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late at night.

Everyone had fallen into a deep sleep.

Only Shi Bei, after lying down in bed, kept his dark eyes open the whole time.

Darkness is a good environment; it can conceal many things or thoughts that cannot be brought to light.

At this moment, Shi Bei's mind was filled with Nan Qing's every smile and gesture with others, and her physical contact with them.

I wonder what he was thinking about.

Shi Bei rolled out of bed, walked to the window, and pulled back the heavy curtains that blocked out the moonlight.

He looked out at the dilapidated and ugly world.

But looking at this world that he hated, this world that tormented him.

At this moment, Shi Bei was not thinking about the pain he had suffered; his mind was still filled with the image of Nan Qing.

Every word she said, every movement she made, and even every expression she made.

At that moment, it was so clear in his mind.

It turns out that although she deliberately tried to avoid the emotions that suddenly welled up in her heart, she also tried to deliberately ignore her attention to Nan Qing.

But without his own awareness.

All eyes and attention remained fixed on that figure who neither spoke to him, nor joked with him, nor smiled at him.

In the pitch-black night, Shi Bei's eyes appeared even deeper than the darkness itself.

Shi Bei suddenly felt a surge of emotion; he didn't want to care about the base, nor did he want to go looking for that sinful place, and he didn't want to deliberately suppress the emotions that he couldn't suppress at all.

He wanted to find a place.

A place that no one else can find.

A place without ugly zombies.

They abandoned all responsibility, and also abandoned the hatred that ran deep in their bones.

He only wanted to take Qingqing, who always held his heart captive, and get away from all this ugliness together.

He wanted to hide him, hide him away...

That way, she can't smile so sweetly at others anymore.

A rather unpleasant smile slowly crept onto Shi Bei's somewhat gloomy face.

Yes, a princess in a castle should live in a castle.

The outside world is so dangerous and ugly, the beautiful princess should be taken back by this devil, kept in captivity, and kept away from everyone.

A low chuckle echoed through the quiet space, followed by a series of sounds like the whispers of a demon.

"Nanqing"

"My dear,"

You'll like me, won't you?

"Oh,"

"It's okay if you don't like me, as long as you can always, always, always be with me."

That's enough.

"Everyone who tries to take you away deserves to die..."

In the pale moonlight, Shi Bei's half-hidden face was incredibly handsome, but at the same time, it also exuded a strong aura of danger.

Shi Bei stared intently into the darkness before him with the gaze of a wild beast intently watching its prey.

And all of this.

Nan Qing, who was sleeping soundly while holding the little raccoon cat, was completely unaware.

The next day.

Today, Nanqing is wearing a brightly colored retro cheongsam covered with various floral prints.

She was still wearing a pair of small leather shoes with a heel of only five centimeters.

She was also wearing a pair of black lace gloves.

Her full lips were painted a bright red today, making her look like a queen, both charming and aggressive.

Nan Qing stored everything in the villa that she thought she might need in the future into her supernatural space.

Then he got into Shi Bei's team's car and left the villa with them.

Shi Bei and his team drove a military vehicle, which was tall and could seat eight people.

So even with Nanqing and Xiaoba traveling together, the interior space of the car is still not cramped.

But Nanqing didn't know what was going on with this chosen one.

There were clearly empty seats in front of them, but they insisted on sitting in the row behind them with me.

However, since she was in someone else's car, Nanqing couldn't very well ask them to leave, so she could only ignore their somewhat strange behavior.

More than an hour later.

The vehicle stopped in front of the gate of a medical research institute.

Shi Bei and his companions looked out the car window at the situation outside. At first glance, there didn't seem to be any zombies, only a few scattered ones wandering around outside.

However, they did not lower their guard because of this apparent safety.

"Orange and I will lead the way, Dark Tiger and Mountain Eagle will bring up the rear, and Spider will keep a close watch on our surroundings."

"Qingqing, just stay inside our encirclement."

Just moments before, Shi Bei had been speaking sharply and rapidly, issuing orders for the marching formation. But when he turned to Nan Qing, his tone softened considerably. He looked at Nan Qing sitting next to him and said:

"Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

Nan Qing slightly raised her chin, gave a simple reply, and followed them out of the car.

As soon as they got out of the car, the few zombies wandering around them quickly approached after smelling the human scent, wanting to have a bite of fresh meat.

Before the zombies could get close, Su Lin and Shi Bei used their powerful guns to blow their heads off, quickly collecting the crystal cores that had been knocked out.

They're still just early-stage zombies, so guns are still useful.

They generally don't waste their superpowers, avoiding any crisis situations where they would need to use them.

After Nan Qing stored the car in his spatial storage, he walked among the group and entered the vast, seemingly quiet and safe research institute with them.

Shi Bei and his group had an internal layout map of the research institute, so they made a very clear goal as they passed through the buildings and headed directly to the most secret laboratory in the institute.

We encountered quite a few zombies along the way, almost all of whom were research institute staff members wearing lab coats and work clothes.

Fortunately, they were all low-level zombies, so they were easy to deal with.

"Boss, this door is locked from the inside. We can't get in even if we have the password."

Jiang Wenchuan, a tech enthusiast, stared at the tightly closed laboratory door in front of him, trying the password provided by the base several times without success.

Moreover, the door is made of special materials, and the ordinary explosives they carry cannot break it open.

"Please step back a bit."

Shi Bei unleashed his lightning-based supernatural power and slammed it hard against the wall next to the gate.

Shi Bei's lightning skills have now reached level 2, making them significantly more powerful than ordinary firearms and explosives.

However, under the attack of that lightning-type superpower that was as thick as an arm, the thick wall only had a hole the size of a basketball.

At least it broke a hole in the wall; a few more attempts should be enough to break through it completely.

When the opening in the wall was about half a person's height, the howling of zombies could be clearly heard coming from inside.

Shi Bei turned around and gave Nan Qing, who was being protected in the middle, a deep look in his eyes. After telling his teammates to "be careful," he took the lead and entered the laboratory through the gap.

The entire laboratory was without power; all the light came from the faint glow emitted by the flares they had thrown in.

The roars of zombies echoed in their ears, sometimes near, sometimes far, but they had no idea where the zombies would rush out from. Everyone was on high alert, paying attention to everything around them and the slightest sound.

And at this time.

"Smack!"

A beam of extremely bright light instantly illuminated the entire space, which was not small.