Chapter 57 Chapter 57 We are even
Si Qi still had a smile on his lips as he walked slowly towards Si Ruxu. She lowered her eyes, and her dark pupils were like an airtight wall, not revealing a single emotion.
"What are you thinking about? ...His, daughter?" Si Qi tilted his head and spoke slowly, as if genuinely curious, asking casually. "Speaking of which, shouldn't I thank you for giving me a chance to live again?"
Her tone was gentle, even gentler than any other time I've been with her, but...
Si Ruxu pressed her finger joints inconspicuously, enduring the tearing pain coming from her heart.
Si Qi's supernatural power was stirring, and the noise was so loud that even she was affected.
Si Ruxu looked up and caught a glimpse of a bright red spot in her peripheral vision. Strands of blood dripped from the corners of her lips because Si Qi couldn't swallow it in time.
But the person just chuckled, and his beautiful thin lips were dyed a charming red.
"So what do you want me to do? End my own life in a more roundabout way and return it to you, is that right?"
"So, Si Ruxu, am I qualified to be used by you?"
Exactly the same words, from that weak and helpless late night to now when she is almost drained out of her body.
She felt that her heart was a cliff, and with every breath, gravel would collapse along the veins.
Tears and blood mixed together, but Si Qi didn't make a sound. The well-behaved child since childhood even cried silently. The corners of her eyes were red, and her eyelashes were bent by the tears, and then the tears fell and rolled down along the blood-red lines around her eyes that had not yet dissipated.
Finally, Si Qi stopped trying to grab Si Ruxu's hand and spoke softly and tremblingly, "So you... know everything..."
At this time, Si Ruxu finally woke up from her dream and hugged Si Qi. Suddenly, she realized that Si Qi's body was shaking uncontrollably, as if he was desperate, but also as if he was relieved.
The huge despair overwhelmed her heart's balance of pros and cons like a tide. The blood in her body flowed backwards, disrupting the thinking process of her brain. She hugged Si Qi tightly, her voice hoarse and cautious.
"Si Qi... no, at that time, it was only you, and that ball of energy felt you, so I..." Si Ruxu paused.
So what did she do?
She went over and saw Si Qi kneeling lifeless on the ground. He gave her the energy, giving them a chance to live again.
However, she started over so early that she had set up a tight net before she met Si Qi.
Let Si Qi experience the dangers of people with special abilities, let Si Qi know the beauty of human nature, let Si Qi fall in love with her, and finally... let Si Qi willingly sacrifice for humanity.
Is that so?
But. But she,
Si Ruxu's shoulders sank, and Si Qi buried her head in her shoulders. Her body trembled slightly, and her shoulders were soon wet.
The air smelled like a mixture of blood and tears.
"Si Ruxu." Si Qi's voice was calm, like a windless lake revealing the shadow of death. "You could clearly... talk to me nicely."
"I won't blame you. I have no relatives or friends, I have always been displaced, and I was destined to be buried in the tide of corpses." After saying this, she breathed the air around her lightly and deeply.
It seems that this can relieve the pain of the flesh and blood in the heart falling off piece by piece and being torn apart.
"I can die. This is the end of the world. As an ordinary person, I will die sooner or later. Thank you for giving me superpowers and giving me the chance to live again, but you can't lie to me."
"You can let me become numb, but you can't let me grow a heart first and then dig it out. That...that's too cruel, right?"
Si Qi no longer knew what she was saying. She had already decided to die, but Si Ruxu insisted on telling her that she was loved by many people, that she had helped many people, and that she wanted to survive.
When she wanted to live, she was told that according to the predetermined ending of the script, her move would lead to death.
"No, not Si Qi!" Si Ruxu hugged Si Qi tightly, as if to rub her into her flesh and blood. "I want you to live, I will let you live, you believe me, okay?"
Hearing Si Ruxu's voice, Si Qi's body stiffened for a moment, and then she slowly used her spatial ability to separate herself from Si Ruxu.
She looked carefully at those beautiful, amber eyes, which were usually gentle, affectionate, and calm. All the emotions were shattered as the lies were revealed, leaving only endless emptiness and despair.
Si Qi took a few steps back, tears still falling down her eyelashes, but she gently curled the corners of her lips.
She listened to Si Ruxu calling her name, and looked at the separated space, where Si Ruxu's lightning ability was frantically trying to shatter this space.
"Si Ruxu."
"You saved me, but you also used me. Let the end of the world develop according to your plan." Si Qi curled his eyelashes.
"Go to the research institute and reclaim your foreshadowing. We're even now."
"No, Si Qi, we can't be even!" Si Ruxu felt that the air in this space was too thin, she couldn't even breathe.
