The End of the Extreme Dao: I Planted a Sacred Tree and Gained Immortality

Chapter 88 Confrontation (4K chapter, please order first)

Fortunately, Zhang Yuqi just made a casual remark and then looked at Huo Ying with a look of seeking credit.

"Guess what I found!"

Zhang Yuqi pulled Huo Ying outside and opened the awning of the pickup truck.

In the truck bed is a set of solar photovoltaic panels and a huge battery panel.

"Don't you want to build a shelter? If you rely entirely on flames for lighting, there won't be enough oxygen, right?" Zhang Yuqi's eyes curved slightly, like two crescent moons, and her long eyelashes trembled, making her smile even sweeter. "I passed by an uninhabited town for a while, and many roofs there were equipped with these photovoltaic panels. I thought you might need them, so I took one down and brought it back for you."

Huo Ying was distracted for a moment, and he looked into Zhang Yuqi's eyes. Her eyes were full of bright stars, and the reflection in the starlight was Huo Ying himself.

The effect of Liang Yao's tears was still there, and Huo Ying knew that everything was not an illusion. He felt a little confused, not knowing whether he had wronged Zhang Yuqi or whether Zhang Yuqi disguised herself too well.

"Next time, don't go into an empty town easily. It's too dangerous." Huo Ying suddenly felt relieved. If he really had to fight Zhang Yuqi in the future, that would be something he would have to consider. At least now, Huo Ying knew that Zhang Yuqi was trying to be nice to him. Maybe in the future she would understand that this was an illusion, but the smile and the photovoltaic panels in front of her were real: "You've been gone for three days. I was thinking that if you didn't come back, I would go and help you see Sister Bai."

"It was raining and the road was difficult to drive, so I came back early, but... fortunately, you didn't forget." Zhang Yuqi took Huo Ying to unload the photovoltaic panels, and then Zhang Yuqi returned to the car: "I still have something to do, so I may not be able to go home. Tomorrow, I still need you to go to Sister Bai's place. Okay, you close the door, I'm leaving."

Huo Ying nodded: "Don't worry about Sister Bai, I will definitely take care of her. Also, you, remember, be safe."

Liang Yao's tears still had an effect. Huo Ying saw that little Huo Huo had already pulled Huo Zhenni to sit in Zhang Yuqi's car, but Zhang Yuqi had no reaction at all.

Huo Ying didn't dare to look at Xiao Huo Huo and Huo Zhenni for too long. He was afraid that they would find out through the reflection in his eyes that he had lifted the control of his five senses, so he could only focus his attention on Zhang Yuqi.

As the engine started, Zhang Yuqi left.

Huo Ying slowly closed the door. In the room, Liang Yao also looked worried. She also saw it. She saw Xiao Huo Huo and Huo Zhenni get into Zhang Yuqi's car.

"Will Sister Yuqi be in danger?" Although Liang Yao may be scheming, her life was saved by Zhang Yuqi. Women have a sixth sense for each other. Liang Yao seems to be trying to snatch Huo Ying, but in fact, Liang Yao understands that by sending her here, Zhang Yuqi tacitly consents for her and Huo Ying to be together.

Huo Ying sat at the table, tapping the tabletop with his index finger.

"Xiao Huo Huo and Huo Zhenni are here to look for Zhang Yuqi."

Huo Ying sighed. The moment Xiao Huo Huo and Huo Zhenni got on Zhang Yuqi's car, Huo Ying understood that Zhang Yuqi was indeed the terrifying person that Wang Haisheng had mentioned.

Because Huo Ying saw vigilance in Xiao Huo Huo's eyes, and he saw restraint in Huo Zhenni's eyes.

Who is Zhang Yuqi who can make two people with such strange abilities so cautious? Is there any need to think about it?

Liang Yao suddenly realized that she was only worried just now. Now when she recalled the details, she immediately realized that something was wrong with Zhang Yuqi.

"You reminded me not to anger Zhang Yuqi before, because..." Liang Yao realized it belatedly, her face full of shock.

After hesitating for a moment, Liang Yao looked at Huo Ying, whose index finger kept tapping on the table. She slowly sat over and held Huo Ying's hand: "Maybe I shouldn't affect your thinking, but I still want to say that I don't think Sister Yuqi is a bad person. At least, she is not bad to us."

"She mentioned Sister Bai repeatedly. Perhaps Sister Bai knows what you are worried about." Liang Yao put Huo Ying's hand on her face: "I believe you. I think you are a good person. My sixth sense is accurate. The facts have proved that I am not wrong. I also want to believe Sister Yuqi once. Tomorrow, I will go to see Sister Bai. You, hide and wait for me, okay?"

