Especially after learning that superhumans exist in this world.
Ling Yi was even less likely to let go of this opportunity to activate the system.
Sprinkle with hemostatic powder and bandage with layers of gauze under pressure.
The technique wasn't professional, but it was still effective.
After treating the wound, he covered Chu Ran with a blanket, then sat on the floor next to the sofa, watching the countdown on his phone.
[Task countdown: 01:27:33.]
There's still an hour and a half left.
He leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes.
System activated, superhuman, claw marks and wounds, bloody alley in the dead of night...
Ten years have passed, and the one thing Ling Yi has in abundance is patience.
12:17 AM.
Ling Yi was awakened by a slight noise.
He opened his eyes and found that Chu Ran was awake.
She tried to sit up, but the wound in her abdomen made her gasp in pain as soon as she moved, and she fell back down.
"Don't move if you don't want to die." Ling Yi's voice came from the side, calm and steady.
Chu Ran Earth Reincarnation to look at him.
In those eyes, vigilance, confusion, and a hint of instinctive hostility instantly intertwined.
She recognized Ling Yi.
They were all students from No. 3 Middle School, and their grades were quite good, ranking in the top ten of their grade.
She never expected that the person who saved her would be this notorious bookworm.
Where is this place?
Is this his home?
Judging from the renovation, it doesn't seem cheap.
According to what she knew, Ling Yi seemed to be very poor.
"You..." Chu Ran opened her mouth, her voice so hoarse it was almost inaudible.
"I found you in the alley." Ling Yi handed her a glass of warm water.
"You lost a lot of blood. If we had found you half an hour later, you might be dead."
Chu Ran did not take any water.
His gaze fell on Ling Yi.
Wearing an old school uniform, without any superpowers or weapons, he looked like an ordinary boy.
She relaxed slightly, but her vigilance hadn't completely subsided.
"Did you report to your uncle?" she asked.
"No."
Did you call an ambulance?
"No."
Chu Ran frowned.
An ordinary high school student found a girl covered in blood in an alley late at night. Instead of calling his uncle or an ambulance, he carried her home.
This doesn't make sense.
"You know who I am."
Chu Ran's gaze sharpened, and although her voice was weak, there was a hint of probing in her tone.
Ling Yi looked at her and remained silent for two seconds.
"I know you're a superhuman."
The moment those words were spoken, he clearly saw Chu Ran's pupils contract sharply.
Her right hand unconsciously clenched the blanket beneath her, her knuckles turning white.
"How... how did you know?"
Ling Yi did not answer the question.
Because he couldn't explain it.
"That's not important."
"The important thing is, your injuries weren't caused by an ordinary knife, right?"
Chu Ran fell silent.
"Are they claws?" Ling Yi continued.
"The claws of some large animal could leave such clean scratches on the edge of this wound, indicating that the creature's claws were extremely sharp and powerful."
"Ordinary humans can't do that."
Chu Ran's breathing became rapid.
Not out of fear, but out of shock.
This boy drew the correct conclusion simply by observing the wound.
"So!" Ling Yi looked into her eyes.
"I didn't call my uncle, nor did I call an ambulance."
"Because once you go to the hospital, your identity will be exposed."
"And you know better than I do the consequences of being exposed." Chu Ran stared at him for a long time.
There were so many things in those clear eyes that Ling Yi couldn't understand.
That was the look in his eyes, the look of someone carrying a burden far beyond what his peers could bear.
Ling Yi had seen that look before.
In his own mirror.
"Aren't you curious about my identity?" Chu Ran suddenly asked.
Why don't you ask me why I got hurt? Why don't you ask what those things that are chasing me are?
"You'll speak when you want to." Ling Yi picked up the water glass and handed it to her again.
"Now, drink some water; your body needs to be hydrated."
Chu Ran looked at the water glass he handed her, then at his face.
There was no curiosity, no prying look, and no eagerness to uncover her secrets on that face.
There is only a calm, unconditional goodwill.
She hesitated for a long time before finally reaching out and taking the water glass.
Her hand trembled slightly as her fingertips touched the side of the cup.
It's not because of the cold.
It's because no one has treated her like this for so long.
She drank a few sips of water, and her chapped lips finally regained some color.
Then she put down her water glass and took a deep breath.
"Help me." Her voice was very soft, as soft as a feather falling to the ground.
"Don't let anyone find me."
After saying this, she closed her eyes, her body went limp and she collapsed onto the sofa, falling into a coma once more.
Ling Yi gazed at her peaceful sleeping face and remained silent for a long time.
Then he glanced at the countdown on the system interface.
[Task countdown: 00:43:12.]
Forty-three minutes remaining.
He stood up, walked to the window, pulled back a curtain slightly, and looked out at the dark night sky.
In the distance, the city lights still shone brightly, traffic flowed like a river, and people were bustling about.
He lowered the curtains, turned around, walked back to the sofa, and sat down again.
Forty-three minutes.
He can wait.
He can always wait.
0:54 a. m.
Ling Yi leaned against the floor next to the sofa, his back against the wall, his legs stretched out, and his eyes closed.
He may appear to be resting, but his brain never stops working.
He was sorting through all the information he had gathered that evening.
First, this world is indeed not an ordinary parallel world.
The existence of superhumans has been confirmed.
Chu Ran is living proof.
Second, the power system of superhumans far surpasses that of ordinary humans.
The fact that Chu Ran, a superhuman, was severely injured suggests that Zhui Ga is at least a superhuman, or perhaps even a more powerful monster.
Third, the claw mark wound.
In Ling Yi's fragmented memories, he had seen many animal wounds.
He was bitten by Beast in the Smiling, Proud Wanderer World, and he saw even more terrifying monsters in the Dragon Balls World.
However, he couldn't determine what kind of creature the wound on Chu Ran's abdomen was made of based on the edges of the scar.
Fourth, the system.
He recalled the line of pale blue cesium text in his mind.
[Task countdown: 00:05:47.]
Less than six minutes left.
He glanced down at Chu Ran on the sofa.
The girl was sleeping soundly, her breathing was much more steady, and her complexion was better than when she first arrived.
The hemostatic powder worked, and the bleeding from the abdominal wound stopped.
Chu Ran slowly Youyou up again.
I saw Ling Yi beside me.
He repeated what he had said before, "Save me, don't tell my uncle, don't let anyone find me."
Then he fell into a coma again.
Ling Yi did not move.
Instead, he was pondering the information revealed in Chu Ran's words.
Why can't I report to my uncle?
Is it disbelief, or inability?
If it's the former, then things might be more troublesome than Ling Yi imagined.
If it's the latter, is it because of his status that he can't?
But one thing is certain: superhumans in this world belong to a force operating in the shadows.
It's a level that ordinary people may never reach.
The countdown continues.
00:03:21.
00:02:00.
00:00:03.
00:00:02.
00:00:01.
00:00:00.
[bite--]
[Activation task complete.]
[ Summon System Officially Activated.]
[Welcome back, host.]
Ling Yi suddenly opened his eyes.
The words "Welcome back" gave him a jolt.
It's not "Welcome to use," nor "System activated," but "Welcome back."
This means that the system recognizes him.
Or rather, this system accompanied him through more than one world.
He suppressed his shock and waited for more information.
The pale blue cesium characters in front of me began to refresh rapidly!