Chapter 29
Lou Tiannan was half-conscious when he felt someone pat his face. A familiar woman's voice rang in his ears: "Captain Lou, drink some water before you faint."
He vaguely recognized Lin Bai's voice. A straw was stuffed into his mouth and water was squeezed into his mouth through the straw. When the cold liquid entered his mouth and moistened his thirsty throat, he finally felt better.
Lin Bai glanced at the half-empty water backpack and thought to himself that it was a good thing he didn't need to eat or drink.
After giving Lou Tiannan some water and making sure he was not in immediate danger, Lin Bai looked at the rain outside which was getting heavier. He didn't know if it was because of the rain or the distance, but the signal connection in his body was almost undetectable.
Lin Bai simply didn't bother to put in the effort and lay down next to Lou Tiannan, absorbing energy and conserving his strength. He would think of a solution when the weather cleared.
In a dark corner, two people were lying side by side. The corner was not big, just enough for Lin Bai to stretch his body straight, while Lou Tiannan, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, could only half bend his legs.
Lou Tiannan was lying there uncomfortably, and his body was extremely uncomfortable. He felt as if there was a ball of fire in his body, burning through his lungs and blood vessels inch by inch. The burning and stinging spread all the way until it burned his glands, as if countless sharp needles were piercing his glands back and forth.
Mixed in with this intense pain was the heat of the Alpha susceptible period.
He itched from the roots of his teeth, wanting to bite through his flesh and skin, to mark himself, to soothe himself with pheromones...
But no, the powerlessness and anxiety of having nothing made him even more uncomfortable, and his body almost exploded.
The unconscious Lou Tiannan was restless, but his arm touched a warm and cool spot. Under the double burning of supernatural energy and pheromones, Lou Tiannan lost his best self-control. He was like a thirsty man in the desert who encountered an oasis. He could no longer resist the temptation and moved closer to the cool spot. He even greedily took the cool spot into his arms and rubbed it unconsciously to find an outlet.
Lin Bai was awakened by Lou Tiannan's movement. Even at night, she could see clearly that Lou Tiannan was about to open his mouth to bite her.
Without a second's hesitation, she grabbed a piece of gauze, rolled it into a ball and stuffed it into Lou Tiannan's mouth. Although his wrists were fastened by steel bars, he was surprisingly strong. Lin Bai was pressed under him. He took out a syringe from his combat uniform and injected a shot of tranquilizer into his muscles.
After a few seconds, Lou Tiannan lost his strength and fell into a deep coma.
Lin Bai pushed away Lou Tiannan who was pressing on her, and complained in her heart: Alphas in their susceptible period are really troublesome.
She also turned over, followed by the high temperature of Lou Tiannan's body, and tried to find the source of the signal bit by bit...
…
Lou Tiannan, who had a fever for two days and two nights, woke up briefly at night, and his temperature was still alarmingly high.
There was the sound of heavy rain outside, and he felt a cool sensation in his chest and abdomen. It was the only place that could relieve the burning pain in his body when he was unconscious. He lowered his head tiredly, wanting to see what it was.
When he saw that it was Lin Bai with half of her body leaning against him, and that the comfortable and cool feeling also came from her, he froze: "You——"
"You talk later."
Lin Bai was leaning on Lou Tiannan's chest to sense the signal source from Xiya. It was very weak, but she could already feel it. She gradually mobilized the magnetic field in her body to connect with Xiya's signal source.
In this situation, we can only temporarily believe that the team members under Lou Tiannan are reliable.
With the extremely weak signal, Lin Bai finally connected to the signal source on Xiya's side.
After the signal was connected, she moved her body, moved her back away from Lou Tiannan's chest, and greeted Lou Tiannan naturally: "Captain Lou, you're awake."
The cool touch left and was replaced by a scorching heat. Lou Tiannan frowned, but he quickly ignored the subtle feeling. He supported himself on the ground with his palms and leaned against the wall with difficulty, trying to cover up his previous gaffe.
But Lin Bai paid him no attention. She dug out some food and water for him and said pointedly, "Captain Lou, find yourself a partner once you're safe. There's no one suitable in the army, don't you know how to find one for yourself?"
During the two days he was in a coma, a bulge somewhere was particularly obvious. Lin Bai never saw his brother get smaller. Tsk, will he really not get sick from holding it in?
Lou Tiannan's chest heaved twice. He didn't respond to Lin Bai's question, but instead asked, "Did you and your partner meet on your own?"
"Well... almost. We grew up together." Lin Bai said casually.
Childhood sweethearts.
There was the rustling sound of compressed biscuit packaging being opened, and Lou Tiannan's hoarse voice rang out: "What kind of person is your partner?"
…
When Zhou Yu, Song Yan and others got ashore, they found that Zhu Liang and Lu Jia were injured. After Wen Xia Xia gave them some simple treatment, they went along the shore to look for Lou Tiannan and Lin Bai.
Wen Xia Xia and Zhou Yu dived into the water every day to look for it, while the others searched carefully on the shore, but after three days they found nothing.
The rain wet everyone's face, but no one thought of giving up. They had to find their captain!
Xiya is now able to keep up with the team without being left behind. She wants to find her mother.
Although her brothers and sisters took good care of her, she still missed Lin Bai. When she thought of Lin Bai, she felt like crying. She sniffed, wiped the water droplets from her face, gritted her teeth and kept up with everyone in the mud. She was sure she could find her mother.
“Pah.”
