It was not only Ding Shiang who didn't get a good night's sleep last night. When they remembered the playground they saw while checking the terrain, they ran over in the middle of the night and cleared the zombies there, waiting to give Qing Yun a surprise in the morning.
Qing Xiaoyun was very curious about everything and naturally will not refuse Ding Shiang and Li Ye.
The entire playground is empty and neglected. The originally most lively place is left with only patchy colors. All sorts of equipment have stopped turning and are stationed there alone.
But it was different in Qing Xiaoyun's eyes. Every single thing here was new to him.
Looking at the cheerful and curious youth in this quiet to eerie playground, a trace of sourness flooded the hearts of the adults present.
There was a photo wall standing alone in the playground, and the laughing faces of the people on it attracted Qing Xiaoyun to come closer. He looked at the photo of the colorful and gorgeous playground, the blue sky, and the green grass and trees. Then, he turned around and looked behind him, and his heart also felt that something was amiss.
This world, it's like it's sick.
Sheng Feng and the others also could not help but come over and see the scene in the photo with a bitter smile.
"It has been so long since I have seen a scene like this, I thought I had almost forgotten." Ding Shiang raised his hand and rubbed his face, tears glittering in his eyes. Before the end of the world, he had a young son who had just turned three years old and a gentle and caring wife. The three of them often played in playgrounds in their free time.
But such cheerful smiles made the bitter memories in Ding Shiang's mind extremely horrifying. The morning the end times came, he opened his eyes and saw his son, who had turned into a zombie, biting his wife's throat.
He witnessed as his beloved wife and son became rotten, festered, and transformed into disgusting monsters that chased him frantically. And after breaking down and suffering, Ding Shiang took the knife himself and chopped off their heads with tears in his eyes.
Chen Min and the others also lowered their heads to hide the nostalgia in their eyes.
Sheng Feng did not have the same feelings as Ding Shiang. He was a retired soldier and had always been alone. However, out of some deep-rooted sense of responsibility, he would help those around him after the end of the world.
But for himself, Sheng Feng was passive. He does not have a big goal, and even his desire to live was not very strong. He seemed to be in a state where he was full of love for the world and indifferent at the same time.
He just used his ability as a tool, traveling around to see the whole post-apocalyptic life and giving a helping hand when necessary.
But now it's different. For the first time, Sheng Feng has someone he wants to protect.
Sheng Feng went up, carried the child to the carousel that he was obviously interested in, and asked him, "Want to play?"
"Want!" The hint of something wrong slowly hid in his heart, and Qing Xiaoyun nodded excitedly towards Sheng Feng.
Sheng Feng's ability activated, then the carousel slowly turned. There was no pleasant music, and the only accompaniment was the creaking sound of the long-unused machine.
But Qing Xiaoyun enjoyed it, sitting and spinning around again and again.
Sheng Feng watched with a smile on his face. After a long time, he felt that something was not right. The young man sitting on the merry-go-round who had collected his smile but remained calm and gentle was Qing Yun.
Often, Sheng Feng would always be able to spot the difference in the youth's state as soon as he could. But this time, perhaps because the distance was too far, or maybe Qing Yun's eyes were too calm, he fell into a trance for a moment before realizing it.
Qing Yun looked up at this dilapidated machine, and then looked at Sheng Feng, who was standing nearby and extending his hand to him. He thought that he would be angry and furious in this situation, but in fact, his heart only had a faint peace of mind.
Because, in this desolate playground, Qing Xiaoyun was greatly comforted, and this soothing feeling even reached Qing Yun's mind, calming the hostility that was difficult to disperse in his heart inch by inch.
Qing Yun looked at Sheng Feng. This man was the strangest protagonist he had ever seen.
He did not build his army, nor did he have an exact upgrade route like other protagonists. Sheng Feng was simply a man who traveled almost halfway across the world, and every time he stopped, his power and bursting sense of responsibility left an unforgettable memory for the local people.
In the original course, Sheng Feng and Lu Changfeng still picked up Qing Yun, the experimental body. Lu Changfeng likewise discovered the body's godlike ability, and just when Lu Changfeng was about to absorb the ability, he was discovered by Sheng Feng.
Of course, Sheng Feng wanted to stop Lu Changfeng's cruelty to this experimental body, so in the collision of the three's energy, the experimental subject's ability riot surprisingly used Lu Changfeng's absorption ability to transmit his own mental ability to Sheng Feng.
The loss of Lu Changfeng and the experimental body resulted in a powerful Sheng Feng.
And Sheng Feng made the world a better place. He was the savior of the last days, the man who brought hope to the world with his life, and the existence that was called God by later generations.
The key to the ending of the end of the world was Qing Yun's ability. He let Lu Changfeng go and hinted at him to go to the capital, just to see who Sheng Feng, the "protagonist", would choose between the whole world and him?
