Rebirth: Exclusive Love in the End of the World-Chapter 40 - First Victory
Chapter 40: Chapter 40 First Victory
Chapter 40 -40 First Victory
Han Yi and his team returned much faster than she had expected.
The Humvee off-road vehicle, like a victorious fighter, charged triumphantly into the yard. Yan Xiao courteously opened the electric gate for them and couldn’t wait for the car to stop before rushing over and shouting, “How did it go? How did it go?”
Several people jumped out of the car one after another, each with a smile on their face, especially Bai Kairui, who couldn’t stop grinning, praising endlessly, “Brother Han is amazing! Brother Lu is amazing!”
As soon as Han Yi got out of the car, Han Jiaojiao immediately walked over, stretched out her hand to hold his arms, and looked him up and down.
“Brother is fine.”
Han Yi reassured Han Jiaojiao and took her hand, placing a warm object in her palm. Han Jiaojiao looked down, surprised, and exclaimed, “A Crystal Core?!”
“Jiaojiao, do you recognize this?” Curious Sir Lu Changyuan, hearing the noise, came over to ask her.
“Um… Yeah… In dreams, I’ve seen it in dreams, it seemed to be called a Crystal Core.” Han Jiaojiao, holding the small crystal, felt it was incredible. In her memory, Crystal Cores were supposed to appear about a month later, so Han Jiaojiao had always thought that Alien Species wouldn’t produce Crystal Cores in their bodies right after muting. But it’s hard to say, after all, initially, when people killed the Alien Species, they didn’t search their bodies. Even if there were Crystal Cores, nobody knew, right?
Yan Xiao leaned in to take a look and asked, “Where did it come from?”
Xiao Jian: “Brother Yi dug it out from the Empress’s belly.”
Yan Xiao suddenly stepped back.
Han Yi, seeming a bit tired, took Han Jiaojiao’s hand and headed towards the house, saying, “Everyone tidy up a bit, let’s talk inside.”
Their expedition this time went very smoothly. The car hadn’t gone far when Han Yi sensed the den of the Alien Species near the reservoir at the foot of the mountain.
The activity level of the Alien Species was very low during the day, nearly all of them were dormant, with only a few sluggishly moving near the den. Lu Changyuan handed Bai Kairui a mine layout map, instructing him to set the mines accordingly. The distance and quantity had been precisely calculated the night before to ensure that Bai Kairui’s invisibility Ability didn’t malfunction, he was allowed to rest in the car after placing each mine. Although this made the process slow, it was safe. Ultimately, it took them two hours to set all the mines. Then, Xiao Jian took up the sniper rifle and swept the vicinity of the entrance. All the Alien Species swarmed out! Lu Changyuan drove off as thunderous explosions erupted one after another behind them. The few that did catch up were each taken down with a single shot by Han Yi, Xiao Jian, and Bai Kairui.
They drove around in a loop and then returned to the den to kill the dying Empress, where Han Yi, using his Ability, noticed something unusual in the abdomen of the Empress. He cut open her belly and discovered the Crystal Core…
Perhaps men always have an inherent hunting instinct. Bai Kairui shared everything that happened after they set off with Yan Xiao in meticulous detail, and Yan Xiao, not minding his heavy accent, listened with blood-pumping excitement, continuously currying favor with Lu Changyuan—
“Brother Lu, include me in the plan next time, include me!”
Lu Changyuan just smiled, tilted his head to brew himself a pot of tea, and turned to ask Han Jiaojiao about the forum matters.
“Someone reposted the post on other websites, and they all got pinned at the top. There were quite a few comments, but… I think the views aren’t that high.” Han Jiaojiao slightly frowned, “I just refreshed it a moment ago, and the views were only about two thousand.”
Normally, a front-page headline post on a website could gather tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of views within a few hours.
Lu Changyuan nodded, saying, “It must be because some cities’ networks have already collapsed.”
Just then, distant explosion noises could be heard, sounding faint as if far away fireworks were being set off, indiscernible without close attention.
