Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 292 'Miracle' Team

No one knows what Wang Zhicheng and He Ningzhu talked about that night, but the next day Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe received the news that He Ningzhu had been sent to the northwest of Pengcheng to reclaim wasteland.

The management office's security team personally escorted the person there.

Let's clear the land!
Because of the good development momentum in Shenzhen in recent years, the population of the city has expanded to 200,000.

After being meticulously planned, Ancheng, located to the north of Shimen, gradually developed into a small city with the same rules and regulations as Pengcheng. Huacheng to the east and the first areas to be reclaimed to the west were also transformed into large-scale farms.

In short, with Shenzhen as the center, apart from a few cities to the south such as Pingcheng that have not yet figured out what to do, the north and the east and west sides have all benefited from Shenzhen, experiencing gradual and incremental damage and development.

However, not far from the farm to the west of Pengcheng, there is a prison located in the northwest direction. It was the first prison in Pengcheng before the apocalypse.

Perhaps because it has been occupied by criminals for so long, the vast stretches of wasteland outside the prison are surprisingly difficult to cultivate.

In the early days of the apocalypse, Jiang Minglang and his group went to Pengcheng to investigate. The prison gates were wide open, and even before they entered, about a hundred meters away, they could smell a strong stench of decay.

Some of the iron gates inside were open, while others were closed. From the gates inward, corpses with their bodies and heads separated were everywhere, and fat, white maggots the length of a finger crawled around on the corpses, making one's scalp tingle.

That was the first time they had ever seen mutated maggots.

To prevent the spread of this thing, Jiang Minglang had Ren Bin and Xiao Wu burn all the corpses and things inside, and then rinsed them with water twice.

After confirming that not a single mutated maggot was left and the place was completely clean, they closed the heavy iron gate and left.

The area behind it remained empty until three years ago when Pengcheng's system and laws and regulations gradually improved, at which point Jiang Minglang decided to reopen the prison.

His idea coincided with that of Base Chief Ouyang.

So they renovated and refurbished the rooms inside, and all the iron bars on the windows were made thicker and denser. They also built two special secret rooms on the other side to imprison the lawless mutants.

To the northwest of the prison is a wasteland, next to which is a hill, and at the foot of the hill is a women's prison.

He Ningzhu was escorted to this women's prison early in the morning.

Nowadays, female prisoners don't need to operate sewing machines; what they have to do is pioneer.

Eight years into the apocalypse, the climate still consists of only two seasons: winter and summer. It's either very cold or very hot. Spring and autumn have left Earth and disappeared somewhere.

Therefore, it is easy to imagine how difficult it is to reclaim land in both extremely cold and extremely hot climates, especially in barren and difficult-to-cultivate land.

That's one point. Secondly, He Ningzhu had long been used to a comfortable life of being high and mighty after marrying Wang Zhicheng. Now, suddenly asking her to farm—no, farming isn't even the cruelest or most embarrassing thing—is absurd. After all, once someone sits in the field, who would know who she is?

What she felt could humiliate her for the rest of her life was the moment her name was called out in public and she was dressed in prison clothes.

"Three years?"

The sentence was handed down quickly. When Jiang Qi heard the time, he chuckled, "If he behaves well, the sentence will be reduced. Maybe he'll be released in six months."

It's easy to guess what Wang Zhicheng is planning. At his age, if he loses his position as director of the management office, he won't be able to do anything else.

For no other reason than for their three-year-old son, he couldn't afford to lose his current job.

So even though He Ningzhu was unwilling and had grievances in her heart, she had no choice but to compromise in the end.

Seeing that Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe were clearly dissatisfied, Du Qiyan reprimanded them with a stern face.
"That's already quite good. After all, she hasn't done anything further yet. Strictly speaking, it doesn't warrant a criminal sentence. Since you two have already notified Liu Ying and Liu Xu, Xiao Lan's safety is no longer your concern. Train hard and prepare for the big exam in two weeks."

After saying that, he looked at Du Xiaoleng, the daughter in Lin Zhe's arms, with a headache. The little girl was not feeling well today. It was rare for her to see her brother at home, so she clung to Lin Zhe and wouldn't let go, insisting that he stay with her.

He tried to coax this little devil for a long time, but he couldn't calm him down.

With class time fast approaching and the two about to be late, Lin Zhe hesitated and looked at Du Qiyan, "How about... I ask for leave again today?"

"Both of you have taken several days off these past few days."

Du Qiyan refused outright, then thought for a moment and said to Jiang Qi, "Go and bring Xiaobai over."

