Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 198 Gigi's Superpower

"Huh? Where's Gigi? I can't see him."

Bai Li woke up and ate two meals within three hours, and Qi Qi also ate two meals with her.

When Bai Li finally had to stand up and go for a walk because she was so full, she remembered that the other of the two little ones who were always inseparable was nowhere to be seen.
in argument?
Not likely.

Although the two children are not yet ten years old, they have always been emotionally stable. Even when they have different opinions, they always reason with each other calmly. Neither in the past nor now have they ever quarreled.

“He has a fever,” Qiqi said, feeling both happy and worried for his good brother. “Uncle Du said he might awaken some superpowers, but it could also just be a common cold. Aunt Shuang examined him and didn’t recommend he take fever reducers.”

Most importantly, the fever reducer was about to expire.

Xi Shuang was originally a top student at medical school. Although she hadn't graduated, she had completed a year of internship, so she was no different from a normal doctor.

"Shall we go see him?"

"Row."

Du Qiyan was not there. Chen Dong was sitting by the bed watching over Jiji. When he saw Bai Li and her son coming over, he quickly got up and gave them a simple and honest smile.

They lived together for over a year, and Chen Dong doted on Gigi. He was unmarried and had no children, so he truly treated Gigi like his own grandson.

Now, Gigi calls him Grandpa instead of Grandpa Dong.

Whether it's sharing the same pain or finding comfort in each other, relationships are built through interaction. If I give my heart and you reciprocate with sincerity, that's enough.

Bai Li looked down at Gigi lying on the bed. The little guy had his eyes closed, his fair face had an unnatural red tinge, and his little brows were furrowed, clearly showing that he was not sleeping soundly.

She reached out to touch his forehead, but as soon as her fingers touched a strand of hair, she heard a crackling sound, faint yet distinct, which made her quickly pull her finger back.

Static electricity?

A tingling sensation spread through the pad of her index finger. Bai Li wasn't sure if the tingling was caused by static electricity or something else.
Her eyes lit up. Could it be that Gigi had awakened the power of lightning?
"Mom, what's wrong?"

That movement was too faint; even though Chen Dong and Qi Qi were standing right in front of them, they didn't see anything.

Bai Li thought for a moment, then reached out to touch Gigi's forehead again, *smack!*

This time it was louder and more noticeable than the last time.

So not only Qiqi saw it, but Chen Dong saw it too.

"Mommy, is there electricity in Gigi's head?"

Is there electricity in your head?
That seems right.

Bai Li said to her son, "Go and call your father and Uncle Du over. Keep your mouth shut and don't mention outside that Gigi has an electric shock on his head, understand?"

This is the first lightning ability user they have here, and also the first one Bai Li has ever met.

I heard from Wei Lichuan that a lightning ability user was discovered in Kyoto half a year ago. Several forces were vying for him, each trying to recruit him to their side. In the end, the person disappeared.

Some say he was killed after failing to win her over; whatever the outcome, it's not good.

Therefore, for Gigi, who is still a child, his superpowers must be kept a secret until he becomes an adult.

Jiang Minglang, Du Qiyan, and Qiao Fei arrived quickly and took turns trying it on Gigi's forehead. They all received a small electric shock, and the three of them were quite excited.

Now that he's awakened his superpowers, there's no need to worry about his fever. The real concern now is how to keep it a secret while also providing him with proper training.

Although the crisis from Kyoto has been temporarily averted, Shenzhen now seems to be an impregnable fortress, perfectly safe.

However, recently, many people have also come to Pengcheng. Some are the teams brought by Leader Ouyang, and others are people recruited by Li Nanxin for the development of Pengcheng, and recruitment is still ongoing.

With a large number of people, things become more complicated. While interviews can weed out some people with bad intentions, no one can guarantee that everyone who gets in is without problems.

Even among the brothers who followed Wei Lichuan, didn't there be traitors before?
Therefore, just in case, Gigi's special ability must be kept secret.

Gigi slept for another day and didn't wake up until the afternoon of the second day.

"How are you? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Qiqi lay in front of his best friend, wanting to reach out and touch him but not daring to. Yesterday, when he touched his forehead, he got a light, tingling shock, but he still didn't dare to experience it a second time.

After all, it's electricity, and electricity can kill people.

But Gigi was unaware that she had acquired superpowers, and powerful ones at that.

He just smacked his lips and said with a puzzled look, "I don't know what's wrong, my mouth feels a little numb."

Remembering something, he looked at Qiqi and asked, "You didn't put peppercorns in my mouth while I was asleep, did you?"

He's done this before.

Of course, he also stuffed things into Qiqi's mouth when he was asleep.

They're both equally mischievous.

"Sichuan peppercorns, huh? You've got some ideas. If your mouth feels numb, you probably electrocuted yourself."

Qiqi was shocked after he finished speaking. He looked at Jiji and called him by his full name, "Lin Zhe, you won't lose control of your superpower and electrocute yourself in the future, will you?"

