"Dr. Gu, do you really like me? Did you only agree to be with me because I'm of use to you?"
As soon as Gu Qingqiu opened her eyes, she was bombarded with questions from Luo Ze'en. She rubbed her eyes and said helplessly, "What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly asking these kinds of questions? Of course I like you, after all, you're so handsome and capable."
Lozen seemed somewhat dissatisfied, "Is that the reason you like me?"
"What else?" Gu Qingqiu shrugged. "What do you expect me to answer? Because I fell in love with your soul? Then what do you like about me?"
After stammering for a while, Lozen actually retorted, "But I really love your soul."
Gu Qingqiu felt a strange tremor within her. She straightened up. "You like my soul? What does that mean?"
“Hmm…” Lozen thought for a moment, “Perhaps it’s because Dr. Gu, you have a very high IQ and academic level, and have made great contributions to humanity, that I find you particularly charming.”
"Really?" Gu Qingqiu murmured, "If I didn't have such a high IQ, and I didn't have the ability to save the world, and I was just an ordinary girl, not the way I am now, would you still fall in love with my soul?"
Upon hearing this, both of them were momentarily stunned.
Gu Qingqiu regained her calm and serious demeanor first, got out of bed to wash up, but heard Luo Ze'en behind her say, "I will, as long as it's you, I will like you."
Luo Ze'en looked serious, and Gu Qingqiu couldn't help but smile as she glanced back at him. "Thank you."
Due to the widespread use of zombie vaccines and zombie bait, the South Base gradually began to invade zombie territories, expanding the human sphere of influence. It also gradually established connections and transportation with other bases within the country, transmitting zombie vaccines and zombie bait to other human bases.
With the aid of vaccines, humans, who had long been oppressed by zombies, developed a strong desire to resist and finally united to launch an attack on the zombie forces.
After a six-month-long effort, humanity finally eradicated all the zombies, and humans are now safe.
This means that new hope has been reborn among humanity, and people have begun to rebuild their homes and roads, gradually restoring the trajectory of modern civilization.
As the inventor of the zombie vaccine and zombie bait, Gu Qingqiu became famous all over the world and was praised by people without reservation. Many people even suggested making a statue for Gu Qingqiu, giving her the highest award, and giving her the best spouse. Gu Qingqiu refused all of these. She did not accept any interviews or news media reports. The only message she left for the world was that she hoped they could live well and cherish everything that they had not gotten along well.
But everyone at the South Base laboratory knew that Gu Qingqiu had eloped with the former captain of Thunder and their whereabouts were unknown. It was said that they had hardly any luggage with them, but some people who saw them described Dr. Gu as always holding an object that looked like an ostrich egg in her arms.
When Luo Ze'en proposed to Gu Qingqiu, Gu Qingqiu agreed almost without hesitation. Luo Ze'en was excited; he hadn't expected Gu Qingqiu to give up the wealth and glory she might soon have, and her reason for agreeing sounded like a pipe dream.
But Gu Qingqiu remained calm: "Didn't I promise you? From now on, I'm your woman. As the saying goes, 'A woman follows her husband wherever he goes,' so I'll naturally go wherever you go."
It wasn't that she completely disliked a life of wealth and a respected reputation; it's just that all of that seemed less important in a world where she could leave at any time.
Unbeknownst to her, almost a year had passed since she experienced the time reset in this world, exceeding the time limit for leaving the world set by the male protagonist system. However, her experience bar had not yet been filled, so neither she nor the male protagonist system suggested leaving this world voluntarily.
Anyway, the world is safe now, there are no zombies to threaten my life, and I can slowly grind my experience bar, but... the progress seems to be stuck at 99.9% for a whole month without moving.
To be honest, Gu Qingqiu hadn't encountered a situation where her experience bar progress was stuck for a long time. Luo Ze'en always seemed insecure, always having this or that concern, and Gu Qingqiu didn't know what he was afraid of.
Is it because the marriage registration system hasn't been restored to normal yet that they can't get married? But Gu Qingqiu had already eloped with him in a big way, and everyone knows they're a couple now.
Could it be because of the egg she was carrying?
While packing her luggage, Luo Ze'en did ask Gu Qingqiu what it was. Gu Qingqiu casually replied that it was his child. Unexpectedly, Luo Ze'en changed his attitude of frowning whenever he saw an egg. He would go over and touch the egg from time to time. Sometimes, Gu Qingqiu would wake up in the middle of the night and find Luo Ze'en sitting aside holding an egg, deep in thought.
"Dr. Gu," Luo Ze'en finally couldn't help but ask, "Is this really my child? But it's been so long, why hasn't the child been born yet? Could it be Nezha inside?"
Gu Qingqiu looked at Luo Ze'en in surprise: "So you really believed it? I thought you didn't."
Lozen was also greatly shocked, looking hurt. "You're not just saying that to brush me off, are you? Wouldn't it have been stupid of me to agonize over this for so long?"
Gu Qingqiu smiled indulgently, "Silly girl, how could I joke about something like this? But why didn't you doubt me at all? It sounds so illogical, doesn't it?"
Lozen's face flushed slightly. "You...you had my sperm before, didn't you? You're such a great scientist, who knows if you've researched some kind of non-maternal gestation technology that allows a child to survive inside this egg? I didn't believe it at first, until one day when we were traveling and you got tired of carrying the egg and handed it to me to hold for a while. I could clearly feel that there was a living organism inside, and I even saw you call the egg 'baby,' but you've never called me that before!"
"Your analysis is quite logical." Gu Qingqiu actually nodded in agreement. She didn't expect Luo Ze'en to have even thought of an excuse for her, saving her the trouble of making one up on the spot. "Unfortunately, my technical skills are limited. This child might really turn into Nezha."
"Ah—" Lozen looked worried, "Then...how will the child get nutrition inside the egg? Will the child grow up and be able to hatch safely? Won't the child turn into a monster?"
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