Chapter 254: Uncle Qiao, You've Worked Hard Today
"Shen Que!"
Meng Ci supported Shen Que, extremely worried.
"You alright?"
Meng Ci had already begun searching his dimensional space for any suitable medicine.
"I'm fine!," Shen Que reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, straightening up to show he was okay.
"It's just that I used too much of my powers, draining my mental energy, so I'm struggling to hold on."
At this moment, sweat also appeared on Shen Que's forehead, and his face turned pale.
Earlier, when they were killing zombies, Shen Que was the main force.
During the fight with that group of people, Shen Que fought three enemies alone. If he hadn't been holding back, he would have likely coughed up blood in front of them.
Hearing that it was a mental energy issue, Meng Ci knew the medicine in his space wouldn't be of much help.
"Let's go find Uncle Qiao!"
Meng Ci's mind immediately thought of Qiao Moyan, who had been brought back precisely for healing mental energy.
"Yeah!"
Shen Que didn't refuse because he knew clearly that in this world today, powers were crucial for survival.
If he relied on his natural healing to recover, it might take an exceedingly long time.
During that time, if they encountered other powered individuals or a zombie siege, the results would be disastrous.
However, before getting in the car, Shen Que hadn't forgotten the original purpose of their outing.
He hurriedly urged Meng Ci to take out a door from his space and install it securely on top of the SUV.
Once everything was ready, the two of them headed home.
On the way back, Meng Ci was in charge of driving the vehicle.
Ever since Meng Ci had taken out the SUV, it had mostly been Shen Que driving, with Meng Ci having very few chances to drive himself.
Fortunately, when Meng Ci had learned to drive, he had been very diligent and solid in his training, so he successfully returned to the base safely.
Upon reaching the base, Meng Ci was so eager that he didn't even bother unloading the door before rushing to take Shen Que to where Qiao Moyan lived.
"Knock knock knock!"
Meng Ci helped Shen Que up to the second floor, leaving the car behind.
"Who is it!" Qiao Moyan was very cautious and didn't open the door, holding an axe in his hand.
"It's me, Uncle Qiao!" Meng Ci said.
Hearing Meng Ci's voice, Qiao Moyan quickly opened the door.
"Meng Ci, Shen Que!"
Qiao Moyan moved aside to let the two of them in. When he saw Shen Que still being supported, he grew increasingly worried.
"What's wrong with Little Shen?"
Seeing Shen Que so weak, Qiao Moyan thought to himself that he must be injured. If it was an injury, we should take him to the hospital.
Yes! To the hospital.
Qiao Moyan hurriedly got down on the floor and retrieved his credit card from under a simple table he had built himself in the middle of the living room.
"Let's go, Little Meng, take Little Shen to the hospital." Qiao Moyan said, holding the card.
Meng Ci shook his head and said, "Uncle Qiao, Shen Que's condition won't be helped by going to the hospital."
"This time, we need your help."
"Me?" Qiao Moyan said, holding the card hesitantly.
After all, he didn't know anything about treating Shen Que's condition. How could he help?
"That's right."
"Uncle Qiao, do you remember how fast your wounds healed back then?"
"That's because you unlocked healing powers. Your powers can heal both you and other psionics."
Meng Ci briefly described the use of Qiao Moyan's powers.
Qiao Moyan looked at his hands. He understood that since the zombie outbreak, many people had developed various powers. For example, some could generate fire with their hands, and others could attack enemies with water.
He had tried to activate his own powers before but had not succeeded.
At this moment, hearing Meng Ci say that he had healing powers, he thought that these two wouldn't lie to him. So, he couldn't wait to ask, "How do I use these powers?"
Shen Que wasn't actually sure about the specific method. After all, in his previous life, no one had witnessed a healer using their abilities.
But since it was about healing mental energy, wouldn't it be related to the crystal at the base of the skull?
Shen Que sat on the stool and gestured for Qiao Moyan to stand behind him, placing his hand at the back of his head where the crystal was located.
Following Shen Que's guidance, Qiao Moyan focused his mental energy.
Standing by the side, Meng Ci was surprised to see that Qiao Moyan's palms began to emit a faint green light.
At the same time, Shen Que's color started to return!
After ten minutes, Qiao Moyan lowered his hand, drenched in sweat, and his already fragile body looked even weaker.
"Uncle Qiao, are you okay?" Meng Ci stepped forward and supported Qiao Moyan, who was about to fall.
Qiao Moyan stood up straight, shaking his head. "I'm fine."
"Little Shen, are you healed?" Qiao Moyan asked, looking at Shen Que who had just stood up from the stool.
"Yes, completely healed!" Shen Que said.
Not only was he fully healed, but Shen Que felt his mental energy was even stronger than before.
This left him both surprised and grateful for Qiao Moyan's abilities.
Uncle Qiao is a healer, and he uses mental energy to heal others.
This was his first time using this ability, and due to a lack of experience, he didn't control his power well and overexerted himself, pouring all his mental energy into Shen Que.
As a result, he has become very weak and will need some time to rest in order to recover.
For healers, their mental energy needs time to recover naturally.
Now that everyone has powers, Meng Ci directly took out five jin of pork, two jin of beef, a large bucket of water, and some rice and flour from his space.
"Uncle Qiao, you worked hard today!"
"Take these to help you recover."
Qiao Moyan hurriedly refused, "No, no! I didn't do anything; you should take these back."
Though Qiao Moyan was surprised by Meng Ci's ability to pull things out of nowhere, seeing the meat and water on the table—precious items in the apocalypse—he realized that even a month's worth of points wouldn't be enough to buy these.
The items were too valuable for Qiao Moyan to accept.
"Uncle Qiao, if it weren't for you today, Shen Que might have become a fool from too much mental energy depletion, or even died!"
"So you must accept these things."
What Meng Ci said wasn't false. In some novels, there were psionic users who, due to excessive use of their abilities, ended up with mental issues, became deranged, or even died from their brains exploding.
Qiao Moyan was taken aback by how serious Meng Ci sounded.
It's true that having powers comes with risks; maybe being an ordinary person isn't so bad.
Still, Qiao Moyan insisted he hadn't done anything to deserve the gifts.
Meng Ci didn't want to argue anymore and simply left the items behind.
Qiao Moyan sighed and put the things away.
There was still some unpaid debt from the borrowed points, and now he owed even more.