My Endless Life.

Chapter 390 Xie Yan
Walking into the grocery store, Xie Yan discovered that there weren't many things there.

The grocery store is not big, just a square area of ​​less than 40 square meters. There are three rows of shelves in the middle, with various items on the shelves, but strangely, there is no repetition.

The cashier area was located at the back of the store. There was no clerk, and there was not a single person in the entire grocery store.

Xie Yan felt strange and looked around for the owner.

But the shop owner didn't see it, his attention was instead drawn to a bottle of juice on the shelf.

The bottle of juice was red all over, without any trademark or label on the outside. It was basically a three-no product.

But the juice had an extraordinary attraction to Xie Yan. At that time, he didn't want anything else but to buy him.

So he put his idea into action. He took out all the money he had and transferred it all to the QR code on the cash register. Then he went home with the juice.

When his mind returned, he realized what he had done.

There was no time to cry for his lost savings…it wasn’t much anyway…Xie Yan’s entire attention was focused on the juice he bought.

The juice was red all over, emitting a faint glow in the dark. It felt warm when held in the hand. It was obviously something unusual.

Xie Yan, who had only received basic education, understood that sometimes things that glow and are warm are not necessarily magical things, but may also be radiation, so with fear and anxiety, he used the radiation monitoring device that he had bought in the past on a whim to test the juice over and over again.

Only after getting the test results showing no radiation did he drink the juice with confidence.

Yes, he didn't think about anything at the time and drank the juice directly without even doubting whether it was poisonous.

When Xie Yan thought back on it later, he knew that there was definitely something wrong with the juice.

But it was too late, he had already drunk the juice, and it turned into the purest fire, changing his body.

"..."

Walking to the mirror in the room, Xie Yan took off the hoodie he was wearing, stood in front of the mirror and looked at himself.

What appeared in the mirror was an 'Ash Man' with short hair and black and red body.

He was like burning ashes, with lines of flame flickering on the surface of his body, and his charred body looked like burnt charcoal.

Apart from the body, there is almost no human form in the whole person.

This is what Xie Yan looks like now.

He became a monster.

But becoming a monster is not without its benefits. Xie Yan raised his hand, and the flame ignited in his hand. The flame with warmth and heat was reflected in his charred pupils.

This is his current ability.

He can control fire and make himself burn, just like the Fire Man in a superhero movie.

But the difference is that when he releases the flames, he also has to endure the pain of being burned by the flames.

Although the flames could not harm him and the pain was not too painful, this continuous and uninterrupted pain still made Xie Yan feel terrified.

He had become like this, and could feel the pain brought by the flames when using his abilities. These changes were the reason why Xie Yan had stayed indoors for the past few days and didn't even dare to see his mother.

He was afraid that his mother would think of him as a monster.

I am also afraid that I might lose control of my abilities when I am emotionally agitated and hurt my only relative now.

"Damn it! Damn it!!"

Looking at himself in the mirror, who looked like neither human nor ghost, Xie Yan almost broke down again.

He now regretted it immensely. He regretted that he should not have entered that grocery store, should not have bought anything, and should not have drunk the things he bought without thinking anything!

But Xie Yan had no choice. He didn't know why he had to drink the bottle of juice like a crazy person.

Now that it has become like this...what should he do?
dong dong dong-

When Xie Yan was despairing and blaming himself, there was another knock on the door, but this time the sound was not from Xie Yan's bedroom, but from the front door of his house.

Someone came to visit Xie Yan's house.

Xie Yan originally thought so, but when he heard the noise outside, he felt something was wrong.

"Eh? Who are you guys——"

"We are Xie Yan's friends."

A voice that sounded like a child spoke at the door.

The mother's confused voice came: "Xiaoyan's friends? This...you..."

"Auntie, if you let us meet him once, we will know everything."

The child's voice spoke again.

“…Okay, come in.”

Xie Yan's mother quickly agreed to the "child's" request, but the moment Xie Yan's mother agreed, alarm bells rang in his mind!

Because he had only lived with his mother since he was a child, Xie Yan knew his mother's character very well. Although she doted on him and usually looked like an old woman who was easily deceived, she was actually very vigilant.

There was no way she would let a stranger into her house so easily, even if the other person claimed to be her friend!

Besides, Xie Yan’s interpersonal relationships can be seen at a glance. His mother knows exactly what kind of friends he has. How could she let a stranger in without asking Xie Yan’s opinion?

Something is wrong, something is very wrong! His heart beat faster and faster, and countless bad thoughts flashed through Xie Yan's mind. He thought about the abilities he had now, and also about the novels he had read before.

