Shu Xingbei collapsed on the bed. Yes, there is no more reasonable reason than this.
Since he had no ability to pay the doctor, how could Nie Lan hire a doctor for himself?
Also, the time to pay the rent should have passed, so why didn’t the company kick him out?
Shu Xingbei clenched the sign still in his hand, tears streaming down his face.
Since his parents passed away, Shu Xingbei's tears have dried up. He has been living in a state of indifference, like a walking zombie.
But the current Nie Lan has inspired him to work hard. No, I can't let Nie Lan leave like this. No, never.
The tears flowing out of his tear glands seemed to mark Shu Xingbei's new life, and his eyes became extremely firm.
He clenched his fists, and his nails dug into his own flesh, but Shu Xingbei still didn't notice. He found Nie Lan and let her go free.
To find Nie Lan, we must find her and rescue her.
Nie Lan, wait for me!
The doctor didn't know that Shu Xingbei seemed to have changed into a different person in a short period of time. He impatiently cleaned the wound on Shu Xingbei's back and applied a plaster. He turned around and was about to leave, but turned back and said:
"Look for me again, you need 3000 ml of water."
He expected that Shu Xingbei would have no chance of getting so much water, so he quoted a price just to let Shu Xingbei know the market conditions.
Shu Xingbei did not answer.
Shu Xingbei just now clearly felt the doctor's contempt for him, as well as his pride in thinking he was superior to others.
The doctor's treatment had some effect, but it failed to heal the injury on Shu Xingbei's back. According to experience, the colder the weather, the more difficult it is for the injury to heal.
The curtain on his back was torn open like a small window in a houseboat. The tearing pain made Shu Xingbei more and more unbearable. He wanted to be warmer.
However, fires are not allowed in the houseboats, and Spear Company strictly prohibits houseboat residents from lighting fires.
The dilapidated ships are tied together by iron chains from giant trees, like melons and fruits growing on vines.
Once any houseboat is flooded, the fire will inevitably burn everything.
Food is liquid, as is water, and making a fire seems unnecessary.
Everyone gradually got used to the days without fire.
Everything that is gradually accustomed to becomes natural in people's eyes.
Shu Xingbei decided to find the only place in the boathouse area that could bring him warmth.
When the residents of the houseboats were mentioned about that place, their expressions would change, and no one was afraid of it.
There is a crematorium.
People who died in the boat house area cannot be thrown directly into the water. In order to avoid causing the plague, Spear Company specially built a crematorium outside the boat house area.
The crematorium and the boathouse area are separated by insulation materials, and the middle fence is blocked by iron sheets. It looks like the color steel tiles common to people on earth, but it is built higher than the color steel tiles.
The crematorium is built on several large barges, with a small house at the entrance.
In the small house, there was a middle-aged man with hair as messy as a straw pile, a big beard under his chin, and staring yellow eyes. His name was Sha Lian.
Both Sha Lian and Shu Xingbei's fathers were bounty hunters, and they salvaged underwater ruins together. Later, Sha Lian found some unknown path and ended up working in the crematorium.
Shu Xingbei once went to the crematorium with his father to visit Sha Lian.
At that time, Sha Lian told Shu Xingbei in front of Shu Zhennan that if he encounters difficulties in the future, he can try to come to him.
When Shu Xingbei's father came to be cremated, Sha Lian said the same thing.
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Shu Xingbei never took this statement seriously.
What should he do with Sha Lian when he encounters difficulties? Free cremation?
Cremation is inherently free of charge.
Even if the crematorium wanted to charge a fee, residents in the boathouse area would not have the money to pay.
This time Shu Xingbei thought of Sha Lian. His purpose couldn't be simpler: to soak up the heat of the crematorium.
The power of the crematorium is not electricity. The staff pushes the dead body into a large and tall cylindrical cabinet, and then dumps the unknown animal fat in each plastic bucket, and then ignites the fat.
The raging fire roared in the furnace, and the dead body was instantly destroyed, even the burial process was omitted.
Sha Lian is in charge of registering corpses.
Shu Xingzhen was not sure whether Sha Lian was still working at the crematorium. However, he had no other choice.
Shu Xingbei walked west along the side of the boat house. Along the way, he met bounty hunters who were going out in groups. Numbness and vicissitudes of life were written on everyone's face.
More than two hours later, Shu Xingbei finally arrived at the crematorium.
He followed the opening of the steel plate and poked his head inside.
The small house at the entrance to the crematorium is there, and the door is ajar.
"Uncle Sha," Shu Xingbei called inside.
After a while, someone pushed open the door from the house, poked his head out, and glanced at Shu Xingbei, "Has the body been brought here? Hey, is it Xingbei?"
The yellow eyes of the middle-aged man with disheveled hair widened slightly, "You? Come in."
Sha Lian came over, opened the door next to the hollow, and led Shu Xingbei inside.
"Are you doing okay? Are you encountering difficulties?" Sha Lian walked straight into the house and asked Shu Xingbei without looking back.
