The strategy was almost successful!

"Host." 017 asked hesitantly, "You know that Fu Pingli has been following you, right?"

Liao Ruming said lazily, "I know."

This is already the second day after he separated from Fu Pingli.The night was getting dark, and Liao Ruming felt cold, so he sat there to warm himself by the fire.With 017 - or rather, with Fu Pingli following him, Liao Ruming was not worried that the flames would attract some danger.

This day, including yesterday, Liao Ruming failed to find what he wanted to find, the so-called secret base of Fu Pingli.

But Liao Ruming was not in a hurry.

He just felt a little bored.

Walking on such a wasteland day after day, Liao Ruming didn't know what he was looking for.This feeling made him feel as if he was angry with something in the void.

... No, he was actually playing with Fu Pingli.

Liao Ruming sat there, quietly watching the jumping flames.The light of the fire let him slowly sink into the memories.

...He really has always been so confident, thinking that Fu Pingli will definitely fall in love with him like Ji Zhihuai once did?

In fact, Liao Ruming is not so confident.

He muttered, "Who knows... who knows if this guy will like me."

Arrogance, he thought, was to cover up his inner weakness.

There is too much difference between Fu Pingli and Ji Zhihuai.Before 017 pointed out that that guy was his Ji Zhihuai, Liao Ruming didn't even think that this arrogant man was his Ji Zhihuai.

At that time, he was looking for his target in the crowded graduation ceremony.

Later, he looked at the outstanding graduates who were giving speeches on the stage, heard the unconcealable confidence in the other party's tone, and whispered to 017: "This guy is awesome."

Anyway, Liao Ruming can't get along well with such a cashier.

However, in the end, this outstanding graduate was his target.Things are impermanent.

Liao Ruming stared at the jumping flames, and then his thoughts also jumped, thinking of the wasteland he was in now.

……wilderness.

A group of them had been operating in the wasteland for a long time.

The Badlands probably formed in the year or two after the end.

Zombies are rampant, and people gradually need to rely on grouping and grouping to gain some sense of security.They had to abandon some inconvenient gathering places and migrate in large numbers to shelters in the true sense whose locations had already been determined.

As a result, more and more land was abandoned.In these deserted lands, human cities are gradually turning into ruins, and the land is becoming empty, leaving only beasts and zombies that are no different from beasts.

Those were chaotic and hopeless times.At that time, everyone thought that their civilization was going to end like this.

People who still have some hope in their hearts, centered on the supernatural beings, often leave the gathering place and go to the wasteland to kill zombies, trying to regain the land they have lost.

At that time, Fu Pingli, Liao Ruming and others were such a team of supernatural beings.

Liao Ruming is the only ordinary person among them.

However, Liao Ruming has 017 as a cheat, so it's hard to say who is safer.Moreover, Liao Ruming has a very good memory, he can act as their guide, memorize the route, and avoid some excessively dangerous areas.

At that time, Fu Pingli was still willing to let Liao Ruming take the lead.Holding a human weapon, Liao Ruming could even rush to the front line of killing zombies.But then the situation slowly changed.

...Actually, Liao Ruming doesn't remember how the progress from 30% to 60% was captured by him.

It seems that it was done during those days in the wilderness.

But why did Fu Pingli fall in love with him during those days full of bloody killings and painful wailing?Because he's always at the front?Because he, as a guide, mentioned perfect enough service?

Or……

Because in that lifeless world, Liao Ruming is the only bright color?

After all, Liao Ruming doesn't really live in this world, he just comes to play games.For him, this is an extremely real doomsday zombie game.

His attitude is different from others.When other people were mourning for themselves and the tragedy of the world, Liao Ruming counted how many zombies he had killed today.

He's so alive that he doesn't fit in with the rest.

Perhaps such Liao Ruming gave Fu Pingli, who was also immersed in despair and fear at that time, a subtle and indescribable hope.He saw a kind of living power from Liao Ruming.

... Of course, there are still dangers.

The long scar on Liao Ruming's back was born during that period.

...just to save Fu Pingli.They went through a long battle, and then Fu Pingli's abilities dried up.At that time, Fu Pingli was not the god in the world now, and Fu Pingli's abilities at that time were not so powerful.

He lost his power for a short while, and a zombie pounced on him.

Liao Ruming used all his strength to finally kick the zombie away.However, he himself was also scratched with a wound on his back by the zombie's mutated nails.In order to prevent him from being infected with the zombie virus, the companions had to dig up the carrion.

This is also the origin of the scar on his back.Not to be injured, but to avoid contracting the virus.Later, it was difficult for the cut flesh to grow back, leaving this terrible scar.

...What a painful memory.Liao Ruming thought sincerely.

But now he thought again, was it too painful at that time, so he ignored the change in Fu Pingli's expression?Thinking about it now, he really couldn't remember where Fu Pingli was and what he was thinking when he was being removed from the carrion.

That was a real pain.

Liao Ruming fell into a deep coma that day, completely unaware of what Fu Pingli had done and what he was thinking.Anyway, all he knew was that when he got up the next morning, his strategy progress had reached 60%.

It seems that it was at that time that Fu Pingli began to show a stubborn and hard-to-change desire for protection.He frantically wanted to put Liao Ruming in a safe and non-dangerous situation.

It is based on this motivation that his ability has rapidly improved.He became stronger and more capable to protect Liao Ruming.

But Liao Ruming now thinks that perhaps it is precisely because of this that they drifted away.

He thought of a conversation they had once in the wasteland.

Liao Ruming was idly walking around in circles.They're going to go back, but some people are packing up, so it's going to be a while.It is also an evening.