Chris made that choice for the sake of the Federation and the people, Qing Yun accepted it well and even watched that man's struggle and will with a touch of admiration.
But in this case, no.
The carousel wobbled to a halt, and Qing Yun hid the thoughts in his eyes. He smacked Sheng Feng's hand away and jumped down himself.
Sheng Feng's eyes flashed helplessly, but still took the young man's waist, moved over, and said: "Don't ignore me."
As he said this, he brushed the corner of Qing Yun's lips, and before he could move, he suddenly heard two "pops".
Not far away, Chen Min, who came over to bring them water, stood frozen. She stared wide-eyed at Sheng Feng and Qing Yun, who almost kissed each other, with an expression as if the sky had collapsed, and even the two bottles of mineral water under her feet rolled away unnoticed.
Seeing the person, Qing Yun slightly narrowed his eyes. He has not forgotten that Chen Min is the female lead of this world. Sheng Feng traveled through the end times, attracting countless women, and this was the only woman accepted by Sheng Feng. She followed him on his travels and watched him save the world.
The next second, the "female lead" who was frozen took two steps over and violently pushed Sheng Feng away and pulled Qing Yun behind herself.
"You! You..." Chen Min pointed at Sheng Feng, and her fingers were shaking with anger, "He's only a child in his mind! How could you do such a thing!"
Sheng Feng: "..."
The corners of Qing Yun's mouth stiffened, obviously not expecting Chen Min to react this way.
Chen Min seemed to be really stimulated. All day long, she dragged Qing Yun to hide from Sheng Feng and even took out her treasured disinfectant tissues to wipe Qing Yun's mouth.
Even at dinner, Qing Yun still heard Chen Min squinting at Sheng Feng and muttering in a low voice.
"Damn, was I blind in the beginning and actually fell for this beast with a human face?"
Sheng-Beast-Feng crouched expressionlessly to the side, gazing at the pleasant-looking Qing Yun.
Sheng Feng's base was eventually stationed next to the playground. He began to recruit more people slowly, and the number of seeds collected in his team gradually increased. As the only base that could grow normal plants, it slowly became famous, and countless ability users wanted to get in. However, the base was very strict in its recruitment, and the people who came from inside were very tight-lipped, so most of the ability users could only sigh in disappointment.
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Lu Changfeng went around the capital. Eventually, his habit of collecting broken limbs and arms was noticed, and he was taken into the laboratory.
He was marked with a number and thrown into a "cage" like cargo.
Next to him, there were also other ability users. These people seemed to have grown up in the laboratory since childhood as there was no discomfort with the life in the laboratory. And even when they see their companions being taken away from time to time and never returning, there was no violent reaction, as if such things were as common as eating and drinking.
But Lu Changfeng still reacted, and he was almost frantic as he grabbed the railing and roared, "I want to get what I want, I want to get what I want! Qing Yun, bring Qing Yun to me!"
After screaming for a while, he squatted down nervously and frantically grabbed his hair. He covered his face and cried out. It seemed that his heart's desire was something he had to do.
Lu Changfeng cried and reached out to grab the pants of the laboratory personnel: "Let my wish come true, let my wish come true..."
Professor Wu of the laboratory walked past Lu Changfeng with his record book. He looked up, and his old but wise and calm gaze examined Lu Changfeng through his lenses.
"How is the condition of this subject?"
His assistant replied, "Brain trauma. He cannot be used for psychic ability experiments, but he has a space ability, and the contents of his space are still unknown."
Referring to his research direction – psychic abilities, Professor Wu sighed: "If Experiment No. 3 had not been lost, the research in this direction could have continued."
Hearing the professor talking about Experiment No. 3 again, the assistant did not say anything. When Experiment No. 3 disappeared after an accident, it was a big blow to Professor Wu.
In the beginning, Professor Wu's research direction was very heavenly. When the end times came, one of the clones in his laboratory turned out to be mutated and could change the morphological characteristics of matter with his mental ability.
This mutation made Professor Wu feel like he had gone mad. He decided that the key to solving the end times lay in this experimental body and put most of his energy into researching mental psychic abilities that others did not value at first.
Now, the new people in the laboratory only heard this as a rumor, but not Professor Wu's assistant, who had followed Professor Wu throughout the way and had seen with his own eyes the godlike powers of that artificial man.
Thinking about this, the assistant couldn't help but open the booklet in his hand again, where a picture of a young man was neatly pasted.
Lu Changfeng got up with the help of the wall and caught sight of the photo. He was caught off guard and reached out to snatch the booklet from his assistant's hand. He pointed at the image on the booklet, and his eyes almost filled with blood: "Qing Yun! I want to get what I want! I want what he desires!"
Professor Wu, who was about to walk away, suddenly stopped in his tracks. His gaze was like a sharp sword stabbing at Lu Changfeng, and his whole body perked up.
He instructed his assistant, "Find an experimental subject with healing abilities and let them heal this man's brain."