Chapter 68 Chapter 68 The Light in the Research Institute...

The lights in the research institute have always been cold. Si Luoheng has not returned yet, but there is always a feeling that she is the only one missing here. The robots come over as usual and greet as usual.

Si Ruxu checked various places in the research institute, and after confirming that they were not affected by the extreme cold, she felt relieved.

Si Qi's hand was still on the bracelet. Si Ruxu was cooking in the room. There were many seasonings and ingredients in her space.

In fact, she probably doesn't know how to cook very well. Si Qi used to take care of these things, but today Si Qi just watched, watching the woman busy in the kitchen, and finally brought out a few dishes that didn't look good.

Her gaze moved around and finally landed on Si Qi's hand. A hint of darkness flashed across her eyes. Then, she curled her lips and smiled gently, "Is the bracelet too tight? I'll give you some."

As she spoke, she walked up to Si Qi, half squatted, placed her hand in her palm, then unlocked the watch strap with her fingerprint and loosened it a little.

Originally, the place where the strap was restrained was already bruised.

But Si Ruxu only used her healing ability to moisturize it for a while, and then put it back on to cover up the purple spot.

Then, without saying a word or struggling, she just looked at Si Ruxu with her head tilted.

She is like a puppet without a soul.

Also disappearing was Si Luoheng's voice.

Si Ruxu hadn't been able to contact her for many days, or rather, she had disappeared without a trace since she called Si Qi.

Si Ruxu turned on all the large screens in the institute and tried to locate the image, but she still couldn't catch a glimpse of that young and thin figure.

Si Qi turned on the light, and the woman who was sitting in front of the big screen looked over, and a smile appeared in her tired eyes.

"Can't you sleep?"

Si Qi shook his head: "I came out to see you."

She looked at the screens around her, and at Si Ruxu, who looked particularly insignificant sitting beside them. Her throat felt strangely dry. "Haven't you found Si Luoheng yet?"

Si Ruxu shook her head: "I believe Luo Heng, she has her own plans."

"Then why aren't you sleeping yet?" This was already Si Ruxu's third day here, and she was a little worried about Si Ruxu's health.

Perhaps because the worry in her eyes was too obvious, Si Ruxu's voice became even gentler: "Well, I'll be there in a moment."

Si Qi was dissatisfied.

She pursed her lips, her jawline tense, and walked over stiffly and quickly, squatting in front of Si Ruxu. "You said it wasn't the last moment, even if you were going to die, you couldn't die suddenly in front of the screen."

Si Ruxu's eyelashes drooped, covering the expression in her eyes. The lights in the room were on, so bright that they were a little dazzling.

She looked at Si Qi, looked at her eyes full of serious concern, and looked at her fingers placed on her legs, which were not so slender but had round fingertips and small scars.

She gently held Si Qi's hand, squeezed her five fingers in, and interlocked their fingers. She could feel the roughness on Si Qi's fingertips.

The surroundings were white, but the shadow cast by her sitting down covered Si Qi, and Si Qi seemed to be in her body, and they were like one whole.

Si Ruxu bent down and kissed the pale lips in Si Qi's puzzled and dull gaze.

They separated in an instant, and then, she leaned her forehead against Si Qi's, her voice hoarse and tense: "But I can't sleep, what should I do?"

"Si Qi, please accompany me."

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Although the research institute was designed to be all-inclusive, Si Ruxu had the inexplicable feeling that one of the windows nearby was open. The wind and rain outside were very loud. Some rain fell on her, but perhaps more of it fell on Si Qi's lips, forehead, and fingertips.

She was teased to the point of unconsciously arching her waist, and then forced herself down. In a daze, she clutched Si Qi's clothes tightly, unconsciously giving her all.

Healthy love cannot be born in a deformed and suffocating environment. This is true for her and Si Qi as well.

Maybe it was too long, maybe the light in the lab was too bright, or maybe the images on the four screens were still jumping.

The rain was particularly heavy, coming in waves, until the voice of the person making it rain was tinged with tears, and until the person teasing him whispered "no".

Until the last rain fell, pouring on the already wet ground.

