Lost
The northern part of Zone 3, within the Arctic glacier range.
Yan Zhiyuan and Lin Zhouze had been here for nearly two months. Fortunately, the temperature didn't feel cold at all, and it felt almost the same as a human body temperature. Initially, they had been puzzled and even used various methods to measure the temperature, but in the end, the results were all normal; only their perception was abnormal.
"Aze, let's eat." Even though he already knew that Lin Zhouze had lost his sense of taste, Yan Zhiyuan still prepared every meal for him with care. When asked why he did this, Yan Zhiyuan replied, "I have to help you adapt to the days after recovery in advance."
But for two months, nothing happened to Lin Zhouze. Perhaps because of the change in the surrounding environment, his hearing was obviously worse than before, and his temper was also more pronounced.
"No, I have no appetite." Yan Zhiyuan knew that he was in a bad mood again today when he heard it, so he walked over and sat next to him, "Let me tell you what happened outside, okay?" Lin Zhouze didn't answer, so he started talking to himself.
In fact, Lin Zhouze didn’t like to listen to any stories, nor did he want Yan Zhiyuan to always keep her heart tied to him.
And just as the other party felt, his hearing had been severely weakened, and he could only hear clearly when someone spoke close to his ear, like now.
"The news from District 13 says that the Philer family has recently experienced a series of energy regressions. Many people have experienced a degeneration of their superpowers, and some have even lost their abilities." Yan Zhiyuan said in a calm tone.
He had been accompanying Lin Zhouze all this time and had not returned to Mirage Abyss. These news were all told to him by Morrill as gossip, so he was not very clear about the details. He only mentioned it casually to coax people to eat something.
Lin Zhouze pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and suddenly said, "I'm going back to the association, you wait here for me to come back." Yan Zhiyuan would never go against his wishes now, so he could only nod and accept all the arrangements.
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In Ying Yungui's private space, two people were sitting opposite each other drinking tea, or rather, one was drinking tea while the other was just talking.
"I heard about what happened in the Feller family. Do you have anything to tell me?" Lin Zhouze asked the person opposite him while playing with two small dolls in his hands.
Ying Yungui remained calm. He guessed that Lin Zhouze would find out sooner or later, so he didn't want to hide it. Besides, it couldn't be hidden.
"You can consider it retribution from their family and don't take it too seriously." The tea leaves in the cup were sent by Noah not long ago, and Ying Yungui accepted them all.
Lin Zhouze leaned back on the sofa, most of his back slumped in. He crossed his arms and said, "Of course I don't care. This is none of my business. What about you? Can you stay out of this like me, President Ying?"
Ying Yungui paused in mid-air, holding the cup. "Are you trying to warn me against a one-man show?"
"If you count carefully, you'll see that, aside from the Association itself, Ryan is the one who has the final say in the decision-making process for all the world's forces. District 5's Karanka, District 1's Belmond, and now even District 13's Feller have all suddenly declined. No new, major power has emerged in the past twenty years."
"If I had to say, only Visa in District 3 can compare with them. Given the situation, it's obvious that nothing good will happen."
Every time Lin Zhouze spoke, the cup in Ying Yungui's hand moved down an inch, and finally fell onto the table together with the word "butt".
No one knew the reason behind what he said better than Ying Yungui. So far, every step of the maintenance plan had been completed successfully, but the situation after completion seemed so dangerous to those who were unaware.
"I know, I know." Thousands of words passed through his throat, but in the end, he couldn't utter a single real word. Ying Yungui's Adam's apple rolled up and down, unsure of the extent of Lin Zhouze's knowledge.
Fortunately, the other party did not intend to have a long conversation. He stood up and prepared to leave: "That's all I can say. You can take care of the rest slowly. But there is one thing that is most important." Lin Zhouze's eyes were empty, but inexplicably, Ying Yungui could feel that he was looking at him.
"You have to understand Noah's thoughts accurately."
Lin Zhouze left.
Ying Yungui lingered as he finished the rest of the tea, his thoughts racing through his mind faster than the steam. Of course, he understood Nuoer and what he wanted; otherwise, he wouldn't have used the deal to pressure him into action.
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Lin Zhouze returned to the glacier area with something on his mind.
To completely eliminate the risk of Yan Zhiyuan being exposed, he would have his brain chip removed upon entering the northern area of Area 3, becoming completely disabled, unable to see, touch, or smell. He would have to be escorted to a patch of ice, where he would stand and wait for Yan Zhiyuan to sense him and come looking for him.
This time he waited for an exceptionally long time, so long that his consciousness seemed to be about to fly out of his body. Just when he felt as if he was about to fly over the entire glacier, someone grabbed his shoulders and turned him around. "Aze?" Yan Zhiyuan looked at him anxiously and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Lin Zhouze's heart thumped, like a stone dropped into a pond, sending ripples across the surface. He raised his face, revealing a long-lost smile, and said, "Nothing. I was lost in thought."
When Yan Zhiyuan saw that he was finally willing to smile at her, her heart softened and she couldn't pay attention to anything else.
The sweetness Lin Zhouze gave him was enough for him to savor for two days. Two days later, late at night, he finally pulled himself away from the wonderful feeling that was drowning him, and walked into Lin Zhouze's room with dinner in his hands.
