The Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Female Lead is Mine [Transmigration Into a Novel] - Chapter 76

Li Changhui returned home after 8 p.m.

As soon as the door opened, a beautiful figure came to him, bent down to put away his slippers, then looked up at him with a smile, “Honey, why are you home so late today?”

Li Changhui changed into his slippers and casually took off his jacket, handing it to the person. “I was distributing some supplies to the soldiers, so I was delayed for a bit.”

He watched his wife’s back as she hung up his clothes and asked, “What did you cook? It smells so good.”

Li Changhui’s wife, Kong Qian, is twelve years younger than him. She quit her job and became a housewife since they got married half a year ago. Kong Qian is beautiful, gentle, and simple-minded. She keeps the house in perfect order and is also a great cook. Li Changhui is very satisfied with his wife.

“Are you a dog’s nose?” Kong Qian complained playfully. “I stewed spare ribs. Since you weren’t back yet, I’ve been keeping them warm in the pot.”

She reached out and pushed Li Changhui. “Go wash your hands quickly. I’ll dish out the food.”

Li Changhui chuckled. “Got it, my lady.”

He unhurriedly went into the bathroom to wash his hands, then sat down at the dining table. Kong Qian brought a large plate of stewed spare ribs with potatoes and placed it in front of him, also serving him a full bowl of rice.

Li Changhui picked up his chopsticks and ate a large piece of spare rib. The ribs were so tender that the meat fell off the bone with one bite. He casually threw the bone aside and praised, “It’s delicious. Your cooking skills are truly exceptional.”

Kong Qian proudly lifted the corners of her mouth. “Of course. I’m a professional.”

She poured Li Changhui a glass of beer, then sat down across from him and began to eat with him.

While eating, Kong Qian chatted with her husband. “Are there still a lot of alien creatures attacking our district? Has it gotten any better?”

Li Changhui said, “It hasn’t gotten any better. In the past few days, more than ten soldiers have come to support us from other districts. So, if you have nothing to do, you should go out less. It’s not safe.”

Kong Qian asked, “Are the supplies still sufficient? I have some jewelry here that I can sell to buy things for the soldiers.”

Li Changhui’s tone was gentle. “Not for now. The supplies I distributed today were bought with the gold necklace and gold bracelet you gave me last week. You don’t have an income now, so how can I always spend your money? Besides, that jewelry is good stuff. Let’s hold on to it for now. When the economy gets better, it can be sold for a better price.”

“That’s true.” Kong Qian nodded, a hint of distress in her clear, black-and-white eyes. “Then what else can I do for our district now?”

“You worry too much. You’re just a young girl. You don’t need to worry about all that.”

Li Changhui advised, “Don’t think about these things. Just manage the household. I’m not getting any younger. You should get ready and have a baby for me soon. My parents will be happy.”

Kong Qian was displeased. “Why are you talking about this again? We agreed not to have children until I turn thirty.”

Li Changhui’s eyes darkened, as if he was unhappy, but he quickly returned to normal and coaxed her with a smile, “Alright, alright, I shouldn’t have brought it up. I won’t mention it again.”

The night fell.

The deep blue sky was dotted with twinkling stars. The wind carried a chill, drilling into the gaps in people’s clothes.

The towering city walls were blurred by the night, and the scattered lights on the walls flickered, like the eyes of a crouching giant beast.

Near the city wall’s entrances and exits, dozens of soldiers stood scattered. Everyone carried weapons, either standing or sitting, waiting quietly.

Xie Zhitian’s group of four was also among them. They found that after dark, the soldiers would spontaneously split into two groups and go to guard the two entrances near the apartment. After asking, they learned that alien creatures would appear outside the city wall in this area every night after dark, so everyone had developed this habit.

Xie Zhitian was a bit puzzled. They appear after dark? Do alien creatures have a biological clock?

She chatted with a few of the early-arriving modified humans, tentatively suggesting that someone might be using alien attractants to deliberately cause trouble, but the other party immediately denied it.

It turned out that before they arrived, someone had the same suspicion and used a test strip they brought with them to experiment. This test strip was very sensitive and would change color when it reacted chemically with a certain component in the alien attractant in the air. However, she had worked with the test strip for several days, and the strip showed no change at all.

Moreover, everyone had been closely monitoring the movements at this part of the city wall, checking almost every spot. There was no place to set up an attractant device, and they hadn’t seen any suspicious people approaching.

So, most people accepted their bad luck and thought that the frequent appearance of alien creatures here was just unfortunate. Some people were not convinced and wanted to go deep into the district to investigate. They were discovered and had to escape. Xie Zhitian’s group had also heard about that soldier’s story before they arrived.

Just then, the piercing alarm sounded, and everyone’s expression tensed as they gripped their weapons tightly.

Xie Zhitian temporarily suppressed her doubts and prepared to clear out the nearby alien creatures first.

She glanced at Xia Fufeng behind her. The young girl was clearly scared, her face pale with fear, but she still tried to hold it in, gripping the sword in her hand tightly. The sword was specially prepared for her by Tang Zhuoran. The blade was sharp and could cut through metal like mud, but its weight was light, making it very suitable for ordinary girls who didn’t have the strength of modified humans.

