After treating the seriously injured team members, Ruan Ning was so tired that he had difficulty standing. So he was too lazy to walk any more and just sat down on a step on the side of the road to rest.

Gu Yicheng didn't mind the dirty steps and sat down with her naturally.

Ruan Ning turned her head to look at the person sitting next to her. She didn't know why, but it was fine when there were other people around, but once she was alone with Gu Yicheng, she would feel an inexplicable tension in her heart.

Ruan Ning's black and white eyes flickered, and she felt a little flustered. She quickly turned her body around, pretending that she had not looked at him. At the same time, she took a sip of the water that Gu Yicheng had just handed to her as a cover-up, which made her feel less nervous.

"Ningning, the team will arrive in the imperial capital soon." Gu Yicheng raised a faint smile and suddenly said these words in a low voice.

However, Ruan Ning understood what he meant. She swallowed the water in her mouth and was choked by his words. She covered her mouth and coughed a few times, pursed her lips, and said vaguely: "Well... we are going to the imperial capital." Time has passed too fast! Ruan Ning felt that they were suddenly going to the imperial capital in the blink of an eye. She even felt that the days in S City seemed to be just yesterday.

If nothing unexpected happens, their team should be able to leave City X tomorrow. This means that by then she will no longer be able to avoid that matter.

Gu Yichen turned around and held her shoulders, looking at her intently. Suddenly, he stretched out his fingers to wipe the water droplets from the corners of her mouth. His movements were serious and meticulous, as if he was doing something very important to him at this moment.

Ruan Ning noticed the serious look on his face when he looked at her. She stared at him for a moment, then blinked her long eyelashes, casting a shadow that hid the complex emotions that flashed through her eyes.

"Brother, no matter what decision I make, you will support me, right..." There was a hint of hesitation in her tone.

People are all made of flesh and blood, and Ruan Ning is no exception. If it had been at the beginning, she would have definitely run away if she had encountered a situation like now. Whether the man in front of her was angry or sad had nothing to do with her, and she didn't care at all. Or maybe she might have no moral integrity at all, and in order to get closer to him, it is not impossible that she would agree to date Gu Yicheng without thinking.

But now, in addition to the confusion and entanglement in her heart, there is also a trace of dependence and reluctance.

She was very sure that she did not want to hurt this man now, in the name of so-called feelings.

Gu Yicheng paused in wiping when he heard her words, and said in a gentle voice, "Well, I will support Ningning in whatever she does."

However, out of sight of the girl beside him, the emotions in Gu Yicheng's eyes were obscure and unclear.

Only he himself knew that he would never accept any answer other than yes.

How could a man like him choose to let go after tasting a little sweetness... If the person in front of him told him that she rejected him, or even hated him, Gu Yicheng had no idea what he would do.

To love someone is to respect all her choices. To Gu Yicheng, the idea of ​​letting go will never exist. Because, if he loves someone, he will do everything he can to tie her to his side, until death. Even if the world is destroyed, he will pull her together and never separate.

Yes, that's right, his love is extreme and dangerous.

After rebirth, Gu Yicheng habitually used a gentle appearance to cover up his true heart, and all his prejudices were hidden in his bones, and would only be revealed when he met the one he wanted to possess.

Ruan Ning's sharp intuition made her feel a little unusual, and she subconsciously raised her eyes to look at the man beside her. At this time, there was no longer any abnormality on Gu Yicheng's face. He slowly let go of her hand, his eyebrows softened a lot, and there was a smile in his eyes, "So, Ningning, you don't need to have any burden... Tell me your true thoughts, okay."

Ruan Ning looked a little dazed. She found that since she didn't know when, the moody, unpredictable and violent hero described in the novel seemed to be getting farther and farther away from her.

Gu Yicheng, whom she knew, was gentle most of the time, and only showed his unusually cold and fierce side when dealing with enemies. He was especially considerate and thoughtful when dealing with her. This person's help was indispensable for her to adapt to life in the apocalypse so quickly.

Thinking of this, all the uneasiness that Ruan Ning had been feeling in her heart over the past few days because of this incident seemed to disappear in an instant, and her heart suddenly calmed down.

——She thought that she might already know the answer in her heart.

**

The last night in City X.

No one let down their guard, even though they could leave City X and go to the Imperial Capital Hope Base tomorrow.

