Chapter 54 (1/2)

“Why?” Chu Yunsheng asked without any emotions.

Ding Yan stood on the footpath between two dried paddy fields. He pointed at a place that was not far from them. Over there, many men and women; young and old were lying on the cold land, carefully digging the ground, trying to find frozen earthworms and even voles. Each time they caught one, they would quickly stuff it into the mouth, or hide in their arms.

He raised his voice and said, “the world has changed, the rules have changed, and the order has also changed. This world is now full of reptiles, monsters, what can I do? If I want to live, I need to become stronger. Otherwise, I’ll become one of them!”

Everyone understood this, even including Chu Yunsheng.

Ding Yan turned around and laughed, “the things we saw back in the food factory, you probably still remember it, nowadays, it is not just the insect that simple, there is something bad ahead of us, but who knows what it is. I and Xiao Yao(Yao Xiang) just want to stay alive, and want to become more powerful. The number of awakened warriors will increase, and we are very lucky to be the first batch of people that awakened our power. I can guarantee that the world will belong to awakened warriors, no matter how powerful the military is, they will not be able to stop this. Unless there is an incredible technological breakthrough.”

Chu Yunsheng said, “maybe you are right, but this is not the reason you want to help me.”

Ding Yan jumped off the footpath, and said sternly, “you are the strangest awakened warrior I’ve ever seen, and the most special one, I’ve never seen you use any other abilities than a sword until today, your sword can slice insect’s armor easily, your armor could stop the long-faced man’s deadly attack easily, but that’s not important, the important thing is that, today, you can even use dark energy just like us! Also, your friend Yu Xiaohai, when we fought with the tentacle monster, only he was the least wounded, but he was not that strong. Don’t you think that’s a bit odd? Even the flying insect couldn’t rip him apart.”

Chu Yunsheng was instantly alarmed. He looked at them coldly and said, “you were watching us?”

Ding Yan calmly replied, “it’s hard not to notice. I said that you have shocked us all with your powerful abilities. To me, it is not just the things you have shown, it’s more shocking that you have just killed a tentacle monster, but you can recover your energy that fast. That’s something that I’ve never seen before! ”

Chu Yunsheng didn’t know that Ding Yan could notice this much in secret, but since he had decided to join the escort team, he had already expected someone would notice his difference, so he didn’t mind at all.

Ding Yan carried on, “I and Xiao Yao don’t want to know your secret, everyone have their secrets, no one want to reveal everything to others, I just want to work with you, I will be your informant, and you can provide us with some of that stuff Yu Xiaohai had.”

Chu Yunsheng needed an informant, it was much easier for him to keep track of where the military was, especially if he encountered some insects on the road, he wouldn’t lose them.

But he was very wary of Ding Yan. If it was Yao Xiang, he might have believed him, but Ding Yan, he always felt that this man wasn’t reliable.

Ding Yan laughed at himself, “brother Chu, I know you do not trust me, but there is no other way to do it, I can not let Yao Xiang do it, he is a cultivation maniac, and also an honest man. If he does it, it won’t be long before they find out what he is doing, he may even lose his life because of it. By the way, brother Chu, do you think that I need to lie to you?”

Chu Yunsheng thought for a second. Yes, there was no need for him to lie. Actually, Ding Yan didn’t need to come here, he could just join the military and set up a trap to catch him, he didn’t even need to bring Yao Xiang with him.

Once Chu Yunsheng figured it out, he did not carry on questioning Ding Yan’s motives. Two energy s.h.i.+eld talismans wouldn’t consume him too much Yuan Qi, also he could even make an energy s.h.i.+eld talisman stop working at any time.

But he still didn’t want to enchant Ding Yan’s handgun, he wanted to keep his guard up until he could trust him a hundred percent.

Chu Yunsheng smiled, “I hope we can make a great team.”