Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

"I understand. It's okay. Even without sugar, anything else is fine."

"I'm glad you understand, Mr. Li. By then, we might only have dry food, water, and some basic weapons."

"There's nothing I can do. Since there are purchase restrictions in Safe City, I can only buy some important things first." The proprietress said apologetically.

Li Shen is very powerful, and she doesn't want to offend him.

Knowing that he loved chocolate candies, she would buy some extra every week when she went to the safe city to trade, but she really had no choice in the current situation.

Li Shen put down the cup of water, said goodbye to the proprietress and returned to his residence. As usual, he put down his things and sat on the balcony to carefully water the jasmine, trim the branches and leaves, and take as good care of it as possible.

Xia Jiumeng's conscious clone looked at him and asked his doubts, "Don't you have your own source of food?"

She thought Li Shen would ignore her, but unexpectedly he answered.

"It started after the outbreak of the wandering bodies. Later, the land and water outside were contaminated by the strange energy and wandering bodies and could not be eaten directly."

Most of the supplies were soon taken away by people from the safe city, and by the time everyone realized what was going on, there was not much left.

He had no choice but to accept the request of the Safe City and trade with cores or other valuable items.

"But the safe city is no different from before the chaos. They have high-precision purification and filtration equipment that can isolate pollution, so if you want to stay alive, you can only trade with them." Li Shen picked up a small shower head and watered the flower leaves with a little water to keep them moist.

Starve to death or be killed. People prefer to be killed.

"So the food you survive on is exchanged with them?"

"Ah."

"Use the core?"

"Ah."

"What if there are no more stray bodies one day?"

"The wandering body will not disappear." Li Shen put down what he was holding and looked at the red color that was gradually disappearing into the ground and said lightly.

People had returned to live on the ground long before the infection broke out. Since it was inevitable anyway, why stay underground?

Xia Jiumeng’s conscious clone thought about it and agreed.

After all, wandering bodies are produced by the mutation of strange but endless forces such as cosmic energy and supernatural energy, and they will indeed appear continuously.

"What are you going to do?"

This man is addicted to sugar. Can he bear it?

Li Shen didn't say anything, but just walked calmly to the bed and fell asleep.

She looked at Li Shen's expression and muttered unhappily, "Ignoring me again." Then she used all her strength to jump out of his consciousness, condensed into a kitten and landed lightly on the ground.

Originally, B-level mental power cannot condense into a form, but there is too much energy in the outside world of this space and time, so much that even mental power at his or her level can condense into a form completely relying on this energy.

"It's really better outside~" The white cat's body was covered with dense tiger stripes, especially the word "king" on its forehead was very clear, and it was actually a majestic little white tiger.

Li Shen on the bed moved his eyelashes slightly but did not wake up.

The little white tiger condensed from the consciousness clone jumped onto the table beside Li Shen's bed and looked at him.

"I don't know why such a cold and boring person likes you. I clearly have never met you except in dreams."

She swung her tail and lay down. "Emotions are such strange things."

After lying there for two minutes, she couldn't sit still anymore. She didn't need to sleep, so why should she sleep with this person?

I looked up at the moonlight outside the window, jumped to the jasmine flowers, and sniffed them gently. The clear and elegant scent of jasmine made me feel refreshed.

"It smells pretty good."

Li Shen, who was pretending to be asleep on the bed, tightened his arms and tried his best to restrain himself from revealing any flaws. He was awake, but he noticed that the voice in his head had appeared in the room. He pretended to be asleep in order to know what she wanted to do.

But I didn’t expect that she is actually a soft and cute cat. This must be a disguise!

Before Li Shen could think about it, the cat actually ran to his jasmine flowers!

He almost couldn't pretend anymore. If it weren't for his amazing willpower, he would have sat up at this moment.

She'd better not touch the flower pot, otherwise, he would let her know how cold he was.

However, Li Shen was obviously overthinking it. The little white tiger had no interest in the pot of flowers. After sniffing it, it jumped down from the windowsill. Its nimble figure instantly disappeared into the shadow of the building under the moonlight.

Where is she going? Is she trying to take action?

Li Shen picked up his coat and followed quietly.

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On the dim and deserted street, a cute white kitten was strolling leisurely, not seeming to worry about being attacked by stray animals at all.

"Why is there no one here~"

"Really boring."

After wandering around for a long time, there was really nothing except the occasional dim light. The little white tiger sighed in boredom and prepared to go home.

