Chapter 29: Fire Elemental Energy

“It’s not that bad, I’m just worried it might cause trouble.”

Tu You said, “There’s already plenty of trouble now! Don’t overthink it. You’re not the only one in this world with abilities.”

Sang Chu was silent for a moment. “Alright, should I tell them about this?”

When she sent the message to the group, Sang Chu glossed over the more worrying parts, simply saying that she had awakened her abilities, and if she could fight, she would; if not, she’d run.

She also told them, as Tu You had said, that there might be healers in other worlds. For now, they should clear out any dangerous threats, and leave the harmless ones alone. Maybe, once she found a way home, she could save them too.

As soon as the message was sent, everyone responded enthusiastically:

“Great!”

“Sang Sang, can your ability heal?”

“Little sis, is this true?”

“Don’t lie to me, sis!”

Sang Chu replied one by one, “It’s just what Tu You said. My journey through different worlds is uncertain, and I can’t guarantee there will be healers in the next world. That’s why I wanted to let you all know. As for the harmless ones, just keep an eye on them.”

Someone replied, “Alright! Got it!”

Xiao A: “Detected unknown lifeform ahead. Should we approach?”

As soon as she heard from Xiao A, Sang Chu hurried out and happened to run into Yi Ping and Sang Jingwen coming out of another room.

Yi Ping was wearing new clothes, still sleepy, and his voice was a bit muffled. “What’s going on?”

Sang Jingwen glanced at Sang Chu, then whispered in Yi Ping’s ear, “It’s nothing. You’re tired, go lie down a bit more.”

Yi Ping patted his own face to wake himself up. “Forget it, didn’t your sister say she was going out? Let’s go together. I don’t feel comfortable letting her go alone.”

Sang Chu: “...” I’m a grown adult, what are you worried about?!

Yi Ping, still not fully awake, made a gesture to Sang Jingwen and, together with Tu You, followed Sang Chu out.

Tu You, sitting on Sang Chu’s shoulder, suddenly said, “Jingwen, you look so lonely! All by yourself!”

Sang Chu replied, “So, are you trying to remind me to find you a bunny girlfriend or boyfriend?”

Sang Chu said this with a half-smile, and Tu You rolled his eyes at her. “I’m a high-level fairy, not just any ordinary rabbit! You uncultured brute!”

Sang Chu: “Yeah, a bald rabbit!”

Tu You’s fur bristled. “I’m not bald! My fur is smooth—touch it if you don’t believe me!”

Sang Chu: “Only bald rabbits care so much about their fur.”

Tu You yelled angrily, “I’m not bald! I’m a beautiful, smooth-furred little white rabbit!”

Sang Chu: “Who knows, little baldy.”

“Ahhh—!” Tu You was so angry his whole body puffed up. “Sang Chu! I’m done with you! I’ll bite you, you heartless brute!”

Sang Chu pinched the back of his neck, holding him up and watching his chubby limbs flail around. She couldn’t help but laugh.

“You know what you look like right now?”

“What?”

Sang Chu: “A little chick being held by the neck.”

“Sang Chu, you jerk! Let me go if you dare! Just wait—”

Tu You flailed even harder, looking even more like a chick that couldn’t flip itself over. Sang Chu ignored his protests and carried him toward the control room, enjoying his ‘dance moves.’

“Xiao A, open the front camera. I detected a large energy signature ahead.”

As Sang Jingwen and Yi Ping caught up, they heard Sang Chu say this.

Yi Ping yawned. “Can it show us?”

“Yeah, Xiao A is very smart. It can do a lot. If you have time, you can check the manual on the light screen—everything’s explained there.”

Sang Jingwen said, “Sis, look!”

He pointed at the screen, where a figure covered in red appeared. The three of them leaned in. Sang Chu took out the ice-elemental crystal core she’d gotten earlier and handed it to Xiao A.

The crystal core was blue.

Yi Ping looked at the color, puzzled. “Is there something special about this?”

“Tu You said this is an ice-elemental crystal core, and it’s blue. So I’m thinking, if that figure is glowing red, maybe it has a red fire-elemental crystal core.”

Sang Jingwen said, “That’s possible!”

