Chapter 074 Mad Scientist 6
Chen Ke lowered his eyes and looked at Jian Ziyan's expression, not missing any fluctuations.
He tried to regain his self-confidence, the arrogance that made him go for what he wanted to do even if the whole world stood in his way, but he couldn't do it.
Even though he didn't want to admit it, he no longer had the confidence in front of Jian Ziyan.
This face was beautiful and strange, yet cold and indifferent. He could not see any fluctuations in it, let alone the feelings he wanted to find.
Did Jian Ziyan hear what he said? Of course he did.
Did Jian Ziyan understand what he was saying? Of course he did.
This person just has no emotions, not stupid or idiotic.
...I just don't have any emotions.
So even if he had cut himself open in front of this person, held out his heart, and talked about his sinful and humble love, he would not get even a glance.
At this moment, Chen Ke didn't know whether he felt shame or self-mockery in his heart. His eyes grew colder and colder until they finally became fixed as expected.
"I'm stupid for talking about feelings with a monster like you." Chen Ke retracted his gaze and looked forward, "No matter what I do, it has nothing to do with you. You are my prisoner now and have no right to interfere with me."
He held Jian Ziyan in his arms and strode into the snow.
He relied so much on this false firmness that he was unwilling to lower his head to look at the person who occupied his entire heart and soul, because he was afraid that he would go crazy because of his indifference.
So he did not see the thoughtful and determined light that flashed across Jian Ziyan's lowered eyes.
…
【419:……
Jian Ziyan: ...
Jian Ziyan: "I know what you are going to say, just shut up."
419: "I'm so stupid, really. I only knew that you had no moral integrity and seduced the protagonist and then the protagonist, but I didn't know that you even didn't let go of the male protagonist who had no CP."
Jian Ziyan touched his nose guiltily: "I don't know what's going on. I just added a little bit of setting. Who knew that the male protagonist is so sentimental..."
"He's really too sentimental." 419 gnashed his teeth, "Isn't he a righteous and arrogant version of Long Aotian? Why did he become so greasy after meeting you? It turns out that the widowed king is the real strong man. Anyone who gets involved in emotions will become greasy!"
"...Jiu, I'm sure you must have watched something weird behind my back." Jian Ziyan said, "What greasy! Isn't this a natural expression of emotion? What do you, a machine, know about emotions? Don't just learn two words and use them everywhere."
419: “Heh.”
419: "What's the point of you bewitching him like this? His forgiveness value is still zero, and there's not even a fluctuation value."
Jian Ziyan: "He just fell in love with me now, how can I expect so much."
419: "...what else do you expect?"
Jian Ziyan: "You also said that Chen Ke is an upright male protagonist. Even if he loves me, it can only make him change from pure hatred to love and hate. In his heart, he agrees that I am a sinner. Even if he loves me, he will not forgive me."
"And what I want to gain the most in this world is not his forgiveness value, which is basically not difficult." Jian Ziyan didn't know what he was thinking of, and he laughed, "What's the point of just bullying honest people?"
The two of them acted as if what happened that day had never happened. Chen Ke still silently held Jian Ziyan and wandered on the desolate land, avoiding being hunted down.
The standard for claiming the reward was that as long as Jian Ziyan was alive, Shen Ke would kill him if he could, so all the masters who could catch up with them killed Shen Ke without any mercy.
In the long run, no matter how strong Chen Ke was, he would inevitably be worn out and become destitute.
He was just an asymptomatic carrier of the corpse poison, and he did not have the physique of a zombie. He would bleed when injured, and he did not have endless physical strength. Therefore, the wounds on his body increased day by day, some from human beings, and some from the
Some were unable to dodge and were bitten by the zombies.
His eyes became colder day by day, and there was a deep sense of depression in them.
This indifference is not only due to the difficulty of survival. In fact, this only accounts for a small part of the reason. The loss of external force will only consume his physical strength but will not damage his will.
The one who really made him tired was Jian Ziyan.
With a desperate determination, he exposed his greatest weakness and laid it clearly in front of Jian Ziyan. He did not ask for any response, but he did not expect that the wrong confession would be the beginning of his madness.