There's nothing to do.

Suddenly, a very faint smell of blood floated in the air and was smelled by the little white tiger walking back.

"Blood? Interesting."

She raised her head to identify the source of the smell and then ran towards it quickly.

Seeing this, Li Shen in the dark followed.

"Click." The little white tiger landed on the roof of a temporary bungalow.

"This is it." Claw patted the iron roof and jumped down. He circled the house and saw a small gap on the left.

I compared the sizes and it should be able to fit in.

Tuck in your stomach, lift your hips, and you'll squeeze in easily.

Li Shen “….”

He turned around and found the window of the house, broke the lock with a scout, and quietly climbed in.

The small bungalow was not big. The place where Li Shen entered should be the storage room. There was a strong musty smell. The door was faintly lit with a warm yellow light, indicating that the owner of the house had not yet rested.

Li Shen stepped forward and opened the door slightly.

The little white tiger was squatting in the shadow of a pile of wooden boxes, looking ahead. Li Shen followed its line of sight and his pupils shrank instantly.

Diseased form!

I saw two young-looking men pressing down a humanoid creature whose entire body was almost covered in strange dark blue crystals.

"Big brother..."

"Big brother..."

The two men held down the struggling sick body and tried to call back his will through sobs, but unfortunately, there was no other movement except the increasingly powerful struggle and roar and the intermittent "Kill... me... do... it...!"

They can't hold it back any longer!

Li Shen, who was watching from the dark, had ice crystals condensing in his hands.

That person is beyond saving.

When Li Shen was about to open the door and take action, the little white tiger in the dark suddenly walked out.

Xia Jiumeng's conscious clone had been watching for a while. She was sure that the man who was being held down had probably mutated, but it was really amazing that he still maintained a little consciousness at this time.

Her memory and main consciousness were synchronized, so she knew the classification of mutation levels. The eldest brother mentioned by the two young men was at least a level 3 mutation, and his human consciousness should have disappeared. After all, his human characteristics were almost gone.

"Are you relatives?"

Her sudden voice startled the already tense brothers. One of them immediately picked up the energy gun beside him, pointed it at the wooden box, and shouted, "Who is it! Come out!"

The other was unable to move because he was concentrating on pulling on the wrist-thick rope in an attempt to trap the struggling humanoid.

But even a very thick rope could not be used to tie the body, because crystals were still growing on the diseased body, and those crystals had very sharp edges. The rope showed signs of breaking due to friction.

"Don't point the gun at me, I'm very unhappy." A white kitten walked out of the darkness with elegant cat steps, its purple-black eyes showing a hint of disdain.

The appearance of the little white tiger stunned both of them for a moment.

A...cat? Talking?!

The air was eerily quiet for a few seconds, and suddenly the two brothers screamed, "Ghost! Ghost!!!!!"

“There’s a monster!!!!”

They screamed in terror and suddenly jumped to the other side of the wall, not even paying attention to the sick body that was screaming and struggling.

The sick creature with a sharp voice stopped struggling for a moment.

Wandering Body: .....

Little White Tiger: "???"

Li Shen: =-=.

Little White Tiger: No, let me ask you, am I so scary???

“Hey, you…”

“Ah ...

"what!!!!!"

“We’re going to be eaten!!!”

"Don't eat us!!! We stink!!!"

Little White Tiger: "I..."

"what!!!!!"

As soon as she opened her mouth, the two of them screamed wildly.

Li Shen finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he reached out, pushed open the door of the storage room and walked out. The two of them screamed again when they saw him.

Li Shen quickly froze the two men into human-shaped popsicles to force them to calm down.

He was looking at the stray body on the sofa and was about to deal with it when the little white tiger suddenly blocked his way.

"Don't kill him."

Li Shen looked down at the white cat at his feet with a cold expression, "He has mutated."

"I know, but he still has human consciousness at this time. Although it's not much, it might be a chance?"

The little white tiger jumped lightly to the back of the sofa where the mutant was lying and sat down. After observing for a few seconds, he looked up at Li Shen.

"Mr. Ice Cube, please do me a favor and give him frostbite everywhere except his head."

"Don't hurt me later."

Li Shen had a cold face and said nothing, but he cooperated with the man and froze him into a popsicle.

Seeing that the sick entity was no longer a threat, she landed on the armrest and actually began to communicate with the sick entity.