"You've taken care of me for so long, let me take a risk for you, okay?" Liang Yao's eyes were full of sincerity: "I won't be affected by any illusions. If I can come back alive, then what I tell you must be the truth. If I can't come back, you must leave the town, the farther the better, and never come back."

"Aren't you afraid of death?"

"I'm afraid, but I'm alive. I have to fight for the people I care about."

In the quiet town, the roar of the pickup truck was extremely harsh.

Without slowing down, Zhang Yuqi stepped on the accelerator and drove the car out of the town and into the endless suburbs before stopping.

Little Huo Huo loosened his grip on Jenny Huo's hand, and the two of them appeared in the back seat of the pickup truck.

"Let me introduce myself. I'm a level 3 infected person from the Research Institute. Everyone calls me Xiao Huo Huo. I came to you this time to ask you a few questions on behalf of the researchers."

Zhang Yuqi stretched lazily in the driver's seat, then unbuckled her seat belt, opened the door, and jumped out of the car.

"Before asking questions, you'd better get out of the car first. I'm afraid that you won't be satisfied with my answer and a fight will break out between you and the car someone gave me."

Xiao Huo Huo was silent for a while, then pulled Huo Zhenni out of the car.

The atmosphere suddenly became oppressive. Huo Zhenni had no right to interrupt the conversation between the level 3 infected people. She could only keep releasing her gentle ability, hoping to appease Xiao Huo Huo and allow Xiao Huo Huo to have a good negotiation with Zhang Yuqi.

Xiao Huo Huo didn't say anything, just looked at the pickup truck quietly, and then suddenly said: "This car should be given to you by that wooden man."

"You call him a wooden man..." Zhang Yuqi said with a smile: "Yes, his armor is indeed made of wood, but this nickname is quite descriptive. He is indeed a piece of wood."

As she spoke, Zhang Yuqi tilted her head: "Is this a boring question you want to ask?"

Xiao Huo Huo also laughed: "There is no need to ask my question. The answer is already obvious. You can't forget a non-infected person. There is no doubt that you are not only a completely controllable infected person, but also an infected person who thinks about problems from a human perspective and is willing to make sacrifices for humanity."

Xiao Huo Huo's tone became relaxed: "The fact that you can fall in love with an ordinary person has already proved that you definitely don't think you are superior to others just because you are infected. You are a member of the human team."

Huo Zhenni breathed a sigh of relief. Since Xiao Huo Huo had determined that Zhang Yuqi was a member of the human team, all the risks were eliminated. All that was left was to invite Zhang Yuqi to join the research institute. Huo Zhenni felt that the rest would be very simple. If Zhang Yuqi refused, she could just raise the stakes to a level that she couldn't refuse.

"So, I've passed the test and qualified?" Zhang Yuqi said in a frivolous tone.

Xiao Huo Huo nodded: "Yes, you have passed the assessment of the Research Institute."

But the next second, Jenny Huo's eyes suddenly widened. She felt that Xiao Huo Huo was suddenly filled with a violent aura, and even directly broke through the suppression of her gentle ability. "Xiao Huo Huo, what's wrong with you? The test has passed. You have to control yourself. Jenny's mother is helping you. Quick, sense my ability and calm down!"

Huo Zhenni's eyes were filled with fear, she had never expected that when the assessment of Zhang Yuqi went so smoothly, little Huo Huo suddenly lost control.

"Are you helping me?"

Xiao Huo Huo's smile disappeared completely, and he looked at Huo Zhenni with cold eyes: "You, Huo Zhaohui, and the Research Institute are all too arrogant. Really, how dare you think that I am just a gentle emotional infection, and I have only touched the threshold of level 2. How can you be so confident that you can appease me?"

"Xiao, Xiao Huo Huo, you..." Huo Zhenni felt that her blood was about to freeze. Standing next to Xiao Huo Huo, she could no longer breathe.

"Of course, I control everything myself." Xiao Huo Huo laughed: "I am a level three infected person, the strongest weapon of mankind. Hehehe, so interesting. Since I am so strong, why do I have to be a weapon of mankind? Shouldn't mankind be my slaves?"

"I watched you running around for me, watched you satisfy all my rude requests, and even watched you constantly using your abilities to appease me. I really wanted to laugh. You thought you controlled the Level 3 infected, but don't you realize that it was the Level 3 infected who gave you the opportunity and allowed you to be slaves?"

Little Huo Huo stood on tiptoe and put his hand on Huo Zhenni's face: "It would be great if there were no perfect third-level infected people. I could keep pretending and allow you to be my slaves forever. But now it's not possible. The perfect third-level infected people, the third-level infected people in the same team as humans, must be eliminated, otherwise..."

Bang!
Huo Zhenni's head was torn apart all at once, without a drop of blood splattering, just like a rag doll's head being torn into pieces.