Si Qi raised her head, damp all over, her voice hoarse and low. She looked into Si Ruxu's eyes, which had not yet recovered, and asked, "Now, can you sleep?"

Si Ruxu fell into a deep sleep.

It might be because I hadn't rested for three consecutive days, or it might be because the sudden exercise was too intense.

Even when Si Qi was cleaning her, her reaction was very weak. He just hugged her subconsciously like before.

She sat beside the bed, and Si Ruxu came over with a feeling of insecurity. Even though she was clearly asleep, she frowned slightly.

She simply lay on the bed, allowing Si Ruxu to move closer and into her arms little by little.

In fact, she herself couldn't tell how much of what had just happened was genuine and how much was simply repression. Her mind, the special bracelet on her wrist, the transformation of this world, everything was strung together like a massive mountain, suffocating even those who understood the apocalypse best.

In the next few days, the two of them were like a real couple. When Si Ruxu entered the kitchen, Si Qi would ask her to come out first and leave the food to her. He would also open his mouth to taste the snacks that Si Ruxu handed over.

It doesn't matter to them whether it is extremely cold or hot outside, whether it is sunny or rainy.

It was as if the surface was covered by a veil, but at night, Si Qi would always hear Si Ruxu tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. She was worried about Si Luoheng.

Her only blood relative.

On the twentieth day after returning to the institute, Si Luoheng's figure appeared on the big screen, stumbling and covered in blood.

She had a bone on her back and walked with alternating deep and shallow steps. Si Ruxu's breathing was slightly choked, but she saw Si Luoheng raise her eyes and shake her head in the direction of the big screen.

Si Luoheng told her not to go over.

Then, the space around her was torn apart, and a person covered entirely slowly walked out in front of Si Luoheng, with only a pair of amber eyes barely visible.

Si Luoheng pinched the bone behind her in her hand. No sound could be heard from the big screen. Inside, Si Ruxu only saw her saying something to Him with a smile on her lips.

Then, the originally quiet god suddenly became furious, and with just a flick of his wrist, his spatial ability tore Si Luoheng's body apart, leaving only pieces of flesh on the ground.

Something in Si Ruxu's brain broke.

Si Luoheng, Si Luoheng didn’t…didn’t she tell her not to go because she was sure she could survive?

She was determined to die, she had no intention of coming back alive from the beginning...

A drop of hot tear fell from her eye, burning hot in her palm, and then slowly cooled down.

She stood there motionless, not knowing where to go for a moment. Si Luoheng told her not to go over, but the deity remained standing there, its amber eyes fixed on the screen, as if to meet her gaze.

In the pale pupils of those eyes, Si Ruxu saw a murderous intent.

Si Qi is not here. She is still in the kitchen preparing lunch for today.

A tempting aroma wafted from the kitchen, followed by the sound of relaxed footsteps from behind.

Si Ruxu's eyes did not move away from the screen, the god's gaze, and Si Luoheng's blood.

"Si Ruxu, it's time to eat." Si Qi brought all the dishes to the table and went to serve the rice, but Si Ruxu didn't move. There was some doubt in her eyes, so she walked over.

The first thing they saw was Si Ruxu's face, which was so pale that it was transparent, and then the god on the screen looking at them, and Si Luoheng's body on the ground.

In an instant, a huge sense of absurdity swept over her whole body.

Si Luoheng is dead.

So, what about the apocalypse? What about those half-studied specimens, the mutated plants, animals, and even zombies she had transformed? What about them?

A faint whistling sound came from the space, and the institute's self-protection system flashed red light in an instant. Si Qi took a deep breath, and the fluctuations in the space seemed to stop again, as if blocked outside by something.

Si Qi raised his eyes and saw on the big screen that there was only Si Luoheng lying on the ground and the white bone.

She suddenly grabbed Si Ruxu who was beside her and said, "Let's go pick up that bone!"

Then, the door of the research institute was blown open. The moment he looked over, Si Qi disappeared from the spot and then appeared on the big screen again.

He stood there, looking at the two people on the big screen, tilted his head, and then took one, two, and three steps closer, his feet bumping into each other in the middle.

The god turned his head and saw the still warm lunch on the table. His eyes flickered, and the bowls and chopsticks floated over along with the table.

