Stirring Things Up in the Wasteland 101

Chapter 101

Never mind that the base hospital wasn’t well-built, and didn’t have the grandeur of the pre-apocalypse Jingbei First Hospital. But that was due to the current situation in the early apocalypse. In the small emergency room, at least the equipment was complete.

But at this moment, Ji Tang and the others, who had pushed open the door, had no mind to look at these things.

The emergency room was not large, especially with the bed in the middle of a pile of emergency equipment. The room was not cold, but it couldn’t be called warm either. The blood that had flowed all over the floor had already started to freeze in some places.

The machine was still connected to the power, emitting an irregular alarm sound. Song Xun lay quietly on the bed, the white quilt on her body soaked with blood.

Even the wires connected to her body were stained with a glaring red.

She was motionless, her face pale. Her shoulder-length short hair was scattered, messy, the ends stained red and frozen into ice. If it weren’t for the faint heartbeat on the electrocardiogram, proving that she was indeed still alive…

You would have thought she was already gone.

Ji Tang could read the electrocardiogram. The beat on it seemed as if it could disappear at any moment.

Her legs went weak, and she stumbled to the bedside, wanting to reach out and touch the person on the bed. But her trembling hands couldn’t get close, as if she were afraid that with one touch, she would never see her again.

In the end, she couldn’t help but cry out.

The others did too, even Song Ye.

No one could hold it in. This time, not only Ji Jinyu, but even Ji Jinning was crying her eyes out, reaching out to go over, held back by Chang Wan and Wang Qingyao, seemingly unable to be restrained.

“Mommy.”

“Mommy—”

Guan Yang and the others didn’t come in. They all stopped outside, leaving this space for them.

In the apocalypse, people died for all sorts of reasons every day, every hour. Human compassion didn’t exist here. But because of Guan Yang’s relationship, no one would kick them out.

After all, this emergency room was no longer in use. It was better to give them some face.

But in the midst of the sorrowful cries, the little ball of light struggled out of Ji Chao’s pocket and bounced onto Ji Tang’s head.

“Stop crying! Quiet down! I’ve found a way to save her. If you keep crying, you’ll waste time, and she’ll really die.”

The little ball of light’s voice was not very clear amidst the crying. And with Song Xun’s weakness, it had also become weak, its voice a bit faint.

But Ji Tang, Song Ye, and He Qing, who were close by, still heard its voice, and their crying came to an abrupt halt.

“You have a way?”

As soon as Ji Tang’s hoarse, crying voice rang out, everyone was startled. They all quickly stopped crying, as if afraid of disturbing something, and fell silent.

Song Ye’s eyes showed a hint of surprise. Suddenly remembering something, she turned to look at He Qing. The two of them were very in sync. As soon as she looked over, He Qing understood.

After nodding, she passed through the crowd and went to the door.

She opened a small crack to look outside. Outside the door, there were only Guan Yang and the two base hospital doctors on duty who had been there when they had arrived. The other few people had probably already gone back.

Including Guan Yang, the three of them were quite far away. They seemed to be saying something, and after a glance back, they all went into a room next door.

If there were no X-ray vision, eavesdropping, or other abilities, they wouldn’t be able to hear them here.

He Qing gently closed the door again and leaned against it, not coming over, just nodding at Song Ye.

Meaning it was safe for now, they could talk.

Of course, the little ball of light didn’t see their small movements, and Ji Tang didn’t care. Even the cubs stopped crying. Although they didn’t quite understand, they were all listening intently to the little ball of light.

Perhaps only the ever-thoughtful Chang Fei looked back at the door, gave He Qing a grateful smile, and then, rubbing his red-rimmed eyes, turned back to continue listening carefully to the little ball of light.

“…You can save her?”

Ji Chao didn’t want to say it like that, but he really couldn’t believe that the little ball of light could save someone.

Before, when Song Xun hadn’t been so seriously injured, he hadn’t seen this thing do anything. How had it changed in less than a day?

Is it just talking nonsense?

The little ball of light didn’t understand the complexities of the human heart. It just felt that Ji Chao was doubting it. And with the humiliating act of him casually stuffing it into his pocket earlier, it huffed and glared at him.

But it clearly knew how to prioritize.

“It’s not me who can. I’m just a derivative system.”

“Then what do you mean by that?”

Before Shi Tou could speak in frustration, Ji Tang reached out and took the little ball of light from her head. And the little ball of light obediently stood on her palm. Alright, in reality, it was just listless.

Even the light on its body had dimmed to black.

It looked even uglier now. Even the little ball of light itself was starting to dislike its current appearance, so it didn’t dawdle. “It’s not me who can save her. Only you can save her.”

It was looking at Ji Tang as it spoke, so naturally, the words were directed at her. But hearing this, not only were the others stunned, but Ji Tang herself was even more so.

“You say I can save her, but how?”

She was a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, and although she had also dabbled in Western medicine, she could at most compare with Guan He. She was definitely not as strong as Guan Yang.

And Guan Yang had already declared her ineffective. How could she save her?

