The night wind was too cold, Du Rui closed the car door and waited for Eva to come back after treating her injuries.
The kids on the second floor had fallen asleep while waiting, and the car was very quiet now.
Du Rui looked at the corpses of the mutated beasts in the fields by the roadside, frowning, fearing that they would suddenly come back to life and pounce on him... After Eva came back, he quickly closed the car door and drove away from this terrible place.
"That girl named Yu Shan was really nice to that boy. She was afraid that the treatment would be too painful, so she let the boy bite her arm... That boy must have saved the world in his previous life, right?" Eva shook her head.
"It's normal for a young couple..." Qi Mi smiled. "One is your boyfriend who you spend every day with, and the other is a stranger you just met at the end of the world. Who are you following?"
"That's right." Eva sat next to her and could barely understand.
Qi Fan: "But I'm still a little worried. Qiao Ye is about to advance. Whether he succeeds or fails, Yu Shan could be in danger. Even if Qiao doesn't advance and becomes a fragile porcelain figure, he will become a burden to Yu Shan... In this vast apocalypse, how can she, a novice player, survive?"
Eva threw up her hands helplessly. "There's nothing I can do. You've tried to persuade her, but she won't listen. What can I do? Like you said, they're a couple after all. How could they bear to be separated?"
She picked up the bottle and drank the last sip of beer, reluctant to part with it. Suddenly, a question occurred to her. She blinked and looked at Qi Mi: "By the way, Mi, you've noticed that boys are about to advance, right?"
"Yeah, I found out when I saw that boy." Qi Mi raised the corner of his lips sarcastically: "He even lied to me and said he had just arrived in this apocalypse."
Eva: "How did you find out? He looks no different from us to me."
"His appearance hasn't changed, but haven't you noticed that his physique is different?"
Qi Mi said, "Having just entered the apocalypse of the polar night, being freezing cold is the norm, but his skin is remarkably warm. He's lost so much blood, yet not only is he not experiencing hypothermia, he's also not feeling cold even wearing such thin clothing. How could he be a new player? Even we're still wearing down jackets... If he hadn't lied to me about being a new player, I might not have been so wary. Such an obvious lie must be to hide some information that's unfavorable to him. Plus, Yu Shan said she came here specifically to find him, which means he must have been in this apocalypse for quite some time."
Qi Mi scoffed and leaned back: "Of course, even if it's someone who is about to advance, if he doesn't want to deceive me, I will still take him for a while. But... Ha, he is trying to be clever in front of me."
Eva agreed. "Yes, if players aren't honest with each other, there's really no way they can cooperate. I support you, fan." She tossed the empty beer bottle into the trash can and smiled. "So when did you say you'd buy me a drink?"
"We have to get to the next city. Where can I get you some wine in this vast wilderness?"
Eva's drinking bug had been aroused, and now she was extremely greedy. She smacked her lips with a look of unsatisfied desire: "How long will it take?"
Qi Mi raised an eyebrow and said, "You have a map on your phone, why are you asking me?"
Eva suddenly realized and immediately took out her phone to check: "Probably still half an hour."
Qi Mi: "Almost. When we get to the city, while Du Rui parks the car to cook, I'll go around the city and get you some wine."
Eva was satisfied: "OK!"
The time it took to reach the next city was enough for Qi Mi and Eva to have a light sleep and be ready for battle at any time.
The bus did not go into the city, but instead stopped in a wide square following Qi Fan's advice. This way, the view was unrestricted and it was convenient to observe the surroundings.
After unbuckling his seat belt, Du Rui put on an apron and transformed from a driver to a chef.
Just as Qi Mi was about to get off the car, he stopped her and said, "Teacher Qi, you should finish your meal first, otherwise the food will be cold when you come back."
She stopped and looked around: "Okay, I'll just take a look around first."
When little Langyu heard this, he saw the opportunity and jumped down from his seat, raising his hands high: "Me! Teacher Qi, I want to walk around with you too!"
Seeing that Xiao Langyu finally gave up his seat, Eva went straight to the bench, stretched her legs comfortably, and spoke for him: "Yeah, Mi, while those little idiots on the second floor are still asleep, you can take him for a walk. After all, Xiao Langyu has skills and he can protect himself."
"Yes, I can protect myself!" Xiao Langyu nodded.
Qi Mi thought about it for a moment, agreed, and after telling Xiao Langyu to be a good boy, he took his hand and got out of the car.
This is a very neatly built leisure square. In the middle of the square is a metal artwork statue made up of messy lines. It looks quite high-end, but it is hard to say what is so beautiful about it.
The only light source in sight was the tourist bus. To avoid wasting electricity, Du Rui turned off the headlights, leaving only a dim light inside the bus.
There were many insects on the ground, and scattered clothes and bones wrapped in clothes were lying on the ground like discarded garbage.
Qi Fan didn't dare to go far and only went to the metal sculpture in the middle.
She climbed to the top of the sculpture with light movements and looked around with the telescope she found in the supermarket.
The floors are staggered and stand coldly around the square, as if abandoned by humans, just waiting to break and collapse.
Qi Mi looked around, and when he finally set his eyes on the road he had come from, a puzzled sound escaped from his throat: "Hmm?"
