Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies

Chapter 796: Wavering Loyalty

However, as soon as she finished speaking, the guards turned startled. They looked at the monstrous thing in front of them and felt as if they had received great, shocking news. This...this thing was a mutated bug? How could it be a mutated bug? They knew that these bugs were big, but since when did they become so big? It was as if someone had hurled a big boulder at them!

"What are you looking at?" Bai Meiyue glanced at the two people behind her. "Alert the security and defence station. Ask them to increase the frequency of the pheromones." The usual frequency was not enough to deal with this mutated bug. It was better to increase the frequency.

The guards nodded and then hurried down the watchtower to alert the security team. Those two had seen a lot of mutated bugs, but this one had really refreshed their three world views. These mutated bugs were as big as a small mountain, and they had to come up with a way to deal with them before they ended up becoming their meal.

Bai Meiyue turned to look back at the mutated bug. Her eyes narrowed when she saw the thing coming close; it seemed like Reseacher Guo was active once again. This thing couldn’t have appeared without his intervention. Since it had appeared, that man must have a hand in it. Her eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent. Very well, she had been waiting to look for that man for ages; who would have thought that he would appear without her going out to look for him?

As the mutated bug got close, Bai Meiyue started to wonder whether to use her powers on it, but before she could make a move, the humming of the bug stopped, and it started to slowly turn around, but the size of the bug was too big, and its speed was too slow. The increasing frequency in the air caused an unsettling hum. The bug tried to escape, but its size proved to be a hindrance. Bai Meiyue continued to watch the bug. At first, she thought that the frequency was only making it difficult for it to escape, but then there was a loud bang, and the entire bug exploded into countless pieces. Blood — rotten and dark — was scattered all over the land, and Bai Meiyue heaved a sigh of relief.

It seemed like she did not make a mistake.

Bai Meiyue coldly watched the remnants on the floor before turning around on her feet and walking out of the watchtower. When she returned to the mansion, she found Shen Zhen sitting in the same position as she had left her. She noticed that the woman was still lost in her thoughts and sighed. She walked over to where she was sitting and patted her on the shoulder. She said to Shen Zhen, "I know that you are worried about the child, but shouldn’t you tell this matter to Lu Yu? I know that I was the one who told you that I wanted to hide this matter from Lei Qian, but after seeing how he tried to protect the child and me, I believe that you should also give him a chance."

Bai Meiyue understood her reasoning and why she was not willing to tell Lu Yu about the child.

The child was unstable, and there was a good chance that he or she might not be able to survive. Shen Zhen must be hoping to keep the truth from Lu Yu to keep him away from the sadness and the grief, but as the father of the child, Lu Yu deserved to know the truth. What’s more, if Shen Zhen took care of this baby, deeming it as unfit for survival and if Lu Yu found out the truth, then it would cause a lot of trouble between the two of them. Bai Meiyue naturally did not want that to happen.

Bai Meiyue did not tell the truth to Shen Zhen. Lu Yu was an orphan, and he was naturally looking forward to having a family out of the worry that the woman would think that she was forcing her into making a decision that she did not want to. However, Bai Meiyue hoped that Shen Zhen would take things into consideration before making a decision, or else there would be endless trouble for her.

Shen Zhen did not seem to have heard her. She was looking over at the horizon, but she still nodded as if she had heard what Bai Meiyue had told her. Seeing that the woman did not seem to have her mind on the conversation, Bai Meiyue did not say anything. She simply took her leave, since the woman did not want to talk about it; she was not going to force her into talking.

Bai Meiyue returned to the study room, where she started cultivating. The safety alarm was still blazing in the safe base, telling everyone that the situation outside was dangerous. Seeing that the situation was not good, many of the ability users rushed to the watchtowers, as they wanted to see what was going on but there were many who hid inside their mansions, as they were worried that they would be caught and dragged to the line to fight; anyway, they had no sense of loyalty toward the Bai safebase, so why would they put their lives in danger?

Bai Meiyue was, of course, aware of these things, but she did not bother with these people. She knew that they all were planning to leave the safe base and go to the capital. At most, they wanted to live at a safe base for a while before going to the capital. They did not want to swear their loyalty to her, and she was too lazy to bother with them. No matter what they were doing in the safe base, as long as they did not cause any trouble for her, she had no intention to force them into swearing their loyalty to her.