Extra 4: After Yan Chu left...

In fact, Lu Yuanze already had a vague premonition of Yan Chu's departure.

The scene of that day is still clearly imprinted in his mind.

Yan Chu went to his office specifically to find him. There was a hint of seriousness in her eyes, but it was covered up by her usual smile.

"Lu Yuanze, come with me."

Although he didn't know what she was going to do, Lu Yuanze was already used to following her instructions, so he immediately followed her to the empty warehouse.

Then he witnessed a scene that he would never forget.

Yan Chu just waved his hand lightly, and the originally empty warehouse was filled with various supplies at an astonishing speed.

Boxes of various foods and purified water were piled up like a mountain...

Brand new off-road vehicles, generators, barrels of gasoline...

A wide variety of medicines and sophisticated medical equipment...

What's even more shocking is that she can continuously produce all kinds of weapons with astonishing power: new energy rifles, individual rocket launchers, high-frequency shock blades...

These equipments, which far exceed the current technological level, gleam with a cold luster, and their number is so large that it almost fills up the warehouse.

Lu Yuanze stood there in shock, looking at everything in front of him: "What is this...?"

Yan Chu patted the dust off his hands, still smiling, and said in a relaxed tone:

"I can't waste what I saved. I'll leave it all to you."

Lu Yuanze didn’t understand what she meant by “waste” at the time, he just felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

These things were so rich that it didn't seem like a temporary handover, but more like a complete entrustment.

Over this period of time, the world situation has been improving at a visible pace.

The country is struggling to restart, and the reorganized army is gradually clearing out the remaining zombies in some cities.

The survivors are privately saying that at this rate, perhaps in just a few years, they will be able to return to their previous peaceful lives and no longer have to flee and live in fear.

Everyone knows that Yan Chu is the most deserving contributor to this ray of hope for human victory.

It was she who time and again went deep into the most dangerous zombie gathering places alone, and accurately destroyed countless terrifying zombie nests.

It was also she who eliminated a large number of terrifying evolved zombies with overwhelming force, and now all that was left were just some scattered zombies that were not to be feared.

World peace seems to have really changed from an unattainable dream to a promising future.

But no one expected that at the final moment when victory was in sight, Yan Chu suddenly lost his memory.

That day, Yan Chu left the base as usual to clear out the last zombies on the periphery.

When he came back again, he seemed like a completely changed person.

The returning Yan Chu would frown when he saw the flat shoes that were convenient for movement, would lose his temper when the shower gel and shampoo he was given did not suit his taste, and would complain endlessly about the poor conditions at the base.

She became spoiled, willful, and unreasonable, like a greenhouse flower that needed to be carefully cared for but was incompatible with this apocalyptic world.

This huge contrast made everyone who knew Yan Chu feel indescribably stunned.

**

After learning that Yan Chu had lost his memory, Ling Ziyue came to Jiangcheng Base.

When he saw Yan Chu, a cold and sharp light suddenly flashed in Ling Ziyue's gray eyes.

His tone was firm and decisive, with an unquestionable coldness:

"This isn't my sister."

Lu Yuanze, who was standing by, felt his heart sink suddenly and looked at Ling Ziyue in surprise.

Everyone else at the base, including the doctor, believed it was just severe memory damage leading to a drastic change in personality.

Except for him, no one realized that Yan Chu in front of him might have become a different person at heart.

Lu Yuanze lowered his voice and asked, "You... judged it through your 'heart'?"

"Yeah," Ling Ziyue smiled, but there was no warmth in her laughter. "Sister's inner voice never makes people feel irritated. On the contrary, it is very interesting."

As he spoke, his gaze turned to Yan Chu again, with a hint of indifference in his gray eyes.

"And this... her inner voice is noisy and empty, filled with exaggerated complaints and shallow desires. It's nothing like a sister, and there's not a single interesting thing about it."

Ling Ziyue's words almost confirmed Lu Yuanze's guess.

One day, even Su Su, who had the best temper, couldn't help but mention it to Lu Yuanze:

"How come Yan Chu's personality has changed so drastically since she lost her memory? Yesterday in the cafeteria, she almost overturned her plate because the ingredients for dinner weren't fresh enough..."

Lu Yuanze's fingers, which were wiping the gun, paused almost imperceptibly, and his eyes lowered, hiding the complex emotions surging deep in his eyes.

He didn't look up, but replied in a flat voice: "Yeah."

This reaction was so calm that Su Su was a little surprised.

She originally wanted to say something else, but she saw that Lu Yuanze had continued what he was doing. The lines on his profile were extremely cold and hard, and he obviously didn't want to talk about these things.

Su Su then realized that Lu Yuanze liked Yan Chu after all. No matter how much Yan Chu's personality changed, he certainly didn't want to hear bad things about Yan Chu.

She apologized softly and left with a complicated expression.

Lu Yuanze was the only one left in the warehouse. The light coming in from the window illuminated the dust floating in the air and also illuminated the clear loneliness on his face.

How could he not know?

Yan Chu didn't just become a different person. To be more precise, she became "another person".

The current Yan Chu is the eldest daughter who was spoiled by the Yan family and whom he had known for more than ten years in his memory.

And the strong and gentle Yan Chu, who would calmly analyze the battle situation, who would not hesitate to risk his life to go deep into the tide of zombies in times of crisis, and who had once protected him, seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden.

Just like when he was a kid.

Disappeared completely, without a trace.

Lu Yuanze's thoughts drifted back to that afternoon again, and he thought of the warehouse that was packed with supplies.

He was so slow to realize the true meaning of all the supplies Yan Chu left behind until she actually disappeared.

The soul he loved deeply, the strong, tenacious Yan Chu who shone with a unique light, had already prepared to leave at that moment.

Lu Yuanze slowly clenched his fists, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force.

There was a huge emptiness in his heart, a howling void that could not be filled no matter what.