Chapter 105 Return
The next day, Tang Jingmo "accidentally met" her in the mission briefing room.
He casually placed a dried bluebell on her desk.
The petals were faded, but in perfect shape—he had found them in the most dangerous ruins in the radiation zone.
In her previous life, she always liked to put this kind of wild flower in her tactical manuals.
Xiaobai took a quick look and raised his hand to sweep the dried flowers into the trash can.
“Don’t leave any debris in the mission area.”
Her voice was eerily calm.
On the seventh day, Tang Jingmo stopped her outside the training ground.
He handed over a torn copy of the Dragon Ball comic book - the cover was faded, but the pages inside were in good condition.
This was what he got in exchange for half a month's ration of food on the black market.
She remembered that in the apocalypse, when she was still the Queen of Wolf Castle, she fought her way into the ruins inhabited by strange beasts just for a comic book.
He didn't understand her behavior at all at that time. She almost lost her life for a book.
But she replied casually: "Happiness cannot be bought with money!"
This time, she didn't even pause and walked straight past him.
The comic book slipped from his fingers and fell into the mud.
"What do you want to do?"
Finally one day, Xiaobai pressed him against the wall and put a saber against his throat.
The sharp blade cut through the skin, and a trickle of blood slid down the neck line.
Tang Jingmo did not struggle.
He stared into her eyes, his voice as light as a sigh: "I want you to... call me 'Tang Ergou' again."
That was the "name" she gave him when they met again at Longshen Mountain and she took advantage of his amnesia.
The tip of the knife trembled slightly.
Xiaobai's pupils suddenly contracted, and something flashed across her eyes. But the next second, her eyes returned to being cold again.
"boring."
She put away her knife and turned around, but after taking three steps she suddenly stumbled.
A drop of blood slid down her nose, fell to the ground, and blossomed into a small red flower.
The moment the drop of blood from her nose fell to the ground, Tang Jingmo had already rushed to her side.
"Don't touch me!" Xiaobai stepped back suddenly, the blue light in his body surged, but suddenly went out in the next second.
She arched her body in pain, more blood gushed out of her nose, staining the front of her snow-white clothes red.
"Quick! There's something wrong with the S01 experiment!"
The base alarm wailed sharply, and researchers in white coats swarmed in like ants.
Dr. He pushed Tang Jingmo away and tapped frantically on the control terminal with his skinny fingers: "Take her to the medical room! Start the memory stabilization program immediately!"
Tang Jingmo was stopped outside the door by the guards. Through the glass window, he saw Xiaobai being pressed on the hospital bed, with the restraints digging into her struggling limbs.
Her pupils switched violently between dilation and contraction, as if two souls were fighting inside her head.
"Let go... or I'll kill you..."
Her voice was hoarse beyond human, the restraints dug deep into her wrists, and blood dripped down the metal bed frame.
The researchers retreated in horror - this killing machine that had always carried out orders accurately was now showing a hideousness they had never seen before.
"I am S01... just a weapon..." She mechanically repeated the program settings, but tears mixed with blood flowed down the corners of her eyes.
When Tang Jingmo knocked the guard unconscious and rushed in, he saw her banging her head against the bed frantically, as if trying to knock something terrible out of her brain.
He hugged her trembling body and put his lips on her sweat-soaked forehead:
"You are not a weapon," he said, his voice low enough for only her to hear.
"Your name is Lin Xiaobai, you are the most powerful supernatural being in the end times, the greedy little cat of Longshen Mountain, the best special combatant in China, and..."
His Adam's apple rolled, "She is my fiancée, my love."
The person on the hospital bed suddenly froze, and the blue light in his pupils receded like the tide.
She slowly closed her eyes, and before she fell into coma, her fingertips unconsciously hooked on the corner of his clothes.
"Dr. He! S01's neural links are evolving on their own!"
The researcher stared at the data jumping wildly on the screen. "It's rewriting the core code!"
"Impossible!" Dr. He slapped the console uncontrollably. "Impossible, my program doesn't have this!"
Tang Jingmo slowly clenched his palms. He wanted to take her away! Away from this ghost experiment. Even if it was fake, even if it was a time and space illusion, he couldn't watch her suffer.
However, just as Tang Jingmo planned the action, something unexpected happened in the laboratory and a fire suddenly broke out.
When Tang Jingmo pushed his way through the smoke-filled corridor, he saw Dr. He being evacuated by guards.
"Save...save the data..." the old man screamed and pointed to the innermost restricted area, "S01...can't lose...the hope of mankind!"
The fire protection system failed completely and the alloy door was burned red.
Tang Jingmo wrapped his head with a wet blanket and rushed in. He touched the bed in the scorching air - Xiaobai was lying there quietly, with a strange blue light covering his body, and the flames could not get close to him.
The moment he picked her up, a burning beam hit her back.
The smell of burning flesh filled the air, but he just held her tighter.
The unconscious Xiaobai suddenly grasped his fingers, and his cracked lips uttered a vague syllable: "Tang~"
With red eyes, he kissed her hot forehead: "I'm here."
When the light of the time tunnel enveloped the two of them, Tang Jingmo saw Xiaobai open his eyes - the pupils were as clear as before, reflecting his bloodstained face.
"This time..." She weakly raised her hand and touched his burned cheek, "It's your turn to take me home."
The time tunnel opened again, and the two stood at the entrance at the same time.
This time, the memory is complete, but the scars are intact.
Xiao Bai looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Tang Jingmo, what do you think...if we get separated?"
He grabbed the back of her neck and rested his forehead against hers: "Then I will continue to look for you until I find you."
——Because loving you is my instinct.
The dazzling white light receded like the tide, and the dry wind from the Gobi Desert blew fine sand across their cheeks.
Xiaobai blinked, and the chaos in his pupils completely dissipated, reflecting the clear sunrise of 1978.
She looked down at her hands - the pattern of the S01 ring had disappeared, leaving only a faint scar, like a gentle mark left by the years.
Tang Jingmo's tactical terminal suddenly vibrated, and a text message from an unknown number popped up on the screen:
"The observers have left. The ninth fragment is actually human emotion. PS: Remember to compensate me for the laboratory. - He"
The roar of a jeep was heard in the distance, and Gu Xicheng was coming with his troops.
Tang Jingmo suddenly grabbed Xiaobai's wrist and pushed her against the jeep door.
"Hey, Chief Gu is watching—"
Her protest was silenced by the hot kiss. Tang Jingmo placed his palm on her lower back, making her feel more comfortable.
"It's all over," he chuckled against her forehead, his breath also saying, "Should you give me a legal identity next?"
"What legal identity?" Xiaobai raised his eyebrows, suddenly grabbed his tie to force him to lower his head, and took the initiative to bite his lips.
"I'm applying for regularization and holding a wedding."
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