Chapter 1160 - 501: Ji Xiaoyu

The girl became very agitated after realizing Liang Yuan and Ni Qi weren’t from around here.

Ni Qi glanced at Liang Yuan and only after seeing his slight nod did he say, "Yes, we came from outside."

"Can you calm down a bit? Let’s sit down and talk."

The girl took a deep breath, suppressed her emotions, and quickly said, "My name is Ji Xiaoyu, from Phase Two at Green Garden. Can you put me down first? Don’t worry, I won’t cause any trouble."

Hearing this, Liang Yuan withdrew his telekinesis.

The girl fell to the ground but landed smoothly with an agile flip.

Seeing Liang Yuan withdraw his telekinesis, the vigilance in her eyes slightly reduced.

She then asked, "What should I call you two?"

Ni Qi proactively said, "I’m Ni Qi, this is Liang Yuan, Mr. Liang. We came from the New District over in Yangshan. Some friends of ours went missing here, so we came specifically to find them."

Liang Yuan also asked in a deep voice, "Little girl, have you seen a woman in armor that looks like a posture corrector?"

Speaking as he described Ding Yan’s appearance features.

Ding Yan’s armor was crafted by Ren Jie, and its overall design was still based on the initial posture corrector template, with additional shoulder pads and wrist guards added.

The overall style was quite distinctive.

At the same time, he reflected that despite being with Yang Mei and Ding Yan for so long, he had forgotten to take any photos.

He had a phone, and it even had power.

Before the Great Flood, basically, everyone had their phones on them constantly.

However, after the Great Flood, with no water or electricity, mobiles had long become relics of the past.

The situation of having phones on oneself was completely gone.

Liang Yuan hadn’t thought of taking some group photos with them.

Hearing Liang Yuan’s description, Ji Xiaoyu couldn’t help but be slightly surprised and said, "Are you talking about Miss Ding Yan?"

Liang Yuan was even more astonished; he hadn’t expected such a coincidence, that the girl in front of him would call out Ding Yan’s name so directly!

"You know her? Where is she?" Liang Yuan immediately asked.

Ji Xiaoyu hurriedly said, "Miss Ding Yan is now in Eden; she’s been tricked by the headmaster, you mustn’t go looking for her!"

Liang Yuan was greatly surprised: "Eden? What Eden?"

Ji Xiaoyu explained, "Eden is a shelter organized by Wu Yaobang. It’s also the only shelter left on this land."

"He claims to the outside world that Eden is humanity’s last refuge, the outside world having already been flooded and humanity all but extinct."

"God favored us here and created this independent space for everyone to escape the Great Flood."

"And the shelter he established is called Eden, humanity’s last refuge."

"In Eden, everyone worships God and follows his words."

Liang Yuan listened, furrowing his brows deeply, having experienced the issue with the Three Great Sects.

Liang Yuan harbored a strong aversion to any forces formed around religious beliefs.

Ni Qi was much the same on the side, his face displaying utter detachment.

Unable to contain himself, he immediately asked, "What bullshit God? If God truly existed, how could he just watch humanity perish?"

Ji Xiaoyu’s eyes suddenly lit up, looking at Ni Qi, asking, "You don’t believe in God?"

Ni Qi shook his head, "I only believe in science."

Ji Xiaoyu couldn’t help but let out a giggle.

Those words seemed to have hit her funny bone.

The words "science," she hadn’t heard anyone mention them in very long times.

But as she laughed, her eyes reddened.

Indeed, it had been so long since anyone spoke those two words.

Before the Great Flood, she always found the politics classes at school annoying, with long and awkward segments to memorize daily.

But now, after experiencing the disaster of the Great Flood, witnessing the desperation of human survival.

She realized how happy her school’s life, which she’d always complained about, actually was.

At the school canteen before, no matter how bad the food was, there were always many dishes to choose from.

If nothing else, she could get snacks outside the school.

But now... she couldn’t remember how long it had been since she last had junk food.

Everything was beyond recall.

Ji Xiaoyu teared up a little, as Ni Qi’s phrase "believe in science" reminded her of too many past happy times.

Ni Qi felt somewhat at a loss as if he had said something wrong.

Liang Yuan asked solemnly, "Miss Xiaoyu, can you tell me about Ding Yan’s current status? Is she alright? Was she hurt?"

Ji Xiaoyu came back to her senses, hearing this, slightly shook her head and said, "She’s fine, not hurt at all."

"I saw her from afar in Eden, she seemed well, although..."

"Although what?" Liang Yuan immediately asked.

"But she probably got deceived by Wu Yaobang."

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"Wu Yaobang, he’s a deceitful fraud!" Ji Xiaoyu said, her eyes rimmed with red.

This time her eyes held not memories, but anger.

"A fraud?"

"Yes, he has deceived everyone, tricked them into believing in some God, convincing them to live inside the lies he weaves."

"In Eden, whatever supplies people find are all handed over to him for uniform management by him and his angels."

"But I saw with my own eyes, he moved those supplies out of the shelter, hiding them away."

"He also deceived the poor women in Eden, tricking them to sleep with him, making them pregnant."

"He new deceives the superpower users to work for him, to hunt genetic mutation beasts."

Liang Yuan and Ni Qi listened, frowning deeply.

Ni Qi couldn’t help but ask, "How does he deceive them? Nobody can unmask him?"

Liang Yuan questioned suspiciously, "Is he a Spirit Ability User? Skilled in Illusion Techniques?"

