Stirring Things Up in the Wasteland 73

Chapter 73

Leaving Chang Wan to watch the ward, Song Xun felt quite at ease. After all, it was a base hospital, Guan He was here, and there were even soldiers on duty at the door.

And with the special status of Song Ye and the others, there were probably military personnel around, just that she couldn’t see them.

Song Xun went out for a trip. To be on the safe side, she even left the base, drove a good distance away to a remote corner, and brought back some grain to exchange for points.

The points on her points card from yesterday had all been spent. This time, she didn’t use fine grain, but all coarse grains, plus some sweet potatoes and potatoes that had been specially frozen. Although the points would surely be lower than for fresh ones, but fresh…

She wouldn’t dare to take them out. It would be too conspicuous. She could still pass these off as supplies she had found somewhere. If they were new, who would believe her?

Song Xun had also exchanged for a lot of points this time.

Not only did she pay for He Qing’s rescue and hospitalization fees, but she also had a lot left over.

She didn’t know if it was because of Song Ye or someone else, but in any case, the base hospital had only charged her the minimum fee. But even so, it still cost over eight hundred points.

A lot, it was really a lot.

No wonder this place was so deserted.

But Song Xun didn’t care. These points were a small matter to her. But since they had lowered the price, she couldn’t just go up and say, “I have it, you can deduct it.”

Wouldn’t that be foolish?

Chang Wan and Ji Tang took turns staying here with Song Xun in the morning and evening. Although she told them not to come, since the environment and food were not as good as at home, and she could manage on her own.

But she couldn’t win against the two of them ganging up on her.

Chang Wan was fine, but when Ji Tang glared at her, Song Xun completely crumbled.

But it was hard on Wang Qingyao. She didn’t know them, and she had no reason to come and take a shift. Unless she was seriously injured, she had to go out every day with two of the three, Shi Tou, Ji Chao, and Chang Fei, to hunt mutated animals.

Song Xun felt that with her personality and physique, she could cry.

Unfortunately, she hadn’t gone back to see. Tsk tsk tsk!

As for the house and Ji Chao and the others going out to hunt mutated animals, Song Xun wasn’t worried. Her biggest worry was still the unconscious Song Ye and the cubs.

I wonder if the cubs have been crying?

Do they miss me?

In the blink of an eye, 5 days had passed.

Song Xun had been so worried about Song Ye that she hadn’t paid much attention to the changes in her space. It wasn’t until the morning of the 6th day, after she had turned Song Ye and exercised her limbs, that she was sitting on the double cot with her eyes closed, resting, that she suddenly realized it.

When she had gotten the crystal cores before, the little ball of light had been pestering her for them every day. Why wasn’t it pestering her now?

And there was no movement at all.

It wasn’t like its personality. Had something happened to the space?

But taking things out and putting them in was still normal, and even the amount of spiritual water was normal. She had been diluting the spiritual water in a water tank these past few days and giving it to Song Ye to drink every day.

She was just hoping that the spiritual power of the water could help her recover as soon as possible. Of course, when it came to feeding her water, Song Xun hadn’t forgotten about He Qing and the others.

After all, they were all in this state, and they were all Song Ye’s comrades. The only one who wasn’t was someone she herself knew. She couldn’t just watch them die. And besides, she had already spent the points.

Of course, with so many people, there were nurses at the hospital, so she didn’t have to feed them one by one.

She had hired them with points. Guan He had helped her find them. She couldn’t say she completely trusted them, but she trusted them a little. And besides, someone was always watching when they were feeding them, so she wasn’t afraid they would do anything.

They came on time every day, didn’t stay long, and had been doing a good job these past few days.

Song Xun opened the White Light Stone space in her consciousness.

The space was still the same, seemingly unchanged. Large swaths of barren land stretched into the distance, and the hard-won black earth was still planted with grain, this batch not yet fully grown.

The animals on the mountain had had a few litters, producing batches of young. Song Xun was proud of this.

After wandering around for a bit, Song Xun noticed something was wrong. The concentration of spiritual energy in the entire space, even without the supplement of crystal cores, seemed to have increased a little, although it was just a little.

You probably wouldn’t even notice if you didn’t look closely. But why?

Song Xun thought for a moment. She couldn’t find the little ball of light, so she didn’t bother with it.

At the stone monument, she had been in a hurry to transport grain and water last time and hadn’t paid much attention. This time, she took a closer look and found that on the monument, next to the two rows of characters, there were now faint traces of a third row.

But after looking for a long time, she couldn’t make out what was written on it.

The traces were too faint, the characters blurry.

But why did these traces appear?

If the traces on it were about the discovery of the apocalypse, the return to the original, and the heavenly punishment, then what did this third row of blurry characters represent?

Has there been any sensational news lately?

Song Xun thought for a moment. The only thing she could think of was the human evolution she had overheard.

Other than that, there didn’t seem to be anything special.

“Little Light, Little Light, where are you hiding? Come out.”

But no matter how she called, the little ball of light was nowhere to be seen. After thinking for a long time with no result, she withdrew her consciousness from the space.

“Really, this system is so useless,” Song Xun couldn’t help but complain.

Day 8.

Early in the morning, Shi Tou sent Chang Wan over to take over from Ji Tang so she could go back and rest and see the cubs.

She brought food. Song Xun didn’t have to worry about whether to eat instant noodles or bread. She was just moving a chair and eating from a lunch box, absentmindedly.

But when she inadvertently turned her head, she saw her sister…

Song Ye, who had been lying unconscious, had somehow turned her head slightly and was watching her eat. Her eyes were a circle of dilated pupils, but she had indeed opened them.

Song Xun’s chopsticks fell. She was immediately shocked and overjoyed.

How absentminded had she been? She hadn’t even noticed the person waking up and watching her. After meeting her gaze, she jumped up from her chair.

