed the evil dragon with one stroke, and saved the princess."
"Then he returned to the kingdom with this achievement and announced to the world that he would marry the princess and inherit the country after the marriage. The princess was very happy, so she persuaded the king to give the throne to the prince."
Tu Hao struggled to make sense of the logic.
If you match reality with the people in the story, then you're definitely not a princess, and it wouldn't be him who gets killed.
"...You mean, I'll kill you in the future?"
Although he doesn't look like a "Prince of Justice" at all, the other party seems to be implying that to him.
"Yes and no." Miao Yin stroked the strands of hair at her temples, looking as beautiful as a devil. "But that's not important. What's important is that the prince must be by the princess's side and inherit the throne."
Tu Hao took a deep breath: "Can't you speak like a human being?"
Putting aside why the king would give the throne to a complete stranger, what does this fairy tale have to do with him?
Miao Yin's gaze lingered on him, and the profile of the person beside her gradually overlapped with the image of the person holding a fairy tale book from ten years ago in her memory. So she began to tell the second half of the story.
—The second half of the story was told to her by this person from ten years ago.
"The one who died was a prince."
Tu Hao: "What?"
"The neighboring country had long been destroyed by the evil dragon. The prince accepted the king's bounty and took the best weapons to seek revenge on the evil dragon, but he was killed by a thief on the way and his identity was stolen."
"The dragon didn't die; it just plucked one of its own scales so the thief could go back and claim credit."
The story suddenly took a 180-degree turn, transforming from a sweet fairy tale into a horror story.
From this point on, Tu Hao knew that the story was definitely made up by the other party. If a fairy tale were really written like this, it would have been reported and taken down by parents long ago.
"According to you, this thief got something for nothing, gaining both fame and fortune. Why would the evil dragon agree to it? And the princess, doesn't she know anything about it?" Tu Hao's tone was full of distrust.
“A dragon?” Miao Yin’s tone rose as she chuckled. “She went back with the thieves to inherit the throne.”
“…Huh?” Tu Hao tightened his grip on the steering wheel, uttering a short, puzzled sound.
But he quickly realized: "The princess... is a dragon?"
“A fake prince, a real thief; a fake dragon, a real princess,” Miao Yin said slowly, looking at the empty road ahead.
"The story begins with a princess who gains the ability to transform into a dragon. She kills all her brothers and destroys the neighboring kingdom that is eyeing her with covetous eyes. Everything is ready except for the crown, but because she is a princess, she can never become a king."
In her previous life, Miao Yin awakened the Blood Guanyin, a powerful superpower, but she was still unable to win over the masses due to her weak body and lack of survival experience.
She couldn't fit into the world, and the world couldn't understand her.
"In that case, let's try a different approach. Find a thief pretending to be a prince, expose his true identity to render him powerless, then use him to completely hide the evil dragon, and take this achievement back to inherit the throne."
Then let Tu Hao stand in front. Anyway, she has the ability to handle troublesome and dangerous matters that require her to step forward. She can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor.
"The subjects obey the prince, and the prince obeys the princess."
The people in the team listened to Tu Hao, and Tu Hao listened to Miao Yin.
"Look, the throne, it's in our hands now!" A smile spread across Miao Yin's lips.
In the end, however, the princess grew tired of the unchanging life in the kingdom, and the thief, still threatened with death, turned on her.
The story ends on a tall building, but as the reader turns the pages, it returns to the first page. She stands at the beginning, looking towards the end.
Did the princess have the freedom to strangle the thief at the source because the thief had offended her?
Of course not, the princess is very generous.
The princess was simply used to having a useful knife by her side.
She also wanted to see if adding some gold carvings and sharpening the knife would make it even better than the one in the previous story.
Therefore, Miao Yin would not tell Tu Hao that she had secretly left a prohibition on him in the armory, which was called "Do not absorb the crystal core of the Crimson Calamity".
If the ban is even slightly violated, Tu Hao will be burned to death instantly.
This ban was never touched, so Miao Yin waited calmly to see what he would do.
The moment she received the crystal core, Miao Yin thought to herself, "This knife seems to have really become more useful."
The car slammed on the brakes. Tu Hao unbuckled his seatbelt, braced himself against Miao Yin's car window with one hand, and pressed down on her, his intense aura surging as if he were about to engulf her.
Miao Yin leaned back in her seat, raising her eyes to quietly watch his movements.
He was angry, angry for no apparent reason, but there was no murderous intent about him.
Tu Hao's eyes burned crimson, and as he leaned closer, only one thought occupied his mind.
That means shutting up that mouth of hers that never gives him a good mood, tearing apart her shrewd and arrogant face, pulling her down so she can look him in the eye properly!
But as he approached, Tu Hao saw only an eternal indifference beneath the golden iceberg.
Even at this distance, there was still no trace of him in those clear eyes.
"Tu Hao, why are you angry?" Miao Yin asked. "Don't you like listening to my stories?"
A sudden sense of powerlessness swept over Tu Hao, instantly extinguishing his earlier anger. He gave a self-deprecating laugh and sat back down.
"I'm a jerk."
Tu Hao took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth, thinking that rather than things being like this now, it would have been better to let him rot to death in the gas station in the first place.
The sound of car horns came from behind, clearly wondering why the car in front had suddenly stopped.
Seeing him frantically searching for a lighter, Miao Yin reached out and snatched his cigarette away.
"What?" Tu Hao asked impatiently.
"If you don't like the smell of smoke, you're not allowed to smoke," the black-haired woman said domineeringly.
"Then why should they be allowed to drink?"
"I like."
"..."
Tu Hao's lips twitched: "You're really wicked."
"Thank you for the compliment," Miao Yin said with a smile, tossing her cigarette out the window.
He let out a long sigh and shifted gears again.
The car started with a hum and set off again. Neither of them spoke, as if what had just happened was just a trivial little episode.
Miao Yin picked up the map again and fiddled with it.
It would take them at least five days to drive from Moon City back to the ancient capital.
That's quite a distance.
The long drive quickly exhausted everyone; they drove and stopped frequently, taking turns driving.
Yu Wenwen stayed by Yan Shuzhou's side the entire time to prevent him from having a seizure.
After five exhausting days, they finally caught sight of Zuochuan People's Hospital.
Miao Yin got out of the car. The once bustling hospital had now become a dilapidated place, and the oppressive atmosphere was frightening.
She saw an overturned military vehicle by the roadside, which must have been left behind by the troops who had come here on a mission before.
It was getting late, and it wasn't a good time to move around. Miao Yin said to them, "Let's rest for a bit, and we'll go in tomorrow."