Let me live [Quick Transmigration]

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It was supposed to be the hottest midsummer of the year, but the sun shone weakly, and there was no heat in the air.Something robs the soil of the moisture more quickly, turning it into fine, dry dust, which is blown everywhere by the wind.Even though the windows were blocked with cabinets and the slits were taped, more dust than usual crept into the home from nowhere, covering the floors and furniture in a dusty layer.

Lu You tried to wipe them clean for the first two days, but then gave up because there was not so much water for him to waste on housework.In addition to dusting the bed from time to time, the flying dust falls elsewhere, and it can only be left to accumulate there.The familiar world becomes unrecognizable at an overwhelming speed: water, electricity, and contact with the outside world are lost.The consumption of food and drinking water is also much faster than expected-the "unknown pollution" that makes creatures go crazy and continue to hunt after death, but it also has effects on things other than creatures.

The first things to change are the two apples on the kitchen counter.The smooth skin wrinkled, dehydrated in the sun, and gave off a smell similar to that of raw meat when it first started to go bad.Qi Zhengyun cut one of them open, and saw red veins shaped like blood vessels extending from the core of the apple, with the ends almost touching the skin, and the pulp where the veins passed shrank, as if they were swallowing themselves silently.

Dark red flocculent precipitates accumulated at the bottom of the bathtub filled with water, and the cooked and processed fresh ingredients quickly became moldy and spoiled.The varnish on the surface of the wooden floor had bulged and become uneven.Later, even the bottled mineral water also had sediment, and the only food left was biscuits that contained many additives and were sealed and untouched by mold.It is as if from all things, all life-related factors are forcibly stimulated, and then quickly wither and decay, becoming dilapidated.

Lu You half-kneeled on the floor, tried to stretch his arms, took a plastic ruler and scratched in the gap under the cabinet, and finally picked out the bag of biscuits that had been dropped at the bottom.He exhaled, lamenting bitterly that luckily the weather is not hot after the end, otherwise he would be sweating all over. While wiping the dust on the biscuit packaging, he saw the black words printed with the expiration date: Well, it has expired two months...

It doesn't matter if it expires, anyway, biscuits are actually very difficult to deteriorate.I just hope that the packaging is tougher, so I don't open it to find that the inside is already moldy.Lu You stood up holding the biscuit, and propped his palm on the floor surface for a while. The slightly undulating touch of the wood surface made him sick for a while.A few pieces of wooden furniture have also turned into this ghostly appearance, only the wooden table in the dining room has survived to this day, and there has been no change visible to the naked eye.

The first night they didn't sleep in the bedroom and moved the bedding to the dining room in the middle of the house.The floor of the restaurant is covered with tiles, and it is far away from the windows, so maybe it is less affected by it?When Lu You returned to the dining room, he saw the rose in the vase in the middle of the table—for some reason, the flowers that should have been eroded first like apples miraculously resisted the pollution. It has always maintained a blooming posture, and can barely smell a little fragrance after approaching.

Some of the water in the vase has evaporated, and the water quality has become a bit cloudy, but no precipitation has yet occurred.It’s really not good, this kind of water can be drunk... Lu You stared at the bottle for a while, thinking whether to add some water to this rose, as a reward every time he saw this bright color, it seemed to give birth to the courage to express hope. Thanks for keeping it a little longer.But after all, he was not willing to waste the little clean water left here, licked his dry lips, and walked around the table lightly.

Qi Zhengyun was sitting on the chair, resting with his forehead resting on one hand. Although Lu You moved as lightly as possible, he was startled.Seeing Qi Zhengyun open his eyes, Lu You shook the biscuit in his hand towards him, and in exchange for a smile - there was tiredness that could no longer be concealed in the smile.In the past, people who seemed to have no idea what "tiredness" was, and who were as energetic as monsters had finally reached the moment when they were defeated by reality. Just now, they struggled for a long time for a pack of biscuits, and when they wanted to drink the water in the vase, their mood was still calm. Lu You suddenly felt a sore nose.He sat down opposite Qi Zhengyun, and put the bag of biscuits on the table.

Qi Zhengyun tilted his head slightly, and motioned to Lu You for a bottle of mineral water on the table.Lu You picked up the plastic bottle and looked at it. In the dim light, he always felt that there were some impurities in the water, but since Qi Zhengyun let him drink it, it should be absolutely safe.Lu You's throat was dry, he shook the bottle, and was about to put it back: if the seal was opened, he could only drink it quickly.He is not too thirsty now, and wants to hold on for a while.

"Drink it now." Qi Zhengyun said, "The last bottle—maybe you won't be able to drink it again in a while." up red.He can secretly eliminate the influence of pollution, but that is when he has enough power—in fact, he has purified the bottle of water in Lu You's hand at the moment, and his power is finally complete after completing this matter. officially declared exhausted.