"Aze." When he entered the room, Lin Zhouze was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. He did not take off his clothes. He was still wearing his coat, trousers and even shoes. The quilt was pressed under him and became wrinkled.
"Why don't you take off your clothes before going to bed?" Seeing that no one responded, Yan Zhiyuan put down the plate and walked over. He reached out to untie his shoelaces, held his ankles to take off his shoes, and neatly put them beside the bed.
Then he gently took off the man's coat and prepared to unbutton his trousers. Lin Zhouze had been sleeping awkwardly, and he rolled over with a grumble, pressing Yan Zhiyuan's hand under him.
A warm sensation against the back of his hand froze Yan Zhiyuan, his mind wandering. He had been in love with Lin Zhouze for years, yet he felt guilty and indebted, so he didn't dare approach him. To this day, they had never formally discussed their relationship, so he had no idea how the other person truly viewed him.
Is it just a close friend with whom I can confide, or just an ordinary colleague who may have drifted apart before?
Lin Zhouze seemed to be sleeping uneasily and moved his waist, but his movement made Yan Zhiyuan suffer.
Yan Zhiyuan was squatting again, and he felt uncomfortable all of a sudden and wanted to pull his hand away: "Aze...take off your pants first before you go to sleep." He raised his hand to support Lin Zhouze, wanting him to make some space so that he could unbutton his clothes, but he didn't expect the other party to move again, and his hand landed steadily on a soft curve.
"..." Lin Zhouze's buttocks were much more lifted than before, and it was no wonder. He used to hate exercising and would never stand if he could sit. His few pounds of flesh were like dead flesh, flat and flat under the constant pressure.
Now this curve cannot be covered by these pants and jackets.
Yan Zhiyuan was lost in thought, rubbing his hands. When he realized what he had done, he was about to jump away when the person on the bed woke up: "...Yan? Is that you?"
I was originally feeling half embarrassed and half impulsive, but these few words completely dispelled the embarrassment.
What do you mean it's me? Could it be someone else? Someone else?
These thoughts swirled madly in his mind, turning his rationality into a pile of paste, leaving only the most fundamental thought -
"Is it okay with me?" He looked at the bulge in Lin Zhouze's pants, and joy rushed to his head. He had feelings for me, he had feelings for me!
"Aze...can I, can I?" His voice was extremely hoarse, and he almost uttered the words with gritted teeth, and his temples were so tight that it felt uncomfortable.
Lin Zhouze smiled at him again and said, "Okay."
Yan Zhiyuan's rationality snapped with a bang. He leaned down, pressing down on Lin Zhouze like a mountain, kissing the center of his brow, his eyes, the bridge of his nose, his lips, all the way down to his fragile neck, gently licking the raised part, leaving his mark.
Lin Zhouze's body was warm and soft, and if you ignored the dark blue lines beneath his skin, he looked like an angel. Yan Zhiyuan's palm touched the evidence left by the experiment, his eyes filled with desire and anger. "It's my fault. I will definitely help you remove these and return to the way you were before."
He lowered his head and kissed the slightly trembling heart, unbuttoned his pants with one hand, and his breathing became heavier. "You want me too, right?" He murmured and looked up to see Lin Zhouze biting his lips lightly, his eyes a little dazed.
"Don't be afraid, I will never hurt you again, trust me." His vision gradually blurred with lust, and he followed his impulse to remove the clothes that were in the way, and continued to explore with his fingertips, lips and tongue. "Aze, don't be afraid, open it for me, okay?"
Finally, Yan Zhiyuan held Lin Zhouze's face, kissed him between the eyebrows, and hugged him tightly.
"Aze, do you know... how long I have been waiting for this day, Aze."
Yan Zhiyuan's vision was blurred by tears. He suddenly wanted to see Lin Zhouze's face clearly, so he reached out to wipe away his tears and looked up again.
Lin Zhouze's face and neck were red, his eyes were wide open, and his brows were slightly furrowed.
But in those unfocused eyes, there was confusion, realization, and sadness, but no joy or excitement.
"A...Ze?" Yan Zhiyuan stopped rubbing the hot skin. He suspected that he had seen it wrong, so he eagerly looked for the more subtle expressions on Lin Zhouze's face.
But no, even after deliberately bumping into her a few times, he couldn't find any sigh or satisfaction on that face. "Aze?" His voice began to tremble, and his fingers trembled slightly as he touched the slightly curled eyelashes.
Lin Zhouze didn't react at all, only a few short breaths proved that he was still alive, which prevented Yan Zhiyuan from collapsing immediately.
But in fact, he was not much better off. Many details that he had ignored before were now spread out one by one on Lin Zhouze's naked body.
"Aze...you, can't hear anymore, right?"
Lin Zhouze seemed to finally feel something, and tears slid down the corners of his eyes into his earlobes.
"I...can't feel anything anymore."
When he returned here two days ago, he had completely lost his hearing, becoming a crippled person with all five senses lost. Over the past two days, he had relied on his understanding of Yan Zhiyuan, not revealing anything in his actions or words.
But just now, he thought Yan Zhiyuan was calling him to eat as usual, so he smiled and responded. But after a long silence, he finally realized what had happened.
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