Yu An had no choice but to bring him along. Once outside, Yu An followed the sound and peeked out.
Outside the door was the hotel corridor, and at the corner at the end of the corridor, a small tentacle seemed to flash by.
"Ba Zai?"
Yu An's pupils dilated, and he took a few quick steps forward in his slippers.
It was still dark outside, and Yu An dared not wake anyone. His little Ba and Xie Chiyuan didn't get along, and even his own little one needed to be hidden away.
Yu An rubbed his eyes and followed, and after an unknown amount of time, he disappeared down the corridor.
Time passed second by second.
Two hours later, the sunlight lazily streamed into the window, and everyone slowly woke up.
The little butterfly fluttered its wings, trying to snuggle up to its older brother, but only managed to touch the cold pillow.
He opened his eyes in a daze, flew all over the room but couldn't find his older brother and Xiao Jiu.
Meanwhile.
Yu An, holding Xiao Jiu in his arms, stared blankly at the street outside. He had come out of the hotel to look for Ba Zai, but the view outside was completely different from what he had seen before he went to bed.
Outside, in Z City, a city in a state of famine after the outbreak of infection, people were fleeing.
Seeing this, Yu An turned to leave, saying, "Xiao Jiu, let's go back to sleep."
Xiao Jiu: "..."
Xiao Jiu sighed softly.
Sigh, there's no going back.
That idiot bastard did something, and he's stuck in there and hasn't come out.
Chapter 57
Before Xiao Jiu could speak, Yu An had already turned his head, ready to turn back.
"Where is the road?"
The steps that were just behind Yu An are now completely invisible, and the outline of the hotel has deviated from what I remember.
"Brother, there's no road left."
Xiao Jiu climbed onto Yu An's shoulder at the opportune moment and said to Yu An, "There are mutants causing trouble ahead, let's sit here."
Xiao Jiu wasn't panicked at all about the situation in front of him. Since Xie Chiyuan wasn't here, he wasn't worried about being exposed.
Aberrations of the A sequence, no matter where they are placed, will only inspire fear in others.
If he and Xiao Liu hadn't run into Xie Chiyuan, they wouldn't be in this situation now. However, there can't be another Xie Chiyuan among humans.
Yu An hesitated for a moment, then looked at the ground and said with a hint of disgust, "It's so dirty."
Xiao Jiu thought for a moment and then laid a layer of mycelium on his older brother.
It has to be said that Xiao Jiu is a thoughtful girl, but if you accidentally wander into this place, it's not easy to just quietly enjoy some gossip.
In Z City, where the outbreak of infection has just occurred, no corner is safe.
Yu An didn't stand still for long before being forced to dodge to the side by the zombies charging towards him. The zombies at this time were too ferocious, their mouths smeared with sticky blood, ugly and menacing.
He ran a few steps with the crowd, and Xiao Jiu sat steadily on his shoulders, asking in her little voice, "Big brother, do you want me to eat them?"
He could eat any of the zombies that came chasing after his older brother.
Yu An remained unfazed even while being chased by zombies, but upon hearing Xiao Jiu's words, his face immediately turned green: "You're not allowed to eat!"
What's wrong with his little Jiu? Why does he put everything in his mouth?
After being stopped, Xiao Jiu remained silent and listless. He glanced at the zombies behind him, seemingly still not understanding why his older brother wouldn't give him any food.
"dirty."
Yu An saw through his thoughts at a glance, so he warned seriously, "Not only are they dirty, they are also infected. There may be something inside an infected person's body. Xiao Jiu, you are not allowed to eat this."
Since the eldest brother has issued a no-food order, Xiao Jiu naturally won't go against him.
He nuzzled his older brother's cheek and said softly, "Okay."
Xiao Jiu won't eat anymore.
The streets were filled with bloody and cruel scenes, and countless people ran out of their homes, shops, and various places, crying out for help in a pitiful and desperate manner.
Yu An refrained from interfering.
He remembered clearly that Z City was already desolate, like the last abandoned old city. What was now presented to him, even if real, could only be the reality of the past.
He cannot change what has already happened.
The sounds of children calling for their parents, wives crying and calling their husbands' names, and pedestrians being tackled frantically shouting for the police.
All the sounds mingled and filled Yu An's ears. He hid from the zombies, trying to find a place to settle down and wait for the chaos to subside.
After searching for a while, Yu An actually found a store.
The shop wasn't big, and there were bloody handprints on the glass door. Inside, rows and rows of toys were displayed on the shelves, all fluffy and looking very cute.
Yu An likes these fluffy toys. Although they don't feel as good as the little tiger cubs, they're better than nothing.
