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I said I’m not dropping.

Lian Hua struggled for half a day before a sliver of energy began to appear in his body. He quickly used it to mend his several ribs. After confirming that his injuries would not worsen, Lian Hua continued calling out to Lian Yu.

“Master, don’t shout. People are tired!” After an indeterminate amount of time spent summoning Lian Yu’s soul, he was finally able to hear its weak and dispirited voice.

“Little Lian Er, are you alright? Where are you?” Lian Hua hastily worried about his partner.

“This one is currently inside your body.” Lian Yu unleashed a disturbing revelation.

“My body? How did you get in? In the stomach or the head?”

“Master! You don’t have any common sense! This one is in your dantian[1]. This one is your life bound mushroom!” Lian Yu exploded.

Lian Hua: “…” Yer bro doesn’t cultivate, so how would he know?!

In order to avoid irritating his sensitive little Lian Yu, Lian Hua decided to change the subject: “How did you save me that day?”

“Augh!” Lian Yu suddenly raised its voice, “Master, you don’t know?! That troublesome girl who keeps looking for you to make trouble is really vile! She splashed you with water while you were dealing with that big snake, and then she wouldn’t even allow other people to go rescue you! She said something like it was too dangerous in the water and the group couldn’t afford another accident. She crossed the line! If I hadn’t entered  your body at the right time and sprouted a lot of mushrooms to wrap you, you would have been cleanly eaten by the monsters in the water!”

“Then, what about Pig Leg, no, Xia Zhi?” Lian Hua swallowed his saliva. He suddenly felt a bit apprehensive. “Did he send someone to save me?”

“Pig Leg…?” Lian Yu temporarily paused. “At that time, he exhausted his strength and passed out!”

Lian Hua was finally able to breathe easy. If possible, he didn’t want to hear that Xia Zhi didn’t care, was indifferent, or didn’t intend to save him at all. That would mean that all his past efforts were for naught.

“Where are we right now?” Lian Hua continued asking.

“We were washed downstream by the current. I don’t know where we are either. In any case, we’re awfully far from the capital.”

“So it’s like that!” Lian Hua exclaimed thoughtfully.

“Lian Yu! I want to become stronger! I want to become even stronger than Xia Zhi! Stronger than anyone! As long as I’m stronger than everyone, who would dare to plot against me? Didn’t Jiang Siyu dare to plot against me because I wasn’t awesome enough?” Lian Hua clenched his fists.

“Master, is that really what you think?”

“Of course! This powerlessness feels terrible. Lian Yu, don’t you have a way to help me? You definitely have a way, don’t you?” Lian Hua was very pumped up.

“Of course I do!” Lian Yu claimed proudly. “This one lived for a very, very long time. I certainly have a method. However, you will have to endure hardship.”

“I’m not scared of hardship. Water and wood elemental powers are inclined to support. As long as I have a the power to attack, I definitely won’t lose to anyone!”

“Alright! As soon as master’s injuries heal, we’ll start! Sigh~ This one really misses Big White. This one wonders if Big White is worried about it. Does it miss this one? One day apart feels like three autumns. Big White, ah, Big White. You definitely have to wait for us to come find you!”

Lian Hua: “…”

They were obviously just discussing important matters, right? Just like that,  Lian Yu destroyed the serious atmosphere with a single phrase! Lian Hua’s tears rained down. If it weren’t for the fact that he couldn’t move and that Lian Yu was inside his body, he really wanted to pinch it.

“Wait!” Lian Hua suddenly remembered something important, “Lian Yu, I want to cultivate!”

“Cultivate?” Lian Yu was a little confused, “Why do you want to cultivate?”

“Because espers only live a little longer than normal humans. Just think about it. While you and Xia Zhi are enjoying life, I’ll have become an old man. Hell, I might be pushing up daisies at that time. Wouldn’t that suck?”

Lian Yu: “…”

Half a minute later…

“Waahhhh! Master! I hab wronged yu! I forgat such an important matter! This one forgot! Hic, hic hic. Master, do you want to die? Do you want to die? Don’t do it…” Lian Yu bawled miserably as if it was at a funeral. It howled as it weeped. Lian Hua only felt his temple start to throb.