That day, Jian Ziyan thought he had made a rational decision and asked Shen Ke to send him back to the base to end this mistake. After Shen Ke refused without any explanation, he did not mention it again.
But he no longer had any will to save himself or survive.
When he first came out, although Jian Ziyan was immobile and had no fighting ability, he would try his best to cooperate with Shen Ke. Even if he could not help, his smart brain did not make him a complete burden.
But since that day, Jian Ziyan no longer cared about whether he could survive. No matter if he was being chased by someone or attacked by zombies, he never struggled. It was as if he was waiting for death in a quiet manner.
After several times when Jian Ziyan would have been caught or killed by wild beasts or zombies if Shen Ke had not reacted quickly, Shen Ke's eyes turned red and he glared at Jian Ziyan with unprecedented ferocity. After receiving only an indifferent look in return, he almost collapsed.
Chen Ke felt very tired. He had never been so tired before.
What frightened him even more was that Jian Ziyan's corpse state was getting worse day by day. He began to be extremely afraid of the cold and gradually needed to eat.
All these signs only indicate one thing, that is, the energy in Jian Ziyan's body is no longer enough to support him to maintain his corpse state. Given his current physical condition, Shen Ke dared not even think about what the consequences would be once the corpse state was lifted.
After Jian Ziyan fell into a coma in order to maintain his energy, Chen Ke looked at his face which had almost returned to its human appearance in the dark night. After struggling for a while, he finally made a decision.
The next day, Jian Ziyan discovered that their route had changed.
Although Chen Ke had never told him where he was going before, Jian Ziyan judged that he should be heading north based on the direction he was walking.
Before the apocalypse, there was an isolated continent in the north. It was rumored that it was surrounded by the sea, covered with glaciers and polar beasts. Even before the apocalypse, it was uninhabited and no one had been able to find that land.
If Chen Ke wants to stay away from humans forever, going there is indeed a possible option.
But now he was no longer heading north, but east, and Jian Ziyan had no idea where his destination was.
Chen Ke saw what he was thinking about, and did not hide it. He said calmly: "Before I left Yongchang City, I picked up a radio. It was still intact. I heard it say that a new base was built in the east. If we hide for a while, maybe we can get in."
"Are you going to the human base?" Jian Ziyan asked.
"Why not?" Chen Ke carried him and walked without blinking. "Now, apart from some marks on your body, you look no different from ordinary people on the surface. Without this most prominent feature, how can they recognize us?"
Jian Ziyan curled up in his hot embrace, and his voice disappeared in the wind and snow as soon as he spoke: "You want to go there because that base claims to have built a new research institute, right?"
The base they left had the most complete research resources and medical conditions in the apocalypse. Since they couldn't go back, the Eastern Base was like a perfect bait for them.
Shen Ke looked down at him and said, "So you heard it at that time, too."
"My memory is very good, but I heard too much and it's not easy to extract certain information." Jian Ziyan said in a positive tone, "You did it for me. You wanted to save me."
"I can go wherever I want, and what I do has nothing to do with you." Shen Ke said coldly, "You are my prisoner now, and you have no right to speak."
Jian Ziyan said: "You know this is a risk."
Even if his corpse-like features were gradually fading, there was no guarantee that no one would recognize their faces, especially Chen Ke. Not to mention his previous reputation, the endless pursuits during this period of time had allowed countless people to see his face.
They are now walking delicacies, and anyone who sees them wants to take a bite, let alone exposing themselves directly in the human base.
"So what?" Chen Ke said, "Am I afraid of them?"
Jian Ziyan raised his eyes and looked at him: "Why spend so much time on this? You know exactly how to solve it once and for all."
Shen Ke stopped suddenly. He didn't lower his head, but his facial muscles were twitching. It was obvious that he was trying hard to suppress his emotions.
Just when Jian Ziyan thought he was going to get furious, he controlled himself.