Gigi: ? ? ?
He ignored the last sentence; he only heard the word "superpower." He quickly sat up and grabbed Qiqi, about to ask him what he meant—that he had superpowers.
However, this excitement caused energy to surge out of his body, and a small purple electric snake traveled from his hand to Qiqi's hand, and then to his body, making Qiqi tremble like a leaf. Finally, his eyes rolled back, and he almost fainted.

"Lin Zhe," Qi Qi gritted her teeth and shouted, supporting her body which was under general anesthesia, "Let go!"

Upon hearing Qiqi's words, Gigi reflexively let go of his hand. His heart was pounding, and he looked at his hand with shock and fear.

Wait, what kind of superpower is this?

He used to envy his good brother who had both water and metal elements, although his metal element was unreliable and sometimes worked.

But his water abilities are amazing! He can switch freely between water and ice, turning water into ice and ice back into water. It's super cool.

He doesn't care whether it's Aunt Bai's wood element or Uncle Da's earth element, he just needs one of them.

But now he really wants to say that he should choose one. This superpower is too terrifying. Even holding hands with his best friend can make him roll his eyes back from the electric shock.

What is this?

very scary!
Gigi pouted, almost crying from fear of her own superpower.

When Du Qiyan came in, he saw two children. One was sitting on the bed, staring at his hands, looking like he was about to cry. The other was lying on the other side, looking utterly hopeless.

He burst out laughing.

After finding out what happened, they were left speechless, both amused and exasperated.

He said to Gigi, "Your superpower has just awakened, you just don't know how to control it yet. In a little while, this kind of situation won't happen again."

"Uncle Du, what kind of superpower do I have?"

"Thunder and lightning."

Why did I awaken this superpower?

That's a good question. Du Qiyan doesn't know why he awakened the water element either.

After dinner, to prevent himself from accidentally electrocuting his best friend later, Gigi actively cooperated with Uncle Du, trying hard to control his superpower, finding the feeling, releasing it little by little, and then gradually withdrawing it. After the Che brothers stepped down, the power structure in Kyoto was reshuffled.

Jiang Minglang hadn't paid much attention to this before, but now, because he and his wife were repeatedly nominated in the circle of superhumans, and for the sake of Pengcheng's stable development, he had to add fuel to the fire of this reshuffle.

Although Ouyang left Kyoto, his allies remained, and even without the Che family, he still wielded considerable influence in Kyoto.

However, in the post-apocalyptic world, most of the superhumans are under forty years old. Leaders over forty, although still influential, no longer have the strength to forcefully intervene in certain areas.

So in the end, with the joint support of Ouyang and his allies, a fire-type ability user who was previously at the same level as Jiang Minglang and of similar age was put in power.

In the future, it will definitely be the world of the young.

In fact, Ouyang preferred Jiang Minglang, or at the very least Qiao Fei or Du Qiyan. Unfortunately, none of the three had any ambition for power and none of them wanted to leave Pengcheng.

It's so comfortable and peaceful here that he doesn't want to leave.

Jiang Minglang was pleased with this outcome.

This fire-elemental classmate was his college classmate from military academy. Before the apocalypse, he was also on missions like him, but unlike him, after the apocalypse, he led his team back to Kyoto immediately and made a real contribution to clearing the zombies from Kyoto.

He deserves all the credit.

The reason those old guys had the leisure to divide up power and scheme against each other was because their classmate was doing his best to ensure the safety of ordinary people in Kyoto, as well as the establishment and basic operation of the base.

Jiang Minglang secretly met with him during his trip to Kyoto. His old classmate looked helpless. If his wife, children, and elderly parents weren't all in Kyoto, he would have wanted to come to Shenzhen with Jiang Minglang.

Although Jiang Minglang had his own selfish motives in pushing him up, the main reason was that he was the most suitable candidate.

With things settled in Kyoto, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief and get some rest.

As temperatures rise day by day, in December, as the Lunar New Year approaches, people are surprisingly able to feel the long-lost sense of everything coming back to life.

Because the cold weather lasted too long and the low temperatures were too intense, many trees had already frozen to death, and even the trunks had been cut down and taken back to burn as firewood.

Therefore, although everything is reviving, there is very little greenery to be seen in the entire city of Shenzhen.

If a tree can sprout new buds and grow lush green leaves, be careful; it's very likely that the tree has mutated.

Fortunately, there aren't many mutated plants like this, and so far, none of them have been found to actively attack humans.

So after it was discovered, it wasn't cleaned up for the time being; they just put up a sign next to the tree that read "Mutant Tree".

Due to the severe lack of greenery, after some discussion, several groups of people decided to each send a few wood-type individuals to encourage growth.

Around Yunxi Village, Bai Li, along with Gao Junyu and Ning An, and Professor Leng and Kang Wentao, planted or cultivated seedlings along both sides of the road from south to north, while simultaneously promoting their growth.

