The two quarreled more and more fiercely, and the vanguard officer and Xing Tiejun waited for the follow-up with great interest, as if they were watching the fun.
Every word Yu Shan said pierced Qiao Ye's heart, and he shouted, "I'm at my wit's end! I only have three days left. If I don't get a pass, I'll never be able to return! Who could have imagined that this apocalypse would be so difficult? If I had known, I wouldn't have let you in!"
Hehehehe…
Yu Shan laughed even louder, "This is my childhood sweetheart."
She looked around, her gaze finally landing on the slightly ajar window. After a two-second pause, she quickly rushed over.
The moment the cold wind blew in, Yu Shan jumped down in her red down jacket.
“Shanshan——!!!”
Qiao's face also changed drastically and he rushed straight to the window.
However, just after Yu Shan fell a few meters, an iron chain quickly wrapped around her waist, hanging her safely outside the building.
The vanguard officer played with the silver ring on his hand and walked to the window: "Want to die? I'm afraid it's not that easy." He just hooked his fingers lightly, and the iron chain tightened suddenly after receiving the order, pulling Yu Shan slowly back to the room.
"Let me go! Let me go!" Yu Shan almost collapsed and started crying loudly.
The vanguard officer was annoyed and couldn't help but slap her in the face. Blood immediately appeared at the corner of Yu Shan's mouth.
"Take her to her room, she's so noisy." The vanguard officer gave Hou Shu a look.
Hou Shu immediately understood what she meant and stepped forward to pull Yu Shan over: "Let's go."
Feeling the burning pain on her left cheek, Yu Shan seemed to be more awake than ever before. She glanced at Qiao Ye with a half-smile, and opened and closed her mouth to say something, but no sound came out.
Joe also turned his head away, not daring to look at her.
From her moving lips, he could tell that Yu Shan was saying—
I hate you.
Yu Shan's eyes were dull, and her thin face seemed to have aged several years. She was led out of the office by Hou Shu like a walking corpse.
"I think I've seen you before. Are you Sister Qi Mi's friend?" Hou Shu spoke to her in a whisper.
Hearing the word "Qi Mi", Yu Shan's pupils gradually regained their focus and she turned her head blankly: "You know her too?"
"Well, I've known her for over two years."
Yu Shan curled her lips but said nothing.
She couldn't help but recall the question Qi Mi asked her repeatedly when they first met: "Can you come with us, will you?"
If she could do it again, she would nod and answer "go" without hesitation, right?
But now...
Yu Shan laughed to herself, tears streaming down her face like beads from a broken string.
She sniffed and begged Hou Shu to leave her a trace of dignity: "Please, kill me now, okay? I don't want to be insulted. I would rather die. Please free me, okay?"
Hearing her sobs getting louder and louder, Hou Shu was so scared that he pretended to be silent, motioning her to keep her voice down. After looking around to make sure no one was around, he whispered to comfort her, "The sky hasn't fallen yet, why are you worrying about whether you will die or not? Give me some time to think of a solution. If it really doesn't work, I'll secretly go to discuss it with Sister Qi Mi and see what she says."
Afraid of making too much noise, Yu Shan quickly covered her mouth and asked in a muffled voice, "Can I really still go out?"
"Of course."
Hou Shu's firm words did indeed make Yu Shan feel much more at ease.
He took out the key and opened an empty room, motioning Yu Shan to wait inside.
However, not long after she walked in, she suddenly fell to the ground. The skin on her face swelled up as if inflated, and then deflated after a few seconds, as if something was moving on her face, and every movement was excruciatingly painful.
ah--! ! !
A scream that shook the head of a person broke the silence.
Hou Shu stood beside him, bewildered. "Don't be afraid. This might be your body suddenly developing new abilities. Once your body accepts them and you get through this, you'll be fine."
"But it hurts so much—it hurts so much—!!!" Yu Shan rolled on the ground in pain, with big beads of cold sweat falling to the ground.
The vanguard officer and Qiao also came over after hearing the noise.
"What's going on?" After the commotion just now, the vanguard officer had lost all his patience. Now, seeing the strange swelling of skin on her face, his brows furrowed even deeper.
Hou Shu's eyes turned, and he took over the conversation at the right time: "Sir Vanguard Officer, her condition should be due to infection by dark matter."
The vanguard officer frowned: "What do you mean?!"
"The demons from the end of the world have invaded her body and are using her as a vessel."
"What should we do now?" The vanguard officer frowned.
Hou Shu lowered his head. "In my experience, a body targeted by dark matter cannot escape. They will gnaw at its internal organs bit by bit from the inside out until the body is filled with dark matter... Dark matter is like a plague. Once infected, there is no escape. For your own safety, Vanguard Officer, you'd better stay away from it."
The vanguard officer subconsciously covered his mouth and nose and retreated out the door: "You didn't lie to me?"
Hou Shu: "Absolutely not! How dare I lie to you!"
The vanguard officer looked disgusted and said, "So, what should we do now?"
"Drive her out of the city that never sleeps, so she won't contaminate the people in the city."
"..." The vanguard officer stared at Hou Shu thoughtfully for two seconds. After a moment's reflection, he said, "It's probably not safe to just drive her out of the City That Never Sleeps. It's better to throw her into the incinerator." He then looked at Qiao Ye who had come with him and said, "You go do it."
"Ah?" Qiao was also confused.
The vanguard officer no longer had the patience to argue with them. He turned around and said coldly, "If you want to stay in the City That Never Sleeps, do as I tell you!"
"yes!"
After the vanguard officer left, Qiao was still not able to come back to his senses. He stood there and watched Yu Shan screaming heartbreakingly.
