strictlysupreme Chapter 122 My Wife Has Grown Up
Chapter 122 My Wife Has Grown Up
As Xian Wenrui was being dragged along, he secretly thought to himself, "It's good to be young. Fan Jian is really strong."
"To be honest, are you afraid of digging up a half-dead zombie beast?"
Xian Wenrui spoke arrogantly, but the person being dragged along the ground by the scruff of his neck had no airs whatsoever.
Fan Jian is always honest. "You dare say you're not afraid? One shovelful and a mutant shrimp might just jump out from somewhere, ugh... It's better if there are two of you for backup."
"What you said makes a lot of sense."
"That goes without saying!"
The two arrived at the base entrance. Fan Jian pressed a button, and the base gate was quickly opened, allowing Xue Yong to rush into the building.
They only stopped when the snow had filled a meter or so inside the base entrance.
Fan Jian, who opened the door, was buried under the snow, while Xian Wenrui escaped quickly enough to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
"Xiaobai, pull him out." Lu Yize saw Fan Jian struggle a few times but couldn't get out, and fearing that he would die from lack of oxygen, he said to Xiaobai.
Xiao Bai, with its keen nose, quickly spotted Fan Jian's location, bent down, and used its face to dig through the snow, pulling the man out of the snowdrift.
Fan Jian grabbed Xiao Bai's leg, coughed a few times, and spat out the snow from his mouth and nose.
He kissed Xiaobai's leg with snot and tears streaming down his face, saying, "Brother Dog, thank you for saving my life."
Xiao Bai barked at Fan Jian, its voice rolling with growls, and tried to kick him away in disgust.
Fan Jian clung to Xiao Bai's leg, refusing to let go, "Brother Gou, Brother Gou, you're like my own brother!"
"Stop fooling around, Xiaobai, come and help us dig in the snow."
Zhang Wenjing was handling the ice with an ice shovel at the doorway when she turned to speak to the person and dog behind her. Without a word, Xiaobai took off running towards her.
Little White didn't care how badly Fan Jian was being jostled while carrying it backwards; it diligently dug through the snow with its paws.
Jiang Yue joined in the fun, imitating the little white dog's paddle.
The group dug a road in no time, but the snow suddenly intensified and the outside was gloomy. Fan Jian had just stepped out of the base when he was almost swept away by the hurricane.
Fortunately, he managed to grab the base door with both hands, preventing him from being blown away by the wind. He returned with his head covered in snow and frost, his eyelashes frozen solid.
"It's okay, he's still alive."
Fan Jian rubbed his face haphazardly, resulting in frostbite.
"Cover your feet and body with your superpowers, then go out and try again."
After Lu Yize finished speaking, he went out on his own, as if walking on flat ground without any obstacles.
Seeing how relaxed he was, Xian Wenrui thought it wouldn't be difficult.
But after trying it out, they discovered that his superpower was disobedient, jumping around and going everywhere, but it just wouldn't obediently attach itself to the soles of their feet as he said.
Lu Yize quickly dug out several crystal cores of the zombie shrimp and put them into his spatial storage as a kind of reserve food.
The person who came out right behind him was none other than Jiang Yue.
Jiang Yue didn't know how to control her superpowers, but as she stood in the base, watching Lu Yize's back as he walked further and further away from her.
A sense of resentment welled up from the bottom of Jiang Yue's heart.
Without a second thought, she stepped out of the warm base, using her body to shield herself from the cold wind. However, because she couldn't use her powers to cover her entire body, her face was scratched by the icy wind.
The wind and snow that obscured her vision made it difficult for her to move. Jiang Yue stretched out her hand, which had been scratched and bled, but she couldn't grasp the figure that was constantly moving away.
Just before Lu Yize's figure disappeared, Jiang Yue clenched her fist.
The restless superpowers were completely tamed, becoming obedient and under Jiang Yue's command, with the superpowers covering its entire body.
Jiang Yue quickened her pace, braving the wind and snow that obscured her vision, and grabbed Lu Yize's hand.
Lu Yize stood there, a smile playing on his lips. "Well done."
Remembering how hot it was before, Jiang Yue didn't know how to use her superpower to insulate herself from the heat. Now, she's the first to learn how to use her superpower to insulate herself from the wind and snow.
Lu Yize felt a sense of pride, like a wife growing up in her family.
Jiang Yue had just been doggy-paddled at the base entrance and didn't know where she had put her gloves. Lu Yize took off his own gloves and put them on Jiang Yue.
The gloves still carried Lu Yize's warmth; his scalding body heat dispelled the icy chill. Jiang Yue stared at her hands, looking at them again and again, a satisfied expression on her face.
"Brother Lu, should we dig up all these mutated shrimp?" Fan Jian, whose clothes were torn by the wind, huddled under Xiao Bai's belly, shivering from the cold.
"You think there are too many crystal cores?" Lu Yize glanced at Fan Jian and asked back.
Fan Jian choked, "Then, then who would complain about having too many crystal cores?"
Zhang Wenjing, riding on Little White, rolled her eyes. "Isn't that right? Why are you talking so much nonsense? And you've already covered yourself with your superpower, so why are you hiding under Little White's belly?"
"It's so cold, sis!! Aren't you all cold? How come you're not afraid of the cold at all?!"
Fan Jian was devastated. Even as an ice-type ability user, he was shivering from the cold. How could others be more resistant to the cold than him?
Xian Wenrui, who arrived late, casually said, "You're weak. Weakness is an illness. Sheng Xue needs to give you a good boost."
Fan Jian, forgetting the cold, exclaimed, "Watch your words! Sheng Xue and I are completely innocent!"
Xian Wenrui was completely bewildered. "What are you thinking? I just want Sheng Xue to treat your illness. Isn't she a healing-type ability user? What kind of shady things are you thinking about?"
Fan Jian coughed, buried his head in digging, and abruptly changed the subject, "I feel like there are quite a few mutated beasts down there. Let's dig and not miss any crystal cores."
“That’s just wishful thinking, Fan Jian.” Xian Wenrui shook his head with a tsk, but he didn’t continue to tease him about it.
Seeing that the group had scattered, Lu Yize didn't interfere further. He used his special ability to create a weakened snowstorm space, keeping the snowstorm at a level they could tolerate.
Not only were the others consuming their superpowers, but Lu Yize's superpowers were also rapidly declining. The fastest way to accelerate superpower absorption was to continuously deplete them and then accumulate more.
Lu Yize had them wrap themselves in their supernatural abilities to block the wind and snow, as if he were making them do extreme sports.
By exhausting one's physical strength to the point of having no energy left, one can break through the threshold of superpowers.
After they dug out all the zombie beasts in this area, they didn't leave any of their crystal cores or bodies behind.
There were about three hundred crystal cores, and Lu Yize threw all the shrimp's bodies into the space.
Seeing that the others were basically exhausted and had no strength left to even maintain their supernatural abilities, Lu Yize finally spoke, "Back to base."
The others felt an immediate sense of relief, but even lifting their feet was extremely heavy, their muscles aching so much that it hurt to lift them.
When they returned to the base, Lu Yize locked the doors inside and added several more layers of outer shell. He then told them, "Don't go out for the next few days, and don't let anyone open this door."
Hearing Lu Yize's words, although they didn't understand what was going on, they all believed him unconditionally and nodded to show that they understood.
Meanwhile, not far from the central base, a group of people had their base destroyed.
The leader, a shadow-type ability user, took advantage of the quiet of the night and the others' inattention to kill the weakest member of the group and extract his ability core.
Beneath his companion's horrified face, he grinned distortedly, "Sorry, I have no other choice but to become stronger."