Chapter 16 The End of the World 16

"Is the captain awake?"

Rong Xinze stopped Lin Yixu, pulled him to a corner, and asked worriedly.

Lin Yixu had already informed his teammates about Qin Ling's out-of-control superpowers, but he didn't expect Rong Xinze to come over so quickly.

"Not yet. But the situation has stabilized."

"Tsk, I was thinking of keeping this a secret for a few days to give the captain a shot of prevention, but I didn't expect..."

Rong Xinze ruffled his thick hair, wishing he could grow another head to think of a solution.

"The people above the base don't know about this yet."

"Don't worry, I didn't go to the base hospital. I called Dr. Xu."

Lin Yixu had nothing to do, so he put one hand in his pocket and took out a cigarette.

"Don't worry too much. Although Dr. Xu mainly studies zombie viruses, he is also an expert in superpowers. He said that it was just the drastic emotional fluctuations that caused the superpowers to go out of control, and now it's under control."

"Don't use superpowers frequently in the next few months, and try to keep your emotions stable in the future."

"Sister Baiying and Zhizhi are worried about Tang Ji's death and the captain's matter. Alas, what are these things..."

To be honest, when Rong Xinze first heard that Tang Ji was a zombie, his first reaction was not to be shocked that the person who had lived with him for three years was a zombie, but what the captain should do.

Everyone has seen how good the captain has been to Tang Ji in the past few years. The two have lived together for so long, and a deep relationship has long been cultivated.

How could he accept that he suddenly went from being the person he loved the most to being the person he hated the most?

And then it rained on top of that.

Before the captain could recover, the base dealt with the danger in their eyes at an extraordinary speed.

That's it.

With a snap, the captain was almost killed.

"Give him some time to calm down and rest, he will figure it out."

Lin Yixu held an unlit cigarette in his mouth, and held the cigarette in his hand with his slender fingers.

"I've temporarily placed him in my house in the suburbs. You can go and see him."

"But I don't recommend you take him back, so as to avoid being reminded of the past."

"Also, I've already asked for a leave for him at the base for two months. Let him have a good rest. Let's go."

Lin Yixu held the cigarette between his hands, waved his hand, and turned to leave.

...

In the lounge.

"...That's what happened."

Rong Xinze relayed the conversation with Lin Yixu to others one by one, then casually lay down on the sofa in the lounge and sighed.

"This may be the time when I sigh the most in my life."

"I believe the captain will be fine."

Zhizhi sat aside and said firmly.

"I hope time will dilute all this."

In such an apocalypse, people have already gotten used to the separation of life and death.

Perhaps the teammate who was laughing with you in the last second will leave you in the next second and become a body without temperature.

Most people who can survive in this deformed world have an optimistic or muddle-headed attitude towards life.

People have long been accustomed to saying goodbye, waving goodbye to the people they love most, and walking alone at the end of the road.

Except for the initial sadness and loss in the heart after the incident, people can often recover from the bloody wounds under the healing of time.

The wounds no longer hurt, leaving only scars that crisscrossed each other, indicating everything that had happened.

...

- Three years later.

"In the southeast direction, there is a speed-type zombie, a strength-type zombie, and about twenty ordinary zombies in the southwest."

"Ruan Heyu and I will go to the southeast, and the others will go to the southwest."

Qin Ling put down the telescope in his hand and gave orders in an orderly manner.

"Got it!"

Several people prepared for battle, formed teams quickly, and went to two different directions.

Because of the compatibility of the supernatural properties, Qin Ling, who has ice supernatural powers, often went together with Ruan Heyu, who has water supernatural powers, and the others were combined together.

For safety reasons, Qin Ling would only divide the team into two small teams at most, and most of the time the whole team would go together.

Although the mission took longer to complete than other teams, the safety level was the highest.

In this way, at least they could take care of each other in case of danger, and there would be no situation where one team was in danger and the other team could not provide support.

