The Psychic X Apocalypse

Chapter 21 [Relationship Between Fever and Strength]

"Huh, crazy. I thought I could take shelter in this building for a while, but it was instead overrun by many dangerous mutants," Lu Feng's comment still caught his breath hunting. His face looked red somehow due to the depletion of a lot of energy after fighting with the mutants and trying to escape.

Alves glanced towards Lu Feng for a moment, yet did not reprimand him. He was busy checking the equipment he was carrying. The contents of the bag were still complete, and the weapon was still in place. Seeing him still in one piece, Alves breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way we haven't gotten acquainted yet," Lu Feng said.

"Alves," he answered short.

"Well, my name is Lu Feng" he stood up and tried to walk. Whether his footstool was weak or unstable, Lu Feng almost fell staggering. Spontaneous Alves walked over and swept over Lu Feng.

Lu Feng's hand immediately sought help and propped up on Alves' shoulder. While his face was getting redder to the point that Alves could feel the hot temperature when it approached Lu Feng. Not lingering, Alves took off his black gloves, carried his hands, and stuck them on Lu Feng's forehead.

Then a burning hot taste crept into the pores of the skin Alves and simultaneously burning his skin. Not nearly a second later, Alves quickly pulled out his palm.

"You..."

Lu Feng's breathing was falling apart. Irregular, as his present condition cannot be explained in words.

"Ughh.. hahh. It seems, I. need a break. Please wake me up. I. if there's anything." After saying so, Lu Feng closed his eyes and fell unconscious.

"Ah...? Oi, wakeup!" Alves patted Lu Feng on the cheek. After trying to wake the man up for a few minutes, Alves finally gave up and let Lu Feng lay on the floor.

"Well..." Alves took a long breath. He did not think there was any more trials that would come to him. Though he had just finished killing those annoying mutants who did not stop following him. Alves thought after entering his favorite apartment room, he could rest for a while, but now the stranger next to him was suddenly in a critical condition?

Alves looked at his right palm that had just been thrust at Lu Feng's forehead. An overflowing hot taste crept through his skin, penetrating the flesh and bones within. It was as if the heat wanted to form a fire and blast his hands from within.

"This is high fever? It could be that bad..." Alves pondered his words before starting to ruffle his hair as his mind branched out and found an even crazier statement.

Ten minutes later, Alves was seen dragging Lu Feng's heavy body into his bedroom.

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"No!!!" Hao Zixin instantly stood up and covered the stairs behind her that led to the iron door exiting above with her body.

"You get out of the way!" sergeant Tang Jingyi ran towards Hao Zixin. He raised his dagger and pointed it at Hao Zixin to intimidate her.

At the same time, Anna pulled the arm of Tang Jingyi who was holding the dagger from behind.

"Tang-jie! Don't be rash!" exclaimed Anna trying to calm Tang Jingyi down. Looking at her lover who was putting in all his effort, Xu Zhaoyang inevitably helped hold Tang Jingyi down before the cold woman threw her dagger at a university student.

"Tang Jingyi, even if we go out there is no use. How can we fight a plant mutant of that size?" said Xu Zhaoyang with a calm head.

"So you can trust that guy?" Tang Jingyi pointed towards Hao Zixin using her dagger.

"Even so, his words and actions are in harmony with logic" Xu Zhaoyang replied.

"True," said Joy who had been a spectator finally spoke up. Although Joy did not want to agree with Xu Zhaoyang's statement of being rude and hostile to her, Joy had the same opinion as the man.

"Hao Zixin's words were indeed absurd, but after meeting a mutant, it wasn't no longer strange if one could suddenly have such an ability to emit fire?" Joy thought it could happen. With humans turning into mutants, of course, humans can also evolve into humans with superhuman abilities, right?

Then what about the position of psychics who already have supernatural abilities from the beginning?

Still, speculation is speculation. Joy detected that Hao Zixin's statement could have explored the link between the phenomenon of darkness and high fever that occurred in recent days. Although what Hao Zixin felt was just a normal fever, it should still be categorized as a fever due to an unknown viral infection, right?

Joy stretched out her achy hands and then changed her sitting position. "By the way Hao Zixin saved us from the plant mutant for a fee, exposing his secret. He also prevents us from going out because he does not want to get hurt or die, which means that he cares about us at least. And this is a bit subjective, but do you think people like Hao Zixin can lie?"

A few seconds later, Tang Jingyi lowered her dagger and returned to her seat. Xu Zhaoyang cleared his throat slowly to melt the atmosphere and Anna gave Hao Zixin a handkerchief before returning to their respective seats.

"But" Xu Zhaoyang raised his hand, "That means that a person with a fever can gain such power?" He looked towards Joy.

"Come," Joy shrugged her shoulders, "If it refers to Hao Zixin's story, that's the plot."

"Tang Jingyi, do you remember what Lu Feng did before we walked into the bar?" Xu Zhaoyang's tone turned serious.

"When did Feng-ge take the medicine?" Anna asked back.

At that moment, Tang Jingyi's face became serious. "Does Lu Feng have that power as well?"

"Behold, Lu Feng is the friend you want to save?" After wiping his messy face, Hao Zixin interrupted the ongoing conversation.

"Yes. Before you came, the plant mutant had time to destroy the lobby and finally Lu Feng had to be cooped up among the ruins in the corridor," Xu Zhaoyang replied fixing his glasses.

Now Hao Zixin's face became very serious. "I didn't tell you this before, but actually my friend went through the same thing."

"I told you he's hiding something, right!" Tang Jingyi tried to get up on her feet, but Anna deftly held her in place.

Hao Zixin continued, "When I had a fever, my strength suddenly appeared and I almost burned my kitchen. While my friend also felt a more intense fever until he could not move in his bed. At that time I wanted to check his condition, but when I opened the door, the entire contents of the room were covered in pointy ice at every corner!"

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"Huh?" Alves closed the book and placed it on the table in front of him. He went to the window and opened the curtain until he could see the weather outside.

"Why is it suddenly cloudy?" muttered Alves astonished.

The sky that was previously black without any wind suddenly darkened into a more dense black color. The wind was blowing hard against the trees and made a little noise. Without anyone noticing, right above the apartment building, a vortex was created above the sky that started to roll. Gray clouds flew around the vortex accompanied by flashes of light that appeared from a distance.

Zrrsssstuck!

Observing the worsening weather, Alves suspected heavy rain would come. He again sighed while grumbling.

"Tsk. If those people hadn't come, I should have been on my way to the base by now" murmured Alves to open a drawer in the front room. He reached into the contents and found the raincoat he was looking for.

"Where the phone has no signal. Only TV, no news channels running." Alves stuffed some raincoats into his bag.

Zzrsst!

"Where did that sound come from?" Alves was only aware of the familiar voice, like the one he heard in the elevator before meeting the ball mutant.

But Alves had not been able to find the origin of the sound or pull the weapon from his waist, a very loud rumbling sound was heard from out there.

Booms!

A huge lightning bolt violently struck Alves' bedroom through the apartment's windows. No matter the walls or doors that block it, the lightning does not hesitate to force into the room, as if aiming for something that is confined in it. Even the window in the vestibule that Alves had used to see the conditions outside, was shattered by the lightning from the sky.

Alves could only freeze with an expression of disbelief looking at the condition of his apartment that was not sufficiently described with the word "scruffy".

"What.." just happened?