"It's okay," Shu Xingbei replied dully.
After entering the house, it was indeed as warm as before. A pipe ran around the house along the wall, and it was filled with sea water.
The pipeline is led from the crematorium, and the heated sea water can just play a heating role.
The warmth hit him, making Shu Xingbei feel so comfortable that he almost shivered.
Just as he was about to sit down, the sudden pain caused by curling up in his back made him cry out.
"Injured?" Sha Lian's eyes were fixed on Shu Xingbei's face.
"Sea beast," Shu Xingbei replied, "It's better."
Sha Lian brought a stool over and asked Shu Xingbei to sit closer to the water pipe.
"Have you ever felt that your strength suddenly increased?" Sha Lian asked, looking at Shu Xingbei.
What do you mean? Shu Xingbei shook his head blankly.
"Have you ever felt anything abnormal in your body?" Sha Lian asked again.
Shu Xingbei felt that Sha Lian's words were a bit meaningless. He still shook his head and his eyes stayed on Sha Lian's face.
"Don't you have the ability to awaken?" Sha Lian muttered.
"Awakening ability?" Shu Xingbei was even more confused when he heard this sentence. What ability?
"Yes, ability," Sha Lian replied, "Before the endless sea water, there was also a continent. Whenever the natural environment of the continent changed dramatically, the creatures on it would also mutate. Just like the sea beasts that hurt you, in the past there were
There is no such creature. Of course people will also change."
"What about the form of expression?" Shu Xingbei was attracted by this statement.
"The form of expression is the awakening of ability," Sha Lian said, taking a glass vessel with black paste in it.
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Mud stuff.
Sha Lian opened the lid and handed the container into Shu Xingbei's hand, "Have a taste."
Shu Xingbei hesitated for a moment, then became bold and took a sip.
If Sha Lian wanted to harm him, he would not behave like this. Sha Lian was not indifferent to his arrival.
But he couldn't sense that Sha Lian had any ill intentions towards him.
It was mushy and had a bit of fishy smell. Shu Xingbei took another sip.
"The living environment is harsh, and animals that run slowly will run faster, and animals that are not good at attacking will become violent and suddenly aggressive. The same goes for people, who will awaken various strange abilities. Some people call this the awakening of abilities.
," Sha Lian paused.
"Even plants are the same. The tentacles of plants will roll up things within the scope of his power and turn them into their own food."
Shu Xingbei listened quietly, analyzing everything Sha Lian said in his mind.
"Are you hungry?" Sha Lian suddenly asked.
Sha Lian is a person who talks nonsense.
Shu Xingbei thought to himself. He shook his head.
Food and water are the survival gold in the houseboat area. How could he have the nerve to take food from Sha Lian?
Sha Lian stood up and walked to the bed. He took out a dark object and handed it to Shu Xingbei, "Sea beast meat, cooked. Eat it."
Shu Xingbei didn’t answer.
"Eat, eat. I still have some from those who sent their family members to be cremated. They always want to take some ashes back to miss their loved ones, so I have no shortage of food. There is fire here," Sha
Lian explained.
Shu Xingbei finally took it, brought the sea animal meat to his mouth and took a bite.
The meat smells very fragrant, feels dry when chewed, and is fragrant and chewy. This is probably what it means when your cheeks are fragrant.
For some reason, Shu Xingbei always felt that Sha Lian was looking at him. His eyes were like a professor doing an experiment, turning over and over to observe the white mice in his cage.
"Abilities are divided into systems. One type is strength, which is also the most common. The harder it is to survive, the more important strength-type abilities are. How much strength can you get from a punch now?" Sha Lian asked.
"About two hundred pounds," Shu Xingbei said not too sure.
"You haven't awakened your power ability," Sha Lian's tone was calm, neither disappointed nor regretful.
"What other ability systems are there?" Shu Xingbei was attracted by Sha Lian's statement.
"There is also a superpower system. Some people can make fire with their thoughts, some can bind objects with their thoughts, and some can fly for a short time with their thoughts. Of course, there are far more than these. There are more. The superpower system is absolutely
Most of the body's genetic mutations are caused by this kind of ability. You don't have this kind of ability," Sha Lian said with a smile on his face and motioned to Shu Xingbei to eat.
"In addition to these two, there is also the awakening of blood abilities. Blood causes oppression to other creatures, making other creatures fearful, lying on the ground trembling, or simply fearful, without the courage to even look at the other person. This kind of blood
"You also haven't awakened your ability," Sha Lian is like a teacher who evaluates students' academic performance, saying that you don't have this and you can't do that. In short, the result is one word: poor.
"No more?" The awakening of the three abilities really has nothing to do with him. If he had really awakened a certain ability, he wouldn't be in this situation now.
"It's not that there is nothing. As far as I know, there is another kind called the mysterious source. But I haven't heard of the specific manifestation," Sha Lian said, his yellow eyes seemed to squeeze out some depth.