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◎She grew a heart◎
Yan Xunzhi remained silent.
Three years. She had been by her side for three years since they first met, and Kong Wei had never mentioned this matter. Even Yan Xunzhi couldn't remember how she had tried to evade her at the time. It turned out that she had been wary of her since then.
She let go of his hand, her lips curled up, "I thought I had behaved well for so long..."
Kong Wei couldn't deny it, "The performances I saw were all good."
Who can't pretend? The Federation looked at her on the surface, and she performed well.
Yan Xunzhi was unimportant. Most of the time, she didn't care what she was harboring, and naturally, she wouldn't dig deep into her background—it didn't matter, she was just a sentry for fun.
Everyone has secrets. She is not so idle as to thoroughly investigate irrelevant people. However, she will not trust people who have secrets because they are too vague.
Kong Wei left. She had other things to do.
The ground simulation has already lost three batches of experimenters.
They had originally turned back halfway. Even without considering lifespan, it would take some time for EV to accumulate at the maximum injection volume, and there were not many candidates left for them to use.
Sang Wanyin rolled up her sleeves and gestured between her and Zeng An, "How about we both go up too?"
Sun Yesuo didn't bother to pay attention. "Don't make things worse." Sang Wanyin was about to say something, but she looked over and said, "Why don't you be transferred to the command center too? You're idle all day and have nothing to do. You have a good foundation anyway, and they're short on manpower on the ground, so you'd be a good fit."
Sang Wanyin covered her face with the book in a sullen manner and slid to the corner on her chair.
Kong Wei was flipping through the records nearby, feeling something was amiss, but couldn't quite place what. "Are all the latest data here? When will the next data be released?"
Sun Yesuo said, "The recent ones are all here. New data will be in about two weeks. Zeng An will take it to the ground next week, and it will take a while for the values to stabilize."
Kong Wei nodded and said, "Give me the numbers next week and I'll report them to the Federation after I've reviewed them."
The hinges may have become loose due to long-term use, causing the door to creak when opened.
Yan Xunzhi was lying on the bed, and her body moved slightly. Kong Wei didn't know if she was sleeping before entering the room, but she was awake now.
But she didn't move, still lying on the bed with her eyes closed. Kong Wei pretended she wasn't awake and continued washing and changing clothes as usual.
After that day, he briefly considered replacing the sentry and getting rid of Yan Xunzhi. Ambitious people easily create trouble. She had traces of experimental work on her body, and conducting unauthorized experiments would give her a handle, and who knows when they will come to restrain her. Keeping her around would be a hidden danger.
When the time came to end, I looked at her face and thought, forget it.
She is very well behaved and obedient.
Even if she had some selfish motives, even if she had connections to the Federation, who could guarantee that the next sentry sent in wouldn't have them? She was just the tallest among a bunch of short people, and the next person might not be as obedient as her...
So beautiful.
She has a beautiful face and bright eyes.
That night, with this thought in mind, Kong Wei entered the room and kissed her. His nose rubbed her earlobe intimately, and everything disappeared like smoke, as if it had never happened.
Yan Xunzhi felt itchy and dodged slightly, then raised his neck, with his blue veins rolling, like another kind of seduction.
Later, I checked the files and they were quite clean. Yan Xunzhi grew up in the marginal White Tower and served in Northwest District 2. He had a clean record and was an ordinary person, not far from the top.
Only the ground mission that injured her leg was a little special.
Before that, she had missed almost two ground missions, and after that, she was transferred to the Logistics and Armaments Department and never went on the ground again.
After washing up, Yan Xunzhi was already sitting on the edge of the bed.
She had her hair loose and was using a night light. She hadn't slept well, so her eye sockets were sunken and there was a dark red circle around her eyes, making her look pitiful.
"Awake?" Kong Wei asked casually. He had been thinking of letting it go, but then he realized that since he was already awake, there was no reason to ask more. "Are you awake?"
Yan Xunzhi gathered her hair and nodded silently. Kong Wei came closer, and she followed suit and moved back.
While panting, Kong Wei called her, "Yan Xunzhi..."
Yan Xunzhi seemed to pause, then suddenly said, "Officer Kong."
"Um?"
"I have another name." She looked at her, her eyes sparkling with tears. "My name is Anran."
"There was a period of time when the foster care system was implemented in the White Tower. The one who fostered me gave me a name."
In her light-colored pupils, the lit night light and the officer's shadowy figure were clearly reflected. In the second life, Yan Xunzhi even saw a trace of cracks in her eyes.
Sang Wanyin came to deliver the latest data, but Kong Wei was busy and put it aside.
Why don't you look? Sang Wanyin was surprised, "Hey! It's hot!"
Kong Wei responded, "I'm panicking. I don't want to watch it now. Let's keep it for now and watch it in the evening."
"... Pretentious." Sang Wanyin was speechless at this reason. After a long while, she managed to say, "Will you have another chance to watch it tonight?"
This involved humans returning to the surface, and the experiment had become a Federation experiment. Even for her, borrowing it was subject to a time limit. Kong Wei remained silent, saying, "Don't worry about it. Just pretend you don't know. I'll let the higher-ups know later. The commander-in-chief is about to retire, so he'll still give me this favor."
Sang Wanyin raised her eyebrows, gave an "I understand" look, made an OK gesture and left.
Kong Weima worked tirelessly to retrieve all the data for comparison.
After comparing, she applied for borrowing permission and then leaned back in her chair, spinning her pen.
Not long after, someone knocked on the door, and said attentively, "Officer Kong, this is a top-level experiment. Without the leader's approval, I really don't dare to make a decision on my own. Please take it back first and we can do it when we have time..."
Kong Wei laughed and interrupted her, "Who's in charge of you? Leader? Supervisor?"
