"So, do you have a plan?" Kita Kiyokawa asked, puzzled.
"I don't know," Shi Yin replied casually with a smile, sounding as if she wasn't really taking the question seriously, more like she was just resting.
"Thanks, it feels good to skip class once in a while." Shi Yin held her head and lay on the grass, saying indistinctly, "I remember when I was a child, every time I looked up, there were stars in the sky. But when I grew up, I couldn't see them anymore. After the apocalypse, they never appeared again."
Kita Kiyokawa: "Tokine, do you want to see the stars?"
"It's alright, a little bit." Shi Yin stretched: "Actually, we can watch it anytime by adding an illusion, but it's still fake after all."
Suddenly, Bei Qingchuan fell silent. A rustling sound came from the side. Shi Yin turned her head in confusion and saw Bei Qingchuan rummaging through his small bag.
A moment later, two hands reached out, each holding something.
"Guess which hand?" Kita Kiyokawa looked at Shi Yin with a smile.
Shi Yin: "?"
"Take a guess," Kita Kiyokawa said in a low voice, as if trying to please him.
Shi Yin was confused and randomly pointed to one hand.
However, just before Shi Yin could light it, Bei Qingchuan opened both hands at the same time. It was unclear whether Bei Qingchuan had used some kind of trick, but the light spots in his hands, bag, and pockets flew out and filled the space.
The lights adorned the night.
Shi Yin's eyes widened.
She had never seen a firefly before. She grew up in the city and had never seen one before the apocalypse; she had only seen them in books.
Now I've actually seen it.
It really is as beautiful as described in the book.
So it turns out there really are bugs whose butts glow...
“Chocolate cosmos also has another meaning: memories.” Kitakami Kazukawa smiled at Shi Yin: “I’m giving you beautiful memories, and I hope that in the future you won’t dream of bad memories.”
Shi Yin turned around, stared at Bei Qingchuan for two seconds, then turned back and chuckled.
These guys are really adorably silly.
"Okay, I forgive you..." Shi Yin mumbled indistinctly as she lay on the grass.
I originally wanted to have a serious talk about Kitakyokawa's tendency to rush out recklessly, regardless of his life, but since that's the case, let's talk about it another time. Perhaps what Ishtar said makes sense; it's the first time we've encountered a variable, so letting things run their course a little longer might not be a bad thing.
That guy suddenly stabbed her in the back. She'll have to settle this score in her next life and punish her by forbidding her from eating macarons.
Although I don't really want so many next lives, I'm in a good mood in this life, so I'll give this world a short but pleasant welcome.
"The dark sky hung low..."
A deep singing voice drifted over, and Shi Yin looked up in surprise at Bei Qingchuan, only to see that Bei Qingchuan had also lay down and was looking at her.
This song sounds so familiar. I haven't heard it in a long, long time, but the melody seems to be etched into my bones. I can recognize it from the very first line.
"The dark sky hangs low, accompanied by bright stars, insects fly, insects fly..."
"Who are you thinking of...?"
“……………”
Skipping class is fun.
Getting caught by the homeroom teacher is a death sentence.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the office felt unusually tense.
The commander-in-chief stared intently at Shi Yin with a gloomy gaze, while Nan Zhu stared intently at Bei Qingchuan with a murderous look.
Two angry men stared at two guilty men.
"Well, you've really gotten to it." The commander-in-chief nearly crushed his teacup. "Knowing you can't explain yourself or resolve the issue, you're just going to run away from public opinion this time, huh?"
Shi Yin: "Anyway, it's just a couple of lessons..."
Consul General: "Did I give you permission to speak?"
Shi Yin: "..."
"Do you know how much public opinion we've endured for this meeting? Do you know how much this public opinion could crush you? Do you know that if you went out now, you'd be drowned in spittle, and the whole world could pierce your spine with their fingers?"
The commander-in-chief was furious.
He really wanted to shake Shi Yin hard, to shake all the water out of Shi Yin's brain.
