Superhumans of the Dome City
Chapter 320 - 320 53 The Past_2

320: Chapter 53: The Past_2 320: Chapter 53: The Past_2 “?” Rina looked at him, puzzled.

“What kind of question is that?

Didn’t the uncle tell you anything?”

Do I look like someone who would explain things clearly?

He didn’t even tell me that he’d been to Zero Island!

Rina nodded sympathetically, her face reading, “I get it, I understand.” She pulled out a piece of candy from her pocket.

“Want a piece of candy to calm down?”

It’s pathetic to be comforted by a high school girl.

Don’t look at me like you see a junior, I am your elder!

The Superpower User angrily took the candy and stuffed it into his mouth, listening to the witch slowly narrate the past.

“That was over three years ago, I was just at the Clarity Realm then.

Uncle came to Zero Island for investigation, and the first thing he did was visit our family’s shrine to ask grandma a lot of questions.

After that, he said he planned to see all the famous shrines on Purple Island.”

“That must have been a huge hassle!

Uncle was a stranger with no knowledge of the place, so grandma sent me to guide him.

Thus, we two made a round trip around Purple Island, having seen all six major shrines.

Then he inexplicably said he wanted to change places, dragging me along to Dahe Island.

I was very curious at the time because most of the old shrines on Dahe Island had been renovated into buildings or factories by the Martial Arts Association guys; there was nothing of interest to him.”

Rina’s words were filled with regrettable memories, and the Superpower User had a premonition about that person’s behavior.

“That guy didn’t perhaps…”

“You guessed it,” Rina said, covering her face.

“Uncle said he planned to take a tour of the Shiyu Research Institute.

His exact words were ‘Cultivating the Impermanence Skill with modern technology?

Laughable, there’s actually a dumbass taking it seriously in this world!

Let’s go, Rina, let’s see what they’ve cooked up.’ And then he took me to infiltrate the secret base of the Shiyu Research Institute without further explanation…”

That was outrageous, but such was the kind of thing Yan Qi would do.

“At that time, in the western part of Kuku Jili Town, there was a heavily guarded research base.

Since it was closer to us, Uncle sneaked in with me.

He started off restrained, only going into the archives to scrounge for some research materials, not letting me see.

But after he was done…” Rina shivered, “Uncle got angry.”

Gongsun Ce remembered the dreamlike appearance of Shiyu Lianyi and understood Yan Qi’s feelings very well.

“Then did Yan Qi single-handedly destroy that experimental base and snatch out Mr.

Shiyu?”

Rina corrected him: “Not destroyed, the secret base simply ceased to exist.

After that day, to the west of Kuku Jili Town, there was nothing but a stretch of barren wasteland.”

Gongsun Ce smiled and asked, “I only have one question—why didn’t he take advantage of the momentum to go to Weiyuan City and demolish the headquarters of the Shiyu Research Institute, too?”

“I guess it’s because of political reasons…

that day, Uncle kept getting phone calls, saying stuff like ‘If it’s war you want, then let it be war, scared of f*ck all’ and ‘Is Ustus your dad or something?'” The little witch shrugged her shoulders.

“In the end, he was persuaded to stop, and we took Shiyu Lianyi with us and went on a trip.”

The Superpower User chewed up his candy, bitter-smiling at the subtle outcome.

“What was Mr.

Shiyu’s condition like at that time?”

“Well…” The little witch’s eyes darted around.

“Little Ce, what’s your relationship with him?”

“We’re as close as brothers, the kind that would die for each other.

I even helped him chase after his girlfriend.”

“No way, that guy actually got a girlfriend?!” Rina’s mouth fell open in shock.

“What has he become now?”

The guy who made the campus bachelor contest meaningless as soon as he enrolled…

If I put it that way, Rina will probably be very surprised.

“He’s just an ordinary college student who chats with us at the fast food restaurant after school.”

The witch in the hoodie found it hard to believe, blinking incredulously, but then she smiled reassuringly.

“That’s really good.”

“When Uncle first brought him out, he just sat there in silence all the time.

Whatever we said, he wouldn’t respond, nor would he eat anything given to him.

His eyes were like those of a dead person, not a glimmer of light in sight.”

The little witch spoke somberly: “I thought he was quite miserable.

On the first night we brought him out, I thought of going over to chat with him, but I was attacked.

That Impermanence Skill knocked me out in an instant…

After that, I didn’t really want to talk to him anymore.”

Looking back, I definitely made a mistake, Rina said reproachfully.

Gongsun Ce comforted her, saying it wasn’t her fault, while sighing inwardly.

When Shiyu Ling was younger, Shiyu Lianyi would still talk to strangers.

By the time he met Rina, however, he had completely closed off his heart…

“What did he do about not eating?”

“Uncle said if he didn’t eat, it served him right to starve, so he didn’t bother with him.

In the end, he fainted from hunger once, and after waking up, he started eating.”

Yan Qi, you really know how to raise kids.

“After that, his behavior improved a bit, but I got scared and dared not approach him anymore.

In the end, I didn’t get to speak a single word with him.” Rina spoke sadly, “I know I’m a bit petty, but Shiyu Lianyi is really…

quite a troublesome guy.”

The Superpower User couldn’t deny Rina’s words.

Even his past self, not knowing about the existence of the Shiyu Research Institute, would have found it difficult to say that Shiyu Lianyi was an easy person to get along with.

How long does it take to escape and open one’s heart?

It’s certainly not something that can be done overnight.

His emotional closure might be even more complete than Shiyu Ling’s.

Even in February, that person was still in a torment, afraid to confront his feelings.