Chapter 113

The next morning, when the man woke up, he found himself moved from the table to the bed, covered with a blanket. Tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.

The emergence of his second personality was indeed to protect him.

Following the defense battle this spring, Lou Yu, as the base's strongest fighter, once again received high praise from everyone.

Everywhere, people were praising Lou Yu. The man was furious. He argued with the people praising Lou Yu, got beaten up, and fainted after returning to his room.

When he woke up again, he was lying in bed just like today, with his medication and a note on the table.

--Take good care of our shared body, your second personality.

The man was initially startled, thinking that someone was playing a prank on him because they didn't like him, given that his interpersonal relationships were terrible.

But later he checked and found that the door was locked from the inside, and the only small window in the room was too small for even a child to get in, let alone an adult to help him onto the bed.

The medicine wasn't his; he had no money left to buy it. But the money in his bag wasn't missing either. He didn't know where the medicine came from, so he just left it aside without taking it.

However, due to his injury, he developed a high fever and fainted. When he woke up two or three days later, he found that not only had his fever subsided and he hadn't starved to death, but his injuries had also improved significantly.

This time, not only were there notes on the table, but the previously messy room was also cleaned up spotlessly, with even clean rice, noodles, fruits, and vegetables in the corner.

The second personality wrote him a note saying that the medicine was ingested by him while controlling the body, the room was cleaned by him, and that the medicine and food were fine, so he could eat them without worry. As for where the things came from, he was asked not to ask.

The man also overheard the neighbors chatting and complaining. They said they saw him go out a couple of nights ago, but he kept his head down and walked unsteadily. He didn't respond when they talked to him. They thought he was going to die, but they didn't expect him to be alive and well.

After that, the man would often faint when he was emotionally agitated, and then similar things would happen: someone would see him go out, and there would be many more personal items in his room, and occasionally someone would help him bathe and do his laundry.

The man had no stable job, no relatives or friends, a bad temper, and harbored hatred towards anyone better off than him. His mental state was already precarious, and he had no choice but to deal with this kind of situation on his own. In the end, he chose to believe that he did indeed have a second personality.

From then on, he began communicating with his second personality through the notebook.

By writing, he expresses his hatred and resentment, venting all his emotions. His second personality always agrees with him and comforts him, treating him almost like an emperor.

Providing him with food and drink, taking care of him, and acting as his emotional dumping ground, with his second personality loving him even more than his parents, isn't it perfectly normal for a man to develop a dependence and trust in this day after day?

A few days later, late at night, Root opened the small window and came in. He glanced at the sleeping man on the bed, placed his things on the table, and left a note in his notebook: It's time.

Using seeds of similar quality to those given to the Lou Family, Lou Quan traded them for the flesh and bones of a mutated monster from the bottom of the lake at the Yongkang Base. Lou Quan felt this was a very worthwhile deal.

Of course, he didn't forget to give Tao Qiu a bonus.

Lou Yu watched him transfer the money to Tao Qiu before looking away and saying, "Initially, when you and Qiuqiu decided to sell the grain and seeds to the Central Base, to be honest, I was still a little worried. Although the active energy inside had been processed, it was still there. Little by little, it would eventually have an effect. As it turns out, I was right; they discovered the benefits of grain."

Lou Quan looked at Lou Yu, a half-smile on his face, "But what they discovered was only the benefits of food to themselves, not its special effects on those with superpowers and defective products. So you're relieved now, right?"

Lou Yu did not respond, which could be considered an admission.

Lou Quan scoffed, "Actually, when I handed over the grain, seeds, fruits, and vegetables, I was prepared for the special effects of the crops on those with superpowers and those with defective products to be noticed. I even had my explanation ready in my mind. After all, we're all the same kind of people, and I hoped that fewer people would die in the awakening experiments, but you've seen the result."

The Lou Family sold rice, flour, and seeds at prices several times higher. Those who could afford them were all wealthy and powerful people, and these people had absolutely no chance of participating in the awakening experiment, which had a mortality rate of over 90%.

Later, when the benefits of crops to the human body were discovered, these cowardly creatures wanted to eat until they were stuffed at every meal. As a result, the already limited amount of crops could not reach the hands of the lower classes.

Even if a person with superpowers possesses exceptional abilities, they are ultimately still controlled by those above them and can only be considered a hired hand.

The working class has neither the money nor the power to compete with them.

Afterwards, the prices of the crops sold by several vendors at the central base, which had even worse effects, were slightly reduced, making them more affordable for those with superpowers.

However, crops with significantly reduced effects, even if consumed daily, are unlikely to contribute much to the growth of superpowers; the superpowered individual will likely attribute it to the results of their own hard work and training.

