Boss's Death Guide

Chapter 93 - Strange Ability

Edited by Meri

Nie Yi was also stunned by the change in his ability nucleus.

Rationally, a level three ability user’s ability nucleus wouldn’t have a solid form. This type of gummy-shaped ability nucleus would be squeezed flat in some minds, while others might be squeezed into a vertical shape. If one’s ability capacity increased, the shape would even change.

For example, his previous fire ability nucleus looked like a red blood cell found in blood; it was oblate shaped and indented in the middle. As for his water ability nucleus, it was also flat, but its surroundings had little feelers that spread out into its surrounding cracks, and looked like a jellyfish.

But now, his ability nucleus had become a perfect sphere, smooth and round without the slightest blemish!

In the crystal-like ability nucleus, a cloud of red circulated inside. Water and fire, entirely different abilities, had surprisingly blended into one now. They didn’t even have the slightest rejection towards one another...

The fire and water abilities clearly should clash; in his last life, Nie Yi had no choice but to suppress his cultivation at times to maintain a balance between the two nuclei. When using his abilities, he would use both equally as much as possible to avoid one of the abilities weakening too much and breaking the balance.

He had to admit that doing so was extremely troublesome. However, Nie Yi needed the destructive powers of dual abilities, even more so after knowing the importance of water abilities in the latter stages of the apocalypse. That’s why, even if he was reborn, he had never thought of giving up the water ability.

But now, his two completely different ability nuclei had actually fused into one after shattering!

This ability nucleus had both water and fire energy; would it really not explode?

When Nie Yi saw the ability nucleus, he didn’t even have time to consider why his ability nucleus would suddenly recover; after all, the nucleus was too strange.

Like Nie Yi, all of Qi Jingchen’s attention was attracted to Nie Yi’s strange ability nucleus.

His spiritual strength did not retreat from Nie Yi’s mind and instead wound around the ability nucleus. In the end, he couldn’t resist poking at the nucleus with his spiritual strength.

Previously, one touch from Qi Jingchen led to the outer grey shell of Nie Yi’s ability nucleus disappearing. This time, his touch unexpectedly caused a small portion of his spiritual strength to indescribably fuse into it!

Suddenly realising his spiritual strength had decreased, Qi Jingchen couldn’t help but feel frightened, even subconsciously wanting to retreat from Nie Yi’s mind. However, he soon discovered that his spiritual strength had been recovered.

What filled up his spiritual strength seemed to be Nie Yi’s spiritual strength!

Nie Yi’s spiritual strength fused into his and made him feel like Nie Yi’s mind was his domain. Nie Yi’s ability nucleus also felt especially familiar, and he was unable to resist bringing his spiritual strength to wrap around it. Then, his spiritual strength closely interacted with the ability nucleus.

Qi Jingchen felt this way, and Nie Yi naturally did as well. When Qi Jingchen’s spiritual strength had just entered his body, Nie Yi had honestly felt somewhat uncomfortable, even subconsciously wanting to ward off Qi Jingchen’s spiritual strength. Of course, this instinct was finally restrained.

But now ne, he could feel Qi Jingchen’s spiritual strength was especially intimate, so much that it was like it was a part of him.

Every cell in his body couldn’t resist wanting to get closer to Qi Jingchen.

Both of them were shocked in their hearts, feeling as though they had some indescribable connection with the other. However, when they wanted to search for it, they couldn’t find where this connection was.

Moreover, their minds being intertwined felt unprecedentedly good, so much that they wanted to continue being tangled together until the end of time.

“Boss, what’s wrong with you?” Ping Shengchao’s voice rang out by their ear, waking them up with a start.

Qi Jingchen swiftly withdrew his spiritual strength and opened his eyes, then just so happened to meet Nie Yi’s gaze.

“Boss, are you okay?” Seeing this, Ping Shengchao asked again.

“I’m fine.” Nie Yi said after he returned to his senses. He currently had an especially strong urge to kiss Qi Jingchen, but there were outsiders here...