Full of disbelief.
Little Langyu held onto the metal statue with his two small hands and looked up in confusion: "What's wrong, Teacher Qi?"
"..." Qi Mi didn't answer. His body remained motionless, staring at the road he had come from... After about half a minute, he slowly snorted, "Interesting."
Xiao Langyu turned his head and looked into the distance in the direction she was looking.
The terrain was open, allowing for a wide view. At a distant highway intersection, a mutant lion approached slowly, carrying two people on its back. Yu Shan, wearing a down jacket, rode in front, while Qiao sat behind her, holding her in his arms.
Probably to take care of the two people on its back, the lion walked very slowly, like taking a stroll, and came towards this side steadily.
Although the speed is slow, it will take more than 20 minutes.
Qi Mi jumped onto the ground and handed the binoculars to Xiao Langyu: "You go back to the car first, I'll go take a look."
Seeing that Qi Mi over there should be able to deal with it, Xiao Langyu nodded with confidence and warned: "Teacher Qi, be careful."
After watching Xiao Langyu return to the bus safely, Qi Mi walked towards them and stopped them when they were still some distance away from the bus.
Perhaps he was holding a grudge against Qi Mi for not taking him on the road, Qiao Ye's expression was a little unhappy. He gave her a cold look and turned his head to the side.
Yu Shan was much more polite. Seeing her approaching, she nodded to her from a distance, touched her down jacket and thanked her: "Sorry, little sister, I forgot just now. Thank you for the clothes and food."
Qi Mi didn't come here to ask for a superficial thank you. After nodding indifferently, he asked the serious matter: "Did you swallow those fragments of the [Skill Core Crystal]?"
Yu Shan was obviously stunned for a moment, thinking that she had done something wrong, and quickly turned around to look at Qiao Ye.
Qiao also raised his head and asked unhappily: "Yes, I asked Shanshan to swallow it, what's wrong?"
Qi Mi has always been soft-hearted and never hard-hearted. Seeing Qiao Ye's attitude, his eyebrows suddenly turned cold and he raised the corner of his mouth in a mocking manner: "So when I was working on that thing, you saw it, right?"
She remembered that Qiao was still trapped in the car, and a mutant elephant and a mutant tiger were fighting nearby. His girlfriend was not completely out of danger... But this boy actually had the leisure to watch what she was doing?
Qiao Ye's eyes flickered, and after coughing lightly and pretending to be calm, he raised his head again: "Yeah, I accidentally saw it. Shanshan hasn't developed any skills to protect herself yet, so what's wrong with me asking her to swallow some nuclear crystal fragments?"
"Nothing, I just thought you were pretty smart..." Qi Mi folded her hands, "Was she the only one who swallowed it? How much did she swallow?"
Seeing her going on and on like this, Qiao tutted impatiently: "Does it have anything to do with you? Don't you want to take care of us? Why are you asking so many questions?"
"Although I may be a bit overwhelmed with compassion for once," Qi Mi reminded him, "Yu Shan's current physique is still that of an ordinary human. A few nuclear crystal fragments might not be a big deal, but if she swallows too much, she'll suffer unbearable pain at best, or even die at worst. Think carefully about this."
Yu Shan was frightened and immediately turned around to ask Qiao Ye: "Is it really that serious?"
Qiao also glared at Qi Mi, then hugged Yu Shan and said softly, "Don't worry, Shanshan, you only ate a little bit, you'll be fine... I'm your boyfriend, so of course I'll consider your safety first..." His face changed, and his tone became even deeper. He stared at Qi Mi, "At least, I don't need an outsider who watched someone die without helping to tell us this."
"Qiao Ye, you can't say that. The young lady has already helped us a lot..." Yu Shan immediately pulled Qiao Ye's sleeve and retorted him not to say that.
"Shanshan, this apocalypse isn't as simple as you think. Don't be fooled by small favors from strangers, okay?"
Qiao Ye glanced at Qi Mi as he spoke, "I'm starting to suspect she's in cahoots with the man who attacked us. Otherwise, how could she have ended up there so coincidentally?"
Oh, I have a bad temper?
Qi's fans felt like they were just listening to a joke: "I'm lying to you, what can you possibly lie to me about? Are you trying to steal my money, or my body, or am I trying to sell my kidneys off?"
"you!"
"Me? I don't have any reason to bother with you guys!" Qi Mi snorted coldly and turned away.
Halfway through the walk, I suddenly felt that I was making myself look boring, and couldn't help but laugh at myself.
After watching her walk a certain distance away, Yu Shan controlled the mutant lion to move forward.
As they passed the tour bus, she and Joe could hear the bustling noises inside, like New Year's Eve, filled with the childish voices of young children. Curious, they circled the bus, going from the door to the windshield before finally getting a good look at what was going on inside the cab.
Qi Mi sat in the passenger seat with his arms folded, staring at them like a bodyguard. His sharp eyes seemed to warn them not to let curiosity kill the cat.
Yu Shan was frightened by her expression and quickly looked away.
Qiao also slowly turned his head, as if he understood something, and let out a chuckle.
Then the two of them turned the corner and disappeared into the darkness.
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