He also thought about putting the water bottle next to the rose in advance, and this flower actually played a little role beyond his expectations.But later he found out that it was already struggling to maintain Lu You's erosion, and adding more burdens would probably cause it to wither early.After weighing the two, he finally gave up on this plan.

It is indeed the "last bottle".

Lu You unscrewed the cap of the bottle, moistened his lips against the mouth of the bottle, took a sip, and handed the water bottle to Qi Zhengyun.After Qi Zhengyun took two sips, he handed the bottle back.In this way, the two of them drank a bottle of water as slowly as possible, as if doing so would allow the water to stay in the body for a longer period of time.The ubiquitous pollution makes it impossible for them to save even a little to drink, and delaying it for too long will only cause the remaining water to spoil and be wasted.

The bag of biscuits was left untouched for a while, and it was still on the table, with dust still on the sides that hadn't been wiped off.Lu You sat for a while, then couldn't help but went to the kitchen and pulled up the curtain to look downstairs.This is the fourth day of the end, and the whole world seems to have lost all signs of life.The flowers and trees on the lawn and the balconies of the residents were all withered, and the degradation process was completed in a quick shot, turning into a mass of dark red mud.Probably feeling that there is no need to hide and lure the prey out—because there are no more prey—those walking corpses hiding in the corners have come out one after another since yesterday, wandering back and forth on the road.

They looked shriveled and moved more slowly than before.But Lu You has seen them chasing a mouse that came out of the ground, and he has no confidence in whether he can run past them on flat ground.Not to mention those lingering flocks of birds... circling up and down in the air, and even landed on the window once and pecked through the window.Lu You suspects that they actually know that there are still survivors hiding here, but they are leisurely and not in a hurry to launch an attack, waiting for the moment when they are exhausted in despair.

Zombie movies show all kinds of fighting and running for their lives, but instead of them experiencing the doomsday for themselves, they are about to be trapped and die at home without even having to leave the door.Lu You sighed softly: He no longer thinks that there may be rescue from the outside world, and he doesn't know that even if he can escape the pursuit of the zombies, what hope will he have in the outside world.Even sealed bottled water can be contaminated...

…Unless, someone out there has already found a way to purify the pollution.

Lu You has been thinking about it ever since he discovered impurities in the bottled water.

The four days that usually pass in a blink of an eye have become extremely long under the anxiety and torment. He brought up this thought that had been dismissed repeatedly and thought about it many times.If outside rescue does not come, the end of being trapped at home is doomed to death; if you leave this shelter, even if there is only one ten-thousandth chance of not dying within 10 minutes, there is still a tiny ray of life...

As time passed, seeing the end of being trapped and dying was getting closer and closer, and the fluke mentality was gradually shattered, this idea became clearer and firmer.Lu You doesn't know why Qi Zhengyun, who is usually very proactive, seems to insist on delaying time this time, and has never considered taking risks to survive... Is it because he judged that it is absolutely impossible to escape the zombies?But now their water and food are basically exhausted, no matter how much they try to delay, they won't be able to delay for long.

Lu You stood in front of the window sill, looking at the bleak sunlight outside.The narrow corner seen from this gap is the epitome of the whole world full of holes and extinction.Faced with such a hopeless scene, he felt a little sleepy—and it had only been more than an hour since he woke up this morning.Lu You heard Qi Zhengyun talk about the initial symptoms of erosion. At one moment, he felt that it was just the result of mental stress, and at another moment, he believed that some kind of ominous omen had begun to appear.He felt that he should tell Qi Zhengyun several times, but he couldn't speak smoothly when he mentioned it. At this moment, the light was piercing his eyes, which made him want to cry.

Lu You turned his head and glanced into the dining room. Qi Zhengyun, who was sitting at the table, was still in the same posture as before, with his head slightly lowered, as if he was staring at the bag of biscuits on the table in a daze.He knew that Qi Zhengyun's feeling of being almost exhausted was not his illusion - the man seemed to have barely eaten and only drank a little water these days.But because Qi Zhengyun was handling the contaminated food and drinking water, Lu You couldn't find any evidence that he was lying when he said he had eaten it, and if he wanted to share it with him like just now, he would most likely be rejected.

Perhaps before long, death will be the last thing they share.

Lu You suddenly felt that this word was not so scary anymore.He made a decision.

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"Okay." Qi Zhengyun said.

He saw a little puzzled expression on the face of Lu You who just made the proposal, probably because he didn't expect him to agree so easily.But Lu You didn't doubt anything, he was relieved after getting the affirmation, and a smile appeared on his lips.

