Xiao Liu was almost driven mad with anger.
His eyes were practically spitting fire: "I'm a fucking mutant of the Golden Birdwing butterfly!"
It is a Class I protected animal in China and the most precious butterfly among the world's six most precious butterflies.
Xie Chiyuan pondered for a moment: "Oh, a special fluttering moth."
Xiao Liu: "..."
grass.
One of them must die today!
Xie Chiyuan was not fond of fighting; if it were in the past, he would definitely have agreed to fight.
"Alright, fluttering moth, see you next time."
Xie Chiyuan turned and left before the magician's spatial ability was fully activated. Once he was gone, no one could stop him.
Not long after.
As Xie Chiyuan left, he leaned against a tree and suddenly coughed up several mouthfuls of blood. Fighting a group of mutants was not as easy for him as it seemed on the surface.
His right arm is now practically useless; he can't even lift it. The numerous wounds on his body are obvious without even needing an examination.
This outfit... is no longer suitable.
Xie Chiyuan forced himself to stay awake and went outside to meet up with Pei Si and the others.
Meanwhile, Yu An, who had finally shaken off the zombies, was sitting with Pei Si in a makeshift tin shack. Just as Pei Si had said, the people outside had been waiting for them to come out for a long time.
"The helicopter is on its way."
An unfamiliar officer waiting outside brought cups and handed them to everyone, saying, "Dr. Ruan, we've finally gotten you out."
Ruan Ke took a sip of boiled water and gently comforted them, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard work."
The officer smiled, said a few words to him, and then turned his gaze to Yu An.
"Excuse me, who are you?"
"My name is Yu An."
The officer thought for a few seconds, then realized he didn't recognize the person.
Pei Si came to the rescue, saying, "Yu An is with me and Brother Xie, so you don't need to worry about him. We've taken care of things for him."
"OK."
The officer, being sensible, didn't ask any more questions. He considerately went to get some food and drink to fill their stomachs.
Yu An sat next to Pei Si, but kept getting distracted.
He wanted to talk to Xiao Jiu, but with so many people around, he couldn't find an opportunity.
"Pei Si, I need to go out to use the restroom."
"I'll stay with you."
Yu An: "..."
Yu An hesitated, "Why are you watching me so closely?"
Pei Si glanced at him and said coolly, "Who told you to sneak away? I wasn't paying attention and you slipped away."
Yu An was extremely worried.
To be honest, he did have a bit of a desire to slip away.
With Pei Si watching, Yu An couldn't leave, so he pretended to relieve himself under a large tree not far away. He took the opportunity to pull Xiao Jiu out.
"Xiao Jiu, which way should we go now?"
"Leave?" Xiao Jiu asked, puzzled. "Big brother, why do we have to leave?"
Yu An squatted down and whispered to him, "Weren't we supposed to go into the city to find the other kids? Now that Xie Chiyuan's family has been found, it's time for us to get down to business."
Yu An also felt very sorry to have to part with the delicious food reserves.
Xiao Jiu paused, then said in a soft, childlike voice, "Big brother, I checked in the city, and there are no other babies. Xiao Ba isn't in there."
Yu An hesitated.
Xiao Jiu continued to coax, "We have to follow Ruan Ke. Big brother, Ruan Ke can make nutritional paste, and I want to eat nutritional paste."
Although Xiao Jiu can put anything in his mouth, he prefers nutritional paste.
The Secret Shield Research Institute is a meticulous institute, and these few people are used to being there, so they are quite adaptable to using nutritional paste as their rations.
Of course, many of the variations outside still tend to have a strong flavor.
Upon hearing about the nutritional paste, Yu An indeed began to waver. Finding Zai Zai and finding the nutritional paste were both things he had listed on his to-do list.
"Big brother, let's make the nutritional paste first, otherwise even if we find the other cubs, we'll all go hungry together."
Xiao Jiu begged for the nutritional paste, and under his charming advances, Yu An finally nodded.
“Alright,” he agreed. “We’ll follow Ruan Ke for now.”
