consultation
Ling Shi followed Lu Tingxiao's gaze and looked outside the convenience store.
At this sight, his heart skipped a beat.
About twenty meters outside the door, a large number of corrupt people were rushing towards this side with heavy steps.
He estimated that there were at least a hundred people.
Ling Shi couldn't help but curse again: "Fuck, did they put a tracking device on us?"
Lu Tingxiao glanced outside the door, then turned his gaze back to Ling Shi, his lips curled slightly: "You researchers... are all like this?"
"Hmm? What style?" Ling Shi didn't look at him, his eyes fixed on the corrupt people outside the door who were getting closer and closer: "Swearing?"
Lu Tingxiao didn't say anything, just looked at him.
There was unconcealed interest in his eyes.
Ling Shi pushed him: "Hey, are you running?"
Lu Tingxiao raised his eyebrows: "Are you scared?"
"If you can still make them obey you with just a look like before, I will naturally not be afraid of you." Ling Shi turned and walked towards the shelf, picked up the backpack thrown on the ground, unzipped it, and threw a few foods into it.
Then, he threw a sentence at Lu Tingxiao: "Are you not leaving yet? Are you planning to stay and block the corrupt people so that I can escape?"
Lu Tingxiao finally stood up lazily and replied simply, "Yes."
Ling Shi paused after taking a step forward.
yes?
Yeah what?
When he turned around, Lu Tingxiao had already put on the tattered gray shirt and was walking towards the door with his long legs.
The opposite direction from him.
Fuck.
Does this guy really intend to fight the corrupt people?
Just to let him escape?
The moment the thought came to his mind, Ling Shi immediately denied himself.
Lu Tingxiao sacrificed himself for him?
How is that possible!
Even if everyone in the world became a saint, Lu Tingxiao would not be so selfless.
Ling Shi stopped but did not move closer.
It is possible that Lu Tingxiao really suddenly regained the ability to command the corrupt people and turned around to deal with him.
But Lu Tingxiao didn't stop at all. He pushed open the door of the convenience store, locked it, and walked towards the corrupt people.
He walked at a leisurely pace, his steps carrying a calm and arrogant demeanor. If the situation wasn't so urgent, Ling Shi would have wanted to applaud him.
However, does he really intend to sacrifice himself for others?
Ling Shi involuntarily took two steps forward.
If this man loses his mind again and blindly rushes into the pile of rotting bodies to seek death, he can take a look to see if there is any possibility of salvation.
Outside the convenience store, the corrupt officials had already rushed in front of him.
Lu Tingxiao raised his chin slightly, his expression relaxed, but his eyes became serious.
He raised his hands slightly from both sides with his palms facing upwards and just stood there motionless.
Ling Shi was shocked.
In just two or three steps, the corrupt man would be climbing on top of him!
Suddenly, Ling Shi saw something.
There was a ball of gray mist between Lu Tingxiao's palms.
Not very obvious, but it's there.
Gray mist lingered, dancing in my palm. It grew larger and denser.
It suddenly circled up, flew out from Lu Tingxiao's palm, and rushed towards the pile of rotten people.
The corrupt people suddenly slowed down.
It was as if something had blurred their minds, they were unconscious and in a state of complete confusion.
Some stood still, some began to spin around, and some took steps and walked backwards.
Ling Shi was very surprised.
This situation...it is obvious that Lu Tingxiao has controlled the corrupt man again.
But what is he doing?
If you don't intend to kill him through corrupt people, why don't you just drive him away?
It's just standing there and spinning in circles...why does it act like it's playing house?
"Cough, cough, cough——"
Suddenly, he saw Lu Tingxiao suddenly possessed and started coughing violently.
He coughed a few times and then spat out a mouthful of blood.
He folded his palm and the gray mist in his palm disappeared completely.
The group of corrupt people in front of him all stopped moving, like a group of damaged robots, running around like headless flies, and then shutting down due to a power outage.
Ling Shi violently pushed the door open and supported Lu Tingxiao, who was about to fall to the ground: "Hey, are you okay?"
He grabbed Lu Tingxiao's arm and put it on his shoulder: "Just run, why are you showing off! You really don't have a good brain!"
Lu Tingxiao turned sideways to look at him, still smiling: "Running away without even fighting is not my style."
In the time it took to finish these two sentences, Ling Shi discovered that the corrupt man opposite him began to react again.
They seemed to have just been restarted, and there was gradually some light in their eyes. Those who reacted quickly had already started to move.
Ling Shi put his arm around Lu Tingxiao's waist, turned around and ran into the convenience store.
The person being hugged seemed a little dissatisfied, and his steps were dragged a little staggering: "Hey, don't..."
"Shut up!" Ling Shi could no longer bear it. "One day I really want to take a knife and cut open your stupid head to see what's inside!"
He was angry and had just dragged the person into the store when he felt a tightness around his waist.
The man he was dragging took control and hugged him with great strength, making it difficult for him to breathe.
He turned his head and found that Lu Tingxiao had stood up straight at some point.
At this stop, he discovered that the person next to him was actually 2 centimeters taller than him, and when he looked at him, he was actually looking up slightly!
Ling Shi, who has always stood out from the crowd since childhood, hasn't had this kind of experience for a long time and is a little uncomfortable.
But this person lowered his head slightly, put his nose to his neck, and took two deep breaths.
It was as if he had sprayed some perfume on him.
He frowned and patted his hands on his waist: "Be honest!"
The hand on his waist refused to let go, and instead held him tighter, her breath exploding in his ear: "Benefactor, I'm injured and can't stand. Please be kind and save me."
Ling Shi took a look at the blood remaining on his mouth and the frivolous smile, gritted his teeth, tried hard to ignore the hand on his waist, and ran towards the back door of the convenience store.