Xiao Huo Huo let go of his hand, and Huo Zhenni's body fell to the ground with a thud.

Staring coldly at Zhang Yuqi, Xiao Huo Huo continued, "The appearance of a perfect level 3 infected person means that we, the uncontrollable infected people, have been pushed to the opposite side of humanity. They will no longer be willing to be our slaves. They will worship you as a god, as a savior, and then create countless perfect level 3 infected people, and eventually eliminate the weirdness and us, the uncontrollable level 3 infected people."

"I'm very sorry. You passed the assessment of the Research Institute, but you failed my assessment."

Xiao Huo Huo suddenly stretched out his left hand.

"Playful."

Zhang Yuqi suddenly felt that her body was out of control, as if she had become Xiao Huohuo's toy and was being held in Xiao Huohuo's hand.

"Let me introduce myself again. I am a level 3 infected person, a problem child, Xiao Huo Huo."

"The research institute always thought they understood my abilities, but in fact, they didn't understand at all."

"My left hand can activate the ability of greed. Anyone I target will become my rag doll."

"The ability of my right hand is nonsense. No matter how strong a person's defense is, in front of me, they are as fragile as toys and will break if dropped."

"Moreover, these two abilities can be used at the same time."

Xiao Huohuo slowly raised his right hand, then stood on tiptoe and walked slowly, step by step, towards Zhang Yuqi.

"Even if you are a level three infected person, you took too long. I activated my ability in the car. Now, you have no chance to resist."

"It's a pity that the only perfect level 3 infected person is going to be eliminated. Huo Zhaohui is right. The lower-class people living in the town are too short-sighted. Even if you are a perfect level 3 infected person, you are still so vulnerable without any experience fighting with the same kind."

"Hey, hey, hey." Zhang Yuqi pouted: "What am I like? You have been talking to yourself all along, okay? I am telling you now that I have never stood on the side of humans. Do you believe me?"

"Really? I'm sorry, I killed the wrong person. Every year on this day, I will burn paper for you." Xiao Huo Huo snorted and put his right hand on Zhang Yuqi's face.

boom.

Zhang Yuqi's head exploded like a balloon, bursting suddenly without any blood. In this blow, the force used by Xiao Huo Huo was several times stronger than the one that killed Huo Zhenni. Zhang Yuqi's entire head was blown into powder.

"It's over. Well, when I go back, I will say that the target was wrong. It was not a perfect level 3 infected person. And it went berserk while I was trying to comfort it, killing Huo Zhenni. I had no choice but to clean it up."

Xiao Huohuo put down his left hand and threw away Zhang Yuqi's body.

"Well, this is a good reason. Even if the research institute doesn't believe it, it doesn't dare to verify it. It has to believe it."

Xiao Huohuo, who was about to turn around and leave, was stunned. She turned her head in disbelief. Zhang Yuqi's headless body actually stood up, and she couldn't even tell where the sound came from.

The next moment, Zhang Yuqi's skin became shabby. Before Xiao Huohuo could see clearly, Zhang Yuqi's head actually grew back.

"Your ability is regeneration?" Xiao Huohuo raised his left hand and quickly started to play, but Zhang Yuqi just lowered her head, stretched out her hand, looked at her pale skin, and was not controlled by Xiao Huohuo at all.

"Really? I worked so hard to inject so much blood, but it was all used up. I even went next to Liang Yao and used her ability to purify it. She has cleared the rejection reaction. It should have been usable for a long time." Zhang Yuqi felt sad.

"Oh, your ability is to use the blood in your body to regenerate? Then I'll just kill you a few more times and see how much blood you have in your body." Xiao Huo Huo breathed a sigh of relief. She sneered. Zhang Yuqi actually explained her ability to her.

"No, you misunderstood. I'm replenishing my blood just to make my skin rosy and make me look more human." Zhang Yuqi lifted her hair. Her skin was so white that it reflected light. In the sunlight, she looked extremely dazzling.

"Also, stop playing around." Zhang Yuqi stretched out her left hand towards Xiao Huohuo. Xiao Huohuo, who was walking towards Zhang Yuqi, was suddenly frozen in place.

"How, how is this possible, this is my ability!" Xiao Huo Huo was extremely terrified. Her ability failed and she was actually frozen by her own ability.

Zhang Yuqi walked up to Xiao Huohuo with a smile, bent down slightly, stretched out her right index finger, and touched Xiao Huohuo's forehead.

The blood seemed like a river finding an estuary, swarming from Xiao Huohuo's body along Zhang Yuqi's fingertips and into Zhang Yuqi's body.

Slowly, Xiao Huo Huo turned pale and finally lost all signs of life.

And Zhang Yuqi has become as bright and charming as before.

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