Li Xiao is not a cold-hearted person; she just looks rather aloof, which does not mean she is a cold person.
She's just not easily emotionally invested, not that she can't feel emotions.
She might prefer a relationship that progresses gradually and gets better over time.
Love is not as simple as just saying it.
Li Xiao looked up at the man in front of her. She could see his worry and anxiety in his bright eyes as he looked at her.
Li Xiao's heart felt as if it were enveloped by something gentle and soft. It made her heart pound involuntarily, her spirits soaring, and she felt a little shy.
Her eyes flickered slightly. It was as if there was a vortex in the man's eyes, drawing her in. She wanted to escape but didn't want to.
"you?"
Cheng Shaolin chuckled softly, his eyes filled with tenderness, his tone tinged with a hint of concern. "Are you feeling unwell? Hmm?"
Li Xiao: "Yeah, I felt a lot of pressure."
Cheng Shaolin frowned: "Don't think about anything. Or go and sort out the supplies. Finding something to do might help you distract yourself."
Li Xiao nodded, and after a long pause, said, "Yes, I'm fine."
Cheng Shaolin: "Okay, tell me if you're really feeling unwell."
Li Xiao smiled, her eyes filled with joy. "Okay."
Cheng Shaolin stared at Li Xiao for a while before leaving. He needed to keep an eye on the road ahead and take turns driving.
Li Xiao stopped paying attention to other things; the mental pressure made her very uncomfortable.
I can't quite put my finger on it, but I just feel a kind of psychological oppression that's really hard to bear.
It's like something is going to happen, but you don't know when, what will happen, or where.
That feeling of oppression and uncertainty made me very anxious, not knowing what to do.
Forget it, I'm not going to think about it anymore. I'll do something else to clear my head.
And so, Li Xiao immersed herself in the space, cleaning up supplies, planting crops, harvesting and sowing, keeping herself very busy.
Sure enough, when you're busy, it's easy to forget everything around you.
Forget that discomfort, that helpless restlessness.
As they made their way to Yingcheng, the sky was changing.
Layers of clouds began to appear in the cloudless sky, obscuring the blazing sun.
The clouds remained the same color, without much change. Therefore, they didn't attract much attention.
Li Xiao and his team would look at the sky every day and see that the clouds were increasing. Before, the sky was clear blue with almost no clouds, or only a few.
Now, however, the vast sky is filled with layers of clouds that are visible to the naked eye. They are large and fluffy, some like fish scales stacked on top of each other, and some like a whole clump of cotton.
"There are more clouds in the sky, but the color hasn't changed much." Tian Tian had nothing to do and was just sitting there bored, so she came over to tell Li Xiao.
Li Xiao had been dozing in the car with her eyes closed, but when she heard what Tian Tian said, she opened her eyes and turned to look out the window.
The once clear and empty sky was now filled with large clouds. Sunlight shone through the clouds, illuminating the desolate ruins.
Li Xiao felt this was a harbinger; although there had been similar occurrences before, there had never been so many, and now it was almost filling the entire sky.
Looking at the scene, she stammered, "Is it about to begin?"
Upon hearing what Li Xiao said, Tian Tian couldn't help but look up at the different sky once again.
Is the world about to change?
I felt inexplicably nervous and uneasy.
From the moment they noticed the change in the sky, they continued their rapid journey to the base while closely monitoring the weather.
They still wanted to believe what Li Xiao said: the abnormal energy might have originated from the sky.
Perhaps it really is the weather.
The change in the cloud cover confirmed their suspicions, making them even more anxious and eager to get to the base as quickly as possible.
The clouds in the sky changed every hour, gradually increasing in number. At first, they covered half the sky, then more than half, and eventually almost the entire sky that was visible to the naked eye.
The next change is in the color of the clouds, from not changing much to having color. From white, allowing sunlight to pass through, to the clouds becoming thicker and opaque. Then it turns tinged with light red, light gray, gray, and dark gray.
When their color turned dark gray, they were not far from the base. They had entered Yingcheng, weaving through the city, flooring the accelerator, speeding towards the base.
"Xiaoxiao, are we going the right way?" Shao Jie asked without turning his head while driving.
Li Xiao didn't even look up, glancing at the booklet in her hand, and casually replied, "Yes, even in this direction."
Knowing he was heading in the right direction, Shao Jie charged forward with confidence. Following his pace, Meng Yang and Qiu Fengyu used their special abilities to help clear the obstacles blocking the road.
The constant banging noises did not disturb the people sitting in the car looking at the atlas.
They picked these up casually as they passed by the bookstore. These things are now completely worthless; no one would take them back. They swarmed through the bookstore like locusts.
They cleared out the 400-square-meter bookstore in less than 10 minutes.
They could have done it even faster if it weren't for the large cardboard boxes from the bookstore that they used for easy stacking.
If things really do change later, then these paper books will quickly rot and disappear from this world.
Unable to predict what might happen next, Li Xiao could only prepare for the worst. Packing the books wouldn't take much time, which was why Li Xiao suggested stopping to collect them.
If there's too much time, Li Xiao won't ask to stop. She won't let things that aren't important delay their plans.
The team had no objections; they had gathered so much in just a few minutes. They were usually quite bored, with no entertainment. Although they could watch TV for a while, it was best to keep a low profile within the base.
Finding some books is also a good suggestion for passing the time.
So, apart from the three people driving and cleaning the road, everyone else picked up something that interested them and went to watch it.
Li Xiao was holding a map of Yingcheng; she wanted to see the general routes and the main urban areas of Yingcheng.
They didn't know how long they would stay in Yingcheng, so they needed to know a little about the city's layout to help them search for supplies.
Cheng Shaolin and Yu Yanbin also studied this kind of thing; as leaders of their teams, they had a greater sense of responsibility in their fight for survival in the apocalypse.
They will make the best plans and help these people find a suitable place to live.
They carefully examined the book introducing the development of Yingcheng, hoping to learn more from it so they wouldn't panic when the time came.
The more prepared you are, the easier it will be when you need to use it.
This is obvious.
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