Chapter 137 – A Spark

Ningnan.

“Hm?” A man staying at home suddenly raised his head. A trace of confusion flashed through his eyes, then a trace of anger appeared.

A woman heard the movement and came out of the room. “What are you doing? Haven’t you seen what the situation is like now? Aside from going out to collect and buy rice and grain, don’t leave home at any other time. Speaking of which, every time you queued separately today, you couldn’t get anything. Today, just come with me. If we get a little more to store, we’ll feel more secure, won’t we?”

The woman was still chattering when she suddenly discovered that the man had walked straight up to her.

A large quantity of Black Threads emerged from his body and wrapped around her all at once…

“You…” The woman’s eyes widened, but her body inevitably shriveled rapidly and became a dried corpse.

A few seconds later…

“Thud.” As the corpse fell to the ground, the man twisted his neck, then rubbed his face hard.

As if removing a layer of mask, a trace of desire appeared on the man’s face.

“The Wisdom Species’s command is gone…”

The instinct of evolution once again replaced everything.

Since there was no longer any command, naturally there was no need to continue disguising and hiding.

“The ones with the strongest vitality are still those called ‘soldiers.'” The man thought of those humans he had once actively avoided, then looked at this skin of his, which already showed signs of decay at a glance.

And this was only one scene among the rampages of Soldier Types…

On the other hand, the news of the global doomsday had not been concealed in Ningnan either.

After consideration, Lv Zifeng made a decision that left people dumbfounded.

He broadcast the satellite images on the city television station.

They were even broadcast on the large screens out on the streets.

“If it were concealed for a short time, of course that could be done, but doing that would have no meaning. In this situation, there is actually no one who still has an obligation to protect anyone else. If we want to survive, we must first learn to accept reality, and then we fight with everything we have together.”

“Among you, there may still be many Xenospecies listening to our speech. I even think some people may already have discovered Xenospecies beside them. Your family, your lovers, may already have turned into Xenospecies. I can understand your feelings, but at a time like this, please do not cover for them any longer. This is not protection. It is making your real family and lovers grieve, because the beings you are protecting are precisely the creatures that killed them…”

For the first time, Lv Zifeng stood before the camera and transmitted this speech to the entire city.

And during his speech, a report was handed into his hands.

Lv Zifeng glanced at it, and the hand holding the report trembled.

After a moment of silence, under the quiet attention of hundreds of thousands of people, Lv Zifeng raised this report and said, “Shencheng was protected. Yes, the message you received today was real.”

At this moment, standing in the studio, he could not see the reactions of those viewers.

Were they excited? Cheering? Perhaps they could not cheer, but they would certainly feel fortunate.

Then, they would feel that it was unbelievable.

How had it been protected?

In reality, even Lv Zifeng found it hard to believe. He stared at the report twice more, then after taking several deep breaths, held the report upright before the camera.

In a field of ruins, a blurry figure was standing there. A hint of blood-red could be vaguely seen.

As this figure came under the attention of the entire city, Lv Zifeng’s somewhat heavy voice was also coming through. “It is said that this person did it. He protected Shencheng. I believe the previous text message was also sent by him. He protected Shencheng, and he left us more breathing room. Perhaps the current Ningnan and Shencheng region is an isolated island, but it is also a spark.”

“Of course, you can tell that he is a Mutant. But no matter what, for him, applaud!”

At this moment, inside Su Lifeng’s home, Su Lian abruptly stood up from in front of the television. “That’s my Ge!”

Jiang Yushi also threw herself in front of the screen at once, then raised her hand to cover her mouth. She stared at the figure above for a long while. When she raised her head again, her eyes were already filled with tears. “It’s Lifeng, no mistake…”

“He… he should be… should be all right, shouldn’t he?” Cheng Xiaomei said after spacing out for a while.

The moment this question left her mouth, Su Lian and Jiang Yushi both froze.

Judging from this blurry image, seemingly because smoke filled the air, Su Lifeng stood there alone, covered in blood…

Looking only at the picture, it truly gave the feeling that the entire World had been destroyed, leaving only him behind.

It made people feel deeply moved, but they could also feel that terrifying atmosphere.

“Didn’t I say I’d be fine?” A voice suddenly came from above. Su Lian froze, then hurriedly raised her head to look at the small passage leading upstairs.

Sure enough, Su Lifeng was walking down from there, speaking as he walked.

“Lifeng…” Jiang Yushi froze and for a moment did not know what to say.

Cheng Xiaomei let out an “ah,” tears flowing uncontrollably as she asked, “Did you just get back?”

“I’ve been back for a while.” Su Lifeng smiled faintly.

At this moment, Su Lian came back to herself. She ran over and threw herself into Su Lifeng’s arms. After hugging him fiercely, she pushed him away again, looked up, and asked furiously, “Then why did you only come down now! Do you know we were all scared to death just now!”

“I traveled for a long time. I had to change clothes.” Su Lifeng said somewhat awkwardly. In reality, the first thing he had done was come to the stairway to confirm their safety, and only afterward had he gone to wipe his body and change into another set of clothes. He had not expected this photo to be shown on television. It seemed that as a male, he was still not delicate enough with emotions in this regard.

But looking at Su Lian’s wrinkled-nose expression, he felt it was better to answer this way.

“Tch…” After Su Lian snorted, her eyes suddenly reddened, and she hugged him again. “Ge… humanity… we…” She could not form a complete sentence before she burst into loud sobs.

Jiang Yushi and Cheng Xiaomei also wiped their tears. Perhaps in the face of something like this, no one could hold back from crying.

Su Lifeng gently patted Su Lian’s back and said, “I’m here.”

Even if the World is destroyed, I will protect you all.

After those three simple words, what Su Lifeng wanted to express was this sentence.

Perhaps he could not say it directly, but in Shencheng, Su Lifeng had strengthened this conviction.

Some things did not need to be said one by one.

“Shencheng has been protected, but next, the chaos truly begins.” Su Lifeng looked at the television screen and thought inwardly.

At this moment, the camera had already shifted to another image…