"I will go into the base alone under the alias Yan Shen. Everyone will think you are with me. If I am alone, it won't arouse suspicion." He explained calmly, and even he himself didn't realize that there was an urgency to gain recognition in his tone. "Then I will find out the details of the research institute. Although I have lost my memory and don't know which medicine can save you, you know it yourself, right?"
Jian Ziyan didn't expect that this was his idea and remained silent.
"As long as I'm careful, everything will go smoothly, except for one thing." Chen Ke lowered his head, a pleading look in his eyes, "I will choose a safe place to temporarily house you, as long as you... don't leave there and wait for me for a while, I will definitely find a way to save you."
"When your life is no longer in danger, we will go to the northern continent, to a place where no one can find us anymore. Everything you are worried about will no longer exist, okay?" He spoke faster and faster, "As long as you trust me this time, just this once."
Jian Ziyan covered his lips with his hand and coughed a few times, hiding the blood on his palm without making a sound, raised his eyes to look at his nervous eyes, and said, "Okay."
At this moment, Shen Ke doubted whether he had heard it wrongly.
His eyes suddenly widened, his lips opened, and he subconsciously wanted to say something, but then suddenly pursed his lips.
Then a slow and huge smile blossomed on his face, diluting all the coldness and desolation in this face, revealing a bit of silliness that was in line with his age.
"Okay... okay." Shen Ke swallowed the trembling in his throat, "Let's go."
"I used to think that if you were the sinner of the world, I would atone with you to live with my conscience." He walked with a firm step, but his voice was filled with the pain of struggle. "But now you are going to die, and I can't think so much anymore. Jian Ziyan, whether you are a sinner or a monster, I can't watch you die. You said that as long as I send you back, everything will return to normal and they will stop killing me, but in fact, even if we go back, we can never go back to the past. What's wrong with what they said? I have indeed become your running dog. The title of the world's sinner should have been borne by you and me. It is understandable that they want to kill me."
Jian Ziyan leaned his head on his chest a little tiredly, listening to the fierce and powerful beating inside, and said in a hoarse voice: "So you shouldn't have done this from the beginning, Shen Ke, feelings are a great and precious gift of human beings, you shouldn't let it become a burden to you."
"What's the point of saying this now? It's too late." Chen Ke smiled bitterly, "How can a monster like you who has no emotions understand human emotions? Jian Ziyan, if possible, I really want you to understand my feelings, even if it's only for a moment."
He kept calling him a monster, but he couldn't suppress the emotions that were flooding his heart.
So what if he was a sinner, so what if he was a monster? He hated his coldness and ruthlessness, hated his viciousness and cold-bloodedness that dragged the world into hell, but he also loved him so much that he was willing to accept such an end.
He had no choice.
Even though he was burdened with the condemnation of his conscience, he still couldn't overcome himself and sent Jian Ziyan back to the hands of those beasts.
Jian Ziyan is guilty, so how clean are they?
Chen Ke woke up from his dream several times, looking at the sleeping Jian Ziyan, and stretched out his hand several times, wanting to kill him outright, and then dig out this heart that was twitching with pain, to end it all completely.
But he couldn't do it.
Once he had the thought of hurting Jian Ziyan, all his rationality evaporated, and all his emotions forcibly tore him apart, making him prefer to kill himself rather than harm Jian Ziyan.
Chen Ke was in extreme pain, but he was alive and conscious. He knew that he could not die. If he died, Jian Ziyan would no longer have a chance to survive.
Finally, he withdrew his hand in despair, and in the darkness, tremblingly held Jian Ziyan's cold body in his arms.
If there really is divine punishment in the world, let them be punished together.
He continued on his way, leaving only two lonely footprints on the thick snow.
……∮
It was not difficult for Shen Ke to find the Eastern Base. After he could see the city wall, he stopped and began to look for the place where Jian Ziyan was hiding.
Fortunately, this area is mountainous, with countless caves of all sizes. Chen Ke quickly selected the caves that met the requirements, and after sufficient camouflage, he carefully placed Jian Ziyan inside.
He took out all the clothes from his backpack and wrapped them around Jian Ziyan. He squatted down and looked into Jian Ziyan's dark eyes, which had returned to their human form. "I'll be back before night. Don't move. Wait for me here."
