Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

Fu Yunlan nodded: "You go back first, as long as I'm here."

"Yes." Fang Jingyu smiled apologetically at Fu Yunlan when he passed by.

Maybe it's some kind of inexplicable tacit understanding of being "twins". Although they don't communicate much on weekdays, Fu Yunlan feels that he can understand Fang Jingyu's thoughts. Fang Jingyu didn't want to intervene in their relationship. The meaning of kicking is just that I can't help but want to get closer to Celeste.

Speaking of it, it is also because he really can't spare time to give too much company and love, so that others have the opportunity to "fill his vacancy".

The big machine was still working diligently. Celeste watched the numbers jumping on the tablet computer with his eyes motionless, and recorded some areas that needed improvement from time to time. When Fu Yunlan came to him, he couldn't help but Without raising his head, "Lan, you're back."

"……Um."

"You also defeated the Devourer today, you are really good." Celeste said, "Mass told us all the process, don't worry about the mutants, He Xiao and I have already had a plan, and the laboratory has been developing A virus weapon specifically targeting mutants, and a digital model has already been established, only enough genetic samples are missing, and now that there are fresh corpses, this weapon can be put into use soon."

"Ah."

"Speaking of which, Beethoven has been arrested and returned. Masi said he was locked in the prison at the Blue Shield base and waited for me to go back to deal with it, but I don't have time to go back now. I still can't figure out why he escaped, if If what I was attacked really had nothing to do with him."

"... Celeste." Fu Yunlan finally couldn't help but want to say something to him.

"Ok?"

"Have you been avoiding me lately?"

"No." Celeste said, "You have your work to do, and I have mine to do, so I can't just revolve around you every day. Isn't the world of adults like this?"

Fu Yunlan can only sigh, Celeste is not good at lying and deceiving, but if he sincerely wants to avoid any topic, Fu Yunlan's temper has always been against him: "The matter between me and Fang Jingyu, if If you don't want to say it, I won't ask more."

"I know." Celeste still looked down at the screen.

"So, stop avoiding me, okay?" Fu Yunlan frowned and said, "If you feel that you don't like me anymore and want to break up with me, you can be straightforward, even if you are not willing, I will accept the reality. But you are like this... hanging up and down, it really upsets me, and I can't even devote myself to the battle."

"I don't want to break up with you." Celeste denied Fu Yunlan's most worried guess. He looked up at Fu Yunlan and asked, "Why do you think so?"

"If life in the wasteland has taught me anything, it's that don't be too greedy, it's not easy to be able to live, and don't expect too much from other things, because often the more persistent you want to keep something, the easier it is to lose What?" Fu Yunlan sat beside him, unconsciously grinding the barren ground with her military boots, "I know that I'm quite boring, I don't know how to joke, I'm neither funny nor understanding, and my abilities are limited. I didn't give you a good life when you were with me. Maybe you didn't feel it in the past, but now, with more space and better choices, you might feel... I didn't As good as you hoped for."

"I didn't." Apart from denying it, Celeste didn't know what to say.

Fu Yunlan smiled bitterly: "Don't worry that telling the truth will hurt me, I'm not that fragile. In fact, I have been mentally prepared for this since I came to the Blue Shield base, after all, the environment is different Yes, it's normal for mentality to change. If you want to end our relationship, I won't stop you, I just want you to know that no matter what you decide, I'm always willing to do anything for you. "

"I don't think you are bad, and I don't want to break up with you." Celeste pulled Fu Yunlan, looked into his eyes seriously and said, "I just feel confused about some things, and I didn't think clearly for a while. My own problems are not your fault, give me some time to clear my mind."

"...Okay, I'll wait for you to think it through." Fu Yunlan sighed softly.

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"How could space pirates' spaceships appear within the scope of the solar system? Did they take the warning line of the Guardian Alliance as a decoration?" He Xiao frowned and said, "I have to deal with it, Mars, and the defense of the camp The level is raised to the highest level."

"Okay, Mr. He, but please go back as early as possible. You also know that without your deterrence, we cannot fight against the tentacles."

He Xiao lay on the camp bed and closed his eyes, as if he was taking a nap, but Marth knew that there was only a human body left here, and the real "He Xiao" had already gone to outer space to fulfill his mission. His duties as a member of the League of Guardians.

