Chapter 250 Iron Wolf Base
As the cool water slowly flowed into her throat, Lin Xi immediately felt refreshed.
She slowly opened her eyes.
Xiang Xin's furrowed brows relaxed: "You're finally awake!"
Lin Xi saw the scene before him clearly: he was still in the tank at the Iron Wolf Base. Nearby, some people were resting with their eyes closed, while others were operating instruments and communicating with the base.
She was leaning against Lu Wei, and Xiang Xin was feeding her water.
How long did I sleep?
“Five hours.” Xiang Xin held up a “5” with her hand and said, “Your fever was so high just now, you almost warmed up Brother Lu by holding you up.”
"..." Lu Wei's cold hand, which he had been pressing against her forehead to cool her down, did indeed warm up. Seeing that she was awake, he withdrew his hand: "We're almost there. We can ask the medical department for antipyretics when we get there."
"Hmm," Lin Xi replied listlessly.
Liang Hui's death was just as devastating for Lu Wei as it was for Xiang Xin. Everyone on the bus had experienced the death of their comrades, but this was the first time she had felt such overwhelming grief over the death of someone else.
Song Heng and the others from the research institute, though without confirmed news of their deaths, had in fact already passed away.
But it only touched Lin Xi slightly.
Lin Xi couldn't help but recall Zhao Jing's words; perhaps she really was the kind of person who "only felt the pain when the needle pricked her own body."
But most people are like this, and it becomes even more difficult to empathize with the feelings of others after the apocalypse.
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Perhaps to evade pursuit from other bases, the convoy arrived at the Iron Wolf base close to dawn.
Lin Xi finally arrived at the "Iron Wolf Base" she had heard about in her previous lives. Unlike what she had imagined, the Iron Wolf Base was not an official base. It had few floors but a large area, and its location was very secluded. Lin Xi couldn't even see the way in.
The Iron Wolf Base has no security checks and only three floors. One floor is used to park vehicles and place large equipment, while the other two floors are living quarters. The rooms are all around the perimeter, and the interior is mostly public space and training grounds, with a huge arena in the very center.
Two shirtless men were fighting on the stage, and applause erupted from the surrounding crowd.
Upon seeing Yang Yicheng and the others return from afar, everyone stopped what they were doing and nodded in greeting.
To Lin Xi's surprise, everyone here called Yang Yicheng "Captain".
The leader of a self-made warlord only allowed people to call him "Captain," instead of some exaggerated title or the extremely rustic term "Head."
Yang Yicheng returned weary from his journey and quickly instructed certain "departments" on some deployment tasks, then told those who had returned from their missions to rest.
He glanced at Lu Wei's group, then said to Feng Xue, "Arrange their accommodations." He didn't give her any further instructions, but instead gave her a warning look.
Feng Xue grinned and said, "I know, I promise I won't hurt her."
The "she" in this context refers to Lin Xi.
Feng Xue then gestured towards Li Shuyi with her lip: "What about her? She was admitted to the base because she contributed supplies, so does she have to live with those people?"
Upon hearing this, Li Shuyi knew that she held a different status among the group and would be separated from Lin Xi in terms of accommodation. She quickly grabbed Lin Xi and said, "I want to live with her."
Yang Yicheng nodded wearily: "Whatever."
He also needs to make some adjustments.
After Yang Yicheng left, Feng Xue whistled to the four of them: "Come with me."
Feng Xue led them to one side and tossed them four keys: "You can live however you want, live together if you want, do drugs if you want..."
Lin Xi ignored her, grabbed a key and opened the door, only to find two bunk beds in the room.
Feng Xue hadn't left yet. Seeing her standing at the door, she couldn't help but say, "This place used to be full of people. Thanks to the scientists, they died in the war against the half-infected, which is why so many rooms are empty."
She suddenly remembered something and clapped her hands: "Oh right, the fever reducer is in the medical department. After taking the medicine, don't cry and hug your boyfriend while calling 'Mom,' you're a grown-up, ugh."
Before leaving, she deliberately "vomited" as revenge for Lin Xi vomiting on her.
Xiang Xin imitated Feng Xue's arrogant posture and the way she spoke with her chin raised, rolling her eyes in the same exaggerated way.
Li Shuyi chuckled to herself after reading it.
Lin Xi entered a room with a blank expression.
This is the Iron Wolf Base, someone else's territory, and given her current state, it's not appropriate for her to clash with Feng Xue until she recovers.
Xiang Xin also entered the room, but a moment later, Lu Wei returned with a tray of food and fever reducers.
Xiang Xin suddenly asked, "Brother Lu, San San, you two really aren't having an affair, are you?"
Lin Xi shook her head.
Xiang Xin: "How about the three of us live together? I want to sleep with you all."
There are four beds here, which is more spacious than a truck that can house four people.
Lu Wei had no objections.
After everyone had chosen their beds, all three of them turned their attention to the empty bed.
The air seemed to freeze, and everyone's movements stopped.
They all thought of the same person.
"Let's eat." Lu Wei was the first to speak.
Lin Xi and Xiang Xin sat at the small table, chewing their dry rations without any appetite. Lu Wei poured each of them a glass of water, and then remained silent for a long time before saying, "Drink more hot water."
Someone let out a sob first, and then Lin Xi and Xiang Xin hugged each other and cried bitterly.
Seeing Lu Wei standing motionless, Lin Xi felt that he was filled with a sense of utter despair and despair. She went up and hugged him, mimicking someone else's tone, and said, "Hug Brother Lu."
Lu Wei sighed deeply: "This isn't the first time."
Xiang Xin: "Huh?"
Lin Xi knew that he was saying that this wasn't the first time Liang Hui had died in front of him like this.
Lu Wei once said that the two most painful things were dying from festering sores all over his body and the repeated deaths of his family members.
She has no family; Xiang Xinlu and Liang Hui are her family. This feeling alone is suffocating enough; if…
Lin Xi suddenly looked up and asked, "Are you leaving too?"
Lu Wei looked at her, his gaze seemingly piercing through her soul, saying: You know better than I do.
He didn't answer the question directly, but instead said, "I will see him again in the next world."
Lin Xi avoided that gaze, her mind blank as she said, "Then I might meet you in the next world too."
Xiang Xin was stunned for a long time before she realized, "I had forgotten that you are reborn people."
Lu Wei looked at Lin Xi and said, "Don't do this."
The three of them seemed to be talking about their own things, but they all understood each other.
Xiang Xin lay sprawled on the bed: "Me? I'm not like San San. I don't have the ability to be reborn. This world is my world. As long as I have any other way, I will continue to save the world, because there are still people I care about here."
If she dies, her family will still be alive.
Lin Xi thought of what Yang Yicheng had said about the emergence of semi-infected individuals at the Dawn Base, paused, and didn't tell her.
Xiang Xin sighed: "Xiong Er is dead, but we are still alive, and we still remember him. This is a real world, a world we cannot escape. Ah."
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