Ye Xiao watched all this happen without intervening, nor could he intervene.
He watched Zhou Yan win over the people of Zhengyang Base, and on the other hand, secretly liquidate the people who were close to "Ye Xiao". He watched the new country here being established, Zhou Yan becoming president, watching the country stabilize, rebuild and develop step by step. He also watched Zhou Yan finally throw away the "Ye Xiao" that he used to talk about after he gained power, and even didn't want to hear this name being mentioned.
Ye Xiao didn't feel much fluctuation in his heart.
Except for the times when he went to see the relics of his former comrades and the places where they lived, when his mood became particularly heavy and complicated, he always regarded himself as an outsider.
He also visited many places, saw the devastated country, and watched the efforts made by the survivors for a better tomorrow, some united and progressive, while others were dark and oppressive.
He felt that he had learned a lot and that he could draw on many things. When he returned, he would learn what he should do and avoid what he should avoid.
Ye Xiao spent several decades watching this country develop from a state of disrepair to a state of gradual prosperity, and then he visited other countries and places and saw a lot.
He also went to the coast and looked at the seemingly endless marine life. The end of the world had passed, and the zombies were finally completely eradicated after several years, but the mutated marine life was still a major threat to human survival, and the war between land and sea had never completely stopped.
Occasionally, there are mutated birds flying in the sky, and they will swoop down and injure people from time to time.
There are also mutated plants and animals on land.
After the cleansing and transformation of this world, the environment can never return to the peace and tranquility of the past.
Fortunately, humans have become stronger, and the descendants of those with superpowers have a certain chance of becoming superpowers, and the descendants of ordinary people may also have superpowers. Generation after generation, there are more and more people with superpowers, and finally the ratio of one in five people is maintained. But at the same time, wind, thunder, ice, darkness, and other strange superpowers are becoming less and less, leaving only the five elements of superpowers.
Ye Xiao clearly realized that the world was gradually moving towards a norm, and his wind and space abilities were gradually suppressed. However, when he noticed this trend, he collected a lot of wind and space crystal cores, and almost stopped using his abilities. He just continued to diligently circulate energy in his body every day, silently resisting the increasingly solid and powerful rules of this world.
At the same time, technology is becoming more and more advanced. People can extract energy from nature and make energy stones. Ye Xiao nodded slightly. This technology is very good. He was worried about where the crystal cores of the mutants would come from after the zombies disappeared. Now he doesn't have to worry about it. He even sneaked into relevant institutions and secretly learned this technology.
Of course, this is not the only skill he learned.
In short, he lived a low-key, busy and lonely life in this strange world. He walked to many places on foot, watched many sunrises and sunsets alone, cooked healthy meals for himself every day, and lived a regular and healthy life.
Because he could not change anything, he could not take any job. He only went to the sea every once in a while to kill some inconspicuous marine creatures and quietly exchanged them for money for shopping, or he would find a remote mountain forest where there were few people and farm for himself.
Ten years passed, fifty years passed, a hundred years passed, two hundred years passed...
After more than two hundred and fifty years, Ye Xiao finally came out of the valley where he had stayed for decades. He went to look for the ancestors of the Lin family, to be precise, the generation of Lin Tantan's grandfather. Since then, he has maintained the frequency of visiting them once a year. He watched Lin's grandfather grow up, get married and have children, Lin Tantan's father was born, grew up step by step according to the routine, found the girl of his dreams, and then entered the marriage hall.
In 2300, Lin Tantan's mother became pregnant. Ye Xiao completely left his valley, erased all traces of him, and set foot on the land of human society again. Looking at the bustling city and the busy streets, he breathed a deep sigh of relief.
His eyes were extremely calm, as if countless years had been deposited in them. The statue that had stood in the square for decades was not as calm as him. Looking around, all the buildings, trees, and anything else seemed to have not existed as long as he had.
Over the years, everything seemed to have faded in his eyes. However, today, there was color and fluctuation in his eyes again. It was joy and expectation, because his little girl was finally about to be born. She was about to come into this world!
He knew the Lin family's movements very well. Lin Tantan's mother was not in good condition during her pregnancy. The fetus was slow to develop and she had signs of miscarriage several times, so she had to go to the hospital frequently to take care of the fetus. Ye Xiao knew exactly which hospital they were in. He couldn't pretend to be a medical staff, so he pretended to be a family member of another pregnant woman, dressed himself in a low-key manner, and waited at the door of the delivery room. When the skinny and wrinkled baby like a kitten was brought out, his eyes instantly became sore.
This is his little girl. On this day, she came into this world and was born.
The moment I saw her, all the time seemed to disappear, the rising and setting of the sun, the silent days and nights, the road I walked alone, the colorful yet lonely and desolate scenery, and the heart that was eaten away by longing, all became insignificant.
The meaning of this world suddenly changed.
His heart suddenly softened.
He suddenly thought of the person in another world, and said silently in his heart, "Talk, I saw what you looked like when you were a child. From today on, I will participate in your past."
However, it was also from this day that misfortune and suffering began to arrive.
The nurse shouted nervously, "Is the family of bed No. 8 here? The child is in a very bad condition and needs to be sent to the intensive care unit immediately. Come with me to complete the formalities."
The baby was rushed away, and halfway through the journey, I heard the doctor yell, "Hurry, he's not breathing well!"