Ning An certainly couldn't force the birth of the peonies; he was responsible for interspersing his own peonies among the trees, and whenever he saw a flower bed, he would fill it with flowers.

Seeing him busy running around, Bai Li admired Junyu's ability to have children.

I really want to tell him that his peonies are also quite good; they're good at repelling mosquitoes, and they're very useful when it gets hot.

But thinking of how Lao Du and the others were sneakily coaxing his peony, he shut his mouth and said nothing.

Half a month passed, and by the end of the month, around New Year's Day, the entire city of Shenzhen appeared even more vibrant and lush with greenery.

"Mom, look over there, are they arguing?"

Qiqi, Jiji, and Song Xiaoxiao, having nothing better to do, also came out to plant trees. Actually, the three little ones wanted to ride in a horse-drawn carriage and water the saplings that were being encouraged to grow.

Bai Li hadn't been to Shimen near the North Expressway exit for a very long time. Today, since the saplings had been planted nearby, she decided to take a horse-drawn carriage for a stroll around the area.

To their surprise, they found people making a loud commotion at the main entrance.

It wasn't actually that loud, since this area had been taken over by Ouyang's team, and Li Nan and Yunxi Village no longer needed to send people to patrol it.

The feeling of a regular army is indeed different, so the people queuing up for interviews every day are unusually quiet and follow the rules. Even if they fail the interview and are rejected, no one dares to cause trouble.

But today
Bai Li stopped the carriage, mainly because the children were too gossipy and wanted to see if the quarreling would turn into a fight.

"It's the women who are making noise, so if they fight, they'll pull hair and pick their noses."

These words were spoken by Song Xiaoxiao, who then solemnly told the two boys, "I've seen it before."

"That would be really exciting."

Gigi tiptoed to look at the center of the commotion, and after a moment, she said with a hint of regret, "No fight broke out."

Qiqi also felt quite regretful, but he didn't say anything.

Gao Junyu stood behind the three children, speechless, and mentally added: "These little brats are so boring."

After Bai Li saw who was arguing at the door, she immediately lost interest in watching the commotion and felt only that it was very unlucky.

But since the three children wanted to see it, she didn't take them away immediately, but just sat on the edge of the car and casually glanced at them.

"Your father and I searched for you so hard outside for so long, and you two just came in here without uttering a sound. What's wrong with you, Liu Xu and Liu Ying? Aren't I your own mother?"

"So what if you're our biological mother? We don't call the shots in Pengcheng. If you want to come in, you have to follow the normal procedures. See the interview over there?"

"Liu Xu, is this how you talk to your mother? And you, Liu Ying?"

"Let go first. Why are you holding onto the cherry? I'm the one talking back to you, not her."

"What's wrong with me grabbing her? I can barely stand, can't I ask her to help me up?"

"You can't even stand up straight, yet your shouts can be heard for miles around. How can you be so unsteady?"

"Liu Xu."

"I can hear you. You don't need to shout like that. You've bruised Cherry's arm. Can't you let go first? You call yourself our mother? What kind of mother treats her daughter like this?"

Liu Xu was furious. They were responsible for maintaining order during the interviews, but they never expected to run into Zhou Mengxiang and Zhou Lin's group today. They were especially surprised that they would come to Pengcheng.

What's even worse, as soon as Zhou Mengxiang saw the siblings, she grabbed Yingtao's arm. Because of her childhood fear of her, Liu Ying didn't dare to move.

The soldiers nearby originally wanted to drive away the noisy Zhou Mengxiang and her companions, but when they heard her say that she was the biological mother of the Liu siblings, and seeing that Liu Ying was not breaking free, they decided not to forcibly drive her away.

Liu Xu scratched his head and spun around in place, then suddenly paused, and then, on a whim, pointed in the direction of Bai Li and said to Zhou Mengxiang, "So what if you're our biological mother? You're a strange person, preferring to raise other people's children rather than your own. See? Those are your own children too, did you raise them? Do they even acknowledge you? They don't acknowledge you, so why should we siblings? Did you ever truly care for us, or were you really that good to us?"

As Liu Xu pointed in the direction, everyone saw that it was Bai Li, and the scene immediately fell silent.

White lychee:
She clenched her fist, raised her eyes, and squinted at Liu Xu.

When Bai Li's gaze fell on him, Liu Xu broke out in a cold sweat and then shivered.

Oh no, how did I blurt out what I was thinking?

He took two steps back, wondering if she would beat him to death today.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Zhou Mengxiang staring blankly at Bai Li, so she quickly grabbed her sister and pulled her over, then turned and ran.

Watching the two figures quickly run away, Bai Li laughed in exasperation.

Kunzi, who was in charge of the interviews, quickly approached her and whispered, "Sister, should we send them away?"

Bai Li responded with an "Mmm" without any hesitation.

good night!