She was powerless, and mobilized all the supernatural powers in her body to attack this area of space.
But it was of no use. This ball of energy was given by Him, and it was the highest law in the end times. Si Ruxu's energy was an appendage of this energy, and her attack did not cause any damage to Si Qi's supernatural powers.
However, the last lightning that fell from her palm hit Si Qi directly.
She was slightly stunned, watching Si Qi being hit by the lightning power and spitting out blood.
She knew.
He always sided with her, so when he sensed her despair, he naturally attributed her emotions to another person here.
She opened her lips, but no sound came out.
Once again, she watched her lover leave her world covered in blood, with hideous wounds all over his body.
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Si Qi limped forward. She took out a bottle of medicine powder from her pocket and held it in her hand all the way. She didn't know how long she walked before she barely found a relatively safe place.
She took a deep breath and lifted the clothes above her belly, revealing the skin that was struck by the lightning power.
There was a burnt bloodstain across the clearly defined outline of his waistline. Si Qi sprinkled the powder evenly on it, then frowned in pain as it touched the wound.
Si Ruxu is really not a human being, and so is He.
It was so obvious that she was used by Si Ruxu, which was why she was hurt so many times and became a pariah for such a long time. But when they broke up, he still blamed himself for isolating Si Ruxu in another space.
Then let Si Ruxu's lightning ability hurt her.
However, she wasn't that surprised. Si Ruxu was a beloved figure, the center of attention before the apocalypse. She had everything: family background, looks, and talent.
After the end of the world, she became a top-level psychic, and fate has always favored her.
Si Qi remembered that when they were together before, she was obsessed with online card-drawing games for a while. She worked hard to go through the storyline, save up game currency, and wait for the card pool of her favorite character.
When the day came to enter the pool, I still had to fill up the guaranteed amount before I could get the character I liked.
While she was sitting aside dejectedly, Si Ruxu finished her shower, quietly walked over and asked her why she was not very happy.
She asked Si Ruxu to help her draw a few, and she drew ten on the spot.
In fact, she just wanted to see Si Ruxu draw cards. Ten purple cards were guaranteed, and at least a four-star card would appear. So she would praise Si Ruxu.
Until the golden light came out, Si Qi was still confused. His account had never had a gold or double gold in his life, but it suddenly produced four golds in ten consecutive games, and not a single one was wrong.
She thought her account had changed luck, but now she thinks, how can she not draw good cards when she is drawing cards with God's own daughter?
While tearing off a piece of cloth to bandage herself, Si Qi thought to herself in a self-deprecating way, wondering if it was because He was not satisfied with her being Si Ruxu's wife that he made her life so miserable time and time again.
The supernatural power in Si Qi's body was still rampant, as if it would not stop until it broke her meridians. Si Qi covered his aching chest and sat down against a tree.
The setting sun slowly went down, and the moon climbed up again. The faint light shone through the new leaves onto the person sleeping under the tree. Her brows were slightly wrinkled, her palms were placed on her chest, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, as if she was enduring extreme pain.
Suddenly, her eyelashes trembled, and she woke up from her sleep. She clutched the clothes on her chest with her fingers and spat out a mouthful of blood.
After a heart-wrenching cough, Si Qi leaned weakly against the tree, seeming helpless and mocking.
"Actually, you don't want to be used by me, do you?" He said this to the supernatural power colliding in her body.
It seems like everything has a closed loop.
And she just echoed the beginning and the end, she was alone at the beginning and ended alone.
She couldn't even arrange her own death.
After his sleepiness was dispelled, Si Qi stood up and, relying on the smell in the air, walked step by step into Luo Fenghe's base.
It’s not a big deal. The agreement with Luo Fenghe must continue, and tomorrow’s apocalypse must also continue.
She could feel that the supernatural power in her body was healing her internal organs bit by bit. As she expected, He would not let her die so easily. She was the most important part of Si Ruxu's plan.
At least she must stay alive while she still possesses that special power.
The moonlight fell on the silver gate of the research institute. The robot at the door made an emotionless voice welcoming home, but Si Ruxu ignored it and walked straight in.
At this time, Si Luoheng had already fallen asleep, and Si Ruxu walked to the innermost level of the research institute and mobilized the dark web that Si Luoheng had arranged in every corner of the apocalypse on the big screen to locate Si Qi's whereabouts.
The longer the time goes, the more suffocating my heart becomes.
All the large screens were lit up. Si Ruxu hadn't turned on the lights when she came in. The light from the large screens fell on her profile, reflecting the bloodshot and coldness in her eyes.
Finally, the big screens at the side flashed some different lights. Si Ruxu looked over with some anxiety in his eyes. Finally, Si Qi's face appeared on the big screen.