"Hey, do you want to die?"

The diseased body kept moving its head sideways, trying to bite her, but because it was restrained, it could only growl in vain.

The little white tiger stood a little further away. "You still want to bite me? You're dreaming."

"Hey, I know you can hear me, these two are your brothers, right?"

"They tried to kill me just now and I was very angry. I decided to kill them first and then kill you."

The little white tiger's eyes were full of murderous intent.

“Roar…Kill…No…”

Sure enough, after hearing this, a hint of struggle flashed in the two chaotic eyes of the diseased entity, and the original roaring voice was mixed with some words.

"He's still conscious."

"But it's no use, you can't stop me."

A sly look flashed in the little white tiger's eyes, and then he jumped directly onto the two "popsicles" that were frozen to the point that only their heads were left.

The mutant raised its claws in a position where it could be seen clearly. The sharp claws in the small pink pads actually flashed coldly under the warm light. The two men with their mouths blocked shook their heads and whimpered wildly.

“Woo….Woo….”

Sure enough, the wandering body, which was already struggling violently, suddenly seemed to be stimulated and spikes and foreign objects grew all over its body. Its original human-shaped body also began to expand and twist. Even the ice crystal that trapped him was cracked. When the ice crystal that was freezing him was about to be broken, a silver flashed by.

The pink claws slammed down on its head, and lavender power flowed from the claws into its body.

"Stay awake if you want your brother alive!"

The little white tiger gave Li Shen a look, and Li Shen pulled the two popsicles in front of the wandering body. He condensed an ice blade with one hand and placed it on the neck of one of the men, slightly piercing his skin. The bright red blood instantly solidified into blood beads when it came into contact with the ice crystals.

Full of threats.

Suddenly, the wandering body that was mutating and growing suddenly stopped changing, and its body froze at a height of about two and a half meters.

Time passed in silence, and after an unknown amount of time, the little white tiger suddenly retracted its claws and dropped them to the ground.

"What a lucky guy."

Place the soft white paws on the clean sofa cloth and wipe them continuously.

It's so dirty, full of sticky liquid!

Li Shen looked at the sick individual who was standing there panting with his head down, then glanced at the cat squatting beside the sofa and wiping its paws. His usually calm expression finally showed a hint of difference.

"How is this going?"

Only when she heard Li Shen's voice did she realize what she had forgotten.

"Li Shen, you can untie them now."

"That mutant is no longer dangerous. He survived the final stage of mutation and retains his full human consciousness."

Li Shen melted the ice crystals and looked at her in confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"As long as the will is not extinguished, life will last forever. Do you understand?"

"Isn't the biggest difference between humans mutating into wandering bodies that they have no consciousness but only instincts?"

"This person was lucky. He survived the stage of consciousness being dissolved and retained his consciousness."

"You can think of it as a wandering body with human consciousness."

Li Shen pursed his lips, and black ice crystals condensed in his hands. "He is not human."

"Not now, who knows in the future."

Li Shen didn't say anything, but just walked towards the mutant silently, wanting to kill him before he could move.

Living as a half-human, half-ghost is torture even if you have human consciousness. It's worse than...

Just when Li Shen was about to pierce it, it suddenly made a sound.

"I want to...live." No matter what, he wanted to live.

Because he has important people to take care of...

Li Shen looked at his ugly face filled with foreign objects, and saw pleading in those two completely black eyes.

Finally, he turned around, opened the main door of the house and left, leaving behind a sentence: "Get out of here, don't let me see you again."

Otherwise I will definitely kill you.

This diseased organism has human consciousness, and he can't bring himself to kill it.

But only this time.

Seeing this, the little white tiger swung its tail and followed Li Shen's footsteps. When she was at the door, she turned around and looked at the 'person' who was still standing there in a daze and said:

"You are an alien now. Humans cannot tolerate you, and of course the same goes for wandering bodies."

"However, you can find a place to hide outside this city and ask me quietly if you have anything."

"I am also an outlier. I have some experience."

"By the way, let me remind you that you are able to maintain consciousness because you have awakened your spiritual power. If you want to know how to practice, remember to visit with gifts."

"I live in the tallest building in the city. You can find me by looking for that ice guy!"

Before he could finish his words, the small figure had already disappeared.

The mutant mechanically turned its head to look at the half-open door, then slowly moved its body step by step towards the door and closed it.