“Shut up! Yer bro ain’t dead yet[2]! Don’t wail until I’m dead.” Lian Hua wanted to knead Lian Yu into soup and drink it.

“That… That’s right… Sob sob… Don’t die!” Lian Yu bawled so hard it hiccuped.

Lian Hua: “…”

Why did he feel like his cute pet was very unreliable? He worried about his future! Lian Hua kept feeling as if he would suffer a great misfortune.

“Big brother! Are you alright? Your face is hard to look at.” The little girl spoke up worriedly.

At this point, Lian Hua finally remembered that there was still a young lady taking care of him! Basically, his expression just now was so twisted that it scared this little lady.

“It’s nothing. It’s nothing.” Lian Hua turned his head towards the young lady and casually put an unsightly smile on his face.

“Big brother, are you hungry? But my older brother’s not home yet. Right now, I don’t have anything to eat.” The little girl wrung her hands.

“No, I’m not hungry yet.” As soon as he finished speaking, Lian Hua’s stomach grumbled loudly.

Lian Hua: “…” How embarrassing!

Young lady: “…”

“Big brother, I should go find you something to eat after all!”

The little lady got up to leave.

“Wait!” Lian Hua hastily called the girl back. How could he allow such a young lady go find him some food?

Lian Hua twitched his fingers. Luckily, the bones in his arm were unharmed. He felt around in his shirt pocket and found that his things were still in the little pouch. The siblings who rescued him didn’t take his things away.

Lian Hua took out several white radish seeds and hastened their growth. He then filled a small pot on the ground with water. At this time, he was still seriously injured, so this was the extent of his abilities.

“Big brother, you’re so cool! You really are an esper!” The young lady saw the water and the radishes and was extremely excited. “That’s great! We don’t have to go hungry today! My brother will definitely be happy.”

Lian Hua also laughed, causing his chest to shake painfully. He quickly stopped.

“Take this radish and cook it!” Lian Hua said.

“Mhm. Big brother, my name is He Yuu. My brother’s name is He Xu. You can call me Xiao Yuu.”

“Xiao Yuu, where are we?” Lian Hua was finally able to ask.

“This is the He family village, but it was occupied by a bunch of adult espers. We can only stay in the outskirts.” He Yuu seemed to be downcast.

“Where’s your brother?” Lian Hua noticed that the young lady’s spirits were low, so he changed the subject.

“My brother went to go farm with a bunch of people. We’re just normal humans, so we can only do physical labor.” He Yuu was full of smiles as she spoke of her brother. It was obvious that the siblings got along well.

Lian Hua didn’t ask any more. Even if he knew where he was, he was still directionally challenged! Direction, my ass! What a joke!

It had been several months since the end of the world. Any humans who should have evolved ought to have already evolved. Any systems that needed to be set up had already been established and future bases were already starting to take shape. This He family village was also a kind of small base. The espers occupied the center and banished the normal humans to the outskirts in order to serve as potential meat shields in case of attack and force them to obey.

Young lady He Yuu started to cut the radish and began to cook it over coal. Lian Hua and Lian Yu discussed for a bit, then started to heal themselves.

“Boss! We’ve searched for three days now! Old Bai is probably…” Xia Xingwen hesitated, “…probably no more.”

Xia Zhi stood by the shore expressionlessly.

“Boss, we’ve delayed for too long. Our course has been affected. The capital needs us…” Xia Xingwen didn’t dare to speak further. He felt that the current boss was like a ticking time bomb, making him tremble with fear. It was like walking on thin ice.

“Did you get to the bottom of it?” Xia Zhi finally uttered words as cold as ice.

“Something appears to have lured the zombies and mutated beasts over. At that time, the situation was too chaotic. No one paid any attention to why the mutated python suddenly went berserk or why it targeted Old Bai…” Xia Xingwen shut his mouth again.

“Do you know who did it? I don’t believe that you are incapable to finding out.”

