From Apocalypse Boss to Farmer: My Vegetables Make Me Stronger!

Chapter 383 - 368: Hiding a Beauty in a Golden House

After Qi Xiang, Yang Chi, and Qin Yi left, Gu Xi lay on her bed and let her consciousness sink into her space.

Bai had been taken away by Yun Ye. With one less mouse in the space, it was indeed much quieter.

In a corner not far away, Guardian 027, for once, wasn’t fighting with the evolved form of Unknown No.1 today. Instead, it was staring with a pair of hollow, terrifying eyes, watching the mutated beasts she had previously brought into the space in a daze.

Perhaps because these mutated beasts had been affected by Bai’s droppings, they now carried a faint aura of a Superpower Seed. The way 027 looked at them was somewhat strange.

Strangely, in its eyes filled with negative emotions, Gu Xi actually saw a hint of... struggle and nostalgia?

It was all very baffling.

Gu Xi observed 027 for a while. Seeing that everything in the space was peaceful and quiet, and with Yabao keeping an eye on things, she closed her eyes and began to review what had happened recently.

The very first thing to surface in her mind was a woman’s face.

No one could have known what a tempest had raged in Gu Xi’s heart when she suddenly saw that woman’s face again in Huo Changzhou’s footage.

’I never expected her to be from the Gu Family.’

Thinking of the Gu Family, Gu Xi couldn’t help but think of Gu Garden.

To be honest, she was actually quite eager to see the legendary Gu Garden, which was rumored to be like a fairyland in this apocalyptic world.

She had previously analyzed from the intelligence Yang Chi provided that more than one faction in City A was keeping mutated beasts and mutated humans.

Yun Ye was definitely one. The mutated beasts he had sent as a gesture of goodwill were proof—they had already evolved and mutated to a certain degree, even able to transform into black, thread-like masses.

The Abnormal Ability Research Institute was surely involved in this matter as well. Although Ye Xin had yet to find any concrete evidence on her end, Dr. Qi had been a little too active recently, which was undoubtedly indirect proof.

’Qi Xiao has always been a smart man. If he weren’t involved, he absolutely wouldn’t have waded into these muddy waters at a time like this.’

And the Liu Family—or rather, the Liu Family, with the backing of the Gu Family—must also be tied to this matter.

Yang Chi said that on the night Liu Bo, Tang You, and the others had rushed to the Land of Death, several large trucks had left No. 176 under the cover of darkness.

Those large trucks eventually left the base, but the place they went to was heavily guarded, and he couldn’t follow them in. Later, after Gu Xi and the others entered the city, the matter was handed over to Shen Yue to handle.

However, Shen Yue reported two days ago that he hadn’t found any signs of mutated beasts or mutated humans being kept at the location Yang Chi had discovered.

That was rather strange.

Gu Xi had been wondering just where the Liu and Gu Families were keeping "those things." Based on her analysis, there had to be a considerable number of them, and an ordinary place simply couldn’t hide them all.

But keeping them deep in the mountains would be inconvenient for transporting supplies, and they would be difficult to control. There were too many mutant plants in the mountains—who knew if they would suddenly undergo a malignant mutation?

Gu Xi hadn’t been able to think of a suitable location before, but now "Gu Garden" had presented itself.

It was located in the suburbs, outside A City Base but not too far from it. It was also adjacent to the City A garrison camp, placing it right in the heart of the Liu Family’s stronghold and making it difficult for outsiders to access.

Moreover, it was said that to please his wife, Mr. Liu not only built the garden to be enormous but also cleared several surrounding mountains, stationing his trusted men there year-round. Was it truly, as the rumors claimed, to prevent anyone from disturbing his beautiful, kindhearted, and delicate wife, who was supposedly too frail to care for herself?

Wasn’t this the perfect setup for a gilded cage?

It was just a shame that no outsider could possibly know if the one being hidden was actually his delicate little wife.

After some thought, Gu Xi opened her personal terminal, intending to have Ye Junhan make a trip there.

For one thing, it wasn’t convenient for her to go at the moment. For another, Ye Junhan was closer to the location.

But then she caught the time on the Light Screen out of the corner of her eye. 4:30 AM. ’At this hour... forget it. Even if Ye Junhan is still awake, it’ll be nearly dawn by the time I contact him and he gets over there.’

’A little delay won’t matter. I’ll just wait until morning.’

Gu Xi closed the Light Screen and slowly shut her eyes.

An unknown amount of time passed. In a stupor, she seemed to have returned to that cold "coffin." Just as her consciousness blurred, a woman approached, bent over, and looked down at her...

After a long moment, the woman raised a hand to her face, her fingertips tracing over it, inch by inch.

Perhaps it was the warmth of the woman’s fingertips that startled her, because Gu Xi’s eyes suddenly flew open, and she saw the woman’s face clearly.

In that instant, the image she had just seen began to gradually overlap with the scenes awakening in her memory...

The spacious hospital ward was utterly silent.

Gu Xi’s breathing was soft and slow, and a dull, stabbing pain throbbed in her head. The once-jumbled images hidden in the fragments of her memory had now become much clearer.

She raised a hand to press against her forehead, trying to alleviate the pain. Just then, the personal terminal on her wrist chimed.

Gu Xi glanced down and was surprised to see it was a communication request from Ye Junhan.

She froze for a moment before accepting the call.

The video call connected quickly.

"Shen Yue said you were injured?" On the other end of the call, Ye Junhan’s gaze subtly landed on her pale, weak face. The hand resting on the scabbard at his waist tightened slightly.

His expression, however, was as indifferent as ever, revealing nothing out of the ordinary.

Gu Xi wasn’t sure if anyone was monitoring their call—after all, she didn’t understand that sort of technology. After a moment’s thought, she nodded and said, "I’m not injured. There’s just a small issue with my ability, but it’s nothing serious."

Ye Junhan suddenly spoke. "Last night, Yan Xun escaped during the chaos."

’Who’s Yan Xun?’ Gu Xi froze for a second.

After a brief explanation from Ye Junhan, Gu Xi finally remembered the man. This Yan Xun was the one she had met in the underground commercial street, the one who had fabricated a pre-apocalypse celebrity identity and tried to pass himself off as her uncle.

Yan Xun was his real name.

But Gu Xi had been in a hurry to find Ye Junhan, so she had handed the man over to Zhang Wen and the others to deal with.

After that, the Special Service Team took custody of him, and Gu Xi hadn’t given him another thought.

’I can’t believe he actually escaped?’

Gu Xi raised an eyebrow at the man on the Light Screen. ’With Ye Junhan’s strength—or rather, the Special Service Team’s—how could they fail to keep tabs on one Yan Xun?’

’Even if Yan Xun can use Water Escape, its range is limited. Forget Ye Junhan—Zhao Qingxiao alone should have been more than enough to keep him under lock and key.’

But now, Ye Junhan was personally telling her that the man had escaped?

What a joke.

Gu Xi instantly realized... something was fishy.

She glanced at Ye Junhan, then lowered her gaze. "He escaped?"

"Yes," Ye Junhan explained, his expression impassive. "Yesterday, some refugees came and caused a scene..."

Gu Xi’s eyebrow twitched. Recalling Ye Junhan’s usual demeanor, she guessed that he was deliberately offering this explanation for someone else’s benefit.

After all, Ye Junhan was never a man of many words.

After he finished, Gu Xi fell silent for a moment before asking, "Do you know where he escaped to?"

Ye Junhan replied, "The southern suburbs. Gu Garden."

Gu Xi raised her eyebrows in surprise. ’Gu Garden again?’