In the darkness, Lu Xinghe couldn't see Luo Ning's face, but he still approached her, even though she might very well bite him to death.
But there was one thing he still needed to confirm: whether he would have desires even when he couldn't see her body.
Luo Ning shrank back, but there was nowhere left to retreat. She reached out to push him away, but he held her tightly.
They could hear each other's breathing, but Lu Xinghe didn't come any closer. He knelt on the ground as if confirming something.
Lu Xinghe was indeed trying to confirm whether he would still have desires if he couldn't see her body, but the result was the same. Even though he couldn't see her face or her body clearly, her breath, fragrance, and warmth still made him want to get closer and take her...
"You said you've seen me before?" he asked in a deep voice.
Luo Ning nodded, a look of surprise in her eyes. Could it be that he remembered her?
However, Lu Xinghe's voice was extremely cold: "Then didn't we live together before?"
Luo Ning grabbed his hand tightly, her eyes shining even in the darkness. She nodded vigorously, thank goodness, he finally remembered her, though she didn't know why he had forgotten her before.
But Lu Xinghe scoffed, "No wonder I'm like this, it turns out you're my keeper."
Luo Ning was so excited she wanted to hug him. She nodded even more vigorously, but no, she wasn't the cruel breeder in the novel. She was the sister who saved him, took care of him, and accompanied him through the apocalypse. So she shook her head again, indicating that she wasn't the breeder.
But Lu Xinghe's eyes were now fixed on her nodding in agreement.
He knew he had amnesia, but everyone told him it was because he fell from a great height and injured his head. However, he couldn't explain the five neat scars on his arms. He thought they were left after blood was drawn, so he once suspected that he had been kept as a pet.
Some humans who have been raised by mutants will have their minds twisted because of the brutal treatment they received, which will lead to their dependence on and attraction to the mutants. He has seen how those people please the mutants, and even when the mutants vent their lust on them and use them as food, they will still have satisfied smiles amidst their desire and blood. As a result, when he tries to rescue them, he will be cursed and disgusted, as they will think that he has ruined his master's interest in them and made his master unhappy.
So he looked down on those who were kept as pets, but he never expected that he would be one of them. This explains why he had desires for her, why he sympathized with her and let her go, and why Dai Wanglin and the others hesitated when talking about saving him back then.
He should have thought of this a long time ago, but he was caught up in it without realizing it. Fortunately, it's not too late now.
His one hand was tightly held by Luo Ning, while his other hand slowly touched the gun on his belt. If he killed her now, all the misery could end.
But just as he drew his gun, the woman in front of him hugged him tightly. He felt a cool liquid on his neck; she was crying.
Luo Ning cried, tears of joy. She hadn't cried when she thought he had forgotten her, but now that he had finally remembered her, she cried. That's just her personality; she can ignore bad things, but she can't help but express her emotions when she's happy.
"I knew you'd remember," Luo Ning said indistinctly.
Lu Xinghe couldn't understand what she was saying, but her hug stunned him, and countless fragmented images flashed through his mind: her riding on his stomach threatening him, her tying his hands and feet with rope, her holding him down and fiercely warning him not to try to escape...
But after these scenes of her abusing him, she lay so peacefully beside him, so gentle and soft, like a warm dream...
"My name is Luo Ning. What's your name?"
A clear, melodious female voice came from the depths of my soul.
His hand felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, and he could no longer raise the gun to point at her temple.
After a fierce internal struggle, he lowered his hand. He still couldn't bring himself to kill her. Just like those pathetic people who were kept as pets, even if they were conscious, there was still a shackle in their hearts that they couldn't escape.
Luo Ning had no idea of the turmoil in his heart, nor did she know that she was on the verge of death.
Suddenly, the lights came back on; the power was back on, but the voltage was unstable, and the lights were flickering.
Lu Xinghe reached out and pushed her away, then stood up unsteadily. Luo Ning noticed that he didn't seem very happy, at least not as happy as she was. Had they grown distant because of the long time that had passed?
"Luo Ning," he called softly.
Hearing him call her name, Luo Ning became even more certain that he remembered her. She returned a bright smile and then called out his given name as well: "Lu Xinghe".
Although Lu Xinghe couldn't hear her voice, he could tell from her lip movements that she was calling his name.
How can she still be smiling so happily?