He suddenly realized that the people outside the door were most likely the group of people who specialized in dealing with supernatural phenomena!

They may belong to the official organization or other organizations, but there is no doubt that they are here for Xie Yan!

Must run!

As soon as Xie Yan thought of this, he thought of his mother who was still outside the bedroom.

If he just ran away like this, that group of people would definitely not let his mother go, so even for his mother's sake, he couldn't just leave.

So, what to choose in the end? The answer is already very clear.

Looking up at the bedroom door that had not been opened for a long time, Xie Yan put on the hoodie again and reached for the door handle.

……

He hinted to the woman in front of him to let him and others in.

Li Qi entered the room and looked directly towards the bedroom.

Without looking specifically, he could sense the heat coming from the room. The thermal imaging pattern, like a human-shaped torch, was as obvious to Li Qi as a fire in the dark night.

The rare item [Flame Juice] has the ability to allow the holder to have the power to control fire, but the cost is currently unknown.

The divination technique performed by the "immortal" summoned by the old director with his life had recorded the abilities and names of most of the strange objects, and even the prices of some of the strange objects could be explained in great detail.

But occasionally there are some strange objects whose reasons are unknown and whose prices are unknown, such as the one in Xie Yan's hand.

The same goes for Xu Leying's strange things.

So in order to confirm the price of the rare item in Xie Yan's hand, Li Qi came here in person.

After all, Xie Yan was one of the team members he had reserved.

However, Li Qi did not expect that as soon as he entered Xie Yan's house, the tightly closed bedroom in the distance suddenly opened, and a guy with flames burning on his body, like a fire man, walked out of the door.

As soon as he went out, he said to Li Qi and others in a deep voice:
"Don't make things difficult for my mother. I'll go with you..."

He had just said half of his words when his voice gradually faded away and the flames on his body gradually went out. He looked at the trio in front of him with astonishment.

A little kid and two girls who look like they are just high school students; this is how Li Qi and his two companions appear to outsiders.

This group doesn't look like bad people at all, nor do they look like members of a mysterious organization. Instead, they look like ordinary students who went out for a picnic but got lost and came here to ask for directions.

Xie Yan's emotions were interrupted for a moment when he saw the people in front of him.

But when he saw his mother's dazed eyes, Xie Yan's IQ once again took the upper hand.

Ordinary people cannot hypnotize others instantly. Even if these people in front of him are not members of the mysterious organization, they definitely have superpowers like him!

Therefore, Xie Yan was stunned for only a second, and then the flames on his body burned again, and he asked sternly:

“…Who are you! Why are you hypnotizing my mother?!”

"Tsk, Yi Cheng, let him calm down."

Li Qi saw the flames burning on Xie Yan's body, which showed signs of igniting the surrounding objects, and immediately gave an order to Yi Cheng beside him.

"Don't order me! But it is really annoying that this person can set fires at will..."

Yi Cheng subconsciously refuted Li Qi, then opened the magic book and began to chant the spell:
"!"

A series of musical notes were compressed to the extreme, and a meaningless sound came out of Yi Cheng's mouth. The pages of the magic book in her hand began to turn continuously.

In just one second, endless frost covered the small room.

In just a moment, the flames on Xie Yan's body were covered by frost, and he turned into a "snowman" wrapped in ice.

Although he was trying his best to release his flames, these flames only melted the ice on his body faster. It would take some time for him to recover completely.

During this time, Li Qi took out the certificate prepared by Bureau 057 and showed it to Xie Yan:

"Official department, Xie Yan, right? I declare that you are now officially recruited. Come with me."

"...?"

Official...department...?
Xie Yan once again confirmed the child in front of him.

He wanted to see if the other person was an adult with dwarfism, but no matter how he looked at it, the other person was just an ordinary child.

Have the current officials allowed children to work?

Xie Yan felt confused, and then he saw Li Qi raising his gun:
"Now, I'll give you a chance to come with us. If you refuse, I will shoot without hesitation. If you want to see if your superpowers can handle bullets, you can try it yourself."

The black pistol was held by two small hands that were much smaller than its body.

But the hands were steady, and seeing the look in the boy's eyes, Xie Yan had no doubt that the other party would be determined to shoot.

Then he raised his hands and held them above his head:
"I...I'll go with you!"

Even if he had super powers, Xie Yan would still have an instinctive fear of hot weapons.

After all, no one knows whether his superpowers can block bullets.

(End of this chapter)