Chapter 38 Chapter 38 (1/2)

Chaos

Chapter 38

Big Beard’s space capsule was very large, and they also weren’t here for a very long time so not every room had been entered. As a result, they were unaware that there was also an escape capsule in there.

Seeing that something was happening on this end, Big Beard walked over with his teammates. This team from PU-18 was also very young. While Big Beard talked to them, they looked curiously at the man kneeling in the middle. He seemed to be explaining to them what happened to him during this time.

Ji Yushi looked at Big Beard and asked him something.

Big Beard was slightly surprised for a moment and then he nodded and said something back.

Ji Yushi told his teammates, “There is indeed an escape capsule in there which was left by another team previously. It can be used after restoration.”

Li Chun was confused. He couldn’t help but ask Xie Sian, “But as long as the crevice is closed, everyone will return to their original places. What do you need the escape capsule for?”

Xie Sian knelt on the ground staring at the people in front of him. He didn’t answer.

Cap Qi said, “Because he doesn’t want to return.”

The Tianqiong twelfth squad was sucked into the crevice during their mission and were trapped here, unable to find a way out. While they were trapped, they discovered Big Beard who had been living alone in the space capsule and with the help of Big Beard, they managed to gather all the parts that were still usable to successfully repair one of their capsules.

There were however many of them and only one capsule, so everyone negotiated and decided to wait until there were enough capsules gathered before preparing to return.

However, this wait lasted several months.

This barren land with no distinction in day and night as well as the limited supplies very quickly made them unable to stay here any longer. As a result, they decided to find a new way out.

One day, several teammates joined together to rob Big Beard —- Somehow, they had mistakenly thought that Big Beard would sneak off alone with the capsule and it resulted in a fierce dispute. It was only when Cap Qi and the two other teammates arrived, that they realised that it was because Xie Sian had ‘misunderstood’ Big Beard due to the language barrier.

In such a desperate setting, it was hard for one to differentiate between good and evil. Cap Qi decided to believe him.

This time, in order to avoid a similar situation from happening again, Cap Qi and several of the teammates brought Xie Sian along when they went to scout out the area. Together, they entered the rainforest and were in there for an unknown period of time. After taking a break and eating by a creek, they started to develop symptoms of food poisoning. Only Xie Sian was fine.

It was him who had added poisonous mushroom juice into his teammates food and killed them.

As for what happened to Xie Sian after he left the rainforest, everyone could basically guess it.

Rain poured heavily.

Thunder boomed.

Big Beard stood on the side and muttered a few words. Ji Yushi interpreted at the same time, “Big Beard was hurt during that, but he didn’t hand over the key to the capsule so Xie Sian and the others could only find another way out of this place. As for whether those people got lost or died in a situation similar to Cap Qi’s group, only Xie Sian knows.”

Having said that, Ji Yushi paused, “Big Beard didn’t tell us about the existence of that capsule because he was worried that history would repeat itself and Xie Sian didn’t expect that fifteen years had passed after leaving the city.”

“So he lied to us from the beginning.” Li Chun was miffed, “When we came out of the rainforest, he had clarified the relationship between himself and Big Beard. It was because he wanted to return with a clear conscience.”

Xie Sian’s plans had fallen through.

He didn’t expect that this group of people with Tianqiong’s mission would quickly discover that this was a crevice in time and would treat this predicament as a mystery to be solved. When he learned from Ji Yushi about how they could get out of this place, his surprised expression and passionate emotions concealed the panic inside him.

He must’ve been scared. If all his teammates could really be resurrected and they could really return to how it was before they were sucked in, then it was a dead end for him.

Zhou Mingxuan cursed and then said, “This is what you call you reap what you sow.”

Rain rolled down along Song Qinglan’s small face. His eyelashes were wet, and his dark eyes were bright, “So you deliberately telling those people who had just resurrected that we’re stealing the escape capsule, was it so that you could benefit afterwards or your attempt to stall for time?”

Song Qinglan didn’t wait for an answer and he also didn’t need Xie Sian to answer. He continued, “You want that capsule now because you want to escape to another time before the crevice is closed but are you not afraid that Inspectors will find you sooner or later after we return?”

