Villain Boss Chapter 148
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 148: They Needed To Remember That
When Shen Bai was assigning tasks, Jiang Ran and Si Xu were already in Xiling base.
Hearing two gentle knocks under the wooden board, Zhou Jian pulled away the carpet, lifted the wooden board, and grumbled, "Jiang Ranran, do you think this place is a convenience..."
Halfway through her words, Zhou Jian suddenly fell silent when she saw the person behind Jiang Ran.
Climbing out from underground, Jiang Ran patted the dust stuck on her clothes and sighed. "Fortunately, there’s this secret passage, otherwise we could only force our way in."
The ranting girl didn’t answer.
Jiang Ran looked at her, puzzled. "Zhou Jian, what's wrong?"
The girl dodged her eyes, shook her head vigorously, and stammered, "No-nothing."
Ever since Si Xu threatened to break her arm and make it into a target for Jiang Ranran to practice shooting, she’d been traumatized by Si Xu.
Seeing her discomfort, Jiang Ran took Si Xu by the hand. "Si Xu, I was able to get out of the base last time all thanks to the help of Zhou Jian and her friends."
Si Xu glanced at the trembling girl and nodded slightly. "Thank you."
Zhou Jian was flattered. "Don’t mention it!"
Jiang Ran, "Eh~" This guy actually said thank you... Well, he looked really cute when he said thank you with an expressionless face.
The slum area was relatively close to the city wall, and all kinds of sounds happening outside were accurately transmitted to their ears.
Jiang Ran listened attentively. "Zhou Jian, where are Qiao Yi and the others?"
"There are zombies attacking the city. Qiao Yi went out with his men. Yi Xi also went with him."
"Have all the superhumans in the base gone out?"
"I think so." With Si Xu around, Zhou Jian didn't dare to talk nonsense, and answered as best as she could, "Just now I heard people outside say that it seems that the north city wall has succumbed, and several zombies and mutant beasts had rushed in."
After a brief understanding of the situation from Zhou Jian, Jiang Ran thanked her and left the slum area with Si Xu.
With the first and second teams joining the battle after their return, the pressure on the city wall was greatly reduced. However, there were endless zombies. If the stalemate continued, even the most powerful superhuman would collapse.
After dealing with the zombies and mutant beasts running around in the city, the two came to the foot of the city wall.
Jiang Ran stepped on the steps with one foot and was grabbed by Si Xu. "Jiang Ran."
"Huh?" She looked at him, puzzled. "What's wrong, Si Xu?"
"Go help Shen Yao and rescue those injured."
Didn't he want her to go up the city wall? Jiang Ran pursed her lips and said seriously, "Si Xu, as you said, I lack practical experience."
"Just fight with me," Si Xu said seriously. "I’m more suitable for training than those zombies."
How could he say that about himself?
Jiang Ran laughed. "But I want to stay by your side."
Si Xu, "..."
Refusing to give up, she hooked his fingers and shook them gently, saying softly, "Come on, I want to stay by your side, Si Xu~"
"..." Looking at the girl's misty almond eyes, Si Xu's ears turned red, and his voice lowered by two pitches. "Okay."
Following Si Xu up the city wall, Jiang Ran secretly made a "V" sign to herself.
……
Everyone in the base knew that Professor Si, as the head of the laboratory, had a very terrifying combat power.
But actually, very few people had really seen how terrifying it was.
Since the establishment of the base, there had been few such large-scale zombie attacks. And small-scale zombie attacks were handled by other captains of the superhuman teams.
Since the establishment of the base, Professor Si had hardly shown his skills in any battle against zombies.
Therefore, most people who later joined Xiling base only heard everything about Professor Si from other people's rumors.
However, rumors were just rumors after all, and everyone knew that there would be a lot of exaggeration in them.
This was also the reason why many people chose to join forces with the Shen family in private even though they respected Si Xu on the surface.
Jiang Ran shot and killed two mutant birds and looked at the straight back of the young man.
In the original novel, when Xiling base encountered the first wave of zombies, it was Si Xu who led the people in the laboratory to repel the zombies, and he killed them all when the zombies rushed in.
Si Xu never publicized such matters, and those people in the laboratory disdained to fight for fame and fortune.
Hence, the Shen family took advantage of this and took the main credit for repelling the zombies.
By repelling the zombies and protecting the safety of the base, the Shen family’s prestige among the people rose.
The so-called spin control was important at any time.
Subsequently...
Subsequently, the Shen family took the lead in destroying the forces of the laboratory, and no one thought it was wrong.
Compared with the moody and unscrupulous Professor Si, the Shen family who repeatedly repelled the zombies and protected the base was more trustworthy.
That was what those people said.
Hah. Jiang Ran laughed coldly as she killed a zombie that jumped onto the wall.
Since those people didn't know much about the protection they had received, she would let them remember it today.
In the apocalypse, no one had the responsibility to protect anyone.
She was different from Si Xu. Since Si Xu had done it, she must let everyone know.
She had to grasp all the praise and glory in her hands. Even if they only contributed a little, they must let those people see it.
——Without a deep experience of the threat of death, people would naturally ignore the efforts of others; once public opinion was slightly guided, they would lose their own judgment.
……
Outside the base, the zombies were still rushing to the wall of the base one after another.
Inside the base, ordinary people hid in a narrow space and prayed constantly.
Si Xu stood on the wall, looking down at the group of zombies emitting a foul smell.
"Eww, how disgusting." He unleashed a space blade and cut the zombie that pounced on the wall into two pieces.
"Professor Si!"
Someone discovered the man who had appeared on the wall silently.
"Professor Si is back!"
As if they had already won, cheers broke out in the superhuman team.
A mutant bird dived down, and when Jiang Ran was about to raise her gun to shoot it in the head, she keenly noticed the subtle changes in the air.
Time seemed to stand still in an instant, and the zombies that were scrambling to move seemed to have been frozen on the spot. They all stopped moving.
The mutant bird that rushed towards Jiang Ran stiffened its wings, slid forward due to inertia, brushed past Jiang Ran's face, and fell to the ground.
"Thud, thud, thud."
One after another, the mutant birds in the sky fell to the ground, and some directly smashed a big hole in the roof.
Jiang Ran was stunned. She squatted down and poked the mutant bird that fell behind her.
It was hard, as if it was frozen?
Frozen...
Thinking of something, Jiang Ran stood up suddenly and trotted to Si Xu.
The young man heaved a sigh of relief, looked sideways at Jiang Ran, and blinked. "Jiang Ran."
Jiang Ran was extending a finger to poke the zombie closest to her.
She exerted a little force, and the zombie fell down. As if a frozen object falling to the ground, it made a crisp sound.
Not getting a response, Si Xu emphasized his tone, "Jiang Ran."
She looked at him and stuttered, "Si-Si Xu, did you freeze them all?"
It wasn’t an attack of space-type abilities, but water-type abilities.
Yes, Si Xu was a superhuman with dual abilities.
However, penetrating the skin and directly acting on the water in the body... Was this something a superhuman with water-type abilities could do?!