It seems that even if he is talking about opening the door of the house and facing the danger of being torn apart by zombies as soon as he goes out, as long as Qi Zhengyun agrees, he can rest assured that there is nothing to worry about this matter—even if this kind of The unrealistic sense of peace of mind lasts only a few seconds.

"Then... I'll pack it up and see what I can take with me?" Lu You didn't notice the slight strangeness in Qi Zhengyun's expression, and asked uncertainly.It's not that he doesn't feel nervous, but this nervous feeling is a bit similar to excitement, as if he is not going to open the door to deliver food to the zombies, but waiting to play the roller coaster project.

Qi Zhengyun seemed to be distracted at such a time, and just answered absent-mindedly.He never looked at Lu You, as if deliberately avoiding Lu You's eyes.Lu You sensed a hint of reluctance from this attitude, so he didn't say anything more, leaving Qi Zhengyun alone in the dining room, and quietly went back to the room by himself.

Qi Zhengyun heard the sound of footsteps going away behind him.Lu You still walked lightly, as if he didn't realize how heavy "death" was, and he didn't feel the oppression that was so close at hand.However, he has always been like this. Before making a decision, he struggled countless times, and after making up his mind, he can simply put aside all concerns.Qi Zhengyun can almost guess what Lu You is thinking now, because he knows Lu You, and Lu You thinks he knows him—in many ways, Lu You does understand him, but he knows nothing about his true identity.

A domineering lover who is used to being dominant and overly controlling.This is his image in Lu You's mind...at least one aspect of it.Even in the face of an unstoppable disaster of the level of world destruction, he still sulks at himself for not being able to continue to protect him well.Leaving the shelter he built and going to the dangerous outside to survive, making such a suggestion is like negating his ability and judgment-compared with the fear of zombies, Lu You's worry and accommodation for him are until now. Did you just tell me the reason for this proposal?

Lu You never even asked him why he chose to stick to it instead of fleeing from the beginning.This is the trust Lu You gave him.It's just that Lu You also took it for granted that escape would become inevitable in the end.He still has meager hopes for the unknown outside world, which makes it impossible for him to be willing to give up and wait for death without even trying.

However, Qi Zhengyun can conclude... there is no "outside" anymore.

Two days ago, his power could still cover a large surrounding area. He heard many voices disappear when the disaster first erupted, and then became quieter and quieter until it became silent.Later, he lost contact with the distant ocean, and he knew that the cradle of life, which was wider than land, had become a cemetery, and even the sea water died.

Even if his remaining power is too weak to purify a bottle of water at this moment, and he should no longer be able to perceive the outside world, he can still hear the sound of that invisible monster that pulls all life away, drinks and chews, cruising and rolling between heaven and earth, I can even feel the "line of sight" that rests on him—the world pays attention to him, as if the stage itself pays attention to the actors on it.

A large number of monsters he devoured in several reincarnations were recovered by it. This energy was like the first domino toppled, kicking off the prelude to the end; .Would the world be bewildered by his actions, or would it just use or neutralize his influence indifferently?Qi Zhengyun slowly raised his head, as if looking at the pair of cold and transparent eyes in mid-air through the walls of the house that could not stop the erosion; and through the colorless pupils of these eyes and the curtain hanging behind the sky, he saw The smiling god of the world sitting in the auditorium.

——Time passed by the last second slowly, no longer moving forward.

The curtain of the end has fallen.This is the moment.

Qi Zhengyun stood up from the table.At this moment, a strong urge suddenly surged in his heart, just like the urge to tell everything at the end of the last reincarnation.He seems to be repeating the same mistakes over and over again.He wanted to turn around and go into the room, to Lu You's side, and hug him into his arms with all his strength.then...then...

Then what?Want to tell Lu You that the world has come to an end?Perhaps he could tell only part of the truth.Don't mention the existence of reincarnation, just convince Lu You that there is no hope outside.Then they continued to be trapped together in this small room, trapped in complete darkness and impenetrable despair, waiting for themselves to be gradually eaten away by death.In order to delay for another day or two, did he want Lu You to undergo such torture?

……It doesn't matter.Qi Zhengyun thought, he can sustain it.If there has to be a next time, he'll do better next time.Find a way to stop the first tile from falling.Find ways to eliminate erosion more efficiently.He swore that he would never treat Lu You as a victim again, even if it was for the completion of the ultimate goal.

He won't make that mistake again.

It is also impossible for him to really let Lu You walk out of the house and die in pain under the siege of zombies.So... what if I asked him to walk towards death together in an easier way?Sleeping pills and pain-relief sprays are in the medicine cabinet, and it's easy to find fuel and a confined space to get enough carbon monoxide levels.He was almost sure that as long as he persisted enough, even such a decision, Lu You would eventually obey.Because Lu You knows how slim that little hope is, if the lover he loves asks him to give up...