Si Qi did not look very well. Her steps were unsteady, one hand was covering her chest, and the other hand was trembling slightly at her side. She sniffed from time to time, as if trying to discern the smell of supernatural powers in the air.
Si Ruxu breathed a sigh of relief with an imperceptible intensity.
Si Qi is a trustworthy person. Since she has agreed to form an alliance with Luo Fenghe, he will definitely go back to look for her. As for their affairs, it doesn't matter whether she says it or not.
As long as Si Qi is with Luo Feng, she will not lose track of Si Qi.
She was too conflicted. During the countless late nights when Si Qi had lost contact, she tossed and turned, asking herself over and over again: was the wish of her deceased relatives more important? Was the end of the world, was human civilization more important? Or was Si Qi more important?
At first, she also thought that the end of the world was a means for Him to wipe out mankind, but since her rebirth, she knew the power of that group of supernatural powers by getting close to Si Qi.
If relying on supernatural powers, the five massacres should be no problem, then what is the true purpose of the end of the world? What is the reason for His kindness towards ordinary people?
What did He want to tell them?
Everything is like a big mystery, and the chess player is trapped in another huge chess game and cannot escape.
She focused her eyes on the big screen. The person inside was stumbling but not falling. It might be because her supernatural powers were too chaotic and she couldn't feel the air currents around her. She was still sniffing and trying to find the way.
Like a puppy with a poor sense of direction and relying on smell to find home.
only.
Si Ruxu narrowed her eyes and looked at the road beside Si Qi. It was too dark to see clearly, and this road didn't look like the route to Luo Feng and the base.
Ke Siqi kept sniffing and walked with extra determination, probably because he was certain that Luo Feng was in that direction.
Si Ruxu suppressed the uneasiness in her heart. She had felt the perception of the world brought by this energy before. At that time, she had not yet accepted this energy, but Si Qi had already fully mastered it. Logically, there should be nothing wrong with it.
Maybe Luo Fenghe is not in the base.
She advised herself not to think too much, but the more she did so, the more panicked she became, until she saw a white, bright line appear at Si Qi's feet.
It was as if countless pieces of glass and metal collided and shattered beside her ears, making a loud noise that hurt her temples.
Here is the border.
It is the boundary between the city and the outside world.
Less than a year after the apocalypse began, other cities had completely fallen, except here. Because of the appearance of people with special abilities and the suppression of the virus spread by Si Luoheng, other viruses bred in the outside world were killed here. Over time, a clear boundary was formed.
No one has ever returned safely from outside the circle. From the inside, everything outside is peaceful and the sun is bright, unlike inside, where it is gloomy and looks like a decoration.
There would also be some adventurers who said they wanted to go outside and take a look. At first, people didn’t care about this until they lost contact one after another, and then the outside world became a forbidden area.
Luo Fenghe, he went outside the circle, why?
Her brain was like a stretched string, her fingers quickly scrolled across the bracelet screen, found Luo Fenghe's contact information, and called him.
You could hear a pin drop around you. The only sounds were the wind coming from Si Qi's end and the beeping sound from the bracelet. A few seconds later, the call was connected.
Luo Fenghe's voice, thick with sleep, came from the bracelet: "Si Ruxu, what's wrong? Are you and Si Qi in trouble?"
"Where are you?"
"I'm at the base. Are you guys back?"
The string in Si Ruxu's brain, which had been taut from beginning to end, suddenly snapped. Her fingers clasped the bracelet tightly, and her fingertips turned white from the force.
On the big screen, Si Qi lingered at the border for a while, then walked into the fog. The screen went out at that moment, and no trace of him remained.
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When she walked outside the border, Si Qi felt herself being quickly surrounded by a fog. She frowned. There was a smell in the air that she really disliked, like something old and moldy.
She raised her hand and fanned her nose.
Luo Fenghe's scent disappeared since he entered here. Si Qi had heard a lot about what happened outside the circle. She didn't know why Luo Fenghe took the risk to come here, but no matter what, Luo Fenghe could not die outside the circle.
She still came in and walked forward a few steps. The fog around her slowly dissipated. Si Qi looked back and saw that the road she came from was surrounded by layers of thick fog. If she walked back at this time, she might not be able to find the right way out.
Si Qi lowered his eyes and suddenly understood why the psychics who came out never went back.
This place is different from the city. Si Qi can hardly feel the breath of any living creature, and she can't rely on her perception to predict danger. She can only carefully separate the space she is in, and then move forward tentatively little by little.
The sun shines gently on my body, bringing the long-lost warmth. Compared with the houses inside the circle, the houses here are well preserved, but no one has taken care of them for a long time, and ivy is all over the walls.