The effects are most obvious when defective crops are fed special crops, just like Zhao Tao. If the Lou Family had shared some of the grain they bought from these defective crops with the defective ones, the effects would have been apparent long ago.

However, according to Lou Quan, the average lifespan of defective individuals after awakening is two to three years. During this period, in order to prevent them from using their abilities to harm ordinary people, each family will keep them under supervision, providing them with good food and drink, until they are killed by their uncontrollable abilities.

The delicious food and drinks mentioned here certainly include the "premium" rice and noodles that even high-ranking officials would fight over.

Even if only one of the major families in the Central Base had a conscience and distributed the better quality food to the superhumans and the defective ones, no one would have questioned Lou Quan to this day.

Compared to the defective ones, the superhumans are relatively free, but their food is probably not even as good as that of the ordinary residents of Yong'an Base.

Lou Quan was precisely afraid of the greed and malice of these people, which is why he dared not let everyone in the Yong'an Base, or even all of humanity, eat the real special crops.

Lou Quan gazed out the window, his brow furrowed, and murmured, "Wait? If I stand higher, higher still, perhaps more people can survive."

Lou Yu crossed his arms over his chest, his gaze indifferent.

He thought that unless a major upheaval occurred to change the current situation, Lou Quan's hopes would probably be difficult to realize in his lifetime.

Overjoyed with the prize money, Tao Qiu wanted to treat Lou Yu and the children to dinner at the base's most expensive restaurant.

He even boasted that they could order the most expensive dishes, as much as they wanted, and take any leftovers home.

The family happily headed to the restaurant, and along the way, people greeted them, saying they were going to XX Restaurant for dinner. The news spread quickly.

After receiving the message, the man put the item given to him by his second personality into his pocket and headed towards the restaurant, his eyes filled with anger and a sense of heroic ambition.

Today he's going to expose the Lou Yu family's disguise.

Tao Qiu and those three little brats are all... mutated monsters?! No wonder Tao Qiu, a man, can have children—because he was originally a monster!

God knows how happy and overjoyed the man was when his second personality told him the news and presented the evidence.

He had no doubt about the source of the evidence, because he was used to his second personality finding many unexpected things. His first thought was to immediately announce the news to the entire base.

Otherwise, if his second personality hadn't reminded him to reveal the truth at the right time and place, he would have rushed out long ago.

Today, the entire Lou Yu family came out, and the restaurant is located in a busy downtown area. The effect couldn't be better if they announced it there!

Chapter 113

Vest

It fell

The man didn't rush inside the restaurant immediately after arriving. Instead, he squatted down on the opposite side of the street, waiting for Lou Yu and his family to come out before going over.

Given Lou Yu and Tao Qiu's status, if they caused a scene inside the restaurant, it would likely be suppressed. But outside the restaurant, in broad daylight, with so many people around, he didn't believe they could silence everyone.

Lou Yu, a human, was revered and worshipped by the people of the base, but he had an affair with a mutated monster and even brought him and the monster's offspring back to the base.

How can someone with such low character deserve to be liked? How can they deserve to live?

He, his mutated monster partner, and their child should have been shot to death and thrown into the wild to feed the monsters!

The man's eyes were bloodshot as he stared fiercely at the restaurant entrance. His filthy appearance, coupled with his gloomy and irritable aura, caused passersby to instinctively quicken their pace.

After an unknown amount of time, the man Lou Yu family, who had been waiting, finally emerged.

The three children walked happily at the front, warmly responding to passersby who greeted them. Tao Qiu and Lou Yu chatted side by side, each carrying two takeout boxes, their faces beaming with smiles.

What a happy family of five! It's a pity you won't be able to smile in a little while.

The man ran quickly towards them, shouting, "Lou Yu!!!"

This angry shout made everyone nearby stop and look in the direction from which the sound came.

Upon seeing the man's beggar-like appearance and madman-like expression, Tao Qiu and Lou Yu stepped forward together, shielding the three children behind them.

Even the quick-thinking ordinary people nearby instinctively took two steps back, fearing that this was a thug who wanted to kill them.

Tao Qiu and Lou Yu exchanged a glance. Lou Yu rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward. No matter what this guy's purpose was, he had to subdue him first.

To outsiders, Tao Qiu was just a researcher with no fighting skills whatsoever, so he couldn't appear too capable in combat, which was perfect for staying behind to protect the children.

Unfortunately, Lou Yu and his group guessed the man's intentions wrong. The man stopped in the crowd and didn't approach Lou Yu and his companions.