“With your ability. Are you stupid?”

Ji Tang’s eyes were red, her voice still very hoarse, and she was still a bit dazed. “What do you mean? Ability? I don’t have an ability.”

It was true that she had had a fever with Wang Qingyao last time, but Wang Qingyao had awakened a wood-type ability, while she had nothing.

Even Song Xun had said her awakening had failed.

The little ball of light couldn’t deny this. After all, after Ji Tang’s fever, there was no spiritual energy fluctuation in her body, which was not the case with awakening an ability.

Not only had Song Xun confirmed this herself, but even it had confirmed it. And that was why Song Xun had told her that. But…

The little ball of light lay listlessly on the Omega’s soft but cold palm and said honestly, “…But just now, there was indeed a spiritual energy fluctuation in your body. This proves you have an ability.”

But why wasn’t it detected before?

The little ball of light still didn’t quite understand what was going on, but it had some guesses.

“…And, I can feel that your spiritual energy fluctuation is very strong, even stronger than hers…”

It was referring to Song Ye.

At this stage, Song Ye’s ability was the earliest to awaken among this group, and naturally the strongest and most offensive. Even He Qing couldn’t compare. After all, a mist ability was just auxiliary. In terms of attack power, it was very limited.

But Ji Tang’s spiritual energy fluctuation was very strange.

When her emotions had been too agitated just now, the little ball of light had indeed felt it. But now that she had calmed down a little, it couldn’t feel it anymore.

“So, what do I have to do to save her?”

If it were normal times, Ji Tang might really be curious about whether she had awakened an ability or not.

And what had she awakened?

She could even listen to the little ball of light talk about it all day. But now, she really didn’t have the mood or the energy to think about it.

She just wanted to save Song Xun, no matter the cost.

Song Xun’s condition was getting worse and worse, and so was its own. So the little ball of light didn’t explain much in a long-winded way. Its listless voice even sped up a lot.

“Among all the abilities, there is one that belongs to the healing-type, but it’s not entirely a healing-type…”

Thinking that explaining all this would be too troublesome, and they were running out of time, the little ball of light said directly, “Just save her. We can explain this when we get back. Just find that state you were in before.”

Seeing that Ji Tang was completely dazed, the little ball of light didn’t know how to explain it. After thinking for a long time, it said, “Outside the door, just now, the first time I jumped on your head. Do you remember what happened then? Do you remember what you saw? That was the materialization of spiritual energy.”

“As long as you can control them, you can save her.”

Ji Tang seemed to understand something. She still remembered the sudden change she had experienced then, all the dense little specks of light, which she couldn’t see clearly but were real.

If this was the increasingly strong spiritual energy that was scattered in the world, and had even caused the mutation of humans, animals, and plants, then was it true that as long as she could control them, she could achieve the limit of repair through recombination?

This kind of ability was indeed too strange. Even the little ball of light had never seen it before. It had only read about it in some data, so it wasn’t too sure.

The others quickly retreated, leaving the entire emergency room to Ji Tang and the little ball of light. Although what it said didn’t sound very reliable, after all, an ultimate healing technique was a bit too strange. But this was indeed the only way. No matter what, Ji Tang had to try.

The sounds from the emergency room had disappeared, and they even heard the sound of a door opening and footsteps. Guan Yang and the other three came out of another ward.

Chang Fei was the last to leave, closing the door behind him.

Guan Yang came over. “Is Little Tang still inside?”

“Yes,” Ji Chao said, his head lowered.

Guan Yang opened her mouth, but in the end, she didn’t say anything. She just nodded. “If anything happens, come find me in that room.”

Although they were not close, she knew Ji Chao.

Ji Chao nodded. “Okay.”

Guan Yang didn’t bother them anymore and quickly left with the other two.

At 10 AM, the light, not very warm in the extreme cold, shone down, illuminating the entire base hospital. But there was no sound from the emergency room.

It was very quiet.

Shi Tou was a little restless, walking back and forth in circles. But afraid of disturbing the inside, he didn’t dare to make a sound. Ji Chao was also very restless, worried about both Song Xun and Ji Tang. So he went out and squatted at the door.

The cold wind could help him calm down.

Chang Wan and Wang Qingyao each held a cub that had cried itself tired, their faces full of worry as they looked at the closed door of the emergency room.

Song Ye, He Qing, and Chang Fei were very rational. The three of them each took a side of the hallway and the door, their faces showing no emotion, but in reality, they were very vigilant.

This was a base, this was a base hospital, but it was not very safe.

12 PM.

Suddenly, a “bang” came from the previously silent emergency room, as if something had fallen to the ground.

It startled the already worried group outside. Song Ye quickly went to the door and opened it to see Ji Tang, her face pale, lying on the floor.

The little ball of light was gone.

Only the various machines attached to Song Xun were still emitting a series of alarms.

The sound also brought Guan Yang and the other three out of the ward. As they rushed in to help Ji Tang up, Guan Yang inadvertently saw the waveform on the instrument and was immediately stunned.

“This…”