The three exchanged glances. Yi Ping said, “I’m a fire ability user. Maybe I can try to communicate with it. You two check out the others!”

Sang Jingwen hesitated. Sang Chu was about to answer, but seeing her brother’s gloomy expression, she couldn’t help but say, “Bro, do you want to go?”

Yi Ping said, “No, are you worried about this? I’m not even bothered, why are you?”

Sang Chu knew her brother was a proud person. After their parents died, the siblings lived with their grandmother. Her brother had always been weak, and after their father passed, with no one to care for him, his health got even worse. Their father had been a martial artist and couldn’t stand to see his son so frail, so he forced him to train.

When other kids were playing, the siblings were running laps around the mountain, carrying twelve-pound iron rods, doing five hundred swings a day—no dinner if they didn’t finish.

After all that, her grip was weak, but she never complained in front of her brother.

As a kid, her health was a bit better than her brother’s, and she was left-handed, but was forced to switch to her right hand.

Every night, she was so tired her right hand could barely write, so she secretly used her left. She hid it well, so no one noticed.

But her brother was different. He was already weak, and after staying up all night working, she always worried he’d collapse. Those hard days only ended when their grandmother passed away.

After their grandmother died, the siblings bounced around relatives’ homes like a ball, until her brother took her back to their little house.

That was when they got closer to Granny Lin’s family.

Because they had no money for school, she had to work. She was young, so her brother paid Granny Lin to look after her.

Her brother had always been proud. Even after the apocalypse, when he didn’t awaken any powers, he didn’t want anyone to see him as a burden.

Her brother was silent, so Sang Chu smiled and said, “Go ahead, bro. Yi-ge and I will check out the others.”

Yi Ping said, “But...”

“Yi-ge, you have to believe my brother can do it. Besides, this is high-tech stuff. As long as there’s enough solar power, and there’s space, it can keep running. Also, using the space is very safe—I wouldn’t have spent so much to build it otherwise.”"

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**Chapter 30: Arrival at Xinshi**

Sang Jingwen looked at Yi P and said, “A-Yi, I know what you’re thinking, but I want to—”

Seeing his distant, slightly cold gaze, Yi P’s expression softened. “Don’t worry, Sang, but I can’t let you take too many risks. If anything really happens, I’ll step in immediately! If you refuse, I won’t let you go! You know I mean what I say and I’ll do it!”

Sang Jingwen looked at him helplessly. “Alright.”

Sang Chu rubbed her neck a little awkwardly. She remembered how things used to be a bit sentimental in the past, but now—ha, she just couldn’t get sentimental anymore.

Sang Chu said, “Fine, just keep the regular supplies for me. You two go deal with the ability users!”

The three of them split up to work together.

Yi P dashed out in an instant, heading straight for the ability users. Sang Jingwen frowned slightly and quickly followed.

Sang Chu could only follow behind, her fingers turning into vines, blocking all the ordinary people who tried to stop Sang Jingwen and Yi P.

As soon as Yi P got close, a fire ability user immediately spat out a fireball. Yi P nimbly flipped away, dodged, and then conjured fire blades in both hands.

Sang Jingwen’s ability surged forth at the same time.

*Boom—*

A huge bullet shot out from behind, directly hitting the target.

It exploded on the spot, shattering the enemy.

Only then did Yi P’s fire blade reach the spot where the enemy had been standing.

“Damn, nice shot!”

Yi P stared in shock at the shattered remains, then at the dark red stone among the debris.

“This must be a fire ability crystal core, right? I can feel a lot of fire energy inside!”

After blocking the rest, Sang Chu handed the core to him. “That’s right. Bro, Yi-ge, you two take the lead. We’ll talk after we’re done.”

Sang Jingwen looked at the empty space and said, “Little sis, are you sure you don’t want this thing? Fine!”

Sang Chu hadn’t expected that. But in this mutated world, even such weapons were useless—they couldn’t penetrate the mutated creatures’ hides.

If you can’t get inside their bodies, you can’t blow them up from within.

Sang Chu said, “Bro, I’m an ability user, and I’m already at level three. This kind of thing is just icing on the cake for me. But in your hands, I’ll feel at ease.”