"Xiao Jiu".
Yu An crawled into a group of large, fluffy toys and hid herself: "I haven't slept well yet, I'll sleep a little longer."
He got up too early, at a time when he was severely sleep-deprived.
It was a mess outside, and Xiao Jiu knew that there was no point in staying outside any longer, so it was better to have some peace and quiet.
"Big brother, you should go to sleep."
Xiao Jiu stretched out his mycelium and covered all the plush toys in the area with it. Then, like a little bodyguard, he transformed back into a baby and squatted at the store entrance.
Just after Yu An fell asleep, Xie Chiyuan woke up in the hotel.
The Red Bird people were coming to take away the nutritional paste, and he was going to help them count it. He stopped and knocked on Yu An's door as he passed by.
"Yu An, are you awake?"
After knocking several times, the door was accidentally pushed open a crack, but there was still no sound from inside.
Xie Chiyuan's heart sank for no reason. He disregarded manners and went straight in.
The blankets on the bed were in disarray, but no one was inside.
Xie Chiyuan checked his shoes again. He hadn't changed the shoes he wore when he went out, but one pair of slippers provided in the hotel room was missing.
It was obvious that Yu An left wearing pajamas and slippers, and it was unknown how long she had been gone.
Xie Chiyuan tried making a phone call again, and unsurprisingly, the phone was on the bedside table.
"Brother Xie! The Red Bird people are here, are you up yet?" Pei Si, who was up early, called from outside the door: "They're here to take away the nutritional paste."
Xie Chiyuan couldn't find Yu An in the room, so he walked out with a sullen face.
No sooner had he left than the little butterfly flew away.
It seems Xie Chiyuan doesn't know where his elder brother is either. There are still Chi Niao and the others here. Little Butterfly will have to go find his elder brother herself.
A car was parked in front of the hotel, and the magician was sitting in the back seat.
The little butterfly violently shattered the glass with its wings and then crawled inside. He cut to the chase, asking, "Where's my older brother? He's nowhere to be found."
The magician's clown mask and comical smile were utterly unsettling.
His eyes were fixed on the shattered glass, and he warned in a somber tone, "A06, you have to compensate me for my broken glass!"
The little butterfly fluttered its wings twice and sneered, "Want me to slap you twice more? Stop talking nonsense and tell me quickly, where did my older brother go?"
The magician's clown smile had completely vanished, and he stared at A06 with hostility.
He knew who A08's older brother was.
The seemingly harmless boy standing beside Xie Chiyuan was actually a more terrifying being than Xie Chiyuan himself.
Killing Xie Chiyuan will only bring revenge from some humans.
But killing that boy would have terrifying consequences that no one could bear. Once the aberrant at the top goes mad, all living beings would likely perish with it.
"I've never seen him."
Suppressing his anger, the magician said to A06, "We didn't touch him. Red Bird still doesn't know his identity. A06, you shouldn't doubt me."
A06 wasn't buying it and continued the interrogation: "Besides Xie Chiyuan and the Red Bird's people, who else came to Z City? Who did you recruit?"
The magician's eyes flickered with emotion, but he didn't answer immediately.
Unlike A08, A06 is not easily fooled. In other words, apart from A08, these A-series individuals are all quite intelligent. They don't know why their combat power was reduced, but their strength should not be underestimated.
At least the Magician wasn't confident he could go toe-to-toe with A06.
After a few seconds of thought, the magician spoke in a cold voice, saying, "Our deal with Xie Chiyuan has been leaked, and someone has followed us to Z City."
“The ones who came are the same mutants as us, but I don’t know their identities. I sent A08 to investigate, but A08 hasn’t returned yet.”
The rest needs no further explanation.
A08 is reckless, and he has the ability to back it up. In terms of combat power, his strength is so great that even Xie Chiyuan couldn't kill him completely.
Sending such a reckless vehicle like the A08 to do such a delicate task as bottom exploration is obviously doomed to failure.
The most likely scenario right now is that A08 engages in combat with the enemy, who then activates its mutated energy to create an area that traps A08.
Yu An has probably entered this area.
Having said that, A06 stopped pressing the matter, flapped its wings, and turned to fly away.
Just as he was about to fly away, he suddenly turned back.
"By the way, I have a question for you."
The little butterfly perched on the windowsill, its posture noble and aloof, glanced at the magician and asked, "My older brother said you swindled Xie Chiyuan out of his wife's dowry. Is his wife's dowry still in your hands?"
Little Butterfly is now certain that Xie Chiyuan wants to treat his older brother as his wife.