Rise of the Wasteland in Cultivation

Leng San ran downstairs, but didn't encounter anyone on the way. Moreover, the camp gate was wide open, and there wasn't even a guard. This was too ridiculous!

However, the security scanners on those towers were still scanning the area within 300 meters of the camp. If any object moved, an alarm would be triggered immediately, and the fully automatic heavy machine guns connected to the scanners would immediately aim at the target, ready to fire at any time.

At this moment, Ye Wenrou was not in the camp. She had most likely left the camp through the main gate, and the camp's security system had not been triggered. How strange!

However, everything that happened tonight was too strange. To be on the safe side, Leng San first picked up a stone and threw it out of the camp to make sure the security system wouldn't be triggered before he walked out of the camp gate with peace of mind.

A cold moon hung high in the sky, its light hazy. The surroundings were eerily quiet, with no howls of zombies or roars of mutated beasts, only the sound of waves crashing one after another.

Leng San instinctively ran towards the sea and sure enough, he saw a slender figure standing on the rocks, wearing a pajamas printed with a teddy bear. It was Ye Wenrou without a doubt.

Just as Leng San was about to step forward to greet her, he saw Ye Wenrou suddenly raise her hands, and two waves were thrown into the air. When Ye Wenrou's hands fell, the two waves crashed down.

"This is... a coincidence, isn't it?" Leng San stopped in his tracks, somewhat incredulous, and stood quietly behind Ye Wenrou, observing her.

At this moment, Ye Wenrou raised her hands again, and two more waves rose into the air before crashing down and breaking into countless bubbles.

This time, Leng San saw clearly that the waves were not being directed by Ye Wenrou, but rather Ye Wenrou was raising her hand in rhythm with the waves, pretending to direct them.

Leng San was speechless. A fifteen-year-old girl, running to the beach to play this kind of game late at night, could she be any more childish? No, this doesn't seem like Ye Wenrou's personality.

So Leng San continued to observe quietly and gradually saw the clues. Ye Wenrou was indeed moving in rhythm with the waves, but she wasn't playing around. Instead, she was trying to blend into the rhythm of the waves, so she tried again and again.

At this moment, Leng San had a strange feeling. Ye Wenrou seemed to be trying to tame the waves, but he had only heard of taming horses, dogs, or even elephants. Could waves be tamed as well?

Just then, Ye Wenrou suddenly raised her hands again, and with a whoosh, two waves rose into the air. This time, Ye Wenrou did not lower her hands, but instead raised them even higher, and the two waves also leaped up a second time, soaring into the air.

Leng San's body trembled violently: "What is this? Telekinesis? A supernatural ability?"

If it were telekinesis, Leng San would absolutely not accept it, because even cultivators need to reach the fourth level of Qi Refining and release their divine sense before they can perform telekinesis.

In this wasteland world, besides himself, a cultivator, there are probably no other fellow cultivators. Therefore, Leng San thinks that Ye Wenrou's ability is a kind of superpower, just like that black-clad woman who can manipulate fireballs.

However, compared to the powerful woman in black, Ye Wenrou is clearly still a novice. Her superpowers are only good for playing in the water for now and don't have much destructive power.

Suddenly, Ye Wenrou swayed, seemingly due to exhaustion, and fell headfirst into the sea.

Leng San flashed forward and caught Ye Wenrou in time. Ye Wenrou exclaimed in surprise, "Xiao San, what are you doing here...?"

Before Ye Wenrou could finish speaking, she seemed to suddenly lose power and fainted.

Leng San took a closer look under the dim moonlight and found that Ye Wenrou was not abnormal, but had just fallen into a deep sleep. She was probably mentally exhausted. She was bad at playing games and ended up messing things up!

Leng San could only carry Ye Wenrou back to the camp. They still didn't encounter a single person on the way. At this point, Leng San had some vague guesses in his mind.

When Leng San returned to Ye Wenrou's room, he indeed saw Ye Wenrou lying on the bed, also wearing teddy bear pajamas, half sitting and half lying down, with an open bottle of clean water on the table.

Leng San glanced at Ye Wenrou on the bed, then at Ye Wenrou he was holding, and immediately fell into deep thought.

