Chapter 354: Chapter 349: Apocalypse Sisters
"Dongdong, I’m sorry, I’m not..."
"No, you are." Ye Dong stopped Ye Qiu from finishing her sentence, with an extremely serious expression, affirming as she held Ye Qiu’s hand, "You are my sister, even though I don’t know what you went through during those separated days in the year of the apocalypse, I am certain, you are my sister. We grew up together since we were young, I won’t make a mistake about that."
"Dongdong." Ye Qiu sighed and didn’t argue with her, "After I leave, you must live well for me and see more of this world in my place."
"Sister." Ye Dong’s tears flowed again.
In the end, Ye Qiu passed away at the age of fifty-eight. People held the grandest funeral for her. Her deeds were written in the books for generations to come, one could say without her there would be no everything of Xinhua Country.
Ye Qiu’s laboratory was also honored as the highest laboratory in Xinhua Country, every person involved in scientific research took pride in working there.
At this time in a deep forest on Earth, Ying Yiming, who was middle-aged, on hearing the news of Ye Qiu’s death, gave a military salute toward the direction of the Capital. Beside him was a huge Mutated Vine, which seemed very docile and did not launch any attacks on the humans nearby.
This is the Mutated Vine he had cultivated after much trouble. Unlike the first generation of Mutated Vines, this one lost its aggressiveness and it didn’t have as active a mind as the second generation Mutated Vines in the base.
After so many years, he had only cultivated this one. A few days ago, he ate the fruit produced by the Mutated Vine. His strength did not change, but many inexplicable images appeared in his mind.
The apocalypse had erupted at the same node in that world. He saw that he, like in this life, had triggered the Gold Element Superpower, and like in this life, he became the leader of the Jiang Province Base.
But there were differences. The Hu Province Base had not researched the Medicine against the Zombie Virus, people were still endlessly fighting for food and warmth, Zombie and mutant animal waves erupted, but Ye Qiu and Ye Dong, who should have changed this world, died.
Latter on, for some reasons, he married Li Lewei, and together with Li Lewei, they led the survivors back to the Jiang Province Base, struggling against Zombies for a lifetime.
But in the end, they lost. By the time they reacted, the Mutated Vines had already occupied the world, and no one was their match.
The last of him died in battle, powerless, he watched as the Mutated Vine drained his energy while he was still awake.
Ying Yiming awoke from the nightmare, looking at the Mutated Vine beside him with complex emotions. This dream was too real, and yet too cruel!
He thought, if this dream was real, then no matter if it was in his former or current life, he had lost. Fortunately, in this life, Ye Qiu and Ye Dong did not die, and the sisters led everyone towards a new life.
"System, what’s going on?" Ye Qiu, back in the System Space, nervously asked while looking at the Golden Crow Egg emanating golden light.
"It has absorbed enough energy; now it is about to hatch," the System said in its usual emotionless tone.
"Will it be in danger?"
"No comment."
"Then, can I use my Merit Points to help it hatch?"
"You cannot."
The indifferent System ignited a raging anger in Ye Qiu’s heart, what she didn’t know was that the System flinched after detecting her emotions, but it soon returned to normal due to its initial settings.
"Please, you must hatch safely!" Ye Qiu murmured her prayers.
The Golden Crow Egg had come with her from the Cultivation World, even the Little Wood Spirit couldn’t break through the System’s settings to follow her, but the Golden Crow Egg did, there must be some connection, perhaps it even involved her origin that she had never remembered.
More than once, she wondered who she was and where she came from, but no matter how she tried to coax information out of the System, the reply was always ’No comment.’ She had seen many worlds, and she had come to terms with it, to drift endlessly across various worlds without dying was not too bad.
Yet, deep inside, there was a longing – who exactly is she? Why did the System choose her for all kinds of tasks? What is the purpose of the person controlling the System behind the scenes?
Even disregarding all that, the Golden Crow Egg that had accompanied her through several worlds had become an emotional attachment, she did not want to lose this partner who knew her secret besides the System.
"Crack!" Ye Qiu was lost in thought when the Golden Crow Egg cracked a slit, drawing her attention to it.
It seemed a bit tired, so Ye Qiu hurriedly took out a fruit of the Second Mutated Vine that grew in her space and placed it outside of the shell.
After half a moment, the Golden Crow inside the shell started moving again, and the crack got even bigger.
"Cheep..." Little Golden Crow poked out half of its head; its downy feathers stuck close to its head, and both its shape and color were much like a little chick’s.
Ye Qiu couldn’t help but let out a gentle laugh.
Perhaps feeling Ye Qiu’s presence, it moved more energetically, and the eggshell cracked open completely.
"Cheep... Qiu..." Little Golden Crow was holding a piece of the shell, looking like it wanted to give it to Ye Qiu.
"I don’t need this, you eat it," Ye Qiu said with emotion as she touched its head.
Seeing that Ye Qiu truly didn’t want it, Little Golden Crow reluctantly took it back and then quickly ate the shell pieces without leaving any behind.
After eating, its size didn’t change much, but its pale yellow feathers seemed to have more of a golden sheen.
"Qiuqiu." Little Golden Crow nuzzled Ye Qiu’s palm, looking very comfortable and happy, "I’ve finally found you."
Huh?
Ye Qiu was stunned: "Found me? Did we know each other before?"
"Don’t you remember Little Jin? You’re my master!" Little Golden Crow seemed a bit upset.
Master?
"Then who am I?"
"Qiuqiu, of course!"
"I mean, what was my status before?" Ye Qiu asked, staring intently at it.
"Qiuqiu is just Qiuqiu!" Little Golden Crow looked somewhat confused.
"Then what did I do?"
"What did you do?" Little Golden Crow’s eyes, dark as black Liuli, delved into memory, then showed an expression of frustration and annoyance.
"Little Jin can’t remember, woo... Little Jin has become so stupid," Little Golden Crow flung itself into Ye Qiu’s embrace and started crying loudly.
"Other than you, is there anyone else I know? Do you remember anything else?" Feeling despondent, Ye Qiu sighed deeply and for the first time felt such frustration towards the very rigid System.
"Nobody else, Little Jin only remembers to find the master. Little Jin searched for such a long, long time, finally found you, and even turned into an egg. Am I really that useless?" Little Golden Crow said in a heartbroken tone.
"No, it’s already amazing that you could find me. It’s okay if you can’t remember; we’ll find out the truth one day," Ye Qiu consoled it and told herself the same.
At least, she now had Little Jin, and this proved that she would definitely find more clues in the future.
And she would definitely find out who she really was.