“It’s good that you’re fine!” When Ping Shengchao saw that Nie Yi truly was fine, he finally felt relieved. Just now, Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen both suddenly closed their eyes and did not speak for a long time; it really gave him a fright. Qi Jingchen alone was already enough, but Nie Yi definitely wouldn’t sleep outside. He even thought that something had happened to Nie Yi.

Zhang Zihai had already created a bonfire at the side. Seeing that Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen had awakened, he asked, “Nie shao, want to warm yourself by the fire?”

Nie Yi carried Qi Jingchen and sat by the fire, then asked him, “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine,” Qi Jingchen said. Originally, only a majority of his spiritual strength had recovered. But just now, after circling around in Nie Yi’s body, it unexpectedly had completely recovered. Who knew what happened...

Then there was Nie Yi. At this moment he had an urge to ‘fondle’ Nie Yi all over with his spiritual strength.

“You warm yourself here. I’ll go test my abilities.” Nie Yi took out a thick waterproof sheet from his backpack and spread it on the floor for Qi Jingchen to sit on. He then walked to the side, wanting to form a fireball.

A round ball appeared in his hand, but inside contained both fire and water energy, and it was beautiful like his ability nucleus... Nie Yi looked at this fireball and suddenly felt something was wrong.

He swiftly threw this half-fire half-water ball.

This ball was tossed into a nearby bush, and immediately an explosion rang out. The leaves and branches of the bush exploded and flew in all directions, and a few pheasants had even flown out near the core of the explosion. They cried out in alarm as they flapped their wings and ran around mindlessly, unexpectedly running over to them!

“Pheasant!” Ping Shengchao swiftly rushed over and caught one, then snapped its neck. At the same time, he created several waterballs and slammed them into the other remaining pheasants. The water caused the pheasants to become confused and disoriented, and made them into drenched chickens that couldn’t fly.

There were overall five pheasants. Nie Yi lifted two of them and killed them with proficiency. Just as he was about to use his ability to boil water and defeather them, he suddenly remembered his situation.

He tried to create a waterball in his hand. As a result, once he used his ability, what appeared was, again, the thing that had both water and fire abilities!

Fortunately, he had already prepared himself, and tossed the ball to the side... Then, an explosion went off again.

“Boss, your ability became even mightier!” Ping Shengchao looked at Nie Yi in fervour, his face filled with excitement.

Nie Yi’s face, however, darkened. His ability had become like this. In the future, he couldn’t even pour Qi Jingchen a glass of water even if he wanted; how could it be like this?!

His expression was rather ugly. He wanted to try to mobilise only one ability, yet couldn’t grasp it for a while.

“I’m hungry,” Qi Jingchen suddenly said. Currently, he was very hungry, and felt as though he could eat a whole chicken! Of course, this was because the size of a pheasant was truly very small.

“I’ll make chicken soup for you,” Nie Yi said. Perhaps later when Qi Jingchen used his spiritual strength to touch his ability nucleus again, his ability would be fine, so he didn’t have to worry.

Nie Yi no longer thought too much, and first washed two pheasants with the hot water Zhang Zihai boiled and the cold water Ping Shengchao had set aside. Then, he took out the alcohol stove he brought along and had Zhang Zihai light some solidified alcohol with his fire ability, preparing to stew chicken.

Zhang Zihai now could also help others light a fire, but Nie Yi did not really want to cook with someone else’s ability, so he simply chose to use an alcohol stove.

The alcohol stove he brought wasn’t large, and not even a whole pheasant could fit. Nie Yi simply cut the pheasant into pieces and put them in to cook, while the other pheasant was directly placed over the fire Zhang Zihai made to be roasted.

He brought many things for Qi Jingchen to use and had not prepared condiments. However, Ping Shengchao had all of those with him, so Nie Yi, in the end, roasted the pheasant into a delicious thing.

He prepared the two pheasants well, and Ping Shengchao was the same. With Zhang Zihai helping by being his fire, he first made simmer-fried chicken pieces, then stewed a large pot of chicken soup.

