nycdaug Chapter 446 Are you a superhuman?
Chapter 446 Are you a superhuman?
Han Li felt an unbearable pain shoot through the scarred area the moment Li Chenglong's right hand touched her face. She instinctively tried to break free, but Li Chenglong's left hand held her chin, while his right hand pressed firmly against her right cheek, preventing her from moving or even screaming.
The excruciating pain, coupled with the discomfort of being controlled, brought tears to Han Li's eyes immediately. However, the pain did not lessen; instead, it intensified.
Han Li felt as if an eternity had passed. The pain on her right cheek gradually lessened until it disappeared, replaced by a cool and refreshing sensation that spread from her right cheek to every pore of her body, making her feel incredibly comfortable and even wanting to groan.
Just as she was enjoying this wonderful feeling, Li Chenglong released his grip and said with a smile, "Alright, you can look in the mirror now." Han Li slowly opened her eyes, ignoring her clothes which were already damp with sweat, and looked at the full-length mirror that Li Chenglong had prepared in advance.
"Is this really me?!" Han Li asked incredulously. Looking in the mirror, she saw that not only was the horrific scar on her right cheek gone, but her complexion had also improved significantly. Her previously sallow skin now appeared hydrated and radiant, and her somewhat thin body had regained some definition. She looked even better than she had before the apocalypse, reminding her of herself at twenty-one or twenty-two.
Before Li Chenglong could speak, he heard Han Xing shouting outside, along with the sound of buildings collapsing. He vanished from his spot and reappeared in the air, where he saw Han Xing holding a gold watch, running frantically home, while a giant void centipede was chasing after him at an extremely fast speed.
"Dimensional Slash!" Li Chenglong summoned the Emperor Sword and cleaved the giant void centipede into several pieces in a few swift movements. Because this place was very close to Han Li's house, he couldn't use any powerful attacks, so this was the only way he could deal with it. Han Xing was desperately trying to escape and didn't see it, but Han Li, who had already reached the door, clearly witnessed the scene before her.
Ever since she met Li Chenglong yesterday, she had been incredibly curious about him. When he woke up last night and produced so many extremely valuable items, her curiosity only intensified. However, she understood that everyone has their secrets, so she hadn't voiced her questions. But after witnessing this scene today, she was finally certain: this man was one of those superhumans.
Li Chenglong casually sheathed the Emperor Sword and put it away. He then flashed into the courtyard, smiling as he looked at the siblings who were staring at him in surprise. After a few seconds, Han Xing stammered, "Brother Li, are you a superhuman?"
"Oh? You know about superhumans too?" Li Chenglong asked, somewhat surprised. After hearing Han Li's account of the situation in China and the world on this planet, he had assumed there were no superhumans on this planet, but now it seemed there were.
Han Li nodded seriously: "Do you remember what I told you? We don't have any large or medium-sized bases here, but we do have some small bases with one or two thousand people. Those bases have people with various abilities. It is because of them that those bases can be built. If it were ordinary people like us, as long as the number of people gathered together exceeds three hundred, we would be attacked by all kinds of monsters."
Li Chenglong then asked, "Then why don't you seek protection from those bases? According to you, there are so few people left now, they must want more people, right?" Han Li shook her head: "My brother and I escaped from a base. For us ordinary people at the bottom of society, that place is worse than hell."
Li Chenglong nodded, lost in thought. At that moment, Han Xing finally noticed his sister's change. He excitedly said, "Sister, your face, your skin, and your..." Han Li smiled and tears streamed down her face. She hugged her brother and cried, saying between sobs, "Yes, my injuries have been completely healed, healed."
After the two of them had cried their hearts out, Li Chenglong smiled and said, "You saved my life. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have recovered so quickly. So this is just a small token of my gratitude. I'm about to leave to find the superhuman you mentioned. I wonder if you'd like to come with me. Even if you don't, I'll leave you some supplies so you'll be safe for a while."
The siblings exchanged a glance, then said simultaneously, "We're willing to go with you." Li Chenglong found a seat, took out a multi-functional watch produced by his own space factory from the storage area of his psionic space, and put it on. The watch automatically determined the current date and time in just five seconds.
Li Chenglong glanced at his watch and said to the siblings, "It's 9:13 a.m. now. Go pack your things. Don't bring anything that's not important. We'll leave in 20 minutes."
The siblings responded and immediately went inside to start packing their things. Li Chenglong then went in to help.
The three of them were busy packing their things when they heard a sound of smashing and looting outside, and someone was shouting, "Han Li, you come out here! It's time to pay your protection money!"
Wearing the hat she usually wore to cover her face, Han Li rushed out and shouted, "What protection money? Those who paid protection money, did you ever protect them? I remember Brother Zhang from the next street paid his protection money every week, but what about you? When the zombies attacked, you cowered in your own homes and didn't dare to move. Brother Zhang and his wife and daughter were bitten to death and eaten by the zombies."
Han Li's words made the sunglasses-wearing man feel a burning sensation on his face, but he immediately smashed a discarded flowerpot with a baseball bat and shouted, "You have to pay today, whether you like it or not. I'll give you two choices: one is to pay protection money. I've heard that your brother traded 20kg of fruit for a gold watch. We won't ask for more, just 20kg of fruit, one month's protection money."
He carefully examined Han Li's body before continuing, "Then, the second option, I know your face is disfigured, but your figure is still pretty good. You'll accompany us brothers, and we won't have to pay protection money anymore, how about it, hahahahaha." The thugs around him joined in with lewd laughter, as if Han Li was already theirs.
"Thump thump thump thump thump!" With five heavy thuds, the five thugs were kicked away, curling up like shrimp and groaning.
Han Li saw Li Chenglong brush the dust off his shoes and then go back into the house. The siblings exchanged a glance and continued packing their things.
After a while, Li Chenglong put the two large bags of things into his spiritual energy space and led the siblings out. When they came out, they found that the five thugs had already helped each other to their feet, but as soon as they saw Li Chenglong, they were like mice seeing a cat, and they disappeared in no time.
Li Chenglong shook his head slightly. He hadn't used any real power; he had only given them a light punishment. Killing a few thugs wouldn't change anything; a fundamental change was needed.
To the astonishment of his siblings, he took out a rather dilapidated SUV. A new car would have been too conspicuous, and although he wasn't afraid of trouble, he didn't want to attract those annoying flies.
"Do you know where the nearest base with superhumans is?" Li Chenglong asked from the driver's seat. Han Li thought for a moment before saying, "Let's drive east first, then turn north at the intersection. There's a highway there; just follow it until you need to exit. I'll tell you when you need to get off."
After instructing the two to fasten their seatbelts, Li Chenglong started the car and drove eastward at a relatively slow speed. The road conditions here were not good; hopefully, they would improve later.