I take skeletons to the apocalypse

Xia Xi came to Shi Yin's store again, and almost couldn't recognize the store in front of her.

It’s only been a week since I’ve been gone, and the store in front of me has taken on a new look. The dilapidated three-character signboard “Yun Qi Ri” has been removed and replaced with an old one, the walls have been repainted, and the business has been changed to a hostel.

Xia Xi walked into the store, it was still in the morning, but the front desk was already busy in the store, most of them were guests checking out from the accommodation.The business is much better than before, and the surrounding decoration has not changed much, but the whole store is still tidy and clean.

As Xia Xi approached, the front desk was still busy with unfinished business with his head down, and said formulaically: "Hello, the rooms for today and tomorrow are fully booked."

"It's me." Xia Xi glanced at the front desk in front of her, and recognized her as the young girl who was grabbing noodles with Shi Yin back then.Compared to when she was blue with hunger, she looks much better now.

Hearing Xia Xi's voice, the girl raised her head subconsciously, her pupils dilated slightly, and said in surprise, "Xiamen! You're back, I'll tell the boss."

After finishing speaking, she put aside the business in her hand, and hurriedly walked towards the room where the boss lived: "Boss! Xia Tian is back."

With this shout, there was a commotion around him, and Xia Xi obviously felt the eyes of the surroundings gathered towards him, looking at him openly and secretly, and all kinds of whispers that he thought Xia Xi couldn't hear.

"It's him!"

"It looks good, no wonder even Team Sheng is fascinated."

"There's nothing to be proud of, but it's just an ass..."

"Hush! You're crazy! Do you want to be heard?"

"I don't think Team Sheng may like him that much, maybe he's just playing around."

"You know again, do you think anyone can open a hotel in the old city?"

"I'm so envious, one person can ascend to heaven by himself."

Until Xia Xi was brought into the office by Shi Yin, the discussions outside hadn't stopped.

"Don't worry about those people, I don't know how to live, but I have the leisure to worry about other people's gossip every day." Wrapped in a thick padded jacket with only pajamas inside, Shi Yin was sleepy, yawning while talking: "But they have a saying You're right, it's really thanks to you now. I live a much more comfortable life. Not only is no one looking for trouble, but from time to time, people come to deliver supplies and money, and I just lie down and count money every day."

It is quite comfortable, but the hostel does not have much contact with the guests, and it is not as good as a massage shop for gathering information.

Xia Xi guessed: "You don't plan to do it here any longer?"

Is it because of yourself?Because he was too high-profile, so in order not to show his feet, Shi Yin gave up the work of collecting intelligence?

"If possible, I would like to live like this forever." Shi Yin slumped on the chair, answering irrelevant questions.The sun shone through the glass bed, making him lazy.That appearance is really too much like a small hotel owner who has no big ambitions and is content with the status quo.

"If there is no apocalypse, my original plan is to open a hotel like this and hire someone to manage it. I don't do anything every day, just lie down and count the money."

"I'm afraid this store won't be open for long." Xia Xi's identity will only be maintained until the end of the mission. After that, Shi Yin will not only lose his backer, but may even be suspected of implicating him because of him.

Shi Yin squeezed the nails, and seemed to be a little anxious because of thinking about the future: "I know...but I just lost a shop. It's not a loss if I can get the antidote of clover. There is no clover for the antidote. People outside will lose their lives, and that is the real purgatory on earth.”

Is it just a shop?But Xia Xi could feel that Shi Yin had feelings for the two shop assistants who had been with him all the time.

Xia Xi was a little curious about the circumstances under which people would abandon what they cared about.

"For a lot of strangers who don't know each other? Or an uncertain hope? Are you really willing to give up the life you have so hard to get?"

"Who would be willing to give up such a good day." Shi Yin showed a bit of sadness: "But it doesn't belong to me. The first thing I bought for this hotel was Chaomo who prepared it for me. The crises in the middle were also Chaomo secretly sent someone to help me solve it. If you hadn't come, I might not have passed Brother Kuan's test at all. Let alone my current life."

"To put it bluntly, I'm just an ordinary person with little ability, but because I have some connection with Chaomo and can provide some information, I was supported until now, and I barely live like a human being in the last days."

"Now I feel that every day I live is as if I stole it. I have to pay it back sooner or later. Now you need me, and I have to cooperate. It would be too ungrateful to interfere with your mission for your own selfish desires. " Shi Yin and Xia Xi explained this because they were afraid that Xia Xi would misunderstand that he was reluctant to part with the shop.Although he was really reluctant, he was also unwilling to add risks to Xia Xi's actions because of his selfishness.

Xia Xi heard another meaning.Shi Yin gave up the hotel not because he didn't want it, but because he was not capable enough to keep the hotel.It is the belief that personal feelings must be placed after the task, and that the kindness cannot be let down.