When she was crossing the mud pit, the part of the doll around her waist fell off. It was the leg that her mother made for her doll, and what fell off was the dagger on the leg. She bent down and wanted to pick it up, but the moment she touched it, her tiny fingers stopped.
Because the little dagger was moving, she looked at the dagger with her round eyes, feeling a little uncertain. Was it moving?
The tip of the knife swayed left and right like a compass, and then stopped in a certain direction.
"Xiya? What's wrong?" Wen Xiaxia noticed that Xiya hadn't caught up with her. "Are you tired?"
"Sister Xia Xia, the knife is moving." Xiya told her about this discovery.
"It's moving? It must be the rain." Wen Xia Xia didn't pay much attention at first. It was normal for mud and water to shake on rainy days.
After hearing this, Xiya also felt that this was possible. When she squatted down to pick up the dagger, she didn't know what she was thinking and changed the direction of the dagger's tip.
The dagger lay quietly in the mud and water, without any movement. Xiya blinked, feeling a kind of indescribable disappointment, but in the next second, the tip of the dagger began to shake and pointed to the same position as before.
Wen Xia Xia also saw it this time, and for a moment she was not sure whether it was a coincidence.
The two people who stayed where they were let the others come over.
"What's wrong?" Song Yan asked.
Wen Xia Xia told them about the dagger. Zhou Yu quickly picked up the dagger and changed its direction twice. Each time, the dagger pointed to the two o'clock position.
Zhu Liang said: "Let's follow the direction of the dagger. This is most likely not a coincidence."
Everyone had no objection. Although they felt a little hesitant to believe it, when they thought that this thing was made by Lin Bai, they inexplicably had a natural sense of trust. Perhaps they could believe Lin Bai's words.
The six of them had a direction, and immediately headed in the direction of the dagger, with a glimmer of hope in everyone's eyes.
But things didn't go as planned. When everyone was about to move on—
"Bang!"
The mud exploded in front of everyone. When the six people saw the person coming, their faces became solemn and ugly.
The brothers Chang Qi and Chang Ping, who had stopped them from crossing the bridge three days ago, were standing in front of them with their men, arrogant and proud: "Oh, we finally found you!"
…
In the corner of the ruins.
"My partner?" Lin Bai answered without hesitation when he heard Lou Tiannan's question, "Of course, he's a super nice person. He's both powerful and good-looking. He can do everything. He can make all kinds of things, he knows martial arts, and he can research interesting robots..."
In the dim light, Lou Tiannan raised his head with difficulty and saw Lin Bai with his head tilted back, his mouth opening and closing, his expression showing a gentleness and pride that he had never seen before.
The compressed biscuits with a tight and hard texture only retained the basic function of satisfying satiety. The taste and flavor were not good. It felt like chewing wax when biting into the mouth. Lou Tiannan felt a little blocked in his throat while eating the biscuits that stung his throat.
Lin Bai was still listing the various advantages of her partner, such as his ability to drive, carefulness, erudition, intelligence and sharpness, etc.
"You two have a very good relationship." Lou Tiannan stated with his eyes lowered.
"That's for sure!" Lin Bai said.
Lou Tiannan swallowed the biscuits in his mouth with some effort and said hoarsely: "I hope you can find your partner soon."
"Then I'll take credit for Captain Lou's good wishes." Lin Bai thought to himself: It would be better if you could lend a hand and help get through this damn susceptible period of yours quickly.
The two of them only exchanged a few words before Lou Tiannan lost the energy to speak again. Lin Bai was sorting out the things in her combat uniform when she suddenly let out a low "ah".
"What's wrong?" Lou Tiannan sat up straight.
"My powder compact got soaked with water." Lin Bai said with regret, "It's soaked through..."
Lou Tiannan: “…”
"I don't know if it can still be used after drying." Lin Bai looked at the wet pressed powder in his hand with a bit of regret. This color is quite easy to use. It's a bit difficult to find a pressed powder in the apocalypse.
Click.
A small cluster of black flames lit up the ground.
"Bake it." Lou Tiannan's voice was so hoarse that he almost uttered these two words in a whisper.
Lin Bai raised his eyebrows. Why is Captain Lou so easy to talk to during his susceptible period?
She didn't hesitate to take out all the powder, blush and other things on her body and arranged them in a circle to warm them by the fire.
The black flame was more powerful than ordinary flames, and her things dried up quickly.
After the powder dried, she tried it on her hand and nodded with satisfaction, finding that the concealing effect was not affected.
After Lin Bai finished drying the things, he turned to look at Lou Tiannan and found that his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled and his jaw line was tense. A faint light from outside shone through the gaps on his profile, and the light and shadow made his facial features more three-dimensional and profound.
His hair was a little longer than when I first met him. The originally short stubble now covered his scalp. Beads of sweat slid down his tall nose. His eyes were half-closed, his hands resting on his bent knees, and he looked listless.
Lin Bai looked at him and leaned against him.
Lou Tiannan raised his eyelids and looked down at her: "What are you doing?"
Lin Bai's head rested on his shoulder, her back resting lightly on his arm. She fiddled with the springs, wires, and magnetic stones in her hands, and said frankly, "I'll make you feel better. When you're better, return the Level 3 crystal core to me."
The cool body temperature through the combat uniform relieved Lou Tiannan's internal heat. He asked, "Why is your body temperature so low?"
"I have a cold body." Lin Bai said lazily.
After that, the two stopped talking, and in the quiet corner, the only sound was the faint sound of Lin Bai fiddling with parts.
Lou Tiannan closed his eyes to hide the unknown emotions in his eyes.
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