As if a knife had been thrust up from below, the chair clattered to the floor.

“Sis, you’re awake?”

Song Xun rushed to the bed and turned to call the equally surprised Chang Wan. “Go get Guan He.”

Chang Wan came back to her senses and quickly ran out the door.

Guan He and a few doctors on duty came over to examine Song Ye. Her basic vital signs were still a bit low, but they were basically normal, and her physical condition was also good.

How to put it? Waking up meant she was out of the danger zone. But besides her, the other 6 people were still not awake.

As she was leaving, when she came out to congratulate Song Xun, Guan He was quite puzzled. Normally, with injuries like Song Ye’s, how could she have woken up in just 8 days?

But she wasn’t so foolish as to ask her. She could only think that Song Ye was a special forces soldier, and a very outstanding one at that, so her physical constitution was probably good.

So it was natural for her to be the first to wake up.

But in any case, with the first person waking up, this was undoubtedly a very good start.

But perhaps because she had just woken up and was still weak, and had been examined for a long time, Song Ye was drowsy and couldn’t say anything.

In the end, she could only open her mouth at Song Xun and quickly fell back asleep.

It wasn’t too late at 5:30 PM, but the sky was already dark. Shi Tou had originally brought Ji Tang over to relieve Chang Wan, but when he heard that Song Ye was awake, he decided not to leave.

By the time Song Ye woke up again, it was already evening.

At almost 7 PM, she slowly opened her eyes again.

Her dark eyes, under the dim light of the ceiling, seemed to be tinged with a faint red, a fleeting flash, not very clear.

No one saw it, not even Song Xun.

Song Ye was awake. Although she couldn’t move much at the moment, and couldn’t speak, at least she was a little more conscious. At least feeding her water was more convenient.

Song Xun fed her another wave of spiritual water, and it took a long time for her to open her eyes again. And this time, her dilated pupils had finally focused a lot more.

“Little Xun…”

Her voice was a bit blurry, and she called out to her in a low voice. The familiar sound immediately broke through Song Xun’s reason, and she couldn’t help but get red-eyed.

The emotions she had been suppressing these past few days erupted, and even she, who was usually so tough, lost her composure.

“Sis, it’s so good that you’re okay. Do you know…”

But before Song Xun could finish her sentimental words, she saw Song Ye look at her and weakly raise her hand. At that moment, even her not-so-clear expression seemed to change, and she became obviously excited.

“You… others, He… He…”

Perhaps because she was too anxious, Song Ye’s already low and slurred voice was now completely trembling and indistinct.

Ji Tang, Shi Tou, and Chang Wan all came over, but they had no idea what she was saying. In the end, it was Song Xun who, looking at Song Ye’s constantly trembling lips, thought for a moment and understood something.

She took Song Ye’s constantly trying to raise hand and held it tight. She answered her urgently, “Don’t worry, sis. The others are fine. He Qing is also fine.”

Although they weren’t awake yet, and hadn’t passed the safe period, she couldn’t say that now. But this wasn’t really a lie. They weren’t awake, but they weren’t getting worse either.

The spiritual water must be working. And since it was working, and Song Ye had woken up, the others, even if their constitutions weren’t as good, should be waking up soon too.

And this He Qing…

Song Ye seemed to want to say something more, but in the end, she didn’t. She quickly closed her eyes and fell back asleep.

This time, she slept for a long time, until the 10th day. This time, her condition when she woke up was much better than the last.

Her eyes were brighter, her face was rosier, and not only could she make slight movements, but her voice was also much clearer and stronger.

“Sis…”

Waking up early in the morning and seeing the faint smile on Song Ye’s lips, in that instant, Song Xun almost burst into tears.

She instinctively jumped up from the cot, and Ji Tang, who was in her arms, was also startled awake.

She had no idea what was happening, but when she saw Song Ye’s open eyes, she finally understood and relaxed.

This was a ward, after all, and although the temperature had risen, it wasn’t very high. It was necessary to be fully dressed. The two of them were both wearing down jackets, so it wasn’t like they were exposed.

But being seen together by Song Xun’s sister, Ji Tang’s ears immediately started to burn.

But she quickly composed herself and stood up to greet Song Ye. They had met a couple of times a few years ago because of Song Xun. They knew each other, but they weren’t close.

Song Xun was still chattering by the bed. “Sis, how are you feeling? Does your body still hurt? You look much more energetic this time…”

She chattered on, and Song Ye listened without interrupting. Song Xun, in front of strangers, was fierce and cold, and indeed a taciturn person. But in front of those closest to her, she could also be a little chatterbox.

In the end, after chattering for a long time, it was the doctor who came to do the rounds who interrupted her. Guan He and a few doctors on duty came in and immediately saw the relatively energetic Song Ye.

They all surrounded her, and so Song Xun was pushed out of the circle.

“You’ve been chattering for almost half an hour.”

Ji Tang whispered in her ear with a smile, “Your sister has a really good temper.”

Song Xun was speechless.

This time, the examination results showed that Song Ye’s condition after waking up was very good. From now on, she just needed to continue to recover. She probably wouldn’t fall unconscious again for no reason.

But the others were still not awake.

The doctors chattered for a while more before leaving. As soon as they left, Song Xun immediately pulled Ji Tang’s hand over and intertwined their fingers, waving it in front of her.

“Sis, let me introduce you. This is my wife.”

Ji Tang: “…”

Your sister is on the verge of life and death, and you haven’t seen each other in years. Can’t you talk about this at a different time?

Ji Tang smiled awkwardly, almost wanting to cover her face.

Song Ye was also speechless. “What are you so smug about? As if I don’t have one.”

Song Xun narrowed her eyes. She knew it. Very, very suspicious.