Chapter 21 Chapter 21 "Boss, we really need to clean up...
"Boss, we really need to pack up and go. We've been looking for so long." In the deep forest, a group of people packed up their packages and walked back while clearing the way.
"Well, there are rumors outside that Si Ruxu's superpowers were not lost at all. The sixth-level superpower user was torn into pieces in an instant." The leading woman looked deep in her eyes. She took the lead in cutting thorns while looking around at the movements.
"What if they were lying to us? Why didn't they retreat along the same route we took earlier?"
"It's better to believe it than not. Since Si Ruxu has already taken action, he might kill a few more teams to establish his authority. There's no need to risk his life for points."
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The voices of the superpower team were getting farther and farther away. Si Qi jumped down from the treetop and looked down at the traces left around her. She squatted down and picked up the half-burned wanted poster on the ground.
"What are you thinking about?" Si Ruxu asked softly, looking at Si Qi's profile, "Are you planning to hand me over in exchange for the bounty points?"
Si Qi looked at her doubtfully, "Do you think points are more valuable than you?"
"Well~ I don't know. It depends on what you think." Si Ruxu had a faint smile at the corner of her eyes. Si Qi looked at her and felt that her smile was very weak, like an insecure kitten.
Si Qi tilted his head and noticed that Si Ruxu had been asking himself questions like this recently, such as dreaming that he had abandoned her, and asking her what she wanted from him.
Si Qi looked at Si Ruxu with a surprised look, "Are you... scared?"
Si Ruxu was stunned for a moment, a hint of red creeping up on the tip of her ear, then she slowly approached, hooked one hand around Si Qi's neck, and said softly, "Well, I'm scared, will you abandon me?"
In the final analysis, Si Ruxu didn't trust anyone. Even though she knew Si Qi might love her very much, true love was ever-changing. In the face of life and absolute interests, everything seemed vulnerable. However, Si Qi didn't want anything, which made her feel uneasy.
Si Qi didn't take this as flirting. She looked into Si Ruxu's eyes and said seriously, "I won't abandon you as long as I'm alive."
Si Ruxu hooked her arm around Si Qi's, slowly tightening it and then releasing it, and she nodded in response.
She had achieved her goal, but she still felt uneasy. She herself didn't know where this uneasiness came from. Her heart was like a city wall that was breached by a flood, but she could not find any broken corners.
In just a few days, the number of teams of psychics chasing Si Ruxu outside decreased a lot. He had been hiding in the deep forest these days and it was rare to see such bright sunshine. Si Qi stretched lazily.
But they still lingered on the edge and took a long detour to the research institute.
"The people at the institute have always been reclusive and rarely communicate with the outside world. I don't know what conditions will get them to help me." Si Ruxu expressed her concerns as she walked. "And...if you are captured for research..."
"No, try everywhere." Si Qi smiled and comforted Si Ruxu. Si Ruxu's superpower core was now too severely damaged. Just a slight use could cost her life. No matter what the cost, she wanted to give it a try.
Si Ruxu cannot die. It has nothing to do with love or not. She wants to end the apocalypse so much that when the apocalypse ends, she also wants to enjoy some sunshine.
Si Qi did not teleport. She could see that Si Ruxu was nervous, so she accompanied her all the way.
The sky gradually darkened, and they lit a bonfire. The warm light fell on Si Ruxu's long and thick eyelashes. Although the weather was not very cold, she still put her hands on the fire until they were burned red. Si Qi held her hand, feeling the scorching temperature, and led her away from the fire.
Anyone would feel disappointed if someone who was originally so strong became vulnerable. Si Ruxu hid it too well, and she only discovered it now.
The air was filled with the sound of flames engulfing firewood, mixed with slow footsteps. A tall and thin young man walked out of the darkness to the campfire and looked down at them.
The flames only illuminated one side of his face, while the other side was hidden in darkness, and the light in his pupils flickered.
Si Qi looked over, and at the same moment, a space blade hit his surroundings. The young man raised his eyebrows, as if he was a little surprised that Si Qi would attack him.
"We've met before. My name is Luo Fenghe."
Si Ruxu raised her head upon hearing this, and her scrutinizing gaze fell on him. Si Qi frowned slightly, trying hard to think about this name that seemed a little familiar but not very familiar.
"I don't know them." Si Qi shook her head. There were too many faces appearing in front of her these days. She would forget those she had only met once or twice as soon as she turned around.
Luo Fenghe was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke, "We've met before. You said you saw the wanted poster and came here to hunt down Si Ruxu. I once invited you to join my base."
Si Qi subconsciously looked at Si Ruxu, met her half-smiling eyes, silently turned his head, secretly hooked his little finger around the corner of her clothes, and shook it gently, with a hint of flattery.
"No wonder... How could a fifth-level psychic come out alone to kill Si Ruxu? It turns out you two are together." Luo Fenghe's eyes had a gentle smile, but when he looked closely, they were full of consideration and utilization.
"Your former base's actions were truly despicable. Anyone with a bit of connections knows about their dirty deeds. They used ordinary people as human walls..." Luo Fenghe paused after he finished speaking, and seeing that their expressions were the same, there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.
"I know Si Ruxu's situation. Her energy core problem can be solved by our base." Luo Fenghe's eyes fell on Si Qi as he spoke. Si Qi then stood up and casually dusted himself off. "How can I trust you?"
