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Chapter 886: Chapter 328: Zhang Peng’s Superpower
Under the pitch-black night sky, only the crashing waves could be heard.
A gigantic ship, like a giant monster, lingered on the water’s surface.
There were personnel patrolling on the cargo ship, but no lights were turned on.
Lighting up on the water at night is a very dangerous act.
Because for many mutant beasts underwater, their phototactic instinct would draw them to the light source.
That’s why the Firebird doesn’t turn on its lights at night.
In the captain’s cabin, only Liang Yuan and Ding Yan were in the room.
Zhu Yuchuan had also gone to rest.
According to Zhu Yuchuan, navigating at night has certain dangers; often, it’s hard to see what’s on the water surface, making collisions likely.
After all, in the current environment, one cannot completely rely on radar.
So the entire Firebird has also stopped, waiting for daylight.
In the room, as the creaking sound frequency increased, Ding Yan finally couldn’t bear it and let out a low moan.
The fierce battle finally came to an end.
Liang Yuan embraced her still-trembling body, gently soothing her slippery spine.
Ding Yan contentedly leaned in his arms, savoring the tender affection between them.
"This is our first time going out by ourselves."
Liang Yuan laughed, "Do you like it? There will be many more trips on the Firebird in the future."
Ding Yan laughed, "I do, it feels like a honeymoon."
Liang Yuan laughed helplessly, "If people knew you thought of it this way, they’d be in tears. Surviving is hard enough now; no one would associate it with a honeymoon."
Ding Yan also laughed, "We’re no longer like duckweed being manipulated by mutant monsters; now, we’ve gained the ability to survive. Life should be enjoyed."
Liang Yuan couldn’t help but laugh too. After chatting for a while, Ding Yan said, "I wonder what Meidu Garden looks like now."
Liang Yuan slightly shook his head, "It’s hard to say. When we left, we took most of the elite with us. The remaining people might not be able to hold on."
Ding Yan sighed, "Indeed, but some of those who stayed also wanted to leave, but for various reasons, had to remain."
"Yes, a few older ones wanted to leave, but due to health reasons, couldn’t come along."
"Also, our raft back then wasn’t big enough to carry that many people."
Ding Yan said, "You left a mutated sunflower behind; it at least gave them a bit of hope. I wonder what it and the plant room look like now."
Liang Yuan recollected the decision made back then and couldn’t help but smile.
Back then, he only had a few mutated sunflowers, yet he was willing to leave one behind, hoping it would be a keepsake for those who stayed.
For him, mutated sunflowers were something he could get through the system as long as he had enough points.
But for the people in the building, that one mutated sunflower represented the hope of survival.
This mutated sunflower could not only provide sufficient sunlight for the vegetables in the plant room to grow.
But also, they could use the sunlight to dry clothes and bedding.
In short, a single mutated sunflower could change the living attitude of the residents of Building 76, giving them a sliver of hope.
Now that the Yangshan Shelter is somewhat built, he lacks manpower.
The residents from his old building are suitable candidates to move back and once again fall under his leadership.
Of course, there will still be people like Liu Changfa among them.
But at that time, Liang Yuan hadn’t shown off his terrifying strength like now.
The people in the building held onto the slim hope of outside rescue, which led to Liu Changfa’s public rant after seeing a plane.
Nowadays, on Yangshan, no one is foolish enough to believe that outside rescue will ever appear again.
His reputation on Yangshan has reached its peak.
People like Liu Changfa may exist, but they won’t dare show themselves again.
In reality, such people aren’t loyal to anyone, and Liang Yuan knows as the population in Yangshan grows.
There will surely be more like them.
But it’s fine; as long as he’s on Yangshan, these people won’t dare to surface.
Liang Yuan doesn’t need their loyalty; for such bottom-rung, being obedient is enough.
In the darkness, with the sound of rippling waves, Liang Yuan embraced Ding Yan’s tender body and drifted into sleep.
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Meanwhile, at Meidu Garden, Zhang Peng quietly arrived on the twenty-third floor.
Unnoticed, he took a deep breath, and then his heart began to pound.
As his superpower pulsed with his heartbeat, energy flowed throughout his body.
Scale-like armor patterns gradually surfaced on his skin.
On his cheeks, red gill-like organs shaped like the character 川 appeared.
Between his fingers, membranes formed, resembling webbed skin.
At this moment, Zhang Peng had drastically changed; he was neither human nor fish!
This was the superpower awakened when he almost drowned!
Back then, his clothes got caught in thorns, unable to break free, being dragged underwater with Turtle Island into the depths of the flood.
In the face of life or death, he had only one thought—to breathe, to take in a lot of oxygen.
For him, on the brink of suffocation, that was his most desperate desire.
Hence, his genes, in response to the intense perception from his consciousness, evolved into gill-like organs.