Yi P chimed in, “Yeah, yeah, we all feel better with you holding onto it. But seriously, this thing is awesome!”

“Now you can relax. This thing really is a game-changer. Bro, use it wisely. By the way, we’re almost at Xinshi. I’ll get off about a hundred meters outside the city.”

Yi P: “That fast?”

Sang Chu: “With the speed of the space, of course. Check if you need anything packed in the space—if there’s anything missing, let me know.”

Yi P: “Sis, you’re so thoughtful. But what if you run into someone shameless who tries to rob you?”

Sang Chu laughed, “Then I’ll just deal with them.”

“Yeah, otherwise how could your brother be the cold campus heartthrob and I’d be the one photoshopped with him so much!”

“True...”

Sang Jingwen looked at them helplessly, “Alright, but check if Sang Sang packed everything you need in the space. If we get separated, you’ll be able to take care of yourself.”

“Alright, housekeeper! Sis packed everything perfectly. As long as there’s food and water, we’ll be fine. If we get separated, don’t we have the light signal? Before, we couldn’t meet up because we didn’t have it. Now, that’s not a problem!”

Sang Chu: “Exactly. Since there’s no one around here, and no ability users monitoring, I’ll get off first and sneak into Xinshi.”

Sang Chu: “Oh, remember to hide the light signal. It has a self-concealment function—others can’t see it.”

Yi P grinned, “Wow, it even has that feature.”

He tried it for the first time and could see it himself, but didn’t notice anything wrong.

Sang Jingwen realized afterward just how useful this function was—every possible detail had been thought of!

After checking everything one last time, Sang Chu put away the space and the three of them walked toward the gate of the new city.

Xinshi was a big city, with many ability users.

The whole city was fortified like a steel barrel.

Standing at the city gate, looking at the unmutated plants all around, Yi P was very curious.

“These mutated plants have been spreading like crazy everywhere else, and most places can’t get rid of them. But how come there’s not a single trace of mutated plants in Xinshi?”

“Are you new here?”

A man’s voice sounded behind them. He was dressed all in black, his left hand covered in gold—probably a metal ability user.

Yi P replied, “Yeah. The three of us siblings finally made it to Xinshi. I used to live here before the apocalypse, so I wanted to come home. But we’ve seen so many mutated plants along the way, and suddenly there’s none here. I’m just curious!”

Jin Yuan looked at the three of them with interest. “Are you all ability users?”

“Big bro, you’re an ability user too? Are you a resident of Xinshi base?”

Jin Yuan: “Yeah!”

“Do you know what the requirements are to enter Xinshi?”

“Just hand over some supplies—anything goes: weapons, gasoline, food, whatever.”

Yi P: “That’s good. My little sister is a wood ability user, my big brother is a space ability user. Can we get in if we hand over some fruits and vegetables?”

“Sure, come on, I’ll take you to line up.”

Jin Yuan smiled at Sang Chu, clearly wanting to get to know her. “Little sister, what’s your name? What level is your wood ability?”

Before the apocalypse, Sang Chu was often tanned, her skin a bit dark. After the apocalypse, she was even more so.

She had a scar on her face and was tall—though she was thin, she looked tough.

But in the apocalypse, no one cared about looks anymore—survival was all that mattered.

Sang Chu calmly replied, “Level two.”

Jin Yuan: “Didn’t expect that! You’re already level two! I’m Jin Yuan, a level two metal ability user. We’re both level two!”

Sang Jingwen, tall and imposing, immediately stepped between Sang Chu and Jin Yuan, his expression so cold it could freeze.

Yi P cheerfully pulled Jin Yuan aside to gather information.

“Brother Jin, the three of us have had a tough journey to get here. If we can get into the city, I hope you’ll look out for us.”

Jin Yuan: “Of course! Actually, wood and water ability users are really popular in Xinshi. Once you register, someone might come looking for you right away. And if you need anything, just come find me—I live at 405 Liuyuan Lane.”

405 Liuyuan Lane?

Isn’t that the address of his family’s villa?

Yi P deliberately said, “Wow, Brother Jin, you live in a villa area!”

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