Jiang Qi was very quick; he brought his younger sister over in less than three minutes.

Jiang Xiaobai stared blankly at the group of people in the Du family courtyard with her big, clear eyes, and asked in a soft voice, "What are you doing?"

She was brushing the feathers of her two parrots, Xiaofengbao and Xiaobaijun, in the yard when she suddenly missed and was lifted into the air. Before she knew it, her brother had grabbed her by the back of her clothes and led her here.

She turned her head angrily and said, "Don't you have arms? Can't you hold someone? I'm telling you, I'm going to tell Dad."

Before he could finish speaking, he was pushed right in front of Lin Zhe and saw Du Xiaoleng clinging to him like a koala.

Jiang Xiaobai's attention was instantly diverted, and she stared at Du Xiaoleng with wide eyes, "What are you doing now? How old are you that you still need your brother to carry you? Get down and walk by yourself!"

Du Xiaoleng glanced at Jiang Xiaobai, let go of Lin Zhe, and nimbly slid off her brother.

Du Qiyan's lips twitched at the sight. Sure enough, there's always someone who can subdue another. His troublesome brat immediately turned into a docile little rabbit in front of Jiang Xiaobai, who was two years older than her.

When Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe left, Jiang Xiaobai was already brushing Xiao Ai's fur with Du Xiaoleng in hand.

Whether you brush a bird or a cat, it's all the same; it doesn't matter who the brush is for.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Zeng Tong still hadn't fully mastered those few fighting techniques.

But actually, it's already very impressive that she has achieved this level at her age. It's just that she sets too high a standard for herself and always wants to compare herself with Jiang Qi and Song Xiaoxiao.

He even secretly wondered how much of a gap there would be between his team and the 'Miracle' team led by Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe if he returned to Kyoto to form his own team.

Although she really wanted to be no different from them, or even surpass them.

But she knew perfectly well that it was impossible.

Regardless of the others, Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe are absolutely invincible in Kyoto in terms of combat strength.

Whether it's their special abilities or their pure skills, she dares to say they are number one among those under eighteen in Kyoto.

Before, her father told her that Uncle Jiang was an unparalleled instructor, but she didn't quite believe it. But now, although she's been here for so long and hasn't been personally trained by Uncle Jiang, the uncle and Jiang Qi he trained have completely convinced her.

"Are you really leaving?"

Zeng Mei's parents came here three years ago when she gave birth to Xi Xiaoyi, and they fell in love with Yunxi Village afterward and never returned to Kyoto.

The elderly couple raised their eldest granddaughter, Zeng Tong, themselves. Although she wasn't their biological granddaughter, they entrusted her to them because their elder brother and sister-in-law had passed away, their own grandson wasn't close to them, and their niece-in-law was too busy with work.

So the two elders truly treated her like their own granddaughter.

Even though they hadn't seen each other for three years, they felt no distance between them and were extremely close.

"Grandpa and Grandma, my academic courses aren't finished yet. Although this place is nice, Kyoto is clearly more developed. But don't worry, I'll definitely come back after I graduate from military academy."

She also took various cultural courses here and genuinely felt that Kyoto was superior. She kindly suggested that Jiang Qi and the others go to Kyoto for further studies, but he only said he would consider it and did not give a definite answer.

I also asked my uncle, who said it wasn't the right time yet. He said it wouldn't be too late to go to Kyoto in three years, when Jiang Qi would be capable of handling things on his own.

three years?

She didn't quite understand why she had to take on responsibilities on her own when she was just going to Kyoto to study cultural subjects.
Moreover, with his current abilities, surely he can stand on his own?
At first, Zeng Tong really couldn't understand it. In the end, her aunt told her that with Jiang Qi's parents' fame and superpowers, as long as he left Pengcheng, whether he went to Beijing or any other city, he would inevitably attract attention from all sides.

When that time comes, the trouble will not only be about physical strength.

He's only sixteen years old after all. A direct confrontation might not hurt him, but what if it's some ruthless schemes and tricks?

Zeng Tong understood. Just like her older cousin was schemed against by his maternal cousin, he almost couldn't be saved.

However, her grandparents were unaware of this matter. She only secretly told her aunt that after her eldest cousin had the accident, her eldest cousin specially returned to Kyoto from the west and took her cousin with him when he left.

I heard that five years ago, before my uncle went to the west, he wanted to leave my eldest cousin with my grandparents, but my aunt made a big fuss and refused to agree.

