202: Chapter 22 Returning to Normal Life

In Wang Xiaochun's view, her life was worthless anyway.

No matter how much blood Deng Jiayu and the others wanted from her, they could just take it.

On the other side of the laboratory, Pei Siyuan looked at the piles of monsters before him, the data he had just seen resurfacing in his mind.

He couldn't help but let out a sigh.

He looked toward Huo Cunsheng. "Old Huo, if this Superpower Potion really can be developed..."

A look of solemnity appeared in Huo Cunsheng's eyes as well.

"If this Superpower Potion really can be developed, then the base—no, it should be said that the survivors still alive now—will face a completely different landscape."

It was naturally a good thing for humans to be able to awaken Superpowers on their own.

However, the bloodbath that would precede the popularization of Superpowers would not be an easy matter to resolve.

After Huo Cunsheng sighed, he said, "I'll go prepare for what comes next. Old Pei, you..."

Huo Cunsheng patted Pei Siyuan's shoulder, his eyes full of gravity. "You must protect yourself."

Huo Cunsheng naturally knew the stakes involved in these matters.

If others found out he was the one researching the Superpower Potion,

then both he and Deng Jiayu would be pushed to the center of a storm.

Even their personal safety would be threatened.

Pei Siyuan nodded. "I won't worry about those things. I'm already quite old anyway; when the time comes, it'll be what it'll be."

Huo Cunsheng looked at Pei Siyuan, thinking to himself: *Since when did this man become so self-aware?*

But Pei Siyuan's next words made Huo Cunsheng shut his mouth completely.

"Anyway, if something happens to me, you're the one responsible, so I have nothing to worry about."

Huo Cunsheng had originally thought that Huo Siyuan finally had a bit of a conscience, but after hearing Pei Siyuan's last sentence, his beard practically stood up straight from anger.

"Fine, fine, fine! You and that woman Deng Jiayu have been like this since you were young! You're just bullying me because I'm a bachelor without a partner!"

Huo Cunsheng felt wronged, truly wronged. Pei Siyuan and Deng Jiayu had always bullied him.

And now, even when talking about life and death, Pei Siyuan acted indifferent, which completely ignited the fire in Huo Cunsheng's heart.

Huo Cunsheng jumped up in anger and pointed at Pei Siyuan's nose. "Old Pei, let me tell you! You must stay alive and well for me! There will be no shortage of matters in the base that need you later!"

Pei Siyuan chuckled. "How old are you now? How is your character still exactly the same as when you were young? You can't handle being provoked at all."

Huo Cunsheng gave a cold snort from his nose and walked away directly.

Whatever happened, happened; he couldn't be bothered anymore.

Pei Siyuan watched Huo Cunsheng's departing back and gave a silent sigh.

If this genetic Superpower Potion really was developed, human history would be rewritten.

In the future, everyone would be an Ability User. If it continued like this, they would never be able to return to the previous civilized society, and no one knew how things would develop in the future.

Meanwhile, after Huo Sixian left the laboratory, his work was not easy either.

The people moved over from Viper Base had to be settled, but there currently weren't that many houses in the base.

So, taking advantage of the current drop in temperature, Huo Sixian had to organize manpower to build a large number of houses.

No one knew how things would change in the future.

But at least for now, the immediate problems had to be solved.

Building houses was inseparable from Gold-element and Earth Element Espers.

Huo Sixian called upon a large number of Gold-element and Earth Element Espers in the base to join the base construction mission.

As for ordinary survivors, if they wanted to join the construction team, each would also receive generous compensation.

As a Gold-element ability user himself, Huo Sixian naturally had to lead by example and join the construction team.

As a result, the Ability Users in the base began to grumble.

"What is this? Going out on missions was already tiring enough. Why do we have to build houses for the base now?"

"Day after day... are they even going to let Ability Users live?"

A man with a shifty, rat-like appearance spoke up among the crowd.

A fat man nearby echoed him. "Exactly! What kind of world is this now? They're treating Ability Users like beasts of burden! Even livestock aren't used like this! Is there no justice left?"

Huo Sixian's hearing was very sharp, and he immediately locked onto the speaking man.

Huo Sixian looked at the two men who had spoken. "You two, if you don't want to join, you can opt out. Currently, the base is only calling for volunteers, not making it mandatory. Furthermore, Ability Users who join can receive generous compensation."

But Huo Sixian's words carried no deterrent power now.

This was because the people in the base now firmly believed in the theory that the end of the world was over.

"Pah! Who believes you!"

"The high temperatures are over now!"

"We're going back to our normal lives!"

"Who's going to listen to you anymore!"

"Hah! Pah!"

"We want to leave the base! We want to go home!"

Once such comments appeared in the crowd, the crowd instantly boiled over.

This was also what was giving Huo Sixian a headache.

Discussion of this matter was inevitable, but Huo Sixian knew that the Post-Apocalyptic World was far from over.

"Exactly!"

"The end of the world is about to finish!"

"And you're still making us build houses!"

"What's the point of building houses!"

"In the end, won't they just fall into the hands of you capitalists!"

"We're not doing it!"

"Open the base! We want to go home! We want to go home!"

Seeing this, Lu Huan's expression became as solemn as Huo Sixian's.

"Everyone, don't get excited!"

Lu Huan raised both hands in front of him, trying to quiet the crowd.

But it was useless.

Seeing this, Huo Sixian didn't want to indulge these people anymore.

He activated his Space Ability, adding a touch of sonic pressure that penetrated directly into everyone's eardrums.

"I believe everyone thinks the natural disasters have ended."

"But please, everyone, look up at the sky."

Hearing Huo Sixian's voice, the crowd looked up at the sky one after another.

It was currently afternoon, and the sun hung high in the sky. Although the sky was bright, it wasn't hard to see that it was filled with streaks of blood-red.

Moreover, as time passed, that blood-red color grew increasingly heavy.

Some observant people noticed and said in the crowd, "Eh, why do I feel like the sky is redder than it was this morning?"

Once someone voiced this doubt, others in the crowd also began to echo it.

"Eh, you're right. Why do I feel like the sky is getting redder and redder, as if something is about to happen?"

"Oh my god, no way. The high temperatures just ended; why has the sky turned blood-red again!"

"God damn it!"

"Are we even going to be allowed to survive!"

As soon as the slightest hint of trouble was heard, discussions began to rise in the crowd.

Those voices grew louder, and the restless sounds in the crowd became more intense.