Suddenly, a sharp air raid siren blared throughout the base, and the communicator on the table began to vibrate violently. Lu Xinghe immediately went over, picked up the communicator, and saw that other unknown mutants had been discovered in the base and had already caused a large-scale infection. Security officers were being summoned to search for and capture them.
Noisy footsteps echoed in the corridor as everyone moved about. Lu Xinghe glanced at Luo Ning, who gestured for him to hurry up, saying she would stay put.
Lu Xinghe hesitated for a moment, then put on his coat and hurriedly left. The appearance of other mutants proved that the matter was very serious. Either there was an inside agent, or there was a breach somewhere outside the base. These were all much more serious than this woman who was still relatively well-behaved.
Mutants have appeared in areas where civilians live in large numbers. Some have already been eaten, and some who were not eaten have become infected and turned into mutants. The incident has been escalated to a red alert.
Looking at the flashing red lights outside the window and the security officers rushing to the battlefield, Luo Ning couldn't help but feel a little worried.
In the novel, several major mutant invasions occurred at the base when An Xiaoruo was fifteen years old, resulting in more than 80,000 people being infected and mutated, hundreds of security officers dying, and countless families being destroyed. The reason these mutants were able to enter the base was because they trained winged mutants and airdropped them into the base, just like the mutant she encountered when she first picked up Lu Xinghe. Winged mutants can be tamed.
Originally, infrasound towers were built around the base to prevent attacks from winged aliens. These sound waves could only be heard by winged aliens and could damage their brains, making them fearful. Therefore, there have been very few winged alien attacks in recent decades.
She didn't know which episode in the novel was happening now, but she remembered that in every invasion, there were extremely powerful mutants who killed many security officers. Among them was a female mutant who possessed both speed and strength, who was particularly terrifying and almost took An Xiaoruo's life.
Thinking of this, she felt uneasy. Although she knew An Xiaoruo would be alright, what about Lu Xinghe? She had always known that there was a character named him in the novel, but she just couldn't remember which plot he appeared in. Could it be that he appeared briefly and then died, which was why she had an impression of him but couldn't remember him?
She decided to go out and see.
In order to capture the mutants, almost all the security officers were mobilized, and there was no one left in the building. She jumped out of the window and ran towards the residential area.
The base's residential area is laid out in a regular grid pattern, divided into seventy-eight zones. Each zone is separated by a wall. Once an alien species is discovered in a zone, the dividing wall is immediately sealed off to prevent the virus from spreading.
Luo Ning grabbed two pieces of clothing that someone else had hung outside and put them on. She then wrapped a scarf around her face and ran toward the firelight.
Along the way, she had already seen the alien species appear. They were all newly infected, covered in blood, and bit anyone they saw.
"Help! Help!" A girl's terrified scream rang out. A girl was pulling her younger brother's hand and running frantically toward Luo Ning, with two alien creatures chasing after her.
Without hesitation, Luo Ning jumped off the roof and killed one of the aliens with a single punch. However, she discovered that the siblings had been bitten by the aliens, and their wounds were still bleeding profusely.
She was stunned, unsure of what to do. If she let them go, they would soon mutate and harm more people. But if she killed them, they were still human.
The siblings slowly backed away. They knew they were infected, but everyone wants to live. Even though this apocalypse is despairing, there are always some happy moments to cherish.
For the first time, Luo Ning sensed the struggles of the security officers. They often faced such situations, having to make choices each time, sometimes even dealing with people they knew well, but ultimately having no choice but to fire. Therefore, they all had psychological issues to varying degrees.
Two gunshots rang out, and the siblings both fell to the ground dead, their hands still tightly clasped together, never letting go until their last breath.
Luo Ning turned around and saw Song Pei, the one who had captured her, standing under the streetlight. It was he who had fired the shot.
"Get out of here quickly." Song Pei didn't recognize her and thought she was a commoner who hadn't gone home yet.
She ran away without hesitation. She had witnessed Song Pei's marksmanship before, and it would be troublesome if he recognized her.
Song Pei frowned as he watched her departing figure. Why did he feel like he had seen this woman somewhere before? As he continued walking forward, he saw two more alien corpses on the ground, both killed by blows to the temples. But the only one who had just appeared here was that woman.
He paused for a moment and looked back, but the woman had already vanished without a trace.
As Luo Ning ran, she searched for Lu Xinghe and An Xiaoruo. She wanted to tell them that the winged mutants had broken through the infrasound tower array and airdropped the mutants in under the cover of darkness. They should send some of their people to keep an eye on the sky.