When more people were needed, Qin Ling would often choose to cooperate with other teams to complete the mission together.

After killing the last batch of zombies with extremely high efficiency, they integrated them a little, dealt with some minor scratches, and got in the car to return.

The few people were no different from three years ago. They joked with each other, listened to Ruan Heyu's cold jokes, watched Ruan Heyu and Rong Xinze bicker, and admired the two of them being punished by Liang Baiying.

The car was still filled with familiar laughter and chaos.

Everything seemed to be the same as before.

Qin Ling drove the car and quietly listened to the bickering and chatting of the people in the back seat.

They talked about the recent evolution of zombies, the anecdotes of the top leaders of a certain base, the construction of Shuguang, and which base had a new boss.

"Although so and so has become famous in various bases recently, our captain is still the most powerful!"

Rong Xinze put his hands on his waist, feeling proud.

"Well, the fire-type psychic in the southern base is indeed powerful, and his power just happens to restrain our captain..."

Zhizhi also interrupted the topic, "However, I also think that he still can't beat our captain. The captain is the most powerful!"

"Is that right? That's what I said, Ruan Heyu, don't you agree?"

Ruan Heyu was annoyed by Rong Xinze's annoyance and had to nod repeatedly to show his agreement.

Liang Baiying smiled at the side, "The captain's strength is self-evident, but you should also not forget Captain Lin. Captain Lin should be on par with our captain, right?"

"But come to think of it, the captain seems to have never had a serious fight with Captain Lin. I wonder who will win or lose."

Liang Baiying touched his chin, thinking.

"I'm also very curious about this matter. I heard that several captains in the base made a bet before, betting on which of the two is more powerful, but they didn't wait until the two of them started fighting."

"You guys really like to watch the excitement and don't mind making trouble."

Liang Baiying propped his face with his elbows and looked at the scenery along the way that was rapidly retreating outside the window.

"Captain Lin's spiritual ability mainly attacks the spiritual world of people. The specific situation depends on the spiritual strength of the ability user himself and the target of the attack."

Ruan Heyu analyzed.

"It's hard to say who is better against the captain's high-attack ice-type supernatural power."

"I'm really curious, captain, when are you going to play against Captain Lin?"

Rong Xinze urged Qin Ling in an expectant tone.

Qin Ling smiled faintly and said, "Wait for a chance."

"Alas, captain, you fooled me again."

Rong Xinze heard the same perfunctory answer again and said disappointedly.

"You kid, Captain Lin's supernatural power has a special attack method, which attacks people's minds. What if one of them is not controlled well and hurts the captain's brain?"

Liang Baiying turned around and reached out to knock Rong Xinze's head, causing Rong Xinze to cover his head and scream.

After laughter and joy all the way, the modified car slowly drove into the base after a safety inspection.

As usual, several people submitted the task completion form in the lobby and waved goodbye.

Qin Ling seemed to glance at the bench against the wall casually.

The empty bench was as deserted as usual.

The already busy crowd would only take a few minutes to rest during the break, and few would stay here for a long time.

The only exception was the young man who was waiting for Qin Ling.

Qin Ling controlled his sight very well, and it was just a faint and inadvertent glance, so that several people did not notice anything wrong.

Following the road that he had walked countless times, Qin Ling turned into a small grocery store.

When he opened the door, the wind chime on the door made a crisp "ding-ding" sound.

Sitting behind the counter was an elderly woman wearing reading glasses, who was looking at the newspaper in her hand seriously.

Seeing Qin Ling coming in, the kind-looking old woman looked up and smiled.

"Is it Xiao Qin? Are you here to buy chocolate again?"

Qin Ling nodded, "Grandma."

The old woman put down the newspaper, stood up, lowered her head and opened the cabinet door at her feet.

"Originally, this one has been sold out. It happened that you haven't been here these few days. I just asked my son to bring it over yesterday, otherwise you would have made a wasted trip."