Then, he picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat, and put it into his mouth. She looked at the big screen and found a stool to sit down, as if she was watching a movie.

Si Qi picked up the bone. She held Si Ruxu's hand. The moment she touched the bone, a powerful force entered her body, and then flowed along her body and fell to Si Ruxu.

Memories that did not belong to them came flooding back like a dense network.

"You... have His aura on you. Why are you here?"

"What does His breath feel like?" The other girl did not respond, but asked a completely different question.

"I don't like it. But His flavor keeps changing lately."

One is Si Luoheng, and the other is Guan Xuan, the girl who always wears school uniform, will never die, and will never come back to life.

"Taste? Who are you and why are you here alone?"

"No, my whole family is here. Can't you see? I'm a zombie."

Si Luoheng curled his eyebrows: "You are not a zombie."

Hearing this, the girl squinted her eyes and chuckled: "Then you know who I am, right?"

Si Luoheng covered her still bleeding abdomen and pursed her lips.

Even if she had heard of it, she would rather the gatekeeper of the border was an old man in his seventies, because the elderly have seen the world. They may have regrets about not having seen enough, but they have also truly lived a complete life.

Instead of being like Guan Xuan, a girl who is still wearing a high school uniform, perhaps studying in school in the morning, chatting with friends about youth, exams, and the cafeteria.

At night, in the room filled with endless moonlight, she watched her family being torn into pieces by the spatial power. She was trapped here forever by the flesh and blood of her loved ones.

At first, she was just sad and hungry, but later, zombies surrounded her and were afraid of her blood, so her scratches healed repeatedly.

Finally, she died. In hunger, in grief, in despair, she watched her body decay day by day, turning into a hole, and then gathering energy again.

She came back to life, but only in a small space.

From then on, her only meaning here was to guard the city's borders and keep humans and zombies in their own spaces.

The girl took in the silence in Si Luoheng's eyes and just smiled.

"As for you, the scent on you is very similar to that of the second generation gods. You should be careful."

"The second generation...god?" Si Luoheng raised her eyes and looked at the girl who was trying to remind her of something.

"How could the aura of a god change so drastically all of a sudden? It must be a new one. This one looks even more powerful than the last one."

"He, may be able to come."

As soon as he finished speaking, the space around Si Luoheng was torn apart, and a woman in a black robe walked over slowly.

"Noisy." His voice was hoarse, with a hint of burnt air. When he raised his eyes, Si Luoheng looked slightly dazed.

She looked at the face in front of her that was almost identical to Si Ruxu's.

Except, except for a very small scar on the side of the face.

"Sister...sister..." Si Luoheng almost fell over, clutching the corner of Si Ruxu's clothes tightly with one hand.

"Sister, why are you here? Shouldn't you be at Si Qi's place?" The absurd thoughts swirling in her mind made her almost unable to speak.

But the god didn't care. He lowered his eyes nonchalantly, and a hint of blood flashed in his amber eyes.

"Luo Heng, give me the antidote."

"What antidote?"

"You spread the antidote to the virus."

Si Luoheng's smile was forced, but her hands moved even more tightly: "Sister, what do you want this for?"

"Si Luoheng, step back, there's something wrong with him!" Guan Xuan whispered, reaching out to pull her clothes.

But Si Luoheng didn't retreat at all, and tears welled up in her eyes: "Sister, how could it be, how could it be you..."

God. That god who brought disaster, that god who was so high and mighty, who cared nothing for the human world, how could it be Si Ruxu?

"Si Luoheng!" Guan Xuan saw that Si Luoheng was not in a good condition, so she reached out and pulled her over from the god. Si Luoheng staggered a few times and almost fell to the ground.

"I've already told you, there are two gods. This one came later. He's not your sister. Your sister can't enter the outer circle!"

Si Luoheng's unfocused eyes gradually became clear. She looked at Him and slowly backed away.

But the god showed impatience in her eyes, so she casually dismantled the remaining skeleton of Guan Xuan.

It's just a matter of raising your hand.

Si Luoheng's breathing seemed to be off for a moment, and she rushed over, protecting one of her ribs tightly at the last moment.

