Trapped in the Siege of Patrols

On the bustling and vibrant street, the throngs of people were mostly dressed neatly and splendidly. In contrast, Ye Xing, in a sorry state with a sallow complexion, became the center of attention for many onlookers.

Holding the admission notice of Bu'air College in her hand, and gazing at the long - awaited peace and tranquility around her, Ye Xing suddenly felt a twinge of nervousness.

She widened her eyes, staring intently at the novel things around her without a blink.

Then she sensed the strange glances from those around her.

She lowered her head, realized how shabby she looked, and then noticed a beggar with disheveled hair sitting on the street corner, holding a bowl and constantly reaching out to passers - by.

Damn it, even the beggar was better - dressed than her.

So, quietly, she found a clothing store on the street that seemed neither too big nor too small. Ye Xing hesitated whether to enter.

Typically, if she walked in like this, she'd probably be looked down upon by the clerk. And she really had no money.

Just as Ye Xing was in a dilemma, a clerk came out with a smile. Seeing Ye Xing's sorry state, the clerk's expression remained unchanged. Still smiling, she asked, "Dear customer, what can I do for you?"

"I want to buy a set of clothes."

"Please come in, then. Our store has just stocked the new seasonal items. You can come in and have a look." The clerk led Ye Xing into the store and introduced clothes suitable for her age.

Ye Xing checked the prices. There were short - sleeved shirts costing over a hundred star - coins each, and there were also sets of clothes that could be bought for less than a hundred.

Ye Xing chose the cheapest set of clothes and trousers, which cost a total of ninety - eight star - coins.

"Customer, our store also offers a cleaning room. You can use it for just ten star - coins."

So, after paying one hundred and eight star - coins, Ye Xing was led by the clerk to a row of connected but enclosed cleaning pods at the back of the store.

The clerk showed her how to use the equipment in the pod step - by - step, then hung the clothes on the waterproof layer and left.

After taking a comfortable bath, Ye Xing felt much more relaxed. She put on the newly - bought clothes, which fit her perfectly, and the fabric was very soft.

"Welcome to come again."

With the smiling face of the clerk, Ye Xing left the clothing store.

She had only walked a few steps when a sudden commotion came from ahead. A crowd had gathered in a circle, and there seemed to be a man's scream from within.

Ye Xing pushed through the crowd and made her way to the very center. Only then did she see a couple. The woman seemed to be trembling all over due to an illness, and her face was so cold that it had turned purple.

Yet, it was a swelteringly hot day.

The man was holding his wife tightly, trying to warm her up, and had called an ambulance.

Ye Xing couldn't make out what the people around were whispering. But as a healing - type ability user, she could clearly see the woman's life force gradually ebbing away.

She wouldn't last much longer. Looking at the man's red - rimmed eyes, it was evident that the couple had a deep and affectionate bond. Ye Xing couldn't help but think of her own wife - doting father.

Ye Xing let out a sigh.

She just couldn't resist after all.

She'd just use a little bit of her ability, just a tiny bit.

Ye Xing pushed out of the crowd and squatted down in front of the couple. "I'm studying medicine. Can I take a look at your wife?"

The middle - aged man looked up in grief. The moment he saw Ye Xing's face, he was completely stunned.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Ye Xing took it as his consent and reached out to touch the wife in his arms.

Pretending to perform a few emergency first - aid procedures, Ye Xing slowly channeled the little ability that had just recovered in her body into the woman.

The woman's trembling body began to calm down, and the color was gradually returning to her face. Ye Xing let out a sigh of relief. Thinking of helping them thoroughly, she decided to get rid of the root cause of the illness while in the chaos.

Just as this thought crossed her mind, she heard the crowd suddenly stir, and someone shouted in alarm:

"It's the Wanning Birds! So many Wanning Birds!"

"Healer! Has a new healer been born on our Randel Star?!"

"It's the patrol team! They're coming!"

The words "healer" and "patrol team" struck Ye Xing's ears, and she couldn't help but shudder. She immediately looked up and saw the turquoise - colored Wanning Birds circling in the sky, showing signs of flying towards her.

What the hell! How could this happen?!

Guan Jin never told her that using her ability to heal people would attract these birds! Ye Xing quickly withdrew her hand and rapidly suppressed all the aura of her ability. She turned to run, but her hand was grabbed by the man.

"???"

The commotion around grew louder, and the crowd seemed to be expanding outwards.

Not far away, the ambulance was approaching with its lights flashing. High - level military ships were also speeding over from afar, along with the patrol team members in battle armor...

Ye Xing: Help!!!

"Good heavens, with so many Wanning Birds, this healer must be incredibly talented!"

