Another half hour passed.

Ruan Ning walked out of the operating room. Her hands were covered in blood and she had to wash them clean with hand sanitizer with great difficulty.

Fortunately, it was an emergency and everyone is fine now.

After Ruan Ning came out, he suddenly remembered Shen Qizhi's strange behavior. He glanced at the corner and didn't see her there, so he asked Zhang Chengyi at the door, "By the way, where is Shen Qizhi now? Is she okay?"

Zhang Chengyi replied: "Miss Shen just vomited in the corner for a while, and I asked someone to take her to the living room to rest."

Ruan Ning frowned and said, "Why didn't you ask the person who came with her to take her back?" As the face of the Psychic Union, Shen Qizhi naturally had her own bodyguard. However, Shen Qizhi didn't seem to like having people follow her, so the bodyguard was in the army, but in another lounge.

Ruan Ning asked this question not because she was worried about whether this person was okay, but because if Shen Qizhi had any problems in their army, the Special Power Union might find a chance to accuse them again. She didn't want to give anyone any handle.

"Miss Shen said that she just felt a little unwell today and just needed to go and rest. There is no need to inform the people from the Superpower Union." Zhang Chengyi had dealt with people from the Superpower Union many times, and of course he knew that he couldn't let them get hold of anything. So after seeing that something was wrong with Shen Qizhi, he wanted to inform the people from the Superpower Union as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, she stopped him and said that she would not let him go no matter what. She also said that she would be responsible for anything that happened and would not blame them.

After listening to this, Ruan Ning was silent for a moment.

Since Shen Qizhi herself thinks there is no problem and has said that she will not let anyone intervene, the person involved has said so, even if the Superpower Union wants to blame, it cannot be blamed on them at all.

…

After Ruan Ning finished treating the patient, he went to the living room and saw Shen Qizhi sitting there resting.

Her face was pale and bloodless, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.

Ruan Ning also found it strange. If it was just a cleanliness fetish, there shouldn't be such a strong reaction, right? And when they asked her to go into the operating room just now, they didn't say anything. If she had explained the situation in advance and refused, they would never have forced her to go.

Ruan Ning specifically asked the doctors and nurses about what happened in the operating room. They said nothing happened, everything was normal at the time, but they didn't know what happened. Suddenly, Shen Qizhi's face changed, and then he ran out of the operating room in a hurry. Before they could react, he disappeared.

Ruan Ning didn't think she was wrong in this matter. She didn't know the situation and she had never been forced to do anything. But seeing Shen Qizhi's miserable appearance, she still felt guilty. After all, she had called this person over because of her own little thoughts. So after hesitating for a while, she couldn't help but ask with more concern: "Miss Shen, are you... okay now? Are you feeling better? Do you need me to ask Captain Zhang to find a doctor to check you out?"

Shen Qizhi's lips turned pale, and her expression was cold and indifferent, and it was hard to tell what emotions she had. "I'm fine. I don't need it."

Ruan Ning was interrupted when she heard her say that. She could only say dryly, "Oh, then you should have a good rest."

"...Can you please tell them not to tell anyone else about this, especially those in our Psychic Union?"

Just when Ruan Ning thought that was it, Shen Qizhi beside him whispered, "Every time something happens to me, they always get very surprised, so I don't want them to know."

Are the following words an explanation to her?

Although Ruan Ning was a little curious, she would not pry into other people's affairs. Since she didn't want others to know, Ruan Ning would not ask any more questions. "Well, when Captain Zhang comes, I'll ask him to tell the others."

After that, Shen Qizhi never spoke again. Ruan Ning was not a person who liked to start conversations, not to mention that the other party was someone she was not familiar with, so there was no need to communicate. So she just sat in her seat alone, lowered her head and continued to play games on her mobile phone, pretending that Shen Qizhi was not there.

The living room became quiet, with only the sound of two people breathing.

Until leaving the army in the afternoon, Ruan Ning did not have the chance to speak to Shen Qizhi again.

**

After resting and recuperating in the Hope Base for a while, the Dawn Team has recently started to resume taking on missions.

And after much persuasion from Ruan Ning, she was also included in the group going together.

Shen Qizhi will go to the army on the day of the mission, so even if she goes with them, it won't delay the army's affairs. If it really doesn't work, Su Yunjin is still in the villa, so he can take over.

This time, the mission that the Dawn Team took on was to help the army transport their cold-weather supplies to another base in exchange for other supplies.

The location is a base in the neighboring province Z - Chaoyang Base. Although it is not as famous as the Hope Base in the Capital, it is also a relatively famous base in China.

At this time, the thick snow outside that was knee-deep had melted. Chaoyang Base was not far from Hope Base. If you were lucky, you could drive from Hope Base and back in one day and one night.

Ruan Ning had not left the base for a month since she arrived at Hope Base. Now she suddenly saw the desolate environment on the roadside, and she was a little uncomfortable for a while. As expected, comfort makes people fall behind. Ruan Ning had not had to worry about the appearance of zombies for a long time. Today, she found that she was not as flexible as before in using a gun.

The Dawn Team only drove two vehicles this time, one was a small truck for transporting supplies, and the other was an off-road vehicle driven by their team themselves.

