Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Chapter 199 The Bizarre Post-Apocalyptic World 16

Upon hearing Liao Zhuang's words, Xiao Ze's face remained expressionless, as if he hadn't been the one who had bitten the person to death earlier.

"So what? In this world, being soft-hearted is a dead end. Their deaths were simply because they weren't strong enough." Ozawa's voice was cold, as if he were talking about an insignificant ant.

“I noticed that everyone in the town had many needle marks on their arms. I think you were supporting the people in this town to drink their blood. Later, probably because there were too few people in the town and not enough blood for you, you started rescuing people from outside to make blood reserves. Am I right?”

Xiaoze smirked: "If you're right, then you're right."

Liao Zhuang couldn't help but curse, "You really have no humanity at all!"

Ozawa, with black blood at the corner of his mouth, smiled contemptuously.

"Humanity? What is that? Is it useful? Can it save your life? When my brother and I were suffering terribly at the capsule company, living a life worse than death every day, why didn't anyone talk to them about humanity? Now you're talking to me about some bullshit humanity." A trace of pain flashed in Xiaoze's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by madness and indifference.

Lin Xiaoqian and the others exchanged glances. Xiao Ze's mind was so twisted that he could no longer be called a normal person, and it was even possible that he himself could not be called a human being.

Mo Ying looked at Xiao Ze and suddenly said, "You can control monsters from the past hundred years and the people in the town, so your special ability is mental?"

Ozawa raised an eyebrow, his face full of provocation: "I don't know."

Mo Ying didn't care and continued, "You said that you and your brother both escaped from Capsule Corporation, so I'm very curious, what is your brother's ability?"

Xiao Ze twitched the corner of his mouth, snorted coldly, and remained silent.

At this moment, Lin Xiaoqian noticed something strange outside. She instinctively looked out and found that the fog outside the restaurant, which had been thinning, was now so thick that it was almost tangible. Despite it being broad daylight, there was not a single ray of light, as if it were the dead of night.

The frantic pounding of the monster outside had stopped at some point.

Zhuang Damao looked outside warily and said, "Why has this fog suddenly become so eerie? It feels sinister and gives me the creeps."

Mo Ying narrowed his eyes slightly, channeling his spiritual energy into them. Through the thick fog, he saw a tall, slender figure approaching the restaurant.

“Dao Domain?” Mo Ying said in a low voice, “No wonder I didn’t notice it at first, but it seems a little different.”

"What Dao Domain?" Lin Xiaoqian asked in a low voice, while keeping a close eye on the thick fog.

Mo Ying frowned, observing the figure's movements as he explained, "Dao Domain is the name in the cultivation world, also known as a domain. It originates from the profound understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth by powerful cultivators. It creates a space unique to the cultivator, within which they can manipulate the rules and move freely. But this power before us, while exhibiting the characteristics of a domain, also feels strange. It's not as powerful as the Dao Domain of a powerful cultivator in the cultivation world, but it's still quite rare. Could this be Xiao Li's ability?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Li appeared at the restaurant entrance. He looked up and carefully examined the restaurant, exchanging glances with Lin Xiaoqian and the others through the thick fog at the fourth-floor window. He said, "I know Xiao Ze made a mistake, but he couldn't have gotten into this state by his own hand. Let me bear all the blame. I know your companion's mental sea has been damaged. My crystal core might be useful to her. I can give you the crystal core in my brain. I have only one request: you must release Xiao Ze."

"Brother, no!" Xiao Ze shouted upon hearing this, his face showing panic for the first time. He struggled desperately, trying to break free of his restraints, his face filled with worry and fear for Xiao Li.

Everyone was stunned. Liao Zhuang was shocked and subconsciously said, "Crystal cores? There really are such things?"

Zhuang Damao glanced at Xiao Ze on the ground and asked, "Those two brothers shouldn't be considered human anymore, right? But is what he said about the crystal core saving Jiang Shuang true or false?"

Lin Xiaoqian shook his head to indicate that he did not know, and whispered, "As long as it can save Sister Shuang, I can agree to any request. Let's go down and ask him in person."

The group took Xiaoze to the first floor in the elevator, and halfway there, Xiaoze begged them for the first time.

"Please don't hurt my brother, I'm begging you. I'm the one who injured your companion. I'll take responsibility for my actions. My abilities are mental, so you'd be better off using my crystal core. Please, please don't hurt my brother."

Black liquid, probably his blood and tears, flowed from the corner of Xiaoze's eyes, covering his face in a way that was both pitiful and funny.

Lin Xiaoqian couldn't help but whisper to the others, "Why do we suddenly seem like the bad guys?"

Once they reached the first floor, the people hiding under the tables began to scream in terror as soon as they saw Ozawa.

"Monster! It's a monster!"

"Kill him! Kill him now!"

"Kill him! Don't let him live and continue to harm people!"

Xiaoze kept his head down, his expression unreadable, and showed no reaction.

Lin Xiaoqian and the others quickly reassured him, "Don't be afraid, he's under control now and won't hurt you."

Despite Lin Xiaoqian and his companions' efforts to calm the crowd, the fear in the crowd remained high. Many people grabbed whatever they could use as weapons, their eyes filled with fear and anger as they stared intently at Xiaoze.

After the group regained consciousness, Mo Ying confirmed that they had returned to normal and then released the spell that had bound them.

But with the scene so chaotic, he had no choice but to tie them up again, throw them in a corner of the restaurant, and then cast a silencing spell on them.

After the scene calmed down, he opened the restaurant door and said to Xiao Li, who was standing at the door, "Come in."

Xiao Li didn't move, but tugged at the corner of her mouth and said, "Your restaurant is also a field, much stronger than mine. If I go in, I'll be easily captured by you. I can't take that risk until you release my brother."

Mo Ying frowned slightly and said, "Then how can we believe that what you're saying is true?"

Xiao Ze realized that Xiao Li was nearby, so he shouted from behind Mo Ying, "Brother, you can't give them the crystal core! You'll die without it! If anyone's going to give it to someone, it should be me." His voice trembled slightly.

Xiao Li looked at Xiao Ze behind him, a hint of tenderness flashing in her eyes.

“When I first met Xiaoze, he was a little smaller than he is now. At that time, he had just been brought to the hospital by the director. He was a tiny little guy who only knew how to cry and didn’t know how to grab food. I felt sorry for him, so I gave him the buns that I had hidden away and couldn’t bear to eat. Gradually, he became close only to me.”

Xiao Li's expression held a hint of nostalgia as she continued, "Later, the Capsule Company came to the school and took away more than a dozen children, including me. At that time, I naively thought that those people were taking us to receive a better education and give us a better life. I even begged the director to take Xiao Ze along as well."