Chapter 200
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At eight in the morning, Lou Yan walked out of Count Grey’s shop expressionlessly.
There were already few pedestrians on the street, all hurrying along, none of them noticing Lou Yan.
Lou Yan slowly returned to Xiaoliu Fishing Village, but instead of going to Uncle Li’s house to see Duan Zege, he walked to the seaside.
The sea breeze was damp and salty, tousling Lou Yan’s hair. Lou Yan looked at the waves in the distance, recalling the sea he saw in the North Pole.
That sea was as deep as black, calm as dead water, with large and small ice floes floating on the surface, and even the wind blowing could freeze a person.
Lou Yan exhaled a breath, remembering what had just happened in Count Grey’s shop.
He felt Count Grey’s suspicion was reasonable, so he wanted to use the Memory Pen to verify his memory. But the Memory Pen was out of ink, and it was a disposable item that couldn’t be reused.
The reason why Count Grey could let Lou Yan see two residual memories related to Fu Xuezhou was because one scene happened in Count Grey’s shop, and the other was because every time Fu Xuezhou was reborn, Count Grey could glimpse a trace of Fu Xuezhou’s memory when the bloodline connection was reestablished.
But Count Grey couldn’t know about the conversation between Fu Xuezhou and Lou Yan that happened in the distant North Pole.
There were no other memory-related items left in the shop. Fortunately, Count Grey finally found a white Bipolar Toad, whose tongue could detect whether a person’s body had been invaded by anomalies power.
So Lou Yan endured his nausea, let the white Bipolar Toad stick its tongue on his forehead, and then watched as the white toad turned into half black and half white.
Count Grey breathed a sigh of relief, “The toad has turned half black and half white, indicating that there were traces of contamination in your brain not long ago, but now it’s gone. And the anomalies power that contaminated your brain was very minimal, so you didn’t notice it.”
“…”
Lou Yan’s face was as dark as a storm cloud.
Count Grey felt something was wrong after he finished speaking. He furrowed his brow, his tone becoming increasingly uncertain, “…This level of anomalies power, even if it manipulated your memory, could only alter one or two sentences at most.”
Lou Yan asked calmly, “Which one or two sentences were altered?”
“I don’t know,” Count Grey said, “Lou Yan, will you go save Fu Xuezhou? Fu Xuezhou’s value alive is much greater than dead. If you want to know what the Anomaly Lord really altered in Fu Xuezhou’s words, I can’t tell you here, but you can go ask Fu Xuezhou yourself.”
Lou Yan lowered his gaze and suddenly threw his lighter to Count Grey, decisively taking the snow candle, “I’ll save him.”
With that said, Lou Yan left Count Grey’s shop.
He would save Fu Xuezhou, but he also understood that Fu Xuezhou was not as innocent as Count Grey described. Even if the Anomaly Lord could only manipulate one or two sentences, it meant that most of what Fu Xuezhou said was his own words.
He had heard too much about Fu Xuezhou’s pitiful past today, and even developed complex feelings for this man, feeling soft and sorry for him. But when the sea breeze blew, Lou Yan still came to his senses.
No matter how painful the experience, it couldn’t conceal the coldness and ruthlessness in Fu Xuezhou’s bones.
Perhaps the Fu Xuezhou of the past was very innocent, but with the piles of corpses in his hands, Fu Xuezhou had long become more terrifying than a demon.
He would save Fu Xuezhou—after personally going to the North Pole and asking Fu Xuezhou whether the words “destroy the world because of boredom” were true or not.
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At ten o’clock, Lou Yan returned to Uncle Li’s house.
There was only Uncle Li alone in the house; his wife and children had gone fishing by the sea. Usually, they would all go fishing together, but today, with Lou Yan joining, Uncle Li couldn’t bear to leave him alone and stayed at home.
After seeing Uncle Li, Lou Yan suddenly remembered something, “Right, Uncle Li. I’ve already arranged for some medicine, food, and daily necessities to be delivered. They should arrive around noon today. It’s more practical to give these things now than money, and there should be enough quantity for your family to use for two years. I want to thank you again for being willing to save my friend. If it weren’t for you, I don’t know what would have happened to him now.”
As Lou Yan spoke, he habitually wanted to take out his business card from his pocket to give to Uncle Li, but he realized he hadn’t brought it. Rubbing his forehead, Lou Yan gave Uncle Li a string of numbers, “This is my phone number. If you need anything, you can call me. And if the things run out, you can also call me. I’ll be happy to provide medical supplies for you.”
Uncle Li listened with a stunned expression, his lips moving several times unable to muster the courage to refuse. He awkwardly wrote down the phone number Lou Yan gave him, repeatedly thanking Lou Yan.
If it were before the Anomalies Resurgence, Uncle Li would have refused to accept these things. But now, after the Anomalies Resurgence, not only he and his family needed these things, but also anyone in Xiaoliu Village who got injured or fell ill would need medicine for treatment. Uncle Li really couldn’t refuse the things Lou Yan gave.
After Lou Yan went inside to see Li Sanxin, Uncle Li rubbed his hands and walked around, excited and happy. In the end, unable to contain his joy, he secretly slipped out to find his wife and children!
