Rebirth: Exclusive Love in the End of the World-Chapter 18 - Recalling the Past

She had not regarded Han Jiaojiao highly because Han Jiaojiao was just an ordinary person without any powers! But now, with three such unknown creatures in the room, Qin Nanyi was genuinely scared!

Once the fear started, her emotions began to collapse. Her heartbeat accelerated, her breathing became erratic, and tears uncontrollably spilled out…

Han Jiaojiao merely observed her quietly, almost as if she relished seeing her scared expression.

“… Han Jiaojiao, what are you going to do… Please let me go?…”

Han Jiaojiao suddenly asked, “Have you used Mental Search?”

Qin Nanyi hesitated for a moment, then shook her head in denial.

Han Jiaojiao frowned slightly, apparently unsatisfied, “No? I remember you’re quite good at it. Try using it now.”

Qin Nanyi trembled, confused about what Han Jiaojiao was up to. She had already used Mental Search when she first woke up; she could see that this was the edge of a deserted small town, and within a kilometer, she had detected no living people, only about a dozen Alien Species and some wandering Mutant Beasts. Her superpower’s limit was around 1200 meters, and besides detecting terrain and searching for Alien Species, it had no other uses!

Once admired as a favored daughter of heaven, she was now bound in this strange place by Han Jiaojiao, like a lamb to the slaughter.

Han Jiaojiao waited for a while, then with a knitted brow asked her, “Did you use it?”

Qin Nanyi had no choice but to nod.

Only then did Han Jiaojiao appear somewhat satisfied, continuing in an expressionless tone, “You should have seen the Alien Species. Actually, I didn’t completely deceive you. There indeed appeared an Empress here. I don’t know if you were too confident or underestimated the situation? Thinking you could obtain the Empress’s Crystal Core with just four Superpower Users …” She chuckled softly, thinking of something, but her laugh, given how thin she was, appeared even more bone-chilling than when she was not smiling.

Qin Nanyi’s voice trembled as she pleaded, “Han Jiaojiao, please let me go. I don’t want the Empress’s Crystal Core anymore, and I won’t tell anyone about you kidnapping me… Please let me go?… What do you want? I’ll give you anything! Crystal Cores? I have many high-rank Crystal Cores—”

Han Jiaojiao looked at her coldly, chuckling, “I’m not a Superpower User, Crystal Cores are useless to me, and while they can be traded for goods, they’re rather conspicuous.”

“I can swap it for a low-rank Crystal Core! Or… I can give you whatever you need directly! I can give you anything! What do you want? Food? Or weapons?…”

Han Jiaojiao slowly shook her head.

Qin Nanyi was on the verge of collapse!

“So what exactly do you want to do?! Are you trying to avenge Han Yi?! But the person who killed him is already dead! What does it have to do with me?! What does it have to do with me?!!”

When she heard that familiar name pop out of Qin Nanyi’s mouth, a flicker of pain flashed through Han Jiaojiao’s eyes.

“If it wasn’t for you, using the excuse of taking me on a mission to throw me into the nest of the Alien Species, my brother wouldn’t have overdrawn his Ability to save me, nor would we have been pushed by Qin Wenhao to a mutually destructive end…”

“I wanted to save him!” Qin Nanyi screamed frantically, “I really did want to save him! I knew there was an ambush set by Qin Wenhao there, but I couldn’t say it! That’s why I injected you with the Alien Species contagion serum, thinking that once you turned into an Alien Species, Ayi wouldn’t be able to sense you anymore! But who knew… who knew he…”

Han Jiaojiao was stunned. She had always thought that encountering Qin Wenhao outside the nest with her brother was a coincidence. But it turned out… it was all premeditated.

“You… you actually planned it together? Didn’t you love my brother? Why?”

Qin Nanyi cried bitterly, whether from regret or fear. “I didn’t mean to harm him… I just wanted you to disappear! But later, I found out that my plan had leaked. Qin Wenhao was using this opportunity to set up against Ayi, and I had no choice! I had to inject you with the serum at the last moment, but he still found you—” she became extremely agitated as she spoke, “You caused his death! If it weren’t for saving you, how could such a powerful person as him die?! You’ve always been his biggest burden! But you wouldn’t even give him a hint of kindness! Why not?! What right do you have?! Why can’t you, who are utterly worthless, die instead! Why did he have to die?! Why?!”

Han Jiaojiao stood there dazed, murmuring to herself, “…So that’s what happened.”

“Han Jiaojiao! Let me go! It was Qin Wenhao’s doing, you have no reason to blame me! Release me!!!”

“Let me go, don’t you want to know how your brother died?”

“Don’t you know the extent of Qin Wenhao’s power? It’s just a nest of Alien Species! How much Ability could they have possibly drained from Ayi? How could Ayi possibly die by Qin Wenhao’s hands?!”

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Finally, a trace of emotion showed on Han Jiaojiao’s wooden face.

Qin Nanyi continued relentlessly, “Just let me go, and I’ll tell you everything I know!”

Han Jiaojiao looked at her in disgust, “At this stage, still trying to play tricks? Do you think I would still believe you?”

“No! No, no… it’s true! Qin Wenhao stole my ring, a ring that amplifies Ability. That madman thought he could overcome Ayi with the ring, but despite having it, he was still no match for Ayi, ultimately meeting a mutually destructive end!”

Fearing Han Jiaojiao wouldn’t believe her, Qin Nanyi desperately twisted her body, trying to show Han Jiaojiao the ring mark left on her finger.

Doubt flickered in Han Jiaojiao’s eyes.

Should she believe Qin Nanyi’s words? But she had never heard of the research institute developing any products that amplified Abilities.

Forget it, whether true or false, what does it matter? She had prepared for this day for so long, nothing could stop her revenge; she would never let Qin Nanyi go.

—And then, she could finally rest peacefully with her brother.

Han Jiaojiao slowly stood up, no longer paying attention to Qin Nanyi, and walked towards the door.