The errand boy smiled and said, "We are definitely under supervision..."
Before she could finish her words, the stack of materials came crashing down on her head! Startled, she subconsciously dodged, and the papers fell to the ground. Kong Wei walked up to her and picked up the report. "You don't have to return it. I'll go and return it myself. She's in the office, right?"
In the office.
When she pushed open the door to question the data falsification, the supervisor looked at her with a smile, "Then should I wish you success in your ground experiment, Commander Kong?"
The first above-ground simulation has been successful.
More direct than benefiting mankind is to enable mankind to return to the ground.
What is even more terrifying than the counterproductive effect is that humans actually managed to return to the ground.
The idea of the ground faction is that there is nothing wrong with returning to the ground, but the environment is harsh nowadays. Even if you can return to the ground, you will just roll in the sand and dig a mouthful of yellow soil.
The higher the level of the dungeon, the closer it gets to the original ground, where the weather is beautiful and the sun is warm. Having worked so hard to reach a high position, why would you go back to that uncertain environment to start all over again?
What's more, each generation has its own soldiers and generals.
Back on the ground, Kong Wei might still be the leader, and the Federation might still be the Federation, but what about those sentinels who are in the middle and upper echelons of the Federation?
They are all from the aboveground faction. How many people want to return to the surface, and how many people are willing to stay underground? Who are the people who want to return, and who are the people who want to stay?
The supervisor said, "I thought you were smart, but I didn't expect you to be so confused about this matter. It's true that when you see the career you've worked so hard for is so close, you always get stuck in a rut."
When I returned to the room, Yan Xunzhi was still there.
That's right. When Kong Wei closed the door, she thought to herself that as a logistics sentry, she had nowhere to go. If she opened the door, she would most likely see her.
Yan Xunzhi was leisurely flipping through a book, not expecting her to come back so early. He closed the book casually, quickly tidied up and sat up from the bed. While she turned around to close the door and change clothes, he smoothed his hair and straightened the wrinkles on his collar.
Then he quickly walked over to her and took the changed clothes. "Officer Kong, why are you back so early today?"
"It's okay, I'll be back if I'm okay."
Kong Wei answered lazily and handed the clothes over casually.
Yan Xunzhi swiftly threw it into the machine. Turning around, he saw Kong Wei leaning against the door with his arms folded. He paused for a moment, "What's wrong?"
Kong Wei said, "It's okay, look at you."
She had seen her countless times, stroked her outline countless times, but it seemed like the first time she saw her like this.
People are like this. When you have deep contact with someone, even if you don't care at first, after a long time, some thoughts will remain, like traces left in this world, becoming a bond to this world.
It seems easy to breed tens of thousands of newborns in the underground city every year; in such a harsh environment, it is even easier to leave. If you blink on the ground, you may die.
Kong Wei suddenly said, "Hold me."
"ah……?"
Her voice and expression remained unchanged, like a doll that had been set up in the window, and she repeated casually, "I'm so tired, hold me."
Yan Xunzhi hurried over, opened his arms cautiously and put them around her.
She held him very lightly, not daring to use any strength. Kong Wei fell on her shoulder, relaxed, and let Yan Xunzhi hold him.
She said, "Don't throw me down."
Yan Xunzhi hugged her tighter.
I felt nothing. As if I was asleep.
Later, Ning Yue said that anyone could be Yan Xunzhi at that time. Kong Wei thought about it and felt that what Ning Yue said might be true. She did not deny that she was very tired at that time.
As long as there is a little bit of suitability, anyone can become Yan Xunzhi.
Yan Xunzhi just happened to become Yan Xunzhi, but after she became Yan Xun, she could no longer change.
From the moment she decided she would stay, from the moment she embraced her.
When people are in this world, they always have some concerns, even just a little bit.
The question that had always been elusive seemed to finally have an answer. The question Yan Xiaosen had looked up at, hesitated about, and tried countless times to grasp in her misplaced shadow, but never dared to ask aloud: Why do you love me?
In this life and the past, what is there about you that makes me love you except this face?
It turns out there are few answers.
It's simple. Selfish and arrogant.
I love you--
Because I choose to love you.
Nothing else.
Kong Wei closed his eyes and said lazily, "If you follow me on the same path, you will definitely die in the end."
A turning point? Yan Xunzhi's eyes suddenly lit up, "Everyone will die."
Kong Wei said, "You might die faster. Maybe I will kill you tomorrow."
Yan Xunzhi smiled bitterly, "You haven't thought about killing me before? I don't believe it. From the first day of the injection, I was ready to be killed by you."
Kong Wei hummed, "You think too far ahead."
"Your dream of not dying as a logistics sentry will probably be shattered."
"I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to go to the surface." Yan Xunzhi said, and fearing that he would be excluded, he immediately patched up and went up, "If you need me, I can also go to the surface, I don't have to."
Kong Wei smiled and put his arms around Yan Xunzhi's waist. It was very slender.
She didn't open her eyes, only said, "An Ran."
"Um?"
"Carry me up."
Before this, Yan Xunzhi was her underground counseling tool and experimental subject. She would not shamelessly say that she was useless. She did bring her a lot of physical and emotional relaxation, but that was all.
Before walking through this door, she was considering whether to activate her as a backup or completely destroy her and throw her into the power struggle.
But at this moment, Yan Xunzhi said, "I love you."
Kong Wei could hear something slowly growing deep within his body, like a dead tree sprouting in spring, or a seed in the soil sprouting.
The snow melted and dripped from the eaves into the soil.
She smiled and said, "Okay."
【Author’s words】
Yan Xunzhi: What do you mean?
Kong Wei: Yes! Yes, you can love me.
Yan Xunzhi: ...
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