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Bai Kairui immediately jumped up excitedly! “They fell for it!”
Han Jiaojiao and Yan Xiao both looked perplexed. Xiao Jian explained, “Before we came back, we set explosives near the den to prevent any Alien Species that might be attracted by the noise.”
Yan Xiao rubbed his hands together, his eyes clearly revealing a hint of excitement, “Shall we go take a look?”
Lu Changyuan smiled and nodded, “It’s time to take a look, all three of you go, and if there are many, lead them down the mountain.”
Han Jiaojiao couldn’t help but stand up, she also wanted to take a look.
But at that moment, Han Yi called out to her, “Jiaojiao, come up here.”
He had changed into a set of loose and comfortable home clothes, leaning against the stairs on the second floor like an eagle returning to its nest, exuding a cold and aloof aura, yet his expression carried a hint of tenderness.
Upon seeing him, Han Jiaojiao cast everything else aside and immediately ran upstairs, “Brother, shouldn’t you rest a bit more?”
During their time outside, Han Yi had been using his Ability continuously, so he had gone upstairs to rest almost as soon as he entered the door.
Han Yi put his arms around her shoulders as they entered the room and pinned her against the door to kiss her. Han Jiaojiao melted in his embrace until she almost couldn’t breathe, and Han Yi reluctantly left her lips.
He sighed softly and said, “Brother missed you.”
With her cheeks flushed, Han Jiaojiao pursed her wet lips and replied in a soft voice, “I missed you too.”
He really wanted to take her to the bed and love her fiercely, but it wasn’t the right time… Eventually, Han Yi kissed her beautiful, clear eyes and said, “Brother is tired, keep me company for a while.”
“Okay,” she obediently nodded.
The two of them lay in bed together, and Han Yi, seemingly really exhausted, soon fell asleep.
Listening to his steady breathing, Han Jiaojiao slowly propped up half of her body. The sleeping Han Yi looked much softer than usual. She noticed fine sweat on his forehead and couldn’t help feeling distressed. Gently, she wiped off his sweat. Seeing him sleeping so deeply, unaware of her touch, she grew bolder, gently brushed his slightly pursed lips with her finger, and thinking about how her brother kissed her with those lips, Han Jiaojiao couldn’t help but smile, her heart brimming with sweetness.
Han Jiaojiao gently kissed his cheek and lay back in his arms, contentedly closing her eyes and soon fell asleep herself.
They slept for just over two hours before it was time for dinner. Han Jiaojiao followed Han Yi downstairs and saw Yan Xiao and his group, dusty from travel, prompting her to belatedly remember the matter of the Alien Species. But seeing Yan Xiao’s face, smiling so broadly his eyes nearly disappeared, it seemed nothing bad had happened.
“When we got there, we didn’t see any Alien Species, and I thought, we can’t just waste the trip! The HUMVEE is really a gas guzzler! So we waited in the car and sure enough! It wasn’t long before a group came by, but they were moving too slowly, Xiao Jian and I went bang bang bang and took care of them. Ah! Kerry, you should really practice your shooting, your aim is too off, wasting bullets!”
“Hey! I did hit two Mutant Beasts!”
Lu Changyuan looked up, “You guys came across Mutant Beasts?”
At this point, Xiao Jian glared at Yan Xiao, “He and Kerry, not satisfied, took a loop around the mountain road.”
Lu Changyuan’s face darkened.
Yan Xiao and Bai Kairui, most likely feeling that it was inappropriate, guiltily lowered their heads.
Han Jiaojiao initially thought Lu Changyuan would blow up, but instead, he just gave a cold laugh and turned to Han Yi, “Ayi, you decide how to handle this.”
Yan Xiao visibly shuddered.
That scared of Brother, huh? …Han Jiaojiao immediately felt the atmosphere in the living room grow tense. But considering what Yan Xiao did, she also felt it was very wrong. In the apocalyptic world, a team despises such impulsive actions because they are too likely to lead to accidents.