“It was Jiang Siyu from the support group. She’s the most suspicious one, but we don’t know how she did it. At that time, she was also the one who convinced the troops not to rescue old Bai.” Xia Xingwen lowered his head, defending himself with great effort. “At that time, Ah Wu and I were surrounded in the rear. We had no idea what was going on. Afterwards, I placated the survivors and took care of the unconscious. By the time I noticed that Old Bai was missing, half a day had already passed. I immediately sent someone to find him, but there was nothing to find.”

“Jiang Siyu, huh?” Xia Zhi clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white. “Such incurable stupidity! Being outwitted by a woman. So stupid, so useless.”

Xia Xingwen did his best to make his presence as small as possible. That bastard Xia Xingwu left him behind to confront the boss’s fiery anger. Don’t expect him to be nice later!

Xia Zhi closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, “Let’s head to the capital first. That idiot won’t die so easily. Concentrate on the business at hand. Leave a few men behind and have them search further downstream. If there’s no news after a month, withdraw.”

Xia Zhi stroked his temples and sighed with exhaustion. Big White ran towards Xia Zhi from the distance and roared a couple times.

Xia Xingwen looked at Big White as if his savior had come. Big White finally came back after leaving for three days!

After listening to Big White’s roars, Xia Zhi chuckled deeply a couple of times, making Xia Xingwen think that spring had come! This definitely meant that Old Bai was alright!

“Boss…” Xia Xingwen spoke weakly, “What did Big White say?”

“It said that it picked up on Lian Yu’s scent. They’re fine, but temporarily unreachable. We don’t need to send anyone to search downstream anymore.” Xia Zhi waved his hand. Big White shrank and jumped onto his shoulder.

“Lian Yu?” Xia Xingwen had no idea who Lian Yu was. Lian Yu only appeared in front of Xia Zhi and Big White.

“Just a stupid little pet.” Xia Zhi’s mood lifted considerably. He even answered Xia Xingwen’s stupid question.

Xia Xingwen: “…”

Didn’t Old Bai only have a tropical pitcher plant called “Basket”? When did he get a Lian Yu? He didn’t dare ask though.

“Boss, do you want to search for Old Bai somewhere else?”

“He left on his own and he’ll come back by himself.” Xia Zhi seemed to wholeheartedly believe that Lian Hua would catch up to them soon. Sadly, while he guessed Lian Hua’s thoughts correctly, he underestimated Lian Hua’s mobility. Xia Zhi overestimated Lian Hua’s sense of direction. Although he had waited for such a long time, that idiot was still unable to find him! In the end, the main character himself had to go capture him.

“Understood, boss. How should we deal with Jiang Siyu? Do you want to…” Xia Xingwen made a throat cutting motion.

“No need.” Xia Zhi revealed a cold smile, “When that idiot returns, he can deal with that woman as he likes! We don’t need to pay attention to her.”

“Alright!”

“Begin packing up. We leave immediately.”

“Sir.”

“Secretary Xia,” Jiang Siyu chased after him, “Are we leaving now? We aren’t going to search any more?” Jian Siyu’s eyes were red rimmed, as if she had wasted away for that person.

Xia Xingwen’s countenance had become impassive. He only uttered a grunt at her, face expressionless all the while.

Jiang Siyu gnashed her teeth. “Secretary Xia, at that time, I also noticed that you were heavily wounded. That’s why I didn’t let you go downstream on a man hunt. I really didn’t mean anything.” Jiang Siyu’s tears looked like raindrops and her face really made people want to pity her. Too bad Xia Xingwen didn’t buy it. Besides, he already knew pretty much the entire story. If the boss wanted to leave this woman for Old Bai to deal with, he just had to pretend not to know anything.

“Hmph!” With that one word, Xia Xingwen turned and left, leaving behind a Jiang Siyu who was gnashing her teeth and twisting her face into a gruesome appearance.

Translator’s Notes:

[1]If you forgot since it’s been a while, this is where all your Chinese superpowers are collected, in a physical location approximately 3 finger widths beneath the navel.

[2]Even if I work myself to death, this novel won’t be dropped unless I drop dead.

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