If the other party possessed such illusion abilities, deceiving everyone would be quite impressive.

However, Ji Xiaoyu shook her head, "No, he’s not a Spirit Ability User, he’s a monster, an unkillable monster!"

"Unkillable?"

"What do you mean?"

Liang Yuan and Ni Qi both looked baffled.

What do you mean by ’can’t be killed’?

Ji Xiaoyu said, "It’s exactly what it sounds like. He seems to truly have God’s favor. No matter how many times he dies, he always reappears before everyone."

"That’s precisely why he can deceive everyone."

Liang Yuan frowned and asked, "Can you specifically explain how he died and how he reappeared before you all?"

"In the early days, nobody believed him. When he was spreading his God salvation theory, a superpower user punished him."

"But unexpectedly, he wasn’t afraid at all. He got into a conflict with the person and ended up being killed on the spot."

"Everyone saw it happen; his head was deformed by the blow, blood was everywhere, and his body was thrown into the floodwaters."

"But that afternoon, he reappeared in the Green Garden and began his preaching again."

"This kind of thing happened many times over."

"No matter how he was killed, he would die on the spot but reappear not long after."

"Because of this, everyone gradually started believing his nonsense."

"They all think he’s truly sent by God to save everyone."

"That’s how Eden was established."

Liang Yuan’s brow tightened. A person who is killed on the spot can reappear unscathed after a while.

What kind of ability is this?

Self-healing ability?

He thought of Wu Meng.

But Wu Meng’s self-healing ability doesn’t make him immortal either.

As long as Wu Meng is killed on the spot, no matter how strong his recovery ability is, he can’t come back to life.

So what exactly is this Eden director’s ability?

Liang Yuan naturally didn’t believe the person was truly some kind of God. The person must possess some superpower to exhibit such miraculous feats.

But Wu Yaobang isn’t the only one with superpowers here.

Other superpower users also have abilities, yet he can still play ghost tricks.

This indicates that other superpower users can’t discern his ability at all!

Then what’s the deal with Ding Yan?

With Ding Yan’s ruthlessness, how could she easily believe such a person?

Liang Yuan didn’t believe it at all.

He looked at the young girl Ji Xiaoyu and asked, "Where is this Eden?"

"At Little Straw Mountain. Before the great flood, it was called Little Straw Mountain; now everyone calls it Eden."

"They cultivate and build houses on the mountain, and it’s completely turned into the home of Eden."

Ni Qi curiously asked, "Then how do you come here to find supplies? Haven’t you joined Eden?"

Ji Xiaoyu immediately shook her head, coldly saying, "Even if I die, I won’t take a single bite of their food."

Liang Yuan and Ni Qi exchanged a glance, it seemed this young girl had her own story.

Most likely, she had a deep grudge against Eden.

The two didn’t rashly inquire about her story, Liang Yuan began asking about where Little Straw Mountain was.

There are many hills in Linjiang. If not developed into a tourist spot, ordinary hills are really hard to find.

"Little Straw Mountain is over by Mao Mountain Road, haven’t you been there?"

"Before the great flood, many people would go to Little Straw Mountain in the spring to pick locust flowers."

Liang Yuan took out a map from his inventory and searched for the location of Little Straw Mountain on it.

Before long, he found it.

This Little Straw Mountain is only five or six kilometers away from the Sports and Cultural Center.

Liang Yuan immediately said, "I want to enter Eden and find my friend. Do you have any way?"

Hearing this, Ji Xiaoyu frowned without saying anything.

Seeing this, Liang Yuan immediately said, "I won’t ask you for free, I’ll give you a reward."

Only then did Ji Xiaoyu ask, "What reward will you give me?"

Liang Yuan asked, "What reward do you need?"

"Whatever I need, can you give it to me?" Ji Xiaoyu asked.

Liang Yuan smiled, "Tell me."

"You’re a Spirit Ability User, right? Was that telekinesis you used to grab me just now?"

"Yes."

"Then you’re quite powerful?"

"Not bad."

"Then can you help me kill someone!"

A hint of anticipation appeared in Ji Xiaoyu’s eyes.

Liang Yuan was taken aback, he didn’t expect her request to be like this.

He asked in confusion, "Kill who?"

"Wu Yaobang! That fraud!"

Liang Yuan thought, if this person tricked Ding Yan and forcibly kept her here, restricting her freedom, then he indeed deserves to die.

He considered this for a moment and then asked, "I don’t want to kill an innocent person. Is this Wu Yaobang really that wicked?"

Hearing this, Ji Xiaoyu was slightly stunned, looking incredulously at Liang Yuan, "Are you still such a stubborn person? In this apocalypse, who can truly say they’re innocent?"

Liang Yuan smiled and didn’t say much.

He naturally had his code of conduct, but there was no need to explain it to this young girl.

Ni Qi couldn’t help but say, "How can there not be? Many people in Yangshan are victims, and Mr. Liang saved us!"

Ji Xiaoyu frowned, her heart filled with curiosity about Yangshan.

Is there really a shelter that takes in the weak?

She didn’t ask more, just said, "Wu Yaobang is an outright scoundrel and a fraud, and he’s almost immortal. You can’t fulfill this request."

"But I’m still telling you as my first request. If you can’t do it, then help me with the second thing."

"Tell me."

"Take me away from here. I want to go out into the world," Ji Xiaoyu said earnestly.

Liang Yuan smiled, "That’s easy, I can help you anytime."

Ji Xiaoyu immediately smiled and said, "Good, I trust you, follow me."