◎I suspect she has supernatural powers.◎
Looking at that smiling face, his head suddenly buzzed. The man trembled and didn't care about his companions. He knew it was useless to play the moral card with them, so he quickly ran towards the path on the other side.
The zombie army was getting closer and closer. Long Qingyu raised his hand and said, "Go!"
"Ah!" Rong Xiao and Ling Xi responded crisply, and they ran hand in hand.
Tian Yichuang walked at the end, whistling and burning everything nearby that could be ignited, forming a wall of fire to delay the zombies.
After running forward for nearly half an hour, the group of people were exhausted and out of breath, especially Shangguan Yu, who looked like he was almost dead.
On the way, he asked Long Qingyu several times if he wanted to fly directly, but he was rejected every time.
Such a large target flying in the air would simply become a huge target to attract zombies, which was absolutely not acceptable.
Throughout the journey, Long Qingyu was a little out of breath, Tian Yichuang was in good condition, but Ling Xi was a little worse off. He supported himself on his knees with a dazed look in his eyes, as if he was hallucinating. His eyes had been dull for at least five minutes.
"Aren't you running anymore?" Rong Xiao stood there and jumped without stopping.
"Are you a stamina monster?" Ling Xi, who had lost a quarter of her life, was in better shape than Shangguan Yu. She still had the energy to complain, "Aren't you tired? Take a break, sister!"
"Oh..." Rong Xiao was so excited that he felt disappointed for only a second. He pulled his clothes and sat down on the ground beside him obediently. His obedience made Ling Xi feel very relieved.
If he stays this well in the future, I'll be thankful to God, the mountains and the sea.
Long Qingyu climbed up the stairs next to him to the roof of a street shop, used a sight to determine the direction he came down from, and did not see any zombies approaching in large numbers.
"Those zombies don't seem to be coming over." Putting away his gun, Long Qingyu pointed to the "Accommodation" sign hanging in a corner not far away. "Let's find a comfortable place to rest. We can't delay rescuing Dahuai for too long."
The others had no objection and followed Long Qingyu to "accommodation".
Long Qingyu checked it just now. This street looks old and there are very few zombies. The small building with the accommodation sign on it is also very shabby and doesn't look like a place where many people would stay.
After they went in, they only killed three or two zombies, and the entire hotel became quiet immediately.
Long Qingyu locked the door downstairs to prevent other people and zombies from coming in, and found two rooms on the second floor.
There was an iron gate at the entrance of the stairs on the second floor. It looked like it had not been closed for a long time. When it was pulled, it creaked and the sound was sharp and piercing.
The corridor connects three rooms, and from the second floor you can have a clear view of the street below, including the hotel's main entrance.
This place has a wide view and is a good defensive stronghold.
The three rooms upstairs are not big. After carefully cleaning and checking the corners and cabinets, everyone can confirm that all rooms are completely safe.
Ling Xi and Rong Xiao lived together, Long Qingyu and Tian Yichuang lived in a room, and Shangguan Yu slept alone in a room next door, having closed the door and gone to bed long ago.
Long Qingyu carried a bench out of the house and placed it outside. He took down his gun and set it up. While he was adjusting it, Tian Yichuan popped his head out of the house and said, "Brother Long, how about I take over first? You take a break for a while? You haven't slept much these past two days."
"It's okay," Long Qingyu put his gun on the table and smiled at him, "So many things happened suddenly, I couldn't sleep either."
"Then..." Tian Yichuang was just about to say that he would go to sleep first when Ling Xi came out from the room next door. She seemed to be hesitant to speak, and it was obvious that she had something to say.
The gossipy spirit in his stomach awakened, and Tian Yichuang pretended to enter the house, hid his head behind the door frame, and eavesdropped with his ears perked up.
"Brother Long, I have something I want to discuss with you." Ling Xi smiled in a flattering manner.
"Is it related to Rong Xiao?" Without her having to say it, Long Qingyu's words hit the nail on the head.
Ling Xi laughed and reached out to pinch Long Qingyu's shoulders: "Brother Long, you are so smart, you are so predictable and elusive..."
"Stop the idiom chain and get down to business."
"Um..." Ling Xi stammered, carefully staring into his eyes to observe his expression, ready to adjust her contingency plan at any time according to Long Qingyu's attitude. "How do you plan to deal with Rong Xiao?"
"Handle?" Long Qingyu asked knowingly.
"That is... are you planning to let her follow us from now on, or find a place for her to live?" It was not Ling Xi's style to beat around the bush. After going around in circles for a long time, she couldn't hold back and said it all in one breath.
Long Qingyu's fingers stroked the handle of his gun, thoughtfully saying, "Actually, I think this place is pretty good. There's a bed and water, and there seems to be a supermarket nearby, which makes it convenient for finding supplies." He glanced at Lingxi's expression nonchalantly and added, "At least it's better than the convenience store she used to stay in, right?"
"What's good about that?" Ling Xi's voice suddenly rose, but Long Qingyu glared at her and she returned to her normal volume. "You know, she's not very scheming, her thinking is very simple, and she's too easy to be deceived! Besides, she's alone in a place like this, what if she runs into a bad guy? And even if there's a supermarket nearby, she'll run out of food eventually, and she'll have to go somewhere further..."
"So, you want to keep her in the team and follow us in the future." This was a sharp summary, coupled with Long Qingyu's slightly serious expression. Ling Xi took a deep breath and nodded nervously.
She was 80% sure before she spoke, but Long Qingyu's current attitude made her doubt herself. Was there something wrong with her intuition?
