296 Willpower (1/2)

In the evening, all of the refugees gathered around the campfire and waited for the potatoes to be roasted. The smell of roasted potatoes was emanating from the fire. When the Yang Consortium's troops saw this, they said in surprise, \”These people are pretty lucky. How did they manage to stumble upon a patch of potatoes?\”

Only Yan Liuyuan and Ren Xiaosu knew this was probably due to Yan Liuyuan's Luck and Curse Manipulation power. As for the specific principles behind it, neither of them knew anything.

Other people's powers were much more concrete to speak of. For example, Ren Xiaosu could see the palace in his mind and could even take the Seeds, the black medicine, the black saber, and the Explosive Poker cards out of it.

Xu Xianchu's power was also very concrete in that he could summon a physical shadow clone. Even Luo Xinyu's power allowed her to open up a visible Shadow Door.

Only Yan Liuyuan's power was something that could not be seen or touched. If it weren't for the many times they had tested it, they wouldn't even know what exactly his power could do. Furthermore, this power could not be used on himself, and that made it extremely strange.

Therefore, this power could only be slowly studied. But even the direction to try to understand it from was difficult to identify.

But now, Ren Xiaosu had used a reverse method of this Curse Manipulation to help them find a potato field. It essentially solved their problem of having something to eat.

For the past two days, Xiaoyu and the rest had to try to eat as little as possible because their food supply was not going to last them much longer.

But after Ren Xiaosu regained consciousness, all of them could have something to eat again, and it was even a lot of food!

Yan Liuyuan was feeding Ren Xiaosu and saying, \”Bro, try to get better soon. Without you around, we're all a mess.\”

Ren Xiaosu checked on how much his bones had healed, then thought for a moment before saying, \”I'll need another 20 to 30 days to recover.\”

Most people would have to wait at least 90 days for their bones to heal, but Ren Xiaosu, whose physical fitness was three times that of the average person, seemed to also be able to heal three times as fast.

Yan Liuyuan heaved a sigh of relief. They would only have to endure for another twenty days or so at this refugee camp before they could leave.

Then Yan Liuyuan said, \”Bro, it doesn't seem like the Yang Consortium is any different from the other organizations at all. Their soldiers also treat human life really lightly, so I doubt the residents in their strongholds are any better than those at the Li Consortium.\”

\”There's good and bad people everywhere.\” Ren Xiaosu said with a sigh, \”Just take a look at these refugees here. Lots of them don't have any hate for us and have resigned themselves to the hardship we're facing.\”

\”I still don't like the strongholds,\” Yan Liuyuan muttered.

\”Actually, what you dislike are not the stronghold residents,\” Ren Xiaosu said calmly, \”but the rules that exist within the strongholds. The organizations have placed everyone inside that cage and then used their rules to restrain the people living in it. You yearn for freedom, so of course you wouldn't like living under such rules.\”

Yan Liuyuan grunted. Ren Xiaosu laughed and said, \”Well, I dislike it too.\”

Yan Liuyuan's eyes lit up. \”Then after your injuries heal, we won't have to go to the Yang Consortium's stronghold?\”

The roads leading to the north had been won by the Yang Consortium's forces. However, Ren Xiaosu's group did not have the proper IDs that would allow them to travel there. Surely they could not say to the Yang Consortium's troops that they had the head spy of the Qing Consortium with them and that they wanted to travel to the Yang Consortium's stronghold to have a look, right?

That wouldn't convince anyone!

Ren Xiaosu was silent for a moment. \”Let's wait until my injuries get better before deciding on that.\”