Lu Xinghe ignored her, and Luo Ning also quieted down. Although she still had a lot to say to him, he was the only person she could truly talk to in the past two years. Although Xiao Ruo was also very cute, she was still a child, and all her knowledge came from her, so she couldn't say anything.
"This is yours." She placed the box containing the blue liquid next to Lu Xinghe.
Lu Xinghe was stunned for a moment. He had thought that he had lost these new inhibitors when he fell from the plane, but he didn't expect that they were with her. It seemed that she did not know what they were, otherwise she would definitely not have returned them to him.
After drying her hair, Luo Ning hugged An Xiaoruo and fell asleep. She hadn't had a proper sleep for ten days since going to the abandoned city. Now that Lu Xinghe's life was no longer in danger, she could finally get some rest.
Lu Xinghe listened to her even breathing, unsure whether she was truly asleep or pretending. Through the gap in the curtain, he could see her fair face. When her blue eyes were hidden, she was no different from a normal human being.
He had never seen a real mutant before; this female mutant was the first one he had ever encountered in his life.
The wound on his chest throbbed with pain. He unwrapped the gauze from his body. Although there was still blood at the wound, it was clear that it had been stitched with professional surgical sutures. However, the stitching technique was a complete mess, looking just like the stitches on the patches on the blanket, as if they had been made by the same person.
There were only the three of them here. The girl named An Xiaoruo couldn't possibly have done such a thing, leaving only Luo Ning. To be able to resist the temptation of flesh and blood to stitch up a human—she was more terrifying than he had imagined. He couldn't even fathom the consequences if such a determined mutant were to enter a human base to feed.
He should kill her.
He walked to her bedside and looked at the sleeping young woman, who was lying on her side with her temple exposed to him. If he had enough strength, he could have ended her life.
Just as he clenched his fist, Luo Ning moved her body and whispered something in An Xiaoruo's ear. He listened carefully and realized that she was saying: "Don't be afraid, grow up quickly, and don't forget your mother when you fall in love."
She repeated these words to An Xiaoruo three times, as if casting some kind of spell.
What did she mean by that? Lu Xinghe didn't understand and thought she was talking in her sleep. Just as he was about to continue, Luo Ning suddenly opened her eyes and looked at him: "Aren't you going to sleep? Do you want me to tie you up again?"
Only then did he realize that she had already woken up. Luo Ning had indeed been asleep, but woke up after sensing someone beside her. Even in such a frail state, Lu Xinghe still wanted to kill her.
When it comes to aliens, the word "retreat" doesn't exist in Lu Xinghe's dictionary. He still tried to smash his hand down on Luo Ning's head, but the result was the same as last time: he was once again firmly controlled by Luo Ning.
Luo Ning nimbly rolled off the bed, but Lu Xinghe also skillfully broke free from her grasp, clearly possessing professional fighting skills. Luo Ning didn't know how to fight, but she was strong, and with a pull and tug, she tied Lu Xinghe back to the bed.
She looked at the still defiant boy in front of her: "Humans can't beat aliens, you should know that's common sense."
Lu Xinghe sneered, gritting his teeth: "Try me again when I'm healed."
Luo Ning nodded in satisfaction: "Then you should take good care of your injuries. I'll be waiting for you."
That night, both of them slept with their own thoughts. Luo Ning felt that she had underestimated Lu Xinghe. The fact that he could break free from her despite his weak condition meant that he must have received professional training. He might be from the military or the Red Gate, the organization that makes aliens tremble in fear, as depicted in novels. If that were the case, then he must have a chip inside his body, and humans should find him soon, which was exactly what she was hoping for.
Lu Xinghe also realized that he had underestimated Luo Ning. According to the information humans currently have about mutants, mutants are easily provoked. But he was about to kill her just now, and she was still able to leisurely tie him up again, and even tied the rope into a pretty bow.
After calming down, he decided to be patient. He was now the signal source, and the base would definitely come looking for him. Even if this female mutant had three heads and six arms, she wouldn't be able to escape.
The next day, Luo Ning found that although Lu Xinghe still looked resentful, he had finally started eating. When she changed the clean gauze on him, he did not resist anymore.
After changing the gauze, she soaked the blood-stained part in hot water. Once the blood dissolved in the water, she drank it all in one go, feeling as satisfied as if she had drunk a warm cup of milk tea in winter. Her strength also returned considerably.
Even so, the taste of blood still couldn't compare to the blood flowing directly from his wound. The blood that flowed directly from his wound had a fragrant aroma, a rich flavor, and a perfect temperature, which really made her mouth water.
After doing all that, she caught another alien species that didn't look so disgusting and started eating its flesh on the hillside. For her, blood and flesh were both indispensable.
Lu Xinghe stood in front of the wind chimes, watching Luo Ning eating meat on the hillside. After a while, he said to An Xiaoruo beside him, "Do you know that many of us humans have been eaten by monsters like your mother?"
An Xiaoruo rested her chin on her hands: "But my mother doesn't eat people. My mother is eating sashimi now."
Lu Xinghe: ...
"And my mom is a rabbit, her favorite food is grass, she doesn't eat people," An Xiaoruo added.
Lu Xinghe was somewhat surprised: "Your mother is a rabbit? How did you know?"
"Of course I know, because Mommy has a tail, it's white, and it feels so nice to touch," An Xiaoruo said happily, gesturing.
This was quite unexpected for Lu Xinghe. Among the mutants, some had gene interactions between humans and animals, but the mutants he had seen all had very obvious animal characteristics in their faces and limbs. He had never seen one like her who still retained human characteristics.
"How could that be?" he muttered.
When An Xiaoru heard this, she thought he didn't believe her, so she said, "Uncle, if you don't believe me, you can touch it yourself when Mom comes back. It's soft and bouncy, and it feels really comfortable."
Lu Xinghe realized that the little girl really didn't understand anything; she had absolutely no correct understanding of the world.
As for the alien species, no matter how beautiful, cute, or how much they resemble a normal human being, he would still feel disgusted if he touched them.
After Luo Ning finished eating, she dragged the alien creatures she had killed the night before into the pit and set them on fire. Then she washed the blood off her hands and mouth before returning to the RV to dig a pit for raising fish. However, while she was working, she always felt that Lu Xinghe was staring at her, but when she turned around and looked at him in the car, he was sleeping with his eyes closed.
Perhaps she was mistaken. What she didn't know was that as she continued working, Lu Xinghe opened his eyes again, staring at her tailbone, trying to see if there was the outline of a rabbit's tail there.
But her clothes were all very loose, so he couldn't tell anything.
Over the next few days, the three of them got along relatively peacefully. Lu Xinghe and Luo Ning waited for the people from the base to arrive, while An Xiaoruo played carefree with the fish she kept in the pit. However, after waiting for ten days, no one showed up. Luo Ning was somewhat disappointed, while Lu Xinghe suspected that his chip was broken, because the base would never abandon anyone who was still alive.
"If you want to go home, I can take you back." Luo Ning decided to take the initiative.
How could Lu Xinghe possibly let a wolf into his house? He replied, "Without a map, I don't know how to get back."
Luo Ning didn't doubt it too much, because she was the kind of person who would walk around to find her way around even when looking at a map on her phone before going out. Moreover, in the post-apocalyptic world, due to sudden climate changes, the landscape was changing, and it would indeed be difficult to navigate without a map.
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