Chapter 162 – Who Is Whose Savior

The house collapsed due to the battle between Evolved Humans. This bloody man before me had successfully rescued his wife and children, but he himself was buried by the collapsing house.

He wasn’t dead. Using his last bit of strength, with his wife’s help, he moved the beam that was pressing down on him.

But it seemed today was fated to be his death day, or perhaps tonight was just too unlucky.

Before he could even rejoice in his narrow escape, those two Evolved Humans returned. One of them swung an iron bar, accidentally injuring him and sending him flying three meters.

He fell to the ground again, with no strength left to get up.

His wife, holding their child, scrambled to his side: “A Qiang, A Qiang, what’s wrong! Are you okay, A Qiang!”

Then she looked around, hoping for a miracle: “Help! Someone save our A Qiang! Save…”

She couldn’t say anything more, just desperately hugging her man, feeling powerless: “Who can save us…”

A Qiang let his wife and child kneel beside him, crying heartbrokenly. He let his young son stand by blankly, looking at him. He couldn’t even say a word of comfort. Every time he opened his mouth, large amounts of blood would gush out, and he couldn’t make a sound. He could only stare with wide eyes, quietly and tenderly gazing at his wife.

‘In the end, I couldn’t keep my promise to protect you until the very end… Goodbye, A Li!’

Just as he was about to die, a clear, cold voice came from nearby.

“Do you guys need help?”

A Li suddenly looked up and saw the masked man standing nearby. A ray of hope flashed in her eyes, as if she had grasped a life-saving straw. She immediately said with a choked sob, “Please, save our A Qiang! I beg you, help us! Hurry, hurry…”

Su Hao nodded and knelt before the barely breathing A Qiang, placing his hand on his chest. Blood Qi slowly flowed into A Qiang’s body, helping to clear the accumulated blood.

“Plop!”

A Qiang suddenly coughed out a mouthful of blood, finally managing to breathe more easily.

A Li immediately knelt beside him, nervously not knowing where to place her hands: “A Qiang, A Qiang! Hold on, A Qiang, someone is helping us! You’ll be alright…”

A Qiang’s eyes regained clarity, and he managed to speak: “A Li!”

At this moment, the masked man said calmly, “I’ve only helped clear his blood congestion and delayed his death. However, his internal organs are severely damaged; he basically won’t survive.”

Hearing this, A Li was struck as if by lightning. The hope in her eyes gradually dimmed. She knelt down, grabbed the masked man’s clothes, and sobbed uncontrollably, “Please, save him… I’ll repay you by being your ox or horse…”

Looking at the scene, Su Hao couldn’t help but sigh. How many families are broken and lives are lost every day in this world? Who is anyone’s savior?

To seek but not obtain, all beings suffer.

Su Hao said calmly, “I can save him, but not for free. There are conditions.”

A Li’s hope rekindled, her teary eyes looked at Su Hao expectantly, saying, “As long as you can save him, I’ll agree to anything.”

Su Hao said, “Don’t rush to agree, listen to my conditions first. First, after I save him, I need him to follow me for at least a year. How about that?”

A Li began to collect herself at this moment. She wiped away her tears and immediately nodded, “I agree!”

Su Hao looked down at A Qiang and said, “What about you? If you agree, nod your head.”

A Qiang nodded.

Su Hao added, “Second, I need him to cooperate with me in an experiment, and there’s a possibility he might die. How about that?”

A Li hesitated. Seeing A Qiang nod, she also nodded, “I agree!”

Seeing that both of them agreed, Su Hao immediately nodded and said, “Then it’s settled!”

‘Healing’!

Su Hao activated the ‘Healing’ rune. A Qiang’s external wounds visibly scabbed over and healed, and his damaged internal organs slowly recovered under the adjustment of Su Hao’s Blood Qi.

A Qiang’s complexion gradually returned to normal, his breathing became steady, and he felt his body filling with strength, which rekindled his desire to live.

