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"Are you starving? Take your time, don't rush."
Shen Yuan looked at Chi Qinghua with affection, piling various foods and drinks in front of her.
Chi Qinghua was starving!
She hadn't eaten anything for almost two days, and her hands were continuously grabbing food to shove into her mouth, not caring what it was. She devoured a large assortment of random items in one go and then drank an entire bottle of juice before wiping her mouth and letting out a satisfied burp.
Seeing this made Shen Yuan feel very distressed.
Then she looked up at Shen Yuan and softly said, "Brother, actually I have been awake the whole time. I saw everything that happened."
Shen Yuan was taken aback and exclaimed, "What? You've been awake this whole time? Why didn't you tell me? Wait, what did you just say? You saw everything that happened? I didn't see you open your eyes!"
It was possible for Chi Qinghua to pretend to be asleep; this little girl was very clever, smarter than any other girl her age that Shen Yuan had ever met.
However, there was no need for Chi Qinghua to pretend to be asleep in front of him! Because if there was anyone in this world that Chi Qinghua could trust, it would be him.
Moreover, how could she possibly see everything that happened? She couldn't have kept her eyes open the entire time, could she?
Chi Qinghua extended her thin little hand and pointed at A Hu, who was lying on the side. "Brother, how should I put it... actually, I can't say I was fully awake. Well, I should say my body was never awake, but my soul has always been awake. Um, the soul is just the soul. I felt like my soul entered A Hu's body, and then everything A Hu saw and heard, I could see and hear too. It felt very strange. It's like... like I was A Hu."
After all, Chi Qinghua was still young and had limited language skills.
She spoke while thinking, trying her best to organize her words clearly.
She told Shen Yuan about everything that had happened since the apocalypse began.
"Yesterday around four in the morning, after Apophis was blown into countless pieces, A Hu and I were standing by the window watching the meteor shower when we saw a meteor fly in through the window and hit us. At that moment, I was holding A Hu. Then I fainted, and A Hu fainted too."
"About eight o'clock, I woke up without feeling anything special; it was just that A Hu had grown a bit bigger and heavier. I didn't pay much attention at the time; I thought I had just woken up groggily and took A Hu to the cafeteria for a meal. But as soon as we reached the corridor, I saw a Mutant Mouse. I was terrified and fell down, hitting the wall of the corridor before fainting again."
"After fainting, I realized it felt like I had entered A Hu's body. I could feel everything A Hu felt; when I called A Hu's name, it responded as if I were A Hu myself. I told it not to run around but to stay there and guard me."
"And then A Hu kept guarding me. It became really strong and killed that Mutant Mouse. However, soon more Mutant Mice came along and bit many people to death. I heard their screams one by one and saw many people die, but I couldn't do anything; all I could do was let A Hu guard me."
"Then, you came, Brother. I wanted to talk to you, but I couldn't because A Hu can't speak. After that, I just kept following you. I stayed awake until you brought me and A Hu here."
Chi Qinghua spoke slowly, her voice calm.
She recounted the entire process and then looked up at Shen Yuan, saying, "Brother, actually, when I first saw Guo Dalong's scales, I had a feeling that I wanted to eat them. When I first saw Mutated Hen, I felt the same way, and the same with Mutant Mouse and Licker. I actually know that this isn't my feeling; it's A Hu's feeling. When I first saw Guo Dalong's scales, A Hu tried to bite them but couldn't. However, later I saw that when you held the scales for a while, they turned to powder. So I thought that when you held the scales for half the time, they might become less solid, and A Hu would be able to bite them. Sure enough, I was right!"
Shen Yuan didn't interrupt and listened seriously.
Chi Qinghua clenched her small hands, a proud smile on her face: "I was right! Then after A Hu ate a lot of scales, it got hotter and then fell asleep against me. Then I noticed that the heat from A Hu actually flowed onto me! I felt warm all over, like when I first met you, Brother, and was about to die of thirst and hunger when you gave me a piece of bread and a bottle of water. It felt so good! Then I felt myself slowly returning to my body, and then I woke up."
Chi Qinghua spoke rapidly and then felt a bit thirsty, grabbing another bottle of juice.
The orphanage provided enough food and clothing, but Red Sister always forbade the orphans from eating junk food, like this cheap juice that surely wasn't good.
But this juice was definitely much better than plain water!
Once, Shen Yuan secretly bought each orphan a bottle of juice behind Red Sister's back, and at that time, Chi Qinghua's face was filled with happiness.
Now with various juices piled in front of her, she had to drink her fill!
The apocalypse didn't matter; she had always been alone anyway. As long as she was by her brother's side, anywhere felt like home!
Yes, it was home, not heaven. Because she heard that there were no human feelings in heaven; it sounded boring. Azure Mantis still preferred the human world!
Shen Yuan remained silent and thought quietly.
Chi Qinghua could lie but wouldn't lie to him.
Chi Qinghua was very smart; she could distinguish between illusion and reality. Since she said so, it must have really happened.
Her experience was like the "out-of-body" phenomenon in mythological legends; she could feel everything, hear everything, and see everything!
It seemed that something special had developed between her and A Hu.
Could it be because when that meteor struck her, she was holding A Hu?
After A Hu consumed Guo Dalong's scales, a flow of heat generated within him, which was the Source of Life. Surprisingly, this Source of Life could flow from A Hu's body into Chi Qinghua's body, promoting her physical evolution.
What exactly was the relationship between her and A Hu?
"Azure Mantis, can you still 'enter' A Hu's body?" Shen Yuan asked Chi Qinghua.
Chi Qinghua put down her juice and then closed her eyes.
After a while, she nodded happily and said, "Yes! I can 'enter' A Hu's body anytime now! But if I do that, my own body won't be able to move! By the way, I feel like I have more strength than before! My vision and hearing seem to have improved too!"
Shen Yuan's eyes brightened.
The mutual transmission and sharing of the Source of Life meant joint evolution.
It seemed that Chi Qinghua and A Hu had already formed an evolutionary community, though it was unclear whether they were enhancing or limiting each other.
Guo Dalong, Luo Jindou, and Licker had partial evolution, while Mutated Hen, Mutant Mouse, and Chen Letian had full-body evolution; Shen Yuan had both.
However, Chi Qinghua and A Hu represented a completely new mode of evolution:
Joint evolution!
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