Having hit the mark, Xie Sian felt ashamed. He however still gritted his teeth and said, “Escaping to the ends of the world is better than going back to die. Besides, even if I regret it now…….Isn’t it too late?”

If he knew that the situation would end up like this, he would’ve been able to curb those malicious thoughts of his. Unfortunately, it was too late.

Everyone had a chance to redo it all, everyone except for him.

Song Qinglan said, “It’s too late.”

Xie Sian, “Then exchange for it with the capsule. As soon as I enter the capsule, I will tell you the location of the flower. Otherwise, don’t even think about returning.”

Everyone was in an uproar.

There was only a small circle of light left on the mountain of garbage and they were soon about to succeed.

Could it be that they really had to let Xie Sian leave first?

Cap Qi’s muzzle hadn’t moved. Under the rain, the knuckles of the finger on the trigger had turned white, “Give it to him.”

Everyone: “???”

Tang Le refused, “No!”

Tang Qi had been attacked by Xie Sian. If it hadn’t been for the accelerated Tang Qi pushing Tang Le away in time, Tang Le would’ve also been hurt.

Except for Song Qinglan, no one else noticed the frowning Ji Yushi who was deep in thought.

Frame by frame, Ji Yushi’s mind played out all the scenes with Xie Sian. His memory was flawless. As long as it was something he had seen, heard or felt, even the slightest of detail wouldn’t escape him.

Where would Xie Sian hide the flower?”

Xie Sian entered the space capsule and fought with Big Beard.

Xie Sian sat on the ground and talked to them.

Xie Sian held a can of food and talked to them while sitting on the sofa……..

“Kemeng Beans……….” The moment Ji Yushi said those words, Xie Sian’s expression changed.

Li Chun was surprised, “Fuck, did he hide the flower in a Kemeng Bean can?!”

In the space capsule, everyone unanimously expressed dislike of those Kemeng Beans. Even if they had to eat the vegetarian canned foods that tasted worse than it, they refused to touch those beans.

The cans of Kemeng Beans were pretty much a garbage-like existence.

Ji Yushi looked at Xie Sian, “No, not the cans of Kemeng Beans.”

Xie Sian also looked back at Ji Yushi. His expression was cold, and he didn’t speak a word.

What Ji Yushi could guess, Xie Sian could also guess.

This was a confrontation between scouts.

Ji Yushi’s words were calm, but it gave people chills, “Cap Qi, you can shoot.”

Everyone was shocked by Ji Yushi’s words.

Only the seventh team weren’t shocked. Their Advisor Ji would always be able to bypass the fog and reach the truth.

Cap Qi was a little hesitant.

Ji Yushi said with affirmation, “The flower is inside Xie Sian.”

Zhou Mingxuan immediately stepped forward and ripped away Xie Sian’s black combat uniform.

This young body wasn’t weak, but it was sickly pale. There was a fresh wound stretching about ten centimetres across the lower abdomen and inside that hid a small plant. Xie Sian had used his body to nourish this plant. To do something like this to himself, it was clear that Xie Sian’s determination to escape this place had reached the point of paranoia.

Xie Sian slumped onto the ground, his face ashen, “You….how did you know?”

“You told me.” Ji Yushi said, “When you returned to the space capsule, you were choked by Big Beard and as soon as you caught your breath after he released you, you patted your body off first —You dislike his smell. When you sat on the floor to talk to us for the first time, you sat away from Big Beard’s carpet because you also didn’t like the smell of it. After Cap Song and I left halfway and later returned, you had already taken a shower and whenever Big Beard passed by, you would hold your breath. What was strange was that, although you clearly showed an expression of approval when I replied that Big Beard’s smell would be the first thing that I will remember later, you sat on his sofa without a concern and even used his blanket to cover yourself.”

Xie Sian, “……….”

Was Ji Yushi’s memory too good, or was he smarter than he thought?

Ji Yushi continued, “Most importantly, despite not eating for two days in the city, you only ate the can of vegetarian food that I gave you and when Big Beard allowed you to eat the can of spam meat, you didn’t finish it and only ate one third.”

Xie Sian sneered. He had admitted defeat, “Don’t you think I could be the same as you and just hated the taste of spam?”

Song Qinglan on the side: “………”