"Ah!"
Little one yelped, realizing something and quickly let go of Ye Feng, her small face blushing furiously.
"Cough cough~! Hoo! Hoo~!"
Ye Feng coughed violently, gasping for air.
He had just held his breath underwater for a long time, and a large rock that had fallen from an explosion wave had pressed down on his chest. He had endured until the explosion passed, crawled out of the water pit, and just taken a few breaths when Little One hugged him so tightly, he almost suffocated!
"Big... Big Brother, are you alright?"
Little One looked at Ye Feng with a hint of embarrassment.
Ye Feng waved his hand, indicating he was fine!
"Cough~ Little One, your... your back, your back is on fire!"
At this moment, Xue Yun, who had been choked by smoke, ran over. She pointed at Little One's back, her face full of anxiety.
"Ah!~"
Upon hearing Xue Yun's words, Little One instinctively dodged to the side and started patting her own back.
Xue Yun also came to Little One's side, helping her pat out the flames on her back, while Ye Feng cupped a handful of water to assist.
"Little One, are you alright? How is it, does it hurt a lot?"
After extinguishing the flames, Xue Yun looked at Little One with heartache.
This little girl had rushed into the flames without hesitation to find Ye Feng, and hadn't even realized her own back was burning.
"I... I don't feel any pain. Was my back really on fire?"
To Ye Feng and Xue Yun's surprise, Little One did not cry out in pain, but instead looked confused.
"Hmm? Little One, could it be that your burns are too severe and you've lost sensation?"
Xue Yun immediately became anxious and quickly lifted Little One's clothes to check her back.
"This... this..."
Seeing the smooth, unblemished skin beneath her scorched clothes, Xue Yun was stunned. Little One was not injured at all?
"Is the burn very serious? Let me see!~"
Seeing Xue Yun's silence, Ye Feng became anxious.
Burns were tricky. Once the skin was damaged, various bacteria in the air could easily enter the body, causing infection. In the absence of medicine and medical care, even a small infection could be fatal!
"This..."
Upon seeing Little One's smooth, fair skin, Ye Feng was also stunned.
What was going on?
"Big Brother, Sister Xue, am I... am I very seriously burned?"
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Little One couldn't help but ask.
"Little One, does it hurt?"
Ye Feng tentatively pressed lightly on Little One's back and asked.
"No~"
Little One shook her head, "It's just a little cool, and a little itchy!"
"This..."
Ye Feng was somewhat bewildered. Her clothes were burnt, and it was a large area, yet Little One was completely unharmed?
"Cough cough~ Ye Feng, let me examine Little One~"
At this moment, Xue Yun's voice rang out.
Because the area of Little One's burnt clothes was quite large, and she wasn't wearing much, revealing her white bandeau and large patches of fair skin.
"Uh, okay~!"
Ye Feng, who had calmed down, also realized this, blushed, and turned away.
However, at this moment, he seemed to suddenly feel the unique softness and smoothness of Little One's back skin on his fingertips...
...
"Ding!~"
"Host has killed the Bloody Mary swarm, gaining 8 usable points~"
Ye Feng, who had walked a considerable distance away, suddenly heard the system's voice in his mind.
"As expected, aside from killing zombies, other things are a chance to gain usable points~"
The system's voice once again confirmed Ye Feng's previous guess.
...
About half an hour later,
After examining Little One and confirming she was fine, Xue Yun changed Little One into another set of clothes.
Of course, Ye Feng and Xue Yun also changed their clothes. They didn't want to continue walking around smelling of stench.
"Big Brother, how did you know that 'poisonous gas' would explode when ignited with fire?"
Little One, now wearing a modified puffy dress, walked towards Ye Feng and asked.
"Oh, this 'poisonous gas' contained a large amount of highly concentrated hydrogen and methane, making it a natural bomb. Although there was mist, it could still ignite with an open flame!"
Ye Feng explained to Little One.
"Yikes, Little One, be careful!"
Suddenly, Ye Feng looked anxious. A burning branch had just fallen from a tree, and Little One was directly underneath.
"Ah!~"
Little One yelped and instinctively reached out to push away the burning branch.
"Little One, are you alright? Let me see your hand!"
Xue Yun quickly stepped forward, took Little One's hand, and examined it.
"Sister Xue, I'm fine!~"
Little One shook her head, signaling Xue Yun not to worry.
Xue Yun looked at Little One's unharmed small hand, astonished. Ye Feng, however, looked at Little One with a look of horror.
Because Xue Yun and Little One clearly hadn't noticed that as Little One's hand touched the burning branch, the flames on the branch had actually moved away from her.
It felt as if Little One had pushed the flames away, or as if the flames themselves had consciously moved away from Little One!
"Little One, has she... has she evolved?"
"And her evolved ability is control over fire, but she herself doesn't know?"
Ye Feng was extremely shocked.
In the world of the Long Night, due to various reasons, humans would occasionally evolve special abilities by chance. Those with special abilities were called evolvers. Tie Jia, whom Ye Feng had encountered before and could transform into an Ankylosaurus, was one such example!
"Big Brother, what's wrong?"
Seeing Ye Feng staring at her blankly, Little One blushed.
"Nothing~"
Ye Feng shook his head, calming his mind.
"Damn it, we followed for so long, and the 'Food Tower' has already been claimed by someone else!"
"Exactly! We're exhausted, and after several days, we only found one 'Food Tower'."
"Not only that, but there was also an explosion nearby just now..."
...
At this moment, several complaining voices drifted from afar.
"They look similar to the group from before. They're walking along the large pits!"
Little One stood on a large rock, observed with binoculars, and said.
"Large pits?"
Ye Feng frowned, took the binoculars, and observed.
"Those aren't large pits, they should be giant footprints~"
Ye Feng was speechless. These people were actually following giant footprints, looking for some 'Food Tower'.
"Let's leave here first, this place isn't safe!~"
After a pause, Ye Feng added, not wanting to stay too long in a place with giants.
"Okay~!"
...
The three soon returned to where they had parked the BMW K1600GT motorcycle.
After hours of toiling, all three were famished. Ye Feng directly took out the hot pot set, coconut juice, grape juice, and other drinks they had bought earlier. He asked Xue Yun to set up a pot and boil water, preparing for a good meal.
Soon, a lavish hot pot was ready...
While eating, Ye Feng checked the supplies refreshed in the [Shop] today...
...