"Call...Call Si Qi!" She hurriedly opened the bracelet. When the god heard the name, he was in a trance for a moment, and then he stopped and just stood there looking at her.

"Si Qi, come to the border outside the circle, quickly..."

The god seemed to know her purpose, his eyes gradually became angry, then he waved his hand and broke Si Luoheng's bracelet.

The call on the bracelet was cut off, and so was the picture.

The bones in his hand glowed red and felt faintly hot. Si Qi squeezed it tightly and seemed to be able to feel the temperature of the blood deeply imprinted in it.

"Antidote...Si Ruxu, where is the antidote?" Si Qi suddenly turned around and looked at Si Ruxu, who was also stunned and at a loss.

"I, I don't know..." She didn't know, so He didn't know.

They may be the same person, or they may just be counterparts in different dimensions.

Si Qi vaguely grasped something. She pulled Si Ruxu up and returned to the laboratory in just a moment.

The woman had taken off her mask and was now leisurely eating the food on the table.

And... it seems like he really likes it and has already eaten most of it.

Si Qi felt a little relieved. If He had been eating all the time, he would not have had time to look for the antidote in the research institute... right?

But just a few seconds later, she saw a small bottle on the dining table. It was wrapped in special packaging. Even the bottle itself was special, and it was obviously different from other experimental herbs in the institute.

Si Qi's pupils shrank slightly, and then the space around her was torn apart. She passed through the black hole and pounced on the dining table, but her hand was separated when it touched the bottle.

She fell hard on the table, her internal organs seemed to shift, and the bowls and food on the table were scattered all over the floor as she rolled over.

The woman sitting on the chair stared at her in a daze. She looked almost exactly like Si Ruxu, but with a more indifferent deity. Just like now, she was sitting there, looking down at her embarrassment.

"Want this?" His fingers gently picked up the small bottle and gave an awkward smile: "It's useless for you to have this."

"What about you? What did you do with it?" Si Qi struggled to sit up. In a pile of debris, her arms and palms were cut and bleeding.

The god's expression relaxed slightly, and the red lines around Si Qi's eyes reappeared. A gentle energy healed all the wounds on her body bit by bit.

Just like the last time she and Si Ruxu were on the verge of death in the car, there were dark red lines between her eyebrows.

Si Qi raised his head, his eyes reflecting a hint of disbelief. So, were the dark red veins the power of the gods? Why would He help them?

Why did He kill them and help them at the same time?

In her sight, the god was getting closer and closer to her, and the blood color was clearly reflected in her eyes.

Then, she gently stroked Si Qi's face to remove the grease that had just fallen on the ground.

She curled her lips, but her eyes were full of tears.

"Long time no see, Siqi."

Si Qi's brain paused, and for a moment he found it difficult to understand the complex emotions in His words.

Then, a light-colored shadow rushed over, and Si Ruxu pulled her back a few steps. There was a heat coming from her body, and she held a special weapon in her hand.

She raised the gun-like object and pointed it at the god.

"The God-killing counterpart." Her voice was icy, and her gaze towards Him was sharp, filled with deep hatred. "If you don't leave now, I will make you, along with the one you love, disappear here."

The god looked at Si Qi deeply, and the space fluctuated. He, the small bottle, and the bowl of whole steamed buns left on the ground all disappeared on the spot.

Si Ruxu's body was still blocking Si Qi, trembling slightly.

The dark red lines were still around Si Qi's eyes and had not faded.

Si Ruxu reached out her hand and gently stroked the lines around her eyes. Then, she suddenly exerted force with her fingers and leaned forward.

The distance was too close, and Si Qi finally saw the madness hidden under her amber eyes. He showered her with kisses around her eyes and on the corners of her lips until the dark red pattern disappeared.

She was breathing slightly, looking at Si Qi with watery eyes.

"You're not allowed to look at her, you're not allowed to have any marks of her, you're not allowed to..."

Si Luoheng is already dead. If the apocalypse ends, she will come back to life, but now, in the uncertain future, Si Qi is the only thing she still has, he is her everything.

In sight, Si Qi nodded.

"Well, don't look at her."

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