Lin's father was in a panic and did whatever the nurse told him to do. He squatted in front of the isolation door of the intensive care unit and pulled his hair, then ran to the delivery room to wait for his wife. The other members of the Lin family followed him around, with bad expressions on their faces, and wanted to say something but didn't dare to say a word.
Ye Xiao watched all this quietly. He saw that after Mother Lin came out of the delivery room, the couple hugged each other and cried. He also saw the doctor speak solemnly and say, "What about your daughter? It was found that she has five sets of superpowers. It is extremely rare. There is only one case in the world who can be born alive." He also saw that after the Lin couple struggled in pain, they gritted their teeth to let their daughter get the best treatment at all costs. He also saw that the health department was alarmed and many experts rushed to consult for the critically ill baby, discussing something with red faces.
Most of the time, he quietly guarded outside the intensive care unit.
Occasionally, he would sneak in and look at the little baby girl in the five-series energy box, with many tubes inserted into her body and breathing rapidly and with difficulty. His eyes were soft and distressed. He gently stroked her closed eyes through the box with his fingers and whispered, "Let's talk. You have to be strong."
Lin Tantan was naturally very strong. She was in critical condition countless times, was rescued countless times, stopped breathing countless times, and people almost gave up on her countless times, but she eventually recovered her breathing and heartbeat and survived.
It seems that there is a force that wants to wipe her out and exclude her from this world, but she is unwilling to let that force succeed. The tenacity of her vitality always makes people amazed and sigh.
She was finally discharged from the hospital, although she was still hospitalized frequently afterwards. She grew very slowly, but she eventually grew up. Lin's parents were worried that she would become mentally retarded, but she behaved very smartly. She started babbling at the same time as other children and learned to call dad and mom.
Lin's parents shed tears, but she could not learn to roll over, could not crawl, and had never kicked her legs.
After several examinations, it was finally confirmed when she was over one year old that her legs were functionally disabled and were like decorations. The cause of the disease was unknown, let alone treatment.
The Lin family's parents couldn't sleep all night. Ye Xiao secretly climbed into the baby's room, looked at the little girl sleeping in the crib, and touched her face: "You little rascal, you never told me this." His eyes fell on her tiny legs. She was wearing a diaper, with her two white and tender but somewhat skinny legs spread apart, her two little hands placed on both sides of her head, and she slept with her arms and legs spread out, looking domineering.
Ye Xiao's eyes were like water.
Lin's parents accepted their daughter's defects. Compared with the doctor's warning that she would most likely die young, the disability of her legs did not seem to be a big blow.
The little girl grew up little by little. She seemed to know that she was different from other children. She learned how to use her own pink scooter at the age of two.
She is really well-behaved and smart. She hardly cries or makes a fuss. She eats gracefully and smiles with eyes curved when she sees familiar people and reaches out for a hug.
But such a cute little girl still ended up in the emergency room because she suddenly fainted. Although the doctor managed to save her, he said that as her body developed, her superpowers also began to grow gradually, and the five systems were in conflict with each other, so the situation was not optimistic.
The couple stayed up all night again and named their child Tan Tan, hoping that she would be as short-lived but beautiful as the night-blooming cereus, and that her life would be worthwhile.
But to everyone's surprise, the little girl survived tenaciously, everything returned to normal, and she was released from the ICU and discharged from the hospital.
The Lin couple were very happy and changed her name after discussion. They wanted her to be an ordinary child, so they gave her an ordinary name.
But Lin Tantan naturally could not be a normal child. What followed was repeated again and again. He was hospitalized, recovered, and discharged. After a period of time, he suddenly became seriously ill and was hospitalized again.
The little girl was in great pain. She opened her eyes wide and said, "Mom, it hurts so much."
There was no part of her body that didn't hurt. The conflict between the five types of superpowers made it very rare for her to feel calm and comfortable. Every night she would even wake up suddenly from the pain, sobbing muffledly in the quilt, and tossing and turning in pain.
Ye Xiao accompanied her through several sleepless nights, stayed up with her until her eyes turned red, and spent his time with her feeling heartbroken. He really wanted to take his little girl away and help her in every way he could, but it was impossible. Nothing could be changed. Her teacher also said that the only chance would be after her death.
He whispered, "Talk about it, and hold on."
Suddenly, the little girl who seemed to be asleep in the quilt suddenly threw off the quilt and opened her eyes wide: "Who?"
Ye Xiao didn't dare let her see him and hid himself quickly.
The little girl looked at the dark room and pouted. Mother Lin knocked on the door: "Tan Tan, are you awake? Can mommy come in?"
The little girl wiped her tears and said, "Mom, come in."
Mother Lin opened the door and came in, touching the little girl's head: "Can't sleep again? Mommy will sleep with you, okay?"
"No." The little girl said with a smile, "Mom, I want a little brother or sister. When will you give it to me? I want it to sleep with me."
Mother Lin's expression became a little strange, relieved but sad, wanting to cry but forcing a smile: "Okay, I'll let it come to accompany you soon."
Ye Xiao looked at the little girl's bright smile in secret, his heart aching as if it was torn apart.
Why did his little girl have to suffer so much? He really wanted to give her some strength.
Ye Xiao thought so, but he didn’t expect that so soon, “he” could actually give her some strength.
One day, when Ye Xiao saw the little girl watching "his" biography program on TV seriously, her eyes full of curiosity and admiration, and saying "this uncle is so awesome", his face was wooden.