Chapter 179 Sparring

Over the next few days, Song Heng and several core members of his team sent Lin Xi countless messages.

There were no greetings or apologies, only various attempts to persuade Lin Xi to participate in the experiment.

They showed no concern for her whatsoever; that's how our colleague relationship is.

In their eyes, Lin Xi had only been given an anesthetic injection; the cerebrospinal fluid extraction surgery had not yet been performed, so there was no need for recovery time. He just needed to rest for a day until the anesthesia wore off.

In Song Heng's team's large group chat, about half of the members were still unaware of what had happened that day. The group discussions mainly revolved around scientific research. Finally, someone remembered Lin Xi and asked in the group chat:

"It seems like I haven't seen my junior sister for several days."

There was no further news; they would all meet in the lab, and perhaps someone in the know smoothed things over.

Then the group chat discussed some layoff-related topics.

Although Lin Jie's partially infected zombie brought some hope to scientific research, there was no qualitative leap, and layoffs were still imminent.

These messages suddenly felt like news from another world, and Lin Xi didn't want to pay attention anymore. She clicked the "Leave Group Chat" button in the upper right corner, hesitated for a while but didn't press it, and finally chose to mute the messages.

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Lin Xi and Xiang Xin still moved.

In their previous life, they lived with Lu Weiliang and Hui in a temporary apartment in Area A, and later lived in a truck for several months. After several years, they lived together again.

Song Heng's team visited him several times to persuade him, but they were unable to enter the military region's defenses.

According to Lu Wei, the higher-ups at the base are unaware of Lin Xi's incident; all traces have been erased, and Song Heng has not made a fuss.

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Lin Xi temporarily put herself into a period of unemployment.

I was initially very worried that the lab would face layoffs due to a lack of results, but I never expected that this outcome would come in a different way.

"Layoffs or not, screw them..."

Xiang Xin raised an eyebrow: "It's rare to hear San San swear."

But Lin Xi has been on edge for many years and can't sit still. He spends all his spare time practicing shooting and martial arts in the training room.

The current marksmanship training is different from the marksmanship training Lin Xi received at the Dawn Base in his previous life; the difficulty has increased significantly.

Because the zombies outside are hardened, you have to aim for their eyes and shoot into their brains from tricky angles to defeat them.

Although the army has expanded in the post-apocalyptic world, firearms are still strictly controlled, and not everyone is qualified to practice shooting.

But Lin Xi had three excellent teammates, so he changed into Xiang Xin's training clothes and followed one of them to the training room.

As soldiers continued to die and new soldiers joined, the appearance of unfamiliar faces didn't attract much attention from others.

Besides, Lin Xi borrowed their cards and had someone to guide her.

While Lin Xi's marksmanship was above average due to her distracted state of mind, it was clearly not outstanding.

She changed her way of venting, often venturing into the spacious, padded training room to practice Sanda (Chinese kickboxing).

Although she has been engaged in scientific research for the past few years, Lin Xi has not neglected fitness and martial arts training, and her thin muscles have not degenerated.

He's still more than capable of fighting Xiang Xin.

Xiang Xin, who was knocked down, was indignant: "I trained in the team for two years!"

Lin Xi counted on her fingers.

"I've been training for...16 years."

The previous 6 years, this 9 years, and the 2 years after the apocalypse.

She never stopped.

Xiang Xin: "That's why I'm saying you should come back and fight alongside us."

"..."

When Liang Hui and Xiang Xin had free time, they would come to the training room with Lin Xi, and Lin Xi would spar with them.

Quite occasionally, when Lu Wei was away, Lin Xi was in the training room simulating hitting hardened zombies and fighting with fake zombies.

Colonel Lu, who had changed into his training uniform in preparation for a sparring session, was disappointed to find no one there: "..."

Lin Xi: "What's the difference between that and getting beaten up?"

She knew that the huge difference in strength between men and women could only be made up for through fighting skills, which she had practiced for 16 years.

However, Lu Wei, who chose to resist the apocalypse through combat from the very beginning, has trained for many more years and possesses absolute strength in martial arts.

Lu Wei: "Let's give it a try."

Lin Xi and Liang Hui had sparred with Xin many times, but they had never fought Lu Wei.

His punches no longer reminded Lin Xi of those shadows; Lin Xi simply felt rationally that there was no need to spar.

Want to try it?

Give it a try.

Zombies can be quite powerful, so difficulties are inevitable.

The fight lasted a long time. Lin Xi couldn't win, but the sparring remained at a "draw" level until they were exhausted.

Lin Xi was drenched in sweat, as if she had exhausted all her strength and energy.

The two of them sat against the wall to rest, when Lu Wei praised them, saying, "Very strong."

"That sounds a bit ironic." Lin Xi gulped down a bottle of water, mercilessly exposing the other person's rhetoric.

“Not entirely,” Lu Wei said seriously. “I’ve been practicing Sanda since I was a child, and I have accumulated so much experience over the years, as well as training in the military region.”

Lin Xi only knew that Lu Wei had been practicing Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) at the martial arts hall in his previous life, but she didn't know that he had been practicing since he was a child in his first life.

No wonder, after all, Lu Wei in version 1.0 killed Lin Xi's zombie with his fists.

Lin Xi lowered her head and said, "Yes, very strong." She returned Lu Wei's praise.

Lu Wei: "You're still stronger."

Lin Xi rubbed her forehead: "Once is enough, if you praise me again, I can't think of anything to say back."

Lu Wei: "Then I can praise it even more."

"...?" Lin Xi looked at him in surprise. "This sounds just like what the two of them would say."

"I genuinely believe that."

The training room is large, but there are only the two of them there now.

Lin Xi belatedly realized that she hadn't had a long, private talk with Lu Wei since the apocalypse.

That's all from a past life.

In their past life, they fought side by side, but in this life, they have different responsibilities, and the pressure is hard to compromise on.

Lu Wei couldn't understand the pressure Lin Xi faced in the laboratory, nor did Lin Xi have the chance to understand the pressure of managing and operating the base.