Fu Pingli came over and asked him, "Feel bored?"

"It's boring." Liao Ruming said seriously, "But maybe it's because you're going back?"

"You like the wasteland?"

"I don't like it." Liao Ruming shrugged, "But going back is more boring. In the gathering place, people are dead. At least after they come out, everyone will be refreshed by the zombie."

Fu Pingli seemed to smile slightly: "This is the first time I've heard such a statement."

"People are always like this." Liao Ruming said, "Actually, I prefer...the state of 'live'. I don't know if you can understand."

"You don't like Jing."

"I like it too. But..." Liao Ruming said, "It will make me feel bored. More importantly, we are going through a doomsday. This kind of thing requires us to be more active.

"Rush to the forefront, kill zombies, fight to the death, live to death... You understand. Our civilization cannot be broken or established when encountering such things."

When he said this, Liao Ruming was actually a visitor from the first universe, objectively evaluating the doomsday that this planet has encountered.He may not have had the notion that he himself was part of it.

But Fu Pingli said: "Instead, I hope you will be safer."

This seemed to be the first time that Fu Pingli mentioned the word "safety" in front of Liao Ruming.

At that time, Liao Ruming seemed to have looked at Fu Pingli in surprise, and said, "No one can be truly safe in the end."

At that time, Fu Pingli also seemed to say: "Then we can try."

That arrogant tone, as if he could do it for granted.

Now Liao Ruming looks back on the conversation at that time, and always feels that there is another mystery in it.Since then, Fu Pingli seems to have had a kind of paranoid hope.He hoped that he would solve everything, and Liao Ruming would sit back and enjoy the benefits safely.

Liao Ruming sighed, lying on the ground, couldn't help but said to 017: "I think Fu Pingli..."

017 asked: "What happened to him?"

"...a little naive."

Unexpectedly, Liao Ruming found something in common between Fu Pingli and Ji Zhihuai on this point.

"Naive?" 017 couldn't help but said, "But he is already No.1 among the supernatural beings."

"I didn't say he's not strong." Liao Ruming pouted lazily, "I just think he..."

He stopped.

"what happened?"

"He's just a fool." Liao Ruming's expression changed slightly, he finished the sentence quickly, and then sat up suddenly, "That's not right."

017 asked inexplicably: "What's wrong?"

"Here... this place. It's not right." Liao Ruming's expression was unpredictable, "here..."

"What's wrong here?"

"I used to be their guide. We spent a year or two in the wasteland, killing zombies here almost every day. But then our operations stopped."

Liao Ruming stood up vigilantly.

He asked 017: "Do you remember why?"

Of course 017 remembered: "Because a mutated zombie appeared. You couldn't resist at that time, so you could only choose to return to the gathering place after getting rid of the mutated zombie. But after a while, the tide of corpses came..."

"We all suspected that the wave of corpses was related to mutant zombies." Liao Ruming said calmly, "But we couldn't verify this conclusion. Later we moved around until Fu Pingli proposed the concept of floating city.

"...So, we still don't know whether the mutated zombies were killed or not."

017 finally understood Liao Ruming's meaning: "...You mean that the mutant zombie is not dead, but here?"

"This is the place where we first encountered that mutated zombie." Liao Ruming looked up at the position of the stars for a while, then nodded, "Yes, it is here."

017 said weakly: "But I didn't scan for the existence of zombies."

"Nonsense. It's mutated. If you change the frequency, you might be able to scan it out... Who knows what the mutated thing looks like." Liao Ruming said impatiently, and suddenly, he said loudly, "Fu Pingli! Come here quickly !"

017 whispered, "Are you sure people can hear you?"

"It's fine if he can't hear you." Liao Ruming rolled his eyes, "Whether love comes or not."

Liao Ruming quickly cleaned up the things on the ground.

A few seconds later, Fu Pingli appeared beside him, and asked in an uneasy tone, "What's the matter? Did something happen to you?"

Liao Ruming glanced at him, threw a packed bag to him, and said, "Mutated zombies."

Fu Pingli understood what he meant almost immediately, and he didn't have time to pay more attention to Liao Ruming, so he could only ask about the mutated zombie: "Have you found out his whereabouts?"

"More than seven years have passed." Liao Ruming said coldly, "No one knows what the mutated zombie has become. I don't know...he is here or not."

Fu Pingli frowned, and then said: "To be on the safe side, we still..."

"Fuck! You still want me to go back?" Liao Ruming cursed, "Seven years ago, I fought side by side with you. Now, you are going to drive me back to the shelter?! Are you my comrade in arms? ?!"

Fu Pingli looked at him in bewilderment.

Liao Ruming's brows and eyes were full of real anger.He used to be a good player at killing zombies. Although he didn't have supernatural powers, his use of weapons was almost superb.

At that time, they couldn't even believe that Liao Ruming was an ordinary student before the doomsday.

——Nonsense, with 017 providing him with an auxiliary mode, wouldn't the group of slow-moving zombies be killed one by one?

For Liao Ruming, his current anger is like a regular teammate in the game who suddenly kicked him away and found someone else to play the game together.

Safety?

Damn, does he need Fu Pingli to protect himself? !Fu Pingli's game skills might not be as good as his!

Fu Pingli looked at him in confusion for a moment, then nodded, and said softly, "I understand."

He wants to keep his lover under his wing.However, his lover is also a powerful man.He also used to protect him.

While some sense of loss and regret arose, a little joy and joy also appeared in Fu Pingli's heart.

Now, maybe they can fight side by side again.