God's Gift

The slightly hot wind after the rain blew across Xiaoou's arms, making her rub them a few times.

But Xiaoou's eyes, as clean as the sky washed by rain, were always fixed on Yu Youyou, and she could not move her gaze away for even a moment.

"Eh?" Yu Youyou, who had been stared at by Xiaoou for a long time, blinked in surprise, "You can look me in the eye now."

As soon as Yu Youyou finished speaking, Xiaoou came back to her senses. She looked away again, looking down at the rain-soaked desert, and crushed the fine sand under her feet with her shoes.

"Let's go. It's important to hurry on our journey." Ye Li looked at Xiaoou who had fallen silent again and brought them back to the topic.

"Oh." Yu Youyou nodded obediently and took Xiaoou's hand.

Lu Keming, who was about to hold Yu Youyou's hand, stopped and looked at Yu Youyou's left hand occupied by Xiaoou. The smile on his face disappeared. He pursed his lips into a straight line, crossed his arms and stared at Yu Youyou in a muffled voice.

But Yu Youyou was unaware of anything. Feeling ignored, Lu Keming snorted coldly, walked to the other side of Yu Youyou and held Yu Youyou's free hand.

Without the threat of the giant beast, the team's progress became smooth.

After the rain, the desert air became a little more humid, but the remaining heat in the soil quickly evaporated the rain, and the water vapor on the surface, carrying the remaining heat from the desert, stuck to the skin of the calves stickily.

Fang Ziang scratched his leg and moved closer to Xiaoou. "Kid, can't you let the rain last a little longer?"

"It doesn't have to be as heavy as the rain just now." Fang Ziang was afraid that Xiaoou wouldn't understand, so he added: "Just a little rain will be enough."

As he spoke, he wiped the sweat off his face and said, "Why is it that after the rain, the ground is even hotter, like being in a steamer?"

Lu Keming listened to Fang Ziang's noisy voice with a hint of impatience in his eyes.

Although he didn't have any good feelings towards Xiaoou, the things on Xiaoou's body were related to Youyou after all, and he didn't want to hear others digging into the matter.

How about telling him to shut up?

Lu Keming narrowed his eyes, tilted his head slightly, and stared at Fang Ziang's lips with his indigo eyes. Just as he was about to use his mental power to control Fang Ziang, he heard Yu Youyou's clear voice.

"Why do you ask for so much? Even if you are Superman, you can't use your superpowers whenever you want." Yu Youyou pursed her lips, stared at Fang Ziang with her moist eyes like a deer, and refuted righteously.

Lu Keming withdrew his gaze and looked at Yu Youyou as if nothing had happened.

Fang Ziang's tone was somewhat regretful: "Can't it be used?"

Shen Minghua listened to Fang Ziang's unreasonable request, frowned and said to stop him: "Fang Ziang."

Fang Ziang looked at Shen Minghua's serious expression and couldn't help rolling his eyes. He replied unhappily, "I'm just asking."

Xiaoou glanced at the two of them and explained slowly, "Every time I use this ability, I lose blood."

"If I lose too much blood, my life will be in danger."

After hearing Xiaoou's words, Ye Li quickly understood what the bloody cocoon was. She nodded, "So that's how it is."

"Then forget it." After hearing Xiao Ou say that his life was in danger, Fang Ziang quickly waved his hands, "That won't do..."

Fang Ziang suddenly realized something when he was halfway through his words. He clapped his hands and said with sudden realization: "So your superpower is - as long as there is blood, whoever you curse will die!"

Shen Minghua listened to Fang Ziang's unrestrained words and reminded him again: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Fang Ziang completely ignored Shen Minghua and stared at Xiaoou with admiration.

"So if you use your blood, you can directly kill the monsters that were chasing me like you did yesterday, and you can also kill those giant beasts just now like you did just now."

"It's amazing! This superpower is a killer!"

Xiaoou frowned and explained word by word in an extremely serious voice: "I can't kill them directly, I just make them sick."

At this point, Xiaoou paused, looked up at Yu Youyou who was listening to her attentively, and added:

“It can also make nature sick.”

Her expression was serious, but she patiently explained to Fang Ziang: "Disease is the process of life from birth to death, and the ability I have is to make this process happen."

"But not all diseases will lead to death. Diseases like fractures and colds are curable. However, diseases like cancer and myocardial infarction have a high probability of leading to death."

"And the diseases of nature..." Xiaoou paused. She just found out that this ability also affects nature, which still left her with many confusions.

"Natural diseases may be natural disasters, just like the rainstorms and earthquakes just now, or floods and droughts... they can also lead to the extinction of natural creatures, but their relationship with death is not absolute."

"I can't control death. I can only make the disease process happen. As for the outcome, it's not up to me to decide."

Fang Ziang seemed to understand what he said, "So the giant beast yesterday didn't necessarily die, it just happened to die."

As he spoke, he felt a chill on his back and couldn't help shivering.

It's really like life is hanging by a thread.

Ye Li stared at Xiaoou, frowning, and summed it up in four words: "Natural disasters and man-made disasters."

For a moment, Ye Li felt somewhat relieved after realizing it belatedly.

This ability is too powerful. Fortunately, it is Xiaoou who has this superpower. If it meets other people with intentions, it can completely turn the world upside down.

Someone in the crowd spoke up: "What an evil superpower..."

Xiaoou paused, clasped his hands again, and lowered his head to look at the ground.

Yu Youyou looked at Xiaoou, who was once again covered by dark clouds, and frowned slightly. She looked up in the direction of the voice, and her calm gaze passed over the crowd and fell on the person who was speaking.

"Since you mentioned evil, there must be good. So what is evil and what is good to you?"

Yu Youyou's voice was as clear as flowing water, without any impurities, and it sounded as if she was just asking an ordinary question.

The man answered without hesitation: "Since it is a power that can bring about natural disasters and man-made disasters, it must be evil. Kindness can naturally cure diseases and prevent these disasters from happening."

"Like you said, all diseases and disasters are bad things." Yu Youyou's voice remained unchanged, "Then the earthquake just now was bad, and disease and death are also bad."

The student continued to answer: "Of course."

Yu Youyou tilted her head and said calmly:

"But if there were no natural disasters like earthquakes, the earth's crust would not rise due to collisions, and land would not appear. Then all land creatures, including humans, would cease to exist."

"And if there were no disease and death, all living things in this world would survive forever. The powerful creatures would endlessly squeeze the living space of the weaker ones and occupy all natural resources."

"No new creatures will be born in this world, and the hierarchy between creatures will be solidified. The weak will always be weak, and the strong will always be strong. How can you be sure that you are a powerful creature that possesses resources, or a weak creature that is invaded and bullied?"

“Birth, aging, illness and death are the natural laws that all living things cannot escape. It may be unfortunate for individual organisms, but it is necessary for the entire biological community.”

"There is no such thing as evil or good in nature."

Lu Keming looked at Yu Youyou with a faint smile on his lips. He had already guessed Youyou's answer.

After seeing the divine power recorded in the "Notes of the Old Gods", he also wondered the meaning of the existence of such divine power as the Disaster Reduction Power, but in his later interactions with Youyou, he had already found the answer.

"Besides," Yu Youyou turned her head to look at Xiaoou, and continued, "Even if it is the evil power you mentioned, hasn't it been saving you from yesterday to today?"

"That's right." Fang Ziang answered without hesitation, "Others just saved you, and you immediately scolded them. Is there anyone like you?"

The student was speechless: "I was just saying it casually."

"Then remember not to speak carelessly next time." Fang Ziang was not polite at all, "Careless words are the most hurtful."