Phi-Fic Chapter 172 Human Leaders Are Blind to the Truth (25)
Chapter 172 Human Leaders Are Blind to the Truth (25)
Of course, as a "superpowered individual" whose "superpowers" had been sealed, Shi Qi certainly didn't hear his voice.
So when I heard no noise, I walked to the single bed and lay down as if I were home, thinking to myself with a sense of relief that this small room had a bathroom with ventilation.
Seeing Shi Qi's lazy and irresponsible attitude, 007 couldn't help but feel anxious for him, and kept flying around in mid-air.
Shi Qi finally lost her temper: "Can you please stop floating around above my head? You're not dizzy yourself, but I'm getting dizzy from all the spinning."
007: "Host, don't give up so easily! Think of a way! We can't just sit here and wait to die!"
Shi Qi was speechless: "...Who told you I was waiting to die?"
007's eyes widened slightly, and he said in surprise, "Huh? What else? You thought of a solution so quickly?"
"Didn't Zhong Yihuan already reveal the solution to us?"
007 looked bewildered, seemingly not remembering that Zhong Yihuan had revealed any method to Shi Qi.
Before his clever little brain could figure it out, Shi Qi explained, "The key lies in the superhuman with prophetic abilities that he mentioned."
"When Zhong Yihuan called us to his office, he only mentioned two people: He Chiyan and this 'prophet'; and it was clear from his words that he had absolute faith in this 'prophet's' predictive abilities..."
"So I guess that since he dared to mention this 'prophet' in front of Si Yan, the future base commander, it means that this person must be useful."
"Moreover, because of this trust, this 'prophet' probably has a lot of influence in the base."
"As long as we can get this 'prophet' to 'bail' us out, we won't have to worry about getting out."
007 suddenly realized: "I see! Then... how do we get this 'prophet' to bail you out? You can't get out anyway!"
Shi Qi sighed, looking at his own silly child: "Do you really think that with the current level of human technology, it is possible to keep a zombie king whose level cannot even be assessed?"
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Nighttime
"La la~" A girl wearing a fish-patterned pajama set walked out of the bathroom, drying her waist-length hair, humming a tuneless little tune, looking very happy.
Suddenly, a breeze blew in through the open window, making her feel a chill.
She instinctively felt that something was wrong. Logically speaking, wasn't it supposed to be windless today? Why was there suddenly a breeze blowing into her room?
So the big-mouthed fish girl carefully walked to the window, then peeked out. Apart from the rustling of the leaves on the trees, there didn't seem to be anything strange.
"I'm just scaring myself..." the big-mouthed fish girl muttered to herself, then carefully closed the window.
She patted non-existent dust off her hands and turned around: "Ah!!!" A man with a full head of white hair, a head taller than her, and as pale as a ghost, suddenly appeared behind her and stared straight at her.
Zhong Liyu felt so frightened she almost choked. She clutched her head and huddled against the wall, muttering to herself:
"Big brother, please don't kill me! I have elderly parents and young children to support. You can settle your scores, but don't hurt an innocent little girl like me!"
Shi Qi: "...Are you sure she's the 'prophet' I asked you to find? She doesn't seem to be thinking straight."
Looking at the girl huddled on the ground in a cheap-looking fish-patterned onesie, 007 realized he'd picked the wrong person and his words became hesitant: "It should... be her, right?"
Shi Qi adjusted his somewhat blank expression slightly, then went straight to the point and asked Zhong Liyu on the ground, "Are you the one with the ability to predict the future?"
Zhongli Yu didn't look up, only vehemently denying it: "I'm not! You've got the wrong person!"
"..." Okay, it's obvious that she is the "prophet".
To avoid putting too much pressure on her, Shi Qi took a few steps back and explained, "Don't be afraid, I'm not a ghost, and I'm not here to kill you."
Upon hearing Shi Qi's explanation, Zhongli Yu still covered her head with her hands, only revealing the upper half of her face, and hesitated before asking, "Then what are you here for?" Because her mouth was covered by her clothes, the sound she made was muffled.
Although only the upper half of her face was visible, Shi Qi still noticed that the girl's complexion was even paler than his, a zombie.
"Do you know the base commander is dead?"
"What! How could this be?" Zhongli Yu's face was filled with astonishment, as if he had no idea about this.
Shi Qi sat down on the large sofa by himself, picked up a gothic-style hair clip from the sofa, and casually played with it in his hand: "I thought you would know."
Zhong Liyu's surprise didn't last long. Although it was clear that she wasn't in a better mood than when she first came in, she quickly composed herself: "Of course I don't know! He usually contacts me when he needs something. I stay in this room all day, and no one comes to see me. How could I possibly know?"
"Don't you have the ability to predict the future?" Shi Qi had a general idea of her abilities.
Zhong Liyu stood up from the wall, put the hood of her big-mouthed fish pajamas on, hiding her entire face inside, and walked somewhat timidly to sit down on the single sofa next to Shi Qi.
"Who would use it if it wasn't something important? It's not even a very good ability. Didn't you see how pale I am?"
As she spoke, the "big-mouthed fish" on her head swayed slightly, making it look quite abstract.
Seemingly aware that he looked a bit ridiculous, Zhongli Yu touched the hat that covered his entire head and said in a low voice, "Don't mind it, I'm used to it. Without something covering my face, I can't speak properly."
Shi Qi refrained from commenting, instead asking, "'Hope is coming; humanity's leader will be born from flames, leading humanity to a future without gunpowder.' You must have said that prophecy, right?"
Hearing her own prediction suddenly come out of someone else's mouth, Zhong Liyu coughed awkwardly twice: "Yes...yes, what's wrong?" Although the original sentence wasn't that dramatic, she would never admit that it was her own modified version.
“I am the companion of the ‘human leader’ you prophesied, but that ‘human leader’ has now been captured.”