Living Creatures

"It must be! If it is, that's fantastic! We finally have living animals!" Moxi exclaimed with excitement, and everyone nodded in agreement. As long as they were alive, the eggs wouldn't be a problem. Of course, luck was needed for them to be male and female, capable of reproduction.

Shia clasped her hands together, turned towards the moon, and expressed a devout expression, "Moo—"

Kerry rubbed his chin, clicking his tongue, "Hmm, what could it be? Could it be a chicken?! Ah... what does chicken taste like?"

"It could also be a duck!" Everyone got excited, speculating one after another.

"Maybe it's a turtle and a bird! That wouldn't be very tasty."

"Whatever it is, it doesn't matter! We haven't had it before!"

"It would be best if there were both males and females. Then, we'll not only have eggs but also meat to eat!"

Everyone was exceptionally excited.

Edmund cautiously cradled the egg, saying, "I still need to conduct a detailed DNA test to determine what kind of egg it is."

I looked at the egg, wondering if it was a chicken egg or a bird egg.

"Well, hurry up!" Emery said, taking the other two eggs from my hands, wrapping them carefully in a handkerchief, and placing them in Edmund's hands. "Everyone, quickly escort Edmund back!"

Immediately, everyone protected Edmund like they were escorting a baby, looking tense as they escorted him back.

Joey even wheeled out the wheelchair Second Sister had used, allowing Edmund to sit on it, making him look like a pregnant woman.

In the blink of an eye, everyone hurriedly returned to Noah City, and even the guards nervously greeted them.

I stood still in place, feeling a bit awkward. "Um... can I go to the water reservoir and wash my hands?"

However, everyone had already surrounded Edmund and disappeared into the bright passage of Noah City, leaving me alone under the moonlight.

I ran towards the water reservoir we had just filled. It didn't seem far, and I didn't expect to find surprises everywhere beneath the grass. How big was Noah City, and how long had it been here? It had grown grass everywhere.

Gradually, sparkling water reflections appeared in the night sky. The bright moonlight illuminated the shimmering waves ahead.

Standing on the city gate just now, it felt like the ground had opened up into a long crack. But as I approached, I realized it wasn't a crack at all but a massive swimming pool! The clear water shimmered in the moonlight, but it was filled with traces of radiation and other pollutants. It still needed thorough purification before becoming the daily drinking water for us. This seemingly clean water was lethal for ordinary people at the moment.However, I am a radiation person, so it is harmless to me, except that I can't drink it because it doesn't taste good now. Besides radiation, the pollutants it carries, similar to acid rain, are more numerous. These compounds and trace elements of heavy metals are also harmful to our radiation bodies.

The water Second Sister and I drank earlier had already undergone the first purification process, removing these trace pollutants from the water. Edmund said this step was the simplest, and the subsequent removal of radiation would be more time-consuming.

Due to the recent battle, the massive pool was not completely filled with water, but it still looked deep and bottomless. This was a large water reservoir divided into many small ones, separated by steel gates about two meters above the ground. If the water filled up, it would surpass these gates. The gates were wide enough for a person to pass through, and there were ladders on the side for descent.

I descended the ladder, stood on the gate, and bent down to wash my hands. The clear water reflected the bright moon and countless stars in the sky, making the night sky seem as if it had been wiped clean with glass cleaner.

Unconsciously, I was captivated by this beautiful scene. Suddenly, the starlight in the water started to move. I was surprised; could it be that the spaceship had arrived? I looked up at the moon in confusion, but there was no spaceship in the night sky.

Then it hit me, and I suddenly understood. I immediately looked into the water and was astonished! The entire pool was filled with faint blue lights, covered by their dim blue glow, resembling a layer of blue sparks floating on the water's surface, or a multitude of fireflies hovering!

It was them. The points of light I first saw in the water reservoir and those I saw during the radiation resistance test were the same!

The azure glow illuminated my face, and they began to rapidly diminish around the pool, as if extinguishing. Until only a few remained around my hands, they quickly decreased, and I pulled my hands away in amazement. Immediately, those remaining points of light were brought up from the water surface, surrounding my hands like a faint blue ribbon floating between my fingers.

The remaining points of light disappeared slowly while attached to my hands. However, this time, it was different. After they vanished, a faint blue light flickered on my hands in the moonlight! This was a phenomenon completely different from before! These points of light, it seemed like they... had entered beneath my skin!

My heart tightened instantly, and I felt a sudden fear. However, I didn't seem to feel any abnormality in my body. What on earth were these things? What was happening?

Could it be that those points of light disappearing before had actually entered my skin, but at that time, the quantity was small, so my hands didn't glow? What about afterward? Would my hands keep shining like this?Now, my hands were glowing like glow sticks under the night sky.

Although I was somewhat scared of this phenomenon, at the same time, I found it amusing.

In this world full of radiation people and ability users, considering that Bill's voice could stimulate the vomiting nerves of people, and Gregory's ability could transfer others' pain, could there be an ability like mine that could emit light?

This ability was quite good; at least, I didn't need to waste other energy sources for illumination at night.

However, where did this ability come from? What were those points of light? What triggered this ability?

In the previous water reservoir, Second Sister initially refused to drink because Flying Corpse Monsters were sensitive to trace radiation. However, after I washed my hands and these points of light appeared and disappeared, Second Sister drank the water, indicating it was clean, free of trace radiation. At that time, I thought it was advanced technology purifying the water source.

In the second radiation resistance test, these points of light appeared again, circling around my fingers and gradually disappearing. However, after they vanished, Edmund mentioned that a part of the radiation in the test chamber disappeared. At that time, I did not connect the two events.

And this time...

Could it be!

"Ugh—" Suddenly, the gate beneath my feet vibrated lightly, and my communicator in my arms also rang. I took out the communicator, and a well-dressed woman, half of whose face I had never seen in Noah City, appeared on the screen. She had her blonde hair tied up high and wore a black formal suit, resembling a dignified housekeeper.

"Yvette, the water reservoir is about to close. Please leave the reservoir quickly." Hearing her voice, I recognized her—it was Noah!

So this was how Noah looked, quite pretty. Ice Dragon guessed it right.

"I understand. I'll leave immediately." I closed the communicator, only to find that my hands were back to normal, no longer glowing, just like before.

Gone? So my hands wouldn't keep glowing. Maybe it's like Lindsay, unable to fire without energy? I'll ask Edmund to take a look when he's free.

I glanced again at the water basin I washed my hands in; it was still as clear as before. The reflected moon in the water, after I washed my hands, trembled slightly, causing the stars reflected in the water to vibrate as well, appearing to move. It seemed like everything that happened just now was orchestrated by these stars, playing tricks on me.

"Click, clack." Mechanical sounds rang out as the doors on both sides began to close. Without much thought, I quickly climbed the ladder and left the water reservoir.