However, the scene was too chaotic, with screams echoing everywhere. People were constantly being bitten and infected by the alien species. The iron walls, which were more than ten meters high, were all closed and heavily guarded to prevent the spread of the virus. No one could escape from here.
At that moment, Luo Ning sensed something flying overhead. She looked up and saw a giant eagle. Because everyone's attention was on the ground, they didn't notice it. What was even more terrifying was that it was now flying towards other uninfected areas.
She looked around, pulled a steel bar from the ruins, and chased after the eagle. She was incredibly fast and caught up with the eagle in no time. She nimbly climbed a tall building and aimed at the eagle's body with a throwing motion. She knew that the steel bar might not kill the eagle, but as long as it fell, it would definitely be discovered, and then everyone would know that there was a problem with the air defense.
She breathed on the steel bar, then hurled it at the vulture with all her might. The steel bar pierced the vulture's body like a meteor, wobbled twice, and then fell to the ground along with the mutant on its back.
The mutant turned to look in Luo Ning's direction, and Luo Ning saw the other person as well. It was a strong female mutant with long red hair. The female mutant had obviously also noticed that she was a mutant. She grinned at her and made a throat-slitting gesture.
Luo Ning had also come through a bloody and turbulent past. Although she didn't provoke trouble, she wasn't afraid of it either, and she retaliated without hesitation with the same gesture.
While she was shooting down the vulture, Lu Xinghe was also clearing out the alien species.
“I think this was done by that Subject Seventeen. I knew she was no good the moment I saw her. The more beautiful a person is, the more vicious they tend to be,” He Cheng said while cleaning up the infected.
“It wasn’t her.” Lu Xinghe subconsciously defended Luo Ning.
"How did you know?" He Cheng asked.
“Such a large-scale infection must have been caused by several mutants appearing at the same time, but she… she was all alone,” Lu Xinghe replied.
“That makes sense.” He Cheng nodded, then looked at Lu Xinghe suspiciously: “This is the first time I’ve heard you speak up for a mutant. Don’t tell me you’ve actually fallen for her. I’ve heard that these female mutants are very strange and can bewitch people. You should be careful.”
Lu Xinghe felt he really needed to be careful and not let Luo Ning continue to mentally nurture him.
After clearing out the infected in this area, the two received a message at the same time telling them to pay attention to the sky, as mutants were flying in on winged aliens.
After reading the message, He Cheng said, "So that's how the aliens got in. It seems it wasn't the test subject you bred with. I wronged her. But where do you think she could be hiding? So many people couldn't find her."
Lu Xinghe naturally wouldn't tell him that Luo Ning was in the room two rooms away from his: "I don't know."
"But speaking of which, did you and she really only kiss once in the lab and nothing else?" He Cheng asked, still unwilling to give up.
"No." Lu Xinghe denied it outright, even though he had taken Luo Ning several times in his dreams.
Although it was just a dream, he could feel pleasure. He wondered if he had engaged in intimate acts with Luo Ning when she was his pet, which was why he felt this way.
"What a pity, I was curious to know what it would feel like to do that with a different species." He Cheng muttered curiously.
Lu Xinghe gave him a cold look, and He Cheng immediately smiled ingratiatingly: "Never mind what I said, let's go, let's go, let's go deal with those alien species first."
Having identified the source of the problem, the military dispatched over a dozen armed helicopters to patrol the skies. Upon discovering the winged mutants, they were immediately shot down. This cleared the obstruction in the sky, but the situation on the ground remained extremely critical, as no one knew exactly how many mutants had descended.
In the darkness, Luo Ning ran as fast as she could towards the place where Song Pei had just appeared, with the female mutant chasing after her.
Luo Ning wasn't confident she could kill this mutant who possessed both strength and speed, so she needed to rely on the male protagonist, Song Pei. With his excellent marksmanship, he was sure he could kill the female mutant.
When she reached the street corner, she turned around nimbly. She remembered that Song Pei was nearby, but the next second she bumped into a familiar embrace.
Could it really be such a coincidence? Her heart skipped a beat.
Looking up, I saw Lu Xinghe. I can't believe I bumped into him in such a big place.
Lu Xinghe recognized her at a glance. Almost without thinking, he pulled her into his arms to prevent He Cheng and the others from seeing her eyes.
The female mutant caught up and, seeing the security officer embracing the mutant, laughed with a mixture of interest and danger.
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