It issued several orders one after another, making the soldiers in the camp busy all of a sudden. At the same time, it stopped all secondary or unnecessary functions, activated all computing units, and fully guarded against possible actions of the Devourer.

Case, who is far away at the Blue Shield base, has also entered a state of full alert. The human beings under the control of the Devourer can do very limited things, but if the tentacles of the Devourer feel that this is a good opportunity, they will take the risk of showing themselves to attack In their case, they must delay enough time at least so that the situation will not get out of hand before He Xiao comes back.

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Celeste doesn't know whether his brain is good or not. In terms of mathematics and science, his calculation and analysis ability is sometimes better than that of a computer, but when it comes to philosophy, art or emotion, no one When it comes to standard answer questions, he seems to be particularly clueless.

Fu Yunlan was still by his side, holding another portable computer to handle military-related matters. These tasks should have been done in a special combat command room after returning to the barracks, but Fu Yunlan was not He can maintain the rationality that a commander should have at any time, at least for now, he just wants to stay by Celeste's side for a while.

In places other than the Blue Shield base, any electronic product will inevitably be interfered and peeped by the Devourer, but this special computer can ensure that as soon as the signal is disturbed, it will immediately issue a warning.Fu Yunlan didn't understand the principle behind it, but only knew that it was also one of Celeste's inventions, and the Devourer could at best make it unable to work normally, at least it couldn't use it to spread false news.

They were doing their own work, until Celeste's personal guard captain came to him, saying that the camp had suddenly received a notice to increase the defense level, and in order to ensure safety, he hoped that they would go back to the camp first.

Celeste knew that He Xiao and Mars would not have issued such an order if it wasn't really necessary, so he terminated the halfway experiment and prepared to go back to the camp with Fu Yunlan.

Fu Yunlan also put away the computer, and when he got up, he saw a strange person walking towards them, obviously coming towards them.

He Xiao is always worried that the Devourer still has technological means that they don't understand. Under the influence of the Devourer's tentacles, all electronic products are unreliable. The powerful Devourer can't be directly controlled, so the guards around Celeste are all loyal fighters trained by the Blue Shield base since childhood. Those people come and go, and Fu Yunlan is already familiar with them.

But the man who came was clearly not one of them, although he was wearing their uniform.

"Stop, who is it?" The guard soldiers also spotted the approaching guy and stopped him ten meters away.

"I'm Zhang Lin. I have something to do with Celeste." Zhang Lin said calmly.

Celeste looked at Zhang Lin suspiciously. Although he had been attacked, questioned and targeted by this person, Celeste did not settle accounts with him after the people from the Blue Shield Base found him. Who knew that not only did he not know how to keep a low profile One point, and even came here to brush up the sense of presence.

"Don't disturb Your Majesty without an appointment, and don't call Your Majesty by his name." The guards dismissed him rudely, but Zhang Lin shouted loudly when he was pushed away: "Cherister, you don't understand at all." Fang Jingyu, he has something very important to hide from you!"

Celeste said as he walked towards the camp, "Let him come over."

Only then did the guards let him go and carefully watched his every move. Zhang Lin approached Celeste like a normal person, and said, "Let me tell you, Fang Jingyu..."

For the well-trained but inexperienced guards, Zhang Lin didn't look suspicious, but Fu Yunlan always felt that something was wrong. After many years of wandering on the edge of life and death in his mercenary career, and with all kinds of ulterior motives... The experience of dealing with the natives made him feel the danger intuitively.

"Stop." Fu Yunlan held the gun in her hand, "Speak up if you have something to say, don't come close."

Zhang Lin ignored it and took another two steps forward. Suddenly, a ruthless expression flashed on his face. Fu Yunlan's face changed, and he pulled Celeste back, and at the same time, he drew out his gun and pointed at Zhang Lin's hair. He fired without hesitation.

Zhang Lin rushed towards them.

Although the shot was fired hastily, Fu Yunlan hit Zhang Lin's head with one shot, and the bullet passed through his jaw and neck. For any human being, such an injury is enough lethal.

Zhang Lin fell forward with inertia, and the guards who reacted immediately pointed their guns at the fallen figure, but Zhang Lin, who was already fatally injured, exploded the moment he fell to the ground.

At that moment, Fu Yunlan had no time to think or say anything, but instinctively used her body to protect Celeste.