Or you could just pry open Shion's skull and see what's inside that beautiful brain.
"They wouldn't dare to really speak ill of me behind my back..." Shi Yin muttered softly, hiding behind Bei Qingchuan, but was silenced by Nan Zhu's dangerous glare.
Oh no, they've reversed the Heavenly Stems.
The head of state said something to her, and then the secretary glared at her too…
Shi Yin felt wronged, but she dared not speak.
After all, Shi Yin could probably guess that Nan Zhu had probably been scolded half the night in her name, enduring all the criticism, and had to fight back against the scholars one by one.
"Bei Qingchuan! And you, aren't you the most honest one?" The commander pointed at Bei Qingchuan, his finger trembling. "At a time like this, you actually brought Shi Yin along to cause trouble. This is simply too much!"
"Do you even know what they're saying about you outside? Huh? Irresponsible, cold-blooded, unfit to be a leader. There are already organizations calling for your resignation. Do you know they've formed a resistance group? Do you know that?"
"Speaking of resistance organizations, I have to ask you, Tokine!"
The chief general stood up abruptly from his chair, as if that wasn't enough to express his anger. He placed both hands on the table and leaned forward.
"When did they grow to this size? You never told me, you knew all along, didn't you? And you let those resistance organizations grow? Do you know what this means? Their goal isn't to overthrow the Yanlong Kingdom, it's to overthrow you, you know?"
"Speak! Are you mute?!"
Shion: "Anyway, there's nothing else to do..."
Commander-in-Chief: "Did I give you permission to speak?!"
Shi Yin: "..."
Is she going to speak or not?
"The news of your abandonment of the ability users has spread even within the ability user community. Now even the voices within the community are wavering. What exactly do you want to do?" The leader was furious.
"Give me a way to save you!"
Only then did Kita Kiyokawa turn around and glance at Shi Yin.
He felt that Shi Yin was an extraordinary person. People around her would inexplicably and unconditionally side with her. Even though things had come to this point, the leader's first reaction was to figure out how to protect Shi Yin.
"Commander, this can't be blamed on Shi Yin." Bei Qingchuan could only protect Shi Yin behind him with one hand while saying nice things: "I also know the inside story of this matter. If we don't use lies to lure these superhumans to the B safe zone and wipe them out in a carpet-carpet-style operation, then our internal situation will fall into chaos."
If we gather all the superhumans below level B together in a grand manner, and then kill them after they turn into zombies, wouldn't that be even more cruel?
Moreover, it's too inefficient. If you accidentally miss one, the doomsday beacon will be ruined.
Although this was an inside story that was only learned later, everyone except Shi Yin was kept in the dark.
"Yes! But it also cost over 60,000 people in Security Zone B their lives!" The commander-in-chief slammed his fist on the table, losing his composure. "Over 60,000 innocent civilians! 60,000!"
Even though Yanlong Kingdom now has only a few hundred million people left, the number of 60,000 is still shocking, enough to make everyone fear when and how it might affect them.
Yes, without these 60,000 people as bait, the New World wouldn't have allowed the zombie horde to attack, and thus wouldn't have been able to weaken the New World's power. If the New World attacked other cities, the casualties would have been even greater.
However, the 60,000 people who were abandoned and the 100,000 people who fought to the death are two different things!
“There’s no way to survive. This zombie horde carries a special virus. The surviving superhumans will infect ordinary people.” Shi Yin’s voice came softly from behind: “Superhumans who participated in this battle will gradually mutate, and ordinary people will turn into zombies before they even fight.”
Commander-in-Chief: "What?"
“If that’s not the case, then the moment humans form an army and see zombies, the human army will start killing each other.” Shi Yin lowered her head, so her expression was unreadable.
"The news from safe zone B is blocked, so we can't see the actual situation. In fact, as long as you get within 30 meters of the zombies in this horde, ordinary people will immediately mutate unless they move to another city."
The population of Yanlong Kingdom is now so dense that relocation is extremely difficult, making this war unsolvable.
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