Chapter 61: Sick?

After 12 hours of continuous driving, the convoy took its first rest.

Because there was no Gray Mist Tide chasing them this time, and with the protection of an S-class Squad, the convoy no longer drove tirelessly as before.

Instead, they had ample time to allocate rest periods.

The vehicles responsible for security expanded outward in a circular formation around the convoy by 100 meters, forming a safety perimeter.

In the car, Su Aoxue rubbed his eyes wearily.

After 12 hours of driving, even though his strength had reached the A-rank Warrior level at an incredible speed, his mental energy hadn’t increased much, and he still felt tired.

In the back seat, Su Muqing wore a gas mask.

Unawakened talents could only wear such a thing when entering the Grey Mist World.

“I’m going to the bathroom. Xiao Qing, do you need to go?” Su Mother said at this moment.

“I… No, thanks.”

“Mm, Xiao Xue, eat something before you rest.”

After giving instructions, Su Mother got out of the car.

For a moment, only Su Aoxue and Su Muqing remained in the car.

“I’m going to take a nap.” Su Aoxue yawned, adjusted the seat backward, and then lay down on the chair to rest with closed eyes.

“Hey, the car seat can be adjusted like this?” Seeing this, Su Muqing leaned forward slightly and curiously examined Su Aoxue’s seat.

“Yeah, it’s adjustable, but only the front seats can do it.”

“Before, because the Gray Mist Tide was chasing us, I didn’t have time to try this feature. Now I can lie down and rest.”

Su Aoxue adjusted his posture while speaking.

But he still felt something was off, as if missing the most important part.

Lying down was somewhat uncomfortable.

Recently, Su Aoxue had been feeling this way, but it seemed even more apparent since last night.

Fortunately, it was still within his tolerance range.

‘If I can cultivate the Nine Cold Meditation to the second layer, this feeling should definitely ease.’

“Oh, I see…”

Su Muqing continued examining Su Aoxue’s seat. Suddenly, her eyes widened slightly, and she instinctively wanted to speak, but quickly covered her mouth.

A slight bulge just lifted the collar of her shirt.

At this moment, Su Muqing’s line of sight could just see a different scenery through the collar of the lying Su Aoxue’s shirt.

‘Bandages? Why is brother wearing bandages on his body?’

‘Was he injured somewhere? But… we’ve been together the whole way, and I don’t think brother hurt his chest.’

In doubt, Su Muqing leaned forward a little more.

‘Huh? No, wait… why does brother have these too?’

‘Mom said that only girls grow these, right?’

Su Muqing couldn’t help but look down at her own chest.

Yes, the same kind of cleavage.

Then she looked up again, stretching her hands in the air to measure, as if restoring the size of what was being pressed.

‘Seems… big!’

‘That’s not right, is brother sick?’

Uncertain, Su Muqing wanted to see more clearly.

But she seemed to have forgotten that her frail body couldn’t support such large movements.

The next moment, off-balance, Su Muqing bumped directly into the seat where Su Aoxue was lying.

“Ouch, it hurts…”

“What’s wrong? What’s wrong?” Startled, Su Aoxue immediately opened his eyes and quickly looked toward the back seat, finding his sister half on the seat, half fallen underneath it.

Apart from that, she didn’t seem to be in any other danger.

“What kind of pose is that?” Su Aoxue couldn’t help but find it both funny and frustrating.

“Um… Brother, help me!”

Su Muqing turned her head away shyly.

Seeing such an adorable scene, Su Aoxue’s smile became even harder to hide. “Serves you right for spying on me. Now you’ve fallen.”

As he spoke, he opened the car door, went to the back seat, and picked Su Muqing up to put her back on the seat.

But when he looked up again, Su Aoxue froze.

He looked at the reclined seat in front of him, then looked down at his own chest, and suddenly had a thought.

‘Could Xiao Qing have been looking at…’

Su Aoxue immediately turned to Su Muqing and asked with a very stiff smile, “Xiao Qing, what were you looking at?”

The latter showed a trace of panic on her face. “I, I wasn’t spying. It’s just, brother, why are you wearing bandages?”

‘So I was seen after all. I wonder if she saw more.’

‘Probably not, since the bandages are wrapped…’

Being questioned back, Su Aoxue felt a bit annoyed and his heart chilled. He didn’t want to be exposed like this!

The next moment, Su Aoxue reached out and placed his hands on Su Muqing’s shoulders, still wearing a smile.

“It’s just a small injury on my body, but it’ll heal soon. Don’t tell Mom, okay?”

“Brother, is that a threat?”

Su Muqing blinked, tilting her head to look at Su Aoxue.

Seeing his suddenly cute little sister, Su Aoxue wrinkled his nose in frustration.

‘She’s my little sister, biological. Can’t hit her. Can’t use physical memory erasure.’

Helpless, Su Aoxue could only tempt her. “If you keep my secret, big brother will buy you delicious food when we get to the Sub-Core Base City!”

“Mm… okay.”

Although she agreed verbally, Su Muqing’s doubts remained.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Shen Yan sat in the passenger seat, staring blankly out the window.

Along the way, aside from encountering a small Gray Mist Tide, there were no other incidents. In the eyes of others, this might seem perfectly normal.

But in Shen Yan’s eyes, it was extremely strange.

‘After hiding that extra mysterious power within myself, the probability of being attacked by a Gray Mist Tide has noticeably decreased.’

‘Can these two races sense this power specifically?’

‘What exactly does this power represent? Why haven’t I heard of it in my previous life…’

‘Did this mysterious power cause my rebirth?’

Shen Yan fell into deep thought.

But there was no one who could answer his questions.

With calm and smooth sailing, the convoy quickly arrived at the Sub-Core Base City.

The Sub-Core Base City was far larger than ordinary base cities.

It was about the size of three small base cities.

Moreover, its defensive armed forces were incomparable to ordinary base cities.

Just the Dome Barrier alone could defend against attacks from Commander-rank creatures.

And the underground defenses were also sturdy, preventing ordinary Abyssal Creatures from breaking through to the surface.

Therefore, the population of a Sub-Core Base City was extremely large.

As soon as they entered the Dome of the base city, Su Aoxue immediately opened the car window.

The next moment, fresh air instantly filled his nostrils.

“Purified air smells much better. Xiao Qing, you can take off your gas mask now.”

“Mm.”

Su Muqing took off the gas mask, which left a deep red mark on her face.

“Brother, don’t forget our promise!”

The relaxed smile on Su Aoxue’s face instantly stiffened. “I won’t.”

“You two have little secrets now?” Su Mother smiled as she watched her two children interact, thinking to herself.

‘We’ve made it safely into the Sub-Core Base City. Our family’s future days will surely go smoothly.’