So it was the same when I was thrown away.The father valued the people and responsibilities of Great Desolation more, and the mother valued the father's feelings, and the big brother guard might not be annoyed by him, but he was not strong enough to protect himself.

So there's no way to never be left behind?

He didn't want his father to be a coward who left the wilderness to escape alone, and he didn't want his mother to watch his father die and live in pain, and he didn't want the guard brother to barely protect the wayward and delicate self until he lost his life.

"Isn't there a way to have the best of both worlds?" Xia Xi was still a little unwilling, as if he was asking Shi Yin, but also asking himself.

"It's really like what a supernatural person would say." Shiyin listened to Xia Xi's words, standing in the perspective of an ordinary person resigned to fate, but heard a taste of "why not eat minced meat".

He subconsciously exerted force on the hand holding the lip nail, and blood oozes from the wound: "This is the way of the world, it's good to be alive, there are so many people who have the best of both worlds."

"Of course, you are different. After all, with the ability, you can stand on a higher ground, protect yourself and the people you care about, and will not be oppressed by the same kind, and will not be slaughtered by mutant creatures. As long as you think about it, you can even stand in the In the new city, life is better than before the end of the world." Shi Yin's tone was a little reconciled, and there was a bit of jealousy towards the supernatural being.

After he finished speaking, as if he had just realized what he said, he let go of his hand in embarrassment, and sat up slightly: "Sorry, I didn't target you."

Xia Xi said that he doesn't mind. In fact, the differences between ordinary people and supernatural beings have always existed. Compared with supernatural beings who have improved their strength, ordinary people not only struggle to survive in the last days, but even among their kind, they are the most powerful. base.

Shiyin's thoughts represent most of the ordinary people in the old city. They cling to the ruined old city, as if they are holding on to a pre-apocalyptic obsession. They need the protection of supernatural beings, but sometimes they will Can't help resentment and jealousy.

"It would be fine if the end times hadn't begun, and it would be fine if everyone was still the same as before."

After all, no one wants to become the abandoned party in a cruel natural elimination.

Xia Xi also misses the days before the end, just like he misses his childhood before the death of the Great Wilderness.But he doesn't fantasize about going back to the past, which is unrealistic. Going back to the past can't change anything, but he has the future.

Alive, and then continue to become stronger, he may not be able to bring the dead back to life in the future and make the past come back again, but at least he can no longer face the situation of having to be abandoned.

Xia Xi felt that the life of supernatural beings was not as easy as ordinary people imagined.But Xia Xi didn't want to compare whether a person with supernatural powers or an ordinary person would live a more miserable life in the last days, and was more involuntary.It doesn't make sense.

But he is very glad that he became a magician back then and awakened a good undead talent. If not, then he would not have come to another world, and he would not have encountered Jing... Cough, he would not have experienced the three years of peace and comfort .

So it's important to be alive, and it's also important to be strong.To keep moving forward, it doesn't matter if you are abandoned, as long as he is strong enough to surpass everyone, even all mutant creatures, he will be able to control the direction of the doomsday, shelter all human beings under his wings, and establish rules as he pleases. Own to live like it was before the end.

But before that, he had to let as many people as possible survive to fill his future. After all, there were too few people and it was not like before the end.In this regard, his goal coincides with Chaomo's.

Although it sounds very whimsical.But Xia Xi felt that the future became clear at this moment.

Become stronger and protect more people to survive.He no longer has to worry about being left behind by someone, he just needs to do these two things well.In fact, he has been doing two things.

The agreed time had passed, and Xia Xi hadn't waited for Jing Lan, so she asked Shi Yin for the key.

It was the room he stayed in last time.The room got a lot cleaner with a very faint smell of detergent and another person in the air.

The man sat sideways on the edge of the bed, propping up the head of the bed with one hand, his fists lowered to his temples.Head half down, eyes closed, as if resting.

The light in the room was very dark, and his face was covered in the shadows. Xia Xi almost thought that he had gone wrong, but after a closer look, he found that the person was Jing Lan.

Jing Lan didn't wear sea slug skin, but used the original appearance.The light is dim because there is a lot of energy black mist escaping around him,

The black mist did not cause substantial damage to the room, but only blocked part of the light and protected Jing Lan from the surrounding situation.

As soon as he found Xia Xi entering, the black mist surrounded him.As if confirming his breath.

Xia Xi didn't resist, and let the fog circle him in and out.However, when the mist gradually solidified and rubbed against Xia Xi's collarbone affectionately, like a tentacle, trying to penetrate into the clothes, Xia Xi still ruthlessly drove it away.

The mist retreated to the distance resentfully, and then dispersed into a large cloud, wrapping the room inside.

Xia Xi closed the door and walked towards Jinglan.

Jing Lan is wearing a black shirt and trousers today, with two buttons open at the neckline, revealing her honey-colored skin.His body was not completely relaxed, but stretched with some strength, as if the owner of the body hadn't fallen asleep, but just closed his eyes and fell asleep, and would open his eyes at any time to deal a fatal blow to the sneak attacking enemy.

