The more Shen Jing thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

She simply couldn't believe that Gu Yan wasn't harboring ill intentions.

But apart from clinging to her, he seemed to have reverted to his old indifference.

When Shen Jing returned from the quarantine area, she saw Gu Yan in a state of preparing to self-destruct.

Self-destruction? Shen Jing looked up and glared at him.

Gu Yan, however, was still smiling faintly, completely unconcerned that Shen Jing had discovered him.

Anyway, by the time things were discovered, there was no way to change anything.

"Gu Yan... I came back for you."

She finally spoke her mind.

Shen Jing hugged him tightly, feeling his slight trembling, so she hugged him even tighter.

She couldn't help but sniffle, and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't make me worry, okay?"

Gu Yan listened expressionlessly, his eyes filled with barely suppressed madness.

He paused for a moment, then hugged Shen Jing back, even tighter than she did.

"Do you still remember that earth-elemental crystal core?" A muffled voice then came from the embrace.

"Hmm..." He said it was the guardian crystal core of the western base. Could it be related to this crystal core?

"It will crumble into powder in ten minutes."

Shen Jing suddenly looked up and saw that Gu Yan was still smiling.

She knew he was telling the truth at just one glance.

Are you crazy? The earth-element crystal core shattered? Won't the base immediately experience a massive earthquake?

She really wanted to strangle him and ask him what he was thinking.

They couldn't escape after the earthquake!

wrong……

Shen Jing looked into Gu Yan's eyes and said seriously, "What exactly did you do?"

Gu Yan smiled and leaned closer to Shen Jing: "I didn't do anything."

Earth-based crystal cores protect this land from earthquakes.

The crystal core, which was supposed to self-destruct five years later, was accelerated to the last two days.

He can sense earthquakes, snowstorms, and floods.

Naturally, one can also know the state of the earth-based crystal nuclei.

However, he didn't care.

Every minute and every second he waited for Shen Jing to return, he had the thought of making this world disappear.

In the end, he did nothing.

But precisely because he did nothing, the disaster came faster than expected.

“Ah Jing, I have no intention of being a savior.”

"...Then tell me, what is needed to keep the crystal core running?"

Gu Yan brushed aside her bangs and asked in return, "Then what price did you need for saving me last time?"

Shen Jing was speechless for a moment.

Then it occurred to him that he must have discovered the control panel's operation history after entering the space.

She didn't know how to explain that using her luck points to save him was just a beautiful misunderstanding.

The watch showed that two minutes had passed.

Shen Jing had no choice but to ask him again, "Tell me quickly, you must know how to stop the crystal core from self-destructing."

Gu Yan knew, of course, that as long as he continued to supply energy to the Earth's core, it would be fine.

But he didn't want to stop her; he would leave Chen Jing at home and use the mutated vine to form a cocoon to protect her.

As for others, they are irrelevant to him, and he doesn't care about them!

Seeing Shen Jing's increasingly pale face, Gu Yan buried his face in her neck and sighed softly.

"Do you really want to repair that earth-elemental crystal core?"

He didn't mention anything about the energy consumption.

Shen Jing nodded, then shook her head.

She suddenly discovered... the rules of this world.

Give her a space, but that space requires luck points, and making a deal with it requires sacrificing your life.

Even after being reborn, Gu Yan could not change his fate and remained bound to the mutated vine.

But judging from his words, does he also have the power to interfere with the world's order?

What was the price he paid?

While Shen Jing was lost in thought, Gu Yan's fingers twitched in the air, and his face gradually turned pale.

He gave a faint, cruel smile.

Since Shen Jing wants him to save the world, then he shall save it!

Shen Jing didn't even have time to stop her, "Do you think this world requires you to sacrifice your life?!"

"Also?" Gu Yan caught the key point in her words.

"that is……"

"You saved me last time, was it also by risking your life?" He quickly deciphered the meaning behind her words.

"Well, but it won't hurt me."

The luck value was only used to kill Shen Ting.

Now that Shen Ting is dead, this thing should only be used to expand space.

Gu Yan took Shen Jing's matter very seriously.

He pondered for a moment, then said with a grim face, "If your luck value is reduced to zero, you will die."

It's not the kind of death where you leave this world and return to the real world, but rather your soul being completely annihilated in this apocalypse!

Shen Jing was stunned.

Surprisingly, her jinx came true.

Come on, let's risk our lives...

Gu Yan looked at her nervously, his tone revealing his helplessness: "How many points are left? How do we get them?"

After thinking for a moment, Shen Jing still lied to Gu Yan: "80% luck value, don't worry about me for now."

I don't know if Gu Yan believed it or not.

He simply pressed his forehead against hers in silence, feeling Shen Jing's body temperature, showing none of the madness he had just displayed.

His eyes revealed only undisguised panic and confusion.

Now it was Shen Jing's turn to ask him: "And you, do you know what the price is for stopping the crystal core from self-destructing?"

In this round of candor, neither of them told the truth.

Gu Yan's expression remained unchanged as he replied, half-jokingly, "Like the self-healing ability, it was given to me by you."

Saying that is practically the same as not saying it at all.

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