In fact, even if they didn’t agree to Su Hao’s terms, Su Hao would have saved him anyway and then sought out another victim. To Su Hao, whether they agreed or not was irrelevant; someone would always agree, and he would eventually find someone willing to cooperate with the experiment.

Moreover, Su Hao didn’t feel like he owed them anything.

Soon, nourished by Su Hao’s ‘Healing’ rune, A Qiang regained his strength, slowly sat up, and hugged A Li, weeping.

After a long while, Su Hao handed a golden pill to A Li, then slowly left with A Qiang.

In the following days, Su Hao rescued two more near-death ordinary people. Then he left Chiyang City with them and headed towards the Laboratory.

…

After bringing the three to the Laboratory, Su Hao, besides introducing himself as ‘Boss Wei’, had only one request: to recite the new version of the ‘Evolved Human Code of Conduct’. He then told them to live on their own in the cave and recover their health first.

In the following days, every night, Su Hao would bring back one or two ordinary people. Once Su Hao’s Laboratory was full with eight people, Su Hao stopped going to Chiyang City every night. Instead, he began to teach these ordinary people to train their bodies daily, improve their physical strength, and accumulate Blood Qi.

Soon, these ordinary people became familiar with each other. In their leisure time, they enjoyed chatting about gossip.

“A Qiang, how did you end up here?” a long-faced man asked A Qiang, who was in a daze, curiously.

A Qiang came to his senses and suddenly smiled, “That night, I thought I was going to die. It was Boss Wei who pulled me back from hell, so I came here with him.”

The long-faced man nodded, “It was the same for me. I thought I was doomed, but then Boss Wei saved me. By the way, A Qiang, do you know what Boss Wei wants us to do here?”

At this moment, everyone else leaned in curiously.

A Qiang glanced at the long-faced man and his tone suddenly became very indifferent, saying, “Xia Tu, my life was given by Boss Wei. Whatever needs to be done, can be done. At worst, I’ll just return this life. So, I don’t know, and I don’t want to know.”

Xia Tu chuckled awkwardly, “I didn’t mean anything by it, just asking casually out of curiosity!”

At this moment, the others began to speculate about Su Hao’s intentions, with everyone saying something different.

A Qiang couldn’t listen any longer, so he got up and started walking down the mountain.

Compared to chatting aimlessly with others, he was more eager to strengthen his body until it was solid, to survive the ‘trial’ that Boss Wei said might be fatal, and then, a year later, to return smoothly to Chiyang City, back to A Li’s side.

Soon, A Qiang arrived at a platform at the foot of the mountain and began to train his body and feel his Blood Qi according to the method guided by Boss Wei.

Two Months later.

Su Hao gathered everyone and observed their Blood Qi progress, then nodded with satisfaction, “It seems you’ve all recovered well during this period! Then we will soon enter the second phase.”

Everyone’s heart tightened. Although they knew this day would eventually come, when it truly arrived, there was an indescribable fear in their hearts.

A question arose in everyone’s mind: “Boss Wei, what exactly does he want us to do?”

Su Hao seemed to sense their unease and immediately chuckled, “Don’t worry! Boss Wei is steady and precise in everything he does, there won’t be any problems!”

“Our upcoming trials will be divided into four phases, with each phase lasting about two Months. As long as you all succeed, you can leave in less than a year.”

With that said, Su Hao drew eight sharp small knives from behind him, along with small bottles marked with numbers, and distributed them to everyone. Then he said, “Alright, first task, collect some of your own blood and fill the small bottle!”

The first task is self-mutilation?

Most people looked bewildered, filled with worry about their future.

“Plop!”

While the others were still stunned, A Qiang cut his finger with a knife, letting his blood flow out and fill the small bottle.

It was fast, steady, and precise, without him even blinking an eye, instantly stunning everyone.

Five chapters today~ Any tickets to reward me!

(End of Chapter)