But his brows were wrinkled, as if he was haunted by some nightmare.The eyeballs moved back and forth under the eyelids, obviously sleeping very restlessly.

Xia Xi walked to a position about a step away from Jinglan, Jinglan's body shook slightly, and then opened his eyes.

Jing Lan raised her head, her expression changed from guarded to gentle the moment she saw Xia Xi, the corners of her mouth unconsciously curled up, and the surrounding mist gathered into her body in an instant: "You are here."

"When did you arrive?" Xia Xi couldn't help but wonder, she didn't even know Shi Yin, and Jing Lan didn't have a key, how did she get in?

"The ability detection in the old city is not as sensitive as the new city. My body can be atomized for a short time, and I can sneak into places with gaps." Jing Lan raised his arm, and under the control of the ability, the hand area instantly dispersed The thick black mist slowly solidified in the next moment.

"Is it a new ability?" Xia Xi was a little interested in this skill: "It suits you very well."

"It's not new...it's just doing it all over again, and I can take some shortcuts." Jing Lan also had this ability in her previous life, but it was only available after she reached level five. Thanks to this ability, she had that ability in her previous life. The successful escape from the research institute, which was used in advance in this life, should be due to the enhancement of his control over abilities.

He intentionally told Xia Xi that he also hoped to give him one more hole card in his plan.

But Xia Xi didn't immediately talk to him about the task, but sat sideways beside him, and asked casually, "Did you have a dream just now?"

"Dreams, don't count them, they are just some past memories. They will be repeated in my head over and over again when I fall asleep." Jing Lan replied absent-mindedly, but her eyes drifted down involuntarily.

Xia Xi sat very close to him, with her hands behind her back and her long legs stretched forward, next to Jing Landi, Jing Lan could even feel Xia Xi's body temperature through the material of the clothes.

It's so close, it's within arm's reach.Jing Lan's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he picked up the bottled water by the table in a disguised way, and took a sip in a disguised way.

"Has it always been like this?" Xia Xi's attention was on Jing Lan's memories.Xia Xi suddenly became curious about what happened in Jing Lan's previous life.What is in that mysterious research institute?Why can so many magical and powerful black technologies be invented?

"It's gotten worse recently. Probably because of revisiting the old place."

"What does the institute look like? Have you seen that doctor?" Xia Xi asked enthusiastically.

"It's a heavily guarded laboratory, but the test subjects inside are all human beings. The doctor will occasionally appear in a modified human body. No one has seen his real appearance." Jing Lan replied briefly, without mentioning that she was inside experience.

That period of the past was too gloomy, and it always felt like selling misery when I said it.Jing Lan knew that Xia Xi was a soft-hearted person, but he didn't want Xia Xi to sympathize with him.

Xia Xi didn't force it, everyone has past events that he doesn't want to mention, so he turned to talk about his plan this time.

Jing Lan also restrained her mind and listened carefully.

He has always known that Xia Xi is very smart. His talent lies not only in his abilities, but also in his innate affinity, which makes people like and believe him unconsciously.Xia Xi is very good at considering issues from the other party's point of view, so even if he tells a lie, he seems extraordinarily sincere.

Sheng Bai has a cold-blooded and suspicious character, Xia Xi is the first one in two lifetimes to be able to trick him into following his advice.

When he heard that the people in charge of the biological cultivation base were Zou Qing and Su Zixun, Jing Lan was a little surprised: "It turned out to be them? The Chosen Ones are not loyal to Jingting City, so it's a good idea to use Su Zixun's identity as a breakthrough. "

"However, according to the current situation, the real clover parent will be brought back to the expedition team by Shengbai, and it is no easier to obtain than when it was cultivated at the base. Why is it unnecessary?"

"Also, you said that you want to help Sheng Bai fish. According to Sheng Bai's personality, you should see the fish take the bait before you will fully believe you. Since you told Xiang Lei not to sign up for the New Year's Day visit, how do you pretend to be this fish?"

Xia Xi casually tossed up a bone bead and caught it again: "I didn't plan to wait until New Year's Day before doing it. The rest of the matter is just to make a cake for Sheng Bai. I originally planned to wait for Sheng Bai and Zou Qing to argue and fish in troubled waters." Leave a bone bead to hide on the person who participated in the operation to mark the location. It is impossible for Shengbai to exchange the clover with great fanfare, and there will definitely not be many people participating at that time. We can snatch the bone bead directly before entering the city. Then leave immediately."

"Indeed, compared to entering the training base or the base camp of the expedition team, it's much easier to snatch it on the road." Jing Lan nodded in agreement, but he noticed that Xia Xi was talking about his original plan, that is to say, he now has a better plan. Approach: "Why did you change the plan?"

Xia Xi raised her eyebrows slightly, and tilted her head towards Jinglan: "Now that we have cooperated, we might as well be a little more greedy."