They cleared out a street shop and planned to rest there tonight.

However, just after they finished dinner and were about to rest early, they heard a patrolman blowing a whistle. The whistle was three long and one short, and this frequency of whistles meant that the person blowing the whistle had discovered an extremely urgent situation while patrolling there, which could be a large wave of zombies attacking, or more than one or two powerful zombies.

Anyway, it should be a difficult situation for them.

This special signal made everyone present tense up. Some were packing their things, some were taking their weapons to check the situation.

Ruan Ning originally wanted to go find Gu Yicheng later, but now this situation suddenly happened, it seemed that there was no chance. She looked around and saw that the streets were a bit chaotic with people coming and going. She trotted over to help Xue Chen and the others arrange for the other team members next to them to get on the car first and evacuate this place as soon as possible.

"Sister Ruan Ning, Brother Gu asked me to come over and take you to the car quickly. Don't help here for now. Other people will arrange these things. You should come with me." Lin Yang came over, grabbed her arm and was about to take her to another car.

Ruan Ning knew that she was not very good at fighting, so she didn't have to stay here. However, as she trotted towards the SUV, she couldn't help but ask, "Brother Lin Yang, what happened at the whistle place? Why are we in such a hurry to evacuate here?"

After all, three long and one short whistles are not blown in all situations. Every time it is blown, it means that their team must evacuate quickly.

Lin Yang came to the side of the SUV, opened the door for Ruan Ning, and explained: "The situation over there is a bit serious now. There are two fourth-level mutant zombies and a lot of third-level zombies. Brother Gu and Chaozi have gone to block the zombies and are waiting for us to evacuate first."

After Ruan Ning got in the car, Lin Yang also got in the back seat of the SUV. It wasn't that he didn't want to go kill zombies with Brother Gu, but before leaving, Brother Gu repeatedly told him to protect Sister Ruan Ning. Chaozi's parents were also being taken care of by Jing Yang and Xi Chen.

Although this arrangement may seem a bit selfish, people in the same team are definitely divided into close and distant people, and it is impossible to truly treat everyone equally. Moreover, their original intention of upgrading their abilities and becoming stronger was to protect themselves and the people they care about.

Anyway, no matter whether other people can do it or not, Lin Yang can't do it, so he didn't think too much about it. After listening to Brother Gu's words, he hurried over to find Sister Ruan Ning.

"Drive closely behind the truck in front." Lin Yang said to the person driving in front.

Ruan Ning sat quietly in the back seat and glanced out the window. It was already dark outside, and the place where Gu Yicheng and the others were going was quite far away, so basically nothing could be seen.

However, feeling the tense atmosphere around him and not knowing what was happening behind him, Ruan Ning couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and the emotion showed on his face unconsciously.

Lin Yang also wanted to know what was going on with Brother Gu and the others, but because he was confident in their team's strength, he outweighed his worries, so even though he didn't know the situation, he wasn't too worried.

After seeing the worried look on the girl's face, he patted her on the shoulder and said comfortingly, "Sister Ruan Ning, you don't have to worry too much. Although this is the first time our team has encountered two level 4 mutant zombies at the same time, Brother Gu and everyone else are not in vain. After most of us have evacuated, they can leave that place quickly."

Ruan Ning knew this, and if they only encountered a fourth-level mutant zombie, she felt that Gu Yicheng alone could quickly deal with it. Although there were many zombies over there, there were also several powerful psychics fighting together. Even if they really couldn't win in the end, they should still be able to run away from the zombies, and nothing serious should happen.

Thinking of this, Ruan Ning finally put his heart at ease. His frown relaxed and he stopped thinking about other things to disturb his already unpeaceful heart.

She had to believe him.

…

An hour later.

Their convoy stopped at a remote parking lot.

At the same time, a speedster in the team sent back a message saying that the other team that went to kill the zombies had now gotten rid of the zombies behind them and were heading towards them.

Even though Ruan Ning knew that the probability of anything happening to them was very low given their strength, he kept telling himself in his heart that those people would be fine. However, before he saw them in person and they were safe, he still couldn't help but worry about them.

The same was true for the other people in the team. Even though everyone didn't have to do anything and just waited there, not many people talked. The atmosphere was too quiet and depressing.

Another half hour passed before everyone saw someone walking towards them not far away.