Chapter 249 The air suddenly became quiet
The convoy gradually picked up the other members who had survived the bombing.
After a period of rest, Lin Xi regained some strength, but the throbbing pain in her head still hadn't subsided.
Every time the convoy stopped, she would crane her neck to look at the survivors who were gathering outside, but unfortunately, none of them were the people she wanted to see.
They walked and stopped frequently, and even encountered an ambush from another base. By the time darkness fell again, Lin Xi felt tired once more.
The convoy finally stopped, and Lin Xi's mood, which had gone from anticipation to anxiety, had now returned to calm.
However, in the darkness outside, she saw a familiar figure—
After giving his coat to Lin Xi, Lu Wei, who was only wearing a thin shirt, stood out in the crowd.
"!"
Lin Xi suddenly felt a surge of energy and rushed out of the car to meet them.
Lu Wei looked up and saw her.
However, a familiar figure suddenly appeared halfway through the journey, and Xiang Xin opened her arms and rushed towards Lin Xi first.
The silent night was not a place for making a sound; everyone remained silent, their excitement at the reunion unspoken.
Lin Xi glanced at Xiang Xin, then rushed towards Lu Wei to her surprise.
Lu Wei raised his hands in a daze, as if to welcome Lin Xi.
The next second, he felt a slight stinging sensation in his arm, followed by a colder liquid being injected into his body.
Lin Xi stopped within the range of his arm and meticulously changed his dressing, giving him several injections in a row.
It had been two days since Lu Wei had taken his medication on time. Lin Xi didn't know if Lu Wei's infection process would change, so she could only try to make up for it by injecting all the missed medication from the past two days.
"Are you... alright?" Lin Xi asked softly after finishing.
She glanced meaningfully at Lu Wei's wrist; his watch was indeed gone, so she couldn't detect his vital signs.
Lu Wei put one hand on her shoulder and the other hand pressed her head against his chest.
There was only a faint sound of breathing from there, and the heartbeat was ridiculously slow.
Others cast surprised glances at them.
Lin Xi was also stunned for a moment—
What's wrong? Didn't we agree to keep our distance and not listen to heartbeats like this?
The subsequent embrace was also to disguise themselves as spies and deceive others.
But Lu Wei showed no intention of letting go; he was even trembling slightly.
"You're so cold," Lin Xi said awkwardly, describing his body temperature.
Perhaps the semi-infected person's organ function declines and body temperature drops, making them more resistant to hunger and cold than humans, but they have not completely mutated and retain human characteristics. They cannot completely ignore temperature and individual consumption, and at this moment they have reached their limit.
"You're hot," Lu Wei said softly.
Lin Xi: "...It's normal for you to think I'm hot."
The body temperature of a semi-infected person usually does not reach 36 degrees Celsius, so it is normal for Lu Wei to think that she is hot.
An unexpected embarrassment.
Then a resentful face appeared in front of her. Xiang Xin pouted, pried open one of Lu Wei's arms, squeezed between the two of them, and hugged them with one arm in each hand.
The onlookers stared at them blankly, while Yang Yicheng and Feng Xue looked impatient.
The two embraced, and then someone else joined in. Lin Xi felt that Xiang Xin's arrival eased her awkwardness and confusion, but at the same time, she felt that the scene was now even more bizarre.
Xiang Xin's body trembled slightly, and her expression looked both aggrieved and sad.
She whispered, "You're cold, and you're hot. As a normal person, I can tell that neither of you is normal right now."
Lin Xi: "..."
Lu Wei: "..."
Feng Xue couldn't help but interrupt: "How long are you three going to hug in this godforsaken place?"
Lin Xi ignored her, but knew this wasn't the place to talk, so she let go first.
Xiang Xin reached out and touched her forehead: "San San, have you taken your temperature?"
Lin Xi was fairly aware of her physical condition; being exposed to such wind and exertion could indeed cause her to develop a fever.
But she couldn't worry about that now. She said to the two of them, "This isn't the place to talk. Let's leave first. It's so good to see you're all alright. We'll be all together when Xiong Er comes back."
Everyone was getting on the bus, and Lin Xi quietly followed, not wanting to hold them back.
Lu Wei and Xiang Xin followed silently.
Everyone else on the bus seemed to have assigned seats. Although a few were missing, Lin Xi wisely avoided sitting next to them, and the three of them sat down next to Li Shuyi.
Li Shuyi's gaze swept over the three of them, and she quietly asked Lin Xi, "These are your friends?"
Her tone lacked admiration, revealing a hint of disbelief.
A man wearing only a shirt on a freezing cold day, a woman in prison clothes, and a novice who speaks sensibly but is actually a pampered newbie.
No matter how you look at it, there isn't a single reliable person among them.
They got into an unlicensed taxi!
Li Shuyi silently shed tears inside, but maintained a smile on her face and nodded to Lu Wei and Xiang Xin.
Now that things have come to this, she has realized that although Yang Yicheng and Feng Xue are capable, they are not reliable. Although Lin Xi is eccentric, who knows if following them will lead to some unexpected encounters?
Lin Xi said, "We have one more person."
Just as the car door was about to close again, she asked Lu Wei and Xiang Xin, "Where's Xiong Er?"
Xiang Xin lowered her head, and Lu Wei looked at her silently.
Lin Xi still didn't understand: "You got separated?"
When Xiang Xin looked up, her eyes were already red.
Lin Xi was stunned. The four of them had been separated before. Since the zombie outbreak, they had cooperated well and trusted each other. If they had only lost contact briefly, they would only be a little anxious like Lin Xi had been before, but it wouldn't be to the point of...
Thinking of this, she suddenly realized that Lu Wei and Xiang Xin's actions outside the car just now seemed unusual.
Seeing that Xiang Xin was about to burst into tears, Lin Xi couldn't help but swallow hard and turned to Lu Wei for confirmation.
Lu Wei lowered her eyelashes: "We stayed together until he was hit by a stray bullet."
In other words, they witnessed Liang Hui's death firsthand, so there was no possibility that he had disappeared.
Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Lin Xi froze, even her gaze ceasing to wander.
Liang Hui is dead?
Liang Hui is dead.
He died without warning.
No, to be precise, Lin Xi had foreseen everyone's death from the very beginning of the apocalypse.
Every mission resulted in casualties. Her partners were more capable than ordinary people, but no one could guarantee that they would return safely every time.
Just like Lu Wei was not infected with the virus.
Danger lurked everywhere, and no one could predict who would die.
When the bombers dropped their bombs, Lin Xi and Yang Yicheng barely escaped the fire zone and avoided pursuit from the Rock Base. Either of them could have died suddenly.
Lin Xi suddenly relaxed and leaned against the carriage. She actually needed time to process the concept of "death".
Having died time and again, she had long since lost any sense of awe towards death.
But when death befell a friend, a familiar sense of powerlessness washed over him again.
Just like the time when Lu was infected with the virus and his life was uncertain, there was someone who would never see him again.
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Lin Xi had a dream while she had a high fever.
In her dream, someone suddenly told her the news of her father's death.
Lin Xi didn't cry at the time; she didn't react at all, or rather, she didn't believe what she was saying.
Before she could even process her emotions over her father's death, Lin Xi found herself standing in the intensive care unit, accompanying her mother into eternal sleep.
Her world collapsed. In her dream, she wailed and let the flames engulf her. In her panic, she suddenly felt a coolness dispel the heat. She couldn't see clearly, but perhaps she was holding her mother's corpse.
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