Since they were transporting supplies, they couldn't make a big show and draw attention, so they didn't bring many people with them this time. There were only seven of them. Two sat in the pickup truck and five sat in the SUV.

Of course, just in case, to prevent someone from stealing the supply truck when they were not paying attention, Gu Yicheng put all the supplies to be transported into the space in advance, and planned to put them back when the truck was about to arrive at Chaoyang Base. This way, even if someone was blind and wanted to take advantage of the fire, they would not be able to steal anything.

Not long after the convoy moved forward, Ruan Ning, who was sitting in the back seat, saw the tragic scene on the street ahead.

The stained blood and broken human limbs on the ground all indicate what happened here.

It seems that there was a fight here not long ago, and the humans were the losers.

Recently, such incidents have happened more and more frequently. Ruan Ning has been staying in the base and has heard about such incidents from the military. Sometimes when he sees the survivors who have finally escaped from the zombies, lying on the hospital beds covered in blood and dying, Ruan Ning feels an indescribable feeling in his heart.

The feeling was very complicated. Although she didn't know them at all, seeing them like this, she couldn't help but feel that as human beings, she was all in the same boat. She didn't know that the disaster had befallen her and the people she knew.

As a healing psychic, Ruan Ning deals with people on the brink of death every day. Being accustomed to the feeling of life and death, people sometimes become more and more indifferent and less and less compassionate.

When Ruan Ning first arrived at the end of the world, she was so scared of the ugly appearance of zombies that she would just hide in the car and tremble. If someone died in front of her, she would feel extremely sad.

However, seeing all this now, she felt neither sad nor happy inside. It couldn't be said that she had no feelings at all, but she had become accustomed to it, so her ability to bear it was stronger. These things could no longer cause her any major emotional fluctuations.

In just a few months, her psychological changes were obvious.

You see, she is a person who has been protected all the time, but she is still like this, not to mention the other survivors who are out there fighting zombies every day. Their life situations are only more difficult than hers, and their hearts are only more indifferent and numb.

***

noon.

Gu Yichen sat in the car, looking at the map in his hand with a stern look, wanting to change the route to Chaoyang Base.

They had only been driving for less than two hours, but they had already seen several tragic scenes of zombies and humans fighting each other, and the time intervals between each place were very close. This meant that the road they had chosen earlier was no longer safe, and if they continued to move forward, the risk factor would be very high.

Their team must change to a safer route.

Seeing that Gu Yicheng was busy in the car alone and didn't get out, Ruan Ning was worried that he had forgotten to eat, so he brought him a lunch. Their lunch today was a beef sandwich, which the team members had prepared in advance at the base and then placed in the space, so they could take it out anytime they wanted to eat it while it was still warm.

"Brother, stop being busy and eat something."

Seeing the girl coming over, Gu Yicheng's frown slowly relaxed. He put down the map and said gently, "Okay."

Ruan Ning naturally sat next to him and the two of them ate together.

Ruan Ning was eating a sandwich in his hand, thinking of something, hesitating for a moment, and asked, "Brother, are we really going to leave Uncle Gu alone?"

Uncle Gu has been in a bad mood recently. When she went to visit him at Gu's house yesterday, she heard from the villa guard that he hadn't eaten much during this period and had no appetite. It seems that he is really sad this time. If it were someone else, she might not care, but he is a person who is really good to her. Seeing him like this, Ruan Ning felt a little guilty.

Gu Yicheng and Ruan Ning thought differently. He could tell at a glance that his old man knew that playing the emotional card could no longer prevent them from being together, so he began to learn to use the self-torture tactic. Otherwise, how could the guard standing at the door know so much about his affairs, and even take the initiative to reveal it to Ning Ning? Without thinking, you can know who instructed him to do so. Only the girl in front of him was too concerned and simple-minded, so she didn't doubt the details at all.

However, Gu Yicheng would not reveal this matter to others, so as to let them think about it. "You also said that he just can't accept the fact that we are together for the time being, so he shouldn't hurt his body. Maybe he just has a poor appetite, and he will eat naturally when he is hungry, so don't worry too much."

Ruan Ning thought about it for a while and felt that what Gu Yicheng said made sense. She finally felt less upset. She just hoped that Uncle Gu could think it through soon and stop being angry with Gu Yicheng. The two of them could get along well. Even because of their relationship, although Uncle Gu was still as good to her as before, she had not talked to him for several days.

"Ningning, you've just been worrying about too many things lately, so you're always thinking too much. By the way, the Chaoyang base has recently cultivated some new varieties of fruits. When we get there, I'll take you to try them." Gu Yichen agreed to take her out on the mission this time so that Ningning could stay away from the old man. This was to prevent the old man from doing something during his absence as soon as others left the base, which would affect their relationship.

"Really?!" The Chaoyang base is well-known for its breeding technology. When Ruan Ning heard that new varieties had appeared there, his attention was temporarily drawn to them.

Seeing that she was very curious about this, Gu Yicheng smiled and introduced the general situation of the Chaoyang Base to her.

Combining the content of the novel with what he said, Ruan Ning finally had a deeper understanding of the place they were going this time.