The team member looked at Cen Yu.

Inside the huge warehouse supermarket, the space they were in was not very well lit. Cen Yu leaned against the shelf and looked at the person, "Cry for me."

The team member turned his body to the side, seemingly finding Cen Yu's words extremely unreasonable.

"Don't go too far," he snapped.

Even so, the expression on his face remained as stiff as a mask.

He stood there, like a puppet, finally choosing to slowly turn his head—his head turned completely to shoulder level—his face still bearing that unchanging smile, "You've figured it out."

The monster disguised as a team member let out a sharp cry, followed by a familiar thumping sound.

The two faceless, elongated monsters that had disappeared earlier roared and ran towards this place.

At this point, Cen Yu understood everything! These two monsters were clearly in a cooperative relationship.

The one pretending to be an adult was probably not very strong in combat, so it simply cooperated with the long monster, pretending to be an adult to lure humans into a trap.

Cen Yu cursed loudly. He looked at the two long monsters that were about to rush up and was about to crush them into mincemeat when, in the next second, countless feathers suddenly sprouted from the monsters' bodies, emerging from every inch of their bodies.

Cen Yu clearly saw two feathers pierce the eyes of the monster disguised as a team member... as if they had grown from its pupils, the blood-soaked feathers piercing its eyes.

The same goes for the two long, thin monsters.

The feathers, like steel blades, pierced their bodies from the inside, cutting them into countless pieces—

Someone embraced Cen Yu from behind, white wings enveloping him completely.

Just as Cen Yu was about to say that he was allergic to feathers, he felt large tears fall onto his shoulder.

Cen Yu turned his head and saw He Yuxing, whose eyes were swollen from crying.

Cen Yu: "..."

He couldn't hear what He Yuxing was muttering.

He only felt the other person's tears quickly soak his cloak, and Cen Yu finally reached out... He originally wanted to push He Yuxing's head away, but in the end he still placed his hand on the other person's white hair.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he said nothing, only staring at the white wings that blocked his entire view.

...

Jiang Min leaned against the doorway.

After the monsters left, the team members came out of the supermarket in twos and threes.

He hadn't expected that the two types of monsters could cooperate in the mutated zone, but fortunately, the team members had been in the wilderness for many years and knew about these "smiling men" who only knew how to smile, so not many of them fell for it.

But some were unlucky enough to be ganged up on by the smiling man and the long monster.

"Cen Yu and He Yuxing didn't come out?" Jiang Min asked.

The monkey sat on the ground tending to his wounds. "They seem to have gone somewhere else." Seeing Jiang Min frown, he couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, boss. Cen Yu knows those smiling men. That's why I told him. He definitely won't fall for it."

Jiang Min didn't speak. He glanced at Song Xia, who was still wrapped in a coat and waiting at the door. She was still acting cautiously. He didn't know if she was just lucky and hadn't been discovered by the monsters, or if she was truly exceptionally strong.

About ten minutes later, Jiang Min finally saw the "family of three" leaving the supermarket.

Cen Yu hugged the disgruntled head—the head seemed angry because Cen Yu had shoved her into the freezer without warning—while He Yuxing pulled on the hem of Cen Yu's cloak, revealing her wings behind her for the first time without the cloak's cover.

The monkey paused for a moment, then turned to look at Jiang Min.

Although everyone in the team knew He Yuxing's identity, they didn't expect that he would actually take off his cloak this time.

Jiang Min stood still. "Are you in trouble?" he asked Cen Yu, glancing at He Yuxing's wings, as if to ask if she was in trouble, which was why she had taken off her cloak.

“We encountered a few monsters.” Although Cen Yu knew beforehand that He Yuxing probably had other abilities—after all, the rats at Qingshan Middle School died under suspicious circumstances—he didn’t expect the other party’s ability to be so simple and brutal, growing feathers directly from his body, which was almost like being pierced by a thousand arrows.

He Yuxing had stopped crying by now, but her eyes were still a little red and swollen.

The monkey glanced at Cen Yu a few times, then slowly approached him. "...Did she cry from fright?" he asked in a low voice, afraid that He Yuxing would hear.

"No." He Yuxing heard this and glanced at the monkey.

The monkey immediately stood at attention and apologized, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have whispered."

Fortunately, the monster wouldn't approach again for a while after it left, so they could stay in the supermarket for a while. Jiang Min glanced at Song Xia, who was standing near the exit looking very nervous, but in the end, Jiang Min didn't ask him to leave and tacitly allowed him to stay in the supermarket.

Cen Yu sat back down in his original seat, and He Yuxing leaned against him as soon as he sat down.

The two were on the escalator in the supermarket, with no other team members around. After the head broke free from Cen Yu's arms, it floated outside the supermarket on its own... Cen Yu guessed that the other person had probably gone hunting, so he looked away.

Cen Yu could see that He Yuxing was clutching his cloak, as if worried that he would abandon him and leave.

After a long pause, Cen Yu finally spoke, "I won't run away this time."

He Yuxing turned to look at him, "Swear it."

“I swear,” Cen Yu said.

He wanted to ask He Yuxing why he was so afraid of him running away. Was it because the original owner of the body had abandoned him after the other party was infected and mutated, or was there some other reason?

He Yuxing simply leaned against the wall behind him.

They sat with their backs to the wall, while their teammates chatted quietly on the other side. In front of them was an elevator that had been broken for years, and the floor was not clean, but no one cared about that at the moment. They just sat on the floor, exhausted.

Cen Yu took out a cigarette case from his pocket.

There were only two cigarettes inside. He took one and put it in his mouth without lighting it, until He Yuxing took the other one.

Cen Yu took out the matchbox, but unfortunately, there was only one match left inside.

Smoking is not allowed in supermarkets, of course, but in the post-apocalyptic mutant zone, no one cares about that... Cen Yu sat there, lit his own cigarette with a match, and turned his head to look at He Yuxing.

He Yuxing quickly approached.

The sparks mingled with their breaths; Cen Yu lowered his eyes, while He Yuxing simply stared at him.

Only after He Yuxing lit his cigarette did Cen Yu turn his head slightly. He didn't look at He Yuxing, but he knew that the other person was looking at him.

They sat in the corner, and Cen Yu saw He Yuxing beside him in the reflection of the glass.

Behind him were enormous white wings. He held a cigarette in his mouth and finally rested his head on his shoulder.

Behind Cen Yu was a wall covered with supermarket promotional posters, and the air was filled with the slightly spicy smell of tobacco.

"What would you like to do if the apocalypse ended?" Cen Yu suddenly asked.

He Yuxing thought for a moment, "To be with you?"

Cen Yu chuckled, "Love-obsessed."