Everything came to an abrupt end.
When Jia Lan opened her eyes again and came to her senses, the tip of the vine was pointed at her heart, as if it would pierce her heart at any moment. If she had hesitated for even a second longer...
Overwhelmed with relief at surviving such a close call, Jia Lan's legs gave way, and she collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.
Tears streamed down her face, but Shi Yi didn't give her a chance to rest. The thick vine that could almost pierce right through her was pulled back and replaced with a vine as thick as a wrist, which wrapped around Jia Lan and lifted her high up.
Eleven stood in front of her, and with a slight raise of his hand, green vines wrapped around Jia Lan's temples, ignoring her fear.
He said in a deep voice, "Explain what you just said clearly."
The voice was so cold that Jia Lan couldn't help but shiver. Under the threat of death, she spoke tremulously, "Ruan... Ruan Qing'an will definitely not tell you anything about what happened at the base—"
"You don't need to worry about that."
"Okay, fine..."
Her attempt to sow discord failed, and Jia Lan could vaguely sense the man's growing murderous intent. She could only say, "Ruan Qing'an and a man named Zhou Ziqi have a close relationship. Although it is nominally an employer-employee relationship, their ambiguous attitudes are very strange."
"Even before returning to the Third Human Base, Ruan Qing'an was willing to die for Zhou Ziqi. After they returned to the base, they were inseparable. I don't know exactly how things progressed, but—"
Jia Lan paused, then said, "It will definitely be closer than with you!"
"...You are indeed very good at talking."
Shi Yi lowered his eyes, his voice turning cold, his dark green eyes seeming to surge with icy anger: "Do I need your evaluation?"
Jia Lan swallowed hard: "Yes, you don't need it."
“But Ruan Qing’an must have told you she was going back to the base, right? Compared to Zhou Ziqi, whom she would die for, are you really going to compete with him? Are you sure you can beat Zhou Ziqi?”
"If it were me, if I were you, I definitely wouldn't create this kind of competition. Competition means choices, and choices mean risks. Do you really want to—"
Before Jia Lan could finish speaking, the vines had already wrapped around her neck, her voice stopped abruptly, and her whole face turned red.
But Jia Lan was confident; she knew it at a glance—
This man is a madman just like Zhou Ziqi.
Shiyi sighed softly, "You're right, I won't give Qing'an a choice. Are you saying... you can help me get rid of Zhou Ziqi?"
The only ones who can get entangled with Nguyen Thanh An are the mission targets.
A mocking smile curled at the corners of his tightly pursed lips: "What makes you think you can do that?"
"I……"
Jia Lan's face turned deathly pale. She knew, of course, that she would have a hard time dealing with Zhou Ziqi, but she wanted to survive. To survive, she had to prove her worth, but—
"I can give you a chance."
As Shiyi spoke, all the vines retracted in the next moment, and Jia Lan fell to the ground, while he looked down at her: "Your abilities are not enough for you to kill Zhou Ziqi, but you should still be able to deliver a message."
"What?"
"Tell him to thank him for taking care of Nguyen Thanh An during this time, but—I'm back now, so he won't need to anymore. As a token of my gratitude, I will personally see him off on his journey."
As Shiyi spoke, she cut off a small section of vine and placed it in Jia Lan's hand: "Give this to him as a small gift."
Having received the mission and knowing that she could survive, Jia Lan nodded quickly.
After Shi Yi casually waved her hand, she scrambled away and ran into the distance. But after running about a hundred meters, Jia Lan's arm was suddenly pierced. However, she had no other thoughts. She was so frightened that she didn't even dare to harbor any resentment.
Watching Jia Lan's departing figure, Shi Yi turned and left.
Running away with Nguyen Thanh An?
Wandering the world, avoiding the Third Human Base?
Go to a place where Zhou Ziqi can't find us?
Impossible. Shiyi chose to eliminate all potential competitors. With no other choice, he was the only one left to choose—and he believed that Zhou Ziqi would probably think the same way.
When Shiyi returned, Ruan Qingan was squatting on the ground, looking down at the already deserted county town and checking the situation on the ground.
"What's wrong, Qing'an?"
"It's nothing, I was just checking the zombies' activity patterns."
Ruan Qingan stood up: "Did you manage to win Jia Lan's heart?"
Shiyi shook his head and replied, "That woman had a trick up her sleeve and prepared an escape route in advance. The root system of the mutated plant has a limited range, which allowed her to escape, but it shouldn't be a problem."
037: [First attempt failed. You dare steal my ancestor's property? You dare try to fire me? Pah! Pah! Pah!]
Ruan Qing'an: ...Why isn't this little system afraid of the main god?
However, Ruan Qing'an didn't care much when he heard what Shi Yi said, and casually said, "It's okay, Jia Lan can only escape back to the base if she wants to."
"Hmm, shall we go back to base next?"
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qing'an glanced at the darkening sky and frowned slightly: "There's no danger in the county town anymore. Let's rest for the night and set off again tomorrow."
Shiyi naturally listened to her. He lowered his head, and data streams flickered in his dark green pupils. A virtual screen appeared out of thin air. He could detect that Jia Lan, with his vines connected to the nervous system, was rapidly approaching the Third Human Base.
This non-human body is only of this use.
Shi Yi lowered her eyes, concealing the self-loathing in them.
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