Jian Ziyan nodded. He seemed to have something to say, but in the end he just swallowed a sigh.
"I'll wait for you till evening," he said.
Shen Ke understood that this was a chance he had given him, and if he could succeed, Jian Ziyan would give up on forcing him to send him back to the base by seeking death.
Why would she do such a thing as sacrificing herself to save him when she obviously had no feelings? It was precisely because of this ruthless tenderness that he fell for her again and again, even in the rage of seeing him begging for death, and was deeply trapped in it, unable to extricate himself.
Shen Ke's heart was filled with bitterness and the reluctance to question, but he knew that even if he asked, he would not get the answer he wanted.
He lowered his eyes, and when he raised them again, he was determined.
No matter what Jian Ziyan thought or why he was given this opportunity, this was their only possibility and he couldn't let it go.
After taking a deep look at Jian Ziyan, Shen Ke resolutely stood up and left the cave.
【419: "There are people in the Eastern Base who know him. The possibility of him being exposed is too high."
Jian Ziyan: "I'm afraid he won't be able to reveal himself. No, I have to help. I remember there was a blessing spirit or something in the store? It can increase the probability of the user's wishes coming true."
419: "Yes, but you have to be careful. If you exceed the world's judgment, you will be in danger."
Jian Ziyan: "I know. It's okay to use nightmare spirits in the modern world. In this world full of superpowers, what's wrong with using this? Don't worry."
Before entering the base, Chen Ke disguised himself to a certain extent. He deliberately messed up his hair, soiled his clothes which were much cleaner than those of other wandering survivors, and scratched his scabbed wounds expressionlessly, getting a lot of blood on them.
Then he hunched his tall back again, looking tired and cowardly, like any person who had been tortured to numbness by the end of the world.
Since this is a newly established base and is in the stage of recruiting survivors, the review standards are much more relaxed than those of other large-scale bases. However, there is one thing that absolutely cannot be omitted, which is the detection of the virus.
Fortunately, there is nothing in the world that can detect the zombie virus. We can only rely on the rule that it will mutate within half an hour of infection. Therefore, after waiting for half an hour, Shen Ke, who had not mutated, was put in smoothly.
Because of his tall stature, he attracted extra attention from the registrar during registration.
"Keep working hard," the registrar said with a smile, "You have a good physique. As long as you work hard, you will be able to live well in the base. Don't give up hope."
Shen Ke paused for a moment and replied in a very low voice: "Thank you."
He lowered his head and entered the base with extreme caution.
Unexpectedly, although this base was newly built, it was quite large and well organized.
Everyone has something to do, there is no bullying as is common in other bases, and there are very few people lying on the streets like zombies.
Chen Ke followed the person who arranged the newcomers as he walked along, when suddenly his eyes changed and he immediately looked away.
He actually saw Chen Lixing, with whom he had dealt before!
Is Chen Lixing from this base?
Chen Ke calmed himself down, hunched his body even lower, completely hidden among the group of new survivors, and slowly followed.
With his disguise, he would never attract Chen Lixing's attention, but at the moment when he passed by him, Chen Lixing happened to turn around and look at the group of newcomers.
Originally he would have just glanced at it and passed it by, but Chen Lixing himself didn't know why, he kept staring at this group of people for a long time.
Until the person next to him couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Chen, is there any problem?"
"Ah... no." Chen Lixing turned around and wondered what he was looking at just now.
[The master and servant who watched this scene happen: ...
Jian Ziyan: "This is the blessing spirit that I spent 300,000 points to exchange for? Return it!"
419: "The introduction only says that it can increase the probability, not that it will definitely succeed..." As it said this, it felt a little guilty.
Jian Ziyan gritted his teeth and sneered: "If that's the case, then you can't blame me. I used to feel a little sorry for Chen Ke, but now it seems that this honest man is destined to be bullied."
It was already afternoon when they arrived here. Chen Ke had not had time to explore the base for long before it became dark.