But...he won't die.

——Lu You would not know this either.

However, he will only start from scratch again, plan and fight again, and then have...

—The dead have nothing left.

Qi Zhengyun stood quietly by the table, watching the flowers blooming in the water bottle.Scarlet is the color of blood and passion, and rose is the heart of a lover.He stood there as if a century had passed, but in fact only a few seconds had passed.Then he turned around and walked to the study.

It would be nice if I didn't completely exhaust my power, but reserved a little bit.He can do it faster and more stealthily.But it's too late to regret now.Fortunately, he understood the anatomy of the human body, and he was skilled at taking a life away cleanly.More importantly, Lu You will not be wary of him at all.Right now he was hopeful, believing that there was a future.

Let this end come in the least painful way possible.

Qi Zhengyun felt that his thoughts and actions were a little out of touch.His mood is calm, and he spends unnecessary time picking out tools.When he came out of the study, Lu You had turned around in the bedroom and came back. He was standing by the dining table where he had just stood, looking down at the rose just as he had just done.Qi Zhengyun didn't make any footsteps during his actions, but Lu You still seemed to be aware of his approach, and was about to turn his head, as if he had something to say to him.

The water is cold.Roses are red.The world around me was silent, as if waiting with bated breath.

If only we could meet again.Qi Zhengyun thought.

He raised his hand.

——Beside the pen holder on the desk in the study room, a conch shell whose shell was so gray that almost no spots could be seen made a very subtle crack.The crack on the shell finally completely penetrated up and down, and the broken shell opened to both sides.The small group of twilight that was put into it as a thank you gift many years ago emerged from it, and a hazy twilight merged into the white light that appeared at an unknown time.

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“当前修复进度99.5%……完成倒计时：8天16小时32分27秒……”

"...The connection has been disconnected. Repair terminated. Confirm repair failed. Progress reset countdown: 3..."

Lu You felt his consciousness floating in a thick fog.Between half-dream and half-awake, there was always a cold mechanical voice chattering in his ears, which made him very upset.He tried hard to wake up and shut up that voice, but he couldn't do it anyway.This sound seemed to last for quite a long time, and it was reset a few times in the middle or just at the beginning, completely unaffected by his anxiety or unwillingness.

This time it was clearly almost successful... How could it be like this, it was only a little bit short...

He stretched his consciousness toward the surface of the thick fog, as if reaching out to another person with all his strength.In the depths of the soul full of cracks, the power that was once taken from the creation of the gods flickered slightly.Until he seemed to touch something lukewarm, the mechanical countdown next to his ear suddenly stopped, and the tone of the voice changed and became clearer.

"Connect to an additional supplemental energy source. Repair and restart..."

"The current repair progress is 100%. Ready to wake up... Multiple anchor point errors detected. Prepare for world line closure... Voter data conflicts detected... Data coverage update completed. World line closure completed. Timeline is closed, No exceptions to check."

"Awakening begins."

The fog finally dissipated.Lu You opened his eyes. At this moment, he seemed to be in two places at the same time: he was lying in a pure white box, the transparent box cover was covered with cold mist, his body was stiff due to low temperature and lying still for a long time, Someone leaned down to check on him, long white hair hanging down the lid of the box.

But he is also floating.In a vertical tunnel filled with white light.He saw the red rose petals fall, and sparks burned into his heart with a burning sensation.He felt the heat and pain when the contract chains of the voters wrapped around his body and tightened, as if he had gone through the process of being selected again, but he understood that this was just a replay of memories.In front of him, in the hazy white light, time became extremely slow, and the surroundings almost fell into complete stillness.

The person standing in front of him was Qi Zhengyun.The man bowed his head as if in mourning, and the time he stopped froze the sadness in his eyes.A drop of bright red blood was splashed on the side of his face, which should be slightly warm.Lu You stretched out his hand during the ascent, and gently stroked his lover's brows and eyes immersed in pain. His existence at this time was like a ghost with no temperature and could not touch anything, but he seemed to feel Qi Zhengyun's eyelashes on his fingers. Touched and trembled slightly.

goodbye.Lu You said silently.He knew Qi Zhengyun would hear it.Qi Zhengyun will come to pursue him and find him, just like all those worlds they have experienced before, and they will continue to meet again in the next world, as if they have never been apart.

The flow of time resumed.Qi Zhengyun raised his head, feeling as if a gust of wind brushed his cheeks, cooling the wet tears.The white light suddenly brightened in all directions engulfed Lu You, and the familiar voice sounded in his ears again.

"The host has confirmed the start of a new mission. The countdown to release, five, four, three—"