Before, when Rong Xiao was scolded by Shangguan Yu, Long Qingyu had defended her twice. Just now, when she was in danger, he was also very concerned about her and didn't seem to be cruel to her.
A possibility popped up in Ling Xi's mind, and she planned to catch him off guard: "You don't think Rong Xiao is weak and will drag the team down, do you?"
Long Qingyu: “?”
Ling Xi continued to seize the initiative: "No way? No way? Brother Long, do you really think so? Little Rongxiao may look cute, like Hello Kitty, but she always helps us. And when she encounters danger, we don't have to bother to save her. She escapes just like that! Have you ever thought about what's going on?"
"Tiny? What's the trick?" Long Qingyu's interest was piqued, and he actually started asking questions.
The plan worked, and Ling Xi proudly placed her arm on Long Qingyu's shoulder: "I suspect she has supernatural powers."
"Really? What kind of superpower?"
"Ouch!"
“…”
Long Qingyu's eyes were complicated. He stared at her for a long time. His gaze seemed like a silent questioning machine, replaying "Are you serious?" over and over again.
"I'm not kidding," Ling Xi saw the trembling of doubt in those eyes and quickly explained, "Think carefully from the moment we met Xiao Rongxiao. In the convenience store, you were almost attacked by zombies at the back door. She was the one who pulled you back, right?"
This is indeed the case, Long Qingyu nodded without denying it.
"She was the one who led us to the warehouse where we hid later. She was also the one who showed us the way to the residential complex for the mission. She was also the one who risked falling to her death from the 6th floor and climbed over to open the door. And lastly, she saved me!!"
Ling Xi laid all these things out in front of Long Qingyu like a post-mortem account, leaving him speechless.
There was nothing wrong with what she said, but he just didn't express his intention to put Rong Xiao in the team.
Not knowing what he was thinking, Long Qingyu's face was gloomy. Ling Xi couldn't let go of her worries until he expressed his opinion.
"I think Rong Xiao is pretty good," Tian Yichuan, who was eavesdropping nearby, couldn't help but poke half of his head out stealthily. "You said she looks weak, but she always solves problems smoothly and can be helpful. Look, just now, she was kidnapped, but she escaped inexplicably. It really is a bit like what Ling Xi said."
"What's that smell?" Ling Xi was confused.
"Oh my god, I think she's very lucky too," he said with a mysterious gesture, and Tian Yichuan added fuel to the fire. "If she were with us, I think our team's luck would improve!"
Long Qingyu didn't expect that they would try to persuade him with such a not-so-clever excuse, and he felt a little complicated.
In fact, it’s not that he doesn’t want to bring Rong Xiao into the team, but they will have to rescue Dahuai in less than a day, and no one knows what the outcome will be. If the entire army is wiped out, wouldn’t Rong Xiao be innocent?
She hadn't even seen what Dahuai looked like, yet she dragged him into this to die with her. The more I think about it, the more pitiful he seems.
"If we succeed in rescuing Dahuai, we'll come back to pick up Rongxiao."
The two people who were always chattering suddenly became quiet. The morning breeze was a little cold, which made Lingxi's nose feel a little sore.
She seemed to have heard similar words somewhere.
By the way, when she left home, she said the same thing to the people in the house while crying.
But she knew they couldn't wait for her to come back.
Ling Xi rubbed her eyes, then suddenly smiled and hit Long Qingyu on the shoulder: "Brother Long, you are right. Why didn't I think of this? I didn't think it through."
"Why are you crying?" Silence wasn't Tian Yichuang's style. He waved his hand and poked the swirl on Lingxi's head. "Are we doomed? No! You said Rong Xiao has good luck. We've been with her for so many hours, so we've probably gotten some of that luck too. This time... this time it'll go smoothly."
After saying that, he turned around and went into the house, his back looking as panicked as a desperate deserter.
"I'm going to bed too, good night... oh no, good morning." Ling Xi walked back to the house happily and rubbed her eyes while closing the door.
Just smiling to hide my fear and anxiety is so tiring, even more tiring than fighting zombies.
It was already dawn. Ling Xi turned around and saw Rong Xiao lying down.
The simple and ordinary scene was like a thorn that suddenly appeared on it, and Lingxi dared not look at it anymore.
She didn't go to sleep on the bed, but made do on the sofa next to her, leaning her head against the backrest, staring at the old red sofa in a daze.
As soon as Rong Xiao fell asleep, she started dreaming as usual. Her dream world was always the same place.
In a city devastated by the end of the world, there is a cafe that looks chaotic but has extraordinary significance.
"Mr. Mosaic," Rong Xiao couldn't wait to greet everyone inside as he reached the coffee shop entrance. "I met a really great team!!"
Her brisk footsteps echoed in the shop, but the coffee shop, where there were always people waiting for her, was empty. There was no one else except her.
Mr. Mosaic did not show up.
She searched the entire cafe but found nothing, so she went to the nearby streets.
She searched everywhere but still couldn't find Teacher Mosaic. Even the deserted city that had never made her feel lonely became inexplicably scary.
Her heart felt heavy, perhaps because she had never experienced such a situation before. Rong Xiao thought that Teacher Mosaic would appear in her dreams every day. Even if there was no one else in the city of her dreams, she would not feel lonely.
But when the person who appeared every day suddenly disappeared, she realized that there was such a sad mood in this world.
Rong Xiao forced herself to wake up from her dream. Maybe she could ask Ling Xi about this strange situation?
Sister Xi always listens to her and gives her advice patiently, maybe...
Sitting up from the bed, the room was quiet with only the beating of Rong Xiao's own heart. She looked around blankly. Ling Xi was not there, and there was no one outside the window where she could originally see Long Qingyu.
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