Jiang Hua grunted, “I promise you, I won’t touch him.”
He took out a communicator, seemingly calling the hospital. Soon, someone came to take Jian Lexian away.
When Jian Lexian woke up again, he suspected he was dreaming.
He was surrounded by white walls.
His wounds were bandaged, and he was wearing a clean patient gown.
“You finally woke up,” a nurse said as she removed the IV from his hand. “It’s incredible; Mr. Dong Sui is truly amazing. Not only can he turn ordinary people into supernatural beings, but he even created an antidote.”
Jian Lexian recalled everything that had happened before he fainted. He tore open the bandage on his hand and saw that his wound had already started to scab over.
He had been bitten, but Dong Sui had saved him.
“I want to see Dong Sui,” Jian Lexian said.
“That’s not so easy,” the nurse gave him a sideways glance. “Mr. Dong Sui is very busy; you can’t just see him whenever you want.”
“I have something very important to discuss with him. Please help me,” Jian Lexian insisted.
“Alright, I’ll give it a try,” the nurse replied as she left, pushing the empty IV stand away.
At that moment, Dong Sui was dealing with a group of obstinate people.
“Mr. Dong Sui, you must take the position of the base leader; no one else is qualified.”
“Indeed, not only have you given us the powers, but you’ve also saved all our lives. And now you’ve developed an antidote for the zombies.”
“Except for you, no one is fit to sit in that position.”
Since ordinary people gained abilities, the role of Lou Yelin had been completely undermined.
They wanted Dong Sui to take over the leadership.
Dong Sui frowned and reiterated, “I don’t want to be the leader. You all can go back.”
He stood up as he spoke.
The group hurriedly pleaded, “Mr. Dong Sui, please reconsider!”
“Yes, we all want to live under your leadership. Could you explain why you don’t want to?”
“I only want to do research, and I don’t have the time to waste on the base’s affairs.”
Dong Sui grasped Jiang Hua’s hand, smiling softly as his earlier fatigue faded away. “I would rather spend my time with the people I care about.”
As they watched Dong Sui walk away, the group was left somewhat dazed.
After all, so much had happened, and they felt a bit disoriented. Dong Sui was simply too young; everything he had accomplished felt like a myth, as if heaven had given them an opportunity for redemption.
He refused to take the position of the base leader, a position that everyone admired. Perhaps in his eyes, it was worthless.
It was normal for someone like him to make such a choice.
Jian Lexian waited for a long time until the door to his room opened.
He quickly sat up straight.
Jiang Hua walked in first, giving him a cold glance and snorting, “You really have a hard life.”
He looked like he wanted to write on his face that he wished Jian Lexian were dead.
Recalling the wrongs he had committed, Jian Lexian lowered his head in shame. “I’m sorry, I’ve come to understand. I won’t do those bad things anymore. I don’t seek forgiveness, but I hope to atone for my sins.”
Jiang Hua chuckled coldly as he approached, “Atonement? Do you deserve it?”
He leaned down, pulling out a knife and tossing it in front of Jian Lexian. “Since you want to atone so badly, why not end it all and make amends to those who died because of your selfishness?”
Jian Lexian’s face turned pale instantly.
He trembled all over but dared not pick up the knife.
Jiang Hua looked coldly at him, retracting the knife, “Since you can’t do it, you have no right to speak such grand words.”
Jian Lexian clenched his fists.
He truly could not do it; he didn’t want to die quietly. He wanted to live.
Jiang Hua said, “I promised Xiao Sui I wouldn’t lay a hand on you, but if you dare to have any bad thoughts again, I will make you regret not ending it today.”
As his words fell, they heard Dong Sui’s footsteps approaching from behind. “What are you two discussing?”
Dong Sui had gone to consult a doctor about Jian Lexian’s condition, ensuring there were no side effects from his medication.
The situation was better than he expected.
The results on the health report were all normal, and Jian Lexian now looked no different from an ordinary person.
Jian Lexian quickly got up. “Dong Sui, thank you for saving me without holding a grudge.”
“Just sit down,” Dong Sui replied. “My reasons for saving you are a bit self-serving.”
If the system hadn’t warned him that the protagonist’s death would lead to the collapse of the world, he wouldn’t be here at all.
“What I want to say is that I have been reincarnated,” Jian Lexian said. “The base is about to face a severe zombie wave and a famine.”
“I know I’ve done many foolish things in the past, but I hope to take out the resources from my inventory to help the base through this crisis.”
Dong Sui raised an eyebrow.
This was somewhat unexpected for him, after all, resources were Jian Lexian’s greatest support.
However, based on Jian Lexian’s previous bad history, Dong Sui initially didn’t truly believe he had genuinely repented.
But during the upcoming zombie wave, Jian Lexian seemed to completely change. He not only provided resources but also set aside his former pride to care for the injured supernatural beings.
With ordinary people also having powers now, the total number of supernatural beings in the base was significantly higher than in his past life. Coupled with the support of vaccines, this zombie wave didn’t result in the same heavy casualties as last time.
Three days later, the zombie wave finally ended.
Jiang Hua didn’t meet the same fate as in the original storyline, dying in the zombie wave.
Dong Sui heard the system’s notification chime.
[Detecting significant changes in the storyline of this world. You have successfully completed the task of saving the antagonist Jiang Hua.]