dtnovels Chapter 166 We Join
Chapter 166 We Join
Tang Jinxiu's body trembled more and more violently on the bed.
Suddenly, her eyes snapped open!
Those eyes were no longer the original dark brown, but had become eerie eyes that shimmered with a mesmerizing purple light, as if they could suck in one's soul!
Jiao Jiao was too frightened to approach.
Su Su shouted, and dark golden energy flowed around her body. Her "Overlord Body" ability automatically protected her, negating most of the mental impact.
Jiao Jiao let out a muffled groan, her face paled, and she took two steps back before Su Su caught her.
Chen Pei was the first to be hit, but a layer of flowing water film instantly appeared on his body surface. When the mental impact hit it, it only stirred up ripples before dissipating into nothingness.
"Sister Jinxiu!"
Chen Pei's voice was filled with urgency, hope, and an unconcealable sorrow.
Tang Jinxiu sat up on the bed, looking at everything in a daze.
Her long hair moved without wind, each strand seemingly possessing a life of its own, emitting a faint purple glow.
Her skin was as white and smooth as milk, and she exuded a breathtaking beauty.
Her purple-glowing eyes slowly swept over the three people in the room, her gaze filled with a newborn's confusion and wariness, as well as a deep-seated, seemingly instinctive allure.
"Xiao Pei?" She asked softly, incredulously, only when the object landed on Chen Pei.
"I..." Tang Jinxiu began, her voice hoarse, yet carrying a captivating allure.
"I... I'm not dead?" She looked around, feeling that everything was so unreal.
"Sister Jinxiu, you're alright! You're alright!" Chen Pei took a step forward, but then stopped by the bedside, seemingly hesitant to approach the woman whose demeanor had changed so drastically.
Tang Jinxiu looked down at her fair and slender fingers, which seemed to gleam with jade-like light, and felt the unfamiliar, restless, alluring and chaotic power within her body.
"I...I...I seem to have awakened just like you!" Feeling the inexhaustible power within her body, Tang Jinxiu was too shocked to speak.
"Sister Jinxiu, Chen Pei saved you! You're alright now!" The little girl gave Tang Jinxiu another boost of health.
"You, you are..." Only then did she realize that something was wrong; how did two more people suddenly appear here?
"My name is Jiao Jiao!" the little girl immediately introduced herself, then pointed at Su Su.
"This is my aunt, Su Su. The rest of our convoy are outside. The leader is Brother Fu, and the most capable one is Brother Dao... oh, he's the one who gave Chen Pei the medicine and woke you up!"
At this moment, Fu Xiaojian and Xu Si also returned.
"Congratulations." Fu Xiaojian smiled.
"It seems to have been successful. Miss Tang, how do you feel?"
"Who are you?" Tang Jinxiu, who had been given several healing spells by the little girl, was able to get out of bed with Chen Pei's help.
Although the sequence energy enhanced her physique, she was still somewhat weak from not eating for so long.
"Fu Xiaojian, leader of the Xinhuo team, this is Xu Si."
"Did you save me? Thank you!" Tang Jinxiu's every word was filled with natural allure, making Xu Si and Fu Xiaojian feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
"It was Chen Pei who saved you!" Xu Si said.
"Anyway, thank you all."
"We haven't seen anyone else for so long. I thought it was just me and Xiaopei left."
"It wouldn't matter if I died, but how lonely Xiaopei would be if she were left all alone! You don't know that kind of loneliness; it's worse than death!"
She had been lost in her sea of consciousness for what felt like an eternity.
No matter how hard she shouted, no one answered; no matter how hard she shouted, there was no other sound. It was a suffocating psychological oppression.
Just like someone who has never experienced fish-suppressed syndrome can never understand the pain of fish-suppressed syndrome.
She and Chen Pei depended on each other for survival in this city.
Although they have enough to eat and drink, they are really losing the will to live.
If they didn't rely on each other, they really, really would...
They just couldn't bear to leave each other alone to face this cold world.
Tang Jinxiu's words silenced everyone for a moment. A sense of loneliness, of being abandoned by the entire world.
In the end times, it is deeper and more deadly than any wound.
"You're not just two people anymore," Jiao Jiao said, breaking the silence with tears in her eyes.
"Then come with us! We have a lot of people in our convoy!"
"Although Brother Dao is annoying, he's really amazing; Brother Tashan cooks incredibly well; Uncle Wang Hu is a very nice person, and he has a lovely daughter named Yao Yao; there's also Xiao Luo, Li Miao, and Brother Shao Bing! They're all very kind people!" the little girl introduced them off as if they were old friends.
She spoke from the heart, unlike the two sneaky guys next to her.
Fu Xiaojian, on the other hand, had an expression that said, "This kid is teachable."
Xu Si's lips twitched. What was so annoying about him?
Isn't he an honest and reliable young man, a cheerful and approachable boy next door?
Tang Jinxiu was taken aback.
Having just woken up, she hadn't thought that much about it and was momentarily at a loss.
"What are your plans next?" Seemingly noticing Tang Jinxiu's hesitation, Fu Xiaojian stepped forward and spoke at the right moment, his tone calm.
"This city... though vast, is always rife with strange and unpredictable activities, and its supplies will eventually run out!"
The little girl appealed to his emotions, while Fu Xiaojian reasoned with her.
Tang Jinxiu and Chen Pei exchanged a glance.
"We...don't know. Before, we were just living, waiting to die, or...waiting for someone to give up first." Chen Pei finished speaking and then fell silent.
Or rather, from the moment they met him, they noticed that he seemed to be seriously ill and lifeless, and his speech was weak and feeble.
Despite being at the most vibrant age, he lives a more somber life than an old man basking in the sun.
"Now you can come with us!" Jiao Jiao said eagerly, her big eyes sparkling.
"Our team may not be the best off, but it's more fun with more people! It's always better for everyone to work together than for just the two of us! Right, Captain Fu? Brother Dao?"
The little girl was getting anxious. What was wrong with these two? She should try to talk to them!
"You can consider it! Our team welcomes you to join us!" Fu Xiaojian certainly hoped that the team would have two more extraordinary members.
Excluding Chen Pei and Tang Jinxiu, the team now has ten extraordinary individuals. Although half of them are weaklings, they are still weakling extraordinary individuals.
Moreover, Chen Pei is a powerful Sequence 3, which is a real gem!
Although Tang Jinxiu may be just a pretty face, having an extra Sequence 3 is a sure win no matter how you look at it!
"Shall I...go with you?"
Tang Jinxiu looked at Chen Pei with her purple-tinged eyes, her confusion tinged with a hint of inquiry.
Although Chen Pei has always respected her opinions, she always habitually lets Chen Pei make the decisions when things really happen, even though she is much older than Chen Pei.
Chen Pei pursed his lips, and subtle ripples appeared on his body, an outward manifestation of the intense turmoil within him.
He was used to hiding himself, blending into the rain, and living like a ghost in this dead city.
Since the apocalypse, he seems to have forgotten how to interact with others. If it weren't for Sister Jinxiu, he might be no different from a monster.
Joining a racing team... for him, this was a choice that was more unfamiliar and required more courage than facing the bizarre.
"We...join!" he said.
The rate at which goods decay in this city is too fast.
He used to be able to make a decent profit by scavenging in the surrounding area, but now he has to go to places that are getting farther and farther away.
Just as Fu Xiaojian said, the city's supplies will eventually run out.