After a while, Leng San placed Ye Wenrou, whom he was holding, onto Ye Wenrou on the bed. The two of them automatically overlapped and became one.

Leng San turned around and went back to his room next door, where he found himself meditating again.

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The next day, Leng San woke up. This time he was really awake, because the moment he opened his eyes, he found that it was already daylight outside, and he could hear the voices and footsteps of other scavengers.

Leng San looked down and found that the two beast crystals he was holding had completely lost their spiritual energy and turned into a black stone. With a gentle squeeze, they turned into a ball of black powder. His body was sticky, which was all the impurities expelled from his body after advancing his cultivation and tempering his body.

Leng San subconsciously looked inside his body and found that his spiritual sea had doubled in size, which undoubtedly meant he had advanced to the second level of Qi Refining.

For a moment, Leng San was a little confused, unsure whether the strange events that happened last night were real or just a dream.

Leng Sanjing pondered for a while, but still couldn't make sense of it, so he simply got up, took a shower, and changed into a set of dry clothes.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Zhou Chen's voice came in: "Mistress, are you up yet?"

"Wait a minute!" Leng San moved the nuclear battery off the top of the door and opened it. He saw Zhou Chen and Fatty standing outside the door, with Zhou Chen peeking into the room.

Leng San asked curiously, "Brother Chen, what are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for a gentle girl..."

Leng San said irritably, "Sister Wenrou is in room 407 next door."

Zhou Chen chuckled awkwardly, "Room 407 was locked. Fatty and I knocked for ages but there was no response..."

Leng San said with an unfriendly expression, "So you thought Ye Wenrou was in my room?"

"Hehe, don't be angry, little mistress. I was just joking. Actually, it's not a big deal if a gentle girl is in your room. We're all men, I know!" Zhou Chen winked smugly.

Leng San now understood why Ye Wenrou kept beating up Zhou Chen; the guy really deserved it. So Leng San kicked Zhou Chen, sending him flying from the fourth floor. However, that height wasn't enough to cause injury to a level two gene-enhanced warrior.

So Zhou Chen quickly climbed back up the stairs, but his face was a little bruised, suggesting he landed face-first.

Just then, Ye Wenrou opened the door and came out, yawning and rubbing her head, saying, "It hurts so much. This awful place, why do I feel more tired the more I sleep here?" After saying that, she secretly glanced at Leng San, seemingly a little guilty.

The fat man chuckled and said, "No, I slept really well last night. I slept through the night until dawn. I haven't slept this comfortably in a long time."

"Me too, it felt so good. Little San, did you sleep well last night?" Zhou Chen asked while rubbing his face.

Leng San said calmly, "It's fine."

Ye Wenrou hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Xiao San, did you...did you dream last night that you went to the beach?"

Leng San shook his head and said, "No, I slept until dawn."

"Really not?" Ye Wenrou asked with some doubt. She had a dream last night in which she went to the beach to practice controlling the waves. As a result, she exhausted too much mental energy and almost fell into the sea. At the critical moment, she was caught by her lover.

Leng San shook his head, looking puzzled. "No, what's wrong?"

Ye Wenrou's pretty face flushed slightly as she said, "Oh...it's nothing, I was just asking."

Zhou Chen's eyes darted around, and he chuckled, "Did you dream about going to the beach with your mistress last night, gentle girl? As the saying goes, what you think about during the day, you dream about at night. That's perfectly normal. I dreamed about Tang Hao'er last night too!"

Ye Wenrou was furious and about to hit someone when she saw Bi Lang walk over with a serious expression. She asked, "Boss, what's wrong?"

Bi Lang frowned and said, "Do you remember the bespectacled guy who booked our room last night?"

"I remember, so what?"

"That guy died last night."

Ye Wenrou asked in surprise, "How did he die?"

"I heard he died in his bed at his lodgings, without any external injuries. We don't know how he died. The camp is now sealed off, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. The camp guards are investigating," Bi Lang said in a deep voice.

The fat man exclaimed, "No way! This is unlucky? When can we leave?"

Bi Lang helplessly spread his hands and said, "I guess we'll have to wait until we figure out the cause of Four Eyes' death."