"Um!"
Emerging from under the big tree, Pei Si was counting ants with his head down.
Yu An patted his shoulder and said, "Get up, I'm all better."
The two walked back side by side. As soon as they got back, Yu An was overwhelmed by the fragrance that wafted towards him.
"Xie Chiyuan!"
Yu An's pupils constricted when he saw Xie Chiyuan lying on the wooden bed. He walked closer and saw the doctor on duty wearing a mask stitching up Xie Chiyuan's wound.
No anesthesia was used.
Xie Chiyuan's constitution is immune to anesthesia. Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He was awakened from his coma by pain, and then fell into a coma again after waking up.
Yu An stared at the needles sticking out of his body, panicking and stammering, "I... I think I can see his internal organs!"
Xie Chiyuan is such a good fighter, who did he fight to get beaten up like this!
"It's okay, it's already been put back in."
Due to limited resources, the doctor could only provide emergency treatment. He performed basic disinfection and applied medicine to Xie Chiyuan's wounds.
Ignoring the fragrance, Yu An approached Xie Chiyuan as the doctor wiped his sweat and stepped back to change his gloves.
Xie Chiyuan's face was pale, his thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and his eyes were tightly closed.
"Xie Chiyuan?"
Yu An called his name softly.
Xie Chiyuan's closed eyes and stillness filled Yu An with a strange sense of unease.
But he didn't know exactly what he was afraid of.
The sound of helicopters roared outside. Ruan Ke, who was standing next to Xie Chiyuan, went out when he saw this.
Everyone needs to move out immediately.
Yu An looked down at Xie Chiyuan, feeling increasingly uncertain.
He reached out and carefully poked Xie Chiyuan's hand, speaking in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Don't die."
Such a delicious-smelling head, it can't die.
Xie Chiyuan didn't seem to hear it, as he didn't give any reaction.
Some of the team members who were coming and going saw that Yu An was so nervous and couldn't help but comfort him, saying, "Brother Xie often gets injured, but his physical condition is amazing. You don't need to be afraid."
The other person's tone was casual, but Yu An lowered his head and stared blankly at Xie Chiyuan.
Xie Chiyuan was used to getting injured, and others were used to him healing himself afterward. So he lay there, without even a worried person to comfort him.
Yu An still remembers when his baby was injured. He knew his baby wouldn't die, but he was still heartbroken.
"Big Head".
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Yu An whispered, "Get well soon."
soon.
When the plane landed, his teammates carried Xie Chiyuan on a stretcher and loaded him onto the plane.
Yu An was being watched by Pei Si and had no chance to escape.
After boarding, the plane took off without delay, circling around. No one noticed that a little butterfly, which had stumbled and flown out of the city, stuck to the plane the instant it took off.
Inside the airplane.
Ruan Ke was talking to Yu An: "An'an, may I call you that? I saw you were watching over Chi Yuan the whole time, you were so thoughtful."
"May I ask how you two met?"
Ruan Ke's eyes and brows were gentle, and even his routine questioning of Yu An didn't feel like interrogation; instead, it was like he was having a casual chat.
Yu An also found him quite approachable.
"I haven't known Xie Chiyuan for very long."
Yu An truthfully recounted his few interactions with Xie Chiyuan. Apart from Xie Chiyuan's terrible attitude towards mutants, where he would kill them on sight, in other aspects, Xie Chiyuan was actually a very good person.
At least for humanity, Xie Chiyuan is indeed their powerful and responsible guardian deity.
Ruan Ke listened quietly, occasionally chiming in with a few words.
Yu An relaxed without realizing it as she stayed with him, and the two even talked about the future of the old city.
"The army will be here soon."
As the partner of the West District boss, Ruan Ke also had the authority to make decisions regarding the deployment. He said, "The army will go in and bring the people out of the city."
Yu An was a little worried: "There are mutants in the city. If the army goes in to rescue people, will it be easy?"
Ruan Ke made no guarantees, after all, these kinds of things are hard to say.
All he could say was, "The army will do its utmost to rescue them."