Hou Shu couldn't stand it anymore and slapped him hard: "What are you staring at?! Why don't you seize the opportunity to take your girlfriend away from the city that never sleeps?!"
Qiao was also confused: "But, but doesn't she have dark matter?"
"That's what I lied to the vanguard officer. How could you get out if I didn't tell you that?" Hou Shu rolled his eyes anxiously and urged in a whisper, "Hurry up and take her away!"
Qiao also reacted for a few seconds, and hurried forward to help Yu Shan up. After taking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and asked Hou Shu: "Where is the incinerator?"
Hou Shu was so pissed off that he almost died. Unable to contain his rage, he grabbed Qiao and cornered him: "Are you fucking pretending to be stupid? I told you to take your girlfriend and leave the city that never sleeps right now. Why the hell are you asking me about the incinerator?!"
Qiao also pushed him away and said unhappily, "Even if it's just a show, I have to act more convincingly, right? Otherwise, how am I going to explain to the vanguard officer when I get back?"
Hou Shu glared: "Did I hear you right? You still want to come back? Is your brain stuck in the door?!"
"Don't waste your time here! Just tell me where the incinerator is!" Joe said angrily, "If I don't come back, I'll have to stay in this broken world forever!"
Hou Shu looked him up and down, and his tone softened a little: "Are you about to advance?"
"Well, it's only three days."
"oh."
As a fellow apocalyptic player, Hou Shu understood what Qiao was afraid of. He had been in this world for more than a month, and he would get more nervous as he got closer to advancing.
"The incinerator is on the underground floor. I'll take you there."
To be on the safe side, Hou Shu accompanied Qiao Ye under the pretext of supervision and took him down to the basement floor of the central building.
The elevator opened, and a heat wave rushed in. Even across the corridor, one could see the bright, jumping red light piercing the darkness.
The incinerator must be running, it was humming loudly, and the sound of a shovel shoveling ashes could be heard in the room.
At this time, Yu Shan had fainted from the pain and lay behind Qiao Ye without saying a word.
Hou Shu turned around and winked at Qiao Ye, asking him to wait here, and walked in first: "Hey, Lao Wang, you're busy again."
Old Wang was an advanced practitioner who specialized in cremating corpses. With his age, his thin neck couldn't support his massive head, so it drooped on his chest. His face was sallow and muscular, like a corpse resurrected. Seeing Hou Shu handing him a pack of cigarettes, he immediately smiled, revealing his black teeth. "You're quite good, kid. You still remember that I like this."
Hou Shu smiled, took out a lighter, and lit a cigarette for him: "Lao Wang, the person we have to deal with today is a bit special, how about we do it ourselves?"
"Special?" Old Wang exhaled a puff of smoke slowly, as if enjoying himself, and raised his eyelids. "I've seen so many corpses, what could be so special?"
"This time it's a woman who has been eroded by dark matter. You know what dark matter is? It's like ghosts and monsters. If you are targeted by it, you will die." As the flames danced, Hou Shu's face flickered in the light, creating an atmosphere of horror.
Hearing that it was dark matter, Old Wang, who had been examining corpses for many years, felt a little guilty. He peeked outside and cleared his throat: "Ahem... well, I'm going out for a cigarette and will be back soon."
"Okay!"
Hou Shu invited Qiao to come in.
After the door was closed, Hou Shu immediately used a shovel to dig the grayish-white ashes on the flatbed cart into the ground.
"We'll hide her in the ashes later. The guards won't check."
As Hou Shu spoke, he instructed Qiao Ye to take off Yu Shan's down jacket, throw it into the incinerator, and burn it until two-thirds of it was burned before taking it out.
Joe also threw the burning down jacket fragments on the ground and asked worriedly, "Is this okay? What if the vanguard officer finds out?"
Hou Shu stopped and raised his eyebrows, "Otherwise, would you really throw your girlfriend in there?!"
"That's not what I meant..."
"Then don't waste your time!" Hou Shuqing lifted the flatbed cart and asked Qiao Ye to put Yu Shan on it. "I'm risking my life to help you. Don't drag me down with your hesitation!"
Qiao also paused, said nothing more, and laid Yu Shan flat on the cart.
Fortunately, there are still a lot of ashes left today. They are sprinkled on Yu Shan and covered with the fragments of the down jacket. If you don’t look carefully, you would never guess that there is a person hiding here.
Qiao also used the firelight to control the black shadow to lightly press on her, ensuring that the ashes would not be blown away by the wind, adding an extra layer of protection.
The two of them worked together to carry the flatbed cart from the tunnel to the landfill for garbage disposal, and arrived at the most inconspicuous west gate of the City That Never Sleeps.
The guard was about to start checking, but when he heard that it was a body corroded by dark matter, he waved his hands at them in disgust.
Yu Shan was secretly sent out of the city and hidden under a sand pile not far from the west gate.
Joe also covered her with wet sand, adding some heat to her body so she wouldn't lose temperature too quickly. Her face was exposed to the outside, allowing her to breathe fresh air. The blood at the corners of her mouth had dried, and tears were still hanging from the corners of her eyes. She looked pitiful.
She closed her eyes, not knowing whether she was sleeping or fainting, but she was breathing steadily.
Not long after Hou Shu and Qiao Ye left, the mutant lion, sensing its master's scent, came over, found a suitable place to lie down beside her, and gently covered her chest with its fluffy long fur to keep her warm.
The city that never sleeps is dazzling, but not a single light can shine on her.
She was alone, with the lion as her companion, hidden in the darkness...
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