Shen Ke was anxious to go back to find Jian Ziyan, so he decided to come back tomorrow.
Just as he was about to leave quietly, a sharp alarm sounded throughout the base.
Chen Ke quickly went to the street and grabbed a man to ask what was going on. The man looked at him and said, "New here? That's none of your business. Find a place to hide. It says that Jian Ziyan's trace has been found. Chen Ke may be nearby. It's very dangerous. Don't come out!"
The man left in a hurry, and Shen Ke was stunned.
How is that possible?
If Jian Ziyan hadn't exposed himself, how could that place be...
Shen Ke's pupils suddenly contracted, and the blood in his body turned cold.
He didn't care about anything, jumped up, and hurried to the place where Jian Ziyan was hiding.
He pushed aside the snow and branches that concealed the cave, and found it was empty.
Shen Ke's breathing stopped, and at this moment, he heard a voice behind him.
So calm, so ruthless, just like that person at any time, it seems that he will never change for anyone.
"Chen Ke, I've been exposed. They will send me back to the base or keep me. Go quickly. I will tell them that you have been seriously injured and died in the pursuit. From now on, you can change your name. With your strength, you can live well."
Hearing that these words were actually for his own good, Shen Ke staggered back a step, turned around and saw Jian Ziyan sitting on the ground.
Those eyes were still so clear and beautiful like the night sky tonight.
All the emotions in Shen Ke's heart exploded in an instant, the pain and struggle, fear and self-blame, too many complicated emotions suddenly crowded into his throat, making him dazed.
So that's why. No wonder Jian Ziyan agreed so readily when he first heard his plea. It turned out that he had started planning today's game from that time on.
He thought Jian Ziyan was finally willing to give him a chance, thought that even after going through all kinds of hardships, he still had a slight chance of touching Jian Ziyan's heart, and thought that Jian Ziyan was finally willing to try to understand what he really wanted.
…It turned out that everything he expected was a lie.
Shen Ke spoke each word with emphasis.
"Don't I feel any pain? Jian Ziyan, look at me, do you really think I'm so heartless?"
His eyes were bloodshot, and although there were no tears in them, one could feel the overwhelming pain in his heart. He knelt on the ground, holding Jian Ziyan's shoulders tightly, and staring into his eyes. Even at this time, he still remembered to control his strength and did not want to hurt him.
"Even if you don't have feelings, aren't you smart? You obviously know everything, why do you have to say such things? You know I tried my best for this opportunity, but you ruined it all with your own hands when I thought I was going to succeed."
"Why... do you have to hurt me... in this way..."
The tall man couldn't bear the severe pain in his heart and almost shrank his broad shoulders. He was almost out of breath. He leaned forward and looked like an extremely helpless child, trying to lean his head into the other's arms.
"I hate you, but... I love you too." He murmured desperately, "Can you... care about what I think?"
When he was hunted by top masters, Chen Ke did not cry. When he almost died in the tide of zombies, Chen Ke did not cry. When he learned that he had become a sinner of the whole world and all his previous achievements were wiped out, Chen Ke did not cry.
But at this moment, facing Jian Ziyan's face that seemed to never be moved and would never fluctuate, he cried.
It was clearly him who took Jian Ziyan away, and it was him who protected Jian Ziyan. It was clearly him who was much stronger than Jian Ziyan and could have crushed Jian Ziyan to death with just one hand.
…But why, the one who was tied up tightly and humbly wanted to beg for a glance was him.
However, no matter how humbly he begged or how cruelly he threatened, he could not get the slightest attention from this man.
Those clear black eyes looked at him quietly, watching him howl, watching him cry, watching him reveal his ugly appearance.
Just like a god high above, he watches the various behaviors of the people without mercy, but remains unmoved.
“This is karma.”
Shen Ke laughed miserably, bent over tremblingly, and carefully placed his head on Jian Ziyan's unresponsive shoulder.
"I turned my back on humanity and fell in love with monsters. This is what I get."
As he said this to himself, his face, leaning on Jian Ziyan's shoulder, revealed an expression mixed with pain, madness, and sweetness.
"retribution."
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