Chapter 247 Li Shuyi

The refrigerator lit up with an empty battery symbol the moment it was powered on, and then displayed the current temperature after 5 seconds.

Fortunately, the temperature was within the storage limits; it was almost out of balance.

Lin Xi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Once the tension eased, all the hunger and fatigue surfaced.

Lin Xi almost fell to the ground. The girl inside pushed a chair over, and Lin Xi sat down without ceremony. "Thank you."

"My name is Li Shuyi," the girl said, closing the door to the inner room and turning on the light.

Lin Xi subconsciously raised her weak and sore hand to cover her eyes, but when she lowered her hand, she found that Li Shuyi was staring at her intently.

"You look so pale. Are you from the base?" Li Shuyi asked.

Lin Xi nodded. She hadn't slept for the past two days and nights, and had only eaten some compressed biscuits and candy to replenish her strength. Now that she was suddenly relaxed, she felt her body swaying and her eyelids were about to close uncontrollably.

Li Shuyi looked disappointed. She shook her head slightly and turned to pour a glass of water for Lin Xi.

The water was still steaming, which was a great temptation for Lin Xi, who was starving and freezing at the moment.

But she simply took the cup, held it in her hand, and didn't drink it.

“This water has been boiled, there are no viruses.” Li Shuyi’s voice came, and she handed over a blanket: “Are you cold? You’ve been shivering.”

Lin Xi was indeed trembling. She was wearing three pieces of clothing: her own undershirt, Lu Wei's coat, and the coat that Yang Yicheng handed her later in case she collapsed.

But the cold still gnawed at her nerves, clearly a reaction to excessive physical exertion.

Lin Xi took the blanket, glanced at the outer garment draped over her body, and suddenly remembered something. She forced herself to get up, walked to the basement door, and returned the outermost combat uniform that protected her from the cold to Yang Yicheng.

Although Yang Yicheng was holding a gun and maintaining a sentry position, his slightly hunched spine and arms wrapped around his chest to conserve body heat reflected that he was also physically exhausted.

It was already completely dark, and Lin Xi couldn't see his face clearly, but she knew that he probably didn't look well.

We are all human; we all get tired and get hurt.

Seeing the returned jacket, Yang Yicheng accepted it without hesitation and quickly put it on.

His voice was slightly hoarse: "How's the vaccine?"

Lin Xi: "It's nothing."

"Um."

It was too cold outside, so Lin Xi went downstairs again, leaving Yang Yicheng alone to keep watch at the entrance to the cold basement.

Li Shuyi did not invite Yang Yicheng into the inner room, and Yang Yicheng also showed no intention of going in.

After walking back and forth once, Lin Xi felt dizzy when she returned to her seat. She quickly wrapped herself tightly in the blanket and stopped moving.

Li Shuya looked Lin Xi up and down again.

She herself was a haggard and emaciated person, but Lin Xi in front of her was no better off.

At this moment, Lin Xi looked listless, her skin was pale and bloodless, and she looked very weak in an ill-fitting coat.

Li Shuyi shook her head in disappointment.

This person himself looks so frail and unsteady, how can he protect others?

Lin Xi didn't care about Li Shuyi's thoughts. She was focused on the slowly rising battery level on the refrigerator, forcing herself not to collapse by sheer willpower.

"They said it will be about 4 hours before someone comes to pick you up. Why don't you get some sleep?"

Lin Xi shook her head blankly.

The refrigerator has been powered back on, but there is still no news of Xiang Xinlu and Liang Hui. It is also unknown whether the Pan Shi Base has continued to send people to hunt them down. The future remains uncertain.

All she can do is try her best to keep going.

Li Shuyi sighed, "You're going to collapse like this. Then, forget about protecting me; I'll have to take care of you too... I can't carry you on my back..."

Lin Xi remained unmoved.

Li Shuyi was too lazy to care about her anymore.

The basement door had been damaged. She had just decided to leave with Lin Xi, and she had less than four hours to pack her belongings.

It's not advisable to bring too much stuff when escaping a doomsday scenario, but there are some food supplies in the basement that you must take, as well as some useful personal items.

After packing her things for a while, Li Shuyi couldn't help but grumble, "By the way, aren't you people from the base? How did you end up on the surface? And in such a remote place? I've been hiding here for years and have hardly ever seen any outsiders."

She hadn't spoken to a living person in a long time. Although the appearance of Lin Xi and Yang Yicheng broke the peace, things had already come to this, and Li Shuyi could only accept it.

Then he caught Lin Xi and started chatting with her.

Li Shuyi: "Such an important task as escorting vaccines, and you're only sending the two of you on foot? You're not scammers, are you...?"

Lin Xi was listless and didn't want to talk; she even found her a bit noisy. This kind of noise felt familiar; it seemed like a long, long time ago, there was a girl who, no matter what state she was in, would catch her and start chattering away.

Li Shuyi suddenly realized something: "The vaccine is very important... Someone wanted to steal the vaccine, or you were the ones who stole the vaccine and were chased here?!"

Lin Xi's dry eyes twitched.

She had guessed the outcome of the chase, but not the reason. But Li Shuyi only cared about the result: "You're really being chased! Will they come to me?! Is it safe for me to stay with you?"

Lin Xi was speechless for a moment.

Li Shuyi glared at Lin Xi: "I don't care, you said you were going to protect me, so even if someone chases us here, you'll die before me!"

Lin Xi gave a soft snort.

Yang Yicheng, who was outside, spoke up: "Lin Xi cannot make this exchange."

It's difficult to break through the security bars; the existing tools might not be enough. We don't know if the vaccines and antibodies will be able to hold out until support arrives from the Iron Wolf base.

Lin Xi must do everything she can to buy time.

The consequences of losing one's life are very serious.

But if Lin Xi survives but loses all existing research results and all the drugs, wouldn't that be worse than dying?

Weigh the two evils and choose the more acceptable one.

At least for now, her research findings have been preserved, and her life is not in immediate danger.

Li Shuyi glanced angrily at the door. She was afraid of Yang Yicheng, but dared not speak out against him.

All he could do was question Lin Xi: "You promised!"

Yang Yicheng's tone was cold and hard: "Her life is very important, I can't trade it for yours."

"What do you mean! Are you going back on your word?!" Li Shuyi shouted.

Lin Xi swayed precariously, and before she collapsed, she heard Yang Yicheng's voice drifting from afar:

"What I mean is, if your life is in danger, I'll protect you."