When the few who had gone hunting returned, they discovered that the people who had originally agreed to wait for them to bring food back had already begun eating

Dabie mountains still had many green plants during winter, but there wasn’t much prey, let alone the fact that these people had no experience in hunting. As such, they didn’t bring much back, only two rabbits. Fortunately, Ping Shengchao had left chicken meat and chicken soup for them.

They all brought rations, and placed the rations over the fire to roast a while, then ate them with the pheasant stew. The flavour was very good.

Even Qi Jingchen felt that the pheasant soup’s flavour was good. He had unexpectedly eaten half the pheasant Nie Yi had stewed with the alcohol stove!

After eating, he fell asleep in a daze— Although he had recovered his spiritual strength, he still felt very tired.

Seeing Qi Jingchen eat his fill, Nie Yi peeled the meat off the other half of the pheasant and put them back in the pot, throwing away the bones. He then put in a handful of millet to continue boiling. Then, he himself ate two steamed buns— If he ate that roasted chicken, he would only be five parts full.

The group waited downhill for a very long time before Shao Zhenglan and Fei Xuelei clambered back down from the cliff. The happy expression on their faces couldn’t be concealed, and Fei Xuelei even loudly said, “It’s truly a good location up there! If we can reach the inside of the valley, it can become a paradise after being remodelled by earth abilities!”

“In the future, we’ll have earth ability users come here every day to change the environment,” Nie Yi said.

The others naturally agreed.

Now, it was already close to evening. The group simply roasted the two chickens and ate a good meal before leaving. Of course, Nie Yi first woke Qi Jingchen up to eat before he himself ate.

On the way back, they walked for over two hours, and the sky had completely turned black by the time they finally reached the village they were staying in.

There were no survivors in this village, and after all the zombies were cleared away, everyone found a house to sleep in; at the same time, they left the village chief’s house for Nie Yi and the others.

In developed areas, the villagers wouldn’t think that the village head had much of a difference from them, but in a small mountain village that was relatively closed off, a village head was equivalent to the local tyrant, and his house was also the best.

The three-storied building had a quaint old style, and there was even a red pentagram pasted in the front. It was very rustic, but the inside was decorated very well. Probably because there were many family members, there were several bedrooms.

Nie Yi chose a bedroom on the third floor. He first brought water and cleaned up one side before placing the heavily sleeping Qi Jingchen down.

Qi Jingchen was sleeping very deeply. He kissed Qi Jingchen’s body several times, then told those sleeping on the same floor such as Qi An and Ping Shengchao to keep an eye on Qi Jingchen. He went downstairs and went to the riverside behind the house to train his abilities.

This place was relatively spacious and he could also see the room Qi Jingchen was sleeping in; it was definitely the best location for him to cultivate his abilities.

This river should be called a brook; it snaked towards them from the side of the mountain and flowed past the village then travelled far, moistening the village’s soil and beautifying the village’s scenery so much that it did not lose to those famous scenic spots.

Tomorrow, he could bring Qi Jingchen here to look at the scenery; that is, if he didn’t destroy it all... Nie Yi looked at the window behind him, then sat by the brook and carefully began studying the ability nucleus in his mind.

His two abilities had completely merged together, and because of this, when he mobilised his ability from his ability nucleus, both abilities would emerge at once.

Was there any way to separate them?

Nie Yi thus sank his spiritual strength into his mind and began observing his ability nucleus, trying to mobilise his energy.

Just as he started researching, he suddenly felt someone approaching.

He had already ordered those on patrol to not come over if there was nothing. Now, it was a winter day and so late; why would someone suddenly come?

Nie Yi no longer studied his ability, looked over with a cold face, and saw a familiar face— That half-sister of Qi Jingchen was wearing a military cloak and walking over to him.

Xu Yehui and Qiu Tong were both short, and their daughter Xu Qiuyu also grew up to be very delicate. The long military cloak covered even her lower legs and contrasted with her face, making her appear especially small.