My eldest cousin was closest to his mother at that time, so he came to hate his grandparents.

Although she was very young at the time, she clearly remembered how disappointed her grandparents looked. Her grandmother said to her eldest uncle, "Take your son away. Don't make it seem like your father and I are the villains who separated a mother and son. I'll pretend this grandson never existed."

The old lady kept her word. Before coming to Shenzhen, even though her uncle's family lived not far from her own, she always managed to avoid her cousin, never seeing him or asking him anything.

Just as she herself said, she'll pretend this grandson never existed.

Anyway, Zeng Nan's son and Zeng Tong, whom she raised, are both close to her. They're just a generation apart, so what does it matter?

The old lady is fine, and the old man is even less of a problem.

After my aunt gave birth, the two elderly people left Kyoto, completely escaping the mess left by their eldest son's family, and lived a much more comfortable life.

They were doing well, and Zeng Tong was happy too. So after arriving here, she talked to her grandparents about her parents, her second uncle and aunt, her younger brother, and other relatives, as well as the gossip circulating in the neighborhood. But she didn't mention her eldest cousin at all.

However, after being tricked, he completely broke off relations with his maternal grandmother's family.

I heard that before his uncle took him away from Kyoto, he secretly went to his maternal grandmother's house and vandalized it. Before leaving, he even threatened his mother that he would sever his mother-son relationship with her and would never call her "Mom" again.

It's said that my aunt was also involved in the scheme that was used against my eldest cousin.

Zeng Tong simply couldn't understand this person's thought process. How could he collude with outsiders to scheme against his own son? Was he crazy?
However, Zeng Tong breathed a sigh of relief that she had no connection with the Zeng family, and she was relieved for her uncle.

I bet my older cousin is already regretting it now, thinking about his grandparents.
When Zeng Tong left, Jiang Qi and his 'Miracle' team escorted him halfway between Pengcheng and Kyoto, only turning back when they saw Zeng Xi's men approaching.

He paid no attention to the little girl's words when she left, that she would compete with him in three years.

He admitted she was intelligent, a genius. But strength isn't just about intellect; without solid physique and skill, it's all for naught!

However, to his surprise, three years later, the girl he thought had no physical strength and skills was useless actually used her water waves to almost tie him up.

Zeng Tong's water magic couldn't turn into ice like his, so she took a different approach. Besides learning Huo Siyun's water blade technique, she also created concentric waves of water, like ropes to bind people. But ropes can be cut, how can you cut water?
Jiang Qi tried to turn her water into ice, but failed.

I tried to control her water, but it didn't work.

Jiang Qi raised an eyebrow in surprise, not expecting that she had actually created a water-based attack technique that even he couldn't break.

The water waves can wrap around a person from the neck down, and if it's an enemy, Zeng Tong can snap their neck in an instant. She can also control the water to the mouth and nose, causing the person to suffocate.

Jiang Qi smiled, and suddenly he vanished. When Zeng Tong looked again, he was no longer visible in the circle formed by the waves.

kindness?
Speed ​​system?
Has Jiang Qi awakened a third superpower?

That shouldn't be the case, Uncle Jiang and Aunt Bai didn't... Ah, I remember now, his uncle Bai Yang is a speed-type.

It's said that nephews resemble their uncles, so it's not surprising that they might have similar supernatural abilities.

Damn it~!

This person was already powerful, and now with three different abilities, no one can rival him.

Just as she was thinking this, suddenly a ring of ice appeared around her water waves. It wasn't thick, but it was enough to completely enclose her water waves. Then, the oval-shaped ice ring slowly squeezed towards the center. When the ice touched her water, the water actually evaporated.

How could this be?
Zeng Tong's eyes widened in surprise. Just as she was about to take a closer look, the ice tightened, and all her water waves disappeared.

Hey?
"Brother Jiang Qi, how did you do that?"

Jiang Qi stood not far away and smiled helplessly, then looked in the direction behind Zeng Tong, "I can't answer your question, because this ice doesn't belong to me."

Zeng Tong turned her head and her eyes lit up. "Song Xiaoxiao, the ice is yours? I didn't expect you to be so amazing now."

Compared to three years ago when she still had a bit of baby fat, seventeen-year-old Song Xiaoxiao is now even more radiant and beautiful.

Standing nearly 170 cm tall, with a straight and upright posture and a shapely figure, she possessed fair and delicate skin and exquisitely beautiful features. From head to toe, whether viewed individually or as a whole, she was flawless.

She's even prettier than her aunt, Song Huanyan.