"Is it still matcha flavor?"

The grandma had long understood the cold-hearted temperament of this regular customer. She didn't mind Qin Ling's few words and kept talking to herself.

"You have only bought this flavor for so many years, and I deliberately kept a little more of this matcha flavored chocolate. Okay, I've packed it for you."

Qin Ling nodded, took the chocolate that the old woman had packed with both hands, thanked her and left.

Carrying the exquisite little bag, Qin Ling returned home.

It was dark when he opened the door. Qin Ling walked straight to the tea table and opened the bottom drawer.

Pieces of green-wrapped matcha-flavored chocolate were neatly placed inside.

Qin Ling took out the piece of chocolate from the paper bag and placed it in order.

The chocolate, which exuded a faint sweet fragrance, lay quietly in the drawer, waiting for others to taste it.

But the person who loved to eat it was no longer there.

Squatting beside the tea table, his fingertips gently brushed across the paper packaging of the chocolate.

Qin Ling moved his fingers, stayed on a piece of chocolate for a moment, and finally withdrew his hand.

Qin Ling stood up with a normal expression and cleaned the room as usual.

The green leaves of the green lily on the balcony meandered down and fell outside the window, revealing a bit of emerald transparency under the sunlight.

Qin Ling carefully fiddled with its drooping leaves, his black hair falling on his forehead, covering the young man's slightly lonely expression.

"Knock, knock--"

There was a rhythmic knocking sound from the door.

"Come in."

Qin Ling did not lock the door when he came in, and just turned his head to respond when he heard the knock.

Lin Yixu opened the door and walked into the living room.

"Fiddling with your potted green plants again?"

Lin Yixu sat down on the sofa with familiarity, crossed his legs like a second-generation rich man, and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Yeah."

Qin Ling nodded in response, turned around and picked up the small kettle at hand, and watered the potted plants.

"Find some time these days to go to Nianci for a physical examination, don't forget it again."

Since Qin Ling's supernatural power went out of control three years ago, Lin Yixu has forced him to do a physical examination every six months to see if there are any signs of loss of control.

Several times, Qin Ling was so busy with his missions that he forgot the time.

Lin Yixu was let off the hook several times, so he learned to directly come to Qin Ling's door and take him for a checkup.

Otherwise, he would run away if he wasn't careful.

"Your team members have told me about your 'glorious deeds', please take care of your own body."

This is the most common words Qin Ling has heard in the past few years.

"Over the past few years, I've noticed that you've become more and more reckless. You know that you can't control your abilities sometimes, but you still rush to the front every time. You're good at teaching your teammates, but you're not good enough when it comes to yourself?"

"Ah, you have a good attitude, but you never change despite repeated teachings."

Lin Yixu sighed helplessly.

...

"The plot is like a wild horse running away, running in a direction I can't understand."

"How could it be like this, how could it be like this, how could it be like this!!!"

"Why is my Xiao Tang gone just like this? Wuwuwu"

"It feels like the captain smiles less than before after Xiao Tang left (although he didn't smile much before)"

"The chocolate the captain bought is Xiao Tang's favorite, I really burst into tears (cry storm.jpg)"

"Stop talking, stop talking, the child is about to cry"

"Why the hell can't they be together???"

"Alas, the identity issue is a huge gap between the two of them... It's like an unsolvable proposition. The greatest vision of the human side is to eliminate the zombies, and it is impossible for them to tolerate such a big threat as Tang Ji. The captain is caught between the two, and it must be very difficult to make a decision."

"What is this, a choice between the person you love the most and the people of the world? What kind of a melodrama is this?"

"In fact, I don't think Xiao Tang will go offline so easily. First of all, we didn't see Tang Ji's body at all, it was all hearsay, and do you remember that the base was short of experimental materials? Tang Ji is such a good experimental material, maybe he was caught for experiments."

"There are many words above, I'll follow you."