The wind and snow were getting heavier.
Lin Zhenzhen cunningly followed closely behind Qi Tiancheng.
His large size, coupled with the polar bear he was dragging, shielded him from most of the oncoming cold wind.
The snow was so deep that every time I lifted or pulled my leg, it was quite difficult.
"Ah!" Lin Zhenzhen was suddenly lifted up.
Gu Zhongsheng picked her up and wrapped her tightly in his fur coat.
"You're walking too slowly."
Gu Zhongsheng frowned as he explained, and his expression looked very unnatural.
Lin Zhenzhen looked up and sized him up.
Gu Zhongsheng's current appearance is very strange.
Because of the travel he had been on these past few days, the shirt he was wearing underneath had become a high V-neck due to repeated pulling and tearing.
He wore a fluffy brown fur coat, carried a black long gun on his back, had unidentified green markings on his face, and wore a deliberately impatient and deep expression.
Lin Zhenzhen couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" Gu Zhongsheng's face was burning, and he shouted angrily.
Lin Zhenzhen covered her mouth and mumbled, "I don't want to laugh either."
"Little Tete."
Gu Zhongsheng didn't hear clearly: "What?"
"Little punk."
"You..." Gu Zhongsheng didn't finish his sentence. His gaze shifted forward, his eyes filled with a hint of surprise and doubt.
Lin Zhenzhen turned her head to look.
Before me stood a building resembling a factory, its black iron gate slightly ajar.
A dense, shimmering green light peeked through the crack.
It flickered on and off, like a will-o'-the-wisp in the night, terrifying and horrifying.
Lin Zhenzhen whispered, "This really is like walking into a wolf's den."
Qi Tiancheng walked to the door and put down the polar bear carcass he was holding in his mouth.
The wolf cubs inside the gate, drawn by the aroma, swarmed out and began tearing at the flesh with reckless abandon.
Lin Zhenzhen noticed that the wolf cubs varied in size, some resembling mutated Arctic wolves, while others looked no different from ordinary wolf cubs.
Several men also came out of the house.
Upon seeing the two, their expressions clearly became wary.
“Sheng, Lingzhen,” Qi Tiancheng said succinctly, “was being hunted down by headquarters and fled here.”
Hearing Qi Tiancheng say this, the expressions on their faces finally relaxed.
Someone even squatted down, cut off a small piece of meat, and tossed it to Lin Zhenzhen: "Eat up. Now that we're here, we're all family."
Why do I inexplicably feel like I've been drawn into some kind of sphere of influence?
"......Thanks."
Although this enthusiasm came somewhat out of nowhere, it's always good to have something to eat.
After obtaining consent, Lin Zhenzhen set up an iron pot in the house and cooked a large pot of fragrant meat soup.
She scooped up a large bowl and handed it to Gu Zhongsheng, who was sitting by the window.
He didn't take it, but instead asked, "Why aren't you eating?"
"You eat first, there's more in the pot."
Gu Zhongsheng paused for a moment, then held the bowl and drank the soup slowly and elegantly, as if he were savoring it.
Outside the window, the wind and snow howled, while inside, all was silent.
No one spoke; the only sounds were the crackling of the firewood burning in the stove and the tearing and swallowing of raw meat.
Lin Zhenzhen stared at the pot of boiling meat soup in front of her, seemingly lost in thought, but in reality, she was constantly observing Qi Tiancheng in the corner.
He had already transformed into human form. From his back, he appeared tall and robust, with a height exceeding 1.9 meters.
She had short, light gray hair and was wearing only a sleeveless vest in such cold weather.
Several wolf cubs frolicked around him, their sharp canine teeth leaving bloody marks on his hands.
Qi Tiancheng wasn't annoyed; he just repeated the commands over and over again, as if trying to tame them.
It's strange in every way.
Lin Zhenzhen couldn't understand how he knew they had come here to escape headquarters' pursuit, and why he wanted to save them.
Moreover, she felt that the other person's voice was somewhat familiar even at the very beginning.
It feels like I've heard it somewhere before.
As Lin Zhenzhen frowned in thought, Qi Tiancheng, who had been squatting, suddenly stood up, his pale pupils meeting hers.
"What's wrong?" His voice was hoarse, as if something had pierced through his throat, leaving a gap.
"No, no." Lin Zhenzhen shook her head frantically.
Her eyes darted around, and then she remembered something: "Oh no, yes, yes, yes."
"Um, I wanted to ask, is there anything here that can receive signals from the outside world?"
Qi Tiancheng stared at her for a long time, so long that Gu Zhongsheng even got up.
He stood behind Lin Zhenzhen, provocatively baring his fangs.
"Look again, or I'll gouge your eyes out and eat them."
Qi Tiancheng calmly withdrew his gaze, turned his head and said, "This place has been abandoned. It's a no-man's-land. There's nothing like what you're talking about here."
"Ah, okay then." Lin Zhenzhen lowered her head in disappointment.
I had originally intended to try to find out some information about Gu Bosheng via radio.
However, judging from the conditions here, this request is definitely a bit too much to ask.
"You want to contact the outside world?"
"No, I want to ask about someone."
Qi Tiancheng raised his chin: "Who are you asking about?"
Lin Zhenzhen asked in confusion, "Didn't you say there was no signal here?"
Another person explained, "The boss goes back to the Eastern Theater Command every month. If you want to ask about someone, you can't go wrong by asking him."
"That's great."
Lin Zhenzhen looked at the person opposite her: "The person I want to inquire about is General Gu Bosheng of the Eastern Theater Command."
"Oh." Qi Tiancheng's expression remained unchanged. "He's dead."
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