Luo Yang comforted her in a low voice: “It’s alright, Xiao Xia. When we go out, just stick close to us. We won’t let any alien creatures get close to you.”

Xia Fufeng nodded hard. “It’s okay, I’m fine.”

Tang Zhuoran said, “Let’s go to a slightly secluded spot. Don’t let others notice Xiao Xia.”

She knew the Queen wanted them to bring Xia Fufeng to train her ability to control alien creatures. Practical combat training on the battlefield was more meaningful than keeping alien creatures locked up. If they were too close to others, it was inevitable that people would notice her combat strength was far inferior to modified humans and that she had strange abilities.

In the midst of the urgent alarm, the heavy city gate slowly opened to both sides.

The soldiers filed out, their figures swiftly moving past.

Although Xia Fufeng had been training with the army for a long time, she was still falling behind the main group even after trying her best, only barely able to keep up.

Suddenly losing the shelter of the city wall, the evening wind on the open field filled their clothes, chilling them to the bone. Not far from the wall was a dense forest. The dark shadows of the trees swayed, and a pair of blood-red eyes opened one after another. The wind was mixed with strange roars, which were extremely terrifying.

Seeing that the alien creatures had a tendency to come this way, the soldiers in front did not hesitate and took the initiative, their figures disappearing into the woods in an instant. Although the visibility was not great when fighting in the forest, the modified humans’ superhuman night vision could make up for it, and having trees as cover was not a bad thing.

Just as Xia Fufeng was about to follow the others into the woods, she heard a rustling sound behind her. She turned her head sharply, and a ball of fluffy white fur came into view, pouncing straight at her.

“Naigao, why did you come?” Xia Fufeng’s voice changed in surprise. “I locked you in the room, didn’t I?”

The others were also surprised. Tang Zhuoran said, “The apartment windows can’t be locked. It might have run out through the window.”

Xia Fufeng was stunned. “Then, what should we do now?”

Tang Zhuoran said, “Just bring it along for now.”

In this situation, it was clearly not realistic to send it back. Fortunately, the little fox was very small, so it wasn’t difficult to carry it.

Xia Fufeng put the little fox on her shoulder, filled with thousands of questions. Even if the little fox had secretly run out of the window, the apartment was three to four kilometers away from their current location. How did it find them? It was too smart, wasn’t it?

The screams of the alien creatures in the forest ahead were incessant. The little fox seemed to be scared and buried its head in her jacket, only revealing a pair of watery, round eyes from the collar.

To avoid attracting attention, Xie Zhitian’s group deliberately kept a distance from the others and chose a spot near the edge of the forest. There were about a dozen alien creatures in their sight, all glaring menacingly and approaching their direction at an extremely fast speed.

However, although the alien creatures were fierce, they were no match for Xie Zhitian’s group. After a flurry of flashes of blades and shadows, they fell to the ground one after another, becoming a pile of lifeless chunks of flesh.

While clearing out the alien creatures, Xie Zhitian’s group also provided experimental subjects for Xia Fufeng—they left a few alien creatures whose movement was hindered but were not seriously injured.

Xia Fufeng tried to give instructions to the alien creatures and found that the success rate was about fifty-fifty, which was much lower than before in the underground palace. She wondered if it was because of the lack of pharmaceutical intervention for thought evolution, which was hindering her communication with the alien creatures.

From time to time, other soldiers’ figures would approach. She didn’t want to attract anyone’s attention and didn’t dare to try too recklessly, so she simply started finishing off the alien creatures that her companions had injured. It was also a way to practice her finishing moves and accumulate practical experience.

Time passed by, and a hint of light gradually appeared in the dim sky.

Xie Zhitian could clearly feel that the frequency of alien creatures appearing around them was decreasing. By the time the sky was completely bright, the entire forest had become quiet.

The gentle morning light sprinkled on the branches with most of their leaves gone, giving the tree trunks a golden hue. The mud under their feet was soaked with blood and flesh, and it had a strange, sticky feel when they stepped on it.

Xie Zhitian looked around and found that the soldiers were walking out of the forest in groups of two or three and began to retreat in an orderly manner. She was confused and stopped a soldier who was passing by, asking, “Are we going back now? Don’t we have to stay and guard for a while longer?”

Normally, after clearing out the alien creatures, everyone would stay in the area for about two hours. If no alien creatures appeared during that time or only one or two stragglers, they would then return to the district.

One reason was for the safety of the district, and another was that if alien creatures became active in the area again after they left, it would be troublesome to have to return to fight. The people present were all excellent soldiers sent from various districts for support, so it was impossible for them not to know this.

“No need to wait. We can just go back and rest.”

Although the soldier looked very tired, he still smiled at her. “You’re new, so you don’t know yet. The alien creatures here will automatically disperse after the sun rises.”

Xie Zhitian was stunned. “Automatically disperse?”

“Yeah, you’ll know after you’ve been here for a few days.” The soldier nodded. “It’s pretty much the same time every day. Hurry back and rest.”

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