Her hair was draped over her shoulders, and she had put on makeup. In the hazy night scene, she looked especially alluring. Of course, this attractiveness was only effective on straight males.

Nie Yi had never been straight and simply could not appreciate a female’s beauty. Even if a man had come, the current him was already disinclined to give even one extra glance.

The Nie Yi who had experienced the apocalypse had long lost a proper sense of aesthetics, and now he felt that only Qi Jingchen alone looked attractive.

“What did you come here for? Fuck off!” Nie Yi coldly said.

“Nie Yi, I like you, I really like you a lot!” Xu Qiuyu suddenly said, then rushed over to Nie Yi. At the same time, she opened her military overcoat.

Her military overcoat had only been draped over her shoulders and held together with her hands; she wasn’t wearing anything underneath at all!

Xu Qiuyu, this time, was risking it all. In the beginning, although she had a favourable impression of Nie Yi, it was just that. She, who looked beautiful and had a good family background, had never lacked suitors and even had dated twice, so she couldn’t possibly fall in love with Nie Yi at first sight and be willing to bear his child.

At that time, her main consideration was still herself and she had wanted to obtain benefits from Nie Yi.

But Nie Yi had rejected her and treated Qi Jingchen so well... She didn’t know when it began, but Xu Qiuyu spent day and night, every hour and every second thinking about Nie Yi!

However, Nie Yi did not look at her at all, and would only give Qi Jingchen the utmost care.

Xu Qiuyu was so jealous she was about to go mad!

After she asked around from those who lived in the same village as Qi Jingchen and learnt that Qi Jingchen had always been a very ordinary person, she was even more tilted and all the more desired to obtain Nie Yi.

However, Nie Yi’s meaning today was actually to leave the Z County survivors here...

They were left behind, but Nie Yi and the Chenguang Team would definitely leave. When the time came, could she still possibly see Nie Yi?

The apocalypse was different from before. Once she started living in this village, perhaps she wouldn’t be able to leave, nor would she dare to leave until her death... Xu Qiuyu gritted her teeth and made a decision, intending to stake it all for once.

She did not believe that Nie Yi truly would not like her!

Men, didn’t they like girls her age the most?

After Xu Qiuyu made her resolve, she actually did find an opportunity—Nie Yi had been staying close to Qi Jingchen for the past few days, but had come to the riverbank alone on this night!

Xu Qiuyu took off her clothes and went to find Nie Yi with just a military overcoat. She was convinced that once she hugged Nie Yi, he definitely would not be able to stand firm!

Xu Qiuyu gritted her teeth and endured the cold wind to throw herself at Nie Yi. However, Nie Yi instinctively wanted to use his water ability to push her away.

Nie Yi’s former water ability would only thoroughly drench Xu Qiuyu and freeze her to near death, then push her away. However, his current ‘water ability’...

An explosion reverberated and Xu Qiuyu’s entire body was thrown out. At the same time, a shriek tore through the night sky.

Qi Jingchen had originally been sleeping very soundly but was rudely awakened by a scream. He got up from the bed and went to the window to look down to see many patrolmen running towards the riverside below the window.

These people were all holding torchlights, and under these light’s illumination, he could clearly see the situation at the riverside—Nie Yi stood there, ashen-faced, while a girl held her face in her hands and rolled on the ground continuously nearby.

When that girl rolled around, the military overcoat on her body was tossed up and unexpectedly revealed a pair of smooth and bare legs... She unexpectedly was naked under the military overcoat!

Qi Jingchen’s face darkened— someone actually dared try to seduce his man!

Baobao Notes

At the beginning of the chapter I wrote spiritual strength and ability nucleus so often they don’t mean words anymore. Just a small note, in case I get this wrong in the future: the words 精神 of 精神力 could mean many things, like spirit, mind, thought, consciousness, vitality. So honestly, I hope I didn’t translate the wrong meaning.

Ruru: ew what is this girl doing ʕథ౪థʔ