The store was not big, and they quickly found the back door.
When I pushed the door open, it was very quiet outside, without a single corrupt person.
Fortunately, the corrupt people came here from the other end and had not yet realized that they wanted to surround the convenience store.
Ling Shi quickly evacuated with Lu Tingxiao.
The buildings in this area are very dense, including residential buildings, schools, shopping malls, hospitals and all kinds of buildings.
Ling Shi turned into the nearest shopping mall.
There was no one in the mall, but the escalators were still running, making a humming sound, revealing a hint of weirdness beneath the dead silence.
After entering the mall and taking the escalator to the second floor, Ling Shi grabbed Lu Tingxiao's hand, pulled it apart, and hit him in the chest with an elbow. He then used the force to push him down onto a long sofa for trying on shoes.
Lu Tingxiao sat down and groaned, "The wound..."
Overwhelming the wound?
Ling Shi reflexively loosened his grip and took a closer look at his chest.
Under the torn shirt, the gauze seemed to be soaked with blood...
He quickly loosened his grip.
"Have you seen enough?" Lu Tingxiao sat on the sofa, looking up at him. Although he was shorter, his aura was still inexplicably strong, as if he was the one sitting there waiting to be served. His tone was still as annoying as ever: "If you want to see more clearly, I can take off my clothes."
Ling Shi held back and didn't punch him.
He took two deep breaths and said, "Let's have a good talk."
Lu Tingxiao raised his eyebrows: "Talk...?"
As soon as these words came out, Ling Shi subconsciously felt that the next words would not be good, so he immediately said: "I will take you back to the base, but there are conditions."
Lu Tingxiao straightened up for once, a hint of seriousness on his face. "Oh? The base?"
Ling Shi didn't explain much: "It's a place where you can live in peace."
"However, you must agree to two conditions: First, accept my research on you. Second, help humanity resist the Corrupted."
After saying that, Ling Shi calmed down and looked at Lu Tingxiao, waiting for his reply.
But to be honest, he wasn't sure.
Firstly, Lu Tingxiao had been subjected to human experiments. Although he was conscious and appeared normal, strict standards would still suffice to call him a corrupted human, carrying the same virus.
It is even hard to say when he will suddenly lose control and become a monster like other corrupt people.
Secondly, Lu Tingxiao has the ability to survive independently.
He has consciousness, can think, and can find the materials and environment necessary for survival. Under certain conditions, he can even control the corrupt people to work for him.
He is not afraid of corrupt people.
He couldn't guess whether Lu Tingxiao would agree to his conditions because of his past human identity.
In fact, the reason he provided the other party with the option of a base was entirely because of Lu Tingxiao himself.
He might help him uncover the secret of how to cure the Corruption Virus.
Therefore, he needed Lu Tingxiao far more than Lu Tingxiao needed him.
After waiting anxiously for more than ten seconds, Ling Shi couldn't stand the pressure any longer. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Lu Tingxiao chuckle, "You really want to take me away?"
Ling Shi was stunned and confessed directly: "Yes. You are very important to me."
When doing research, one is one and two is two. What he wants is precision. He is not used to beating around the bush.
"Okay," Lu Tingxiao's tone became nonchalant again, making it hard to tell how sincere he was. "I can go with you. But I have conditions."
Ling Shi was delighted: "What conditions?"
Lu Tingxiao tilted his head and thought for a moment: "To be honest, I have a little illness here." He pointed at his solar plexus: "You can see it too. When it breaks out, it can be very dangerous."
"I can't trust anyone except you. You're the only one who saved me when I was sick."
"So... you have to keep me with you 24 hours a day, whether doing experiments, eating... or sleeping."
Ling Shi’s first reaction was absurdity.
We are all adults and have our own jobs. How can we stick together 24 hours a day?
No matter how close your family members are, they can’t do it.
But it took him just two seconds to calm down.
The world today is very different from before.
They no longer need to work from 9 to 5 to complete their careers.
Lu Tingxiao didn't need to go to work, and once he arrived at the base, he wouldn't go out for no reason in the short term.
Even if he was doing experiments, he would only stay in the base laboratory. Besides, he had been planning to make Lu Tingxiao his research subject.
For eating, there is a cafeteria; for sleeping, there are dormitories.
Lu Tingxiao's request sounds outrageous, but if you think about it carefully, it is not that difficult to achieve.
With this change of mind, Ling Shi nodded and agreed: "Okay."
Now it was Lu Tingxiao's turn to be surprised: "Are you sure?"
Ling Shi pulled him and said, "Since we have reached an agreement, let's go."
"It's only a few hours until dark. I need to find a car and go to the military helicopter airport in the next town."
Just as he took a step, Lu Tingxiao pulled him back forcefully.
"Don't go."
Ling Shi: "Hmm?"
Lu Tingxiao: "Before I got here, I passed by the airport you mentioned."
"The place has been razed to the ground, burned to the ground. Let alone a helicopter, it's hard to even find a complete iron frame."
Ling Shi was stunned: "Fuck."
Lu Tingxiao patted his shoulder and said, "I have a great place. Let's see if you dare to come with me."
Ling Shi: "Don't use such childish provocations, just say it directly."
Lu Tingxiao smiled even more happily: "It's about 200 kilometers away from here, it's the provincial capital, Wei'an City."
"I felt a strong attraction when I passed by there."
"I've tried to get closer, but when I get close, my mind goes haywire. So I don't go any deeper."
"Now that you have this..." He swallowed the word "pacifier", "...this comrade, you can go and try it out. Maybe there really is something valuable there."
Ling Shi turned around and said, "Looking for a car."
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