The crowd around was in chaos, everyone looking up at the spectacular scene in the sky.

However, on this side, Ye Xing was struggling to break free from the man's grip, "Uncle, your wife is temporarily out of danger now. If you don't believe me, look for yourself, I'm not lying to you."

Ye Xing thought the man was afraid that her improper treatment would make his wife's condition worse, so she kept explaining.

But then she noticed the man's eyes growing redder as he looked at her, until they were brimming with a layer of mist.

Ye Xing: ??? 

At this moment, the ambulance finally arrived in front of them. A doctor got out and carried the unconscious wife onto the vehicle. The man followed and got on as well, but as he did, he pulled Ye Xing in too.

At this time, Ye Xing didn't care about anything else. The military ship had stopped in the sky. The Wanling Birds, suddenly losing their target, chirped urgently and crashed into each other.

The crowd was in a complete mess.

Ye Xing slammed the window shut. It was terrifying, really terrifying!

She would never use her powers in public again! She didn't want to be caught by the patrol!

The ambulance drove away from the crowd.

On the military ship, Guan Li, leading nearly a hundred soldiers, started a large - scale search and interrogation according to the direction pointed out by the detector just now.

However, they found that not a single household in the entire area had a newborn, let alone a powerful healer being born. Guan Li listened to the report from his subordinates, his brows furrowed tightly.

Just above them, the Wanling Birds that had been joyfully circling earlier started screeching shrilly as if they had lost their most precious treasure. They flew around aimlessly, and some even tried to smash into walls to kill themselves due to their over - excited emotions.

Guan Li immediately, with a headache, dispatched a group of people to soothe those injured Wanling Birds. Then he led a team to ask the people around about what had happened when the strange phenomenon occurred.

The healer who had caused the Wanling Birds to gather and circle disappeared. The federal army and the nearby patrols expanded the search area around the incident site three - fold and questioned every household, but there was still no news.

All kinds of pressure and speculations came pouring in. As the captain of the Healer Guard, Guan Li was extremely busy and in a complete mess.

At this moment, the instigator was sitting in a high - class hospital room, leisurely sipping the iced sparkling water bought for her by the man of the couple.

"How old are you now?" The man, Leonard Gary, asked Ye Xing carefully, with a hint of hope in his eyes.

"I'm 16," Ye Xing replied.

She thought the person in front of her was very strange. Since pulling her into the ambulance, he neither scolded her nor thanked her. All the way, he just stared at her with red - rimmed eyes, as if looking at an old acquaintance.

But Ye Xing was sure she had never seen this couple before.

"16 years old. Good, really good..." Gary sat by the bedside and lowered his head, covering his face.

Ye Xing heard his sobs. After waiting quietly for a while, she saw Gary adjust his emotions and look at her again. "May I ask, can I meet your parents?"

Ye Xing: "..."

Do people in this world all like to meet other people's parents so much?

Seeing Ye Xing's face change slightly, Gary quickly said, "Don't worry. I have no ill intentions. I just, I just feel that you're very familiar, so I want to meet your parents."

"You don't know my parents," Ye Xing said.

When the apocalypse came, she was still in the temple. After awakening her healing - type power, she cleaned up the zombies on the mountain with her senior and junior brothers and sisters in the temple. Later, worried about the safety of her parents, she chose to go down the mountain alone. On the way home, she encountered a small zombie horde.

At that time, she and more than a dozen survivors were trapped in a small building by more than two hundred zombies. They couldn't get out and had no way to escape.

And that's when her father came in, with her mother.

Yes, came in by killing!

Her father had awakened the lightning - type power. With the might of Thor, he carried her mother and chopped down more than two hundred zombies without even panting and came right in front of her. After asking about the power she had awakened, her dear father sighed.

"My good daughter, the heroic lightning warrior can only protect his one and only princess."

"So?"

"Father believes in you."

Then, after bringing her and those dozen or so survivors to the safe zone, her dear father took her dear mother and left!

Just like that, they left!

Abandoning the crystallization of their love, their caring little girl, to roam freely in the apocalypse!

The abandoned Ye Xing was completely stunned. Later, she gradually heard that there was a powerful lightning - type master in the south. He neither formed teams nor joined the military

"I heard they've been married for over a decade, and their relationship is really wonderful."

Only then did Ye Xing finally understand what her father meant by that statement back then. What "can only protect one princess" actually meant was that since she and her mother had the same type of power, he chose her mother! So she was just an accident!

The super - powerful lightning warrior, accompanied by his princess, rampaged through the world. Occasionally, when they happened to come across the crystallization of their love, they'd toss her a dozen or so crystal cores and then continue their carefree adventures.

Ye Xing: Do you think I deserve this? :)