Liao Liao walked over to Wen Qi. “Wen Qi, little sister, get me a chair. I’m done for—this kind of brain-heavy stuff really isn’t for me.”
Too complicated. Thinking is not my thing. I’d rather go chop a few zombies.
Wen Qi immediately pulled out two small stools and even took out a snack “gift bundle.”
Yes, yes, even I don’t understand this—guess I’m not that dumb after all.
She quickly tore open a bag of chips and handed one to Liao Liao. “Eat. They use their brains, we handle the action.” Heh heh.
Liao Liao gave her a thumbs-up in admiration.
Seeing Wen Qi about to eat the chips, Jian An took out wet wipes from his bag and carefully wiped her fingers one by one, glancing at the person who was already fully focused on the chips.
“Jian An, are you done yet?” Wen Qi was clearly impatient. The cucumber flavor was already exploding in her nose.
Jian An paused slightly when she called his name.
Before, she always called him “Xiang Xiang.”
But he still sped up his movements. “Done. You need to wash your hands before eating next time.”
As long as she’s still by my side… it’s fine.
Wen Qi, meanwhile, devoured the chips in one swift motion.
So good. Too good.
Jian An suddenly spoke. “My guess… his heart is on the right side.”
He continued, “It’s rare, but it exists. If that’s true, then…”
Liao Liao raised his hand. “Then what about what Bai Zhi said? The wound healed instantly after he pulled the knife out?”
“Regenerative-type ability,” Ji Chen added, writing it down.
That was possible. A healing ability, plus an unusual heart position… it would make him hard to kill. Just like having an “immortality drug.”
Liao Liao had another question. “So his ability is that strong? Instant healing?”
Jian An and Ji Chen both turned their gaze toward the little ginseng inside the glass chamber, which was desperately trying to reach the chips but couldn’t.
The ginseng froze.
Why are all these humans looking at me?!
“Ahem… I just wanted to try human food…” it said guiltily. Definitely not because I was tempted!
Meanwhile—
“Brother, don’t worry. Someone is coming to save us,” Bai Zhi said softly.
In front of her stood a wooden, expressionless tree-man. When Bai Zhi spoke, it even gave her a foolish smile.
For Bai Zhi, this was already progress. At first, her brother only stood there blankly, no response, no expression. Now he could at least “smile” and even hand her vines to play with.
Through that wooden smile, she almost saw her gentle brother again.
It’s almost over…
Liao Liao tapped the glass. “Hey ginseng, what can you actually do? Restore HP? Heal injuries?”
The ginseng paused.
…Wait. It seemed like it didn’t actually know.
Its thoughts spun rapidly.
“I… I can heal!” it said weakly.
Honestly, even it wasn’t sure what it could do yet.
“I don’t know either…” it admitted quietly.
The group shot it a collective look of disgust.
“Why don’t we just smash the glass?” Wen Qi said bluntly.
Jian An immediately stopped her. “Baby, your hand will get hurt.”
Then he lowered his voice. “Let Ji Chen freeze it first, okay?”
Wen Qi nodded obediently.
Ji Chen covered the glass with ice, then crushed it with his power.
At the moment it shattered, Liao Liao grabbed the ginseng and stuffed it into his pocket.
“Let’s go. Something bad might happen.”
They stepped outside—
and were instantly surrounded by tree-men.
The leader was a refined-looking man with a sharp brow scar and glasses.
“Let’s talk properly,” he said calmly.
Jian An tightened his hold on Wen Qi.
“Talk properly? This is your idea of talking?”
The man smiled. “I can let you go… but leave that woman behind.”
He pointed at Wen Qi.
Jian An’s eyes turned red.
How dare he target her.
Lightning crackled in his hand as he instantly paralyzed the surrounding tree-men.
The tree-men convulsed and fell one after another.
“Impossible… how do you still have abilities?!” the man roared in disbelief. “My drug shouldn’t have failed!”
Jian An didn’t kill them outright—many of them were still victims. And he didn’t want Wen Qi to see anything too brutal.
Instead, he tightened the lightning into a thin current and wrapped it around the man’s neck, lifting him off the ground.
“Speak. What is the immortality drug?”
“Urk—!”
The man had never experienced real fear of death before.
Now, with electricity tightening around his throat, his face twisted in panic and disbelief.
Impossible… absolutely impossible!