Luo Fenghe glanced at Si Ruxu, who lowered her head and remained silent, and began to speak, "I want to win you over. You know, repairing Si Ruxu's superpower core is a basic sincerity. Besides, she is also one of the best superpower users. I have no reason to lie to you."
"From what I see from your route, you want to go to the research institute, right? I've been there before. The conditions for rescuing people in the institute are extremely harsh. Her supernatural core is gradually cracking, right?" Luo Fenghe smiled with his eyes narrowed, and took out a jade token from his pocket. There was no word on the token, and it gave off a chill.
"Then I won't hide it. This is the jade token from the research institute. A friend of mine was seriously injured by a shattered crystal core a few months ago. I went to the research institute, and when I returned with the token, he was already dead."
Luo Fenghe was still smiling, he didn't show the slightest sadness, as if it was a trivial matter.
"Well, use this jade token to buy both of our lives, is that right?" Si Ruxu raised her head. There was no emotion in her voice, but a hint of explosiveness leaked out in her calmness.
Si Qi was a little surprised. It was the first time she saw Si Ruxu like this, as if she was angry.
“It’s a good deal.”
"Si Ruxu, I was wrong about what happened before, but it's been so long, and I got my retribution, didn't I?"
Before Luo Fenghe could say anything, Si Qi had already stood in front of Si Ruxu. Her muscles were tense and she exuded a cold air.
"You should go back." She ordered him to leave without hesitation.
She cares about Si Ruxu's life, but if there are two choices, she will do her best to choose the one that is more in line with Si Ruxu's wishes.
Luo Fenghe looked at Si Qi for a long time and sighed, "I'll wait for you outside the institute."
No one knew better than him the harsh conditions for rescuing people at the institute. He was the only one who passed, but he lost time.
The moon gradually climbed up to the treetops. I don't know how many times firewood was added to the bonfire. Si Qi threw in a small wooden stick and watched it being engulfed by the flames.
"Si Qi." Si Ruxu moved closer and leaned against Si Qi's side. "Aren't you going to ask me why I refused to accept Luo Fenghe's token?"
"Well...will you tell me?"
"That year, two people had their crystal cores shattered. The other one was my friend. When I went to the research institute, they said they could only repair one energy core a month, so I went to find Luo Fenghe."
Si Ruxu originally just wanted to use the power of the token to extend her friend's life for a few days, so that she could find a new way. When she saw Luo Fenghe, he was standing in front of a small mound.
Wooden tablet, rainy night, young boy, bleeding hands.
She almost ran into Luo Feng and all the embarrassment. When he heard the footsteps, he just raised his eyes and glanced at her lightly.
"You want a token?" His voice was low and hoarse with a hint of inexplicable emotion.
Si Ruxu remained silent. She had only intended to discuss using a little energy to repair Luo Fenghe's friends. She stared at Luo Fenghe's eyes, which were nearly dripping with blood, and felt a sharp pain in her throat, as if a blade had been stuck in it.
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"At that time, he was not yet the core figure of their base. He was just an ordinary gold-type mutant."
"Then he didn't give you the token?"
"He asked me to kill someone. I went to a cabin in the woods outside the base. There was a child in the cabin. To be more precise, it was a little zombie."
When Si Ruxu arrived at the cabin, it was spotlessly clean. The little zombie was wearing a bite-proof mask and was trapped in the house, roaring.
"In the early days of the apocalypse, many people domesticated zombies, some for family and some for love. But gradually, everyone realized that zombies had no consciousness at all, they were just bodies. Those who raised zombies either abandoned them or were bitten to death by them. At that time, I was just shocked."
Si Ruxu spoke slowly, as if she was reminiscing, or as if she was tasting a glass of wine that was bitter in her memories.
"Did you kill him?"
"Well, just kill him."
For a long time, Si Ruxu didn't hear Si Qi ask anything. A cluster of flames fell from the front of her into her heart, burning so hot that it hurt. She looked at Si Qi with a smile that didn't reach her eyes, and said in a transparent voice, "Is it cruel?"
Si Qi shook his head. "It's not cruel. Survival of the fittest. If you were in danger, I would do the same."
Si Ruxu's panicked heart was gently held, giving her unprecedented peace of mind.
"He lied. When I went to look for him, he disappeared. I took my friend with me and asked for his whereabouts everywhere until my friend died on the road."
Si Ruxu was feeling uncomfortable.
Si Qi had seen Si Ruxu in many different ways: indifferent, not understanding, smiling, and emotionless, but he had never seen her look miserable.
She suddenly remembered the month before the college entrance examination, the day her mother died.
The weather was clear and the sun was shining brightly. It fell on the truck that had hit her mother, on her as she stood a foot away from her mother, and on Si Ruxu, who was looking at her without any emotion at the other end of the traffic light.
She always comforted herself that it was normal that she couldn't empathize with others because she had never experienced such a thing. So she smiled and accompanied Si Ruxu to do homework during the day, and argued with her father at night, demanding that her mother be buried properly.
Si Ruxu never felt sorry for her.
When this emotion appeared in her, Si Qi pulled the corners of her lips. She heard her own voice, hoarse, sticky, hypocritical, and distressed, "Si Ruxu, after the end of the world, those who should be resurrected may be resurrected. Your friend will come back."
"I promise."
The first time Si Qi lied to Si Ruxu, she realized that cheating was never a difficult thing.
She is not afraid of her lies being exposed in the end
She placed an hourglass in her heart, counting the width of her life drop by drop.
She felt that she would not live to see the end of the world.
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