"I'll go pick him up."
Yu An knew Xie Chiyuan was very busy, so she didn't call him.
“I think Pei Si’s location is not far from us. I’ll go pick him up and come back.”
Yu An tried to negotiate with Xie Chiyuan: "Could you let me go out for a day?"
Withdraw from the base back to the city, and then restore the city to its former order.
This is no small project.
Xie Chiyuan was so busy he was almost overwhelmed. When he heard Yu An was about to leave, he rubbed his temples and asked somewhat slowly, "Where are you going?"
"Let's go somewhere nearby."
Pei Si will be back soon, so he's just going to meet him nearby.
There is no danger if you are just going to the vicinity.
After being educated by Gu Ainan, Xie Chiyuan is no longer as likely to overly restrict Yu An.
He nodded and agreed, "Then go ahead. You can bring Si Zai or Wu Zai with you when you go."
Although the little fox loves to chatter, she is still an A04, and her strength is not weak.
Wu Zai may be strong, but he still doesn't know when he'll return to the East District.
Okay, I understand.
Yu An came over to report to Xie Chiyuan, and his eyes immediately curved into a smile when he saw that Xie Chiyuan agreed.
Xie Chiyuan continued to press his temples; he was truly in excruciating pain.
"I thought that once the zombie apocalypse was over, things would be much easier."
It now seems that he won't have an easy time for a long time to come.
Seeing that he had such a headache, Yu An quickly went over to comfort him.
"Just hang in there a little longer. Once everyone's lives settle down, you can take a short break too."
"We'll take our little one on a trip then."
Yu An was making empty promises to Xie Chiyuan, using those promises to entice him to work.
Xie Chiyuan knew it was a pie in the sky, but because it was drawn by his own precious son, he had no choice but to swallow it.
After spending some time in the office, Yu An helped Xie Chiyuan relax. He then gracefully withdrew, took the little fox, and set off to find Pei Si.
The bald little fox, brought out by its older brother, was very excited.
"Big brother, are we going to fight?"
"No, we're going to rescue people."
"Oh, is it okay to fight while rescuing someone?"
Yu An: "..."
This unlucky kid, why does he want to fight so much?
The little fox was unruly and loved freedom. He was almost driven crazy by being cooped up in the town. He finally got out, but then he found another place to continue being cooped up.
The little fox now needs to find something to do and vent its feelings.
Yu An glanced down at the location Pei Si had sent and replied with an "okok" emoji.
After replying to the message, Yu An called out to the little fox, "If anyone tries to hit us, we can fight back."
The little fox rolled its eyes and nodded.
Yu An was afraid that Pei Si would be caught up, so he dared not waste any time.
He took the little fox, followed the location, rode a motorcycle, and started chugging along.
"Big brother."
The little fox initially sat in the front, but after a while, he quietly moved to the back.
Even after being moved to the back, they were still tossed around in the air, and the little fox trembled as it clung tightly to its older brother's clothes.
"Brother, can you ride a motorcycle?"
Yes!
Yu An is very confident in his driving skills: "I can drive any car, and I can drive it as soon as I start."
Little fox: "..."
The little fox's bottom is about to be ruined.
Unable to believe the skill her older brother was demonstrating, the little fox seized on the key point and asked, "Big brother, how many times have you ridden a motorcycle?"
"once."
"One time... was it last time? How did it go last time?"
Yu An gripped the handle, remaining silent for a long time.
Finally, urged by his son, he confessed hesitantly, "I've only ridden a motorcycle once, and this is the one I'm doing now."
Little fox: "!!!"
Grandma, I can no longer be your filial daughter!
The little fox, who hadn't even bought insurance, clung tightly to her older brother's clothes to keep from being thrown off.
Yu An's first time riding a motorcycle showed Zai Zai what speed and passion were all about.
He used the navigation and sped towards his destination.
After flying for two days, Yu An finally arrived at the address Pei Si had given him.
Pei Si kept changing the address he gave, because he was also constantly moving.
Before meeting Pei Si, Yu An stumbled upon an abandoned garbage dump.
A garbage dump is nothing new, but this particular garbage dump held Yu An and the little fox's gaze for a long time.
This landfill is filled with discarded mutants.
Even more surprisingly, when Yu An went down to check, he saw a deformed cub that was on the verge of death.
It was a very small, deformed cub with faintly visible scales on the back of its hands, but its breed was impossible to discern.
The evening breeze was chilly, and he wasn't even wrapped in a cloth.
Like useless trash, he was thrown into a garbage dump and ignored by everyone.
Yu An went over and tried to pick him up to see if there was any hope.
The moment his fingertips touched the cub, the cub, which had held on for who knows how long, used its last strength to grasp his fingers.
The cub's little hands were icy cold, and the way he held his fingers was as if he were seeking a last shred of protection.
Yu Anxin couldn't bear it and said to the little fox, "Bring me a clean set of clothes."
The little fox went to the suitcase to fetch clothes.
Before the clothes could even be brought over, the cub holding Yu An's finger slowly closed its eyelids.
He closed his eyes, and then he never opened them again.
Yu An's throat tightened, and he softly called out, "Little cub?"
The cub didn't respond, and his icy little hands grew even colder.
Yu An could no longer catch his breath.
The little fox picked up the clothes, but before it could put them on its cub, it paused for a moment.
"Brother, he's dead."
This deformed cub, which looked like a scrap metal, died right in front of them, in this abandoned junkyard.
If they had met later, if Yu An had arrived at this junkyard later, perhaps he wouldn't have even seen what the little cub looked like.
There are wild dogs outside. They are not picky eaters; even recently deceased puppies are their food.
Yu An's face was terribly tense.
He picked up the clothes the little fox had brought and wrapped them up to protect the cub that had just died.
After finishing packing, he checked the other corners of the landfill.
In addition to the mutant offspring, there were also some discarded mutants from other stages.
These mutants had been dead for an unknown period of time; their bodies had begun to slowly melt and clump together.
This scene reminded Yu An of something Ba Zai had told him.
A long time ago, when they returned to the island, Ba Zai was called away by his underlings at sea and then went back to the sea to settle scores.
Bazai said that the monster he encountered in the sea was a scrapped mutant.
Many aberrations stuck together, forming a new monster.
Thinking of the monster Ba Zai mentioned, Yu An looked at the deformed creatures stuck together in front of him.
He closed his eyes briefly, then dropped the lit lighter.
The fire slowly spread, and the landfill emitted a pungent smell.
Yu An watched the fire burn down before leaving with the little fox.
The zombie crisis has only just been resolved.
For some reason, when Yu An thought of the mutated cub that had just died, he had a vague feeling that a new crisis was brewing.
The little fox was also affected by the cub from before and was in a bad mood.
"Big brother."
The little fox sat in its older brother's lap and nuzzled against him.
His insecure appearance made Yu An suppress her other emotions and patiently comfort him.
"Don't be afraid, and don't think about what just happened. Your brother is still here with you."