He had to tell them about this good news. In the past half month, his wife and children had complained more than once that saving someone had brought a big burden. They had to give him things to eat and medicine every day and be taken care of, without any return. Look, look! Isn’t the return here now? That scar-faced young man isn’t a burden at all! He’s clearly a golden boy! He had to let his wife and children see it well. The virtue of saving lives must be upheld!
Good people indeed have good rewards!
…
Inside the room, Lou Yan took out the two anomaly hearts from the plastic bag.
He removed the gauze from Duan Zege’s abdomen and placed one heart around the wound, waiting quietly for the actions of the ghost baby.
After about four or five minutes, the ghost baby cautiously wriggled around Duan Zege’s abdomen, slowly extending a dried, dark-green-black little hand from the wound. The small hand slowly moved towards the direction of the heart. When it reached the heart, it suddenly grabbed it and swiftly pulled it back into Duan Zege’s belly.
Then, Duan Zege’s abdomen emitted the sound of weak and rapid chewing.
The chewing sound continued for half a minute, and the ghost baby seemed to feel unsatisfied. It reached out its hand again from the wound. Lou Yan placed the other anomalies heart in front of its fingers, and the ghost baby quickly grabbed it and started gnawing on it again.
After this heart was consumed, the ghost baby burped and began to move around chaotically under Duan Zege’s skin. The sight of its small hands and feet pushing up the skin was extremely frightening, even pushing Duan Zege’s skin several feet away. At the same time, the ghost baby’s mouth emitted a faint crying sound. But upon careful listening, this cry seemed more like laughter, making it difficult to distinguish.
Lou Yan felt a slight tingling in his ears and his brain began to feel slightly dizzy, knowing that this ghost baby was being tricky. Did it think it could revive itself by eating two anomalies hearts? Lou Yan’s face turned cold as he revealed the bone spikes in his palm, approaching Duan Zege’s abdomen with a cold, chilling aura.
The ghost baby, which had been causing trouble, immediately became obedient, closing its mouth and no longer making anomaly noises. Lou Yan sneered, “Hurry up and repair your host’s body and wake him up quickly. If you can’t do it, don’t blame me for pulling you out of his belly and chopping you up to feed the dogs.”
The ghost baby whimpered a few times, seeming to beg for mercy from Lou Yan.
Lou Yan moved the bone spikes away, saying lightly, “Hurry up.”
Under Lou Yan’s intimidation, the ghost baby, which had eaten two anomaly hearts, quickly used its anomaly power to repair Duan Zege’s body. The large hole in Duan Zege’s abdomen grew new flesh at a visible speed and scabbed over, falling off.
An hour later, Duan Zege, who had been unconscious for more than twenty days, finally opened his eyes.
Through his messy hair, Duan Zege saw the ceiling of a house, a sight unique to an old house. He was dazed for a while, memories of his coma flooding back into his mind.
He was going to the North Pole to find Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou with a burden on his back, but he was chased by Shadow Reaper when he arrived at the port. He was seriously injured by Shadow Reaper and forced to jump into the sea under siege, clinging to a fishing boat’s rope with his last strength to leave the port… Then, he ran out of strength and fell into a coma. In the last moment of consciousness, Duan Zege remembered being pushed ashore by a huge wave and crashing into a reef.
He must have been saved by someone, right?
Duan Zege’s eyes gradually cleared, and his expression suddenly changed. No! What time is it now, how many days have passed!
Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou, it was unclear what had happened. He had to go to the North Pole to find them immediately!
Duan Zege suddenly sat up, wanting to get out of bed, but his body was somewhat uncontrollable due to prolonged stiffness. He was about to fall to the ground with a single instability. As his body leaned forward significantly, a pair of hands reached out from the side and firmly grasped Duan Zege’s arms. A familiar and pleasant voice sounded faintly, “Why are you in such a hurry? Where do you want to go?”
Duan Zege suddenly raised his head to look at the source of the voice. His hair covered his face, but it couldn’t hide Lou Yan’s face clearly. Duan Zege’s pupils tightened, and he said hoarsely, “Lou Yan…”
How could Lou Yan be here… Could it be…
Duan Zege suddenly reached out and grabbed Lou Yan’s arm, anxiously asking, “Did you not go to the North Pole yet or did you come back from the North Pole? What day is it today? How long has it been since you left? You didn’t… you didn’t kill Fu Xuezhou, Lou Yan?”
“I came back from the North Pole. Today is June 17th. It’s been more than twenty days since you fell into a coma. I killed him.” Lou Yan answered one by one, calmly saying, “Fu Xuezhou has been pushed into the extreme cold h*ll by me.”
Duan Zege’s hand trembled slightly, and he slowly let go of Lou Yan’s hand. He nervously scratched his head, murmuring to himself, “17th, 17th… there’s still time, Fu Xuezhou hasn’t died yet. There’s not much time left, I have to find a way to get back to the North Pole quickly. By plane? Can I make it in time by plane? It’s all my fault for being in a coma for too long, I actually passed out for more than twenty days… d*mn it, it’s all my fault! Why now of all times…”
“Duan Zege.” Lou Yan called Duan Zege’s name, but Duan Zege seemed to not hear, still immersed in his own world, muttering to himself.
After calling him twice more, seeing Duan Zege still lost in his thoughts, Lou Yan paused for a few seconds, then suddenly said, “Li Sanxin.”
Duan Zege’s hand, which was scratching his scalp, suddenly stopped.
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