It doesn't look like the end of the world, but more like a house that has not been lived in for a long time.
Si Qi continued walking inside and finally smelled a rotten smell. It was far away from her and she couldn't get the direction. Her arms unconsciously tightened, and the lines of muscles were faintly visible.
There are zombies here, although the smell is very faint. In fact, at this time of the end of the world, zombies are no longer afraid of the sun and often come out and walk around in broad daylight, but they only gather in groups at night.
Moreover, there are no mutated plants outside the circle. Although no traces of animals can be found, the plants are what they should be and grow there naturally.
It's very harmonious, and there's an inexplicable sense of comfort in such a place.
But Si Qi was still cautious. The more comfortable something was, the more likely it was a trap.
She raised her hand. She had not taken off the bracelet Si Ruxu had given her yet, because she always had to contact Luo Fenghe. She had originally thought of asking Luo Fenghe to buy her a new one when she got back to the base.
She swiped the screen, wanting to try to contact Luo Fenghe. In fact, when she was outside, she found that the signal of the bracelet was not very good, so she just wanted to try her luck.
As expected. Si Qi looked at the bracelet that had completely frozen and sighed imperceptibly.
She marked the way as she walked, so that she wouldn't get lost.
After walking a short distance, the faint smell of cooking smoke drifted towards Si Qi. Her eyes lit up, and she carefully marked it and moved towards the direction of the smoke.
She parted the dense grass by the roadside and saw a girl about eighteen or nineteen years old under a tree. The girl was wearing a loose school uniform and a ponytail. Her clean and pretty face was not made up, as if she had not experienced the ravages of the end of the world.
However, at this moment, she was sitting on a stone, using a campfire to build a pot, stirring the pot with a wooden spoon. Perhaps she felt that it was almost done, so she scooped up a spoonful and tasted it, and then her eyes curved into a very happy arc.
Si Qi curled her lips unconsciously. It had been a long time since she had seen someone who looked so alive, and who was cooking alone in the apocalypse... Perhaps it was because the environment here was too comfortable, it was like an ordinary picnic before the apocalypse.
Si Qi pulled the grass aside a little more. The girl seemed to have heard the noise. She looked over blankly and met Si Qi's gaze from a distance as he squatted in the grass.
Si Qi:.
This makes her look like a pervert who peeks at a girl cooking.
She blinked her eyes, not knowing whether to stand or run, and looked particularly dazed.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, a smile flickered in the girl's eyes: "Do you smell the fragrance? Come here, it seems to be ready to eat."
Si Qi's fingers curled up slightly, still embarrassed. After living in the apocalypse for a long time, she was far from being as graceful as a girl.
He half-crawled to the girl's side and sat down. Only then did she see clearly what was cooking in the pot.
Some unknown vegetable leaves and fruits picked from somewhere were cooked together, and the color turned into a strange dark purple.
"My name is Guan Xuan. What's your name? Why are you here alone? I saw you all were in groups before."
In groups... Si Qi pursed his lips and said, "I'm Si Qi. I don't fit in with groups, so I'm usually alone."
"Oh, so that's it." Guan Xuan's voice was light and lively, with the agility unique to a girl of this age.
Si Qi stared at her school uniform in a daze. If she were in school, she should be very popular.
only.
She just said that people like herself usually appear in groups, which means that she has seen the psychics coming from there, and she is not sure about the current situation of that group of psychics.
Moreover, she didn't think that the extremely expensive and poor quality uniforms issued by the school could survive the two years of the apocalypse.
Si Qi's Chinese teacher in high school was very poor. She always asked them to read books on their own and check the reference answers. Sometimes, she would get distracted and tug at her school uniform jacket, until one class she pierced the jacket through.
She didn't really use much effort.
She sat on Guan Xuan's left and seemed to be able to smell the mixed scent of laundry detergent and sunlight on the school uniform.
She turned her head and stared at Guan Xuan's pale profile in a daze, until Guan Xuan couldn't stand such a direct gaze anymore, and turned her head to meet her gaze directly.
Her eyes are clear, her eyelashes are thick and long, and when she looks at people, there is a kind of innocent tenderness, as if she is holding a marshmallow in her mouth.
Si Qi lowered his eyes in panic and looked away, but a cheerful laugh came to his ears.
"It's really strange that at this time of year there are still humans who are shy about making eye contact with other creatures."
Guan Xuan's eyes were bright and curved like the moon, but they didn't seem cold and indifferent. Instead, they had a tenderness that was unique to a young girl.
Si Qi's brain short-circuited for a moment, and then slowly, like a machine that had just been oiled, she uttered a soft, tentative sound.
"Other...creatures?"
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